As the saying goes, "the soldiers are coming, and the water is flooding", Paulus's countermeasure is to increase the number of night fighters.

"Our warplanes are enough to block their supply lines during the day!" "I don't think they have a lot of amphibious landing ships, and they have very few that can be transported, so they need to be kept secret in this way," Paulus said. ”

"But we don't have many night fighters!" The adjutant replied: "And the enemy is prepared, they have laid a lot of anti-aircraft fire in the sandbar troops!" ”

After a moment of silence, Paulus said: "We can destroy these anti-aircraft fires during the day, Götze, so it's not a problem!" The problem is in the night fighter...... As long as it can stop these amphibious landing ship transports! ”

So, Paulus immediately called Hitler and asked for more night fighters.

Hitler was embarrassed by this.

Because at this time, Britain and the United States were intensifying their bombing efforts on the German mainland, especially in the Ruhr area, Germany's industrial powerhouse.

(Note: From March to July 1943, Britain and the United States carried out 43 air raids on several cities in the Ruhr area, and bomber aviation flew 18,506 sorties)

The purpose of the British and Americans in doing this was obvious, that is, to show solidarity with the Soviet Union on another level.

Of course, there is also an element of British millers in this.

As previously analyzed, when the Soviet Union was attacked by the German army with all its might, Britain, which was located in the rear of Germany, only needed to organize a large-scale landing to put Germany in the dilemma of fighting on several fronts.

Stalin also demanded this from Britain.

But Churchill preferred that Germany and the Soviet Union would lose both sides, so he tried to postpone the long-overdue landing until June 1944 (Normandy landing), and at this time the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front was already in control, and Britain and the United States might not need to land on the Soviet Union to defeat Germany alone if they did not land again.

As for the aerial bombing of the German mainland, it was only because Britain and the United States could not withstand Stalin's constant pressure, and this was more of a symbolic significance...... Bombing from the air was nothing more than dropping bombs on German soil, and it was not for them to consider whether or not they would have any effect if they were blown up accurately.

Therefore, although the bombing was aimed at the Ruhr, a German industrial area, it did not deal much damage to Germany.

And the night combat effectiveness of the German army was developed, of course, not for Paulus to block the supply lines at Stalingrad, they were used to intercept British bombers at night.

After thinking about it for a while, Hitler finally transferred a night combat aviation regiment to Stalingrad, under the command of Paulus.

Hitler said to his staff officer: "Germany is still Germany without one night combat aviation regiment, and if Stalingrad has one more night combat aviation regiment, it will no longer be Stalin's Stalingrad!" ”

This regiment of night combat aviation flew from Germany to Karachi on the same day...... At this time, Karachi had been used as an advance base for the German attack on Stalingrad, and not only Paulus's headquarters was located here, but also supplies, soldiers, and even warplanes were concentrated here.

The pilots were then immediately thrown into battle after a short three-hour break.

The commander of the aviation regiment, Colonel Fred, also got into an argument with Paulus over the matter.

"You can't do that, General!" "It took us five hours to get these planes here, landing three times along the way to refuel," said Colonel Fred. Do you know how physically demanding such a long flight is? The pilots needed rest and time to adapt to the new environment and the battlefield, but they only got three hours, and they didn't even have a map! ”

"I know, Colonel!" Paulus replied: "But that's the way it is, we have no choice!" ”

"We have ......"

"You think there is!" Paulus interrupted Colonel Fred: "But have you ever thought that if you rest for one night, it means that the enemy can take advantage of the night to transport more supplies into Stalingrad. Do you know what the result is? You'll never know that rat-like enemies can survive with just half a loaf of bread a day and aim at us in the ruins with rifles! Do you think the volume of transport this night will last them for a few days? ”

Colonel Fred was speechless.

Because he knew that Colonel Paulus was right, war is sometimes like that, it has a "chance", and this "opportunity" is often fleeting.

For example, the current Stalingrad is a critical moment for the German army to blockade its supplies, that is, when Stalingrad is on the verge of running out of ammunition and food, if the air force rests for one night and then enters the war, the result is that it may have to be exchanged for multiple efforts and casualties in the future, and may even never be replaced.

Thinking of this, Colonel Fred no longer objected.

"Yes, General!" Colonel Fred stepped forward and replied: "But at least, you should show us what you want to bomb, like a photo or something!" ”

"We don't have photos!" Paulus replied: "Our reconnaissance plane did not succeed in photographing it, or rather, it succeeded in photographing it but did not come back!" ”

"Then we ......"

"But you don't have to worry about not finding them!" Paulus said: "I think it should be something that looks like a boat and a car, that is, it can maneuver on the river and on land!" You'll find it easily! ”

Colonel Fred couldn't help but be stunned and said, "What a strange thing! ”

"Yes, but it works!"

That night, an air group took off to bomb it.

The Luftwaffe was composed of three or four air regiments, and one aviation group had about 40 aircraft.

The 3rd Night Aviation Regiment commanded by Fred had only three air groups, and the regiment had 127 night bombers and fighters.

This should be regarded as a small number of aviation regiments, and in wartime, an aviation regiment generally has about 160 fighters, and it can even reach 270 at its peak.

The reason why there are few is that the night bombers are advanced fighters equipped with radar, and the output has not kept up for the time being, so it can only be established with one regiment and three brigades.

Then the night sky of the Volga River immediately comes alive, especially on the sandbanks in the north and south.

Searchlight posts swept around, anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns poured bullets and shells into the air, and the darkness of the sky was full of the roar of fighter planes and the screams of aerial bombs as they fell.

After a round of bombing, Paulus nervously asked Colonel Fred, "How's it going?" ”

"We've found them, General!" Colonel Fred replied: "Maybe dozens of amphibious landing ships were blown up and damaged, and two aircraft were lost at the same time......"

Hearing this, Paulus couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, it seems that this tactic is feasible.