The Third Reich in Desperation

They have ruled and controlled the situation in the European continent for many years. How can they be compared to an upstart like Germany who didn't even win the First World War? !

For more than 500 years, except for the North American War of Independence (voluntary withdrawal), the British army has always been the winning side, and it is the army with the longest winning rate in the world.At its peak, Britain ruled a quarter of the world with one thousandth of the world's land area.

Hundreds of years of undefeated war history have left behind not only glory and self-confidence, but also the continuous development of technology, which has reached more and more overseas colonies.All of this is what Germany wants to have but is impossible!

Churchill waved his hands contentedly, and walked down the steps to leave with his big belly.

"The domestic will has been successfully directed to agree with the war," Churchill whispered to an Air Force major liaison officer beside him when he walked around a corner: "Let Admiral Dowding of the Fighter Command immediately mobilize three more a squadron of Hurricanes to support the French."

This is the first time that the British army has sent a large number of fighter jets to support French operations. Prior to this, the direct support given by the British has always been limited to the Army Expeditionary Force of 10 divisions.

Hearing that the air force was going to contribute to the French campaign, the major liaison officer asked for instructions: "Mr. Prime Minister, our air force is an important defense force for Britain. Will using the French army to fight will affect the defense of the British Empire?" Force, against the principle."

After waving his hand, Churchill said indifferently: "The French have the best army in the world, and now the British Empire lends them part of the world's strongest air force. Wouldn't the war be won? If our coalition forces can fight here What defense do you need to defeat Germany in one battle?"

Text Chapter 324 Air confrontation

Ten me-109 fighter jets flying in a line, whizzing through the clouds.

虽然德国空军已经研发并投入使用了新式的fw-190式战斗机，但是之前生产装备的上千架me-109战斗机也没办法一瞬间全部替换为新式战机。再加上海军那边又要了大量fw-190战斗机作为航母舰载机，所以空军这边也只好把大量的me-109战斗机和少量手里的fw-190战斗机混在一起使用。

Fortunately, the performance of me-109 is still excellent and easy to use in this period, and it has not met its opponents for the time being.

Even the me-109, which is not considered the best fighter of the German army at the moment, can rely on the temporary advantage of the aircraft's performance, and once controlled the air supremacy in most parts of eastern France.

On May 5, that is, yesterday, the German 12th Combat Aviation Regiment alone had 27 me-85s that took off from two airports on the outskirts of Sulong to directly support the German troops at the bridgeheads of the Maas River and the Eberd Canal.

Among them, the 27th Combat Aviation Regiment took off continuously at intervals of 4 minutes, making a total of 340 sorties, with an average of 4 to 5 sorties per aircraft. It was as easy as entering an uninhabited land to conduct exercises.

As of yesterday evening, the 27th Aviation Regiment had shot down 1 rear British heavy bombers at a small cost of losing one aircraft.

Today, they will go to the standby area and strangle a British fighter formation that appeared in the intelligence.

Although there are only 10 fighters, their morale is high and they are full of fighting spirit.If you are lucky, this will be the first time they have fought against a British fighter formation, and will be confronted with the air force known as the strongest in the world!

The sun shone on the metal wings of me-109, refracting a dazzling light. The 10 fighter jets, like 10 eagles constantly spouting exhaust, sprinted through the air in a uniform manner.

"On the 2nd, you climb above the clouds. Don't be too high, try to stick to the clouds. Just ensure that the field of vision is wider than that taught between the clouds." The commander of the me-109 formation said loudly on the communication channel .

It was getting closer and closer to the area where the British fighter formation appeared in the intelligence, and the commander had to start deploying vigilance.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the No. 2 machine to discover the enemy's situation: "No. 1! I found them, at the 3 o'clock direction, diagonally below the 3 o'clock direction! God, they have at least [-] fighter jets! We can't fight hard !"

"This should be a brigade of the British. Everyone got into the clouds and went around. We rushed up from the enemy's side and rear." The commander on the leading plane calmly ordered.

"Leave immediately after the attack, and don't get entangled at low altitude. According to intelligence, our aircraft should have better performance, and we should try our best to use our advantage in climbing performance to attack them." The commander of the Luftwaffe added at the end.

Because the me-109 adopts straight line modification, high-strength thin aluminum plate and precision die-casting parts are reasonably selected in the structure, making it an excellent light fighter, and its comprehensive performance is even far above the famous Japanese Zero fighter. The toughest high-speed fighter suitable for "hit and run" tactics.

"Okay, No. 1. I'll cover you later." Said the No. 1 me-2 fighter pilot who was the No. 109 wingman.

Soon, the five lead planes in the German formation began to dive respectively, and their five wingmen also made a slight dive together to provide support at a higher altitude.

Immediately afterwards, the German pilots descending at high speed saw groups of small V-shaped black spots.They knew that it was the British fighter formation.

Although the Luftwaffe found that the horizontal line was far more flexible than the "V" team, and wrote this into the Luftwaffe's combat doctrine.However, the Royal Air Force has always adhered to the tactics of the "V" flight formation.

"Fire! Fire all!"

"I hit a British fighter and he's going down! Oh! Damn, almost got hit by an enemy plane at nine o'clock! You all pay attention."

"I hit it too!"

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The communication channel of the German formation suddenly became lively.It stands to reason that they shouldn't talk so much nonsense, but in this formation, except for the veterans of the five lead planes who participated in the Polish campaign, the other five wingmen are all newcomers. Should have rookie bug

Before they were too happy, the remaining fighters of the three RAF Hurricane squadrons began to turn.After all, the British Air Force is experienced and well-trained, and the sudden blow did not make them panic.

Compared with the complacency of German novices, the calmness of British pilots can better demonstrate their high quality.After all, the United Kingdom is a superpower, and their air force has not experienced a fault zone like the Luftwaffe. In terms of experience and training levels, the Royal Air Force can be said to be superior to the Luftwaffe.

"They're turning and the British are going to fight back."

"Enough! Enough! Pull up the control lever! All climb up and leave the battle."

Fortunately, the Luftwaffe me-109 outperformed the British Hurricanes.This directly made up for some of the experience shortcomings of the new German pilots.

As a result, the clumsy turn of the British "Hurricane" formation was not half completed, and the German me-109 disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye.During the entire battle, the British army did not have a chance to fire a single bullet, and some pilots did not even see the enemy plane.

However, they were shot down a total of 8 fighters and injured 2!

With an advantage of more than three times that of the enemy planes, but such a disastrous ending, the commander of the Royal Air Force leading the lead plane reflected painfully on the way back: "Why do we fly V-shaped formation? Just to fly beautifully!?"

It's annoying enough not to be able to match the performance of the aircraft, but it's even more regrettable when the dense V-shaped formation that is easy to hit has caused huge losses.

Originally, the British Air Force Command believed that such a dense formation would cover the largest observation angle, would not easily lose formation, and would increase the survival rate of fighter jets.

But the fact is just the opposite. Because of the dense formation, the wingman pilots of the Royal Air Force must fly very carefully. They mainly focus on maintaining a formation distance from the lead plane, and have no time to pay attention to the rear. They are often caught by German fighter jets and open fire. Only to find the tail behind, it was too late.

When making sharp turns and other maneuvers, the British lead plane had to be more careful, and had to spend a few seconds in an air battle, which was enough to determine the outcome, to remind the wingmen to prepare.Otherwise, with such a close distance, the two planes will collide without paying attention.

The commander who lost the battle on the British side sighed silently in his heart. Although the development of the Luftwaffe was slow, their tactical formation level was remarkable and worth learning.

The same scene, as the British Royal Air Force continued to drag the "Hurricane" fighter jets to the French battlefield, the German army continued to invest in me-109 fighter jets and appeared more and more frequently.

Chapter 325 The Big Fatty Has Big Responsibilities

At dawn on May 5, the forwards of the German Army Group B had defeated three Belgian infantry divisions and a French army equipped with heavy weapons on the opposite side of the Albert Canal, and crossed to the west bank that day.

Among them, an armored regiment commanded by Colonel Longsenburg used the 30 T3 tanks that crossed the west bank earlier (this was all the available arrival equipment when the river was just crossed.), and moved forward along a medium-sized road. Advance to a city called Louwan to the west.

There, they had an encounter with the British Expeditionary General Montgomery's 3st Infantry Brigade, 1rd Division.

This battle took place at night, and neither side had figured out the specific strength of the other side, so they didn't rashly use their full strength to confront each other.

Although it was already around 10 o'clock in the evening, in Bock's headquarters, the officers who were accustomed to going to bed late did not take off their burdens and go to bed.Their overtime deployment dispatched the B Group Army Group whose front line was getting wider and wider, and coordinated the offensive pace of these units.

"General! The vanguard commanded by Colonel Longsenburg sent a telegram, saying that they have just been surrounded by Louvain and are fighting with the British army there." A combat staff officer hurriedly rushed into the headquarters of General Bork and gave this The commander of Army Group B, who was sleeping late, reported the bad news before going to bed.

"The vanguard was besieged by Luwan?!" Bork was startled when he heard the report. Could it be that the British army launched a counterattack and encircled the vanguard of the German army?

Although the besieged was only an armored regiment that was not full of strength, the shock that this news brought to Burke did not lie in the combat situation itself.For him who commanded an army group of hundreds of thousands of troops, the encirclement of a small army of no more than a thousand people was not a serious problem.In a battle of this scale, normally Bok wouldn't even pay attention to it.

However, if it is true that the French army and the Belgian army are retreating steadily, if the British army can fight a successful encirclement battle against the German army, it will undoubtedly greatly boost the morale of the French and Belgian armies, and boost the increasingly decadent situation of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces. Spirit

Even if the British army wiped out only a small vanguard of the German army that did not have all the weapons and equipment, the scale of the battle was not large.However, this will have a huge impact on their morale.Before this, the Belgian army and the French army had never won, let alone wiped out the German army on a large scale.The German army has never lost before, and has maintained the myth of invincibility, deterring the psychological defense of the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms.

"The vanguard group must not be wiped out!" Bock quickly decided: "Let the Air Force of the Third Air Force find a way to launch the latest FW-190 fighter jets and Stuka bombers to support the Louvain area. We must quickly solve the vanguard Ronson." Colonel Fort's crisis."