Chapter 688: Accidentally Bombed London

"Captain, the No. 2 engine is malfunctioning, shall we return?" the pilot asked the captain beside him.

The captain turned his head, looked at the engine that was still smoking from the porthole, and said, "No, keep flying."

As a four-engine bomber, this aircraft originally has this function. When long-distance endurance is required, two engines can be turned off to reduce fuel consumption. Therefore, although one engine is missing now, it can still continue to execute. task.

This was the first large-scale bombing mission. The captain didn't want to quit because of one engine failure. At least for now, the other three engines were still working normally.

In order to continue the mission, the captain deliberately concealed the problem of the engine failure. As a result, when they flew to the scheduled assembly area, they discovered that their bomber group had already assembled and set off two minutes ago!

It doesn't matter, just go after it yourself!

Therefore, the captain ordered the navigator to fly according to the predetermined route according to the radio guidance, hoping to catch up with his own formation.

Unfortunately, without one engine, their speed is actually slower than the fleet ahead, so not only did they not catch up, but they fell further behind.

After flying over the center line of the strait, nothing could be found, so the captain decided to fly over to bombard it himself according to the predetermined target!

A solitary bomber was flying high in the sky. Their target was a factory near Greenwich. This factory was mainly engaged in the production of alloys and was a necessary raw material for the manufacture of aircraft engines.

Adjusting the route, the entire bomber crew did not feel alone, they were fighting!

"Ahead, the target is about to be reached," the navigator shouted.

They flew strictly according to the route, but they did not find that the wind direction over the UK had changed at this time, and they flew an extra 20 kilometers forward. In front, it was not Greenwich, but London!

"No target found," the navigator shouted.

According to the prior arrangement, there will be personnel on the ground to guide. In short, it is just a simple three-short and three-long lamp language to the sky with a flashlight, but now, they have not found it.

It was pitch black below, and since the bombing had already started, the cities in these areas had already implemented a blackout.

After flying around this area for two laps, the navigator was suddenly overjoyed. In front of him, a flickering signal finally appeared: "Find the target, prepare to drop bombs, fly straight, and enter the bombing route!"

At this time, they did not know that the flickering signal below was not the target factory at all, but the Big Ben on the Capitol, which was telling the time on time! Although there is a blackout in London, the administrators are negligent and forget that this clock will flash so much when it strikes the time on time!

To the north of this splendid Big Ben is Whitehall Street, where the ministries of the British government are located.

In the middle of the west side of Whitehall Street, there is a short and narrow side street, the famous Downing Street. 10 This Street is an obscure three-story gray brick building built in 1680.

Yes, this is 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister's Office, the centre of the UK government's big decisions, policies and world-changing conferences.

And now, in this three-story building, Churchill sleepless nights.

"What, even our Woolston factory was bombed?" Churchill clenched his fists when he got this news.

Fight, keep fighting until victory, this is Churchill's consistent belief, he also believes that he can win, but now, reality is constantly pouring cold water on his head.

The two Spitfire factories were completely razed to the ground. The Germans used hundreds of bombers to bomb Britain. The most terrible thing is that this night bombing, the German surprise attack, played a good role. Effect.

"In a month, we can't even produce a Spitfire," said Chief of Staff Archibald, which was the hardest blow to Britain.

If Britain wants to protect its homeland, it must deal with the bombing of the Germans, first of all to defeat the Luftwaffe, but now? One night bombing by the Germans, the British fighter production capacity, disappeared.

Churchill's cigar, extinguished, stood up and looked at the dark night sky. God, don't you still think that the suffering of England is not enough?

"Boom!" At this moment, suddenly, on the street a few hundred meters away, there was a violent explosion, and the dark street was shining.

"Protect the Prime Minister!" the captain of the guard shouted, and came up and knocked Churchill down. Almost at the same time, the glass in front of Churchill was shattered.

"Boom, boom!" The explosions continued one after another! The entire Whitehall Street was terribly bombed!

The bombs dropped from high altitude were not high enough. Originally, they aimed at the Big Ben. As a result, almost all the bombs fell to the north of Big Ben, which is the seat of the British government!

A bomb exploded almost a dozen meters away from No. 10 Downing Street. In the huge explosion, the entire street was blasted into a crater more than ten meters deep!

Countless pieces of debris flew and hit the three-storey building at No. 10 Downing Street. The corner of the building could not withstand the huge impact and collapsed!

In front of the small building, on the high flagpole, the flag symbolizing Great Britain was also torn open in countless holes during the explosion, but it did not fall, and was still fluttering in the wind!

In the dark night sky, countless firelights appeared throughout Whitehall Street.

London, burning, seat of government, burning!

Fire trucks arrived urgently, and countless people came out spontaneously to participate in the rescue!

At this time, the bombers in the sky did not know that they had done a feat and almost killed British Prime Minister Churchill. At this time, they completed the bombing, circled, and were about to return, but they found that they seemed to have stabbed a hornet's nest.

Originally, it was just an ordinary factory. Even if it was protected, it would be the size of an anti-aircraft artillery company at most, but what about now? There are hundreds of beams of light that suddenly light up below!

These beams of light swept back and forth, cutting the sky into patches.

"Quick, climb, climb now!" the captain shouted loudly.

There must be something wrong, is this a trap? With so many searchlights, it's only a matter of time before you are discovered, but as long as you climb up into the sky, there will be no problem! You know, no matter how powerful the anti-aircraft artillery is, it is impossible to hit an effective shooting height of 8,000 meters!

The three engines turned on their horsepower and climbed up desperately. Just after climbing to 7000 meters, they were caught by countless beams of light. Then, below, countless anti-aircraft guns fired together, as if they were facing the sky, venting their dissatisfaction. .

Unfortunately, they are destined to be just useless.