Historically, in World War II, the Soviets bombed Berlin for the first time, but it did not play a big role, and it was far less dense than the daily bombing during the British and American counteroffensives.

But in this era, the British had already bombed, but at that time the effect was poor, and before they could reach the target, they were intercepted by terrible German night fighters with heavy casualties.

Therefore, the British bombing did not carry out much propaganda, so that the Soviet side did not know that Germany's night air defense force had become so powerful.

However, it was not easy for the USSR to bomb Berlin.

Because the distance was too long, and the Soviets lacked such long-range bombers, such tasks were carried out by the naval aviation of the Sea of Pineapples, but in their actual training, at best, extended from the base in Petersburg to Pilau, where the German battleships were stationed.

For targets in the Königsberg area and a little further, it was possible to take off only from the main base of the Baltic Fleet in Tallinn. And now Tallinn is obviously not very safe.

This is definitely a difficult task, Khrushchev only has to come up with ideas, and no matter how it is achieved, this realization still falls to the Soviet air forces.

Stalin's gaze turned to the face of the People's Commissar of the Navy Kuznetsov, who did not speak, but looked at him with firm eyes.

So, Kuznetsov had no longer the possibility of refusing, he stood up and said: "Comrade Stalin, rest assured, we will definitely complete this task and drop our bombs on the heart of the enemy." ”

The Baltic Fleet was destroyed, and the Navy was supposed to retaliate, not to mention, Kuznetsov was also one of the most determined personnel among them, and it was under his leadership that the Soviet Navy exuded a death-like aura that made any enemy feel afraid.

"We had to take off from the most western base to be possible." "Tallinn is no longer safe, but we still have a small earthen airfield on the island of Ezele in Tallinn Bay, which is the westernmost territory of the Soviet Union that the Germans have not yet occupied," Kuznetsov said. 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, the Navy's DB-3F long-range bomber, although theoretically has a range of 3,800 kilometers, but this is all flying out at a constant speed at the maximum altitude, and it is still unloaded, which is actually almost halved.

If they want to fly to Berlin, they have to reduce the bomb load, they can't waste any fuel, fly straight to Berlin, there are no accidents, there can be no delay, otherwise they will not be able to fly back, if there is a mistake in calculation or bad luck, the sky over Berlin will become the grave of Soviet pilots.

The naval pilots of the Soviets, they could withstand this, and for the sake of victory, they had nothing to fear, after all, the Americans could figure out how to carry bombers from aircraft carriers, so why should the Soviets?

Seeing Stalin nodding his head with satisfaction, Kuznetsov finally voiced the worries in his heart: "Comrade Stalin, until now, Germany has not bombed our capital, and if we start this way, there will be no peace in the future." ”

Kuznetsov is worried about this.

Historically, Germany first began air raids on Moscow, and the Soviets were determined to retaliate, but now, the war is still on the border, Moscow has not sounded the air defense siren once, and I don't know what the Germans are hesitating about.

And now, if this precedent is set, then the Germans will definitely be unscrupulous, the Soviets bomb Berlin, that is at most once or twice, and even if it succeeds, it is mainly of political significance, but after that, Moscow will definitely be bombed every day, Germany has a strong strategic bombing capability, and even the US mainland on the other side of the ocean can reach, not to mention Moscow.

Kuznetsov is worried about this.

Stalin nodded: "Yes, the war will escalate, but when the Germans fire the first shot at the border, we should be mentally prepared, everyone of us present will face the test of death at any time, and we can do whatever it takes to win." ”

When Stalin said this, he was deeply emotional, this war has already begun, and the initial progress is not smooth, so that everyone can expect that the next war will be very difficult.

The country had moved to a wartime system, with countless conscripts conscripted into the army, reserve units formed in the rear, and many units transferred to the front.

For example, Yakov's unit was also transferred to Smolensk, almost as last time, and after a short hesitation, Stalin agreed, his son, who was also an ordinary Soviet fighter, could not be special.

Stalin was one such person. If the time comes, he will also take up arms and go into battle himself.

Provoke a counterattack from the Germans, so what? The present Soviets are in great need of a victorious encouragement, and the bombing of Berlin is of great political significance, and will inspire the hearts of the people of the whole country.

Stalin still made a decision, and at this moment, an astonishing news, through the airwaves, reached the base camp.

"Comrade Stalin, Minsk has fallen."

In the early morning of April 5, the moon stars were scarce.

Tanks are galloping across the fields of Minsk, and due to the effects of the war, the huge city has now appeared in the night vision device.

Karjus opened his turret, revealing half of his body.

The air inside the turret is very smelly, all the way over, even if there is no war, there is no smell of gunsmoke, the smell of diesel volatilization is also very uncomfortable, at the same time, the three men stayed in the turret, they have not taken a bath for more than a week, and they are sweating every day, and the smell is not to think about it.

Minsk is ahead, and for some time, I heard that the defenders of Minsk have already built fortifications outside, and even if they attack at night, a big battle will definitely break out.

Thinking of this, Karyus's heart was full of anticipation, after all, all the way through, he had hardly had his turn to fight any decent battles, except for the last time he took out the plane with one shot, and he was famous in the whole army, he had not really fought a big battle.

On the way to the march, they would often talk about the tank battles that broke out in Ukraine in the south, which made people's blood rush, and some people would talk about the evil spirit of the Soviets' Stalin tanks, which could bounce their own armor-piercing shells, which made Karyus quite unconvinced, and he also had to knock out a Stalin tank to let the Soviets know the power of the German armored forces.

"Trenches found ahead." By the light of the moon, he had seen it, reminding the driver in front of him.