In this era, the scientific and technological strength of the Soviets is also strong, for example, in 36 years, the Soviets designed a large four-engine aircraft, when the military parade on Moscow's Red Square, this Pe-8 bomber flew through the sky, causing a commotion among Western experts.

The Red Empire actually has such a powerful bomber!

By the time the bomber had completed the parade, the mechanic hiding in the ammunition bin had his arm broken, and the plane lacked the right engine from the beginning of its design.

The AM-34 series engine did not have a suitable supercharger, so the engineers installed an M-100 ATsN-2 engine in the bomb bay of the prototype, which used a supercharger to supply pressurized air to the aircraft's main engine.

At the same time, the oil radiator of this engine needs to be operated manually, so in the sky, man acts as a machine and forcibly accomplishes this impossible task.

Of course, the Soviets were also developing, and at the beginning of this year, Soviet specialists installed the Shvetsov ASh-82 engine, as well as a modified version of the AM-35 engine, which provided the stable performance of the Pe-8, but significantly reduced the range.

This plane is finally ready for use.

And look at the West, in Germany, at this time there are already large transcontinental bombers that have carried out strategic bombing missions, and the German four-engine Junkers-290 has long been a bomber with excellent stability.

And now, the first batch of six Pei-8 bombers were deployed to the 432 bomber regiment, which secretly transferred to Central Asia, and their mission was to bomb Tehran!

The SB-2, which has a short range, mainly goes to bomb big cities along the route, Tabriz, etc., of course, the bombing will not have much effect, the main thing is symbolic, tell the Iranians, surrender quickly, otherwise, wait for death!

Yakov, the commander of the bombing regiment, sat in his own bomber, although the performance was not good, this aircraft really needed a lot of manpower, with 11 crew members, to control this large plane.

"Start the engine." He looked at the pilot sitting next to him, and methodically prepared for takeoff.

Flip various switches, the oil pump works, and then, the outermost engine, bursts of black smoke come out, the fuselage trembles, and the No. 1 engine starts!

Then the fourth, third, second, and four engines started in turn, and the whole plane began to tremble, ready to go!

After calling the tower, Yakov's bomber aimed at the runway, the pilot gently pushed the throttle, and the plane slid on the runway, faster and faster, and the fuselage became lighter and lighter, and finally, at the end of the runway, the bomber pulled up and burrowed into the dark night sky.

In the rear, five other Pei-8 bombers took off in turn, and after the front and the long formation with navigation lights on, six bombers flew in a southeasterly direction.

Target, Tehran.

Flying at night was quite a test of the pilots' skills, as well as their equipment, and until now there had been no special development in the Soviet flying regiments.

Similar to the German radio navigation equipment, which required advanced electronic technology, until now, most Soviet tanks did not even have radios on them, and they simply did not have the ability to equip such things.

Fortunately, the Soviets also have their own magic weapons, which are, of course, compasses and charts!

Yes, this is the most primitive way, using a compass to determine the direction, drawing a trajectory on a chart, and at the same time, you can also use Ardabil and Qazvin along the way, you can accurately find Tehran.

The capital of the Iranians, too close to the north, if it is daytime, they just fly over the Caspian Sea and soon fly over Tehran!

After entering the skies over Iran, the Pe-8 bombers turned off their navigation lights, and now they rely entirely on their own charts for navigation, which requires a fairly solid basic flying skills.

Fortunately, the Soviet bomber flight crews were all good, and soon the navigator found the first large city below, Ardabil, where, correcting the navigation error, almost flew directly over Qazvin, in front, to Tehran!

"Attention, it is about to reach the sky above the target, ready to drop the bomb!" Yakov calmly gave the order.

Thanks to oil revenues, Iran's national economy is constantly improving, so their big cities are lit up at night and can be seen from afar, just after passing through Ardabil and Qazvin.

Now, the Pe-8 bomber, which lacks any night bombing equipment, drops bombs horizontally at high altitudes, relying entirely on the light of the target, Tehran, should be brightly lit.

However, the navigator in front of him had more and more doubts in his mind.

Ahead, there was no light at all, it was dark, and the whole land couldn't find any target!

"Report, Tehran may have implemented light control!" The navigator quickly reported his own inferences.

The biggest advantage of night bombing is that you don't have to worry about the interception of the opponent's fighters, after all, the slow bomber is almost the fate of being slaughtered in front of the fighter.

However, the biggest problem of night bombing is the search for targets.

Every night bombing by Germany was carefully prepared, and at the same time required the cooperation of ground personnel to guide the target, and now, the Soviets are completely pinning their hopes on a brightly lit metropolis.

This is simply too idealistic, and of course, in history, they actually succeeded, because the Iranians are even more idiots.

Now, Tehran only gave the order to implement the lights 15 minutes ago, and it was only five minutes before the lights were turned off in every building.

And even then, it caused huge problems for the bomber units in the sky, what to do?

Continue to lower the height? Then they have to lower to a few hundred meters to see the ground clearly, and they will be easily destroyed by the opponent's anti-aircraft artillery.

Moreover, it is all mountainous here, and flying at low altitude at night here is not something that ordinary people dare to do.

"Follow the chart, enter the bombing route, and carry out the bombing mission!" Yakov gave the order.

It is also impossible to go back to home, there is only one chance, after the bombing is completed, they will turn north, break away from the Caspian Sea, and now, it can only be blind bombing in the air!

Follow the speed and distance of the route, determine the arrival time, and then bomb!

This is almost a kind of blind bombing, anyway, this mission is just to drop a few bombs to Tehran to intimidate the Iranians.

So, the navigator did not hesitate: "We are on the way, and a minute later the bomb is dropped, and the bomb bay door opens!" ”

"Bomb dropping!"

One bomb after another, tumbling down from the belly bomb bay of the Per-8 bomber, staggered towards the ground, and staggered.