Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Chapter 380: Operation Hunger (4)

Sir Charles Forbes came to the Prime Minister's Office early in the morning to report to Churchill what had happened last night. "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, many patrol boats and fishing boats heard signs of large-scale activities of German aircraft groups last night." Because the only few radars are deployed near the English Channel to guard against possible German air attacks on the British mainland; therefore, in northern Britain, There are no radars deployed in the northwest and other places, and the existing radar detection range is limited, so these radars did not detect the German actions last night.

However, even if radar is deployed in the northern region, mosquito bombers may not be able to be detected.

You must know that the radars during World War II were not the advanced models of later generations (for example, the CW radar of later generations was based on the Doppler principle and could detect any moving object. Advanced performance models could be as small as ten meters away. Even birds can react), at this time the British air detection radar can only detect large metal objects in the sky.

Electric fields and magnetic fields propagate in the form of waves. When they are irradiated on a metal surface, in addition to direct reflection, since metal is a good conductor of electricity, it will also cause a skin effect. The current density inside the metal increases, and most of it is concentrated on the metal surface. , which makes the metal become a secondary radiation source, thereby generating electromagnetic waves that radiate outward and enhance the intensity of the reflected waves.

Wood is a poor conductor of electricity, so the secondary radiation produced is naturally very small, and the radar intensity is much weaker. In addition, wood is less dense than metal materials, so a large part of the radar waves will penetrate directly without echoes, which makes the echo signals weaker and cannot receive enough The echo signal may eventually be directly filtered as clutter, making it difficult to distinguish the target.

More than 80% of the Mosquito bomber's body is made of wooden structure. The German radar in the original time and space was almost helpless against it. It often had to fly within the target range before it could issue an air defense warning.

Churchill, who looked haggard, read the result report carefully. "That means they returned after a while in these waters? What do you think?" The Germans will never do anything meaningless. They must have done something.

"Although there is no definite evidence yet." Charles said. "But I suspect the Germans may have dropped mines. We haven't received any damage reports yet because the German minefields haven't been formed yet."

Chiu Gilnor nodded thoughtfully. "Yes, I also think they are laying mines. These despicable bastards want to trap us completely." The German submarine force and the High Seas Fleet were active in the North Atlantic, causing heavy losses to the British transport fleet. The transportation line is the lifeline of the British Empire. Now the British Empire is like being strangled by the neck, and it is becoming more and more difficult to breathe.

After cursing a few times, Churchill's attention returned to the report. "We cannot let their minefields form. We must mobilize all available ships and personnel to ensure the smooth flow of the main channels in various ports." Although he knew that the German minelaying operations would continue, Churchill did not mention intercepting these German aircraft groups. idea. After the failure of the last night bombing in the Calais area, the British also learned that the German army had a very powerful night fighter force. "We only need to ensure a few important ports. We will abandon other ports. Do you understand? The same goes for mine clearance work. We mobilize ships and personnel capable of mine clearance to key protected ports. If the Germans want to mine other ports, let them Bray's done."

Charles nodded. "Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister, I will arrange it as soon as possible."

As soon as Charles left, the secretary knocked on the door and came in, with a strange expression on his face as he reported. "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, the Germans are holding a press conference, saying that they are going to release a group of prisoners of war and let them return home to visit their relatives."

"What?!" Churchill opened his mouth. "What do they mean?" His first thought was what conspiracy did the Germans play? Now he had to admit that the German Crown Prince was so cunning that it made people grit their teeth. His grandfather, William II, was crazy from time to time, and his father, Prince Oscar, was idle all day long and did not do his job. How come he became a cunning and fox-like guy? !

Of course the secretary didn't know what Churchill was thinking, so he quickly explained. "The Germans said that for humanitarian reasons, they would release some prisoners of war in batches to go home to visit relatives for two weeks. After two weeks, these prisoners of war have to report back to the prison camp."

"And let them take the initiative to report back to the prisoner of war camp?" Churchill was dumbfounded. are you crazy! Who leaves a prisoner of war camp and wants to go back voluntarily? I'm used to being a prisoner or something. "What if you don't go back?" The Germans can't send people over to capture him, right?

"The Germans say that such family visits are in rotation, and every prisoner of war has a chance. But if any prisoner who returns home to visit relatives does not return to the prisoner of war camp on time, subsequent activities will be cancelled."

"..." This move is really damaging. If anyone doesn't want to go back, he will become a public enemy of all prisoners of war and their families, and they may suffer some kind of retaliation.

Although I was worried that Germany had another conspiracy, now the whole world knew about it. If the British government refused to allow these prisoners of war to return home, I couldn't even imagine how the people would react. Churchill could only pinch his nose to welcome these prisoners of war back to visit their relatives.

Germany's work efficiency is very high. More than a hundred prisoners of war who have been selected from various A-level prisoner of war camps were first sent to the neutral country of Sweden, and then took a Swedish passenger ship to Edinburgh, England.

Seeing the passenger ship slowly docking at the pier, the crowd that had already gathered on the pier suddenly became commotion and rushed towards the pier.

As the prisoners of war walked down the gangway one after another, there was a lot of crying on the dock.

"Dennis!" A middle-aged couple rushed forward and hugged the young man who had just walked out, tears bursting from their eyes. "Dennis, my parents thought they would never see you again in this life!"

The family of three hugged each other and burst into tears. It took a long time before the middle-aged man wiped away his tears. "Let's go home quickly."

The three of them squeezed out of the crowd with difficulty and got into the somewhat dilapidated car. My father drove, and my mother sat in the back seat with Dennis.

His mother still had tears in her eyes and held his arm tightly, as if he would disappear if she let go. "Dennis, did you suffer in the prison camp?"

Dennis was a soldier after all, and he gradually calmed down, with a comforting smile on his face. "No, Mom. I'm doing fine there. Thanks to my previous job in my dad's factory, I learned a lot of machine tool skills." Although I've heard before that "There are many skills that don't overwhelm one's career, multiple skills lead to multiple paths." ", but I didn't expect that this truth was deeply realized in the prisoner of war camp. It's a bit ironic when you think about it.

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