Chapter 1174 at all costs
In history, during World War II, the Soviets bombed Berlin for the first time, but they did not play much role, and were far less dense than the daily bombings during the British and American counterattacks.
But in this era, Britain had already bombed, but the effect was very poor at that time. Before they reached the target, they were intercepted by the terrible German night fighter jets, with heavy casualties.
Therefore, the British did not make much publicity on this bombing, so the Soviet Union did not know that Germany's night air defense forces had become so powerful.
However, it was not easy for the Soviet Union to explode to Berlin.
Because the distance was too long and the Soviets lacked such long-range bombers, this mission was responsible for the naval aviation in the sea of pineapples, but in actual training, they extended from the base in Petersburg to Pilao, where German warships were stationed.
For the Konisburg area and slightly far-reaching targets, they can only take off from the Baltic Fleet at the main base of Tallinn. Now Tallinn is obviously not very safe.
This is definitely a difficult task. Khrushchev only takes the advice and never cares about how to achieve it. This implementation will still fall on the Soviet aviation force.
Stalin's eyes turned to the face of Kuznetsov, the Navy People's Commissar. He did not speak, but just looked at him with a firm look.
So Kuznetsov had no chance of refusal, and he stood up and said, "Comrade Stalin, please rest assured that we will complete this task and throw our bombs into the heart of the enemy."
The Baltic fleet was wiped out, and the navy should have revenge. What's more, Kuznetsov was also one of the most determined personnel. It was under his leadership that the Soviet Navy exuded the breath of death, making any enemy feel scared.
"We have to take off from the westernmost base," Kuznetsov said. "Tallinn is no longer safe, but we have a small earth-based airport in Ezeli Island, the westernmost territory of the Soviet Union that the German army has not occupied. If we want to fly to Berlin, we can only use this base, and at the same time, we need to make other improvements."
Kuznetsov is familiar with the Navy's equipment. Although the Navy's DB-3F long-range bomber has a theoretical range of 3,800 kilometers, these are all flying at a constant speed at the maximum altitude, and they are still empty, and in fact they have to be almost half.
If they want to fly to Berlin, they have to reduce their ammunition load. They cannot waste any fuel. They fly straight to Berlin. There will be no accidents and no delays. Otherwise, they may not be able to fly back. If the calculation is incorrect or they are not lucky, the sky above Berlin will become the grave of Soviet pilots.
The Soviet naval pilots could withstand these things. In order to win, they were fearless. After all, Americans could come up with ways to carry bombers with aircraft carriers. What's wrong with the Soviets?
Seeing Stalin nodding with satisfaction, Kuznetsov finally expressed his concern: "Comrade Stalin, until now, Germany has not bombed our capital. If we set this head on, there will be no peace in the future."
Kuznetsov was worried about this.
In history, Germany first began to attack Moscow, and the Soviets were determined to take revenge. However, now, the war is still on the border. Moscow has never sounded an air defense alarm, so I don’t know what the Germans are hesitating about.
Now, if this precedent is set, the Germans will definitely be unscrupulous. The Soviet bombing of Berlin will be at most once or twice. Even if it succeeds, it will mainly be political. But after that, Moscow will definitely be bombed every day. Germany has strong strategic bombing capabilities and can even reach the United States on the other side of the ocean, let alone Moscow.
Kuznetsov was worried about this.
Stalin nodded: "Yes, the war will escalate, but when the Germans fired the first shot on the border, we should be mentally prepared. Everyone present must face the test of death at any time. In order to win, we can spare no expense."
Stalin was deeply moved when he said this. The war had begun and the initial progress was not going smoothly, which made everyone expect that the war would be very difficult.
The country has moved into the wartime system, with countless personnel enlisting in the army and forming reserve troops in the rear. At the same time, many troops have been mobilized to the front line.
For example, Yakov's troops were also mobilized to Smolensk. Almost like last time, Stalin agreed after a brief hesitation that his son, also an ordinary Soviet warrior, could not be special.
Stalin was such a person. If it was necessary, he would pick up his weapons and go to the battlefield by himself.
What else is there to attract a counterattack from the Germans? The current Soviets need a great encouragement of victory. Bombing Berlin is of great political significance and will inspire the hearts of the people of the whole country.
Stalin still made the decision, and at this moment, an amazing news spread to the base camp through radio waves.
"Comrade Stalin, Minsk fell."
In the early morning of April 5, the moon is shining.
Tanks were galloping on the fields of Minsk. Due to the influence of the war, the huge city has now appeared in the night vision device.
Carlyus opened his turret and exposed half of his body.
The air inside the turret smelled very bad. As we moved all the way, even if there was no war or the smell of gunpowder, the smell of diesel was very uncomfortable. At the same time, the three men stayed in the turret and had not taken a bath for more than a week, and were covered in smelly sweat every day. The smell was no longer necessary.
Minsk is ahead. Over the past period of time, it has been shown that Ske's defenders have built fortifications outside. Although our side attacked at night, a war will definitely break out.
Thinking of this, Carlyus was full of expectations. After all, he had almost never had any decent battles all the way. Apart from killing the plane with one shot last time and becoming famous in the entire army, he had never really fought a big battle.
During the march, they often talked about the tank wars that broke out in Ukraine in the south, which made people's bloody blood. Some people even talked about the evil spirit of the Soviet Stalin tanks, which could actually bounce off their armor-piercing bombs, which made Karyus quite dissatisfied and wanted to knock down a Stalin tank, so that the Soviets knew the power of the German armored soldiers.
Chapter completed!