One after the other, one after the other, these bombers flew densely across the Channel and over the British mainland. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"London! Here we are! A young bombardier nervously pinched the cross around his neck and muttered a word.

"They're going...... London! Similarly, within the command of the British Air Force, Dowding finally made his own judgment based on the information transmitted back from the ground observation posts.

Hearing that the target of the German planes was London, the entire command of the British Air Force was in chaos.

No one wanted their capital to be visited by enemy bombers, and all eyes were on General Dowding, who was standing on the sidelines, hoping that he would give them instructions on what to do.

"Are you sure?" When Dowding heard the news, he was also a little incredulous. After all, attacking the opponent's capital is a very important matter, and no one will make a hasty decision.

Although Germany yesterday had been using radio propaganda claiming that British bombers had attacked the German capital Berlin at night.

However, at this time, there were no TV channels, and the lack of a sense of picture made this kind of report seem less formal and precise.

Although Dowding had investigated the bomber unit on the mission, who had indeed lost his way and dropped his bomb somewhere, they were not sure that it was Berlin.

However, the pilots claimed that they had been intercepted by a large number of night fighters, and that the enemy's anti-aircraft fire was very heavy.

Based on this, Dowding could not be sure at this time that the British bomber forces had indeed attacked the enemy's capital.

However, according to similar speculation, there is a possibility that the Germans will retaliate.

"Message to London, let them sound the air raid siren and notify all citizens to evacuate!" Thinking of this, Dowding gave the order for the citizens to evacuate.

Two minutes later, air raid sirens sounded in London, and they quickly spread to every corner of the city.

Some timid people began to drag their luggage to take refuge, while some of the bold ones simply looked at the sky with their heads held high, not paying attention to this air defense siren at all.

This air defense siren had been sounded many, many times before, but the feared German bombers had never appeared in the skies over London.

So some civilians felt that the Germans would not bomb London, so they leisurely did their own thing, and did not become vigilant because of this air raid siren.

"Find a place to hide! Find a place to hide! An air defense coordinator on a bicycle and in a military uniform had to give a loud reminder every time he passed a citizen.

But everyone still doesn't think so. Some people looked at the assistant manager who came out almost every day to hang out on his bicycle with great interest, and did not believe his reminder at all.

"The alarm goes off every day, but the Germans never come to ......," one citizen shouted to the assistant with a smile.

This is Great Britain, a city that has not been at war for countless years, and its citizens feel that war cannot spread here.

In the British air defense command, Dowding once again confirmed the route of the Germans, and these German bombers did not change their course and were gradually approaching the city of London.

"Maybe they're going to be separated in the next second, and that's happened before." A British officer looked at the marked dots on the map and said to Dowding.

Dowding frowned, looking at the route of the German plane, which was gradually determined by the ground observation post, and the doubts in his heart were indescribable.

He knew that without the assistance of the radar station, his control of the movements of the Luftwaffe was not complete and timely.

Passive coping did not allow him to make accurate judgments, he could only estimate the enemy's movements, and did not know the exact number of enemy aircraft.

There are many planes in the sky, and counting them by eye is a bit too child's play. If there is also a radar, it is possible to roughly judge the number of enemy aircraft by the change of the radar beam.

"Did the Germans go to bomb London?" Dowding was a little unsure, because it was still impossible to tell where the Germans were going to fly.

"Hell, the number of ground-based anti-aircraft guns is clearly not enough." An officer in charge of air defense said gloomily.

Compared with the flexible defense of fighter cruises, fixed ground anti-aircraft fire, although more secure, cannot defend such a vast territory.

In comparison, Germany produced more anti-aircraft guns and had more advanced performance, but it could not stop the Allied bombing, this is the reason.

However, compared to fighters, anti-aircraft artillery is basically not lost, and ground artillery is relatively safe even if it is attacked, which is much better than a fighter being shot down.

When the British retreated from Dunkirk, they lost a large number of anti-aircraft guns, and the Germans had previously dispatched Stuka to carry out targeted killings, and now the number of anti-aircraft guns defending London was actually not much.

While the British air defense forces were guessing the target of the German bomber group, the German bomber group was already making final preparations for the attack.

100 JU-88 bombers flew at a rather fast pace, and in the blink of an eye they had already flown to the vicinity of London.

These bombers have not yet dispersed, which is tantamount to identifying the targets of their attacks. Because if they attack somewhere else, they don't need to fly over a dangerous place like London.

"The enemy's target is indeed London! They're going to attack London! Dowding pressed the table and shouted, "Prepare to send out fighter jets to attack the enemy's bomber forces while there is chaos!" ”

Just as Dowding gave the order to attack the German bomber force, the German bomber group was also giving the order to attack London.

"Open the magazine! We want the British to remember today! "The front-line commander of the pilot German bomber unit gave the order.

Then, the first JU-88 bomber opened its magazine under its belly, followed by the second and third.

On the bumpy plane, the German bombardier pressed his eyes to the bomb sight, and he felt his plane open the magazine, and the engraving on the sight was already pressed against the target on the ground.

From his sight, he saw some blocks on the ground, and the path that split the roofs of the buildings.

"Attack ready! Bombs can be dropped at any time! Bombs can be dropped at any time! Inside the headphones, the German bombardiers began to confirm their attacks.

"Start dropping bombs! Start dropping bombs! "Attack begins!" "The first bomb!" With one shout after another, the air raid on London began.

"Goodbye! London! "Seeing that the sight was pressed against a building, the German bombardier was muttering words and pressing the bomb switch with his fingers at the same time.

The fuselage of the aircraft trembled slightly, and with the sound of metal gently colliding and rubbing, the first bomb smoothly escaped from the magazine of the JU-88 bomber.

"Buzz!" The bomb rubbed against the surrounding air, moved like a parabola in free fall, and then rushed towards the target aimed at the sight.

"Bomber units began to drop bombs! Please check the landing location! After the bombing began, the front-line commander, who commanded the bombing, shouted to one of the bombers flying at the very end of the entire bomber fleet.

On the streets of London, a middle-aged man in a top hat raised his head and looked at the black cross-like planes that appeared in the sky, and his shocked expression did not leave for a long time.

He just stood in the street stupidly, as if he still didn't believe that the Germans were bombing London.

"O my God! They really bombed! They really ...... It's really coming! The middle-aged Englishman held the top of his top hat with one hand and muttered to himself.

"Please seek shelter immediately in the nearest bomb shelter! Mr! Get out of here now! The assistant manager who was still patrolling the street just now rushed over on a bicycle and reminded the middle-aged citizen loudly.

Before the words of the reminder landed, the sound of an explosion was heard in the distance. The bombs dropped by the bombers had landed, and it was clear that London had indeed been attacked.

"My God!" Getting off the bicycle, the assistant manager pulled the middle-aged man and ran to the entrance of a subway station in the distance.

Apparently they did not realize that the bomb exploded somewhere in the distance, and it would take a long time for it to spread to the place where they were standing.

But the tremor from under his feet was real, and the power of the explosion was truly terrifying. An air raid of this magnitude would definitely devastate the city of London.

"His Majesty the King called and asked why the Germans were attacking London." What about the British air defense command, an officer shouted to Dowding over the telephone receiver.

Dowding was pinching another telephone when news came from the observation post that a factory in the suburbs of London had been attacked.

"This is Observation Post 50! We see that German planes are attacking London! Here we see black smoke rising from London! Please confirm! Please confirm! In the other telephone, the anxious voices of the people at the ground observation post could be heard clearly from a distance.

The destruction of the air defense early warning radar system, the German code, which has not yet been deciphered, finally had an impact on Dowding's command.

"Where are the fighters that took off?" He asked, looking at the fighter commander beside him.

If Dowding had ignored the German fighter planes attacking London, he would have had no way to account for Churchill and His Majesty the King.

What he wants is to preserve the combat strength of his fighter unit, not to be a turtle with a shrunken head and ignore any battle.

If none of the enemy planes bombing London were intercepted by the Air Force, then Dowding would not be able to explain what kind of mentality he was.

Moreover, at this time, Dowding also hoped to frustrate the enemy's spirit, fight with the Germans in a favorable place, and regain his disadvantage.