With a secret agreement initialled with Empress Olga of Russia, German Defense Minister Marshal Hersmann flew back to Berlin from Tallinn. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"The French Breguet?" After getting off the Fokker 36, Hersmann quickly noticed a dozen ugly-looking catfish-like twin-engine planes lined up on one of the airport's tarmacs, painted with the logo of the French Air Force.

"Yes, that's the plane of the 18th attack group of the French Air Force." Field Marshal Kesselring, who greeted Hersmann at the airport, went up and hugged Hersmann, then kissed Chloe's fingertips, and then introduced the French plane that had just flown to Germany. "They are all the latest model of the Breguet BR.703, fitted with an Air-cooled 14P50 Earth, with a maximum output of 1,200 horsepower."

"1,200 horses? It's almost time to catch up with BMW's small 14-cylinder engine. Hersmann praised, "It seems that the French have brought out the really good things." ”

Kesselring nodded: "The performance of these aircraft is similar to our HS-129, or even better, with reinforced armor on the basis of the Breguet 690 series, and a Frenchman's own 47mm anti-tank gun is installed in the belly, and there is a lot of ammunition in reserve, it is a very good attack aircraft, which can just fill the gap in the number of HS-129." ”

The French had enough of the German tanks in the Western Front in 1940, so they held back their evil energy to develop anti-tank attack aircraft. And the French also happen to have a pretty good attack aircraft in their hands, which is the Breguet 690 series. This aircraft was developed at the end of the 30s, and by the time of the Western Front campaign it had not been mass-produced. Therefore, even if it is a very new aircraft, there is a lot of room for improvement.

Around the time of France's official declaration of war on Britain, the French's belated anti-tank attack aircraft, the Breguet BR.703, was finally finalized and put into production. By July 1942, more than 500 aircraft had been produced, organized into three attack aircraft groups (equivalent to air regiments), and 360 aircraft were in common use.

These planes were not intended to be used against Germany when necessary, but after Hersmann showed his cards (atomic bombs, ballistic missiles, and sarin gas), Petain and Darlan also thought about it - Germany had a murderous defense minister, and there were many secret weapons that exterminated humanity, and they still could not be provoked. So they handed over these 3 attack aircraft groups to the Germans.

This would have made the Chief of the General Staff Kesselring and the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, Val T. Weaver (who had not fallen to his death on this plane, because Hersmann forbade the senior generals to fly the planes himself), who were worried that there were not enough attack planes available. Therefore, they immediately assigned all three attack aircraft groups to the 6th Air Force, preparing them to use their might in the "Blue Plan" counteroffensive that was about to begin. The Breguet planes, which are now parked at Tsosen airport, are preparing to transfer to the Courland Peninsula.

"The artillery divisions of the French are also coming quickly, and they should all be in place before the start of the big counteroffensive." "Marshal, how is the Empress of Russia?" Still obedient? ”

"Of course she is obedient, now her wings are not hard, and she can only rely on our support." Hersman laughed, "It's just a pity that her appeal in Russia is limited, and it is impossible to replace the Bolsheviks." ”

"It doesn't have to be completely replaced," Kesselring suggested, thinking for a moment, "and it would be ideal to divide the Soviet Union in two." ”

"Split in two?" Hersman smiled, "Of course it's the best, a small Russia against a big Soviet Union...... Then Olga can only be obedient. But this is easier said than done. For a long-term confrontation, it is not possible to rely on our support alone, the empress does not have many supporters in Russia, at least the people of Leningrad do not support Olga. ”

He paused, and then said, "Let's take this matter one step at a time." By the way, Olga wants to go to the Soviet-German Friendship Concentration Camp to recruit soldiers, can you arrange it? ”

"No problem," Kesseling laughed, "there are more and more people in the Soviet-German Friendship Camp now, and if Empress Olga can take some away, it will save us a lot of money." ”

……

Hersmann and Chloe were separated at the airfield, and Chloe returned to Tsosen's estate, while Hersmann and Kesselring went to Berlin to meet Hitler.

Now that the Battle of Warsaw has been fought for more than 50 days, the Soviet army has also reached the time when the division's veterans are tired, and they have increased their troops several times. Although the German high command did not know how many Soviet troops were on the Minsk and Leningrad lines, it always felt that it should have been relatively empty.

In addition, it is almost August, and usually in October the Belarusian and Ukrainian regions are likely to enter the muddy season, and it will be very difficult to march to fight.

So it's time to start implementing the "Blue Strikeback"!

"Leader, the General Staff proposes to launch a counterattack operation codenamed 'Blue No. 3' from August 1 to 10."

In the spacious office of the Chancellery, Marshal Kesselring presented a copy of the summary of the "Blue No. 3" operation plan to Prime Minister Adolf. Hitler in front of him.

"Blue 3" is part of the "Blue Plan", the main content of which is to launch a major counterattack on Leningrad, Minsk and Ukraine.

The attack on Leningrad was virtual, and the ultimate goal was to encircle Leningrad.

"Leningrad must be destroyed!" Looking at the summary of the "Blue No. 3" proposal, Hitler began to talk nonsense again - although he was a good strategist, he always had some very strange ideas about campaign and tactics.

"Destroy with artillery and planes!" Hitler shook his fist vigorously, looking very agitated - I don't know where the comrades with Leningrad hukou provoked him?

"Okay," Hersman agreed, not talking nonsense to him, "we will arrange for French artillery and the latest ME-264 heavy bombers to accomplish this task." ”

The ME-264 heavy bomber is a long-range strategic bomber jointly developed by Messerschmitt and Fokker, which was officially established after the Western Front campaign in 1940. Junkers' JU290/JU390 projects, Focker-Wulf's TA-400 projects and Heinkel's HE-274/HE-277 projects are also being carried out at the same time.

And the Luftwaffe, controlled by Hersmann and Kesselring, did not put too high demands on the project of "ultra-long-range heavy bomber".

The basic performance indicators mention only the combat radius: no less than 4000 km (Hersman plans to start bombing the United States after the capture of the Azores, so 4000 km combat radius is enough); Practical ceiling: not less than 12,000 meters; Maximum speed: more than 550 km; Maximum magazine load: more than 5 tons (at least one atomic bomb can be carried, and two V1 missiles can be mounted under the wings); Self-defense firepower: At least 12 13mm machine guns.

Among these long-range aircraft under development, the ME-264 has made the fastest progress. Because the ME-264 uses the high-power engine of the BMW 802T (turbocharged) series, which was jointly developed by Fokker and BMW for many years.

The BMW-802 series is 18-cylinder large-displacement air-cooled, while the turbocharger has been fully matured after years of research. On top of that, rare metals for engines and turbochargers are now in abundant supply, and high-octane jet gasoline is now very easy to produce thanks to the arrival of large oil fields in the Middle East.

Non-ferrous metals and high-grade gasoline can be used lavishly, and it is certainly not too difficult to create a long-range aircraft like the ME-264. Therefore, the 40-year-old project was completed in May '42, and production began at the BF-FK Aviation Complex plant in Baltic in June. To this day, there is a squadron of 12 ME-264s in service with the Luftwaffe.

However, it is nonsense to use 12 or 24 ME-264s to bomb Leningrad, and it is difficult to flatten a large city like Leningrad for several years unless a nuclear bomb is used.

As for the bombardment with the French artillery division, it is even more impossible, there are so many places that those French artillery are needed to bombard, and it is simply not Leningrad's turn.

So Hersmann is now lying to Hitler, saving him nagging...... Hitler did not have the power to direct the operation anyway - now Hersmann himself did not have this power, because the Chief of the General Staff gave Kesselring.

"Good!" Hitler, not knowing that he had been deceived, nodded with satisfaction and continued to look through the summary of the "Blue 3" proposal.

Leningrad is a false attack, while Minsk and Ukraine are real to be attacked, but these two places are also treated differently.

Minsk is not necessarily taken, it is easy to take it, it is not easy to take it and it is pulled down, as long as it is encircled for a short period of time, cutting off the retreat of the Soviet Western Front is considered to be a complete task.

And Ukraine is a key area to be captured and occupied! Among them, the Black Sea coast and the Crimean peninsula (the Crimean peninsula is now not part of Ukraine) are the most critical, which need to be seized first. Because once Ukraine on the Crimea and Black Sea coasts fell into German hands, the next step would be for the Germans to advance into the Caucasus.

The Caucasus oil producing region currently produces more than 60% of the oil of the USSR, with an annual production of more than 20 million tons! If it is seized by Germany, the annual production of oil (including synthetic gasoline) in the hands of Germany will exceed 60 million tons, and the annual production of oil in the hands of the Soviet Union will be reduced to about 15 million tons.

And the reduction of oil will directly reduce the number of mechanized equipment in the USSR!

The sea of tanks may well disappear as a result! (To be continued.) )