I-British Strategic Aviation kuze kube ngu-1945 ingxenye yesi-3
Ngasekupheleni kuka-1943, iHalifax (osesithombeni) kanye ne-Stirling amabhomu ahoxiswa ekuhlaselweni kwezindiza eJalimane ngenxa yokulahlekelwa okukhulu.
Nakuba u-A. M. Harris, ngenxa yokusekelwa uNdunankulu, ayengabheka ikusasa ngokuzethemba lapho kuziwa ekwandiseni i-Bomber Command, ngokuqinisekile wayengenakuzola kangako lapho ecabangela impumelelo yakhe emkhakheni wezokusebenza. Naphezu kokwethulwa kohlelo lokuzulazula komsakazo we-Gee kanye namaqhinga okuyisebenzisa, amabhomu asebusuku ayeseyisimo "sesimo sezulu esilungile" kanye nokwakheka "okuhlosiwe okulula" okunokwehluleka okubili noma kathathu impumelelo ngayinye.
Ukukhanya kwenyanga kwakungabalwa ngezinsuku ezimbalwa kuphela ngenyanga futhi kuthandwa izilwi zasebusuku ezisebenza kahle kakhulu. Isimo sezulu sasiyilotho futhi imigomo "elula" ngokuvamile yayingenandaba. Kwakudingeka kutholwe izindlela ezizosiza ukwenza ukuqhuma kwamabhomu kuphumelele. Ososayensi ezweni basebenze ngaso sonke isikhathi, kodwa kwakudingeka ukulinda amadivaysi alandelayo asekela ukuhamba. Konke ukuxhumana bekufanele kuhlonyiswe ngohlelo lwe-G, kodwa isikhathi sokusebenza kwayo ngempumelelo, okungenani eJalimane, sase siphela ngokungenakuvinjelwa. Isixazululo kwadingeka kubhekwe kwelinye icala.
Ukwakhiwa kwe-Pathfinder Force ngo-March 1942 kusuka kwizibonelelo zakhe kwaphazamisa ibhalansi ethile endizeni yamabhomu - kusukela manje kuqhubeke, abanye abasebenzi kufanele bahlonyiswe kangcono, okwabavumela ukuba bathole imiphumela engcono. Lokhu kukhulume ngokuvuna iqiniso lokuthi izisebenzi ezinolwazi noma ezinekhono kufanele zihole futhi zisekele iqembu elikhulu lamadoda "esigaba esiphakathi". Kwakuyindlela enengqondo futhi ebonakala izicacele. Kuyaphawulwa ukuthi kusukela ekuqaleni kwe-blitz, amaJalimane enza lokho kanye, futhi ahlinzeka laba basebenzi ngezinsiza zokuhamba; izenzo zalezi "ziqondiso" zandisa ukusebenza kwamandla amakhulu. AbaseBrithani babheka lo mqondo ngendlela ehlukile ngenxa yezizathu eziningana. Okokuqala, bebengenayo insiza yokuzulazula ngaphambilini. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kubukeka sengathi baqale badikibala kulo mbono - ekuhlaseleni kwabo kokuqala "okusemthethweni" kokuziphindiselela endaweni yaseMannheim ngoDisemba 1940, banquma ukuthumela izisebenzi ezinolwazi ngaphambili ukuze zibhule umlilo enkabeni yedolobha futhi ziqondise kulo lonke izwe. amandla. Izimo zezulu nokubonakala kwakukuhle, kodwa akubona bonke laba basebenzi abakwazile ukulahla imithwalo yabo endaweni efanele, futhi izibalo zamabutho amakhulu zayalelwa ukuba zicime imililo ebangelwa "abadubuli" abangazange baqale endaweni. endaweni efanele futhi ukuhlasela konke kwakuhlakazeke kakhulu. Imiphumela yalokhu kugasela ayizange ikhuthaze.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, phambilini izinqumo ezinjengalezi bezingahambisani namaqhinga okwenziwa - njengoba izisebenzi bezinikezwe amahora amane ukuthi ziqedele ukugasela, imililo ebisendaweni ekahle ibingacishwa ngaphambi kokuba kuvele ezinye izibalo phezu kwaleyo obekuhloswe ngayo ukuyisebenzisa noma ukuyiqinisa. . Futhi, nakuba iRoyal Air Force, njengawo wonke amanye amabutho asemoyeni emhlabeni, yayiyizicukuthwane ngendlela yayo, ikakhulukazi ngemva kweMpi YaseBrithani, yayinokulingana phakathi kwezigaba zabo - uhlelo lwe-fighter aces aluzange lutshalwe, futhi lapho. ukuzethemba emcabangweni we "elite squadrons" kwakungekho. Lokhu kungaba ukuhlasela emoyeni ofanayo futhi kucekele phansi ubunye ngokudala abantu abavela “kwabakhethiweyo”. Naphezu kwalokhu kuthambekela, amazwi ayezwakala ngezikhathi ezithile ukuthi izindlela zamasu zingathuthukiswa kuphela ngokudala iqembu elikhethekile labashayeli bezindiza abakhethekile kulo msebenzi, njengoba uLord Cherwell ayekholelwa ngo-September 1941.
Lokhu kwakubonakala kuyindlela enengqondo, ngoba kwakusobala ukuthi ithimba elinjalo labashayeli bezindiza abanolwazi, ngisho nokuqala kusukela ekuqaleni, ekugcineni kuzodingeka bafeze okuthile ekugcineni, uma nje bezokwenza ngaso sonke isikhathi futhi okungenani bazi ukuthi bekuyini. kwenziwe okungalungile - kumaqembu anjalo isipiliyoni singanqwabelana futhi ukuthuthukiswa kwemvelo kuzokhokha. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukuqasha izisebenzi eziningana ezihlukene ezinolwazi ngezikhathi ezithile nokubabeka phambili kwaba ukumosha ulwazi ababengaluthola. Lo mbono wasekelwa ngokuqinile yiPhini Lomqondisi Womsebenzi Wokuqhunyiswa Kwamabhomu WoMnyango Wezomoya, uKapteni General Bufton, owayeyisikhulu esinolwazi olunzulu lokulwa kule mpi yomhlaba kuneyangaphambili. Ekuqaleni kuka-March 1942, waphakamisa ku-AM Harris ukuthi kwakhiwe amaqembu ayisithupha anjalo ukuze abambe iqhaza "labaqondisi". Wayekholelwa ukuthi lo msebenzi wawuphuthuma ngakho-ke ama-40 weqembu elingcono kakhulu le-Bomber Command kufanele abelwe la mayunithi, okungeke kube buthakathaka amabutho amakhulu, ngoba iqembu ngalinye lizohlinzeka ngeqembu elilodwa kuphela. U-G/Cpt Bufton uphinde wagxeka ngokusobala ukuhlelwa kokubunjwa ngokungakhuthazi izinhlelo ezisuka emazingeni aphansi noma ukuziyisa endaweni efanele lapho zingahlaziywa khona. Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi, ngokuzihambela kwakhe, wenze isivivinyo phakathi kwabaphathi nabasebenzi abehlukene nokuthi umbono wakhe uthole ukwesekwa okuqinile.
U-A. M. Harris, njengabo bonke abaphathi beqembu lakhe, wayephikisana ngokuphelele nalo mbono - wayekholelwa ukuthi ukwakhiwa kwamasosha anjalo kuzoba nomphumela odabukisayo emandleni amakhulu, futhi wanezela ukuthi ujabule ngemiphumela yamanje. Ephendula, u-G/Cpt Bufton wenze izimpikiswano eziningi eziqinile zokuthi imiphumela empeleni ibidumaza futhi ingumphumela wokuntuleka “kokuhloswe” okuhle esigabeni sokuqala sokuhlasela. Wengeze wathi ukungaphumeleli njalo yikho okuqeda amandla.
Ngaphandle kokungena emininingwaneni eyengeziwe yale ngxoxo, kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi u-A. M. Harris ngokwakhe, ngokungangabazeki owayenomlingiswa ocasulayo futhi owayethanda ukufaka imibala, wayengakholelwa ngokugcwele emazwini ayebhekiswe kuMnu. Captain Bafton. Lokhu kufakazelwa iziyalo zakhe ezehlukene azithumele kubakhuzi bamaqembu ngokungenzi kahle kwezisebenzi zabo, kanye nokuma kwakhe okuqinile ekufakeni endizeni ngayinye ikhamera yendiza ebonwa kabi phakathi kwabasebenzi ukuze kuphoqwe abashayeli ukuthi benze umsebenzi wabo ngenkuthalo futhi kanye ngoba bonke baqeda "abahlaseli" . U-A. M. Harris waze wahlela ukushintsha umthetho wokubala ukunyakaza kwezempi ube omunye lapho izinhlobo eziningi kuzodingeka zibalwe ngesisekelo sobufakazi bezithombe. Abaphathi beqembu ngokwabo babezazi ngezinkinga zokubunjwa, ezingazange zinyamalale njengokungathi ngomlingo ngokufika kukaGee. Konke lokhu kukhulume ngokuvuna ukulandela iseluleko nomqondo we-G/kapt Bafton. Abaphikisana nesinqumo esinjalo, eholwa ngu-A. M. Harris, babheka zonke izizathu ezingenzeka zokungadali ukwakheka okusha "kweziqondiso", - ezintsha zanezelwa ezingxabano ezindala: isiphakamiso sezinyathelo zesigamu ngendlela yokusungula okusemthethweni. umsebenzi "wezibhamu zokuhlasela emoyeni", ukuntuleka kwemishini ehlukahlukene yokwenza imisebenzi enjalo, futhi, ekugcineni, ukugomela kokuthi uhlelo ngeke lusebenze kahle - kungani lowo ozoba uchwepheshe wesibhamu engambona ezimeni ezinzima
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