Chapter 580 Need Air Dominance

The entire British Expeditionary Force is the most elite force in the United Kingdom. This is the British Jinhua. If this force is consumed on the European continent, the future of the United Kingdom will not be optimistic.

The most capable and war-tested, a large number of officers and soldiers who graduated from regular military schools, their departure will be a catastrophe for the United Kingdom. If these troops are killed, it will be a hundred times more difficult to reorganize the troops.

This is not the age when you pick up a kitchen knife and tie a sharp iron bar to a bamboo pole and you can use it as a weapon. Professional soldiers are very important.

As for the navy, there is no other choice now. The construction of the navy takes time. They have to wait for the previous year before they have new warships. This is still under the condition that the other party does not interfere.

Even, the most pessimistic forecast, the key task of the UK in the next stage is to defend the homeland, defend the English Channel, and wait for the Germans to attack.

At this time, an excellent army is the most important thing, and even the navy in your own hands is worth it!

Ramsay's will is very firm, even if he catches the navy, he must save his army!

"Then we need air supremacy." Lieutenant Colonel Jack Claustown said: "Only when we have seized air supremacy over the strait, the dispatch of our naval ships is meaningful, otherwise, the warships we send will also Only prey to the German dive bombers."

Stuka, roaring over the whole of Europe, that unique howl is the impression brought by World War II, at the same time, this dive bomber, attacking warships, is also unambiguous.

If there is no air supremacy, the deployment of the navy is meaningless.

In the previous war, they have been unable to effectively control the air supremacy, the German air force is too powerful, BF109 and FW190, flying recklessly in the sky of France, can not stop them at all!

But now, they must seize air supremacy, that is, air supremacy over the strait. Only under the protection of the air force, the dispatch of the navy is meaningful.

"Admiral Dawding will provide us with air supremacy." Ramsay said: "Now, we have no time to wait. Once the expeditionary force loses its faith, it is easy to surrender all."

Although reluctant at the time, Admiral Dawding had no choice but to pull out his fighter force to help seize air supremacy!

Time is running out. When the last hope disappears, the British Expeditionary Force in the encirclement is very easy to embark on the road of surrender.

Now, now, prepare the warship!

Just as the Navy was preparing the warships, the Air Force's fighter jets also began to take off.

General Dawding, it is not that he will not analyze the interests of the whole of the United Kingdom, but he only sees farther.

After the defeat of the French war, the British mainland has become the last and most critical strategic location, and the Germans will definitely try their best to conquer Britain.

And in the early days, it was definitely bombers. Then, the British fighter force will have a very heavy task. They must protect their own airspace!

And now, he has a hunch how tricky the situation will be in the future. Every pilot and every fighter under his command is precious.

Dawding's vision has always been very long-term. Just after the Germans began to develop the BF109, he had a premonition of danger. With his strong support, Machel successfully transformed the racing plane into a fighter.

Even before various technical failures have been overcome, he has already placed an order, he knows, there is no time to wait.

This is fire breathing.

The biggest difference from Spitfire in history is that the Rolls-Royce company went bankrupt, and the Merlin engine that Spitfire needed has died out, and even many technicians have gone to Germany.

However, the profound heritage of a great power is shown at this time. Cyric can stop the Merlin engine, but he can't stop the Centaur engine. This advanced air-cooled engine is installed on the Spitfire. The 1800-horsepower engine , the Spitfire has good maneuverability, which is completely comparable to the German fighter!

However, until now, the heat dissipation problem of the Spitfire's air-cooled engine has not been completely solved, so the Spitfire pilots have more reason to open the cockpit to fly.

When it was first developed, Daoding placed an order for 300 aircraft. After that, he placed orders one after another. So far, more than 2,000 orders have been placed.

Among them, 1,160 are produced by the Super Marin company, and the car factory in Le Fay is also about 1,000. However, due to the delayed delivery of the engine, the total production of Spitfire so far is less than 500!

These 500 Spitfires are far from enough to defend the sky over the UK. According to Daoding's idea, at least tens of thousands! In particular, tens of thousands of experienced pilots are needed!

And now, Churchill issued an order to fully cooperate with the generator operation. In this case, he had no choice. He did his best to mobilize more than 200 Spitfires and flew to the side of the strait. Airport.

He couldn't mobilize the rest of the squadron, because he was still changing to the Spitfire, and it had only been equipped for a few months. If he drove them to the battlefield, it would be almost like sending them to death. At the same time, he did not mobilize the other fighter units. , is it not for the Germans to fly over the troops of the old-fashioned biplanes to increase the results of the war?

Lee Air Force Base.

The sharp voice echoed over the entire base, this is the horn of battle!

After hearing the sound of dispatch, all the pilots ran out of the preparation room and ran to the apron, where they had just finished maintenance and could be dispatched at any time.

Here, there are three squadrons, the 19th, 66th and 611th squadrons, all of which are all the latest Spitfires.

The nose is high, and its nose is significantly larger than the historical Spitfire.

The one running at the front was Henry Carson, the squadron commander of the 19th Squadron. He was a tall Scotsman with blond hair who was covered in a flying cap while running.

Climbed into his fighter, put on the parachute, fastened the seat belt, he shouted to the ground crew: "Stay away, prepare to start the engine."

He was busy in the cockpit for a while, first pumping the oil two or three times by hand, and then pressing the electromagnetic switch to start.

"Buzz, buzz." Black smoke came out from the engine in front. This kind of multi-cylinder engine takes time to start.

After the black smoke came out, finally, all the cylinders were working normally.

The ground crew gestured to him that the engine was normal, and he released the brakes and slid to the runway.