.The Third Reich under Ten Thousand Characters  Volume 5: Battle of Britain  

What was expected finally happened. In the early morning of May 28, the weather in the English Channel began to get worse until 4 a.m., due to the influence of the air conditioner, the sky was covered with dark clouds and the wind gradually became very large. The sudden bad weather affected Germany's combat plan, and the take-off orders from each airport were cancelled one after another.

The poor environment on the sea also indirectly affected the combat deployment of the German Navy. The resurrected German Navy did not have enough experience to deal with the sudden arrival of bad weather. Under the command of Erich Redel, each warship formation continued to sail to the predetermined position carefully, and the German Navy was about to withstand severe tests.

The German Navy, which had lost its sea reconnaissance plane, was like a sea lion that had suddenly lost its eyes. The combat plan to use the Air Force to destroy British radar could not be implemented, but this was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Erich Redel's navy.

As we all know, in bad weather, the radar cannot explore anything on the dark clouds. All it can be obtained is the broken snowflakes on the screen.

The opportunity is absolutely fair. The British lost the advantage of radar due to weather, but the German air force was unable to take off the air due to weather. The German Navy got the secret and suddenness he wanted. The British Navy was also excited that the Luftwaffe could not take off. After all, no one was willing to be confronted by the enemy air force in the past days. The threat from the British fleet came from the German air force, which gave the British a deep-rooted impression that the German Navy was absolutely weak. The German Navy lacked the support of the air force was simply vulnerable, and at least the German Navy has never dared to fight against the British Navy.

Compared with the gratitude of other surface formation commanders, Karl Denitz was not happy at all. His submarine force canceled the combat order due to the harsh weather. The bad weather affects not only the water surface, but the underwater impact is invisible, but the threat to the submarine is real. No submarine is willing to stealth operations on the seabed with unstable water pressure. It even needs to carry out raid missions.

Losing the above advantages, Erich Redel was in no way sure whether this mission could win. Erich Redel is old and has not gambling for a long time, but it does not mean that he cannot afford to bet. When he ordered the fleet to continue moving forward, he had already made up his mind to bet a big bet. The gambling money is the existing main fleet of the German Navy. If he wins the bet, he will gain the future of the German Navy.

At this time, the British rescue fleet sailed from the Strait of Dover, and the ships sailing from the port carried the urgent hope of the British. Under Churchill's sensational speech, every British understood that Britain was undergoing the test. As Churchill said, the British, even all the people of the Allies united, and the time for the test of faith had arrived, and God should bless them...

Churchill's sensational speech was undoubtedly successful. He conveyed the political implications of his actions to every head of the government of the ally, and clearly stated that the victory of the Great Retreat is related to whether the Allies can win in the future. Churchill clearly understood that retreat is definitely not a military victory. But in a political sense, if the retreat is victorious, it will break the fallacy that Germany is invincible, and Churchill has the capital to win more countries and stand with Britain. The Allies trapped in Dunkork represent more people, and they are still bargaining chips in exchange for political chips supported by other countries.

If you are a person, there is no absolute good or evil. The British's strategy is to sell the interests of the entire Europe and pull the United States, which is watching the fire from the other side of the river. Can you say that the British are evil? No! It is definitely not evil. They just want to achieve their goals. At least the British feel that they are kind in their hearts. They are saving the entire European, well... although the Germans will not appreciate it.

Things are so simple. In order to achieve their own goals, people can no longer define what they do with good and evil. There are only the final winners and the final losers.

Britain had enough experience to deal with the bad weather. In the ocean, the British fleet had been tested for centuries. They had survived and gained valuable experience from danger. So now they are still the most powerful, because no one has defeated them, and they are confident that they will not fail.

Most of the fleets participating in this rescue operation were all kinds of ships urgently recruited by the people. Traditional naval powers can always produce excellent captains and seafarers. It is no exaggeration to say that many of the seafarers who operate these civilian ships have even more experience in navigating than the German Navy's navy. From this we can see that the British Navy has definitely more combat qualities than the German Navy, which is the source of confidence that the British can conquer the Germans.

To say that the British would not care whether the land war has been failing. Even if Germany has been defeating Britain, it would be useless even if the land outside the British land has been defeating Britain, it would not hurt the British's self-confidence at all. It would not hurt the British's self-confidence. The confidence of a nation is not destroyed, and the force cannot conquer this nation at all, because they still have things to give cohesion. What gives British people cohesion is not the individual, but the sea, the sea, the navy that dominates the sea, and all the seamen who form a powerful navy.

The Germanic nation has always wanted to find the key to gather national self-confidence. Unfortunately, Germanic national self-confidence gathered quickly, but also dissipated quickly. Many times, the self-confidence of this nation has been artificially established. Most members of the nation worship a certain individual and believe that this individual can fight for sufficient interests for the nation. Most people unite around this person, fanatical and crazy believe that the nation is heading for glory.

The Germanic nation is definitely a nation that worships leaders. This nation is rigorous and rigid, with innate obedience. This is not entirely the result of acquired education, but more because of the thoughts buried deep in the subconscious of the Germans. Because of this, this nation is prone to paranoidness. Victory is certainly gratifying, but failure is easy to collapse as a whole. For example, after the defeat of the German Emperor in the Battle, the Germans who suddenly received the freedom consciousness, lived a daze for a long time. Suddenly no one told them what you should do, which made everyone confused and lacked the goal. They were like a group of marine creatures who lost their leader and became unaware of how to go.

This is a nation that requires spiritual leaders in great importance. Because of this, this nation has become many disasters and difficulties, and is prone to the overall edge of collapse under the leadership of someone.

In a special environment, social factors have given birth to a new spiritual leader in the Germans.

Why do you say this? Because Erich Redel was thinking, the old man always liked to think constantly, which could bring hope to an old man with expectations. A strong sense of national pride and self-esteem and national revenge after defeat in the first battle are the reasons why the old man continued to fight. The old man firmly believed that the Germans with powerful weapons, the innate discipline and spiritual morals who strive for excellence, and the advanced military theory as the guide, could create a group of people who worked for the people, Erich Redel for half his life, in order to see with his own eyes that Germany can create glory with the efforts of all Germans and belong to the glory of the German nation. He was responsible on his shoulders. For an old man, the burden was too heavy and he couldn't breathe.

Looking outward, the entire aircraft carrier formation forms two circles, which is also the longest navigation formation used by the aircraft carrier formation at present. The ships on the periphery firmly defend the two aircraft carriers in the middle. The circular formation is also conducive to changing the ** or wedge formation in a short time. Erich Redel's main formation is sailing at a distance of 5 nautical miles. After reaching the designated position, the formation will change its formation.

Carrier-based aircraft cannot be launched in bad weather, which greatly reduces the importance of aircraft carriers. The aircraft carrier formation has a special ship structure. It does not require too strong firepower. The need for this formation is highly flexible maneuverable.

Large ships, such as battleships, were arranged into Frick's combat formation, and Frick was directly responsible for launching a frontal attack on the British rescue fleet. However, in this weather, Frick's formation's combat effectiveness has greatly decreased because the battleship lost its eyes (carrier-based surface reconnaissance aircraft cannot be lifted off), and it cannot effectively threaten the enemy's warships. Long-distance firepower cannot be exerted, and the battleship itself has lost its function. Perhaps... its only function is to act as an armored ship to attract the enemy's firepower?

Under such conditions, some fast-speed ships are re-organized. These ships will act as eyes, approach the enemy fleet as close as possible, and report the coordinates of the enemy ships to the rear. This tactic is often used in various countries and fully demonstrates the degree of danger of the formation that serves as eyes, because when you see others, others have also discovered you. The first idea of ​​the enemy is to kill the eyes at all costs, and then explore the main fleet. Whoever can sink in the shortest effective time and hurt the enemy's warships the most will have achieved the combat purpose.
Chapter completed!