"Airplane! We need airplanes to contain the powerful air power of the Germany people. Otherwise, there is no way we can persist here. The daily air strikes of the Germany people will bring us unimaginable losses!" General Hamilton roared angrily.
Although, Churchill has promised him that the Air Force will fully support the Army in the battle of Canterbury. However, the fighting had already begun three days ago. But not even a shadow of the Air Force plane was seen. On the contrary, British Army suffered heavy losses in German military's daily air raids. If this continues, I'm afraid it won't be long before the morale of the troops will fall to the bottom. When the time comes, how can we fight Germany people!
"Your Excellency Commander, aren't those guys in the Air Force afraid? They lost a lot of people in the air battle with the Germany people in France before. German aircraft, the combat effectiveness is very terrifying!" General Haig said.
"No matter what, the Air Force must take off to fight the Germany people. If we continue to be strafed and bombed by the Germany people, there is no way we can continue this battle!" General Hamilton said with a dark face.
German Navy battleship's Naval Gun has put them under tremendous pressure. German Army Air Corps's planes flew back and forth three or four times a day, constantly dropping bombs on the British Army's positions or cities, further causing greater losses to the British army. This made General Hamilton almost furious.
Several other British generals had no choice but to say nothing more. German military's daily advancement speed is not fast, but their Naval Gun and aircraft are constantly causing losses to the British army. It was like cutting a knife into the blood vessels of the British army and slowly watching the British army continue to bleed. If this continues, I'm afraid they will all bleed to death without the Germany people coming to fight. In this battle, the British army had no chance of winning.
London, Royal Air Force Command. Due to the development of the war situation, Royal Air Force was established earlier than in another time and space. Air Force Chief of Staff is now fully responsible for all affairs of Imperial Air Force and is only responsible to Prime Minister.
Now Royal Air Force's strength is a little stronger than in another time and space. The fierce battle resulted in a spurt of development in science and technology. However, the German Army Air Corps and Naval Air Corps that Royal Air Force needs to face now are much more powerful than those in another time and space.
"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, Prime Minister just called us, asking us to immediately send aircraft to reinforce Canterbury's battle! They are about to collapse from the toss of German aircraft." A major general reported to General Trenchard.
"Those idiots in the Army, they are equipped with so many anti-aircraft weapons, are they all useless?" Royal Air Force Chief of Staff General Trenchard said with some dissatisfaction.
The continuous development of air power has also accelerated the upgrading of air defense weapons. In order to fight against the powerful German military air power, British Army is also equipped with a lot of anti-aircraft machine guns and Anti-aircraft Gun. However, no matter how powerful the ground-based air defense weapons are, it is undoubtedly very difficult to attack air targets without precision-guided weapons.
"Who knows!" The major general shrugged helplessly.
"It seems that we can't escape! This is the third time that Prime Minister has asked us to fight. If we don't show anything again, I, Air Force Chief of Staff, will be dead." General Trenchard is quite helpless.
When British mainland was attacked, it was not that he wanted to be a coward, but that Royal Navy seemed too weak compared to the powerful German military's air power. The fighter jets they used before have proven to be no match for the German military fighter jet. The latest fighter jet they are currently equipped with is the 'Camel-class' fighter jet that has just been put into mass production. The maximum speed of this fighter can reach 187 kilometers per hour, which is only a little slower than the Mark II fighter plane equipped with German Army Air Corps. In terms of other performance, although it is a little worse. But at any rate, if they faced each other again, they wouldn't be shot down without even being able to fight back.
However, the number of this advanced 'Camel-class' fighter jet is very limited, and the entire Royal Air Force is only equipped with more than two hundred aircraft. The monthly output is only a few hundred frames. General Trenchard, all regard these precious aircraft as treasures.
Due to German Navy's blockade, Britain's domestic resources can no longer support the development of military industry. Although they organized a lot of merchant ships and transport ships to transport supplies from North America to Britain. However, under the blockade of German Navy, it is difficult for these merchant ships and transport ships to reach British mainland. In all likelihood, they will be sunk or captured by German Navy. It can be said that it is purely for delivering food to Germany people.
However, British government is unwilling to give up this transportation line. Because in this case, they can still get some supplies. If you give up, you really won't get any supplies at all.
The only thing British government can do is probably to wait for all their transport ships and merchant ships to be lost. In that case, there will be no way.
"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, our strength is too weak. If we take the risk of taking off to fight with the Germany people, our aircraft will probably be lost soon. By then, the British mainland sky will be completely reduced to the territory of the Germany people, and there will be no more Royal Air Force aircraft." The major general sighed.
"There's no way around it! If we don't go out, the Army guys will be almost unable to hold on. By then, they might blame us for the failure. At that time, we will really become the scapegoats, and we will have no way to tell the story of our suffering." General Trenchard's face was full of helplessness.
"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, the performance of our 'Camel-class' fighter jets is no worse than that of the Germany fighter jets. It's just that the number is too small. After a few more months, we will add a few hundred more fighter jets and we will have enough We are strong enough to fight against the Germany people. By then, maybe we can defeat the Germany people in the Britain sky and protect our sky."
General Trenchard shook his head. "The Germany people will not give us that much time. In a few months, the army may have been defeated. By then, the entire British Isles will be under the control of the Germany people. Will Royal Air Force still exist? That is obviously impossible."
General Trenchard is obviously not optimistic about the upcoming battle.