After the Battle of Kursk, the defeat of the German army was more constrained by the extreme inferiority of the army and equipment, and quite a lot of the time it was to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall. It is undeniable that many of Germany's erroneous operational decisions in World War II were the main reasons for the heavy losses suffered by the German army. If the German army's operational command system had been soundly functioning and undisturbed, the German army's achievements would have been even better.

Zhang Jun of other Wehrmacht forces did not dare to guarantee it, but Zhang Jun absolutely dared to guarantee that the Army Group South under his command would not be overstepped by Hitler's command, and Zhang Jun would not be pampered and arrogant.

4. Armament:

Although the German weapons were excellent, the quality was not comparable to the quantity, and in the end they might have to be submerged in the wolf pack tactics of the T34 tank. It is worth mentioning that at this time, Germany already had a strategic air force, a strategic bomber with a long range and a large bomb load, which could carry out strategic bombing missions and destroy the raw material production areas, production bases, and material centers in the rear of the Soviet army, so as to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle.

5. Racism:

Historically, at the beginning of the Soviet-German War, the German army was also regarded as liberators. However, Hitler's racial policy determined that he could not win over the people of the occupied territories, and the Slavs and Jews were regarded as inferior peoples who had to be exterminated. the mass murder of Jews and Soviet prisoners of war carried out by Nazi Germany; the order for the execution of all political commissars of the Soviet Army; The counter-guerrilla measures of a German dying to pay for the lives of a hundred Soviets pushed the Soviets against themselves, aroused the will of the Soviet people to resist, and created countless enemies for themselves.

Zhang Jun's academic report was a euphemism to tell Hitler not to use the historical set of ethnic discrimination policies, which was undoubtedly a self-defeating approach, and Zhang Jun prayed in his heart that Hitler's stubborn character would listen to his own opinions.

6. Strategic Resources:

One of Germany's Achilles' heels was its lack of strategic resources, and after its defeat in World War I, it lost all its overseas colonies. Most of the materials needed during the war had to be imported, such as oil from Romania and iron ore from Norway. Now Germany has access to almost all of Europe's resources, but it is still insufficient, for example, Germany itself has to produce artificial rubber and artificial gasoline, although the cost is huge, but it cannot be used. Therefore, in the Soviet-German war, the plundering of strategic resources will be an important goal of the German army, and to some extent it will also interfere with strategic decision-making. If the war drags on, resources will be even more insufficient. The defeat of the German army on the battlefield would lead to the further loss of resource sources, thereby accelerating the decline of the defeat.

Zhang Jun could formulate a series of strategic arrangements and policies based on the situation he had analyzed, and implement them in the places he occupied, so that the advantages of the German SS would be more prominent.

……

April 20, 1940 at 5 a.m.; 30, the German-Soviet border is silent, the stars in the sky have been hidden in the sky, the light below the horizon shines into the sky, and there is a trace of light on the ground when it is reflected on the ground.

At this time, there was a lot of snoring in the barracks of the Soviet army, because the position of the Soviet Union was northern, so everyone got up late, and on the German side, countless cannons had already faded their gun coats, and the huge muzzles were held high, and countless German soldiers were lying on the wet ground, quietly carrying them. The rear airfields in Germany have long been busy, more than a dozen large airfields and hundreds of field airfields, all of which are brightly lit, all the planes are fully loaded and neatly parked on the runway, and the pilots of the planes have already boarded the plane, but they have not closed the cabin, they are also waiting for orders.

Germany's air attack on the Soviet Union was the first to start, because the Soviet Union did not have a radar system, and Britain and the United States did, but it was impossible for these imperialists to sell radar, an advanced weapon, to the Soviet Union. In order to deal the most fatal blow to the Soviet Air Force, Hitler ordered ninety percent of all aircraft to take off at one time, and another ten percent to guard airfields.

Army Group North and Army Group Center had a total of 5,600 planes, Army Group South was more than 2,700 planes, and Germany used a total of more than 8,000 planes to attack Soviet airfields and railway hubs, and it was imperative to destroy the Soviet Air Force at the first time, and Germany dispatched more than 7,000 planes at one time, which was the first largest-scale air raid in human history.

Kesselring's air force headquarters is located in the Polish city government, where the communication facilities are complete, and all kinds of conditions are relatively good, and now it has long been converted into a standard air force headquarters, and the telecommunications room, logistics office, dispatch office, sand table deduction group, staff office, etc. are all busy.

At this time, it was only late April, and the temperature outside was only about ten degrees, and Kesselring, who was looking at the time on the wall, was still a little nervous, the importance of this strategic plan, Kesselring did not understand, it was precisely because Kesselring understood the importance of the "Barbarossa" plan, so he was nervous, and the success of the surprise attack of the Kesselring Air Force determined the success or failure of the "Barbarossa" plan.

"Report, the first airfield is ready."

"Report, the second airfield is ready."

……

"Bell...... Bell ......"

The clock hands of the General Headquarters of the Air Force in Warsaw pointed to 6 and began to ring a crisp bell. Kesselring shook his hands and gritted his teeth to pick up the microphone in front of him, which he felt as if it weighed a thousand pounds.

"All take off, carry out the set tasks, and wish my soldiers a triumphant journey."

"Bang bang bang...... Whew......huhu"

Three red signal flares rose into the sky, and countless planes on the airport that were ready to take off immediately turned their propellers, the roar of the engines was deafening, and the smoke emitted by the planes formed layers of pitch-black oil smoke over the airport, which drifted away outside the airport under the blowing of the breeze.

Countless planes began to accelerate, faster and faster, and then took off and pierced the blue sky, this time Germany prepared and built a lot of airports, a field airport arranged at most two brigades of aircraft, that is, eighty, large airports are generally arranged bombers such as large aircraft, but the number will not exceed 3 brigades, this is the overall dispatch of more than 8,000 aircraft, if the coordination is not good, it is very likely to be extremely chaotic.

That would have resulted in the loss of a lot of planes during take-off and landing, which was a serious dereliction of duty for the serious Germans, as had happened in the last Wehrmacht airborne landing on Crete, and after the Wehrmacht's vigorous rectification and summarization, and now with Kesselring, the commander of the Air Force, there were no accidents in today's take-off, and all took off smoothly.

"Buzz...... Buzz ......"

After the formation of the air force, the German planes rushed towards their respective targets, and the target of the group was very clear, and the charts had already been issued to the air force commanders on the front line.

Hartmann was now the commander of the Air Force, and he didn't have to think about flying the plane himself, so he had to stay in the SS Air Force headquarters and command the troops. This time, there are more than 2,700 planes in Hartmann's hands, which is the strength of two full-fledged air forces, and there are 50 B-29 bombers, Germany originally had 260 B-29s that could be used in the war, but 210 were divided between the North and the Central Army Group, and 50 were left to Zhang Jun, which is considered consolation, these 50 B-29s can be of great use, and now Germany's other aircraft, the combat radius is basically only 600 kilometers, and the airfields in the depth of the Soviet Union have no way at all. Now they will be the dish of the B-29.

"Report of the 1st SS Aviation Division: Our division has all taken off and is now flying over the Soviet border, and no Soviet aircraft have been spotted."

"Understood, the task of your division is to bomb all the airfields around Odessa, are the detailed tasks properly arranged?"

"Everything is deployed."

"Executed as originally planned."

"Yes"

There are not many bombers in the 1st SS Air Division, of the 500 planes in the division, the "six masters" account for 200, and there are 150 JU87 dive bombers and 150 transport planes, which are Aunt Juncker, of course, it can also be used as horizontal bombers, but this bomb load is a bit tragic and only 2 tons. Now it doesn't matter what the bomb load is, as long as you can fly, you have to load the bomb, and even all the "six masters" have two 250-kilogram bombs on them, and no matter how big the target at the airport is, you can just throw it down.

Of course, there will be some "six masters" in all the formations, and their task is to escort the bombers. They hung bombs, the same escort, if they were intercepted by Soviet planes. The "Sixth Master" would directly throw away the two aerial bombs on the wing, but this was in the Soviet Union, and the German pilots would not care whether the bombs hit civilians or not. The "Sixth Master" who threw away the bomb would immediately speed up to intercept the Soviet planes; in the airspace over the Soviet border of Army Group South, there were five early warning planes and more than 30 radars deployed, and as soon as the Soviet planes entered the detection range, all kinds of data of the Soviet planes would immediately be reported to the air force command, and the air force command would immediately arrange for interception, and the time would not exceed five minutes.

Lieutenant Colonel Hansen was awarded the Iron Cross of the First Class for his bravery on the battlefield in Norway, and his rank was also raised by one level, and now Hansen has the rank of colonel and commander of the 1st SS Aviation Division, and Colonel Hansen is tasked today with leading a raid on a military airfield in Odessa.

Zhang Jun only ordered Hartmann not to go to the battlefield in person, and Hartmann's other officers, Zhang Jun didn't care, Hartmann, who understood the pain in it, how could he let his subordinates endure the pain of being grounded, so the SS Air Force was grounded alone, that was Hartmann, and the others, no matter what position you have, can fly if you want, Hartmann doesn't care...... (To be continued.) )