In the quiet corridor, there was a sudden fierce sound of running, and a series of rapid echoes were made in the relatively empty space, and an Air Force major with a telegram document rushed into the headquarters of the 1st Air Force under the command of General Alfred Koehler, waving the document in his hand and shouting loudly: "Order from the High Command!" ”

Several German generals, analysing the Soviet war, were sitting around a map and discussing the possibility of sending bombers to attack Leningrad.

In the past few days, they have drawn up a plan to bomb Leningrad, but the result is that they cannot change the current situation of the Soviet Union's northern front.

"Urgent mission, a telegram from the headquarters ordered all the bombers deployed at the airfields under Army Group North to take off and bomb the Leningrad military industrial facilities."

The major officer who came to deliver the documents saw that no one was paying attention to him at all, so he continued to speak, looking like he was not shocked.

Sure enough, hearing such important news from the major, everyone raised their heads.

The commander of the bomber unit of the 1st Air Force, who was originally staring at the map and trying to figure out a way, obviously heard this important message, and hurriedly walked over and tore the telegram paper from the major's hand.

It was like a ticking time bomb that exploded in his eyes and passed to his brain, completely short-circuiting the place he was using to think.

Another fighter unit of the Air Force took the telegram from his hand, and he didn't realize it, just stood there in a daze.

The message written in the telegram 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 the full escort of fighters, rush to attack the military industrial facilities of the Soviet army in the Leningrad region, completely destroy the military factories there, paralyze the war potential of the Soviet army in Leningrad, and pave the way for the next Leningrad storm."

However, everyone knows that once this plan is implemented, whether it succeeds or not, it means that the Second Air Force, which is responsible for supporting Army Group North, must mobilize its maximum strength to carry out the tasks on the Eastern Front.

Prior to this, among the three major air forces on the Eastern Front, the First Air Force, which had relatively fewer combat missions, was also tasked with defending the air defense of the eastern part of Germany, including the Polish occupation zone. Once the war starts in full force, all the air defense tasks in eastern Germany will have to be handed over to the ground air defense forces.

Of course, these are not issues that the air force generals present here need to consider, and all they have in their minds is to complete the tasks of the high command and fight the war on the northern front of the Soviet Union.

"Are you sure this is news from China? At this time, if there is a false order, this kind of thing will cause very terrible consequences! General Koehler looked up at the major officer from the Air Force Intelligence Room and confirmed in a rather solemn tone.

They could have mobilized all the fighters remaining in East Germany to go to the front line, but in that case, once the Soviet Baltic Fleet air force and long-range bomber forces went to Berlin to attack Berlin, there would not be much Luftwaffe force to intercept them.

"General!" The major waited until the other party looked at him, immediately stood upright, and saluted: "The password has been confirmed, and the confirmation telegram has been communicated with the country, and another set of spare passwords has been used for reverification, it is indeed a top-secret order from the country, and there is no error." ”

"That is to say, the high command has staked its own safety, the safety of Berlin where they are located, to give up the defense and do everything to strengthen the offensive?" A senior staff officer looked at Koehler.

General Koehler nodded, then turned around and looked at several of his colleagues: "Soldiers, from this moment on, we don't have to tie our hands anymore, at least for now, it seems that Berlin no longer wants us to be a part-time air defense interceptor in the east." We can use all the reserved forces to carry out an all-out attack in the direction of Leningrad. ”

"It was long overdue, and earlier, because of military supplies and weather problems, we never had a chance to make a big record on the northern front. The 2nd, 4th, and 5th Air Groups had already been fully dispatched and had fought several large-scale bombardments in conjunction with Army Group Center and Army Group South. ”

An Air Force Major General pointed to the map with his hand and said: "Not only to bomb Leningrad, but also to bomb the city of Luga, to bomb Gingisepp!" Blow up those damn Soviet line fortifications! ”

In fact, as early as more than a month ago, the British were still holding on to the British Isles, and when the Soviet Army attacked Germany on all fronts, the German Air Force secretly sent 20 new long-range bombers to Norway, which were painted in the standard livery of the Soviet Air Force, took off from the airfield at the northern tip of Norway, crossed the skies over Finland, and attacked the tractor factory and other semi-military factories in Leningrad.

This plan was intended to destroy Leningrad's tank production capacity in one fell swoop, temporarily depriving Leningrad of its industrial capacity to manufacture a large number of tanks, and also reducing the strength of the Soviet steel flood encountered by the German army in the future counterattack.

However, this plan obviously did not go well at the beginning, and after the first batch of 20 bombers took off in Norway, they just flew to the border area between Finland and the Soviet Union, when the Soviet Air Force, which was still relatively complete and powerful, noticed that it was strange and had to stop the surprise attack.

Subsequently, in order to ensure the absolute security of Leningrad, the Soviet army deployed a ladder-type fixed anti-aircraft artillery position composed of 400 anti-aircraft guns on the ground, and a mobile anti-aircraft support detachment composed of 110 anti-aircraft guns deployed on railroad tracks and vehicles, forming a multi-level anti-aircraft fire network in static and moving.

Undoubtedly, this is the masterpiece of Zhukov when he was in charge of the work of the Soviet General Staff.

I have to say that Reinhardt's failure to successfully get rid of Zhukov in the "Great Purge" did leave a big hidden danger for the later Soviet-German war.

At the same time, under Zhukov's arrangement and order, along with these anti-aircraft artillery units, a full 100 fighters were deployed, of which 50 were stationary air defense fighters dedicated to this area, and some of them were assigned to the front-line air force in Ukraine, but the airfields deployed were actually closer to Leningrad.

With such a tight air defense measure, it is simply an impossible combat mission to enter the airspace and carry out large-scale sabotage bombing. The first few times the German army disguised itself as the Soviet Air Force carried out many exploratory attacks on these areas, and found that the Soviets did not have any dead ends in their deployment here, and there was no time to relax.

"The danger factor of our bomber forces going deep into the interior of the Soviet army to bomb is too high, and now that all planes are taking off to carry out a massive bombing of Lenin, who can ensure the success of the operation?"

A major general of the Air Force sighed and said: "We can't 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 their operations.

"Major General, war is an adventure!" Glancing at his complaining subordinates, Koehler, as the commander of the First Air Force, said fiercely: "Even if our army is completely annihilated, as long as we can paralyze the war potential of the Soviet Leningrad and the defense of its perimeter defense line, for our entire Army Group North, it will be a victory!" ”

That being said, the other Air Force lieutenant general stared at the map and eventually 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 to the map and said helplessly: "Instead of discussing how we should continue to carry out air sneak attacks, it is better to discuss with Marshal Loeb first whether the army can immediately pick up our large-scale air raids and launch a large-scale operation." ”

"Yes! Once our planes are dispatched to carry out operations, there is no turning back! ”

Another general nodded and agreed with this realistic question: "Carrying out such a bombing mission with all our might, the losses are huge, and we will never have the opportunity to launch a second such operation." ”

"Don't worry too much about that." The major who had not spoken until now made a gesture of his faint presence, and his words made the whole office suddenly fall silent, and everyone looked at the major and saw that he was hairy.

In the end, he still 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 really implemented, the overall probability of success in the operation will be very high." ”

The calm old general spoke at this time: "You might as well say it, let's try to practice." ”

So, in full view of everyone, the major revealed all the plans in his heart......