"You mean..." John said, holding the photo: "This is a piece of equipment that can cross the English Channel?"

"Yes!" Shulka replied: "And I believe that it is cheap and high-speed. You can observe its engine..."

Sulka pointed to the engine in the photo and said: "It is outside the fuselage, and its overall structure is extremely simple. It can almost be said to be a large model aircraft. But it is indeed a weapon. There is fuel in the rear to make it long-distance."

Flying, with explosives on the front so that it could explode like a bomb, plus the Germans were conducting their experiments on the Baltic Sea... Comrade John, do you think there are places in the Soviet Union where the Germans would need to cross the ocean?"

John thought for a while, then he didn't dare to hesitate anymore and immediately walked to the radio station with the photo in hand.

The information was quickly passed to Churchill, but of course it was only information and not photos... This era was not like the modern Internet where pictures could be sent to the destination by simply sending an email.

But Churchill still had a sketch on his desk.

It is not difficult to make this sketch. You only need to mark the key points with coordinates in the radio, and then connect the key points with smooth curves or straight lines... This is often used in the military for scouts to complete reconnaissance.

Transfer terrain data after terrain.

Petry and Menzies were called to Churchill's office at the same time. This situation is not common, because MI5 and MI6 are in a competitive relationship to a certain extent. Although they are unanimous externally, there are also many internal conflicts.

Therefore, there is a strict division of powers between them.

"Do you think this is true?" Churchill sent one sketch to each of them, along with information about the "small plane".

Churchill added: "This information is provided by the Soviets, you can be skeptical about it!"

Petry and Menzies looked at the sketches and documents for a while, but neither expressed an opinion.

"Tell me what you think!" Churchill couldn't wait any longer.

"I think this requires research and discussion by scientists and weapons experts!" Petry said: "For example, aerodynamic layout, feasibility, etc.!"

"Of course!" Churchill replied: "I have already done that! What I want to know is whether there is any other possibility!"

"Other possibilities?" Menzies stared at the sketch and said, "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, do you think this might be a fabrication made by the Soviets to deceive us?"

"what you think?"

"Although I also hope so!" Menzies shook his head and said: "Because if this is the case, it means that the Germans do not have this equipment, and we do not need to face such risks!"

"Why do you think it really exists?" Churchill asked.

"Because this is a very good idea!" Menzies replied: "If this was made up by the Soviets, first of all, the Soviets who made it up must have good enough imagination and creativity; secondly, the thing he made up is completely

It is possible; again, the Soviets should treat this 'fabrication' as a secret and develop it independently, so that before long, the Soviets will have a super weapon and control the lifeblood of the war, instead of leaking it to us!"

Churchill was speechless.

Because he knew that Menzies was right, no one would use such a good idea as a blackmail tool, just to get some supplies and materials.

This is obviously unreasonable.

Therefore, Menzies' analysis was more accurate than Petrie's. Petrie hoped to find flaws from a scientific perspective, while Menzies basically came to a conclusion based on direct intelligence analysis.

"In addition..." Menzies continued: "This reminds me of something. Our intelligence agents in France provided several pieces of information. They discovered that the Germans were building several large secret military factories in France, but they

I haven’t found out what these military factories produce! Now it seems... they are probably used to produce this kind of 'small aircraft', and they are produced in large quantities!"

Churchill suddenly became irritated. He stood up from his chair, walked back and forth in front of his desk a few times, then stopped and said to Menzies: "You mean, although we won the air battle, although we

The navy is stronger than the Germans, but the Germans can still hit my office with artillery shells? As long as they know where my office is?”

Menzies was silent for a while and then replied: "Perhaps this is indeed the case, Your Excellency Prime Minister! What we need is not to escape, but to find a way to face it!"

Petry stared at the map for a while and then said: "If it is true, I'm afraid it's not just Britain that needs to be faced!"

"What do you mean?" Churchill asked.

"And Africa!" Petry pointed to a point on the map and said, "I mean the island of Malta! The Germans can use this equipment to block the airport on the island of Malta!"

Churchill immediately realized that Petry was right.

The situation on the island of Malta was actually mapped out by British pilots... The island of Malta is only 46 square kilometers, and there is only one military airport on the island.

This forced the British army to ensure the safety of this military airport, otherwise it would suffer heavy losses and lose air superiority once it was bombed by the Germans.

This is indeed the case. Britain once lost air superiority around the island of Malta, so the island of Malta also lost its role in controlling the German supply lines.

However, Hitler did not pay attention to the island of Malta because of this, so he transferred the German air force to the east to attack the Soviet Union...The British army on the island of Malta thus resurrected, causing great trouble to Rommel's Afrika Korps.

At this time, on the island of Malta, because the main force of the German air force was in the direction of the Soviet Union, the British could use the air force to prevent the Germans from bombing its airport.

However, if the German army had a piece of equipment, it could bomb the Malta Island airport directly from the south coast of France or the north coast of Africa without fighter planes or pilots. By then, the British fighter planes would be blown up one by one, and the airport would be bombed into craters. What's the point?

Air superiority?

The loss of air supremacy meant that the German supply lines were unblocked.

"Yes!" Churchill said: "This is what the Germans want, this is their purpose!"

At this time, Churchill no longer doubted the authenticity of the intelligence, because it was indeed in line with the strategic interests of the Germans, whether it was bombing the British mainland or the island of Malta.

What Churchill and his intelligence chief didn't know was that the Germans' new equipment was just a prototype, and it was not as terrifying as they imagined.
Chapter completed!