At this time, the Luftwaffe was indeed at a critical juncture, and since the beginning of the war, the Luftwaffe had fought from mainland France to the skies over London, England. It can be said that in the past year or so, the Luftwaffe has almost no large-scale rest, except for the rotation rest or the disabled aviation units transferred to the rear to make up for it, other units, as long as they have combat effectiveness, have been set in the front, after a long period of all-out combat, the combat effectiveness of the air force has dropped to a critical point, if the Luftwaffe is compared to a person, then he is now in a sub-health state! Faced with this situation, the Red Baron, like a doctor, prescribed a complete recuperation plan to the Luftwaffe so that it could continue to fight!

This recuperation plan was very thoughtful, first of all, the Luftwaffe would pull up a part of the strategic reserve as a firewall against a possible British counterattack. Secondly, the vast majority of the combat units in Western Europe will gradually return to Germany for rest and replenishment, they will receive new pilots and new aircraft, and complete the run-in of people and weapons, and at the same time, some experienced pilots will leave the front-line troops and enter the flight academy as instructors, and they will pass on the experience they have learned in their lives to those juniors who have not yet gone through the baptism of battle, and do not ask them to become ace pilots one by one, but only hope that they can live longer!

According to the original Red Baron's assumption, at this time the Luftwaffe was in a strategic advantageous position, and the possibility of the British counterattacking was very small, as long as Germany itself did not take the initiative to attack, then all kinds of attrition and losses would be reduced to a very low level. Originally, the Germans were worried that Huaxia would launch an offensive in the Transcaucasia when they attacked England, but now it seems that Huaxia has given up such an opportunity to flank Germany! When the curtain came down on the British air battle. The Red Baron finally breathed a sigh of relief.

On the positive side, the Red Baron still underestimated the extent of the crosser's belly. On the face of it. The remaining strength of the Luftwaffe, which had stopped active attacks, was almost at its peak level since the start of the war. But in fact, at this time the Luftwaffe was the most "weak"! It's not that the number of aircraft at the disposal of the Luftwaffe is less. Rather, if the Luftwaffe can't take a good rest this time, then from now on, the Luftwaffe will have no time to adjust!

The Germans can now indeed platoon a large number of experienced pilots into battle! But what about flight instructors? Who's going to train the newcomers who can only fly straight lines at the beginning? Do you want to change the production model and replace it with a new aircraft? Now there is a large-scale offensive on the Huaxia side. With the war damage rate so high, who would dare to abandon the old one and produce the new one at the risk of a massive reduction in aircraft production? It takes time to change the production line, and it takes time to match the staff! Huaxia launched an attack at this point in time! Let the Luftwaffe's plans for restoration and upgrading come to naught!

And such an effect may not be visible at first, but it accumulates later, with a large number of experienced pilots fighting. The effectiveness of pilot training has declined. New aircraft have been slow to be equipped in large quantities. These bad effects. Enough to completely destroy the Luftwaffe! Therefore, even at the risk of having to bear large losses, Huaxia will launch an offensive at this time! Just three days after the Luftwaffe stopped its large-scale strategic bombing of Britain, the Chinese strategic bomber forces launched an attack on the oil fields of the Transcaucasia!

Numerous groups of aircraft took off from airfields on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, and in the first wave of attacks, the Huaxia Air Force concentrated 1,500 heavy bombers and 2,500 fighters! Because of their close combat distance, these bombers do not need to carry much fuel, so they carry far more bombs than their counterparts in Europe. Each 4-shot strategic bomber can carry almost 5 tons of bombs, and a twin-engine aircraft can also carry more than 2 tons of ammunition! Even fighters like the Ishilia Falcon can carry some rockets while carrying a drop tank!

Thousands of planes gathered over the Caspian Sea like a silver cloud. In brigades. Huaxia's fleet formed a huge box. And all around them, in the skies above them, and below them are thousands of fighter units! These fighters formed a thick barrier that blocked the Germans' fleet!

"Two bomber wings, Thunder 1 and Thunder 2, to bomb the oil fields and refineries, are in place, and they have a total of 600 four-engine heavy bombers. The German oil fields in Baku and the surrounding refineries, oil pipelines, power stations and other infrastructure will be bombed. ”

"The nodal strike detachment consists of 100 4-engine bombers and 150 twin-engine bombers carrying guided bombs, which will attack German offshore oil platforms on the western coast of the Caspian Sea."

"There are also 300 bombers of various types that will be divided into four groups to bomb transport hubs, ports, and material warehouses throughout Transcaucasia. to paralyze the region's transportation. ”

"The remaining bombers were to attack the German airfields together with the fighter hunting groups on a suppressive mission. If nothing else, under the attack of more than 300 bombers and more than 900 fighters. The air force of the Germans also had absolutely no good time in this air raid! "Before the start of the war, Lieutenant General Zhang Yun, who was in charge of the front-line command, reported to Qin Yue the plan for this operation.

"Don't think about blowing up your opponent's industry at once, it's unrealistic. Our task is to wear down and contain our opponents. The oil fields of the Germans and their air force are targets that we must strike! Qin Yue nodded in agreement with the plan, but finally reminded the executor. It's a long-term process. Don't be bruised! If you want to hang your prey like a noose, slowly hang your prey!

The cost of strategic bombing is enormous. Each strategic bomber is expensive, and a B17 bomber is roughly equivalent to 5 to 7 P51 fighters! And according to historical records, it is not uncommon for an air strike to lose dozens of bombers on a target! If the production capacity is replaced by fighters, it is equivalent to throwing away 2 wings of fighters in a few hours on a local battlefield! And the large-scale strategic bombing of this plane in the previous battles has achieved amazing results, but also made both sides have a lot of experience on how to defend against this kind of attack. Although the strategic bomber unit of Huaxia in this plane received great assistance from the fighter unit, Qin Yue and the others still did not dare to take it lightly.

Just when the thunder in the sky was brewing, the 8 Ishchafalcon fighter wings that had set off in advance had already flown over the Baku oil fields. They cruised outside the range of the German anti-aircraft artillery, waiting for the arrival of the German fighter unit. Anti-aircraft artillery as a kind of point anti-aircraft fire. Only a number of important ground targets can be protected. There was a huge gap between the anti-aircraft artillery positions. The Huaxia fighter unit flew on the periphery of the target area as if it were provocative. They expelled and slaughtered all German fighter units that entered the area, clearing the way for the follow-up troops! Before the bombers dropped bombs. The battle between the air forces of the two sides has begun!

"It's finally here!" Looking at the numbers of the Huaxia aircraft groups that appeared on the sand table, Lieutenant General Garand, who was in charge of the entire Transcaucasia, had a gloomy face. The scene that had appeared countless times in his dreams had finally become a reality! Huaxia, the giant dragon entrenched in the east, finally waved its huge claws to aim at the most fragile weakness of the German Empire!

The most important target of the enemy's attack is definitely Baku! The largest oil field in the Allied Powers! The Germans had prepared a lot for this day, but when disaster struck, Garand found that he was not prepared enough! Although he has a huge strength of 5 air armies in his hands, nearly 4,000 aircraft of various types, including 2,500 single-engine fighters and 1,000 twin-engine fighters. With 500 other aircraft of various kinds, it was the largest group of fighters in the various theaters of operations in Germany. However, these are data on paper, and in fact the number of these huge clusters can be put into actual combat is relatively limited!

The planes of the Germans were a lot. But the entire Transcaucasian region is so big, and the later Azerbaijan is only more than 80,000 square kilometers! How big is it plus Georgia? Moreover, these areas are mountainous, transportation is inconvenient, the number of front-line airfields is limited, and many aircraft are deployed far from Baku due to logistical and space problems! As a result, many of the fleets that had been assigned to Garand were dispersed to later parts of Georgia, Armenia, and Chechnya, Russia. There are even several twin aircraft wings in Turkey! And the Luftwaffe units in Turkey rushed to Baku even farther than part of the bomber units of the Huaxia region! Isn't this a cheat?

In order to allow more planes to reach the skies over the battlefield, Garand can be described as painstaking! The nearest BF109 fighter jet was deployed around the Baku oil fields, a little further away was the longer range FW190 fighter jet, and in Georgia and Armenia it was twin-engine aircraft such as the DO335 and BF110. The outermost circle even if JU88 these with the interceptor of the bomber the. Theoretically, the range of these planes can find the Baku oil field, but the other party will not say at the same time as you before the fight. They are on the other side of the Caspian Sea. It's less than 2 hours to come over. Although German aircraft can also cruise at high speeds, this is only theoretical data. Climb to an altitude of 7,000 meters with a fuel tank, and then fly over a few hundred kilometers. This was a lot of pressure for the Luftwaffe, which had always been known for its short legs!

"Fight at an altitude of more than 6,000 meters, don't go down. Take control of the situation at high altitude and we will complete the task! The captains of the various fighter wings that came out of Huaxia kept repeating this order. Waiting for the arrival of the Germans! The first to appear was the BF109 fighter detachment near the Baku oil fields, these small aircraft had a good time in the early days of the war, but over time the small fuselage limited its prospects for improvement. Poor firepower and a small range earned them the title of Defender of the Aerodrome. At the moment, these little guys are carrying 300L fuel tanks and are struggling to climb. Under ground guidance, the first strike formation of hundreds of BF109 fighters rose into the air to meet the enemy!

After a period of fighting, the Chinese pilots found that the BF109 fighter had poor maneuverability at high altitude and high speed, according to some people's words, these planes were almost as stupid as a flying brick after reaching a speed of more than 600 kilometers, and at this time the Casa Falcon could still maintain a more agile maneuverability and better maneuverability. Disrupting the opponent and then fighting and destroying it has become the usual tactic of some air wings.

The air forces of the two countries were constantly shuttling and fighting high in the sky, and the dense fire of machine guns and the occasional explosions plunged the entire sky into blood and fire. The Germans constantly took off planes, but it was difficult to drive their opponents out of the battlefield. When the battle in the high altitude was intractable, the Huaxia bomber formation finally entered the field under the cover of fighters, and with the activation of the jamming equipment in the bomber group, bags of jamming ropes and chaff were thrown from the throwing mouth. And the electronic warfare equipment, located in the belly of the aircraft, also began to cover the radar of the Germans with jamming waves. A large white snowflake fills the radar screen!

"Immediately replace the frequency, the outer radar is in the A-band, and the inner is in the B-band." At this time, the Germans already had a more mature frequency modulation and lobe technology, the former allowing the radar to avoid interference, and the latter to find targets from the interference background! But this time, it must have disappointed the Germans, among the 1500 bombers, a quarter of the bombers carried electronic countermeasures equipment such as jammers and chaff, countless chaff and jamming ropes formed a shield in the air that moved with the group, and the jammers carried out aimed jamming of German electronic equipment, and assigned their respective jamming frequency bands in order to suppress the various radars known to Germany!

More than 60% of the radars cannot effectively complete their own tasks, and only the radars deployed on the flanks or non-key jamming areas can barely spy on the whereabouts of the other party. Fortunately, the Germans had built a complete telephone network, through which the Luftwaffe could still understand the general whereabouts of the other side.

Just as the Huaxia Air Force was about to rain the rain of destruction on the Baku oil fields, thousands of German fighters began to rush to the battlefield from the surrounding areas. A large number of FW190, ME210, ME410, DO335, and even old BF110 fighters formed a torrent through the sky, and the first homeland defense battle of the Luftwaffe began!

"I didn't expect that one day, the Entente would drop bombs on our heads, and I always thought that the Entente would not have a strategic bomber force." A rookie pilot muttered to himself. In his previous memory, it was the Luftwaffe that bombed others, and this time it seemed that the situation had changed, but he was not worried at all, looking at the dense friendly planes around him, he believed that the victory in this battle must belong to the Luftwaffe!

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