#1005 Blackout (Plus 2)

In this era, the scientific and technological strength of the Soviets is also powerful. For example, in 1936, the Soviets designed a large four-engine aircraft. When the military parade in Red Square in Moscow, the Pe-8 bomber flew from the sky. When it flew by, it caused a commotion among Western experts.

The Red Empire actually has such a powerful bomber!

When this bomber completed the military parade, the mechanic hidden in the ammunition warehouse would have his arms broken. From the beginning of the design, this aircraft lacked a suitable engine.

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

At the same time, the oil radiator of this engine needs to be operated manually. Therefore, in the sky, people act as machines and abruptly complete this impossible task.

Of course, the Soviets are also developing. At the beginning of this year, Soviet specialists installed the ShvetsovASh-82 engine and a modified version of the AM-35 engine on this aircraft, which provided the stable performance of the Pe-8. , but the voyage is greatly shortened.

This plane is finally ready for use.

And look at the West, in Germany, at this time, large bombers across the continent have performed strategic bombing missions, and the German four-engine Junker-290 has long been a bomber with excellent stability.

And now, the first batch of six Pe-8 bombers have been deployed to the 432 bomber regiment. This bomber regiment was secretly transferred to Central Asia. Their mission was to bomb Tehran!

The SB-2 with a short range is mainly to bomb the big cities along the route, Tabriz, etc. Of course, the bombing will not have much effect, it is mainly symbolic, tell the Iranians to surrender quickly, otherwise, wait Die!

Yakov, head of the bombing regiment, sat in his bomber. Although the performance was not good, the aircraft needed a lot of manpower. Only 11 crew members could control this large aircraft.

"Start the engine." He looked at the pilot sitting next to him and prepared for takeoff in an orderly manner.

Toggle various switches, the oil pump works, and then, the outermost engine emits a stream of black smoke, the fuselage vibrates, and the No. 1 engine starts!

Then there were No. 4, No. 3, No. 2, and after the four engines were started in sequence, the entire plane began to vibrate and was ready to go!

After calling the tower, Yakov's bomber aimed at the runway, the pilot gently pushed the throttle, the plane rolled on the runway, the speed became faster and the body became lighter and lighter, and finally, at the end of the runway, this A bomber pulled up and plunged into the dark night sky.

In the back, another five Pe-8 bombers took off in sequence, and after the formation of the lead aircraft in front and with the navigation lights on, the six bombers flew to the southeast.

Target, Tehran.

Flying at night is a test of the pilots' skills and their equipment. So far, no special development has been carried out in the Soviet flying regiment.

Similar to the radio navigation equipment in Germany, it requires advanced electronic technology as support. Up to now, most Soviet tanks are not equipped with radio stations, and there is no ability to equip such things at all.

Fortunately, the Soviets also have their own magic weapon, which of course is the compass and aeronautical charts!

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

The capital of the Iranians is too close to the north. If it is daytime, they can fly over the Caspian Sea over the Caspian Sea and they will soon be able to fly over Tehran!

After entering the skies over Iran, the Pe-8 bombers turned off their navigation lights. Now, they rely entirely on their own aeronautical charts for navigation, which must have a solid basic flight skills.

Fortunately, the Soviet bomber flight crews were all good. Soon, the navigator found the first big city below, Ardabil, where, after correcting the navigation error, they almost flew directly to Canada. Above Zvin, in front of it, is Tehran!

"Attention, you are about to reach the sky above the target, prepare to drop bombs!" Yakov gave the order calmly.

Thanks to oil revenue, Iran's national economy is constantly improving, so their big cities are lit at night and can be seen from a distance, just passing through Ardabil and Qazvin time, that is.

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

However, the navigator in front had more and more questions popping up in his heart.

In front, there is no light at all, it is dark, and the whole earth can't find any target!

"Report, Tehran may have implemented a blackout!" The navigator quickly reported his inferences.

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

However, the biggest problem of night bombing is finding the target.

Every night bombing of Germany was carefully prepared, and at the same time, it required the cooperation of ground personnel to guide the target. Now, the Soviet bombing is completely hopeful of a brightly lit metropolis.

This is simply too idealistic, of course, historically, they have succeeded because Iranians are even more idiots.

Now, Tehran only issued the order to implement the blackout fifteen minutes ago. When every building turned off the lights, it was only five minutes ago.

Even so, it brought huge trouble to the bomber force in the sky, what to do?

Continue to lower altitude? Then they have to lower to a few hundred meters to see the ground clearly, and they are easily destroyed by the opponent's anti-aircraft artillery. Since the opponent has conducted a light control, it means that the bombing of their own side has been prepared!

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

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

A go-around is also impossible. There is only one chance. After the bombing is completed, they will turn north and break away from the Caspian Sea. Now, they can only bomb blindly in the air!

According to 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 throw a few bombs on Tehran to intimidate the Iranians.

So, the navigator did not hesitate: "We are on the route, drop the bomb in a minute, and the bomb bay door will open!"

"bomb!"

One bomb after another rolled down from the belly bomb bay of the Pe-8 bomber, and fell swayingly toward the ground.