Three Hundred and Fifty Eight National Games

"Weakness?" The light in Churchill's eyes flickered and disappeared. He needed a victory too much, and he needed a great victory too much to continue the undefeated myth of the British Empire. Hearing what Lieutenant General Huo Lan said, he seemed to have seen the future, as if he had already stood on the monument of winning the war.

"After repeated research and discussion, I have confirmed that although the German High Seas Fleet is powerful, it has a fatal weakness." Lieutenant General Holland looked into Churchill's eyes and said: "This is also after our disastrous defeat two days ago. An Achilles' heel of the proof."

"Tell me!" Churchill couldn't wait any longer. He really wanted to know what the weakness Holland was talking about, and if it could be successfully exploited, would it really be possible to defeat the German High Seas Fleet in one go.

"German aircraft carriers can't fight at night!" Holland didn't give a shit, but expressed his thoughts very simply: "I asked the technicians on the Royal Ark aircraft carrier, and they all said that taking off at night when the wind is high and the waves are rough A fighter jet is an act of suicide, and this is when our army uses a large number of two-seater fighter jets and bombers! The German army pursues performance, and fighter jets are all single-piloted, so they are less likely to be able to fight at night!"

"Keep talking!" Churchill seemed to have thought of something, but he was not a professional naval fleet commander after all, so he still planned to listen to Lieutenant General Holland's opinion.

"And we can notice that in the last two days of the Generator Plan mission execution, the losses of our army at night were basically sunk by three things, the first was mines, the second was submarines, and the third was large bombers Lieutenant General Huo Lan stretched out three fingers and introduced: "This shows a problem, that is, their navy and air force fighters are the same as ours! There is no way to dispatch them at night! Or even if they are barely If you move out, you won't be able to attack!"

"In addition to the aircraft carrier with super attack capability during the day, the German navy fleet is full of small ships that can't stand on the table. As long as our fleet rushes into the opponent's aircraft carrier fleet, it only takes half an hour. I am sure to sink all of them." German ships!" Lieutenant General Holland finally said confidently.

Indeed, if any battleship of the British Navy is allowed to rush into the German naval fleet, those crispy aircraft carriers and the escort fleet with obviously insufficient artillery caliber will be just a side dish under the guns of the battleship.

In the British Navy's weapons catalog, there happens to be one type of warship that is famous for assault and bullying small boats, and that is the battlecruiser of the Royal Navy. At this moment, the battlecruisers in the British mainland include the Hood and the Renown. If cruisers and destroyers with similar speeds are added, they are absolutely sure to sink all the German naval fleet within two hours.

"It's not that I haven't thought about this method, but the whole plan has a congenital flaw." A naval general seemed to scoff at the plan: "The aircraft carrier-based aircraft has a fairly long range, and if there is no accident, it will definitely be at least Spotted our fleet at a distance of 150 nautical miles,

Even if it is not enough to attack, this distance is still enough to escape. The navy dispatched warships and the opponent fled. This kind of thing happened not once or twice. "

"This time it's different. Their attention is on the English Channel, and our fleet will be able to get closer to the enemy!" Lieutenant General Huo Lan said decisively: "And we can lurk in our army's coastal waters in batches, slowly Approaching the German fleet! No matter how many of their reconnaissance planes are in danger of being shot down, it is impossible to get close to our coastline!"

"In addition! Hurricane fighter jets have accumulated a certain amount recently, is it safe to dispatch 30 of them to expel German reconnaissance planes off the coast?" Lieutenant General Holland asked several air force generals.

"If it's just to expel the reconnaissance planes of the German Navy, it should be possible to concentrate our forces." An air force general glanced at Churchill, saw Churchill nodded, and then replied: "But once this task is carried out, then Our army's only 35 Hurricane fighter jets can only be concentrated near the coastline, and the air defense over the entire UK will be equivalent to being undefended."

During the day, they used the cover of land-based aviation to approach the target quietly, and at night they suddenly appeared and accelerated towards the German fleet, destroying the German naval fleet in the state of night battle artillery that the Germans are least good at. This plan - it works!

After a short thought, Churchill immediately came to this conclusion. As long as the big trouble at sea can be solved in one go, then the rest of Dunkirk will be easy to handle. Even if the 200,000 army is left in Dunkirk, with the navy as a barrier, the Germans will not be able to deal with it for a while. Can't cross the strait.

It's just that this time the navy has to bet on the most elite warships to fight to the death, and the outcome is unpredictable. Once it wins, it can bring Germany back to its original shape, and if it fails, it will make itself devastated. This is the legendary Battle of the British Empire!

He thought of this, so he nodded and finalized today's emergency meeting: "That's it! Arrange for the main force of the fleet to go south! Stand by near the English Channel! Then it will consist of the Hood, the Renown, three cruisers, and six destroyers. The fleet is looking for an opportunity to fight!"

He paused and continued to issue the order: "In order to confuse Germany, continue to withdraw troops from Dunkirk these days! As a bait for the German High Seas Fleet to take the bait! In addition, the Air Force mobilized elite troops and concentrated Hurricane fighter jets to ensure the operation on the day The sky is absolutely safe!"

"Yes!" Everyone stood up and stood at attention, responding to Churchill.

"How sure are you?" After the meeting, Churchill left behind Lieutenant General Holland, who provided the action plan, and personally asked about some details of the action.

"If nothing else happens, I'm at least 70% sure! As long as the German navy takes the bait this time, it won't be able to run away!" Holland said confidently: "I evaluated the night combat capability of the German navy, and it's just as good as three The firepower of a cruiser is about the same! Even counting the three so-called armored ships, they are no match for the Renown and the Hood at all!"

"What's more." Holland thought for a while and added: "Once our fleet entangles the German aircraft carrier, the follow-up battleships only need to catch up..."

"The battle of national destiny! It's all here!" Churchill said bleakly, looking very proud, but it's a pity that the entire national destiny is bet on one battle, which in itself is the sorrow of a strong man.

At the same moment when Churchill decided to put all his eggs in one basket, on the runway of the Luftwaffe Holland Airport, in a secret and important military base of the Luftwaffe, a large number of German bombers were preparing for an attack mission.

"One-two-three! Press! One-two-three! Press!" The ground crew is using a special loading vehicle to install high-explosive ammunition for the Butcher bomber. A 250-kilogram heavy bomb was hung in the bomb bay of the Butcher bomber. The airport was brightly lit, and the searchlights were providing illumination for the night-time bombing operation.

On both sides of the runway of the airport, there were actually butcher bombers one after another. After a few days of accumulation, these German strategic bombers that bombed London have accumulated an astonishing number. Compared with the time when they went to London, This time, the German strategic bomber fleet already has a huge size of 80 aircraft.

"After taking off from the Netherlands, fly to the northwest, I understand." Not far away, several pilots were finally confirming the flight route with the navigator and ground commanders. They pointed to the route map and repeatedly confirmed, because Taking off at night to carry out bombing missions is not an easy task.

"I don't know if this bombing mission will go well." On the airport control tower, the person in charge of directing this bombing mission is still the commander-in-chief of the German bomber force, Dick, the deputy chief of staff of the Air Force. While staring at the combat target and frowning, he asked the adjutant beside him.

"General! The head of state said that in ancient China, there is a saying in the art of war, which is called 'the empty is the real, and the real is the empty!' I think this sentence is said too much, it is simply a military motto."

The adjutant pointed to the map proudly, and comforted Dick, "We bombed Dunkirk for two days, so they will think that our strategic bomber fleet will fly to Dunkirk tonight! To bomb the British mainland!"

"I hope this time, if we don't bomb London, we won't encounter those fighter jets called Hurricanes. In this way, there won't be too much loss." Dick was also slightly relieved, staring at the map and said.

"Don't worry! The information given by the intelligence department is that the British fighter force is heading south, and they are trying to ensure air supremacy near Dunkirk. General Catherine analyzed that the British may have some intentions against our aircraft carrier fleet." Adjutant After thinking about it, he said.

"What the navy is doing has nothing to do with our strategic bomber unit! We just need to complete the attack order issued by the head of state! This time, we will let the British have a complete taste of our Germans!" Dick gritted his teeth and said, "For the navy, leave it to General Catherine and General Lütjens!"

"The strategic bomber formation requests to take off! General!" An officer commanding the control tower came to Dick's side and stood at attention and saluted.

"Approved to take off! All bombers, target Manchester! The second British mainland bombing plan, start!" Dick tapped the pen in his hand on a huge map of the UK, the industrial city called Manchester - there is the UK A production line of Hurricane fighter jets has just been built.