Just now in the cafeteria, Captain Kamozhin made an almost crazy adjustment to the bombing plan with others at the dinner table at the bold idea of Lieutenant Oleg of the No. 2 pilot plane!

Crazy, absolutely crazy!

Lieutenant Oleg's family is in Kyiv, Ukraine, and he died in German bombing after the outbreak of the war.

At the noon meeting, Oleg listened to the squadron leader's introduction, and in fact, he had a small suggestion for the plan, but at the meeting, he thought his idea was too crazy and did not put it forward - the lieutenant thought that no commander would approve his plan: it was too crazy, contrary to normal thinking, only a madman would do it!

Because he lived in a barracks with the squadron leader, when he went back to sleep, Oleg mentioned his thoughts. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"After our planes were refueled with bombs, the cruising altitude was maintained at a maximum of 6,000 meters, and the speed had to be kept at a low cruising speed, and the maneuverability was greatly reduced, and it was easy to be intercepted by night fighters after entering the German depths." As he took off his boots, Oleg said to the captain in the next bed.

Kamozin turned his head and asked, "What do you suggest?" ”

"Crazy thoughts, I guess the boss will call me crazy!" Ogre smiled and shook his head, as if he had dispelled his thoughts.

"Say, don't talk nonsense. To tell you a secret, the Front Command only gave an order to bomb Berlin and pay attention to the night air defense of the German army, and nothing else was requested, the plan was set by myself and revised at will. ”

"What? You're not kidding, are you?! "Oleg couldn't believe it: the task was a little too flexible!

"No kidding, that's what Comrade Commander told me, otherwise he would have sent our long-range fighter unit."

An unreasonable assignment has become seemingly normal.

Seeing that the squadron leader was definitely not joking, Oleg decided to talk about his plan: he took out the aeronautical chart in his bag, as well as a small-scale aeronautical chart near Berlin, and spread it out on the bed.

"Captain, the Germans must have deployed a large number of large-caliber anti-aircraft guns against British bombers in Berlin, as well as a large number of night twin-engine fighters. Once we emerge from a height of 6,000 meters, the sky over Berlin will be lively tonight! We would have been greeted with a warm welcome, the Germans had at least 15 to 20 minutes of air warning time for Berlin, and we had a half-chance of successfully dropping bombs over Berlin at best. ”

"I know this, German radar will be able to detect us after landing, and it will take about 20 minutes to get to Berlin. Say the key! ”

"It's the same as the original plan, here!" Oleg pointed to Eberswald, about 48 kilometers northeast of Berlin, "to the west of Eberswald we descended to the altitude and penetrated into the sky over Berlin from an ultra-low altitude!" After the bombing is completed, the ultra-low altitude is separated, and after leaving the city, climb the altitude and return home! ”

Kamozin slapped his thigh! "Good! Crazy enough! Angry at Hitler, this bastard! "His eyes really lit up - under the cover of night, eight fighters entered the city of Berlin at a very low altitude, which would surely be greater than the Germans expected! The radar will lose its target, and those night fighters will be blind! The 88-mm anti-aircraft gun group defending Berlin has become a complete decoration!

"This would be a huge psychological blow to the Germans and a loss of trust in their air force, and it would have been even better if we had strafed the city of Berlin before and after the bombing!"

Kamozin said, "Why didn't I think of this idea?!" ”

"The only trouble is the balloon!"

The balloon is a military ********, usually made of rubber and nylon membranes, and some with thin metal protective plates: the balloon is composed of many sac-like air chambers inside, and even if it is hit by artillery fire, it is only partially damaged, and the total lift can be basically unchanged.

It is generally arranged in a skirt and in series: the skirt is a balloon connected by a number of steel cables rising in parallel, blocking the steel cable from being laid between the connecting steel cables, forming a steel cable curtain like a skirt; The tandem type is divided into two layers, and the balloons form a group of three balloons, and the steel cables are connected into a spider web.

"I don't believe the Germans will turn the whole of Berlin into a spider web array!"

"Would you like to discuss it with the others? And the ...... above."

"Brothers, you still don't know?" Kamozin smiled mysteriously: One by one, they are bold, they are afraid that they can't think of it, and they don't have to worry that the people in the squadron don't dare to do it! "You don't have to report to the boss, you won't approve our crazy plan, let's talk about it! If it were to be held accountable, it would be my idea. ”

"Together, I came up with the idea."

Oleg was very righteous: maybe someone would be criticized, but if it succeeded, a squad of Soviet fighters raged over Berlin, dropping bombs and strafing at ultra-low altitudes, Marshal Tukhachevsky would have liked it!

Compared to the punishment and the ravages of Berlin, the pilots did not care about the former.

As the two of them expected, the other six pilots agreed with this crazy plan at dinner, and after a period of "conspiracy", it was finalized, especially for those damn balloons, and the pilots added even more crazy countermeasures.

Each of the eight all-metal MiG-3s carried a 150-liter cardboard fuel tank under its belly, and a 100-kilogram high-explosive bomb on each of the inner wings. The 23-mm МП-6 gun that passed through the paddle hub carried 30 tracer anti-personnel incendiary shells and 90 armor-piercing incendiary bombs, and the two 12.7-mm УБ aviation machine guns at the base of the wing could reach a rate of fire of 1050 rounds / min, each carrying 220 rounds of machine gun ammunition, a quarter of which were tracer armor-piercing incendiary shells, and the rest were explosive anti-personnel shells!

In order to give these eight fighters the most firepower, the ground crew did not use any ordinary ammunition, but ammunition with a much more cumbersome manufacturing process - hoping that the pilots would return home safely and return triumphantly.

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It was already completely dark, and the sides of the lawn were marked with large lighted oil drums to mark the runway. Kamozin started the engine, and suddenly all the fighter engines on the entire tarmac started, and the engines roared.

After checking all the instruments, the headphones heard the tower's "triumphant return", but the on-board radio could only receive it, and the call switch was not turned on - the one-way radio silence would not be broken until it reached the skies over Berlin.

Raising his hand to signal the whole squadron to prepare for takeoff, Kamozhin closed the canopy and the plane began to taxi.

This time, he was not only the squadron leader, the first navigator, but also the captain of the "Nighthawk" detachment, and the second navigator, Lieutenant Oleg, was his wingman. With two flying units, eight MiG-3 fighters quickly disappeared from the view of the tower, and the people who were watching the departure of the planes at the airport gradually dispersed.

An hour and a half later, after the squadron leader's plane gave the command to "turn", the fighter formations flying along the coastline threw away the empty auxiliary fuel tanks over the Gulf of Pomerania and began to turn ten degrees south-south, and the planes began to climb.

The altitude is 6000, and after landing and then entering the sky over Stettin Bay, all aircraft will be leveled at altitude, and the speed display will be 370, and there will be 130 kilometers from Berlin!

Now all the pilots are highly concentrated, constantly checking the night sky around them, and Kamozin, who is also the navigator, also pays attention to the inconspicuous landmarks below to prevent the formation from yawing.

The sparse clouds in the sky and the ability to see far away were good for early detection of German night fighters - but bad news for the high-altitude bombing of Berlin, but the formation had already decided to use that crazy plan!

Kamozin is sure that there will already be a German air defense radar that has locked on to his small group of aircraft, but would the Germans have thought that the target of such a small group of planes whose identity and whereabouts are temporarily unknown is Berlin!?

There are still fifteen or sixteen minutes, and once they pass this section, once they descend to an ultra-low altitude, their group of planes will basically be safe. German balloons were used against bomber formations, and not against a couple of daring fighters!

There were quite a few balloons over Berlin, but the height of those wire curtains was by no means the 75 to 50 meters that Camozin and his men decided to enter! - How can a bomber fly so low?! Not to mention at night!

Along the Linden Street as the horizontal axis, as long as the height of the plane is controlled, Kamozin and they are still a little safe! The Germans do not set the tethering point of the balloon on Unter den Linden and its extension of the city's horizontal axis - just as there is no tethered balloon on the Avenue of the Enthusiasts in Moscow!

As for the fact that a balloon steel cable has gone off the rails or something, the possibility of its existence is very small, and if it hits, you will consider yourself unlucky!

At 20:20, the captain of the "owl" detachment, Lieutenant Majining, broke the radio loneliness, "German planes found!" Two points in the direction, height 6000! ”

In the clear night sky, he could see far away, and looking in the direction, Kamozin saw that there was a plane flying in his direction - it could only be a German plane!

"Unlucky!" I said something in my heart, and pushed the throttle lever to turn on the call switch: "I'm the Nighthawk team leader, I will intercept it alone, the other planes will keep course, and the Nighthawk II will replace my place!" ”

As he spoke, he turned on the bomb throwing switch, and two high-explosive shells were thrown, and the MiG-3 suddenly became lighter.

Swinging the joystick slightly, the fighter jet, throwing off the burden, roared and pounced on the approaching target: a kilometer away, Kamozin could see that it was a twin-engine aircraft.

Approach at high speed at a 30-degree angle, at a distance of 200 meters!

"Bf 110 Night Fighter." Having seen the target clearly, the Germans also spotted the MiGs coming and dived down!

Competing with the MiG-3 in vertical performance within the line of sight, the Bf 110 night fighter really hit the iron plate! As soon as the lever was pressed, Kamozin's landline bit the black-and-gray target in the night sky, and the captain's index finger and thumb were both held at a distance of 100 meters!

A long flame appeared in the night sky, and tracer bullets were fired at the target in a dense manner! At least five or six 23-mm shells and more than a dozen 12.7-mm machine gun bullets hit the Bf 110, and the target was surrounded by flames and debris!

With a swing of the joystick, he looked around, and his formation was a little higher, less than two kilometers to the south.

Raising the nose of the plane, through the cockpit canopy, I saw a small fireball falling below, it was the German night fighter I had just hit.

"I'm Nighthawk One, I've shot down the target, I'm returning to the team, you're in the direction of 5 o'clock, 2 kilometers away from you."

Soon, the Camozin landline, which was not burdened, caught up with the formation and returned to the position of the leader aircraft.

"Well done! Captain. There are 15 km to go to Eberswald. ”

Looking down, a small city is ahead, and although the lights are in place, the outline of the city is still very clear!

Passing through the west side of the city, the explosion point of anti-aircraft artillery shells suddenly appeared in the air - the German anti-aircraft guns defending this railway junction were firing at the target!

"All attention, lower the height! 15 degree angle, height 200! ”

"Understand the captain, let them taste our awesomeness!"

The eight fighters descended in altitude, and their speed slowly increased - the altitude became lower and lower, and the fire of those anti-aircraft guns was obviously incomprehensible at once, and the searchlights were even more aimless!

At this time, it doesn't matter whether there are night fighters or not, the target is Berlin!

The formation began to level at an altitude of 500 meters, and finally flew level at a distance of 200 meters!

Thrilling, absolutely exciting! The speed returns to 350, and all the scenery in the night is flashing, which makes people's adrenaline secretion fast and exciting!

However, the pilots controlled the conditioned reflexes of their bodies, and now they must be highly concentrated, otherwise they will fall to the ground if they are not careful!

In 7 minutes, you can already see the huge city in front of you - the suburbs can see a few lights, and it is clear that it is impossible to achieve 100% darkness with busy rail and road transport!

There seems to be an air-proof balloon over the middle of the city, but it's too far away to see clearly! But judging from the nearest factory area, there are also in the sky, not much, and the height of the Germans' air-proof balloons is definitely more than 200 meters!

"Heading 060, find the River Spree and bypass Otto-Lilienthal Airport!"

Two minutes later, the wide river appeared in front of it at the western end of Berlin's east-west axis, Halestrasse!

A large number of planes are preparing to take off at Otto-Lilienthal Airport, and more than 20 night fighters around Berlin that took off more than 10 minutes ago are approaching the city!

"Discover Hale Street! There are a few lights! ”

The reports of the players in the headset are very clear!

"Turn due east and descend to 70!" Kamozin calmly gave the order, "Fly along the street, keep the speed at 350, and don't drop bombs until you reach the central area of Unter den Bodhi Street!" ”

German planes are already too late, it is impossible for them to enter the city from ultra-low altitudes!

"Can you strafe first?!"

"It's okay in 30 seconds, don't run out of ammo! Comrades, for the sake of the Soviets, forward! ”

Kamozin's words are so exciting! They were roaring from the western suburbs of Berlin into the real heart of the Third Reich at a height where an anti-aircraft gun could not function at all, but a pistol could hit!

There are 5 kilometers to go to Unter den Linden!

It will only take a minute for 8 Soviet fighters to reach the real heart of the Third Reich!

The world will be amazed! The World Air Force will be shocked! Kamozin and 7 other Soviet fighter pilots, with superb flying skills, good luck, almost crazy planning and fearless courage, are completing an almost impossible mission!

After 30 seconds, the two fighters of the Owl detachment opened fire! Dense machine-gun bullets and shells were fired at the buildings on both sides, and tracer shells were so dazzling at such heights! The roar of planes and the sound of machine guns and guns doomed Berlin to be a sleepless night tonight!

The air raid sirens have just sounded, and there will be many people on the streets.

Pedestrians on the side of the road watched a convoy of planes whizzing by, strafing the old buildings on both sides of the street as bomb points, and debris and rubble scattered everywhere!

Cars crashed into the sidewalks on the streets, and pedestrians scattered in horror – some even saw the two striking red five-pointed stars under the wings of airplanes in the air!

Russian planes!

"Unter den Linden!" Kamozin has already seen the Brandenburg Gate!

"Drop bombs at will! Feel free to drop bombs! ”

Now Kamozin thinks that his order "don't run out of ammunition" just now is in vain, and all planes are desperately strafing, including himself!

Berlin! Berlin down there! It's so close that you can even touch it with your hands! I can see the swastika flags scattered on both sides of the street below, and I have now killed the heart of the axis of evil!

Lieutenant Majinen was the first to drop the bomb - he relied entirely on his instincts: the plane passed straight towards the tall Brandenburg Gate, and even the brass ornaments on the top of it could be clearly seen in the dark!

Two 100-kilogram bombs were dropped, smashing into one of Germany's symbols in a parabola - a violent explosion appeared on the west side of the Brandenburg Gate, and one of the bombs hit one of its pillars directly!

A violent explosion exploded behind the formation, but no one could turn their heads to look at it unless they didn't want to live and hit the street! The second pillar on the left side of the Brandenburg Gate was blasted open with a huge gap, and although it would not collapse, the gap was obvious enough!

It flew not much higher than the tall linden trees, and before Majinin dropped the bomb, Lieutenant Oleg broke away single-handedly - he saw that the nearest proflatorial balloon that could be seen was far enough away from them, and decided to drop the bomb on a place he had seen countless times on the map and had dreamed of strafing: the Reichstag of the Third Reich!

Right in front of you, less than 200 meters from the Brandenburg Gate, with a green space in the middle!

Without anti-aircraft fire, I don't know if there are small arms shooting at you, but Oleg can't care so much anymore!

"I'm behind you, drop the bomb accurately!"

"Understood!" As soon as he heard the voice of the squadron leader, he followed!

The two pressed the machine gun fire button almost at the same time, and a few tenths of a second later, Oleg dropped the bomb!

"Go back to the street!"

The two fighters rushed over the Reichstag building of the Third Reich, and as they circled back, Oleg glanced at the Reichstag on the flanks - a puff of smoke was rising from the dome! (To be continued.) )