"Marshal Milch, has the target of this attack been selected?" Albert Field Marshal Kesselring asked.
"Your Excellency, Minister, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod have been initially identified. Both of these places have Buru's aircraft manufacturing factory. And according to our intelligence, Kazan's aircraft manufacturing factory is preparing to mass-produce an advanced combat aircraft. Although the performance of the fighter jet, code-named Yak-1, is still far behind that of our BF-109 fighter, it can already pose a certain threat to our BF-109 fighter," Marshal Edward? Milch said.
"Oh?" Albert Field Marshal Kesselring couldn't help but frowned.
At the beginning of the war, German Air Force almost crushed Bolshevik Air Force, so that now the sky in the war zone is completely dominated by German Air Force fighter planes. Bolshevik Air Force's fighter planes simply did not dare to go to the war zone. Because once you enter, you will most likely be shot down. It is precisely because of this that German Air Force can launch attacks on Russian ground targets unscrupulously and cover the army's operations.
If Bolshevik Air Force has relatively advanced fighter jets, it is conceivable that they will challenge German Air Force crazily. After all, losing air supremacy would impose too many constraints on them. Even if the air superiority cannot be regained from the Germany people, it can at least pose a threat to German Air Force and facilitate the operations of their ground forces.
"In this case, we have to pay attention. Marshal Milch, I have a suggestion." Albert Field Marshal Kesselring said.
"Your Excellency, please speak."
"This time the bombing target will be determined to be Kazan! Destroy Buru here and all the factories related to aircraft manufacturing! In this case, we can at least deal a big blow to Buru's aircraft manufacturing capabilities. At the same time, we can also To completely destroy Kazan. Only in this way can others see our strength. In addition, the escorting long-range fighter jets can also be used together to provide more comprehensive protection for the Bomber troops!" Albert Field Marshal Kesselring suggested.
Marshal Edward? Milch thought for a while, and then nodded. "Just follow the advice of your Excellency the Minister! We dispatch 900 H-11 Bomber and 300 H-21 Bomber, which is enough to blow up the entire Kazan."
Kazan is only 1,200 kilometers away from the airport where the heavy-duty Bomber German Air Force is parked, completely within the strike radius of H-11 Bomber and H-21 Bomber. Among them, H-11 Bomber can carry bombs weighing four tons to Kazan for bombing, and then return to the airport. The H-21 Bomber can carry six tons of bombs to the Kazan for bombing, and then return to the airport. In this case, one thousand two hundred heavy-duty Bombers would be enough to drop 5,400 tons of Aerial Bombs on Kazans. These bombs are enough to blow the city Kazan into ruins. If they were all put into the factories in Buru located in Kazan, these factories could be easily razed to the ground.
It is conceivable that once Kazan is destroyed by German Air Force with heavy Bomber, this will cause Buru's aviation industry to be severely damaged. Next, if Buru wants to continue to compete with German Air Force for air supremacy, it is almost impossible.
Time passed little by little, and German Air Force's heavy-duty Bomber and long-range fighter jets all completed their transition before January 6th. Aerial Bomb and aviation fuel and other supplies have also been transported to the front line. This made German Air Force's Bomber troops ready to attack.
Of course, it is winter now, and whether the Bomber troops can attack depends on whether the weather conditions permit.
In this regard, German Air Force specially convened a group of meteorologists to conduct research. The final conclusion is that starting from January 8, there will be two days of clear skies, followed by several days of heavy snow.
Therefore, after discussion between Marshals Albert Field Marshal Kesselring and Edward Milch, they set the time for the attack as the morning of January 8.
After asking Emperor Qin Tian of the Empire for instructions, Oscar agreed.
After the order was issued, German Air Force's strategic troops began to be busy. The pilots need to be familiar with the routes, and the ground staff waste no time in adding fuel and ammunition to these Bombers. Ensure that these fighters can take off after the order is issued. The long-range fighter jets escorting these Bomber have also moved to the frontline airport. Their mission is to provide protection for these Bomber. In order to avoid being intercepted by Russian Air Force fighters before German Air Force's heavy Bomber troops launch bombings.
Although the performance of the Russian Air Force fighter is not very good, no matter how bad the fighter is, it is more flexible than these huge Bomber. If attacked by enemy fighter jets, Bomber itself will be at a very disadvantage.
At two o'clock in the morning on January 8, the heavy snow stopped. Ground crews began clearing the runway as soon as the snow began to lighten. The snow was cleared and then salted to ensure the track would not re-freeze.
At 6 o'clock in the morning, when the sky was still dark, German Air Force's Bomber began to take off.
H-21 Bomber took off first, and these three hundred H-21 Bomber took off from three airports located at Belarus. Subsequently, H-11 Bomber also took off, and these aircraft took off from the airports located at Belarus and Ukraine.
A total of 1,200 heavy-duty Bomber climbed to an altitude of tens of thousands of meters before flying smoothly. In order to increase the range, these aircraft adopt an economical cruising speed of 380 kilometers per hour. In this case, it will take a little more than three hours to fly from the airport to Kazan.
After these heavy-duty Bomber took off, long-range fighter jets German Air Force also took off one after another. These long-range fighter jets all carry auxiliary fuel tanks. They climbed above the Bomber group and monitored the surroundings. Once they found an enemy plane approaching, they would attack to shoot down or drive away the enemy plane to ensure the safety of their own Bomber.
In order to enhance the escort force, Marshal Edward? Milch even deployed two hundred and forty FW-190 fighter jets from 2nd Air Group and 3rd Air Group to join the escort formation. Although, the FW-190 fighter jet has a range of only one thousand kilometers and cannot fly to Kazan. But if they encounter Russian fighter jets after crossing the border, they can attack them first to prevent the BF-110 fighter jets from abandoning their auxiliary fuel tanks during combat, thus shortening their range. Improve the escort force of this bombing as much as possible.
Adding the fighter jets to Bomber, there are a total of more than 1,900 fighter jets flying in the air. Although it is divided into several echelons, each echelon is undoubtedly an extremely large fleet. At least, this is enough to scare Buru.