"Damn, Huaxia can always make trouble at the most critical moment!" Garand's battle report was delivered to the Red Baron the next day, and it has to be said that the scale and losses of this battle exceeded the Red Baron's expectations, according to the Red Baron's estimates, if the battle continues like this, it will take up to 2 months, and it is estimated that the entire Transcaucasian aviation cluster will be replaced!

Now, let alone continue to be prepared according to the original plan, it would be good to ensure that the current aviation training and supplemental system remains unchanged! The wings that were supposed to receive the new aircraft and then train and recuperate must return to the front line and continue the battle of blood and fire, and the experienced pilots will not be able to pass on their knowledge to the newcomers, and they will continue to fight on the battlefield until one day they are killed or disable and withdraw from the battle!

"Now, immediately transfer fighter wings from the 4 air armies of the Imperial, Griffin, Manticore, and Black Hawk to the Transcaucasian theater of operations, and each air corps will draw 2 fighter wings! Ask for experienced veterans, and then draw a DO335 team and a HE219 team from the general reserve. We must hold the oil fields of the Transcaucasia, where the fuel supply accounts for almost half of the empire! There must be no room for error! The Red Baron pondered for a moment and said.

"But in this case, the rotation of these 4 air corps will be suspended! They have been fighting on the front line since the beginning of the war! They need to be corrected, and now that the production capacity of the DO335 and HE219 aircraft is declining, they have given way to the Army's much-needed ground attack aircraft and new single-engine fighters, if two more wings are transferred. The number of long-range fighters and night combat aircraft in our hands will be stretched! Kesselring exclaimed. The current Luftwaffe air forces are a carrot and a pit, and there is not so much residual force to call on. He thinks that this practice is tantamount to drinking water to quench his thirst.

"Those aviation wings that have begun to change their equipment cannot be moved. The process of refitting must not be abandoned halfway, and the Baku oil field cannot be left alone. We can only draw troops from the current combat readiness wing. I know the Huaxia Air Force, as soon as they start attacking. Then we will not be given a respite! They will fight with us part of the day and night, relatively speaking, the air defense situation in Europe is not so serious, let's block this wave of Chinese offensive first. Richthofen sighed and said that the current Luftwaffe is completely a bit of a tear down the east wall to make up the west wall. The newly trained fighter units will be given priority to replenish these 4 air armies, which can be regarded as some compensation for them! A moment later, the Red Baron added.

However, this time the Red Baron thought about the situation a little too much, such a large battle damage was also a bit unbearable for Huaxia, and more than 200 heavy bombers were destroyed and damaged in one battle! More than 200 of them! These planes are enough to form an aviation army when converted into single-engine aircraft! Only half of the damaged aircraft have a repair value. The other half can only be dismantled and supplied as parts. In this way, Huaxia threw away more than 100 4-engine bombers in one day. Such a high battle loss rate made the Chinese military also have some drumming! "If we continue to fight like this, in a maximum of 3 months, we will have to replace a new batch of bombers and crews!" Qin Yue wrote in his report to Xu Jie.

"Stick with it, let's fight like this for a week! Regardless of the months running out, according to the original plan, after fifteen missions, you can rotate once. I'll give you as much as you hit! Xu Jie unceremoniously instructed in his reply that it was not that Xu Jie didn't understand human feelings, but that he knew. Such an attack on German resource points would greatly reduce losses on the frontal battlefield. Because at this moment, Huaxia can no longer find such a suitable attack point! He is very close to the mainland of China, and he is one of the most important nodes of the allies, and at the same time, he can also tie up his opponents and consume them well! We're tired, but we're also uncomfortable!

Xu Jie found out after comparing this strategic bombing with the strategic bombing of the United States and Britain in history. In proportion, the losses of the Air Force in this operation were also not very large. You must know that when the Americans bombed the Romanian oil fields in history, they reimbursed nearly one-third of the bomber force in World War I! In this operation, the Huaxia strategic bomber unit had a strong escort of fighter units. The combat distance is also relatively close, and the time in the air is long enough! If you talk about the combat environment alone. The current combat environment of the Huaxia Air Force is much stronger than that of its American and British counterparts in history! The historical American and British air forces began to fight the Germans without the escort of fighter jets! Of course, it is also a fact that the Luftwaffe is much stronger in this plane, but Xu Jie still asks the Air Force to persevere!

As a result, the Chinese strategic bomber unit and fighter unit continued to fight the Germans in the skies over the Baku oil fields. And after several days of continuous fighting. The Luftwaffe's interception capabilities were generally declining. Although the Red Baron tried his best to replenish the losses at the front, he was limited by various conditions. The effect is not obvious. And under the baptism of thousands or even tens of thousands of tons of bombs per day! The Baku oil field and nearby refineries have been hit extremely hard, and the daily crude oil production at the lowest time is only about 3% of the normal time!

And because the bombing gradually extended to infrastructure and road hubs, the Germans were unusually slow to recover, after all, a lot of equipment had to be transported from the European mainland, first by land to the Mediterranean, then through the Black Sea to Transcaucasia, and then by rail into the oil production area! The bombing of Huaxia was a systematic destruction of everything the Germans had built here, and according to one German official, Huaxia even completely destroyed the railway system 100 kilometers away from the Baku oil fields! Not only was the rebuilding of the fuel industry affected, but even the rebuilding of the German garrison airfields and radar stations was very slow! Even if the Luftwaffe base near Baku survives, it will encounter the attacking Huaxia Air Force almost every day! "People are constantly suppressing the bombing overhead, how can the reconstruction work begin?" Garland complained.

The strategic air raids on Baku from China soon affected the decision-making of the German High Command. When the Red Baron claimed in a meeting that it would be difficult for the Air Force to use the current forces and bases to provide protection for the Baku oil fields. The Kaiser and the entire German army top brass finally couldn't sit still, and they even adjusted their battle plans in order to ensure the safety of the Baku oil fields! The series of consequences caused by this made Xu Jie a little unexpected!

"Our biggest problem is the lack of forward bases, the limited number of airfields in the Transcaucasian region. We have a huge fleet of planes and can only deploy them on the periphery, if the army can take northern Iran. Then the Air Force will have enough forward bases, and we can not only protect the entire oil field from the flanks. It is even possible to take off bombers from here and launch air strikes on the Central Asian regions occupied by China! The Red Baron gave his opinion at the meeting.

"The army is about to launch an attack on India, and there can only be one strategic main offensive direction for a period. Northern Iran is an area that China has been operating in for many years, and if we move our troops north, even if we can take it, we will pay a considerable price! And while we are entangled with China, the United States and Britain may have strengthened India's defenses. And if you adjust it when the army has already been deployed, it will cause great chaos! Marshal Bock was firmly opposed to this!

"If we just take out northern Iran, then we will not end the war, because the United States and Britain will continue to fight us. China will continue to fight us, but if we can capture India, the British Empire will be severely damaged. And we see the entire western Indian Ocean as our inland sea. We can get enough food, raw materials from India. No one can defeat us again. Although India is huge, there are not many American and British troops stationed, and Huaxia has 300,000 troops in northern Iran alone! The attack of this heavy aircraft group may not be enough, but the defense is absolutely fine! Manstein said.

There is such a heavy army group on the side of his own troops, and no one is at ease. But the German army top brass agreed to understand that it seems that the 300,000 troops in China are not much, but if it is really technical equipment, the combat effectiveness of this corps is much higher than on paper! A German panzer division had no more than 200 tanks of various kinds. The number is around 15,000. And one armored division in China has more than 320 tanks! There are only about 12,000 people! It has to be said that the total number of vehicles owned by the elite armored units of the Chinese is much greater than that of the German regiments of the same level. The number of so-called logistics personnel is relatively small. There are relatively few personnel, but the combat effectiveness is not low at all!

Of course, this is not to say that the German Army is weak, but because the German Army is too large and too far from the mainland. The logistics unit lacked enough vehicles, so it had to be compensated for with personnel and livestock. For the same reason, the German infantry corps lacked a sufficient number of tanks. Each infantry division in China could be assigned at least one battalion of tanks or tank destroyers. And the number of tanks in the German infantry divisions did not exceed 40 at most! As for the heavy tank battalion? Although there were more than 20 battalions in total, there were not many of these troops when they were dispersed into vast tanks. So it's not that the Germans don't want to move China, but the price of moving China is a bit too high! Unless the Germans are willing to pull all the troops attacking India to the side. Otherwise, Kluge and others are not optimistic about the outcome of this battle.

"Northern Iran is too close to the Chinese mainland, and China can be quickly replenished by water and air. If the Army attacks, will the Air Force be able to keep us safe above our heads? If we can't, we can't resist the air raids of the Huaxia Air Force, right? Kluge said.

Although he is not an air force officer, he also clearly knows that the Huaxia bomber unit that attacked the Baku oil field is only the Huaxia air force stationed in Central Asia, and there is another air group in northern Iran. How many Luftwaffe were in total in the entire Middle East? In terms of the number of aircraft, it is certainly not comparable to the Chinese aviation units in Central Asia and the Middle East, after all, Germany's forces are too scattered, and the Chinese Air Force currently has only this one main battlefield! Resist the main force of the Huaxia Air Force with the strength of a theater of operations, this can be fought!

Therefore, the meaning of the army general is very simple, that is, the army marches eastward and attacks the weak British India. The Air Force only needs to be responsible for defense. In this way, the Luftwaffe will have less pressure, and the army will fight more easily. The Germans are no longer thinking about how to force Huaxia to withdraw from the battle, because through several encounters, the Germans know very well that if Huaxia wants something, even if there are no allies, they will fight to the end with the Allies. As for the question of the Baku oil fields? Generally speaking, relying on reserves and three other large oil fields, Germany can still support it for a while, and Germany has also begun to engage in coal-to-oil in Germany. The German Army believes that even if the production of the Baku oil fields is cut in half, it will not be intolerable!

"But in any case, we are also going to launch a preventive campaign, Huaxia has inserted several nails in the southern corridor of Iran, these nails directly threaten our logistical supply lines, and we will drive Huaxia's troops at least 70 to 150 kilometers north! Then establish a buffer zone. Deploy defensive lines and bases. Only in this way can we guarantee the safety of the Eastward Advance Corps! Just when the army bosses agreed that it was not advisable to change the original plan, Guderian suddenly proposed a compromise plan, which surprised everyone present.

"The southern part of Isfahan province? This hidden danger left over from the Iran war really needs to be removed. If you're lucky. We can also push a little further north and take down the oil fields in Isfahan province to make up for our losses in Baku. The Kaiser thought for a moment and said.

The Kaiser's attitude caused some reluctance within the army, and after the navy assured that supplies could be supplied through ports within the Persian Gulf, the army finally agreed to launch a limited offensive at Isfahan. For this attack, the German Army planned to mobilize 5 panzer divisions and 11 infantry divisions, while the Air Force promised to provide air support from 3 air armies!

"So is our offensive in India going ahead as planned? An offensive against China will weaken our theater reserves. Manstein, who was in charge of moving east into India, asked.

"The Luftwaffe can still guarantee your department's aviation support, as long as the army itself is okay, the plan can remain the same." The Red Baron replied. This is not to say how generous the Luftwaffe is now, but because the Allied air forces of the entire South Asian subcontinent are not very strong. And even less power can be used in the northwest. The Anglo-American Air Force in the Indus Valley seemed to the Red Baron to be nothing more than an addition.

So at the same time as the strategic bombing of China against Germany was launched, the Germans were also ready to attack on land, and one of the Teutonic spears that was originally going to pierce India was used against China, and the first large-scale ground battle between China and Germany in World War II was about to kick off!

Thanks to the book friend zhouyu1976, May 5th, and the 1st Tank Guards Brigade for their tips~~~. (To be continued.) )