c_t; When the Luftwaffe began to deploy from the rear to the front, when the German naval fleet once again sailed out of the Mediterranean and then turned to France. [No Pop-up Novel Network] (Advertisement)-79- When the German radio read in an arrogant tone the Kaiser's ultimatum demanding the unconditional surrender of the British. The biggest crisis in the British Isles since the English Revolution has finally arrived! For centuries and centuries, Britain itself was almost the safest place in the world, and with the exception of a few rare raids, the proud British always brought war to the rest of the world, while enjoying peace and comfort at home. And this time, the situation has changed, and perhaps in a few days, or hours, the most powerful empire in Europe's history and its minions will launch an all-out attack on the British Isles!

"Ours will fight with these German eagle dogs at sea, in the air, on the ground! We have nothing to fear, because behind the warriors are our families and homes! We have no choice but to win, win, win! "Churchill's speech was still so inspiring and exciting. In the face of the Germans, the British did not have the slightest luck. France that has just fallen is an example of this. In the words of a certain British critic, France went directly from being a world-class power to a semi-colonial country! Their political power is no greater than that of a king in Germany!

Long before the Battle of Saint-Nazaire broke out, the British began to prepare for war in full force! The first thing they did was to evacuate a large number of industries as well as the elderly and children to the north of England. Some precious metals and other hard currencies were even transferred to the United States. Although Churchill and other political leaders and Her Majesty the 'Female' King remained in Britain, the British sent some dignitaries and royal officials to Canada just in case, preparing to form a government-in-exile when Britain fell proper.

In this national relocation, more than 60% of the aviation industry moved north to the north of the United Kingdom, and in order to ensure the safety of certain key facilities, such as aero-engine factories and aviation gasoline reserves. The British even relocated part of their facilities to Iceland. The British Grand Fleet also left the southern ports and chose anchorage in World War I. At the same time as relocating industry, the British were also strengthening their city's defenses. The power of the Germans' strategic bombing was already on full display in Italy, Iran, and France. The British shuddered a little at the thought that one day the Germans would drop thousands of tons of bombs on London, Liverpool, etc. They took advantage of the last period of time to step up even civil air defense projects, and many of them directly turned subway stations into temporary air defense 'shelters', and reduced the losses caused by the enemy's strikes by building some new air defense shelters and early warning systems. Cities in England have been transformed into fortresses after such improvements. At the same time, in order to reduce population losses. The British also evacuated large numbers of workers and equipment to the countryside.

In terms of material rationing, although the British had nearly a year's supply reserves, China and the United States also said that they would do whatever it took to ensure the smooth flow of the North Atlantic transportation route. But in order to prevent accidents, the British still implemented rationing early. The supply of military personnel is a standard. Adult male 'sex' workers are a standard, while the ration for children and the elderly is only about 60 percent of that of adult male 'sex'. [There are almost all the books I want to read.,It's much more stable and faster than the general station.,There's no ads in the whole text.] And the rations are also filled with various substitutes such as margarine. The British were about to usher in the most strained phase of supplies in the entire 2 World War.

In order to ensure military production. The British government integrated the domestic industrial system to the greatest extent, and on the one hand, they greatly reduced the production of daily necessities, and almost completely suspended the production of luxury goods. to save valuable 'non-colored' metals, electrical energy and other raw materials. In addition to the normal military industrial complex working overtime to produce, even the piano and bicycle factories are producing the body material of the mosquito aircraft. The wooden shell of the Mosquito airplane, known as the miracle of wood, can be produced even in small workshops! And in order to save gas, the British not only limited the fuel rationing of 'private' cars, but even introduced a bill that all cars should not exceed 30 miles per hour! The reason is that too high a speed can lead to an increase in fuel consumption!

At the same time, the British Air Force and the Chinese and American Air Forces stationed in the United Kingdom are also preparing for the coming storm, and the Luftwaffe still overestimates the strength of the British Royal Air Force at this time, the total number of aircraft in the British Royal Air Force at this time is 16,000 aircraft, but there are only about 8,000 single-engine fighters and about 2,000 twin-engine fighters, and only 7,500 to 8,000 of the 10,000 fighters can be used in combat! And about 30% of these units are newcomers. ←→x79 novels can be called a brutal war of attrition, and the Germans are a little unbearable, not to mention the United Kingdom, which has a relatively small population base! So, in desperation. Churchill even proposed to China and the United States whether it was possible to "import" some retired aircraft pilots from both countries!

You must know that China and the United States have re-recruited some pilots who have retired but are still in the appropriate age for this battle, and the British can only dig up people who are older and are no longer suitable for combat! But even then, the British paid quite well and promised to carry out air interception missions only over the homeland. It can be seen from this that the air defense of the British at this time was indeed somewhat stretched.

However, this is at the most difficult time, and the aviation industry, which the British have already turned, is trying to make up for the lack of fighters and trainers. According to British estimates, in just one month, Britain's fighter production capacity can reach the standard of 3,000 to 3,500 per month, so I am afraid that the production capacity will of course be at the cost of reducing bomber production. But this at least ensured that the British Air Force had enough aircraft to use.

In addition to the British Royal Air Force, the Chinese and American aviation units bear nearly 40% of the pressure on the British homeland's air defense! The Americans left behind the Eighth and Fourth Air Armies, which together had a total of 4,500 aircraft, including 2,700 single-engine fighters. ←→x79 Novel.com, this time the Americans did quite a real job. Nearly 8 percent of these fighters are the most advanced P47D fighters of the Americans. This new aircraft has a great speed advantage over the FW190 at medium and high altitudes, and at least a good climb advantage. (Let's wash and sleep at a low altitude.) The huge fuselage, the powerful R2800-8W engine (different from the historical engine), advanced exhaust gas turbocharging equipment, and 4 'Sispano' cannons and 2 'M2 machine guns, make this fighter a full high-altitude kill, when the altitude rises to more than 7500, the new Chinese Cascha Falcon fighter also has no advantage in front of the other party, and the strong technical strength of the Americans is undoubtedly 'exposed' on this aircraft!

For the sake of the face of the British, who had just 'handed over' their territory in Southeast Asia to China. China's support for the British was also impressive. In just two months, the British were provided with as many as 22 air wings, totaling nearly 3,000 single-engine and twin-engine fighters of various kinds, all of which were 'drawn' from the front-line aviation units in China, and the planes equipped were mainly Shicha Falcon 3 fighters and flying fox twin-engine aircraft. The latter, after the replacement of new engines, in which the low-altitude climb and speed were not inferior to the FW190A fighters of the Germans. Of course, more importantly, Huaxia once again helped the British optimize their air defense system.

In essence, the air defense system of the British is no different from that of the French. It's just that the British have more radars and tighter air defense networks. Air operations still rely heavily on guidance from the ground, and the entire command system is also very cumbersome, and there is a serious lag in the speed of information transmission. Although it is very difficult to use radar sentry aircraft to conduct reconnaissance and then command and coordinate in this era, one more perception method still makes air interception more timely. More importantly, the command system set up in the air can more easily 'exchange' information with fighter pilots. And it is possible to issue new orders in the case of a sudden change in the battlefield. This kind of flexibility is not comparable to simple ground guidance.

Before the Chinese technicians came to Britain, both the British and German night combat air defense systems relied on ground guidance, and after the long-range early warning radar discovered the opponent's plane, it would mark the opponent's position on a sand table, and then send the information by radio to the night combat aircraft on standby in the airspace, and finally search for the opponent through the radar of the aircraft itself, and then launch an attack. And now it's different. AWACS aircraft carrying large radars search for opponents in the air, and then directly command superior night fighters to intercept them. At the same time, it depends on the maneuverability of the AWACS aircraft. The radar position changes at any time, and it is even more difficult for the other side to find a 'hole' or take countermeasures. The advantages are not only these, but the most important thing is that the AWACS itself can receive the navigation information of the Germans, and even direct interference, and this kind of maneuvering interference setting will be very troublesome for the German aircraft group bombing at night. It is more difficult to circumvent than interference settings on the ground.

The British included the mainland, the island of Ireland, and Iceland in their defenses. England and Wales is classified as a heavy 'engagement' zone, Scotland is classified as a safer zone, and Iceland and Northern Ireland are classified as rear bases. The British fleet was deployed in echelons at various military bases according to the distance, and the Spitfire was the shortest, so it was deployed at the forefront, followed by the P47 and the Huaxia Shicha Falcon and twin-engine fighters. Further back was the only remaining bomber force of the British. Although they are now mainly engaged in air defense duties, the British bomber units are still in a high state of combat readiness, and their fuel, personnel and logistics are always in good quality and quantity. It's a bit confusing.

The RAF is responsible for air defense, and ground defense is also intensively prepared. In the last period, the British seized the time to build a large number of temporary anti-aircraft positions around important targets. In some important areas, high-strength reinforced 'concrete' concrete bunkers have even been built. And the artillery is equipped with a new fire control radar and high-performance VT shells. At the same time, in order to cope with the special circumstances that may arise, the British also urgently changed a batch of mobile anti-aircraft guns. Throughout the southern part of the UK. The British deployed more than 2,000 batteries of anti-aircraft guns, and in order to make up for these guns, the British even transported the navy's stock of anti-aircraft guns and some old guns out of storage. And in addition to anti-aircraft artillery and aircraft. The British also 'made' a large number of air-proof balloons over major cities, and tens of thousands of hydrogen balloons in each city were suspended in the air with wires.

"The Royal Navy has been the strongest shield in Britain for centuries, and today, the Royal Air Force, which is only 30 years old, has taken over from us. However, this does not mean that we can sit idly by in the future battle of England! The Royal Navy must prove its worth in the midst of war - we will be Britain's most relied on strategic force! "Although the Royal Navy was evacuated to its original position for safety, and even to ensure the strength of the home air defense, not only some of the new aircraft that should have been allocated to the Navy were intercepted. Even part of the Navy's land-based aviation forces were incorporated into the Air Force's operational sequence.

Seeing that these things that originally belonged to the Navy were accepted by the Air Force, Marshal Pound had mixed feelings, and there was a trace of frustration and decadence in his heart. But this does not affect the high fighting spirit of the British Royal Navy! At this time, Britain had no way to retreat, and the same was true of the Royal Navy, compared with the Air Force, the Navy's battle plan was more targeted and offensive!

At this time, the British wanted to rush to the Atlantic and 'fight' with the German High Seas Fleet, which was to find death, and to bomb the German mainland was another way to find death. What the British could do was to attack the German naval blockade network, and the Germans would not keep their main fleet at sea all the time, and there would be the most submarine auxiliary cruisers at sea, and occasionally there would be some aviation cruisers. Some time ago, the Germans' broken 'friendship' caused a lot of trouble to the British. The British fleet was never free to deal with these guys because of its lack of strength, but as the battlefield moved from the South Atlantic to the Atlantic, and the United States and the Chinese Navy pinned down the main German forces. The British are finally free to do their hand at these pirates who are running rampant in the oceans!

The British dismantled their fleet, splitting the huge Grand Fleet into a small formation consisting of a fleet carrier, a light aircraft carrier and 2 cruisers, as well as a formation of one or two destroyers. These formations were to use Ireland and Iceland as their home ports, and hunted down the Germans' broken battleships with the support of shore-based aircraft and submarines. Even the British would take the initiative to release some civilian boats as 'bait' to lure the other party to take the bait. In line with the principle of piecemeal and accumulation, the British Navy's operational plan has taken on a new stage!

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