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The Third Empire - Chapter 1179

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:35:15 AM


Chapter 1179: 1179

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At Zhukov's suggestion, Moscow will abandon Belarus and establish in-depth defense in the area behind Minsk to resist the continued German invasion.

At the same time, the hundreds of thousands of troops left in Belarus were more or less dangerous. When the news spread, the shock to the whole Soviet Union was quite huge.

So now there must be another thing to inspire the Soviet heart.

"Comrade Stalin, the Naval Air Force has made a complete bombing plan for the German capital Berlin. Please have a look." Kuznetsov took a report and said to Stalin.

This bombing mission was formulated by lieutenant general Simon zafaronokov of the naval aviation force. Using all the bombers of the naval aviation force of the Baltic Fleet, they took off from the airport on ezelli Island, which is closest to Berlin among the airports of the naval aviation force, and bombed Berlin.

"The bombing of Berlin was not only the participation of Soviet naval airmen, but also our air force." Stalin looked at the report and said to Kuznetsov.

Because the base is owned by the Navy, Kuznetsov plans to use the Navy's DB-3 to carry out bombing. Now, Stalin is certainly not satisfied that only the Navy should participate in the bombing, and the air force should also participate in it.

After all, from the beginning of the war to the present, the Soviet air force has nothing outstanding. Even on the first day of the war, they were beaten without room to fight back, which makes the Soviet air force unable to lift its head. There must be a thorough action to encourage the Soviet to the greatest extent.

"However, this operation is quite dangerous. I suggest collective decision and individual responsibility."

It is the superior who makes the decision, but whether to participate or not is voluntary. That's what Stalin means. It seems to be very democratic. In fact, of course, it's not what's going on. Who dares not to participate? Whoever you point to, you have to go, and you have to be positive. Otherwise, there will be no good fruit to eat.

Stalin looked forward to the bombing. He valued the political significance of the bombing. At the same time, he also put forward some suggestions: "gather the forces of our air force, form an 81st long-range bombing pilot division, and use all the forces at hand to complete the task of bombing Berlin."

Listening to the air force members scratching their heads, the air force does have strategic bombers, pei-8. When pei-8 first appeared at the military parade in Moscow, it completely shocked the West. This four engine large bomber is the embodiment of power and evil.

However, only the air force knows that this kind of aircraft is quite unreliable and has constant faults. In particular, various problems caused by the diesel engine emerge one after another. At the beginning, the military parade task was completed by manually pumping oil. After improvement, it has not improved much.

But now, as Stalin has said, there is absolutely no way back. Moreover, this matter must be done quickly. The confidence of the Soviets is constantly being hit. They must encourage the people with a victory.

This is a political mission.

Ezelli island.

Because the Germans made a turn during the attack and directly entered the Soviet Union in Latvia, Estonia in the North was actually safe for the time being.

This security will not last long. As long as the Germans free up their hands, the fall of Estonia is inevitable.

On the islands off the coast of Estonia, you can even see German warships on the channel. After defeating the Baltic Fleet, the German Navy can travel freely in this area. They don't pay attention to the naval aviation of the red flag Baltic Fleet at all.

Standing on the island and looking at the sea in the distance, Colonel yegini puzhblacensky, head of the first torpedo bomber regiment of the naval aviation force, could not help clenching his fist.

Germans, let you taste being bombed! If he didn't have a special mission, he really wanted to take off from here with his own torpedo bomber and sink several German warships.

But he can't. up to now, it's safe here and hasn't attracted the attention of the Germans, but as long as he takes off from here, he will certainly attract the attention of the Germans. In this case, the airport here will be completely bombed and their task of raiding Berlin will be ruined.

He turned back. This is a soil runway, which is no different from the base during World War I. such a runway has completely fallen behind. New aircraft can't take off and land at all, so it didn't attract the attention of the Germans.

Now, in the parking area on one side of the runway, one bombing after another is covered with thatch. After sunset, they will take off with their own bombers!

There are few planes that can fly to Berlin. There are only three types: IL-4 (db-3f), yer-2 and pe-8.

Among them, only pei-8 is a heavy bomber with sufficient bomb load and range, but this bomber uses diesel engine in order to meet the needs of long-distance flight.

Yes, it can only be diesel engines, because diesel engines are quite fuel-efficient. When they can't meet the requirements on the voyage, they can only think of this special way.

However, no one can rest assured of this diesel engine.

Footsteps came from behind. Yejinni turned back and saw major general Mikhail fodupyanov, the division commander of the 81st long-range bombing division just established.

At this time, in this base, in addition to the naval aviation, there were also air force personnel. In order to complete this task, a pei-8 squadron and yer-2 squadron of the air force also came here secretly.

Thinking of the bumps during landing, major general Mikhail was terrified. It was too difficult to land on this ordinary soil runway. His pilots had at least 200 hours of flight experience, but it was still difficult to control, and the damn engine

"The task has been assigned. We will take off tonight." Major general Mikhail said, "Colonel yegini, naval planes take off first, and we take off later."

Yegini nodded gratefully: "we will remember the support given to us by the air force brothers. We must throw the bomb over Berlin."

Of course, the order of take-off is particular. After all, the aircraft bombed first is sudden, and then the aircraft entering will be intercepted by the other party's anti-aircraft guns.

In addition to taking care of the Navy, it is also because the pei-8 bombers of the air force are heavy after all, and there will be a certain surplus of fuel. If appropriate, they don't want to land on this soil runway after the bombing mission. They have to return directly to Petersburg.

They looked to the West. At this time, a red sun was slowly sliding towards the sea, and the night was coming.




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