HB, the only thing relevant there is the range. A 4000lb bomb on target is more effective than 14000lbs in the target area.
The 14000lb bomb load, including incendiaries etc, would be far more effective in executing Lindeman's advice. Destruction of factories, and necessarily only one or two per raid would not have had quite the same effect in diverting war effort to defend the Reich.
Also, I guess, night bombing has a quality all of its own with terror of the dark adding to the effect. You can just imagine their looking at moon phase and cloud cover and fearing the worst.