Imperial Overlord

These bombers followed one after another, and one followed one another, flying densely across the strait and flying over the British mainland.

"London! Here we are!" A young bombardier said nervously, holding the cross around his neck.

"They're going to... London!" Similarly, in the command of the British Air Force, Dowding finally made his own judgment based on the information passed by the ground observation post.

Hearing that the German plane's bombing target was London, the entire command of the British Air Force was in chaos.

No one wanted their capital to be visited by enemy bombers. Everyone turned their attention to General Daoding, who was standing beside him, hoping that the other party could give them an order on what to do.

"Can you be sure?" After hearing the news, Daoding was a little bit incredulous. After all, attacking the opponent's capital is a very important matter, and no one will make a hasty decision.

Although Germany has been using radio propaganda yesterday, claiming that British bombers attacked the German capital Berlin at night.

However, there were no TV channels at this time, and the lack of a sense of picture made this kind of report less formal and accurate.

Although Dowding had investigated the bomber unit on the mission, who did get lost and dropped his bomb somewhere, they weren't sure it was Berlin.

However, these pilots all claimed that they were intercepted by a large number of night fighters, and the enemy's anti-aircraft fire was also very violent.

According to this, Dowding could not be sure at this time that the British bomber force had indeed attacked the enemy's capital.

However, according to similar speculation, the probability of the Germans taking retaliatory actions is also there.

"Inform London, let them sound the air defense alarm, and notify all citizens to evacuate!" Thinking of this, Dawding issued an order for the citizens to evacuate.

Two minutes later, the air defense siren sounded in London, and it soon spread to every corner of the city.

Some timid people began to drag their luggage to take shelter, while some daring people just looked up at the sky with their heads raised, and did not pay any attention to this kind of air defense alarm.

This kind of air defense siren has been sounded many, many times before, but the feared German bombers have never appeared over London.

So some civilians felt that the Germans would not bomb London, so they did their own thing leisurely, and were not alerted by this air defense alarm.

"Quickly find a place to hide! Quickly find a place to hide!" An air defense controller riding a bicycle and wearing a military uniform would shout loudly every time he passed a citizen.

But everyone still doesn't think so. Some people looked at the assistant manager who came out on a bicycle almost every day with interest, and didn't believe his reminder at all.

"The alarm goes off every day, but the Germans never come..." a citizen shouted to the coordinator with a smile.

This is Great Britain. This is a city that has not experienced war for countless years. The citizens here feel that it is impossible for the war to spread here.

In the British Air Defense Command, Dowding once again confirmed the Germans' route. These German bombers did not change their route and were gradually approaching the city of London.

"Maybe they will suddenly separate in the next second. This has happened before." A British officer looked at the points marked on the map and said to Dawding.

Dooding frowned, looking at the German plane's route that was gradually determined by the ground observation post, with unspeakable doubts in his heart.

He knew that without the assistance of the radar station, his control over the movements of the Luftwaffe was not comprehensive and timely.

Passive coping cannot allow him to make accurate judgments. He can only estimate the enemy's movements, and he does not know the exact number of enemy aircraft.

Many planes are stacked in the sky, and counting them with the eyes is too much of a joke. If there is a radar, it is possible to roughly judge the number of enemy aircraft through the change of the radar beam.

"Are the Germans going to bomb London?" Dawding was a little unsure, because he still couldn't tell where the Germans' planes were going.

"Damn, the number of ground anti-aircraft artillery is obviously not enough." An officer in charge of air defense said depressedly.

Compared with the flexible defense of fighter cruise, fixed ground anti-aircraft artillery, although safer, cannot defend such a vast country.

In comparison, Germany produced more anti-aircraft guns with more advanced performance, but they were unable to stop the bombing of the Allied forces. This is the reason.

However, compared to fighter jets, the anti-aircraft guns are basically not lost. Even if the ground artillery is attacked, it is relatively safe, which is much better than the shooting down of fighter jets.

When the British retreated from Dunkirk, they lost a large number of anti-aircraft guns. Before that, the German army dispatched Stuka to carry out fixed-point clearing. Now the number of anti-aircraft guns defending London is actually not many.

Just as the British air defenses speculated about the German bomber group's target, the German bomber group was already preparing for the final attack.

The 100 JU-88 bombers were flying so fast that they were already near London in the blink of an eye.

These bombers have not dispersed, which is equivalent to determining their target. Because if they attacked elsewhere, they wouldn't have to fly over a place as dangerous as London.

"The enemy's target is indeed London! They are going to attack London!" Dawding pressed the table and shouted loudly, "Get ready to dispatch fighter jets to attack the enemy's bomber unit while the chaos is in progress!"

Just as Dowding ordered the attack on the German bomber unit, the German bomber group also issued an order to attack London.

"Open the magazine! We want the British to remember today!" the front-line commander of the leading German bomber unit ordered.

Then, the first JU-88 bomber opened the magazine under its belly, and then the second and third bombers also opened their magazines.

On the bumpy plane, the German bombardier put his eyes on the bombsight. He felt that his plane had opened the bomb bay, and the engraving on the sight had pressed against the target on the ground.

From the sight, he saw some square blocks on the ground, as well as the road dividing the roofs of these buildings.

"The attack is ready! You can drop bombs at any time! You can drop bombs at any time!" Inside the headset, the German bombardiers began to confirm their attack status.

"Start dropping bombs! Start dropping bombs!" "Attack begins!" "First bomb!" With one shout after another, the attack on London began.

"Goodbye! London!" Seeing that the engraving pressed down on a building on the sight, the German bombardier muttered something in his mouth, and simultaneously pressed the switch for bombing with his fingers.

The fuselage of the plane trembled slightly, and with the sound of the metal colliding and rubbing lightly, the first bomb successfully escaped from the JU-88 bomber's magazine.

"Om!" The bomb rubbed the surrounding air, moved along a parabola like a free fall, and then rushed towards the target aimed at by the sight.

"The bomber unit has started dropping bombs! Please confirm the location of the bombs!" After the bombing started, the front-line commander in command of the bombing shouted to a bomber flying at the end of the entire bomber group.

On the streets of London, a middle-aged man with a top hat raised his head and looked at the black cross-like planes that appeared in the sky. He didn't leave for a while with a shocked expression.

He just stood on the street so stupidly, as if he still didn't believe that the Germans were bombing London.

"My God! They really bombed! They really...really come!" The middle-aged Englishman muttered to himself with one hand on the top of his top hat.

"Please look for the nearest air raid shelter immediately! Sir! Get out of here immediately!" The coordinator who was patrolling the streets just now rushed over on a bicycle and loudly reminded the middle-aged citizen.

Before the reminder voice landed, there was a sound of an explosion in the distance. The bombs dropped by the bombers had already landed, and it was clear that London had indeed been attacked.

"My God!" After getting off the bicycle, the coordinator pulled the middle-aged man and ran to the entrance of a subway station in the distance~www.readwn.com~ Obviously they did not realize that the bomb exploded in the distance. somewhere, it will take a long time to spread to where they are standing.

However, the trembling from under his feet is real, and the power of the explosion is indeed frightening. An air strike of this scale would definitely hit the city of London hard.

"His Majesty the King called and asked why the Germans attacked London." As for the British Air Defense Command, an officer shouted to Dawding while covering the telephone receiver.

Dawding was holding another telephone at this time, and news came from the observation post inside that a factory in the suburbs of London had been attacked.

"This is Observation Post 50! We see German planes attacking London! We see black smoke rising from London here! Please confirm! Please confirm!" In another telephone, the anxious voice of the people at the ground observation post , can be heard clearly from a distance.

The air defense early warning radar system was destroyed, and the German code could not be deciphered until now. These unfavorable aspects finally brought an impact on Douding's command.

"Where did the fighter jet take off?" He looked at the fighter commander beside him and asked.

If Dowding still ignores the German fighter jets attacking London, he has no way to explain to Churchill and His Majesty the King.

What he wants is to preserve the combat power of his fighter force, not to be a shrinking turtle and ignore any battle.

If the enemy planes that bombed London were not intercepted by the Air Force, Dawding would not be able to explain his state of mind.

Moreover, at this time, Dao Ding also hoped that he could dampen the enemy's spirit and fight against the Germans in a favorable place to regain his disadvantage.