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Late at night on April 9, 1951, Šiauliai radar station, northern Lithuania. In the computer room full of instruments and equipment, www.biquge.info Soviet technicians wearing boat-shaped caps stared at the radar screens of different models with grim expressions, and everyone here knew very well what the dense dots of light or continuously curved wave lines meant, so that the atmosphere in the room was particularly solemn. As recently as two or three years ago, when the war between the Eastern and Western camps was in full swing, Allied long-range bomber groups often visited the heart of the Soviet Union at night, and the airspace between Lithuania and Latvia was basically the only way to and fro. To this end, the Soviet air defense forces established a large radar defense system in these two areas annexed in the early years, so as to detect and track the traces of Allied bomber groups and guide their own fighters and ground air defense forces to intercept them.

In this heavyweight game, although the Soviet Union finally gained the upper hand with the outstanding performance of the army and air force, their performance in stopping enemy bombing and defending their own territory can only be evaluated as unsatisfactory. According to statistics, during the war, the Allies sent more than 400,000 sorties and more than 700,000 tons of bombs to the Soviet Union, causing tremendous damage to the Soviet Union's industrial and military facilities, while the Soviet Army shot down more than 5,000 Allied bombers, with a shooting down rate of only more than 1 percent, far less than the Luftwaffe's record during World War II. The reason for this was not the fear of death of Soviet fighter pilots, nor the incompetence of Soviet Air Force commanders. After the run-in of World War II, the United States and Britain have established a first-class strategic bomber force, and have thousands of high-performance bombers, from commanders to pilots have rich combat experience, tactical arrangements are also more reasonable, on the other hand, the Soviet Union, they inherited from Tsarist Russia a vast territory, a huge population and an almost feudal industrial base, mechanical and electrical technology is far from the European and American powers, even though the situation has been significantly improved in a number of "five-year plan" periods, But Soviet policymakers focused more on the "visible" areas, aircraft, tanks and even infantry weapons. In a duel of the top masters. The weaknesses of this method of walking on a slope are fully evident -- the lack of excellent high-altitude interceptors, the primitive performance of ground warning radars, the lack of quantity, and the susceptibility to interference and suppression by the adversary, all these things have caused the Soviets to suffer a lot in the field of homeland air defense. They had no choice but to reduce bombing losses by dispersing industrial facilities. The most immediate consequence of this approach is a decline in industrial efficiency. After the outbreak of the Second Soviet-German War, the covert resistance and soft blockade of Western countries made the industrial economy of the Soviet Union difficult, and the front-line troops often did not receive sufficient supplies. In order to overcome these difficulties, the Soviets were determined to reorganize their industry, and given the unlikelihood of direct entry into the war by the Western Allies, the Luftwaffe was struggling to parry, and they relocated many of the factories scattered east of the Urals back to the easily accessible industrial cities. In Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad, Kiev and other places, chimneys that had been silent for many years began to spew smoke again, while the military-industrial complex, especially the core factories for the production of aircraft, tanks, rockets, remained in the Ural industrial zone and along the Trans-Siberian Railway. As a result, there were bombing targets in the heart of the Soviet Union, and the American strategic intelligence services were the first to discover this, and they quickly sent the stored B29 bombers to the Germans, who followed closely with the redundant and useless Lancaster at a very low price, and the Luftwaffe rebuilt the bomber force almost overnight. Its attack range, destructive power and self-defense capabilities far surpass the bomber fleets of the Third Reich Air Force of yesteryear!

The Soviet anti-aircraft alert center in Lithuania was also set up in the Šiauliai radar station, and in the central hall located in the underground bunker, the sergeants fed back the information detected by the radar on the map board. On the one hand, this important information is provided to the fighter command, which passes it on to the fighter pilots who are flying. After breaking through the forward line of defense formed by MiG-9 jet fighters, the group of German bombers had crossed the coastline into Lithuanian airspace, while fighter planes taking off from various Lithuanian airfields were being assembled. They had not only jet fighters, but also a large number of piston fighters with supercharged technology, and the second line of defense formed by these high-altitude interceptors was seen as the most important barrier to defend the heart of the Soviet Union in a situation where the range of ground anti-aircraft guns was unattainable and the efficiency of anti-aircraft rockets was still low.

In the radar room, which is less than 20 meters away from the command center, all work is in full swing. Suddenly, the radar screen, which displays the results in the form of a rotating needle, is filled with countless points of light. The radar displayed by the pulse wave also showed an extremely abnormal picture, as if tens of thousands of planes were flying in the detection airspace at the same time. Seeing this, the highest-ranking military officer here, a steady and experienced colonel of the Soviet Army, ordered the use of anti-jamming schemes. Although the technological gap was still obvious, the Soviets still explored a series of anti-jamming methods through actual combat. The radar network, which consists of multiple radar stations and multiple radars, has also greatly improved the efficiency of the ground warning system.

"Attention! The enemy swarm is turning north! Bearing 3349, direction 231! Repeat, the enemy aircraft group is turning to the north ......"

In the command hall of the air defense alert center, the information transmitted by the officers and signal corps in turn will eventually be transmitted to the fighter units through wired telephones, and these telephone lines will also transmit back the key information from the front. The stakes are high, and people still spare even a tenth of their energy to listen to what their colleagues have to say.

"What? What the? Do you repeat again? Okay, the 18th Combat Regiment is the first to take the enemy! The battle has already begun......"

After confirming the information, the communications officer turned to report to the commander. Through the glass window of the command room, one could only see the senior general's expression and could not hear what they were saying, but what was certain was that no matter how passive the Soviet Union was in this war, the vast majority of Soviet soldiers and civilians were working for the ultimate victory. Now that their own high-altitude interceptors have started a tiger and wolf battle in the enemy's fleet, the relationship between the temporary interference of the radar is not so important, the officers relaxed their nerves a little, and even whispered about how dismal the fate of the German bomber units that attacked the Soviet Union for the first time in this war, they did not know that every American-made B29 handed over to the Luftwaffe has been equipped with fire control radar, which means that their night self-defense capability is still very strong, and except for a few MiG-15, Most Soviet fighter jets were not equipped with airborne radars to this day, and their main armament was still at the stage of unguided air-to-air rockets and machine guns. Comparing the two, the night battle between the two sides has been decided on a technical level.

Three hours later, Moscow.

Although they were not mentally prepared for the bombing of the capital by the Germans, the Soviets possessed a relatively complete and large air defense system around Moscow after all -- shortly after the air raid siren was issued, the beams of high-power searchlights began to search for targets in the dark blue night sky, and the air defense units around the city and the important facilities also entered the combat state in time, and some fighters from nearby airfields scrambled into the air, but they still failed to pose a mortal threat to the opponent. Soon, the aerial bombs falling from the sky let out a piercing and strange scream, the earth-shaking explosions began to devastate the once thriving city, and in the blinding firelight, one after another neatly organized buildings shook and collapsed due to the powerful impact, and the broken glass fell in all directions like snowflakes, and the Muscovites were shocked by the scene they had never seen before behind the curtains! Not every bomb that fell black would cause a deafening explosion, but some of the bombs that fell to the west of the city only burned and burned violently, which has the most prosperous neighborhoods in Moscow and many government office buildings, and although the air was humid in spring and the wind was much less powerful than in winter, the flames spread rapidly along the dense buildings, so that the ears were filled with the cries and screams of people, and many people were surrounded by fire before they could leave their homes. Soon a coiling fire dragon appeared in the sky above the city!

Woowoo......

Before the sound of the explosion was far away, fire trucks bravely rushed to the most burned building, and many citizens had already spontaneously joined in the fight to extinguish the fire, while others dragged their families and tried to flee to the relative safety of the open area. In the line of sight, slender water dragons are fighting against their sworn enemies, and many soldiers from outside the city have also begun to help the residents evacuate. The sound of anti-aircraft guns around the city gradually subsided, the huge attention of the searchlights was still searching in vain, and the nightmarish air raid seemed to be in chaos, but due to the interception and interference of Soviet fighters on the way, the German bombers who were running long distances were divided into several waves, and about ten minutes after the end of the previous wave of air raids, the second group of German bombers also flew to the city, which was marked by smoke and fire. The navigators were able to unhurriedly aim at the center of the city, where American-made radar sights could make out the outline of the city at an altitude of several thousand meters. High-explosive and incendiary bombs rained indiscriminately, smashing into the depths of people's souls like the hammer of death - death became the theme of the night in Moscow, bombs and fires consumed countless lives, and the smoke overflowed to put many residents hiding in their homes in a desperate situation, and in some neighborhoods, the stampede also claimed the lives of many. The confidence of the Soviet people was incalculably affected by this battle, and the Kremlin rulers had to re-examine the prospects of the war as they watched the flames in Moscow...... (To be continued.) )