Mediterranean Hegemony Road

The battle started again. Compared with the evenly matched battle just now, the British army fell into an absolute disadvantage as soon as the battle started. Even with the assistance of anti-aircraft artillery, they were helpless.

Looking at the battle in the sky, Adrian Caton de Viat knew it was over. In the first round of the battle, the British Air Force still had a numerical advantage, but now it has been turned upside down.

Watching the fighter planes fall, Adrian's mood has turned to despair. Now that one of their planes has crashed, there is one less.

At this time, no matter how strong the British Empire is, it cannot be deployed in the Mediterranean, unless the Royal Navy dares to venture into the Mediterranean to fight a decisive battle with the Bulgarian Navy.

Even he, the general of the army, knew that a decisive battle with the Paul-French coalition forces in the Mediterranean region would be completely disastrous militarily.

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London

After receiving the news of the war in the Mediterranean Sea, Mr. Churchill broke out and immediately delivered a speech in Congress, condemning Bulgaria for undeclared war.

Well, in politics, his performance is perfect, but in the military, what General Adrian needs is definitely not his moral support.

It's a pity that what Sicily needs now is reinforcements, and the Egyptian and South African regions are now in danger, and the Persian region is about to become a battlefield. These are the things that need to be dealt with immediately!

There is no way, the British system is like this, without the authorization of Congress, if you want to mobilize the power of the whole country to fight a war, it is not up to the cabinet to decide.

It could have been voted directly in Congress, but unfortunately, the first reaction of politicians when they encounter problems is to seek political benefits.

During the period when the British Empire was strong, this was not a problem. When it encountered a crisis, the system could not keep up.

The British are arrogant in this era. They don't think they have fallen. Even now, many people don't realize that the most critical moment has arrived.

Paris

After receiving the news of Bulgaria's air raid on Sicily, the French were relieved. Although the two sides have not declared war, they have already started fighting. Are you afraid they will stop?

Bulgaria and the British are fighting. Even if the Eastern European Union does not participate in the war, the Germans must deploy heavy troops on the southeast two fronts.

otherwise,

If the Austro-Hungarian Empire or Western Russia will give them a shot behind their backs, then the fun will be great.

President Albert Le Brun has already begun to celebrate. France's unfavorable strategic situation is about to be reversed, and the alliance with France has become inevitable.

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sofia

Looking at the battle report sent by the front line, Ferdinand showed a satisfied smile. Although it was only a preliminary estimate, he also knew that the overall situation was settled.

The air force is not so easy to maintain. Except for the easiest replenishment of aircraft, the remaining pilots and crew need professional training.

It is not easy for the British to deploy more than 40,000 air forces in Sicily.

It's a pity that an air force of this size can face any country in the world, with the exception of Bulgaria.

Ferdinand had given the aircraft formula to the company at the beginning, and now Bulgaria reserves a large number of pilots and crew members. These people can use it as long as they undergo simple systematic training.

During the war years, both pilots and aircraft were actually consumables, and it didn't matter if the quality was poor.

If we blindly pursue quality, World War II will be impossible to fight. Neither the United States nor the Soviet Union has a sufficient number of pilots. In the end, they used defective products to kill the Germans as well.

Ferdinand learned a lesson and increased quantity reserves while pursuing quality.

The model pursued by Bulgaria is that the development of the air force must pursue quality, and the number of army pilots and crews is enough.

Anyway, they are all part-time jobs, as long as the pilots can fly the plane normally, and all the technicians are part-time by company soldiers, it is enough to be able to perform simple maintenance.

In this era, there were not many recreational activities, and one more skill was learned, and it was easier to assign jobs after the war.

As a soldier in the Bulgarian Army, as long as you stay in the army for five or six years, you will be able to play with cars and planes.

Now the demobilized soldiers have almost monopolized the technical positions in Bulgaria's national aviation industry, and they are all promoted based on their strength, which has saved a large amount of training funds for the company.

If nothing else, when the second round of the air battle is over, the main force of the British Air Force in Sicily will be almost finished, and the third round will be the end of the anti-aircraft firepower. After that, you can only be beaten passively.

Perhaps starting tomorrow, the British will lose the sky. Without air supremacy, will the Mediterranean Fleet dare to dock?

No matter how powerful the battleship's anti-aircraft firepower is, facing four-figure enemy planes is nothing but floating clouds.

There is not even a need for dive bombing, and the port can be destroyed at an altitude of a thousand meters. As for the Mediterranean fleet, isn't there a Bulgarian navy?

There is pressure to deal with the main force of the Royal Navy, what kind of problem is it to deal with a mere Mediterranean fleet?

Without the air cover provided by the Air Force of Sicily, the Mediterranean Fleet only has two aircraft carriers, which add up to less than a hundred aircraft. What is the use?

Not to mention the main decisive battle with the Bulgarian navy, it would be difficult for them to rush out of the Mediterranean Sea. The French have now blocked the Tunisian Strait, and it is obviously impossible to let them pass.

Without the Mediterranean Fleet, the Mediterranean route will be safe. The African continent + the world island are connected together, and the strategic significance is extraordinary.

In history, the Germans just wanted to do it, but they didn't do it. In the end, the resources were exhausted and the game was over.

Father, what's the matter with you? Little Ferdinand asked with concern

Oh, it's nothing, I just lost my mind for a while! Ferdinand said with a smile

Now Bulgaria's high-level leaders are all together, waiting for the battle report, which is related to whether Bulgaria will continue to implement the next strategic plan.

Only by pulling out the threat of the Mediterranean Fleet, can Bulgaria be able to boldly attack cities and lands, such as Egypt, South Africa, Sudan, and Persia.

Even a little more courageous, attacking Australia, New Zealand and other regions.

However, to achieve this step, it seems that there are still some difficulties. Japan in the Far East is a trouble, and the objects that may be robbed of spoils are the most hateful enemies.

Little Ferdinand comforted: Father, you don't have to worry. The situation on the battlefield is very favorable to us. Our fighter planes are three times that of the enemy. We have an advantage in terms of aircraft performance and air force training.

As long as the war requires, we can produce 8,000 fighters every month, and we have a reserve of up to 300,000 pilots, which can easily supplement the consumption on the battlefield!

Ferdinand smiled slightly, and had to say that Bulgaria was fully prepared this time, and there is nothing lacking now.

In history, the United States lost more than 70,000 pilots in World War II, and there was a shortage of aircraft at one time. In the end, the standard charge could only be lowered, and there were even situations where two or three months of training would be required to go to the battlefield.

The British were even more ruthless in this regard. At the most critical time, pilots were sent to the battlefield after only two weeks of training.

Ferdinand shook his head and said: I'm not worried about the air battle in Sicily, it's just a small war, even if there is an accident, it's within our tolerance, even if it is piled up in numbers, the final victory still belongs to us!

The trouble is the international situation after the war. The British have fallen, and we have taken over their hegemony. What kind of international order should we build to best serve our interests?

Before everyone could figure this out, the battle report from the front line came back.

Thanks to the invention of radio, you can know the results of the battle in advance without waiting for the plane to return.

There is no doubt that this time is much smoother than the last time. The British Air Force in Sicily lost a quarter of its fighters in the last round of air raids.

Now that the balance of power is seriously out of balance, the British are out of luck.

In the second air battle, Bulgaria crashed 113 fighter planes, while the British Air Force crashed at least 136 planes, and the battle damage ratio was at least 1:1.2.

And this is still a conservative estimate. The number of British fighter planes blown up on the ground is not included in the statistics.

You must know that if you land injured during the battle, you will stop anywhere, and you will have no time to move to a safe area. This part of the loss cannot be counted at all.

In this regard, the Bulgarian fighter jets do not have this advantage. Once they are seriously injured, there is no need to even run, and they cannot fly back at all.

Usually pilots can only parachute. As for where the plane lands, no matter where it is, it is the territory of the British anyway, so there is no need to worry about them.

When you encounter a hot-headed pilot, you aim at a target and hit it directly. It's a pity that there are no skyscrapers in Sicily in this era, and the visual effect of 911 cannot be produced.

The results of the second round came out, and the fighter planes of the third round also began to take off. There is no doubt that the British air defense capability has dropped to the lowest point at this time.

Everyone is not worried about whether they can win. Judging from the battle situation just now, the performance of the British fighters is limited, and their performance in continuous combat is not good.

Two rounds of battles have been held in a row, and many fighter planes have to undergo major repairs. Everyone has a preliminary estimate of how many enemy planes can take off at this time.

After the next two rounds of bombing, you can prepare for landing operations. This time, Bulgaria has already won half of the war!