Britain on the other side of the English Channel is especially careful. Instead of taking the initiative, they are quietly preparing. As the commander of the British Air Force, Admiral Dowding suffers from a small number of fighters and precious pilots. Can't you wait? Break a penny in half? . At the first meeting, both sides thought that the expected effect had been achieved. Why?
Goering's grand plan.
As? Sea lion project? The protagonist of the first stage, Goering readily accepted the task of destroying the Royal Air Force. In his view, this is the best opportunity to show the strength of the German Air Force, and it is also a significant battle in his military career. To this end, he and his men carefully prepared a plan and decided to attack Britain? Three steps? Battle plan.
Step one? Lure the enemy? , consuming its air combat power. Lock the air combat range over the English Channel, aiming at attacking British merchant ships, naval vessels, ports and military bases, and eliminate the fighters of the Royal Air Force who tried to stop the German army from moving, so as to achieve the purpose of consuming their air combat power and winning the air superiority in the Strait.
The second step is to completely destroy its air defense forces. Organize large-scale and multi-batch bombing formations to carry out operations against British airports, aircraft factories and air defense facilities? Blink? Type of bombing, completely destroy its air defense forces, and uninterrupted blockade of its air port, in order to prevent foreign aid and troop reinforcements, and prevent government troops from fleeing.
The most exciting step is Gai? Sea lion project? The second phase of implementation. With the close cooperation of the air force, navy and landing troops, they landed in Britain, seized coastal airports and established an air force forward base. Then take this as the center to expand the results, bombing its cities and towns in turn until it captured the whole British Isles.
From a tactical point of view, Goering and others' scheme is not only feasible, but also has a clear purpose. It is to obtain the vital air superiority first, and with the air superiority, there will be the sea superiority. Therefore, it is particularly important to destroy and consume the fighters of the Royal Air Force. In other words, in the early days of British air combat, it began with the battle between fighters.
To this end, Goering deployed troops from all over the country to form three air teams. Headquartered in Belgium, Paris and Norway respectively, and defined their respective operational directions. The total force is 302 1 fighter, including more than 1 100, nearly twice as many as the 648 fighters of the Royal Air Force. Goering and his men are confident of winning the air superiority in the Strait.
General Dowding was cautious about the German exploratory bombing.
1940 July 10, Germany invaded Britain? Sea lion project? The first stage begins. On this day, a huge British transport fleet sailed into the English Channel, not only followed by warships, but also escorted by fighter planes over the fleet. ? There's no reason not to eat the meat sent to your mouth. The German Air Force took off in an emergency.
The Germans sent 20 bombers and 40 fighter planes to form an attack formation and rushed to the British coast. After the discovery of the British fleet, it immediately dispersed and fled, and at the same time, various anti-aircraft guns fired violently, showing a cloud of explosive smoke in the sky; Six as escorts? Hurricane style? The fighter plane was fearless and rushed to the German bomber formation.
Although the British army was obviously at a disadvantage in number, it rolled and rolled on the German plane by virtue of the flexible maneuverability of the fighter plane. After all, this is 1: 10 air combat. At the critical moment, another batch? Hurricane? Fighters rushed into the German fleet. Suddenly, the German pilot felt trapped. Where did this come from?
It turned out that the German aircraft formation had just taken off when it was discovered by the British radar station, and the news reached the air defense command center. Under the coordination of the center, a large number of fighters took off to meet. So, there was the scene mentioned above. In the first air battle, the British army won a total victory and played 3: 0. The fleet arrived at its destination safely.
The Germans increased the size of the battle formation. During the ten-day battle, they bombed the British transport fleet and shot down 50 British fighter planes. Admiral Dowding soon realized that this was a conspiracy by his opponent, who was constantly consuming British fighters. How to solve this problem? The best way is to attack in small quantities.
This method can not only disrupt the offensive rhythm of the Germans, but also protect the fighters from losses to the greatest extent, but also inevitably make the merchant ships suffer a lot of losses. To this end, Dowding not only has to suppress the pilots who take the initiative to attack, but also faces the stigma of losses caused by poor protection. He stuck to his judgment and remained unmoved.
In the 20 days since the war, there has been air combat in the English Channel almost every day. The Germans lost planes 180, including bombers 100. The British lost more than 70 fighter planes and 40,000-ton cargo ships were sunk. Judging from the loss of fighters on both sides, it seems that the Germans have achieved the goal of consuming British air power through a draw.
References: World War II, Great Air Combat.
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