Just like the festival, a small firework stimulates everyone's interest in lighting fireworks together, but the "small fireworks" are mortar shells, and the "fireworks" in everyone's hands are lethal weapons that can be used to take lives!

No one is looking to see who started the fight first, since the opponent on the opposite side is firing, then you just have to fight back with all your strength! None of the commanders would let his men cease fire, because the bullets coming from the opposite side were screaming through the overhead, and those shells were exploding on the side!

Beat! Hit hard!

Shuklin's two cannons were also firing: the artillerymen pushed the cannon forward a section and placed the hoe in the preset front hoe pit!

Remove the cover in front of you, "Call me!" ”

The lieutenant's order was as simple as that, and it was up to Granov himself to decide where to bombard. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"High-explosive shells, reloaded!"

Granov aimed at a machine-gun position about 500 meters away and bombarded it with one shot! The explosion was violent, but it didn't work well, and instead attracted a dense stream of machine-gun bullets, which made the shield clang!

Anyway, I can't fight, continue shelling!

Compared with the embarrassment of the cannon, Benjamin can give full play to the effect and fire with all his strength! Their position was low, the muzzle flame was not obvious, and the Germans from a distance of a few hundred meters would not notice the presence of this mortar - make a fortune without a sound!

Cannons were not as effective as mortars in trench positions, and the Germans understood this, and their mortar shells also landed accurately on Red Army positions.

Mortars were originally created to deal with trenches.

Plenty of shelter was added to the trenches on both sides, and mortars on the opposite side kept beckoning, and no one wanted to stay in the open-roofed trenches. The commanders did not give the order to attack, as if the battle had suddenly appeared, and after 5 minutes both sides stopped.

A 5-minute warm-up exercise is just enough to vent the irritability at both ends.

Tozić was swearing in the front-line trench bunkers - mortar shells were fired overhead, fortunately he was not lazy yesterday, and led people to add a thick layer of sandbags on those logs, otherwise today would not only be the result of disgrace, the shell just now could kill everyone here!

Just a minute ago, I was firing at the German machine gun position on the opposite side with a machine gun, and suddenly there was a boom above my head, and even a log fell, but fortunately it didn't hit anyone!

Grizzled, lucky! That's an 80-mm mortar shell from the Germans, and if you change it to a 105-mm grenade or a 150-mm heavy mortar shell, that's really an explanation, the top cover is not a thick steel plate.

"Sasha, repair this one again in the evening, and see if there is any wood in the back." Tozic spat out a few mouthfuls of mud and looked at the top of the bunker - fortunately, it wasn't completely topped.

Kodelnikov got in, looking a little embarrassed and covered in mud.

"How?" Tozić looked at the sergeant's embarrassment and asked.

Fortunately, Lao Tzu reacted quickly, and as soon as he came from behind, a shell landed in the traffic trench behind. If you hadn't jumped and turned a corner, you wouldn't have seen you, brother. ”

The words are a little unfavorable - one is frightened, and anyone who is hit by such a guy will be frightened; What's more, Comrade Sergeant's head is a little dizzy, and his ears seem to be still "crackling", which is shocked by the sound of explosions!

"Why don't you fight?" Kodelinkov crawled from behind to take part in the battle, but no sooner had they reached the outside than there was a ceasefire.

"Who knows, it's a waste of ammunition to fight in a daze!" Looking into the sky through the gap in the bunker, the group of planes that were still fighting in the air just now was gone, and even the shadow of the plane could not be seen!

In the bunker on the other side, Ivanov looked through the improvised periscope at the craters left by the crooked barbed wire and the detonated mines, which meant that he and the boys would have to be busy again tonight.

"Go to sleep!" Ignoring this, Ivanov walked back along the traffic trench.

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Assaulting the headquarters of the Third Army, Lin Jun received a telegram from Moscow: The Soviet youth delegation had arrived in Britain.

"Andrey, don't stay at the front any longer, come back to Moscow, you are needed here."

During a telephone conversation with the Kremlin, Stalin asked Lin Jun to return to Moscow as soon as possible: the rainy season has arrived, and the summer strategic offensive needs to be redeployed. It is also necessary to coordinate the strategic alliance between the allies, and to put it bluntly, it is to constantly talk and bargain with them!

April 1, 1942, Shwyn Jonis Airport, 8:30 a.m.

Two squadrons of Lager fighters were waiting on the side of the runway, and there were two Douglas business jets on the side: the tail of the business jet had the logo of the Supreme Command. Today, Captain Alexander Delendievich Karpov will command 16 Lag-5 fighters to escort the deputy commander-in-chief back to Moscow.

Yesterday I received an order to prepare 16 fighters and prepare for the whole flight, but the order did not specify what to do, which made the pilots think that they were going to escort the bombers and bomb Königsberg.

The airport had received the exact order half an hour earlier, and the two business jets had landed 10 minutes after the order, which had just been checked and refueled by the mechanics.

The pilots were full of energy, and from time to time they exchanged words and said a few words, and their eyes were looking in the direction of the entrance to the airport.

The sky has cleared, and the deputy commander's motorcade finally appeared at the entrance of the airport, "All stand upright, salute!" ”

The birds were silent, standing in a straight row.

Lin Jun got up early today and asked Gusev to sort out all the documents that should be sorted out, and then took the car to the airport.

As soon as you get out of the car, you will see a team of spirited fighter pilots, one of the captains among them will also receive the "Golden Star Medal" in Moscow, another air ace of the Red Army!

Before boarding the plane, the airport personnel gave a brief introduction to the commander of the escort formation: squadron leader Captain Karpov.

This is the pilot who was about to receive the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union": 17 were shot down individually, 8 were collectively recorded. Lin Jun had seen him in the report, and in Lin Jun's memory, the captain was one of the famous aces of the Soviet Air Force and a two-time winner of the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union".

"Do your best and get another gold star!" Lin Jun nodded to the captain who reported to him and said, it was to give him some confidence.

Boarding the plane, the middle aisle, the cabin walls are inlaid with thin plank parapets, and the seats are very spacious, similar to sofas. Lin Jun's position was in the middle of the cabin, and the wings could be seen through the small porthole on one side.

Several attachés and guards boarded the plane and closed the door, and the comrade captain reported that he was about to take off.

On the nearly 800-kilometer flight to Moscow, Landeskoch and Alyosha sat in their seats on the other side of the aisle, Sasha sat in the back, and the rest of the guard got on another plane. The driver would drive the car to the train station, where there was a train with the wounded, a flatbed car was ready, and the driver would make the train back to Moscow.

As soon as Lin Jun sat down, he said to Gusev, who was sitting opposite: "Give me the document forwarded by Moscow, the delegation." ”

Gu Shev lowered his head and took it out of his briefcase and handed it to Lin Jun: between the two of them was a small hardwood desk.

"Have you seen it?" Lin Jun looked down at the document and asked Gusev.

"Yes, marshal."

"The British will be okay, at least better than us." Closing the file, Lin Jun said. It was the delegation's report, which gave a brief account of what they had seen in the UK.

"At least the homeland does not need to face the German army directly."

The British factories were running at full capacity, and some of the weapons, ammunition, trucks, and planes they had made were sent to the North African battlefield, and some of them were aided by the Soviet Union -- Britain simply did not need so much equipment, which would have made the British Isles all right, except for a somewhat tight supply of food and oil. Across the strait, this geographical advantage is really obvious.

"Marshal, the British want us to send bombers to bomb the Czech industrial base of Plzeň, and in the last few months the production of the Škoda military-industrial complex has risen again."

Gusev took another document and handed it to Lin Jun.

"Obviously, their intelligence network in the Czech Republic has not been completely dismantled, and it is basically the same as the data we have."

Gusev was a confidential staff officer to the deputy commander-in-chief, and he could see most of the documents that the deputy commander had checked, so he had also seen top-secret documents on the current situation in the Czech Republic.

"With Heydrich in place, the entire industry in the Czech Republic will turn to German services." Lin Jun took over: The central government has been paying attention to the development of this Czech industry since last year, but it is a bit beyond the reach of the whip and powerless.

Since the Czech Republic was annexed by Germany, Slovakia became independent and belonged to the Axis bloc, Lin Jun has always called the Czech Republic and Slovakia separately: this will make the Slovak expeditionary army group still in Ukraine, and 45,000 Slovak soldiers are soaked in the mud to fight the Red Army!

"The NKVD Commissar Alexander mentioned the problem of Heydrich, the number two man of the fascist SS who did a very good job in the Czech Republic some time ago, very beautifully! This man understands that you can buy a country with food! ”

Lin Jun praised Heydrich?! Yes, for everything that happened in the Czech Republic some time ago, Lin Jun can only use "well done" to describe what Heydrich did.

The Czech Republic, located in the hinterland of Europe, was a fairly rich industrial country in Central Europe before the outbreak of the war, especially its excellent military enterprise system, which is complete, advanced and sophisticated: "Made in the Czech Republic" is a resounding brand in the world! And the Skoda military-industrial complex, located in Plzeň in the western Czech state, is the second largest European arms production base in Europe after the Ruhr area of Germany!

Czechoslovakia has been the arsenal of Europe for a long time, and its products have always been a bestseller; And not only in Europe, but also in many countries around the world are equipped with Czech-made weapons, not to mention those that are exported through semi-official smuggling - just think of how many Czech-made light weapons there were in China in the thirties and forties to understand the gold content of the "Czech-made" brand!

The Skoda Type 35 (t) tank, ZB26 light machine gun, Vz.24 rifle, just like the Czech Brno arsenal produced the MG-34 universal machine gun, and also produced the ZB light machine gun for Germany. The Germans also included the ZB-26/30 in their standard weapons, called the MG26/30(t), and the SS was equipped with a lot.

Although the 47K and Vz.98 rifles seemed to have become obsolete overnight under the impact of the AK24, the Czech military-industrial system, with its strong foundation, has been copying and equipping the German army's assault rifles and their supporting ammunition, and even rockets are being made!

It can be said that the Germans still had a very strategic vision after the start of the war, and accurately realized the importance of the Czech sergeant industry: after the German invasion of France in 40 years, Germany even began to systematically move the military industrial enterprises in the Ruhr area to the Czech hinterland, where the Allied bombers were a bit beyond the reach of the Allied bombers - the range of the Allied bombers was enough, but it was no less difficult to cross the Netherlands and the whole of Germany, and then enter the Czech territory to bomb the key targets that were closely protected, which was no less difficult than the German submarine crossing Gibraltar!

The Third Reich needed Czech industry to serve its war machine, but the Czechs were not willing to swallow it: there were already many Germans in the Czech Republic, and after Germany annexed the Czech Republic, the Czech-Germans, who were originally a minority, raised their eyebrows and turned over to become masters!

After the annexation of the Czech Republic, Germany implemented a food rationing system within the scope of the "former Czechs", and the rationing of meat and fat for the Czechs was significantly less than that of Germany and "former Austria", which made it less discriminatory and caused dissatisfaction among the Czechs.

Annexation, in the literal sense of the word, is the territory and people of the Third Reich, and it should be treated equally.

Of course, ordinary Czechs were dissatisfied, and some unscrupulous Czech businessmen colluded with the real power figures in the areas under German management after the annexation, and speculated, which led to the rampant black market in the "former Czech" area, which aggravated the problem of food shortages in the Czech Republic, and the Czech people complained about it!

A large number of German companies that had been in "Germany native" moved into the "former Czechs", which led to more and more serious problems and contradictions: there was also a Czech government-in-exile in Britain, whose leaders called on the Czech workers to revolt against the Germans by radio.

It was an instant hit: the Czech people were full of complaints, and immediately responded positively to the call of the government-in-exile, and the productivity of Czech industrial enterprises showed a sharp decline.

From June to September last year. In just a few months, the output of Czech arms enterprises fell by an average of 18 percent, and the territory was full of sabotage by resistance groups, and the Czech government-in-exile seems to have found some successful experience of French counterparts leading underground resistance groups.

But Hitler wasn't going to sit still! What to do? There are no more than two ways - a stick and a carrot, only this time they are used together: there is a slight change from the way the Nazis have always been used to it, this time the stick is smashed on the heads of a very small number of people, and the carrot is scattered in a large area!

The Czech Republic was indispensable for the German war machine to run, and Hitler appointed Reinhard Tristan Eugene Heydrich, deputy commander-in-chief of the SS, head of the Security Service, and head of the German Central Security Service, as acting German regent in Bohemia and Moravia.

Blue eyes, hooked nose, broad shoulders, slender build, white skin; His dashing demeanor, handsome face, and strong physique, all of which work together perfectly, can be described as God's favorite in the eyes of Westerners - this is the first impression of Heydrich. Just by appearance, how many Europeans can imagine that he is the founder of the "Final Solution"!? A few people know that he almost framed Tukhachevsky, and Heydrich, who has extremely rich experience in political battles and intrigues!

As soon as Heydrich arrived in Prague, he imposed martial law in major Czech cities and began to fight the Czech underground resistance.

However, Heydrich was very smart, and his iron fist was not only aimed at the underground resistance, but also any obstacle to the Czech integration into the German war economic system had to be removed, no matter what nationality, status, money or not!

Catch what should be caught, kill what should be killed!

All sorts of people who did damage to the Czech economy were "dealt with", including even die-hard Nazis, and it was really "whoever you are, you will die if you commit it to me!" There are many kinds of crimes, such as "destroying the economy and intensifying ********".

Heydrich's secret police were so efficient that within a few weeks the Czech underground resistance was completely destroyed and silenced, and only the Czech Communist Party continued to carry out sporadic underground activities. The speculation was gone, the illegal speculators were either caught or killed, and a large number of German officials in collusion with them were shot!

It's ruthless enough, and ordinary people really can't do it, but Heydrich can! After being a "butcher", it was time for him to appear in front of the Czech common people as a new protector, and Heydrich became a "philanthropist": after basically succeeding in the fight against the underground resistance and the opportunism, Heydrich put an end to the political manhunt and began to make friendly gestures to the Czech workers and peasants, using them against the original bourgeois intellectuals in the Czech Republic, who Heydrich considered to be the main hotbed of the resistance.

Heydrich abolished the rules and regulations that were similar to the relegation of the Czechs to second-class class people in the occupied territories, increased the supply of oil to 2 million Czech industrial workers, provided 200,000 pairs of shoes to the armament workers, and requisitioned luxury hotels in the world-famous health resorts of Bohemia as holiday residences for Czech workers, where model workers could go for free recuperation.

Further, he reformed the Czech social security system, which lagged far behind Germany itself, with the effect that he and his wife met with one Czech delegation after another every day!

These Heydrich became real philanthropists in the eyes of ordinary Czechs, good leaders and good people who worked for the people!

Heydrich ordered a recount of grain and livestock throughout the Czech Republic, and as a result, a large number of illegally hoarded food and meat were found, which he ordered to be confiscated, and the confiscated food was sent directly to the canteens of the factories to increase the ration of the workers. The government also guarantees the supply of food in the canteens in order to improve the nutritional level of the workers, and the workers do not have to spend food tickets to eat in the canteens.

This, of course, was immediately embraced by the Czech workers, and this led to the emergence of delegations lining up to meet him.

In a short period of time, Heydrich raised the Czech food ration to the level of Germany itself, raising the grease ration to 420 grams per month for two million industrial workers in the Czech Republic and 1,040 grams per month for workers in core military factories. In terms of social welfare, Heydrich implemented the welfare standards of the Czech Republic and significantly increased the pension and medical insurance of Czechs. , to get out the universal unemployment insurance system, which the Czechs have never seen and heard of!

The "democratic government" had to worry about unemployment, the elderly were sick and worried about whether the meagre pensions and health insurance would be able to afford the expensive hospitals..... now that the Germans have arrived, all these problems seem to be solved: there will be no loss of jobs, there is good security, at least the resistance of the workers will collapse immediately!

The Nazi propaganda apparatus in the Czech Republic vigorously advocated that Heydrich "work for Czech laborers", and Heydrich did exactly that, to make the Czechs feel that they were treated equally, that they were citizens of the Third Reich. During this period, Heydrich also often visited factories in various places, asking the workers for warmth and warmth, and solving the workers' immediate problems: in order to motivate the workers to work actively, he also often suddenly increased the welfare of the workers who inspected the factories, of course, his actions will be thunderous applause and cheers from the workers!

It took Heydrich a few months to turn the political atmosphere in the Czech Republic upside down, and all sectors of Czech society began to support him from the bottom of their hearts and spared no effort to praise him! The enthusiasm of the Czech workers is incomparably high!

The demands of the Czech workers were simple, they had to live a better life, and they had now been met. And their welfare has reached an unprecedented level, and profound social changes have been carried out, which in the past have always been shelved because of the financial difficulties and incompetence of "democratic governments"!

The empty check is not a big deal, the common people want real benefits, and Heydrich gave the Czechs benefits that they can see, touch, grasp in their hands and eat in their mouths.

As the saying goes: the eyes of the masses are bright! Few people will take the risk of listening to the radio of the London government-in-exile anymore, and even fewer will be passive and slacking off! Heydrich has taken the Czech Republic's industrial production to a new level, and it is probably only necessary to worry about whether the resort center is large enough to accommodate the many model workers who have emerged!

"The underground activities of our Czech Communist Party are currently being carried out there with great difficulty, and according to the Czech intelligence officer, the production efficiency of the military factories is higher than before the war! Heydrich captured the hearts of the Czech workers and gave them benefits, benefits that were impossible to obtain in a traditional capitalist country! Lin Jun felt that the plane had left the ground, glanced out the window, turned back to Gusev and said, "It's a success, isn't it." ”

"Marshal, as long as the Czechs are given double food rations and not sent to fight on the Eastern Front, Heydrich can turn the Czechs into fanatical followers of the Third Reich. The Czechs would then double their efforts in the production of munitions and make their work their sacred duty. ”

Gu Sev's words made Lin Jun's eyes light up: he seemed to have heard this sentence somewhere.

"The Czech Communist Party thought that it was possible to assassinate Heydrich, and now he was running to the factories every day, and there were not many guards, he was too confident. But I don't give this suggestion to me. ”

Gusev saw that the marshal seemed to be asking himself, why should he let go of the chance of success: you must know that more than half of the weapons and ammunition produced by the Czech arsenal will be used on the Eastern Front!

Getting rid of Heydrich is a good thing from any point of view.

But Gusev didn't answer, because Landscoch was also looking at it.

Lin Jun knew that his confidential adjutant already had an answer, and motioned to the Cossack next to him to talk.

"Marshal, I don't know if I'm right. The situation in the Czech Republic is leaning towards that of Germany, and the most nervous thing in this situation is not us, but the government-in-exile in London. Interests came first, and if the Czechs had not resisted the German annexation, the government-in-exile would have no bargaining chips in the Allied bargaining, and would have lost its influence among the Czech people. ”

"The Czech government-in-exile has that bit of leverage, and if the common people support Hitler, they will simply go into exile in Africa."

Alyosha also listened vigorously and interjected.

"What's wrong with Africa? I think it's pretty much the same in Antarctica. Marshal, the policy of the Germans is integration, and if I were the leader of the Czech government-in-exile, I would have tried everything to assassinate Heydrich! Landscoch was sure.

"Kill Heydrich, and the Germans might go berserk, but only maybe." Lin Jun thought about how Heydrich died: he died a little resentful, but the assassins who went to assassinate him were more amateurish!

"Once the repressive policy is implemented in the Czech Republic, the purpose of the government-in-exile is achieved, which is to exchange the lives and suffering of its own people for bargaining chips." Lin Jun smiled and said, "Since the Czechs want to do it themselves, let them do it, we don't need to intervene." ”

History has changed somewhat, will Heydrich still go out in his convertible car without a guard? Could the two Assassins' submachine guns still be jammed? Could that grenade really kill him?

Everything is unknown, just wait and see the excitement, the Czech government-in-exile in London will always make some moves, and will not sit idly by and let Heydrich turn the Czech Republic into the "Czech Republic of the Third Reich".

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Last night in distant England, Leonov, Pavlov and others saw this London city with air-proof balloons, a London city where there were not many prosperous scenes to be seen.

They enter this Thames-bank metropolis at night, and there is not a single light in the buildings of the city! The city can only be distinguished by the moonlight, which is not bright in the sky: London's light control has been in place since September 1939, and delegates staying at the hotel were treated to British-style light curtains that prevented light from peeking out of the windows.

With air raid warning officers patrolling the streets, and all glass windows with cross-shaped newspapers or duct tape, Londoners seem to have become accustomed to nights without lights.

There was only one roll of toilet paper in the bathroom in the room, and I was specifically reminded to save - a roll of paper would last a week.

During the war, it is understandable that the average British family only has one roll a week, in order to save paper.

The members of the group had not taken a hot shower for many days, and in order to welcome the Soviet guests, the hotel deliberately burned the boiler for half an hour and supplied hot water for an extra hour, because the hot water supply time in the hotel room had long since passed, all in order to save fuel.

It's not just hotels that are saving fuel across the UK, it's also the average British home: almost every kitchen has a simple gas cooker and a coal stove for hot water, and everyone has to save a little bit of fuel. In the countryside, you can still get some wood, wheat straw or something to supplement, but in the city there is no way: there are often a lot of large pots and pans produced before World War II in the kitchens, because they are not used at all now, so they have to be idle.

Of course, aluminium pots and pans can be offered to the state and used to make aircraft parts - in fact, there is no shortage of aluminum in Britain, and most of those pots and pans cannot be made into airplanes if they are not refined. This was more to boost the morale of the common people and make everyone feel that they had contributed to the defeat of Hitler.

Uninteresting, very boring, after a day on the train, Vasily was very disappointed in the seemingly lifeless city - he was in a room with Pavlov today, and the two of them took a good shower and changed into a clean and tidy new military uniform - Comrade Leonov said that the coat could be handed over to the waiters, and they would take it to be washed, and not long after arriving at the hotel, someone came to pick up the clothes that needed to be ironed.

After taking a shower, there was nothing to do: the radio was incomprehensible, and although there was a newspaper in the room, Pavlov only knew that the letters on it were called A.B.C.D. ......, and Pavlov was as blind as Pavlov!

"Oh my God! When is this kind of life a head! Pavlov fell on the bed and yelled.

"Nonsense, I really shouldn't have come! After eating the sand and drinking the seawater, now my eyes are black, and I won't even let out the door, and I will suffocate to death! ”

Vasily had a bigger opinion, in his opinion it was no different from going to prison!

There is no unified arrangement can not go out of the hotel, I can't see it, I can't understand it, I can't understand it, it's really uncomfortable! According to the consultations between the delegation and the British authorities, all the activities of the delegation in the UK will be group activities and the members of the delegation will not be able to act alone - the British are too experienced in this regard!

Like London, people from all over Europe can find it here, but with restrictions on movement: the allies who don't behave like English, and don't speak English, have caused enough trouble for London.

It's not that the Allies will go around wreaking havoc and causing trouble, but that the police stations in London will be busy: the citizens are constantly discovering guys suspected of being German spies, and they are constantly reporting!

It often took the police half a day to figure out who the man was: it could be a Polish sergeant, it could be a Dutch captain, and most interestingly, the Londoners had captured a French major general who couldn't speak English!

The French general was dismissive of the English language, and wore a suit of civilian clothes to go shopping, looking east and west to look at the old man who was interested in the airproof balloons in the sky, only to be caught by sensitive citizens - well, he didn't even bring his papers, and ran into a group of Londoners who didn't know a word of French.

The Londoners still thought that the guy was a saboteur, and a French accent did not assuage their suspicions; The French general was so proud that he practiced boxing with the Londoners, and the Londoners, of course, were happy to accompany him, and ended up stabbing the matter to De Gaulle and Churchill.

The British would not dare to put a large crowd of Russians who could not speak English into the streets, and the problems of the police station would not be mentioned, and if they came across the Poles who came out on leave, they might even put on an all-out military parade - let's be honest, stay in the hotel and wait for the arrangement.

The real trouble of the British was not yet to come, for the army of one of his important allies had not yet reached the British Isles - and by the time the American GIs arrived, Britain would be in real flux!

"Let's go, go to Sidorenkona, and sit down." It was better for Vasily to pull Pavlov up than to be idle.

Sidorenko, who lived diagonally opposite Leonov, knocked on the door, and it was Hidorenko, whose hair was still a little wet. In the suite, the radio in the living room was on, but Vasily and Pavlov could not understand what was being chirped.

Leonov sat on the sofa and listened intently, and Vasily did it next to him, "What are they talking about?" ”

"The war situation in North Africa is nothing more than a radio script, and you know that the British and Germans are at war near El Alamein." Saying that, Leonov lowered his voice, "It's the same, it's just a morale boost to the civilians." ”

"Can you find a radio station in Moscow?"

"Not for the time being, the radio frequency has been dealt with, a little trick of the security services." Leonov said comfortably leaning back on the sofa.

Vasily did not give up, "Then you have no choice?" ”

"There is a way, but I still have two bugs in this suite, what do you tell me to do?!" The last sentence was very loud, and he yelled at the vase on the side!

Shidorenko, who poked his head out, burst out laughing—if someone was on the other end of the voice, the ear would have suffered! The major is clearly tossing people.

After allocating the room more than an hour earlier, Leonov checked the whole room once - one in a vase, and the other, more directly, in the telephone microphone. The Major was a disappointment to the British, and the eavesdropping was too amateurish: we were friendly delegations, not German spies.

When I took out the eavesdropping device in the vase, it was still connected to the wires - the vase was so large that it was even on the table, and I was not afraid that the guests would change it to another place.

"Would you like to say hello to the others?"

Leonov shook his head, there is no need, discipline has been repeatedly emphasized, everyone will not say anything secret.

"Are there any tweezers and knives? Give the radio a minor operation. The British, don't tear it down first. ”

Vasily went back to his room and fetched a small medical kit, which contained what the major needed.

Unpacking the huge box, "Okay." Leonov tossed for a few minutes, "Okay, put it on." ”

Soon, Leonov received a signal from Moscow, and listening to the familiar voice, Vasily was in a better mood.

A tour of the city was organized early the next morning, and when Leonov returned to his hotel room, the bugs were gone.

"Learn to be good."

Today no one said anything, Leonov did not protest, and the British also acted as if nothing had happened, tacit understanding.

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Lithuania, 12 noon, North Rim of the Remike Heights, Plungay Airport. Eight MiG-3 long-range fighters are being overhauled in the hangar, and the ground crew comrades are putting bomb pylons on the inner wing interfaces on both sides of the aircraft.

The MiG-3 has been discontinued, and this bomb pylon is intended to be used as a bomber? The MiG-3 can carry two 100-kilogram bombs, but these planes have never used that function at all -- no air force commander is willing to use the precious MiG-3 as a strike aircraft.

This time, however, it was to be used as bombers, and to bomb long-range strategic targets -- except that the eight planes were not just "bombers," but also tasked with testing the actual air defense capabilities of the German mainland at night -- and the order came directly from the High Command.

The Western Allies hoped that the Soviet Union would send planes to bomb strategic targets deep in German-controlled areas, and the negotiations believed that the Soviet Air Force had the capability to do so, but both Stalin and Lin Jun knew in their hearts that the large-scale air raids on Berlin and Hamburg last year were a surprise victory, and they did not lose many planes. Later, although there were several air raids on targets in Germany, the scale became smaller, and the number of losses increased significantly later, so Lin Jun stopped such strategic air raids.

From Lin Jun's point of view, no matter how you look at it, the British should have carried over the work of bombing the German mainland, and now the Americans will also join in, and they should let the west deal with the German mainland -- the Soviet Union is fighting with the German army on the ground, and the front line is inseparable, so how can there be spare energy to carry out strategic bombing of German targets in depth.

However, this time, Britain's Arthur Harris is organizing forces to prepare for a thousand-plane bombing of Germany, but he still has no idea how many air defense forces the Germans have deployed on their homeland. Although the Royal Air Force had been bombing the German mainland intermittently, it could not reach some targets in eastern Germany, and Arthur Harris urged the Soviet Air Force to do something.

Moscow finally agreed to the request to bomb the German mainland together, but only within its capabilities, and would seek to disrupt the Luftwaffe's deployment in the course of the operation, which would begin on the night of April 1 by sending several groups of aircraft to bomb strategic targets in the Third Reich along the entire front.

Needless to say, some targets were heavily defended, and the Red Army was trying to confuse its line of sight -- looking to the east and relaxing the west for the time being. However, as for whether the Germans will be fooled, Lin Jun has no hope: it is better to do than not to do it.

However, Stalin did not want to risk his already small long-range bomber troops, even if he took night flights, he could suffer heavy losses, and strategic bombing was not the Red Army's strong point -- he had to save some money if he didn't have much money, and Stalin was very clear about this.

The high command simply delegated power to all the armies, and unified action became a result: the commanders of the front armies did not have the heart to pay attention to anything 300 kilometers away from the battle line, so they left it to the commanders of the armies and air forces of all sectors to carry out the specific operations.

It is clear that this is a perfunctory thing to the West, and the commanders have their own tricks: Tukhachevsky's side is even more simply - the bombers are going to bomb Königsberg, simply use fighters!

That's fine, in case of a crisis, drop the bomb and return home, the Northwestern Front will still have some MiG-3s on hand, and it will be no problem to run to Berlin.

Of course, perfunctory things are perfunctory, and what should be done is still to be done: bombing is secondary, only two 100-kilogram high-explosive bombs are mounted on each, and the eight fighters who do not even have a bombing sight cannot withstand it, that is, all the bombs are thrown in the center of Berlin, and this 1,600-kilogram bomb is just to tickle it.

Reconnaissance is the most important thing, and the Germans' home air defense is not tight during this time?!

Led by the leader of the long-range fighter squadron, Captain Pavel Mikhailovich Kamozhin, who had participated in the bombing escort of Berlin and had extensive experience. Since the outbreak of the war, seven enemy planes have been shot down individually and four collectively. His team members are also experienced, they have all participated in long-range raids on Germany, and the pilots are very confident in this mission.

The pilots were only a little worried: those two bombs added by the mechanic were not working?!

The mechanics were busy, and Captain Kamozin gave his men one last lecture in the war room before the attack: "This time we carry a small auxiliary fuel tank, which gives us a lot of air combat time from a distance, but I would advise not to get entangled with German night fighters." Those two bombs will affect our mobility, and if they are intercepted by German night fighters and there are not many opponents, the Nighthawk detachment will drop the bombs to intercept them. Of course, if the situation is not good, the owls should not be burdened and return immediately. ”

"To be on the safe side, we entered Germany from the Baltic side and flew along the Polish coastline. Everyone has flown this route, and I am a little sure. Cruising altitude 3500 meters, without oxygen. Over the Gulf of Pomerania into the German mainland, climb to an altitude of 6,000 meters, supply oxygen, and then Berlin! On the return voyage, men should pay attention, return in a straight line, across most of Poland plus East Prussia. ”

The course is clearly indicated on the aeronautical chart pinned to the drawing board.

"Is there a problem?"

One of the lieutenants stood up and asked, "Squadron leader, you haven't said when you will drop the bomb." ”

Now the big guys laughed: Comrade Captain seemed to have forgotten this important thing.

"I led the captain plane, and when I got to the sky over Berlin, I said I would throw it, and I would hit the city center, and I didn't have a bombing sight anyway."

"Also, if anyone thinks their bomb will just hit the Germans' Reich State Building, they can throw it in Berlin without my orders! Disband, all go to bed, dinner at half past five! ”

The pilots did not leave immediately, but gathered in front of the drawing board to mark the details of the route in detail. This time everyone can be the navigator, but for the sake of insurance, the first pilot is Kamozhin himself, Lieutenant Oleg is the second navigator, and Majinin is the third.

When everyone else had finished reading it, Lieutenant Oleg put away the chart and stuffed it into his carry-on purse.

After five o'clock in the afternoon, the pilots appeared in the canteen in twos and threes: the chefs prepared a special meal for the warriors who were going on a long voyage today - high energy! Less moisture! Bad taste!

No way, the special food before the attack of the long-range fighter unit, the pilots don't have to be picky, eat!

The take-off time was nailed to half past six in the evening, and everyone went to the toilet first, and then each took the sealed thermos cup that might be needed for the return trip to the tarmac, which was filled with strong coffee and some food in his pocket.

The comrades on the ground next to the plane gave the pilots one thing they had to bring with them on the plane -- it was very luxurious, a urine bag for use in the hospital!

(More than 11,000, explode again.) (To be continued.) )