Near the French coastline, the 3rd battalion of the German JG26 Fighter Wing, frontline field airport.

There are return-to-Bombing London aircraft in the sky, some of which are Ju-88 bombers and He-111 bombers that are flying further away from the airport, and some are Me-109e fighters waiting to land.

Everyone was in a hurry to land because there was not much fuel left in everyone's plane.

When many planes land, the bottom of the box can be seen in the fuel tank. The fuel pointer points to the dangerous red area on the instrument panel, making all pilots nervous.

On the beach, you can see army soldiers training and landing on the beach, and you can also see fishing boats responsible for salvaging pilots.

Although it was to lure British pilots to come out for a final battle, the German pilots in this final battle were not as relaxed and comfortable as they imagined.

The landing gear of the me-109e fighter is designed to be very garbage. The two landing gears opened from the fuselage to the wings are very dangerous when landing.

Because the distance between landing gears is too small, landing on the me-109e fighter is a technical job.

This is one of the reasons why the me-109e fighter is not so friendly to novices. It is too flexible and even when landing, it is a little too flexible to jump a little.

Fighters with yellow painted noses landed on the wide airport lawn.

Before the engines of these aircraft could be shut down, ground crews came up to help and dragged the tired pilot out of the narrow cockpit to restore their strength as soon as possible.

Another me-109e fighter stumbled onto the ground, and several officers and experienced ground crews quickly surrounded the stopped plane.

After setting up a ladder and leaning against Mickey Mouse with a cigar on the fuselage, the ground crew helped the pilot inside to lift the square glass hatch above his head.

"Sir! Congratulations on your success in shooting down 35 enemy planes!" Two ground crew officers stood at the officer crawling out of the plane and smiled and congratulated each other on their record.

Garland, wearing a round leather hat, took off all the equipment on his body and handed the round leather hat to a pilot apprentice beside him.

These apprentices are part of Gorene's "Air Force 50,000 Reserve Pilot Program" and are also a huge plan to build the Air Force that Li Le vigorously promoted.

Because of this plan, Garland was full of favor for the head of state and believed that the head of state was definitely a visionary and great leader.

He handed the inflatable life jacket and parachute on his body to the ground staff to organize, then took his large military cap from his subordinates and buckled it diagonally on his head.

"How many planes have our jg26 wing lost?" Garland asked the officers behind him as he walked towards the pilot's lounge.

Hearing this question, the faces of several people became less happy. One officer lowered his head and did not speak, the other had to speak: "We have lost 6 fighter jets..."

Garland was stunned for a moment, and then continued to move forward. He knew that without victory, he could get it without paying a price, but now it seems that the price to conquer Britain is not an ordinary big...

A group of ground crew members ran to the airport runway frantically, and passed by Garland and others, but did not stop to salute.

The noisy sound caught Garland's attention. He turned around and saw another fighter landing on the runway.

Because the distance was not far, he saw the cockpit glass shattered on the landing fighter plane.

Apparently this was an injured fighter. Garland turned around, followed the ground crew, and ran to the return fighter whose propeller was still rotating.

Soon, he ran to the side of the fighter plane. At this time, he saw clearly the dense machine gun bullet holes on the fighter plane's fuselage.

This is not the first time he has seen this scene. Many returning fighter jets may find bullet holes left by the enemy on their fuselage.

Some were left by enemy fighters, and some were traces left by shrapnel from enemy anti-aircraft guns.

In short, these traces were not uncommon. What shocked Garland was the red blood on the glass that was broken by bullets in the cockpit.

"Medical Soldier! Medical Soldier!" The ground crew who climbed onto the plane looked inside through the broken glass, turned around and called loudly at the bottom of the plane.

With the help of everyone, the medical staff carrying the medical box climbed onto the wings of the plane.

He glanced into the cabin, then reached in and touched the pilot inside, and shook his head at the bottom.

"The man is dead! The bullet hit his chest and stomach, and he just died." The medical soldier regretfully gave his own conclusion.

The ground crew lifted the cracked and bloody hatch, then helped the dead pilot untied his seat belt and dragged his body out of the plane.

"Heroic guy! He stopped his plane with his last breath." A ground-season veteran with a French cigarette in his mouth sighed beside Garland.

Many people stretched out their hands and held the body firmly on the grass next to the plane.

Garland looked at the tail of the plane. There were three black vertical short lines above the yellow tail rudder.

This means that the pilot of the aircraft shot down three enemy planes during his lifetime, and he is also a good old pilot.

But today, he closed his eyes forever at the French field airport and could no longer fly in the boundless sky.

"May your soul rest in peace!" Garland looked at the pilot lying on the ground, whose body was gradually cold, and looked at the face that was still familiar, which was still familiar, and spoke.

It is sad to watch someone he knows leave. In the morning, the pilot was having breakfast with Garland in the same cafeteria.

But after a mission, the other party lay quietly on the grass and closed his eyes forever.

"We should avenge him! I will still lead the team in the afternoon! Shoot down those damn British people!" Garland looked at the body and spoke to the officer beside him after praying.

This is a battle without victory. For every British fighter jet shot down, Germany has to pay almost the same price.

Although Britain lost almost 60 aircraft, Germany also paid a heavy price of 53 aircraft.

Including those who fell in the strait, those who were injured and unable to continue fighting, and bombers with more people... Killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred by themselves does not make people feel the joy of victory.

On the German side, when Garland looked at his pilot's body and decided to continue fighting, Dowding was also determined to fight to the end in the British fighter command on the other side of the strait.

The result of the London air battle satisfies His Majesty the King and Churchill. They have characterized this bloody battle as "a great victory" within a few minutes after the German fighter planes left.

The broadcast was cheerful, believing that they had shot down more German planes, and proclaiming that the German invaders would soon give up their invasion against Britain because of the heavy losses.

But the British suburbs that are still burning and exploding, rolling with black smoke is obviously a powerful irony to this statement.

"There are only 33 hurricane fighters that can be delivered on time this month, which is a disaster for us." After receiving the news that Hurricane fighters have once again reduced production, Dowding almost fainted.

The number of fighter jets he lost in one day was about the money he had barely accumulated over the past week.

Now, he has suffered greater losses and has no chance to accumulate any money, but the output of fighter jets has dropped to an unprecedented level. How can he not let him despair?

Because he is not a naval person, he still doesn't know what happened to the J-18 transport fleet.

This matter is still the top secret of the senior management. Because he is afraid of being controlled by German spies, Churchill still dares not announce the real impact of the sneak attack of the J-18 fleet.

The attack on the fleet has put the British fighter production line in a major blow. This month, Spitfire will cut production by at least 100, and Hurricane fighters are almost facing suspension.

This stranglehold war against British industrial production has actually had its due effect, making the British war machine difficult and there is no way to maintain the existing scale of the war.

The Army requires the UK to produce 300 anti-tank guns and strengthen its deployment to increasingly dangerous coastal defense lines.

At the same time, they also demanded that more tanks be produced to offset the possible armor advantage of the German landing forces.

Unlike in history, the Luftwaffe temporarily achieved its tactical purpose, which puts Britain under greater pressure - the threat of the German landing!

This threat forced Britain to spread its precious production capacity and strengthen its army forces guarding the coastline.

You should know that the main force in Britain now is the 330,000 frightened birds retreated from Dunkirk.

These soldiers with low morale and dishevelled will bring back almost nothing except rifles.

To make them have combat effectiveness again, they always need artillery, tanks, armored vehicles and other heavy weapons and equipment? Otherwise, what is the difference between them and the police?

However, it also requires factories to produce these equipment! These factories are now targeted bombing by the Luftwaffe, and this bombing is very accurate.

In a week, the UK's tank production was reduced by half, and steelmaking was greatly affected. The production speed of artillery could not keep up with the requirements, and even because the accessories could not be in place on time, the semi-finished products could only be stacked in the warehouse and waited.

These are not things that Dowding cares about. What he cares about most is the supplement of fighter jets, but the result is news that makes him desperate - fighter jet production is also affected!
Chapter completed!