Headquarters issued the top-secret Order No. 17 on July 23, 1940, regarding naval and air warfare against Britain, in order to create the necessary conditions for the final conquest of Britain, and intended to continue a more violent naval and air war against Britain than in the past.
To this end, Wilhelm II issued the following order: 1. The Luftwaffe should defeat the British Air Force with all its strength as soon as possible…
2. After temporary or local air superiority is obtained, air attacks should be carried out on ports, especially facilities related to food supply... Attacks on British southern coastal ports should be carried out on the smallest possible scale to facilitate our planning combat operations…
3. The main force of the Air Force should be on standby and ready to participate in the "Blue Plan".
4. Regarding the use of terrorist air strikes as a means of retaliation, I make the final decision.
5. The intensification of the air battle can be started on July 23 or after this date... The French and Italian navies have been authorized to start the intensification of the planned naval battle at the same time.
At the same time, the order issued by Plan Blue has nothing to do with Britain itself. This order is: except for the 500,000 National Defense Forces stationed in northern France who are preparing to land in the United Kingdom, all remaining German troops will withdraw to Germany. At the same time, nearly 60 A division of troops, their garrison is Poland. This order was obviously issued to prevent the Soviet Union. William II was very worried that when the German army attacked the British mainland, the Soviet Union would stab Germany in the back.
"General Kesselring, the Second Air Force has set off! The dark clouds have dispersed and today will be a sunny day!" the adjutant said to General Kesselring.
"Very good!" General Kesselring said with great care, while praying for the pilots of the Second Air Force who had already taken off. God has never been kind to Germany. It gave the land to the French and the sea to the British, leaving only a place surrounded by enemies for Germany. Today, now, Germany has seized the land from the French and the ocean from the British, but this is not enough for Germany. The German air force still needs to dominate the entire blue sky.
London, England, is one of the seven most important sector radar stations in the UK. Their job is to monitor the German Air Force across the strait, which has always been ambitious against the UK. People here have long been accustomed to staring at the radar every day, and Knowing that the Luftwaffe could attack at any time, today, people who should have been accustomed to this kind of life still lost their composure.
"Stationmaster, the German Air Force is here!" A young man who was still a little immature shouted anxiously.
"Oh!" The station commander said vaguely, obviously not fully waking up from his sleep, "How many planes are there? Report to Fighter Command immediately!"
"It's so densely packed that there are at least five hundred of them!" The young man's panic was obviously not calmed down by the stationmaster's words. Apparently he was frightened by the large-scale deployment of the Luftwaffe.
"What!" The stationmaster's sleepiness immediately disappeared without a trace. In front of the hurried runway screen, after seeing it clearly, he took a breath of cold air and shouted, "immediately report to the Fighter Command that the German Air Force is launching a massive attack. There are at least thousands of aircraft! Let the air force fighter jets be ready!"
General Hugh Dowding, commander of Fighter Command, immediately learned of the Luftwaffe's attack. However, when he learned that the Luftwaffe's attack would mobilize thousands of aircraft, General Hugh Dowding was still shocked by the German air force. Da generous was so shocked that he couldn't even say anything. He immediately asked, "Can the Luftwaffe's target be seen now?"
"General Dowding, judging from the current flight route! The targets are still London and Portsmouth. Immediately order the 10th Group commanded by Major General Brand and the 11th Group commanded by Major General Parker to take off to intercept!" Hugh· Admiral Dowding ordered without any doubt.
"Understood, Admiral Dowding." The radio operator immediately sent the message. Now he needs to inform Major General Brand and Major General Pike before the German Air Force arrives. In fact, if it were normal times, the people in the Fighter Command would definitely not be so busy. , although the German Air Force has always been in a dominant position, for the British Air Force, with the assistance of radar, they have enough time to take off for combat, but it has to be said that the German Second Air Force took risks in the dark clouds that have not completely dispersed. Taking off for combat at the time, the British Air Force was indeed caught off guard.
But immediately, Major Generals Brand and Parker each had their own air groups in the air, and now every minute of delay was a crime. Many pilots even boarded the plane while eating breakfast, and soon more than 300 Hurricane and Spitfire fighter jets took to the sky.
In London, Colonel Schwartz, flying a Stuka dive bomber, flew here again. Since the Battle of Dunkirk, Colonel Schwartz had not felt excited for a long time. -109 fighter jets are covering his bomber wing. Colonel Schwartz certainly knows that today's air battle will determine the fate of Germany and Britain. The scene of this decisive battle makes Colonel Schwartz's blood boil. He wants to fly his own plane immediately and have a fight. Dive bombing.
When Colonel Schwartz led his regiment of dive bombers first over London, the sky was already bright and the roads to the bunkers below were crowded with panicked crowds. While people were hiding, they looked up to the sky. When they saw the huge iron cross printed on the plane that had arrived above their heads, people screamed uncontrollably. It was the fear of death.
"Haha, scream loudly!" Although Colonel Schwartz didn't know what the people were shouting, the fearful expressions already told Colonel Schwartz what those people meant.
Following Schwartz's order, dive bombers pounced on the unsuspecting crowd. In an instant, bombs rained down on the streets crowded with people. The ground was filled with flames and flesh and blood flying everywhere. The huge explosion made the crowded streets even more crowded. People crowded and pushed in order to find a way to escape. Many people fell to the ground. People ignored them and continued to run away in a panic.
"People say that the British are gentlemen, why didn't I see it! Haha..." Colonel Schwartz yelled wildly.
"That's right, captain, in the face of death, the British are no different from the Poles or the French!" The comments of his teammates came to his ears. At this time, more than a hundred British Hurricane fighter jets appeared in front of them, causing some panic in the bomber wing that had just been immersed in the battle.
"Don't be in a hurry!" Colonel Schwartz immediately discovered this situation and ordered, "The British fighters will be dealt with by the brothers of the fighter wing. Our mission is to bomb. Don't panic. This will only lead to death!" "With the words, Colonel Schwartz's Stuka dive bomber continued to dive to complete its mission. Seeing that their commander was so calm, everyone turned a blind eye to the British Hurricane fighter jets and continued to conduct dive bombings. Every time they dived, dozens of British people were killed.
At the same time, the Hurricane fighter jets that the British came to intercept had been stopped by a group of German Me-109 fighter jets. The two sides immediately staged a fierce air battle over London. Although Germany was fighting away from home, the huge advantage still allowed the British to The pilot couldn't breathe, as if he was surrounded by German fighter jets all around him.
Fighter planes were circling and rolling, chasing each other in a melee, and the sharp roar of their engines was heard one after another. Some brave British people hid in corners to cheer for their country's pilots. But they obviously forgot that this was a battlefield. A dive bomber dragged thick smoke and crashed into a seven-story building. It immediately caused a huge explosion and shattered glass like bullets, turning the people around into blood. people.
The air battle lasted for nearly half an hour. More than 20 aircraft on both sides of the British and German sides caught fire and exploded. At this time, the bomber wing that had completed its mission was ready to return. The bomber wing that had completed the cover mission very beautifully also began to gradually separate from the British. fighter contact.
At this time, thousands of miles away in Berlin, Admiral Sbier was walking anxiously in his office. From time to time he raised his wrist, looked at his watch, and said, "Fifty minutes!" and then shouted, "It's fifty minutes!" "Is Third Air Force ready?"
"Admiral Sbier, the Third Air Force has already taken off and has decided not to give the British a chance to refuel!" the adjutant replied.
"Well!" Admiral Sbier didn't know what he was thinking.
This is a mission that can only be accomplished by the always rigorous Germans. Just when the Second Air Force was about to run out of fuel and had to return, the Third Air Force pressed over like a dark cloud from a distance. The target was these people who had already and The Second Air Force engaged the British fighter formation for half an hour.
General Hugh Dowding, who had been observing the battle situation, immediately understood the intention of the Luftwaffe. "I never thought that Goering would have a glimmer of inspiration and ordered the 12th Group commanded by Major General Mallory and the 12th Group commanded by Major General Saul. The 13th Group immediately took off to take over the 10th Group commanded by Major General Brand and the 11th Group commanded by Major General Parker."
In front of the menacing Third Air Force, the pilots of the two groups, who had been fighting for half an hour, were constantly fighting left and right in their Hurricane fighter jets that were about to run out of fuel. But facing the Me-109 fighter group that surrounded them heavily, there was no good way yet.
At this time, the 12th Group commanded by Major General Mallory and the 13th Group commanded by Major General Saul finally arrived belatedly and temporarily relieved the hurricane fighter formation that was almost running out of fuel. However, the 12th Group and the 13th Group still felt a lot of pressure, because the Third Air Force was the strongest air force of the German Air Force. Even if only half of the aircraft flew to London, it was not possible for the British Air Force of the two groups. Eat well.
Helmut Vick, captain of the fifth squadron of the 2nd Group of the 3rd Air Force, piloted a Me-109 fighter jet to chase a Spitfire. The other party seemed to have discovered Captain Helmut Vick's body. With the intention of flying his own plane one after another, he hoped to get rid of Captain Helmut Vick's pursuit. However, as a pilot who had participated in the French campaign, Captain Helmut Vick had already seen the British jets. Firefighters and Hurricanes, and learn about the capabilities of British fighter aircraft. I knew that the performance of the Spitfire fighter in front of me was similar to that of the Me-109 fighter I was driving, but it was obvious that the driver was really a rookie. Thinking of this, I became more confident in winning this battle. ,
On May 10, 1940, the Western Front campaign began. JG2 belonged to the Third Air Force and was responsible for supporting Army Group A led by General Guderian on the ground to attack northern France. The German army achieved brilliant results in the Western Front Campaign. Vick also achieved his first two victories on May 22. On June 17, France surrendered. Lieutenant Vick had achieved a total of 14 victories on the Western Front by June 22, becoming the number one killer of JG2, for which he received the Iron Cross First Class. This experience made Helmut Vick feel much stronger than the rookie in front of him.
"Come on, let me give you a try!" Helmut Vick secretly thought, and then made a big maneuver and bit the tail of the opponent's plane tightly. The opponent was obviously very nervous, and the plane also moved around. He was swaying unsteadily, as if he was very frightened.
But just when Helmut Vick thought he had a chance to win, the opponent suddenly accelerated, got rid of his threat, and then tried to bite him. "It turns out that you are pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger. I really underestimate you!" Helmut Vic thought to himself as he looked at the Spitfire fighter jet that suddenly flew to his flank.
Helmut Vick's wingman suddenly made preparations and drove away the British Spitfire that was almost in an attack position. While Captain Helmut Vick was fighting his opponent, the German fighter formation had already fought with the British fighter group. Although the British Air Force may not be able to repel the Third Air Force if it concentrates its own fighters, in order to prepare for possible surprise attacks by the Germans elsewhere, General Dowding must retain a fighter formation that can take off at any time.
Admiral Dowding was more cautious and prudent. He always retained a reserve force of 280 aircraft, which would never be used until the last moment when the German landing formation entered the strait. He was clearly aware that a large-scale air battle would be inevitable, so he always adopted a strategy of preserving his strength as much as possible. He even dared to resist Prime Minister Churchill's order and not send more aircraft to France at that time.
The biggest difficulty of the British Army was the shortage of pilots. Due to the emphasis on pilot quality before the war, there were very few schools to train pilots. In addition to the losses during the war, the number of pilots began to experience a crisis. Admiral Dowding opened new training schools and stepped up efforts. While training air and ground crews, pilots from occupied countries such as France, Belgium, Czech Republic and Poland in the UK were recruited to join the British Air Force, 68 pilots were seconded from the Naval Air Force, and air and ground crews from Commonwealth countries were recruited.
Almost the current air battle also shows that Admiral Dowding's painstaking efforts are correct. Although the current situation is very dangerous, the rotation between the four air force groups still stabilizes the current situation of the two sides at a balanced point. The German Air Force There was no ability to overwhelm the British Air Force. It’s just that I don’t know what General Dowding would think if he knew that Goering had specially formed two more aviation groups.
But before Admiral Dowding could let go of the heart hanging in his throat, a piece of thunderous news came, "A large-scale German air force formation appeared in the northeastern part of the UK facing Norway, numbering at least several hundred. Fight!" Admiral Dowding immediately knew that this was the appearance of the German Fifth Air Force stationed in Norway.
The current situation is extremely urgent. It is impossible for the pilots who have been torn off to take off again so quickly. Admiral Dowding can only order the 14th Group, which has been serving as a reserve force, to fight. The 14th Group has more than 280 Hurricane fighter jets and jets. Fire fighter jets account for almost 30% of the total number of these two advanced fighter jets in the UK.
At this time, various cities in northern France were making intense preparations at some airports. In these airports closest to the English Channel, Germany's newly established Sixth and Seventh Air Forces were stationed. These aircraft were also recently acquired. The aircraft that had just come off the production line were spotless inside the cabin. According to the plan, they would participate in the battle at around four o'clock in the afternoon, although most pilots did not know why they had to enter the battle in the afternoon.
These pilots who are preparing for the afternoon battle already know how fierce the air battle in the UK is now. Many people hope to fly their own aircraft to fight now, but due to the order of Major General Jedinek , now the pilots of both aviation teams must stay at the airport. I can only eagerly use my own connections to get some information about this from the pilots of other air forces.
This battle soon had to be stopped due to the exhaustion of fuel on both sides. At this time, both sides were already furious. Many British pilots chased the retreating German Air Force regardless of their own fuel, but soon they were behind their own. The captain had to stop under the scolding. It turned out that these British people were right not to pursue the German pilots.
Because very soon, with only a few minutes of time difference, General Kesselring's Second Air Force flew over the UK again, chasing the British fighter jets that had not returned to the ground to refuel. Fortunately, the Lan Lan aircraft had already refueled. The 10th Group under the command of Major General De and the 11th Group under the command of Major General Pike took to the air again to fight, only to save a life.
At this time in the Karin Manor, Goering and General Kesselring were debating the effectiveness of this kind of battle. General Kesselin said: "I'm sorry, Marshal, if this continues, even if we can win, it will be a miserable victory." , since you already have a plan, why not queue up the Sixth and Seventh Air Forces now? You know, the British Air Force will not notice them now!"
"Kesselring, now is not the time. We must succeed in one blow and kill the British Air Force without leaving any consequences!" Goering said proudly, "The blood the Air Force has saved today will be proven worthwhile by time. Instead of protracted fighting! It’s better to sacrifice yourself first and kill the British Air Force in one fell swoop!”
Brothers, watching the game, Germany is now leading 2-0. I wonder if they can beat England!