The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Kazbek Peak is 2,107 meters above sea level. Compared to the mountain pass, which is more than 1,000 meters above sea level, it is indeed much higher. Moreover, walking on the mountain road is more difficult and cannot allow cars and tanks to pass like the mountain pass.

But it is much better to pass through than to be trapped and die in the Caucasus Mountains, not to mention that the Soviet infantry will follow the road opened up by the Soviet Mountain Division and intersperse to surround Baku... This will make the Baku oil fields and The division of the Transcaucasian industrial zone cut off ammunition and even food supplies from Baku's oil fields.

This is of course not allowed by the German army, but at this time the German army seems to be helpless.

"General!" Qin Chuan said to Major General Frecco, "I think not carrying out rescue does not mean giving up!"

"What do you mean..." Major General Freco looked at Qin Chuan doubtfully.

Qin Chuan replied: "We all know that the Soviet Union's Yak 1 and MiG 3 were not sent to the battlefield until now because they needed to protect their airports. Now that they have sent these fighters, And as the fighter planes go deeper, more and more fighters may be dispatched, which means that their airport protection will become weaker and weaker..."

"Do you want to sneak attack the Soviet airport?" Major General Frecco shook his head: "No, Major! Our air force has been entangled by them and cannot escape. What's more, their airport is not unprotected. The radar will detect it. They, and then the air defense forces, fighter planes... these will cause heavy losses to our air force, not to mention that the bombing will not cause much damage to the airport, otherwise they would have done so! "

Qin Chuan did not say anything, but continued to look at Major General Frecco.

Major General Frecco seemed to understand something, and then said in disbelief: "God, you don't want to use a helicopter to attack the airport!"

"You guessed it right, General!" Qin Chuan replied: "The key to the battle on Mount Kazbek is that the Soviets have seized air supremacy or partial air supremacy. In other words, the important thing is the aircraft. If we can take them If the aircraft is blown up, especially the Yak 1 and MiG 3 fighters, then with the terrain of Kazbek Peak and the wide field of view, the Soviet attack will be ruthlessly attacked by our air firepower, which means that the Soviet attack Failure, complete failure!”

Although this era is not like modern warfare where air superiority almost determines the outcome. The ground troops only come up to clean up the mess, but the status of air superiority is still very important.

"Major!" Colonel Slaine on the side became nervous after hearing this: "But you know, the enemy has radar and air defense forces, and our helicopters are almost vulnerable to their air defense firepower!"

"Let's take a look at the location of the Soviet airport!" Qin Chuan took the map, pointed to a point next to Makhachkala, and said: "The airport is here. It is only two kilometers away from the seaside, and the seaside is not There are air defense forces. At the same time, the Soviet Caspian Fleet has also suffered all casualties. If there are any warships, they dare not approach Makhachkala! "

Qinchuan was right. The Caspian Fleet had been almost exhausted during the Battle of Stalingrad by covering the Southeast Front's transportation of supplies across the Volga River.

On the other hand, because the waters of Makhachkala are very close to the German Air Force, warships will become targets of the German Air Force if they approach.

"But their radar and reconnaissance opportunities will detect us!" Major General Freco said: "There are also fighter planes patrolling the sea. Helicopters cannot hide on the sea. They will destroy them all before the helicopters arrive at Makhachkala!" "

"No!" said Colonel Slain, "if we flew at night we wouldn't have these problems!"

"Flying at night?" Major General Freco looked at Colonel Slain and then at Qin Chuan in surprise.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded: "Flying at night, and flying at low altitude!"

If you fly at night, of course there will be no danger of being intercepted by enemy fighters. At this time, the fighters do not have the ability to fight at night.

Flying at low altitude can avoid Soviet radar. Of course, to be safe, the German army also needs to attack the Soviet army's radar warfare, and even if the Soviet army discovers it, there is nothing they can do...

Send a plane to intercept?

As mentioned before, fighter planes do not have night combat capabilities.

Send a warship to intercept?

The Caspian Fleet exists in name only, and even if there are warships nearby, they cannot keep up with the speed of the helicopters.

All the Soviet army could do was provide early warning and give the air defense forces a few minutes to prepare.

Of course, this is not what Qinchuan wants to see, because helicopters are too vulnerable to anti-aircraft fire, which will also cause serious casualties to the helicopter formation and even directly bankrupt the plan.

Major General Frecco thought for a while and then asked: "Are there no problems with flying at night?"

Although Major General Frecco is not an expert in flying, he also knows the dangers of flying at night, especially flying at sea... Pilots will confuse the sky and the sea at sea, and this problem has never been solved well.

But Qin Chuan and others don't seem to be too worried about this.

Helicopters are different from high-speed fighter jets. Helicopters are slow and do not have the weightlessness of fighter pilots. Therefore, helicopter pilots will clearly know that the sea is below and the sky is above. At the same time, because of the slow speed, they also have more reaction time. In fact, If not, hovering is no problem.

The difficulty lies in the fact that the helicopter has to fly at a low altitude, which requires the helicopter pilot to be cautious, because after all, the sea is not far away from the feet, and he may still hit the sea if he is not careful.

Major General Frecco no longer had any problems after learning this.

"That's a good idea, Major!" Major General Frecco said, "I have no reason to disagree!"

So Major General Frecco immediately met with Air Force Commander Major General Lorenz.

"We don't need to attack the airport radar!" Major General Lorenz said: "On the one hand, it will be repaired soon. You know, Makhachkala is a port, and they will be shipped from the sea soon. On the other hand, It's the Caucasus Mountains in the middle that make it useless, and it won't have any impact on the battle on Mount Kazbek!"

Major General Lorenz thought that Freco knew nothing about radar, so he made such a suggestion.

"No, no, General Lorenz!" Freco's reply: "I know this, but we still need you to bomb the airport radar!"

After a moment of silence, Major General Lorenz said: "Either give me a sufficient reason, or let Marshal Manstein give me an order!"

After saying that, he hung up the phone. The Air Force always has such arrogance.

Major General Frecco had no choice but to show his hands to Qinchuan and others, and had no choice but to ask the communications corps to contact Marshal Manstein.