Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

According to Commander Pavlov's plan, the Soviet Air Force should destroy the Germans' frontline airfields and obtain most, at least local, battlefield air superiority. As a result, the bomber group sent out was slaughtered by the German army. Then the German army sent a huge formation composed of Stuka, Mosquito, and IL to bomb the Soviet frontline airport.

The German army has begun to gradually phase out the Stuka bombers and replace them with the army aviation version of the A-1 attack aircraft.

Although the performance of the Stuka is indeed relatively good, it does not have an absolute advantage compared with similar weapons from the Allies and other countries. This was especially true during the middle and late stages of the war. It's just that under the influence of Germany's "blitz warfare" theory that included air-ground coordination, the Stuka performed at an almost super level.

The Il-2 attack aircraft was upgraded to the Il-10. The Il-10 still maintained the aerodynamic shape and geometric dimensions of the Il-2, but changed to an all-metal structure, strengthened the armor, and replaced it with a more powerful one. The engine increases the flight speed.

An overwhelming swarm of bombers flew over the Soviet frontline airports and bombed ground targets indiscriminately.

Airport runways, hangars, towers, oil depots, dormitories, etc., all became targets of German bombing. Especially those aircraft prepared as the second and third bombing echelons, most of them were destroyed in piles on the ground before they had time to take off. Hundreds of Soviet aircraft were shot down in the sky and thousands more were destroyed on the ground. It can be said that they suffered heavy losses and completely lost frontline air superiority.

Compared with the air battle, which was almost a one-sided massacre, the Soviet ground troops' attack was surprisingly smooth. Most of the German defense lines can only be described as collapsing at the first touch. In just half a day, the first German line of defense was breached one after another. The Soviet army advanced by leaps and bounds towards the second line of defense. Commander Pavlov could not believe the success.

Not only him, but even Kruger in the German frontline headquarters couldn't believe it.

Looking at the Soviet offensive route marked on the huge sand table, Kruger couldn't help but mutter. "Do these Soviets have other plans?" The Soviets seemed not to realize that this was a terrible trap. They just rushed forward. The main force of the Soviet army "crazily" poured into the place where the German army had already prepared. In a circle.

It was as if the prey had dug a trap and jumped in. Kruger even suspected that the Soviets were deliberately trying to lure the Germans into the trap.

"General Kruger, you worry too much." Guderian smiled. "I remember His Highness said that Commander Pavlov's military talent is barely enough to command a division. Your Highness is really a good judge of people."

In fact, this sentence was said by Zhukov, and even his own people commented like this, which shows that Commander Pavlov's military ability is indeed average.

The Soviet-German war in the original time and space broke out so suddenly that many soldiers stationed on the front line did not even have enough weapons and equipment, and they were destroyed before they had time to receive any information. At this time, the command headquarters led by Pavlov was panicked. Since the German attack was fully prepared and a large amount of aerial reconnaissance was conducted in advance, the German Air Force launched a violent attack at the beginning of the war, completely cutting off communications between the Soviet command and troops, as well as the headquarters of the Supreme Command. The beginning was extremely chaotic.

In this chaotic atmosphere, Pavlov completely lost the qualities of a senior commander. He actually went to the front line personally and acted as a division commander commanding at the front line, directly commanding the soldiers on the front line to carry out blocking operations. , this was a serious mistake that a senior commander should not make; thus, it laid the foundation for the subsequent tragedy.

A month after the war began, Pavlov was ordered to return to the High Command. At this time, Zhukov served as the chief of general staff of the Supreme Command. When he saw Pavlov, Zhukov angrily picked up the map of the military exercise that the two men conducted at the beginning of the year, pointed at the map and asked Pavlov why the encircled border troops were surrounded before the Soviet-German war broke out during the exercise. Still haven’t made any adjustments? !

Pavlov retorted: How do I know that the German army thinks the same as you?

Subsequently, Pavlov, as well as the Chief of Staff of the Front Army and the commander of a group army, were brought to a military court and sentenced to death for treason. He was one of the most senior generals who died in the Soviet-German war, but he did not die on the battlefield, but died under the gun of his own people.

Krueger sighed. "With such a stupid guy as the commander of the front army, is it true that the Soviet Union has no generals available? What a good news. How many Soviet troops have entered our encirclement?"

A staff report. "The Soviet army launched a comprehensive attack on the entire line of defense. It is initially estimated that at least 300,000 Soviet troops have passed through the first line of defense, and the number is still increasing. This number should be doubled after the Soviet army breaks through the second line of defense. times."

Krueger paced back and forth excitedly. "When the Soviet troops reached the third line of defense, they were like turtles in a urn and couldn't escape even if they wanted to."

Guderian said with some envy. "Congratulations to General Kruger. You have eliminated hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops. Your promotion to Marshal is certain."

Krueger couldn't help but laugh. "General Guderian, you are not far behind. In two months, you will lead the armored troops to attack Moscow. Maybe you will be the future Marshal of the Empire."

Amid the hearty laughter of the two men, the German second line of defense collapsed again, and the overwhelming Soviet army marched straight in.

Listening to the good news coming from the front line one after another, Pavlov felt as if he was in a dream. He felt that he had created a miracle in the history of war. In just one day, he broke through two German defense lines and raided more than 50 kilometers. He couldn't help but feel a little elated. stand up.

Western Front Military Political Commissar Lev Zakharovich Mekhlis stared at the combat sand table in the headquarters and said with some confusion. "Comrade Commander, why did the German army fail to capture many places on the first and second lines of defense?" Although the Soviet army had broken through the first and second lines of defense, he found that there were still many places in these lines of defense. There were German strongholds that could not be captured. And there are quite a few of them, there is one every distance, and the regularity is somewhat incredible.

Pavlov said somewhat disapprovingly. "Those must be the Germans who are stubbornly resisting. Don't worry, when the time comes we can easily eliminate them by attacking from both front and back."

The political commissar was still a little worried. "But if these strongholds are connected, won't our soldiers rushing in be surrounded?"

Pavlov stepped forward and took a closer look at the situation on the sand table. It seemed that as the political commissar said, these strongholds were somewhat unusual.

Could it be that the German positions they broke through were deliberately vacated by the Germans?

Pavlov immediately sent a telegram to the front line, asking how many German troops they had destroyed or captured and whether they had encountered German armored forces. The answer he received was that there were no prisoners. These German troops ran faster than rabbits and they could not catch up. . As for the armored forces, they haven’t even encountered a single German tank so far!