Everything had a first time. As the first truly meaningful air battle in human history, the British paid dearly for their lesson with sheer strength.
Drip-feeding tactics were only suited to specific circumstances. Using them in an air battle was plainly just feeding men into the grinder.
Unfortunately, Britain had never had any experience with aerial combat. After coming under attack, the British Government's first reaction was to dispatch the air force to intercept the enemy. It never considered the need to assemble its forces.
Because of differing distances and response times, British Army aircraft taking off from various airfields ultimately reached the front in separate waves.
The air battle was still ongoing. After paying a grievous price, the British Air Force in the field had finally gathered a three-digit number of aircraft. Though still at a disadvantage, the battle was no longer one-sided.
The Holy Roman Air Force units engaged in battle had already rotated out. Due to their limited flight time, the first wave of aircraft had returned to rest and refit after completing their mission.
Unlike the first wave, which had centered on bombers, nearly all the Holy Roman aircraft currently in the sky were fighters.
If this had been in the future, everyone would have understood at a glance that today's bombing was over. They were now coming for the main force of the British Air Force.
Since they could not win a head-on decisive battle anyway, the wisest course now was to preserve their living strength. Even if they truly had to fight to the death, they ought to choose a battlefield more favorable to themselves.
London lay directly below. Every aircraft that crashed was a massive bomb, more destructive than any bomb in the world today.
Without exaggeration, the damage the bombing inflicted upon