The thorough investigation of the meeting allowed Lin Jun to find out the real situation of the mechanized army, and tomorrow's formal meeting should also give the comrades of the central committee a sober understanding -- the Red Army is not completely ready for the offensive, and everything needs time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the meeting, Lin Jun asked Fekochinov to his office alone, he had something to explain.

After several years of training, his former confidential secretary has grown into a mature army commander, and Lin Jun has always valued him the most among his attachés.

"Fekochinov, you will go to Riga next month, and if you have any requirements, I will try to meet those who can solve them." In front of his own people, Lin Jun doesn't say anything.

Comrade Major General, who was in his prime, smiled in front of the old chief: "I want another fighter brigade, and the original aviation brigade in the 29th Army is equipped with old-fashioned aircraft. I am confident that one division can top one of the Germans' Panzer Corps, but this little air defense at hand will not be able to deal with their air force. ”

"It's kind of clear-headed. In this way, I will find a way to give you an aviation regiment, two fighter brigades and a strike aircraft brigade, accompanied by an anti-aircraft artillery battalion, all of which are elite units formed after the new refit. ”

"This time you and Tukhachevsky have a very heavy burden, and the people over there are unstable. You have to be prepared to carry the German troops directly with the superior number, and the number of German troops that will appear opposite you in a few months will not be small, and they will all be some elite German troops who have been on the battlefield. ”

"Yes, chief, I will closely cooperate with Comrade Marshal."

"You and Tukhachevsky worked well in Mongolia, but the Germans were not Japanese, and their combat effectiveness was not of the same level. According to intelligence, the mechanized units of the Germans have also begun to be equipped with new tanks since last year, you have to pay attention. ”

Fekochinov seemed to have some questions, and Lin Jun knew that he still had some requirements: "Say, what else do you want?" After today, there is no chance. Other mechanized armies also need to be equipped, and they have already taken special care of you, if it weren't for the special situation in the Baltic region, you wouldn't have a share in one more soldier. ”

"Chief, I know I'm already strong, and you've got enough. There is one thing, I don't know when I will be able to come back when I go to Riga this time, I want to get married before I go, and I hope you can be my witness. ”

"Who else could it be if it wasn't me?!" Lin Jun slammed viciously, "Kurkina is a good girl, if there is still some problem at the girl's house, your sister-in-law and I will help you do ideological work." ”

Kurkina is a young female military doctor in the Vukinskaya Hospital, who only graduated from medical school the year before last, and with the help of Vukinskaya, Fekochinov was the first of the attachés of Lin Jun to achieve positive results.

"I'd better go by myself, hehe." It's rare for the lad to be a little embarrassed.

"A marriage proposal should look like a marriage proposal, you originally planned to get married in the summer, but this time you have wronged someone. Be sincere and above all bold and straightforward. It's like fighting a war, take the position in one go, don't hesitate! If you want to help when you get married, go to your sister-in-law, some problems can't be solved by your orderly, let your sister-in-law accompany Kurkina to buy some things, and we men should stand aside on this issue. ”

Fekochinov smiled and listened to Lin Jun's nagging of a "person who came over", and he knew that his chief was really good to himself: "Yes, Comrade Marshal!" ”

After finishing his happy digression, he said, "Let's talk about serious matters, the central authorities have decided to attack the enemy first in the strategy of Germany, and today you also know some existing problems, and I want to hear your opinions." ”

"Rather than waiting for the Germans to come over, attacking first is the best option, but we still need time to prepare. My biggest concern is that the Germans are preparing faster than we do. ”

Fekochinov was able to understand the intentions of the central government from the clues, and he was not surprised after listening to Lin Jun's words.

"How?"

"From a military point of view, normal trade with Germany should be cut off immediately from now on. We gave the Germans oil, food, and strategic metals, but the Germans have been defaulting on what they deserve, and they can be justified in that. Second, to provoke a skirmish with Romania as soon as possible in the south, and to take the opportunity to bomb the Ploiesti oil fields, Germany's most important oil supplier. ”

Historically, Zhukov proposed to launch an attack on Romania in the south in early 1941, which could not only test Germany's attitude and the combat effectiveness of the German army, but most importantly, cut off Germany's oil supply.

Lin Jun did not interrupt Fekochinov's words and listened carefully.

"On November 23 last year, Romania had joined the Axis system and signed the Anti-Comintern Pact. From my estimates, Romanian oil should be able to cover the lion's share of Germany's demand, and for Hitler, Romania's 2 million tons of oil exports to Germany were worth more than 1 million Romanian troops. ”

"Now the largest Proiesti oil field in Romania is completely within the combat radius of our bombers in Bessarabia and the Crimean peninsula, if it is possible, concentrate a large number of bombers to carry out a massive bombing of Romanian oil fields and oil refining facilities, so that the Germans can be dragged for at least half a year."

"We estimate that Germany only needs six months to eight months of oil reserves, and your trick will work."

"The only military problem is that Romania has a large number of anti-aircraft guns and airfields in the oil-producing areas, and our bomber units risk to suffer significant losses. On the other hand, the Greeks might ask the British for help, and once the British bomber forces were stationed in Greece, they would definitely bomb the Romanian oil fields, and the Luftwaffe would have an excuse to have a large number of troops stationed in Romania, and there was a belief that such a situation would soon arise. ”

"Losses are inevitable, and the price paid is compared to the benefits that can be obtained, as long as you calculate it." Lin Jun's words were realistic, and he thought of the situation on Mikoyan's side: the Soviet version of the "P51" had been successful and was being put into small-scale production, and several long-range escort fighter groups were being formed to meet the escort needs for a massive bombing of Romania from the Crimean peninsula. If you're flying from an airport in Bessarabia, the range of the Lag, Yak and MiG-1 will suffice.

"The British will be in Greece in three months, and Hitler will not be idle, he knows how important Romania is to him. Fedochnov, what to do next if the Germans take extreme measures against our military operations? ”

"We are not trying to completely occupy Romania from the ground, we just need to paralyze its oil production system for three months. If the Germans had attacked us for this, we would have the strategic initiative, at least easier than facing a German army with enough fuel. ”

"This will also make the Germans rush to attack us, and one Baku oil field will be enough for Hitler to make up his mind." Everything is two-sided, and having bombed Romania's oil fields, Hitler was even more anxious to get Caucasus oil: at the end of the 19th century, the discovery of large oil fields in Baku, on the shores of the Caspian Sea, turned the "Transcaucasus" (Georgian, Azerbaijani and Armenian regions) south of the Greater Caucasus Mountains into an industrial powerhouse.

Originally invested and developed by the Swedish Nobel family and later nationalized by the Soviet government, the Baku oil field produced nearly 80% of the total Soviet oil production, and last year 8,000 wells there produced nearly 20 million tons of oil, more than Iran, Iraq, Romania, Mexico and the Dutch East Indies combined! It's definitely a big cake that is super tempting, and for Hitler, Baku was much more attractive than LinkedIn.

Hitler's war against the Soviet Union was not confined to hostility to communism, but perhaps most importantly to greed for Baku. Intelligence shows that in July last year, Hitler had already told his senior generals: "After the destruction of the Soviet forces", the army must immediately go to Baku!

The demand for oil was the most basic motivation for Germany to fight against the Soviet Union, because Germany's oil supply was never satisfied, and its troops were always worried about the lack of oil.

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Early the next morning, Lin Jun approached Stalin before the meeting began, and after introducing the situation of the previous night's meeting, he told him about the plan he had discussed with Fekochinov last night, which Stalin attached great importance to.

"German economic strategists have long pointed out that in the event of war, heavy reliance on crude oil imports will be a key bottleneck in the constraints of German military action. In the "Kailin Tower Plan" proposed by the Germans in 38, Germany was required to achieve the target of 11 million tons of oil production by the beginning of 1944, but Hitler obviously could not wait for 1944. We reckon that his strategy was to start the war first with reserves, and then to settle the source of oil in the war, and it is clear that Hitler's plan was risky. Lin Jun systematically recounted the information obtained from the intelligence.

"Andrey, how much oil exports do we have to Germany a year now?" Stalin asked.

"Last year it was about 650,000 tons, and the Germans probably imported 1 million tons from Romania."

"After the military conference****** we will meet again to see if we can stop oil exports to Germany immediately." (To be continued.) )