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"Send out the fleet!"

Hersman soon made the decision to send the main forces of the Combined European Fleet to deal with the American fleet (Halsey's 3rd Fleet) that had broken through from the Caribbean into the Atlantic. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Tell Field Marshal Lütjans," Hersman said to Raeder, "that the fleet should carry more fighters, because the American surface ships are inferior to ours, and they will inevitably choose air strikes...... This is exactly our chance to hit the carrier-based aircraft units of the US military with the FW-190T and the Fokker Zero! Even if the aircraft carrier cannot be sunk, as long as it can shoot down a considerable number of American carrier-based aircraft, it can be regarded as a very valuable victory. ”

There is some truth in Hersman's analysis, although the Americans have 2 or 3 Iowa-class battleships, the combined European fleet far outnumber their opponents in the number of super-battleships, and there are also 4 powerful missile cruisers and 12 V-type missile boats (modified with T-series mine-strike ships) as well as T-series mine-strike ships that can launch "spear-torpedoes".

Therefore, in the decisive battle of the fleet, the European Combined Fleet is completely certain. And the European Combined Fleet is quite sure, the US Atlantic Fleet is not so sure.

Therefore, the decisive battle of the fleet cannot be fought.

So most of the battles that can be fought are naval and air battles, and in this regard...... Hersmann knew that the European Combined Fleet had always had the problem of insufficient attack capabilities of carrier-based aircraft on surface ships!

Since no torpedo attack aircraft have been developed, and for a long time they have relied on the shore-based aviation with the JU288 and remote-controlled gliding bombs as the core to conduct air anti-ship operations, so the anti-ship capability of the carrier-based aviation of the European Combined Fleet is actually insufficient.

Moreover, with the large number of high-performance radars, high-performance carrier-based fighters, and Bofors and Erlikon anti-aircraft artillery systems, the air defense capability of the surface fleet is now improving rapidly, and the anti-ship capability of carrier-based aircraft is also improving.

Over the past few months, the European Combined Fleet has formed a number of naval and air combat exercises, and in each of these exercises, the carrier-based aircraft groups simulating the attack suffered heavy losses under the combined attack of the fleet's anti-aircraft fire and carrier-based fighters!

So the top brass of the German Navy and naval aviation came to the conclusion that the carrier-based aircraft group could not defeat the surface fleet with powerful anti-aircraft fire and a large number of high-performance fighters.

And on this basis, the command of the German Navy and the command of the combined fleet in Europe proposed an aircraft carrier combat model of "all-fighter configuration".

This means that aircraft carriers should be equipped with more fighters or simply all carrier-based fighters, so that they can take advantage of the air war of attrition.

At the same time, these carrier-based fighters attached to aircraft carriers should also have the ability to carry bombs to attack, which can damage the enemy's aircraft carriers and make them lose the ability to take off and land carrier-based aircraft.

And once the enemy carrier loses the ability to take off and land carrier-based aircraft, the shore-based JU288 can deliver a devastating blow to the enemy fleet by launching the Fritz-X remote-controlled gliding bomb and the HS293 missile/remote-controlled gliding bomb.

In fact, now the operation of the combined European fleet in the Atlantic is no longer a simple confrontation between ships or aircraft, but a confrontation of combat systems!

While Hersmann presided over an emergency meeting of the heads of the Navy, Air Force, and Naval Air Force, and decided to send the Combined European Fleet to find the American fleet for a decisive battle, Leningrad, more than 700 kilometers away, was immersed in an indescribably strange atmosphere.

Suddenly, terrible and uncontainable rumors spread among the defenders of the Leningrad and out-of-town defense lines (referring to the Soviet lines).

There are three main rumors, one is that the people of Leningrad are no longer trusted, so it was decided to launch a special purge in Leningrad, and anyone who has a problem will suffer!

The second is that the vast majority of the inhabitants of Leningrad will soon lose their beloved hukou because of their overseas connections and the fact that they have become anti-GM White Russian family members - once the special purge is completed, the Leningraders will begin to move to Siberia and Central Asia...... Never to come back!

And the third rumor was that even the Red Army like Kaminsky who had come out of the labor camp came in, saying that they who had problems and the Red Army would soon be transferred to the most dangerous front line to be used as cannon fodder and consumed in the brutal battle...... Whether it is the "anti-GM family soldiers" in Leningrad or the "labor campers" from Siberia, it will be the same fate!

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"Thoroughly! Rumors must be thoroughly investigated, the source of the rumors must be found, and they must be dealt with seriously! At the beginning of the Fourth Leningrad Campaign, it was absolutely not permissible for any anti-GM rumors to disturb the morale of the people and the army in Leningrad. This is absolutely not allowed...... Syllable! ”

At the enlarged meeting of the Leningrad City W on June 10 (which was also attended by some members of the Leningrad Front), Kuznetsov, the acting secretary of the Leningrad City W and the military commissar (political commissar) of the Leningrad Front, was furious and slapped the hard table of the conference table!

Now the Fourth Battle of Leningrad has begun, and the news from the front is not very good. The Germans began their offensive on June 8 and advanced more than 40 kilometers to the southeast in just two days, and now the front has been pushed along the Volkhov River.

On the outskirts of Leningrad, too, the situation became very tense, and the front-line troops reported that the German forces on the opposite side were clearly becoming active, and that they were frequently attacking for a vacuum in the center of the two armies' lines—a precursor to an enemy offensive that anyone who knew a little about military affairs knew.

In addition, the partisans of the Leningrad and Pskov regions sent terrible news: a large number of French and Polish troops were coming, and there was a large number of siege artillery in them!

This suggests that the city of Leningrad is likely to be stormed shortly after.

How could Kuznetsov, a loyal warrior of GCISM, not be outraged by the large army outside the city, but inside the city with floating hearts and rumors?

"Comrade Abakumov!" Kuznetsov named the head of the NKVD branch in Leningrad, "The internal affairs department must take the rumors seriously!" I suggest that this round of special purge can start with the pursuit of rumor-mongers, and we must take advantage of this opportunity to strictly enforce discipline, boost people's hearts, and vigorously arrest a group of anti-GM elements! ”

The "Great Purge" is, of course, a rumor...... It's not "big" at all! And the target is not particularly high, all kinds of anti-GM elements add up to 5%, considering the current situation in Leningrad, it is really very small.

"Comrade Secretary, the internal affairs department guarantees that the task will be exceeded!" Abakumov was also unambiguous, and immediately stated that the internal affairs department would always exceed its tasks, which was much stronger than that of the Soviet Red Army...... If they can also exceed their mission, all of humanity is now liberated!

"Not only do you want to exceed your goals, but you have to complete them as soon as possible!" Kuznetsov exclaimed, "because the special purge work is a prerequisite for the fulfillment of a series of glorious tasks assigned to the party by the city of Leningrad and the Leningrad Front."

If the interior is not cleaned up, then all work will be ruined by traitors and traitors, and Leningrad may even fall into the hands of the enemy! ”

His remarks must have been right in the Soviet Union, because history has proven that the Soviet Union is rich in traitors, traitors, and thieves...... And he himself later became the object of cleansing!

After giving an account of the task of the special purge, he turned the topic to "a series of glorious tasks assigned by the party."

"Comrade Popkov," he told the new mayor of Leningrad, "the evacuation of the population and the relocation of factories must be carried out with great urgency, as soon as the special purge is completed." 90% of the unarmed people of Leningrad must be relocated to Siberia and Central Asia within 1 month! ”

The evacuation of the population was not so urgent, but the fighting on the Volkhov front was tight, and the German Army Group North received a large number of reinforcements. So the Supreme High Command believes that Leningrad is quite likely to be besieged again in the near future!

Therefore, the evacuation of the population is a top priority.

Moreover, most of the evacuated Leningrad citizens, of course, will have to take root in Siberia and Central Asia for the rest of their lives, and their Leningrad household registration will certainly not be kept...... Unless it is replaced with the Petrograd household register of the Russian Empress!

Therefore, this work must be carried out after a special purge, when everyone is progressing and behaving positively. Based on Kuznetsov's experience, it is likely that there will be a gratifying scene of people rushing to sign up to go to Siberia.

Kuznetsov was actually very confident in the cleansing and relocation of the city of Leningrad, because he knew the citizens of Leningrad too well. And what makes him a little uncertain is the purge of the army...... The big war is coming, is it really suitable for purging? There won't be a mutiny, right? If there are people in the army who resist by force, then the whole purge will go wrong!

He looked at the commander of the Leningrad Front, General Vlasov, who came to the meeting, and asked: "Comrade commander, there will be no problems with the purge of the Front, right?" ”

Vlasov looked a little sad, sitting there smoking cigarette after cigarette. The current situation is really uncertain in his heart, because he has never encountered such a serious situation.

"It should ...... Nothing was a problem. Vlasov pondered for a long time, and gave a uncertain answer -- he really didn't know whether there was a problem or not, but if he had been replaced by Yakil, Ubolevich, Belov, and Fediko, who had served as leaders of the military council during the domestic revolutionary war and had organized many purge and suppression of anti-GM elements, he would have been able to cope with the complicated situation in Leningrad at present.

However, Vlasov was only a junior officer during the domestic revolutionary war, and he has been in the military since joining the revolution, and has never presided over a single purge operation. (To be continued.) )