The Major explained the plan he had carefully conceived these days, and once this plan was adopted, he would shine brightly, be promoted to the rank of general, and even hope to be called a general star in the future, and the future would be infinitely bright.

Thinking of this, the Major couldn't help but smile proudly.

And when the Major told his full plan, everyone was stunned by the plan.

The major advised the army to carry out the plan of the air attack on the Leningrad oil fields, but the main target of the air attack was not Leningrad, but the opponent's defensive line.

In other words, the bombing operation was only an air raid on the city of Leningrad on the surface, but the real purpose was to annihilate the massive Soviet air force defending Leningrad and destroy the Soviet ground forces. Give the Soviet Union, even the United States, and even the countries of the world that are anti-Germany a disadvantage.

The entire bombing plan for the air raid on the Leningrad Line can be described as seamless, and it is not an exaggeration to call it even a perfect destruction plan.

The major focused the air force on the elimination of the obstacles to the army's attack on Leningrad, and once these obstacles were removed, Army Group North would be much less difficult to attack Leningrad.

In this way, the difficulty of taking Leningrad will be greatly reduced.

The Major jumped beyond the plan itself, but from the bigger picture - once the Army was able to take Leningrad, there would be no need for the Air Force to destroy a large number of military facilities and factories in the city of Leningrad. Because, those will all fall into the hands of the German army.

Even if the Soviets even destroyed these Eastern Fronts, there would be no pity.

Originally, the High Command was ready to sabotage them, and the Soviets sabotaged it, and it did not violate the psychological expectations of the German High Command at the beginning.

As long as the army quickly captured Leningrad, these military facilities and factories would not be able to play their role in holding back the German army. Whether the Luftwaffe went to destroy it or not, in fact, it didn't make much difference.

On the other hand, the Air Force might as well go all out to help the Army, so that it would be easier for the Army to take Leningrad and accomplish the initial combat objectives more easily.

In this way, the problem can be solved from a completely different direction.

At the beginning, the idea of the high command was to destroy the war potential of Leningrad with the loss of the air force, and by the way, weaken the defense around Leningrad and pave the way for the next siege of Leningrad.

And the major's thinking was only a tweak.

He changed the attack on the defense forces around Leningrad from a secondary purpose to a primary purpose, and on the contrary, completely eliminated the main purpose from the beginning, that is, the bombing of Leningrad.

Such an advantage, in addition to the above-mentioned fact that it could also fulfill the strategic vision of the German army, also reduced the losses that the Air Force was about to bear.

You must know that the anti-aircraft firepower of Leningrad City is the strongest firepower theoretically possessed by the Soviet army on the entire Northern Front. Going to bomb Leningrad was a thankless option.

Letting go of the shackles of Leningrad can better free up combat power and better deal a blow to the Soviet army's living forces on the defensive line. At the same time, it also allowed the Air Force to avoid a huge loss!

The Major's plan was amazing, and all the officials present applauded it, but they were also silently embarrassed. It is not surprising that they were all in high positions, but they were limited in their gaze, staring at the task and spinning around, and finally they were relieved by an unknown little major, and it was with this overwhelming strategy.

They admired the young man in front of them in their hearts, but they couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

He used his wild imagination to devise a bombing plan for the First Air Force with a fairly high success rate.

In fact, before the major said his plan, he was very afraid that his plan would be rejected and ridiculed by everyone, but he did not expect to be recognized by everyone, and the colonel's sense of superiority arose, and at this moment, he was deeply proud that he could save the German Empire by himself.

"Major, you go to the Cooperative Operations Organization Department to complete your plan, and before eight o'clock tonight, be sure to put the plan on my desk!"

"Yes! Checkmate! ”

……

Five hours later, the major put the plan on the general's desk on time.

The whole program is divided into two parts, which are carried out simultaneously and complement each other. First of all, the first part is that the Germans divided the bomber force in their hands into two parts, one part was a huge bomber formation formed by 160 bombers, and under the cover of fighters, they suddenly made a posture of crossing the Soviet airspace.

The size of 160 aircraft was enough to attract the attention of the Soviet army, and at least the Soviets would have reacted to the invasion of German aircraft, and even the German First Air Force itself was convinced that the Soviets would aim their anti-aircraft artillery positions in the main direction of the attack, and that a large number of fighters would be launched to intercept the bomber force of the Soviet Army Air Corps.

At the same time, on the other side, the main German bombers will take off from Norway and Finland in formation, directly from the Hamburg area through the Ural Mountains into the Leningrad airspace, with the shortest distance to bomb the defensive fortifications and troops there, completely destroy the Soviet Union's Leningrad defense line defense.

The bombers that took off from Norway and Finland were the real "killer moves" that the Germans showed this time.

At the same time, there is a more advantageous advantage of taking off from the territory of Finland, that is, the distance is not long, and the escort can be carried out all the way, and even if it encounters interception and interference by the Soviet Air Force, the losses will not be as huge as relying solely on bombers to bomb without escort. In this way, only half of the bombers had to be sacrificed to ensure the successful completion of the mission, and the colonel's plan was more detailed and comprehensive than any previous plan, and the feasibility was also higher.

"Now there is only one question left, and that is how to get Finland to work with us and provide us with the airport. Recently, they have been cooperating with our military more and more half-heartedly. I heard that Marshal Loeb wanted them to launch an attack on the scale of a division, but they refused to prevaricate on various grounds. A German general, who knew about Finland's recent attitude to cooperation, looked at the plan and questioned it.

The major who was asked opened his eyes, smiled a little shyly, and then said: "Very simple thing, I have already reported to the high command from the time I made this plan, and I heard that the Führer personally intervened and agreed to my approach, and the Berlin side has also come forward to negotiate with the Finnish side. There were no problems on the Finnish side, they promised us to use the airport and facilities, and even aviation fuel was ready. ”

Finland agreed very happily to this matter, after all, Germany now has a strong military strength, and it is better to eat soft than hard. Rather than let the powerful backers be defeated by the Soviet side, it is better to assist Germany, and in the end it may be able to get a piece of the pie.

Indeed, the fighting on the Northern Front became more and more intense, and the Finnish Marshal Mannerheim gradually became discouraged. However, there have been new developments in the army recently, and German Field Marshal Reinhardt personally talked with Mannerheim and Loeb, firmly expressing Germany's attitude that it would transfer a large number of troops from the Western Front to the Eastern Front to completely solve the Soviet Union.

Mannerheim believed that this might be the time to decide the relationship between the two warring sides on the Eastern Front, so he gritted his teeth, took out the last of his strongest forces, and once again fully cooperated with the German army's battle plan.

The Finnish side welcomed the bombing of Leningrad by German troops, and even said that it was willing to send 100 bombers to accompany the German planes to increase the damage. However, because of the difference in flight speed between the bomber formations of the two sides, this coordinated operation plan became ineffective, and the Finnish bombers followed the German bombers and carried out a second bombing of the oil fields when the Germans returned.

Although the Soviet Union still has the support of the United States at present, in any case, the major's plan has indeed completely paved the way and made preliminary preparations, and the only thing left is to implement such a thing.

"Major, what's your name?" Commander Koehler was very appreciative of the major who had solved the dilemma.

"Hastings, my name is Hastings." When the major heard the dignified question of the commander of the First Air Force, he quickly replied: "My ambition is to be called the god of war and leave my name in the history of war. ”

"Hastings," Koehler laughed in a very good mood, "Perhaps, your name can really be known by countless people." ”