The Rise of the Third Reich

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"Send out the fleet!"

Hersman quickly made the decision to send the main force of the European combined fleet to deal with the American fleet (Halsey's 3rd Fleet) that broke into the Atlantic from the Caribbean.

"Tell Marshal Lütjens," Hessman said to Redl, "the fleet needs to bring more fighter jets, because the U.S. surface ships are not as powerful as us and will inevitably choose air strikes... This is exactly what we use Fw-190T and Fokker The Zero has the opportunity to severely damage the US carrier-based aircraft force! Even if it cannot sink the aircraft carrier, as long as it can shoot down a considerable number of US carrier-based aircraft, it will be considered a valuable victory. "

Hersman's analysis makes some sense. Although the Americans have 2 or 3 Iowa-class battleships, the European Combined Fleet has far more super battleships than its opponents, and there are also 4 powerful guided missile cruisers and 12 V-type missile boats (modified from T-series torpedo ships) and T-series torpedo ships that can launch "Lance torpedoes".

Therefore, in a decisive fleet battle, the European Combined Fleet is fully confident. While the European Combined Fleet has full confidence, the U.S. Atlantic Fleet has little certainty.

Therefore, a decisive fleet battle cannot be fought.

Therefore, most of the battles that can be fought are sea and air battles, and in this regard... Hessman knows that the European Combined Fleet has always had the problem of insufficient attack capabilities of carrier-based aircraft against surface ships!

Since no torpedo attack aircraft have been developed, and for a long time they have relied on shore-based aviation with the core of Ju288 and remote-controlled glide bombs for air anti-ship operations, the anti-ship capabilities of the European Combined Fleet's carrier-based aviation are actually insufficient.

Moreover, with the extensive equipment of various high-performance radars, high-performance carrier-based fighter jets, and Bofors and Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun systems, the air defense capabilities of the surface fleet are now improving at the same pace as the anti-ship capabilities of carrier-based aircraft.

In the past few months, the European Combined Fleet has organized many sea and air combat exercises. In each exercise, the carrier-based aircraft groups that simulated attacks suffered heavy losses under the joint attack of fleet air defense firepower and carrier-based fighter jets!

Therefore, senior officials of the German Navy and Naval Aviation came to the conclusion that the carrier-based aircraft fleet could not defeat the surface fleet with strong anti-aircraft firepower and numerous high-performance fighter jets.

On this basis, the German Naval Command and the European Combined Fleet Command proposed a "full fighter configuration" aircraft carrier combat mode.

This means that the aircraft carrier can carry more fighter jets or simply equip all carrier-based fighter jets, so that it can take advantage of the air attrition war.

At the same time, these carrier-based fighter jets attached to the aircraft carrier should also have the ability to mount bombs and attack, which can damage the enemy's aircraft carrier and make it lose the ability to take off and land carrier-based aircraft.

Once the enemy aircraft 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 Fritz-X remote-controlled gliding bombs and Hs293 missiles/remote-controlled gliding bombs.

In fact, the European Combined Fleet's operations in the Atlantic are no longer simply a confrontation between ships or aircraft, but a confrontation between combat systems!

While Hersman presided over an emergency meeting attended by the leaders of the Navy, Air Force and Naval Aviation, and made the decision to send the European Combined Fleet to find a decisive battle with the US fleet, Leningrad, more than 700 kilometers away, was immersed in a feeling of saying no. In the weird atmosphere.

Terrible and uncontrollable rumors suddenly spread among the defenders inside and outside Leningrad (referring to the Soviet defense line).

There are three main contents of the rumor. First, the superiors no longer trust the people of Leningrad, so they decided to launch a special purge in Leningrad. Anyone with any problems will suffer!

Second, most residents of Leningrad will soon lose their beloved residence registrations because they have overseas connections and have become anti-GM Belarusian relatives. Once the special purge is completed, Leningraders will begin to move to Migration to Siberia and Central Asia...never coming back!

The third rumor was that even the Red Army soldiers who came out of the labor camps like Kaminsky were spread, saying that they and the Red Army soldiers with problems would soon be transferred to the most dangerous front lines to serve as cannon fodder. Worn out in brutal battles... Whether they are "anti-GM family soldiers" from Leningrad or "re-education through labor soldiers" from Siberia, they will have the same fate!

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"Thorough investigation! The rumors must be thoroughly investigated, the source of the rumors must be found, and dealt with seriously! At the beginning of the Fourth Battle of Leningrad, any anti-GM rumors must not be allowed to disturb the people and military morale of Leningrad. This is absolutely unacceptable It’s allowed… Bang!”

At the enlarged meeting of Leningrad City W on June 10 (including some members of the Leningrad Front Army Party W also participated in the meeting), Acting Leningrad City W Secretary and Leningrad Front Army Military Commissar (Political Commissar) Kuz Nezov became furious and slapped the hard surface of the conference table!

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

On the outskirts of Leningrad, the situation also became very tense. The frontline troops reported that the German troops on the opposite side were obviously becoming active, and they frequently launched attacks to compete for the vacuum zone in the center of the two armies' front lines. Anyone who knows a little about military affairs knows that this is the enemy. A sign that the army is about to launch an attack.

In addition, the guerrillas in Leningrad Oblast and Pskov Oblast also sent terrible news: a large number of French and Polish troops are coming, and there are also a large number of heavy siege artillery among them!

This shows that the city of Leningrad is likely to be stormed soon.

Troops gathered outside the city, but people inside the city were uneasy and rumors were spreading. How could Kuznetsov, a loyal fighter of GCism, not be angry?

"Comrade Abakumov!" Kuznetsov named the head of the Leningrad branch of the NKVD. "The NKVD must take the rumor incident seriously! I suggest that this round of special purges can Starting from tracking down the rumor-mongers, we must use this opportunity to impose strict discipline, lift people's hearts, and severely arrest a group of anti-GM elements!"

Of course, the "special purge" is a rumor... There is no "big" at all! Moreover, the indicator is not set particularly high. All kinds of anti-GM elements combined together only account for 5%. Considering the current situation in Leningrad, it is really very small.

"Comrade Secretary, the Internal Affairs Department guarantees to overfulfill its tasks!" Abakumov was also unambiguous and immediately stated his position - the Internal Affairs Department will always overfulfill its tasks, which is much better than the Soviet Red Army... If they also If you can overfulfill the task, all mankind is now liberated!

“Not only must the task be overfulfilled, but the task must be completed as soon as possible!” Kuznetsov said loudly, “Because the special purge work is a prerequisite for Leningrad City and the Leningrad Front Army to complete a series of glorious tasks assigned by the party.

If the inside is not cleaned up, then all the work will be sabotaged by traitors and traitors, and Leningrad may even fall to the enemy! "

What he said is definitely correct when it comes to the Soviet Union, because history has proven that the Soviet Union is rich in traitors, traitors, and scabs... and he himself later became a target that needed to be purged!

After explaining the special purge tasks, he turned to the "series of glorious tasks assigned by the party."

"Comrade Popkov," he told the newly-appointed mayor of Leningrad, "the work of population evacuation and factory relocation must be stepped up and started immediately after the special cleaning is completed. Leningrad must be evacuated within one month. 90% of unarmed people migrate to Siberia and Central Asia!”

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

Therefore, evacuation of the population is a top priority.

Moreover, most of the evacuated Leningrad citizens will of course spend their entire lives taking root in Siberia and Central Asia. Their Leningrad household registrations will definitely not be preserved... unless they are replaced with the Petrograd household registration books of the Russian Empress!

Therefore, this work must be carried out after special cleaning and when everyone is progressive and active. Based on Kuznetsov’s experience, there will likely be a gratifying scene of everyone rushing to sign up to go to Siberia.

Kuznetsov was actually very confident about the cleansing and population relocation of Leningrad because he knew the citizens of Leningrad so well. What makes him a little unsure is the military's cleaning work... With the war coming again, is it really appropriate to carry out cleaning? There won't be a mutiny, right? If someone in the army resists with force, then the entire purge will go wrong!

He looked at General Vlasov, the commander of the Leningrad Front who came to attend the meeting, and asked: "Comrade Commander, will there be any problems with the cleansing work of the Front?"

Vlasov looked a little sad, sitting there smoking one cigarette after another. To be honest, he had no idea about the current situation because he had never encountered such a severe situation.

"There should be...no problem." Vlasov thought for a long time and gave an uncertain answer - he really didn't know whether there was a problem or not. If it were Yakir or Ubolevich, Experienced revolutionaries such as , Belov, and Fediko who served as leaders of the Military Committee during the Civil Revolutionary War and organized many operations to purge and suppress anti-GM elements will surely be able to cope with the complex situation in Leningrad now. Condition.

However, Vlasov was only a junior officer at the grassroots level during the Civil Revolutionary War. He had always held a military position since joining the revolution and had never presided over even a purge operation.