Chapter 1,232 The Battle Reaches the Middle Game

Chapter 1232 The battle reaches the middle game

"This is not a battle, it is simply a massacre! Although I have not personally experienced the front line, I can imagine how helpless the boys in the bomber force are. They can easily hunt down all the British bombers that appear in sight. They are not afraid of us. Self-defense firepower, easy to catch up, and then kill them cleanly, as easy as picking up something dropped on the ground. This is a situation we have never encountered before, and their presence is a blow to the developing Royal Air Force bomber force! "In the diary of that day, the lieutenant general wrote this.

Although, the Royal Air Force has a great family and a great cause. However, throwing away about 40 FB27 and O-400 bombers in two separate battlefields is definitely a huge loss for the Royal Air Force. You can compare it to the Royal Air Force dropping 40 bombers in one battle in 1943 during World War II. The situation in Kester is even more extreme than this. What? You said that if FB27 is analogous to the Lancaster in World War 2, then which one is the V1500 analogous to? That's at least B29 level! If you want to convert it into money, not counting fuel, bombs and personnel, these 40 bombers alone are worth at least 400,000 pounds! If you switch to tanks, you can build 80 to 100 of them! According to the British establishment, this is equivalent to throwing away two armored regiments in less than 2 hours...

This loss alone is enough to make Lieutenant General Trenchard feel heartbroken, and what makes Lieutenant General even more heartbroken is that along with the crews lost on these bombers, there are 5 people on one bomber, and 40 of them are 200 of the most elite members of the Royal Air Force. of the crew. For this operation, these personnel were carefully selected, and it is a pity to lose even one of them. And now, more than 200 people died all at once... Although the Royal Air Force is now huge, the death of so many elites in a very short period of time is definitely a heavy blow. Like the distribution of social wealth, a small number of pilots at the top get most of the battle results. For example, taking the German World War II submarines as an example, 5% of the ace captains got nearly half or more of the battle results, while experienced bomber pilots The loss is far more terrible than the numerical loss! What's even more disturbing is that the bomber force attacking the Port of Ereli has not yet sent back any news. It's hard to say how the fight is going over there!

"We have used more than half of our strength to attack Count Spey's fleet, and we have also received the full support of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Ordinarily there should not be any problems." At this time, Vice Admiral Sturdy, as the Navy, was in a very happy mood. Very good. After all, if he is not his own child, then he will die.

Besides, it is very worthwhile to exchange bombers worth 400,000 pounds for 2 fast battleships and 1 armored cruiser. Even if it is not sunk, it is just heavy damage. At least the economic accounting is correct! As for strategy, this is no problem! In his view, killing the Allied Mediterranean Fleet is equal to winning the future landing battle, equaling to killing Turkey, and equal to opening up the channel with Russia. Not to mention throwing away 40 bombers, Lieutenant General Sturdy believes that throwing away the Allied Mediterranean Fleet can defeat the Allied Mediterranean Fleet. The outs are all worth it! Of course, Lieutenant General Sturdy did not dare to speak clearly, otherwise, he would probably become the most unpopular person in the Royal Air Force.

"I don't know what the situation is now." Lieutenant General Sturdy asked.

"It's very confusing. No signal has been sent back for 45 minutes! All communications seem to have been interrupted. I don't know if it is due to wartime chaos or some technical problem." Lieutenant General Trenchard said with a gloomy face.

The technical problem he mentioned certainly did not mean that there was something wrong with his telegraph machine. For today's operation, the British prepared a dozen high-power telegraph machines. Although radio communications in this era are somewhat unreliable, if there are enough backups, then there will still be no problem. In the British bomber force attacking the Port of Ereli, every V1500 was equipped with a telegraph machine, and every three The twin-engine bombers are equipped with a medium-wave telegraph machine. In theory, every four-engine bomber and the leader of each twin-engine bomber team can communicate with the headquarters... But now, haha….

It is impossible for the Germans to destroy all British bombers, so there is only one possibility. The British bomber units entering the theater are unable to communicate due to German electronic interference! I can't communicate... This meant that the British bomber force that entered the battlefield became deaf and blind. Attacks will be less coordinated and more helpless against threats.

"Does our Group A know that the Germans have sent troops specifically to deal with bombers?" Lieutenant General Trenchard asked.

"We sent a telegram an hour ago, but there was no response. We don't know if they received it." The face of the officer assisting the liaison was full of helplessness.

"Bastard!" Lieutenant General Trenchard cursed in a low voice, and not just him. At this time, on the sea and in the air outside the port of Ereli, Germans, British and Russians were cursing. This extremely chaotic scene, this scene was so chaotic that the three parties discovered each other, but no one dared to take action easily! Such a scene can appear on the battlefield, and the commanders of the three parties are also drunk!

First of all, I found that the script was different from the reality. The Russians were the ones who had a serious breakup! According to the Russians' understanding, the previous plan was like this. When the Germans did not know what was going on, preferably when they were not even getting out of bed, British bombers would fall from the sky, deal tons of damage, and sink or sink the main German battleships. After heavy damage, the Russians took advantage of the situation and went in to finish the damage. With the help of seaplanes, they used naval guns to sink the German warships in the port one by one... Then call it a day!

But the current situation can be described as "fuck"! The Russians also specifically considered the problem of running out if the German fleet was not severely damaged. Therefore, in order to ensure safety, the Russians deliberately chose a place 50 kilometers northeast of the port of Ereli to wait. According to the speed of the Russian fleet of 15 knots, minus the distance of about 12 kilometers for the bombardment, the distance between the two is 38 kilometers. If the British start bombing, the Russians can include the Port of Ereli in at most one hour. Get within your own bombardment range. And if the Germans were not hit hard but rushed out, this distance would be enough for the Russians to move in smoothly.

But who would have thought that the plan would not change so quickly! Before the British bombs were dropped, the observation posts deployed outside the port of Ereli discovered the British bombers. Then, Count Spey's fleet decisively left the port to avoid it. So, where to go after leaving the port? Naturally, it is away from the direction of the British bombers. The British are coming from the west, so I will go to the east. Then the Spey fleet heading east discovered the Russian fleet waiting to pick peaches in the northeast...

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