Das nazi regime wrote:Prachtallee, Berlin | A black car rolled through the streets of Berlin, en route to the Volkshalle. Inside, the Fuhrer lit a cigarette- inhaling sharply. "Our armies march east and west, we have forged an iron alliance, and our wunderwaffe is making good progress. Soon we will cleanse this earth, only then will we be truly unstoppable." A high-ranking party member sitting next to him remarked- "they say evil prevails when good men fail to act." He took a long drag from his cigarette before continuing, "what they should say is, Evil Prevails."
Outside, black-uniformed guards line the streets, each saluting to the passing-by car. Behind these wall of SS guards are thousands of cheering Germans, ecstatically waving German flags as the black car went by. On all buildings the black car passed, all were draped in swastika banners, all the way to the steps of the Volkshalle. |
Operation Überost
Air Operations
| Following the outbreak of world war 3, the Reichsluftfahrtministerium has issued orders to the Luftwaffe to conduct reconnaissance missions via planes as well as satellites. Any information from round the clock photo-reconnaissance, thermal imaging, synthetic aperture radar, and SIGINT/ELINT coverage of Eastern Poland/Lithuania is immediately passed on to Luftwaffe attachés attached to army command staffs. Each aerial reconnaissance mission usually includes 9 UAVs at a height of 18,000 feet pertaining to a 160-kilometer range.
Meanwhile, alarms sound within airbases in western Poland, where pilots scramble into their aircraft- taking roughly half an hour to forty-five minutes to organize all the aircraft into Geschwaders. Of the assembled aircraft, several Kampfgeschwaders, twelve Jagdgeschwaders, and eight Schlachtgeschwaders were formed. The Kampfgeschwaders, abbreviated KG, were composed of 336 aircraft- 48 aircraft per KG (40 Ar 412s, 7 He 487s, and 1 E-2C Adler). The twelve Jagdgeschwaders, 576 total aircraft- 48 aircraft per JG (30 Me 1110s, 17 He 487s, and 1 E-2C Adler). The Schlachtgeschwaders, abbreviated SG, contain 384 total aircraft- 48 aircraft per SG (30 Ho 429s, 10 Me 1110s, 7 FW 477s, and 1 E-2C). |
Below is a list of where each formation will be assigned to:
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BOMBING OPERATIONS / 35,000 FEET - 40,000 FEET
KG-1 KALININGRAD
KG-2 BIALYSTOK
KG-3 WARSAW
KG-4 LUBLIN
KG-5 KRAKOW
KG-6 ZAKOPANE
KG-7 KLAIPEDA
FIGHTER OPERATIONS / 50,000 FEET - 65,000 FEET
JG-1 EASTERN LITHUANIAN AIRSPACE / AIR SUPERIORITY & ENEMY BOMBER/RECON INTERCEPTION
JG-2 SOUTHEASTERN LITHUANIAN AIRSPACE / AIR SUPERIORITY & ENEMY BOMBER/RECON INTERCEPTION
JG-3 SUPPORTING JG-1
JG-4 SUPPORTING JG-2
JG-5 NORTHEASTERN POLISH AIRSPACE / AIR SUPERIORITY & ENEMY BOMBER/RECON INTERCEPTION
JG-6 CENTRAL EASTERN POLISH AIRSPACE / AIR SUPERIORITY & ENEMY BOMBER/RECON INTERCEPTION
JG-7 SUPPORTING JG-5
JG-8 SUPPORTING JG-6
JG-9 SOUTHERN POLISH AIRSPACE / AIR SUPERIORITY & ENEMY BOMBER/RECON INTERCEPTION
JG-10 SUPPORTING JG-9
JG-11 WESTERN POLISH AIRSPACE / AIR PATROL & ENEMY BOMBER/RECON INTERCEPTION
JG-12 BALTIC SEA AIRSPACE / AIR SUPERIORITY & ENEMY BOMBER/RECON INTERCEPTION
GROUND ATTACK OPERATIONS / 20,000 FEET - 25,000 FEET
SG-1 ELBLAG
SG-2 PLOCK
SG-3 RADOM
SG-4 SANDOMIERZ
SG-5 TARNOW
SG-6 LOMZA
SG-7 OSTRODA
SG-8 YANTARNY
Ground Operations
| Army group "Red" was issued orders from the OKW to mobilize and assemble into strongpoints along the Eastern Polish border days prior to the obviously inevitable war. At 4:00 AM, the invasion was launched. Three formations of 20,000 Nebelwerfer 44s, each possessing 644 M85 DPICM submunitions per rocket and each Nebelwerfer holding six rockets, would be continuously fired across the front, directed at any towns, suspected military installations, etc. within a 45-kilometer range. Since it takes approximately 180 seconds to reload, every three minutes roughly 120,000 rockets are fired off. Each Nebelwerfer crew would be supplied with information from Luftwaffe reconnaissance reports via datalink.
Several armored divisions of the Panzer Army 'Großdeutschland' set off on highway S7 on the Northern general flank, making good use of the surrounding environment and covering all vehicles with intricate foliage as effective camouflage. Unfortunately, the dust kicked up by the columns of vehicles is a dead give away- hence the divisions have only advanced at night, remaining static during daylight hours as well as during nights with significant moonlight. The 4th infantry Korps accompanies the armored divisions, with some infantry riding on the tanks or inside IFVs/APCs, while others march through the grassy plains. A detachment of the infantry Korps, roughly 2 divisions strong, march to the Martwa Wisla, crossing the river in rubber boats. Simple fortifications are erected along the river, albeit the detachment marches on to secure a defensive position along the mouth/northern portion of the Vistula River- this endeavor is supported by a Kampfschwimmer company from the Kriegsmarine, deployed 2 kilometers off the coast of the mouth of the Vistula River.
Between the S7 and 22nd highways, 6 motorized infantry divisions of the First German Army march through the farmlands to secure the Vistula River. A local supply dump is established in Pszczółki, supplying not just these 6 divisions but also many of the forces on the Northern general flank- in conjunction with other nearby supply dumps along the 91st highway. As a result of the prioritization of said highway, traffic has become a problem as supply lorries constantly use the under-developed road, albeit MPs work tirelessly directing traffic behind the front.
In the central general flank, a force of half a million troops of the Second German Army launch a spearhead out of Kielce, using the northern S7 Highway out of Kielce, towards Radom. Another force of half a million troops from the same army set out south along the S7 highway towards Krakow. Panzer Army 'Gerhard Kruger', meanwhile, divides into three armored Korps, each heading one of three directions. The first and most strong of the three Korps travels along the 73rd highway to capture Tarnow, an ambitious outflanking move that would do tremendous damage to the supply situation of any Polish formations west of this area- especially Krakow. The other two armored Korps head towards Sandomierz and Ostrowiec. |
Naval Operations
| Under the orders of the OKM, no Polish ships, or any ships not affiliated with the Kriegsmarine for that matter, will be permitted to cross the Great Danish Belt, any ships will be fired upon by coastal artillery. This order effectively cuts off any supplies going to Poland/Lithuania via the Baltic Sea.
Reichsflotte I, consisting of 30 Type-212 attack submarines, are deployed from Rostock- heading past the Great Danish Belt and into the Baltic Sea at 9 knots with 40km dispersion in a loose line formation heading towards the coast of Northern Poland/Western Lithuania. |