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Chapter 686 Accidentally bombed London

"Captain, engine 2 has failed. Are we returning?" the pilot asked the captain on the side.

The captain turned his head and looked at the engine that was still emitting smoke from the porthole, saying, "No, keep flying."

As a four-engine bomber, this aircraft has this function. When long-distance battery life is required, it can turn off two engines to reduce fuel consumption. Therefore, although one engine is missing, it can still continue to perform the mission.

This is the first large-scale bombing mission. The captain did not want to withdraw due to an engine failure. At least now it seems that the other three engines are still working normally.

In order to continue the mission, the captain deliberately concealed the problem of engine failure. As a result, when they flew to the scheduled assembly area, they found that the bomber group on their side had already completed the assembly two minutes ago and set off!

It doesn't matter, just catch up with me!

Therefore, the captain ordered the navigator to fly according to the radio guidance and according to the predetermined route, hoping to catch up with his own formation.

Unfortunately, with one engine missing, their speed was slower than the fleet ahead, so not only did they not catch up, but they were even more behind.

After flying across the middle line of the strait, nothing was found, so the captain decided to fly over and bomb himself according to the predetermined goal!

A lonely bomber was flying high in the air. Their target was a factory near Greenwich. This factory mainly produces alloys and is the necessary raw material for manufacturing aircraft engines.

After adjusting the route, the crew members of the entire bomber did not feel lonely. They were fighting!

"Before, you are about to reach your target." The navigator shouted.

Flying strictly according to the route, however, they did not find that the wind direction over the UK had changed at this time. They flew forward twenty kilometers more than 20 kilometers. In front, it was not Greenwich, but London!

"No target was found." shouted the navigator.

According to the prior arrangement, there will be personnel on the ground to guide them. Simply put, they just use flashlights to send simple three short three long lanterns to the sky, but now they have not found it.

It was pitch black below. Since the bombing had already begun, the cities in these areas had already implemented light control.

After flying around this area for two laps, the pilot suddenly felt happy, and a flashing signal finally appeared in front of him: "Discover the target, prepare to drop bombs, fly directly, and enter the bombing route!"

At this time, they didn't know that the flickering signal below was not the target factory at all, but the Big Ben on the Capitol, which was reporting on time on time! Although London has implemented light control, the managers neglected that the clock would shine when it was reporting on time on time!

This magnificent Big Ben is facing north, and it is Whitehall Street, which is the location of various British government departments.

In the middle section of the west side of Whitehall Street, there is a short and narrow cross street, namely the famous Downing Street. No. 10 of this street is a low-profile three-story gray brick building, built in 1680.

Yes, this is 10 Downing Street, the British Prime Minister's Office, which is the center of the British government's decisions, formulating policies and holding conferences that change the world.

And now, in this three-story building, Churchill couldn't sleep all night.

"What, even our Woolston factory was bombed?" After receiving the news, Churchill clenched his fist.

Fighting, persisting in fighting until victory is Churchill's usual belief. He also firmly believes that he can win, but now, reality keeps pouring cold water on his head.

The factories of two Spitfire fighters were completely razed to the ground. The Germans used hundreds of bombers to bomb the UK. The most terrifying thing was that this night bombing and the surprise attack of the Germans had a good effect.

"In a month, we couldn't produce a fire," said Chief of Staff Archibald, the blow to Britain was the heaviest.

If Britain wants to protect its territory, it must deal with the German bombing. First of all, it must defeat the Luftwaffe. But what about now? A night bombing by the Germans, the British fighter jet production capacity disappeared.

Churchill's cigar was extinguished, and he stood up and looked at the dark night sky. God, do you still feel that the suffering that Britain has suffered is not deep enough?

"Boom!" At this moment, suddenly, a violent explosion occurred on the street hundreds of meters away, and the dark streets were shining.

"Protect the Prime Minister!" the captain of the guard shouted, coming up and knocking Churchill down. Almost at the same time, the glass in front of Churchill was shattered.

"Boom, boom!" Explosions continued! The entire Whitehall Street was terrible bombing!

The bombs dropped from high altitude were not very accurate. They were originally aiming at the Big Ben, but as a result, almost all the bombs fell to the north of Big Ben, which is the location of the British government!

A bomb exploded almost ten meters away from No. 10 Tangning Street. In the huge explosion, the entire street was blown up to a large pit of more than ten meters deep!

Countless fragments flew over and hit the three-story building at No. 10 Tangning Street. A corner of the building could not withstand the huge impact and collapsed!

In front of the building, on the high flagpole, the flag symbolizing Great Britain was also exploding in an explosion, and countless holes were torn, but it did not fall down and was still fluttering in the wind!

In the dark night sky, countless fires appeared throughout Whitehall Street.

London is burning, government location is burning!

The fire truck arrived urgently, and countless people came out spontaneously and participated in emergency rescue!

At this time, the bombers in the sky did not know that they had done their feat and almost killed British Prime Minister Churchill. At this time, they completed the bomb drop, circled around, and prepared to return, but found that they seemed to have stabbed a hornet's nest.

Originally, the bottom was just an ordinary factory, even if it was protected, it was at most a size of an anti-aircraft gun company. But now? There are hundreds of light columns that suddenly lit up below!

These light columns swept back and forth, cutting the sky into mottled dispersion.

"Come on, climb right away!" the captain shouted loudly.

There must be a problem. Is this a trap? It is only a matter of time before so many searchlights are discovered, but as long as you climb to a high altitude, there is no problem! You must know that no matter how powerful the anti-aircraft gun is, it is impossible to hit an effective shooting height of 8,000 meters!

The three engines started to power and climbed up desperately. As soon as they climbed to seven thousand meters, they were captured by countless beams of light. Then, below, countless anti-aircraft guns opened fire together, as if they were venting their dissatisfaction in the sky.

Unfortunately, they are destined to be useless.
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