In the western sky, a lone plane flew in, and under the light of the morning sun, the entire plane turned red, so that the red five stars under its wings could not be seen at all.

Alanov vigorously shook the high and low machines of his 85-mm anti-aircraft guns and listened to the command of the anti-aircraft artillery squad leader.

It takes several people to operate an anti-aircraft gun, and until now, they have no results, just yesterday, they fired less than ten shells in the air, and the enemy's Stuka bombers swooped down and blew up their anti-aircraft gun positions.

The blue tendons on Alanov's two arms burst out, and he quickly shook the anti-aircraft gun into place, and by this time, the squad leader had already given the order to shoot: "Five shots, release!" ”

"Boom, boom!" The 85-mm anti-aircraft gun, a puff of black smoke came out of the muzzle, and with each shot, the entire gun body recoil back, making the gunners on the gun feel as if they were on a ship.

In the violent tremor, one after another 85-millimeter shells flew towards the enemy plane in the sky.

In the past, the German bombers were quite vigilant, as long as their own side fired, the other side could find out, and then quickly dodge, but this time, for some reason, the other side actually did not have any defense, and was still flying a straight course, which was simply a target.

"Boom!" An 85-mm anti-aircraft artillery shell made close contact with the enemy plane, which instantly knocked off half of its wings and tumbled and fell downward.

At this time, on the bombers, there were screams everywhere.

"What's going on? Did the Germans already occupy Estonia? ”

"Oh, skydive!"

On the tumbling bomber, everyone was messy, they wanted to grab the umbrella bag, they wanted to open the cabin door and jump down, but their bodies were constantly churning with the bomber, and there was no chance at all.

The bomber tumbled and fell downward, a few kilometers away from the anti-aircraft artillery position, crashed into the ground, and ignited a raging fire.

"Let's go, let's go!" Extremely excited, Aranov got on a nearby commuter bicycle and ran quickly towards the place where the bomber had fallen, and before he could reach it, he stopped.

The severed wings were right in front of his eyes, and the wings were painted with red five stars.

……

Kuznetsov stayed awake all night.

The bombing of Berlin was a task of far-reaching political significance, which would inspire the confidence of the Soviet masses in victory and would be a great turning point for the Soviets, of which Kuznetsov was convinced.

However, the task did not go well.

When taking off, because of the problem of the runway and the mechanical failure of the aircraft, some of the planes did not take off, and even caused a certain sacrifice, even so, the remaining planes still took off to perform the task without hesitation.

As long as there is such a spirit of perseverance in fighting, the Soviets will not perish.

Kuznetsov was proud of those who were not afraid of sacrifice and worried about the rest, and now, the time to return has passed, and there is no good news.

"Good news, marshal, finally there's news." While he was anxiously waiting, Lieutenant General Zafaronov ran in: "We have a Pe-8 bomber, because it ran out of fuel, crash-landed on a riverbed, and the pilots are returning to base. ”

Lieutenant Petery's bomber did not enter the airspace of the German mainland because of engine failure, so they found a target at random, dropped bombs, and successfully returned home, but they only got lost, did not find a base for returning, and finally ran out of fuel and had to make a forced landing.

Fortunately, they made a forced landing near Petersburg, and within the Soviet Line of Control, and they were trying to return to the air base in Petersburg.

"Did they succeed in bombing Berlin?" Kuznetsov asked.

"No, their aircraft engines failed, and they only bombed one bridge for the Germans." Lieutenant General Zafaronov said.

What's the use of that! Kuznetsov's excitement just now was poured with a scoop of cold water.

"Marshal, Comrade Stalin, please go." It was at this moment that Kuznetsov received a message from the Kremlin.

When Kuznetsov entered the Kremlin, he saw that everyone's faces were not very good.

"How's our bombing campaign going?" Stalin asked Kuznetsov.

"Now we are still waiting for news, only one Pe-8 has successfully returned home, but it has not been bombed to Berlin." Kuznetsov said.

"It seems that our news is not as good as the broadcast of the Germans!" Stalin said with a sigh.

The initial German offensive was quite violent, and many units were scattered, especially the Central Route Army, the current army of the Western Special Military District, which could not grasp its whereabouts at all, and many times, Stalin was determined by listening to the Germans' broadcasts, for example, how many Soviet troops the Germans had eliminated and where the German army had attacked.

It is absolutely ironic that as a military leader, he should know the whereabouts of his troops from the enemy's broadcasts.

"The Germans' broadcasts, for the most part, are fake." Khrushchev said on the side: "No news is good news, maybe our other planes are also lost, or run out of fuel, and wait, there will always be good news." ”

This plan was proposed by Khrushchev, although he did not implement it concretely, and if he encountered a complete failure, then he would also be sent to the cold palace.

The Germans have already made several broadcasts that have something to do with the bombing.

For example, last night, the German anti-aircraft artillery shot down some of the invading bombers, and for example, the German night fighter unit shot down a group of bombers.

However, the Germans did not say how much. It is acceptable that your own bombers have been intercepted by the other side, and now the main thing is to see how many bombers are left to bomb Berlin.

Even if only one bombed Berlin, it would have been considered a success, and the Soviets would have taken advantage of it to make a big fuss.

"Good news, good news." At this moment, Golikov, who was in charge of intelligence work, hurriedly walked in and said: "Our intelligence officers in Berlin risked their lives to send out the news, and in the early hours of this morning, Berlin suddenly sounded the air defense alarm and implemented light control. ”

Berlin's response was clearly the arrival of Soviet bombers, and it seems that there were still bomber units flying to Berlin.

"The result? The result? Stalin excitedly asked: "Did they bomb Berlin?" Did you bomb the Führer's capital? ”

Golikov shook his head: "Berlin's anti-aircraft artillery shot down two of our bombers, only one of them succeeded in dropping the bomb, but the bomb deviated from the target and hit the outskirts of Berlin. ”

"Only three bombers arrived in Berlin?" Kuznetsov asked, almost thirty of them took off, and only a tenth of the bombers flew? This percentage is too low.

"The last one, did you fly back?" Khrushchev was also very anxious, he bombed the suburbs, that was also bombed, and in his own propaganda, he would definitely not say that he bombed the suburbs, but that he would bomb Berlin, and his goal was still achieved.

Those pilots who flew back will definitely be treated like heroes. The Soviets were proud of them.

Of course, it did not fly back, and at this time, the news of the accidental attack of our own bomber in Estonia has not yet arrived.

Stalin put down his smoke pot: "Now it is time to send the news of this victory to the whole country, last night, in the battle of our valiant and fearless pilots, they managed to bomb Berlin, let the whole country cheer for the news!" ”

In any case, it was bombed to Berlin, and the Soviets needed the good news of victory too much, inspiring.