In the quiet corridor, the sound of running suddenly came out, and there was a series of rapid echoes in the relatively empty space. An Air Force major rushed into the room headed by Alfred K. holding a telegram document.
The 1st Air Force headquarters commanded by General Le waved the document in his hand and shouted loudly: "Order from the headquarters!"
Several German generals who were analyzing the war situation in the Soviet Union were pointing at a map. They were discussing the feasibility of sending bombers to attack Leningrad.
In the past few days, they had drawn up a plan to bomb Leningrad, but the result was that it could not change the current painless situation on the Soviet Union's northern front.
"Urgent mission, a call from the headquarters ordered all bombers deployed at the airport under the Northern Army Group to take off and bomb the Leningrad military industrial facilities."
The major officer who came to deliver the documents saw that no one among the big bosses behind the scenes paid attention to him, so he continued to speak, as if he would not stop talking without surprising anything.
Sure enough, everyone raised their heads when they heard the major say such important news.
The commander of the bomber unit of the Ground 1 Air Force, who was staring at the map and thinking of a solution, apparently also heard this important message. He quickly came over and took away the telegram document paper from the major's hand.
The above content was nothing more than a time bomb that exploded in his eyes and was transmitted to his brain, completely short-circuiting the place where he thought.
Another Air Force Major in the fighter unit took the message from his hand, and he didn't even notice it. He just stood there in a daze.
The message written in the message was similar to what the air force major who came to deliver the message said: "Take off all long-range bombers that can take off, and with full fighter escort, attack the Soviet troops in the Leningrad area."
Military industrial facilities, completely destroying the military factories there, paralyzing the war potential of the Soviet army in Leningrad, and paving the way for the next tough battle in Leningrad.
However, everyone knows that once this plan is implemented, whether it is successful or not, it means that the Second Air Force, which is responsible for supporting the Northern Army Group, must mobilize its maximum strength to carry out the mission on the Eastern Front.
Prior to this, among the three major air forces on the Eastern Front, the First Air Force, which had relatively few combat missions, was also responsible for the air defense mission of eastern Germany, including the Polish occupation area. Once the war started in full force, the air defense mission of eastern Germany would
But everything has to be left to the ground air defense forces.
Of course, these issues are not issues that the air force generals here need to consider. All they want in their minds is to complete the tasks of the headquarters and fight the war on the Soviet Union's northern front.
"Are you sure this is news coming from China? If a false order is given at this time, it will cause very terrible consequences!" General Koehler raised his head and looked at the major officer from the Air Force Intelligence Room.
He confirmed in a rather solemn tone.
They could completely mobilize all the fighter aircraft remaining in East Germany to go to the front line, but in that case, once the Soviet Baltic Fleet aviation and long-range bomber units went to air attack Berlin, there would not be much German air force that could be mobilized to intercept.
"General!" The major waited until the other party looked at him. He immediately stood at attention and saluted: "I have confirmed the password, sent a confirmation telegram to the country, and used another set of backup passwords to verify again. It is indeed true.
Top secret orders from the country, nothing wrong."
"This means that the high command has staked its own safety and the safety of Berlin where they are located. Is it going to give up defense and use all its strength to strengthen the offensive?" A senior staff officer looked at Koehler.
General Koehler nodded, then turned around and looked at his colleagues: "Soldiers, from this moment on, we no longer have to tie our hands. At least now, it seems that Berlin no longer wants us to work part-time in the East.
The air defense intercepted it. We can use all the reserved forces to carry out an all-round attack in the direction of Leningrad."
"It should have started a long time ago. Earlier, due to problems with military supplies and weather, we never had the chance to create big results on the northern front. The 2nd, 4th, and 5th Air Forces have already been fully mobilized.
We cooperated with Army Group Center and Army Group South to carry out several large-scale bombings."
An air force major general pointed at the map with his hand and said: "Not only are we going to bomb Leningrad, we are also going to bomb Luga and Kingisepp! Blow up those damn Soviet defenses!"
It's not that Germany has never dispatched bombers to attack Leningrad. In fact, as early as more than a month ago, the British were still holding on to the British Isles. When the Soviet army attacked Germany across the board, the German Air Force secretly dispatched bombers to Norway.
Twenty new long-range bombers, all painted in the standard Soviet Air Force livery, took off from the airport at the northern tip of Norway, crossed over Finland, and attacked semi-military factories such as the Leningrad tractor factory.
This plan is to prepare to destroy Leningrad's tank production capacity in one fell swoop, temporarily causing Leningrad to lose its industrial capacity to manufacture a large number of tanks, and also reducing the intensity of the German army's encounter with the torrent of Soviet steel during future counterattacks.
However, this plan obviously did not go well at the beginning. After the first batch of 20 bombers took off in Norway, they just flew to the border area between Finland and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Air Force, which was still relatively mature and powerful at the time, discovered something strange and had to terminate it.
Surprise attack.
Subsequently, in order to ensure the absolute security of Leningrad, the Soviet army deployed a ladder-type fixed anti-aircraft gun position composed of 400 anti-aircraft guns on the ground, and another 110 mobile anti-aircraft guns deployed on rails and vehicles.
The air defense support unit formed a multi-layered air defense firepower network that was both static and dynamic.
There is no doubt that this is Zhukov's masterpiece when he presided over the work of the Soviet General Staff.
It has to be said that Reinhardt failed to successfully get rid of Zhukov in the "Great Purge", which indeed left a big hidden danger for the subsequent Soviet-German War.
At the same time, under Zhukov's arrangements and orders, a total of 100 fighter jets were deployed along with these anti-aircraft artillery units, 50 of which were fixed air defense fighter jets specifically used in this area, and some of them were assigned to Ukraine.
There is a frontline air force in the territory, but the deployed airport is actually closer to Leningrad.
For a target with such strict air defense measures, it is simply an impossible combat mission to enter the airspace for large-scale destructive bombing. In the past few times, the German Army disguised itself as the Soviet Air Force and conducted many tests in these areas.
Sexual offensive, it was discovered that the Soviets' deployment here had no blind spots and no time to relax.
"Our bomber force has fully penetrated into the interior of the Soviet army to carry out bombing. The risk factor is too high, and now all planes are taking off to carry out large-scale bombing against Lenin. Who can ensure the success of the operation?"
A major general of the Air Force sighed and said: "We cannot risk the lives of so many pilots."
It has to be said that the conservative thinking of Commander Loeb of Army Group North had a corresponding impact on the officers of the 1st Air Force who assisted them in the battle.
"Major General, war is inherently risky!" Glancing at his complaining subordinates, Koehler, the commander of the First Air Force, said harshly: "Even if our entire army is annihilated, as long as we can paralyze the war potential of Leningrad in the Soviet Union,
As well as the defensive power of its surrounding defense lines, for our entire Northern Army Group, that means victory!"
Having said that, the other air force lieutenant general stared at the map and finally shook his head.
He has always been a cautious and more conservative general.
At this time, he interrupted the quarrel between the two people, pointed at the map and said helplessly: "Instead of discussing how we should continue to carry out air raids, it is better to discuss with Marshal Loeb whether the army can immediately take over our large-scale air raids.
Launch a large-scale war."
"Yes! Once our planes are dispatched for combat, there is no turning back!"
Another general nodded and agreed with this realistic question: "To carry out such a bombing mission with all our strength will cause huge losses. There is absolutely no chance that we will have the opportunity to launch such a second operation."
"You don't need to worry too much about this." The major who had sent the telegram, who had been silent for a long time, opened his mouth to show off his weak sense of presence. His words suddenly silenced the entire office. Everyone looked at the major and saw
It made him hairy all over.
Finally, he mustered up the courage and said, "Actually, I have a plan here. I don't know if it will be adopted by you, but once it is implemented, the overall chance of success will be very high."
The calm old general spoke at this time: "You might as well say it and let's try to practice it."
So, in front of everyone, the major revealed all his plans...
