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Chen Dao finally waited for a crucial telegram, and the two infantry regiments under the 30th Infantry Division advanced to Kirovsk and Sinavino towns on the Neva River.

"Very well, our final battle of the day has finally arrived, and the Seckett and Moltke are attacked."

The Seckett and Moltke are the names of the Seckett-class aircraft carriers Ships 1 and 2.

In the design of the German Navy, the Seckert-class aircraft carriers were large aircraft carriers with an inclined deck and a displacement of 45,000 tons, and the number of carrier-based aircraft on one aircraft carrier reached the number of two Zeppelin-class carrier-based aircraft.

Following Chen Dao's order, 256 planes took off from two airfields around the city of Luga, formed two groups in the sky, and rushed in the direction of Lake Ladoga, aiming directly at the "aircraft carrier Kirovsk" and "the aircraft carrier Sinavino."

On the southern outskirts of the town of Siñavino, a German captain waved his hand to stop the No. 3 assault gun behind him, and then climbed onto the roof of the car with his hands and feet.

Standing on the roof of the car, the captain looked north with a telescope.

A ghostly light flashed through the telescope, and there was no end in sight.

"I see Lake Ladoga." The captain bowed his head and said to the commander of the No. 3 assault gun.

"Let's work harder and try to bathe in Lake Ladoga tonight." The commander said with a smile.

The town of Siñavino, only two kilometres from Lake Ladoga to the north and three kilometres from Fort Shliselli to the northwest, is the last barrier of Fort Shliselli.

The town is long from east to west and narrow from north to south, and the road leading to Shlischeri Fort runs through the town.

When black dots flashed in the southwestern sky, and the noise of aircraft engines shook the eardrums of German infantry, green smoke grenades fell on the town of Sinavino in time.

The formation of aircraft attached to the aircraft carrier USS Seckert saw the agreed green smoke and immediately dispersed.

Dive bomber formations launched dive bombing from the east, and torpedo attack aircraft formations attacked from the south.

The fighter formation rushed into the northwestern sky, and a group of Soviet Air Force fighters was approaching the battlefield from that direction.

The flames of war burned from the sky to the earth in an instant, and 250 kg, 500 kg and 1,000 kg bombs covered the town of Siñavino.

Wherever the flames and shockwaves of the bombshells passed, the buildings shattered like crackers that had been hit hard.

After the brutal bombing, the bulging buildings disappeared and were replaced by sunken craters.

Outside the town, in the bushes, along the drainage ditches on both sides of the road, the German infantry hid inside, excitedly watching the bombers perform.

When the last bomber turned around and left, the German infantry were surprised to find that the explosions in the town had not stopped, but were still continuing.

With the sound of explosions, dirt and rubble were thrown into the sky from time to time in the northwest corner of the town.

"It's the ammunition depot, it must have been the Russians' ammunition depot that was detonated."

The infantrymen were very experienced in judging the source of the explosion and then chose to attack from the east, far from the Soviet ammunition depots.

The battle in the sky was in full swing, with fighters on both sides chasing each other and circling, firing cannon and machine gun bullets at each other.

The Soviet fighters tried to use their excellent low-altitude steering ability to pull the German fighters into a dogfight, but found that the German fighters were not fooled, but used the high-speed advantage to get rid of the entanglement of the Soviet fighters.

The German fighters, who were superior in numbers, soon achieved an overwhelming advantage, but in the northwest, there were still groups of Soviet fighters rushing to the battlefield to join this impossible battle.

From time to time, fighters and bombers from both sides were shot down, and when white parachutes fell to the ground, German infantry would soon rush to the side on sidecars or armored vehicles.

German pilots were sent to a nearby airfield, while Soviet pilots were sent to prisoner-of-war camps.

At about 3:20 p.m., Chen Dao received a report that the pilots of the bombers and torpedo attack planes on the aircraft carriers Secter and Moltke had returned one after another, and the fighter pilots continued to stay over the battlefield and engage the Soviet troops.

"Very well, it is necessary to maintain this intensity of fighting, and lure them all out and destroy them. Let the 54th Combat Aviation Regiment, and the Inmaiman Dive Bomber Wing, make a sortie, bomb Fort Shlisherley, and continue to put pressure on them, and never truce until dark. Chen Dao decisively gave the order.

After receiving the order, the 54th Combat Aviation Regiment numbered JG54 and the Inmaiman dive bomber wing numbered STG2 took off one after another and rushed to Fort Shliselli on the shores of Lake Ladoga, pressing the balance of victory in the air battle fiercely on the side of the German army.

For the German Army, the attack on the direction of Lake Ladoga was to cut off the connection between the Soviet Leningrad Front and the Volkhov Front, but for Chen Dao, it was not just a bombing operation to cooperate with the army, but to lure out the air force of the Leningrad Front and annihilate it, so as to relieve the pressure on the Baltic Fleet in the future.

After Chen Dao consulted with General Korel, the First Air Force under the command of General Koller was responsible for dealing with the Soviet Air Force of the Volkhov Front.

The naval aviation under the command of Chen Dao, together with the two wings of JG54 and STG2, was responsible for booby-trapping the air force of the Leningrad Front.

On September 7, fighting in the sky on the shores of Lake Ladoga continued until the evening of the same day.

In order to protect the lifeline of Leningrad, the air force of the Leningrad Front threw itself into the battlefield in waves with the spirit of moths to the fire, and then was shattered in the strangulation battle, but it still could not stop the advance of the German army.

In the evening of the same day, the 30th Infantry Division captured Kirovsk and Sinavino and advanced to the outskirts of Fort Shlishel.

That night, Chen Dao waited for the battle report of the September 7 battle.

Naval aviation, together with two wings of JG54 and STG2, bombed four Soviet towns, and cooperated with the 30th Infantry Division to capture Kirovsk, Desovo and Siniavino.

As a result of the air battle, 74 fighters, bombers and torpedo attack planes were shot down by naval aviation.

Of the seventy-four pilots, thirty-one were killed or missing, and of the 43 pilots who parachuted into German-controlled areas, 11 were wounded and temporarily unable to participate in the subsequent battles.

On the contrary, the naval aviation reported that a total of 212 Soviet aircraft of various types were shot down, plus 57 shot down by the JG54 wing, for a total of 269.

After reading the report, Chen Dao said to Major General Hersman: "Today's results are very gratifying, and if we can always maintain this battle loss ratio, our air force will soon dominate the Russian sky." Tomorrow is the day of the general assault on Leningrad, and we have to get back to our real job of getting the torpedo attack planes back to torpedo pylons. ”

"We're changing our gear and we'll be ready to go tomorrow." Major General Hersman said.

"In tomorrow's battle, the JG54 wing will not participate, and they and the main force of the Yinmai Manchester United team will continue to put pressure on the Russians in the direction of Lake Ladoga and cooperate with the army to occupy Fort Shlisherly. A squadron of the Inmaiman Dive Bomber Wing will be reinforced to us and together to launch air raids on the Baltic Fleet, remember to coordinate well. ”