Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

As early as when the V3 artillery base was built, the German army deployed nearly 200 fighter jets nearby. Now as the battle progresses, not only these 200 fighter jets have taken off to respond to the enemy, but also fighter jets coming from other airports have gradually joined the battle. .

At this time, the number of German fighter jets had exceeded the total number of British fighter jets and bombers. The crushing performance and quantity put the British fleet into a quite passive situation.

Dozens of bomber groups had been shot down, and a heavy price had been paid before even seeing the enemy's artillery base in the distance.

In the British mainland command center, the two commanders Hewitt and Hugh Dowding listened to the successive damage reports, as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

"Damn, this is obviously a bait!" Commander Hewitt couldn't help complaining. "I've said before that the Germans will definitely deploy heavy troops there, yet we foolishly went there and died!"

In fact, everyone knew that this attack would pay a heavy price. Unless the Germans were stupid, they would leave such an important place undefended and allow British aircraft to take advantage.

But it wasn't until now that they really discovered that the sacrifices and costs they had estimated before were still a bit too optimistic.

Commander Dowding's face was even more ugly. Because the losses of his fighter force were greater than those of the bombers. He wanted to recall the fighter force more than Commander Hewitt did to reduce losses.

After going back and forth for a few times, Commander Hewitt suddenly mentioned another matter. "Lord Dowding, do you think these German cannons will have a short lifespan?"

Just like the "Paris Cannon" from the last World War, although it looks powerful, it has fatal weaknesses. It's just that its barrel has a short lifespan and can only fire about 50 rounds. After being used for a certain period of time, the cannon's barrel needs to be expanded and must be sent to the factory for repairs. Therefore, the more this type of gun is used, the larger its muzzle will be, from the original 210 mm to the later 260 mm, so the caliber of the artillery shells will also change accordingly. In addition, although this kind of gun has a long range, its hit rate is very poor. Therefore, after about 140 days of use, the German army gave up this cannon.

"..." Commander Dowding's eyes lit up when he heard this. Yes, even if they ignored it, the German army might give up the bombardment after a period of time.

"Maybe we should talk to the Prime Minister, and we shouldn't waste these precious pilots in vain." At this moment, there was another dull explosion in the distance.

Just as the two were discussing how to persuade Churchill, the phone on the desk suddenly rang.

"What?!" After picking up the phone and listening to a few words, Commander Dowding's face changed wildly, and he said something to Hewitt, who looked confused. "A cannonball hit Buckingham Palace..."

"What?!" Commander Hewitt was also shocked. "Your Majesty, are they okay?!"

"It's okay." Commander Dowding put down the phone and shook his head. "Your Majesty, they are all in the basement, and they were not harmed."

Coincidentally, the British royal family was almost killed by German bombing during World War II in the original time and space.

At around 11 a.m. on September 13, 1940, a German bomber used the cover of clouds to fly over the British capital at low altitude, suddenly appeared over Buckingham Palace, and quickly dropped five high-explosive bombs.

At that time, King George VI and his Queen Elizabeth were drinking tea. However, the moment the roar of the plane reached their eardrums, the two acted fairly quickly. As they dashed down the corridor to escape the blast, two bombs landed in the Buckingham Palace courtyard and exploded just meters from where they were having tea. The other three bombs, although not as dangerous, also destroyed a church and created several huge craters.

Although Buckingham Palace was bombed as many as nine times during the entire war, this time was undoubtedly the most dangerous one. If the British royal couple's response had been any slower, the consequences would have been disastrous. It can be said that in the war, this was the closest the British king came to death, just one step away.

It is understood that the bombing was not an accident, but part of the plan of the German High Command. By bombing Buckingham Palace, they planned to put pressure on Britain to despair and surrender.

However, the subsequent plot fully demonstrated that Germany really stole the chicken and lost the rice. It shot itself in the foot and directly self-defeated. Because their bombing not only did not spread the seeds of despair and failure in Britain, but instead aroused the common hatred of the British from the king to the ordinary people.

But now this news is simply the worst news among the bad news for Dowding and the others. If there was room for negotiation before, but now that Buckingham Palace, which symbolizes the highest authority and dignity of the British Empire, has been bombed, the Prime Minister will never agree to withdraw those fleets.

Not only will they not withdraw, they will definitely not stop until they blow up those cannons.

Sure enough, after a while a staff officer hurried in and reported. "Commander Hewitt, the Prime Minister just called us to prepare for night bombing."

"Night bombing?" Commander Hewitt's mouth twitched slightly. He really wanted to run over and ask Churchill if he would be willing to destroy all the bombers in the British Empire? !

But in the end, he waved his hand feebly. "I know, go ahead and make arrangements."

At this time, the air battle over the strait has entered its final climax.

The British fighter force has been completely disorganized. Lead aircraft, wingmen, small formations, and squadrons have all been disorganized. The noisy shouts of friendly machines kept coming from the earphones, but no one could care about anyone now. The British pilots have forgotten some tactical rules. Now they just mechanically control their planes and then attack the nearest enemy planes.

On the contrary, the German fighter pilots became more and more courageous as they fought, became more and more skilled in cooperation, and became more and more tacit, almost to the point of being in harmony with each other.

In this case, the British fighter jets could only fall down one after another.

The British bombers also suffered heavy losses, and the escort fighters themselves could not protect themselves. They could only rely on their own defensive weapons.

The Blenheim bomber's defensive weapons are two 7mm caliber machine guns in the gun turret under the nose; a 7mm caliber machine gun behind the fuselage. The Wellington medium bomber's defensive weapons are two Browning 7mm machine guns in the nose, tail and wing spars turrets.

Such defensive firepower was nothing more than drizzle in the eyes of German fighter pilots. No matter how hard the gunners on the bomber pulled the trigger, they still could not escape the fate of being shot down.