On November 7th, the snow in Moscow, Soviet Union, was so magical that it didn’t stop all day long.
7 o'clock in the morning.
Red Square is particularly enchanting amid the flying snowflakes.
Prior to this, in order to avoid German bombing, the entire buildings around Red Square were painted uniform white.
Today, November 7, 1941, Red Square has restored its historical appearance, and the buildings around it have also been restored to a calm and restrained ocher red.
The snow is getting heavier and heavier.
Feather-like snow flakes fell from the thick and low-hanging clouds, embracing Moscow in silence, which contrasted sharply with the sound of gunfire in the distance.
All the troops waiting for the review on Red Square and all the people participating in the review were extremely excited and nervous because the enemy's airport was only thirty kilometers away from the capital.
The snowflakes falling from the sky fell on the huge dome of Pokrov Church, on the magnificent Red Square, on the Red Army soldiers standing in square formation on the Red Square, and on the walls of the Kremlin. The Bell and Drum Tower of the Great Emperor is on the top of the pointed tower.
In the sky filled with snowflakes, a huge agate stone red star is inlaid on the top of the tower, which looks dignified and towering, and is particularly eye-catching.
"when……"
The big bell on the Bell and Drum Tower struck eight times in a row, and the rich bells resounded over the Red Square.
The bells stopped ringing, and except for the distant sound of gunfire, the entire Moscow square was very quiet.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, under the reverent and excited gaze of Moscow's military and civilians, Stalin and senior government members boarded Lenin's Mausoleum.
Some people began to secretly wipe their tears.
This is a sacred moment, inspiring.
The viewing platforms on both sides of Lenin's Mausoleum were also filled with people.
At this time, the door of the tower opened. Soviet Deputy Defense Commissar and Marshal Budyonny of the Soviet Army rode a horse and walked out of the church tower door surrounded by guards.
The reviewing officer of this military parade was the cavalry marshal.
Walking to the front of the reviewing column, Budyonny reined in his horse.
At this time, a lieutenant general rode up to him and raised his hand in salute: "The commander of the troops under review, Artemyev, will eventually report to you. The troops under review have been sorted out. Please review!"
Budyonny raised an arm in return, then rode in review and greeted the reviewing troops.
The solemnly standing officers and men were all full of energy and standing tall, with flying snowflakes falling on them and the biting cold wind blowing on their faces. They remained motionless. Only when the reviewing officer greeted them, they shouted in unison. Dao: "Serve the Soviet Union!"
Today's military parade is grand and fast!
At 8:10, Stalin delivered a military parade speech to the world via radio waves: "Soldiers of the Red Army and Red Navy, commanders and public intelligence workers, members of workers' collective farms, comrades who are intellectual workers..."
Kyiv.
8 o'clock in the morning.
More than ten kilometers away from a secret airport, Reich Marshal Göring was sleeping soundly in his special train, which was as warm as spring.
Last night, Greene and his generals held a meeting until dawn, conducting countless deductions on whether Stalin would hold a military parade in Moscow's Red Square on November 7.
At this meeting, all air force wing commanders stationed near Moscow were present.
These include Mustache Garland, who has been promoted to lieutenant colonel, Major Dietrich Hellabach, who took over as commander of the JG52 Wing, Major Friedrich Beck, the commander of the JG51 Wing, and the commander of the JG54 Wing. Major Khannes Traulovt.
All the commanders of the 12th Bomb Wing were also present. Even Molders, the director of the Air Force Technical Department who had been transferred to the Air Force Technical Department at this time, also took a special plane to attend the meeting.
Because this meeting is so important.
During the meeting, Goering remained silent, watching his commanders speak freely.
Garland believes that based on the current weather trend, the snow in Moscow will not stop tomorrow and the sky visibility will be low. Under this situation, Stalin will not be able to hold a military parade, because once the German Air Force appears over Red Square, the Soviet Union's highest authority will Commanders will face significant dangers.
The heavy snow had an equal impact on the Soviet and German air forces. It was not easy for the German Air Force to find the Red Square over Moscow. Similarly, the Soviets could not easily detect German fighter planes appearing over Moscow.
Therefore, Garland believes that at this critical moment, the Soviet Supreme Command will not risk appearing on the parade ground in Red Square.
Stalin and others will not appear in Red Square for safety reasons, so what is the point of the military parade?
Without Stalin in Red Square, the military parade would be a joke.
Moldes believes that the Soviets will not take the risk of holding a Red Square military parade on November 7, because if the military parade site is bombed, the blow to Soviet morale will be devastating, and Stalin will not be stupid enough to even do this. Unexpectedly.
Watching the discussion among his favorite generals, Goering also believed that Stalin would not be able to hold a military parade in Red Square.
Moscow is already under siege, and Stalin should be very anxious now, thinking about how to move the capital and how to retreat. How can he have time to hold this kind of military parade whose formal significance is greater than its actual significance?
According to reliable intelligence, other regions of the Soviet Union have not sent more fighter jets to Moscow in the past few days. This made Goering even more convinced that the Soviets had not prepared for the Red Square military parade, otherwise they would have added more fighter jets to guard Moscow's skies.
However, to be on the safe side, Goering and his favorite generals deduced how they would respond if the Soviet Union held a military parade.
Major Friedrich Beck believes that the Soviet Union’s annual Red Square military parade is held on time at 10 o’clock in the morning on November 7, which is also the traditional time for military parades.
If the Soviet military parade continues tomorrow, the time will definitely be 10 a.m., because Stalin is too proud and stubborn to the point of being too proud to move the time forward.
So they finally decided that regardless of whether Stalin would have a military parade tomorrow, all fighter-bomber units stationed near Moscow would complete takeoff before 10 o'clock and bomb Moscow.
At this time, there were several German fighter-bomber airports stationed around Moscow. It only took ten minutes to take off from the airport and reach the sky above Moscow.
But because it is too close to Moscow, the fighter jets must take off at the right time. If they take off too early, it will be difficult for the pilot to hover in the snowy sky for too long. The visibility in the air is too low. When the fleet is out fighting, it is very easy for collisions. event.
Such incidents of collisions between our own fighter planes in snowy weather occurred many times in the days from November 1st to 6th.
If it hadn't been for the heavy snowfall that hadn't stopped for many days, Goering would have ordered his fighter-bomber force to blow Moscow into rubble.
Blow Moscow to rubble, this is the instruction of the Führer!
Suddenly, a hurried call on the phone woke Golin from his snoring state.
Goering got up from the warm bed and glanced at his watch. At 8:15 in the morning, he immediately felt dissatisfied and angry: "Damn it, don't you know that I don't sleep until almost dawn?"
"Hello!"
Goering picked up the phone and said sadly.
"You know, the Russians are parading, Stalin is giving a speech, where are your fighter units?"
This is a call from Hitler!
Goering was stunned.
At this moment he thought to himself,
Did the Soviets parade in Red Square?
Stalin still dared to give a speech at this time?
But he immediately rejected his idea the next second, because the head of state's anger told him that this must be true!
Hitler roared on the phone: "Order the 13th Air Bombing Group to take off immediately and blow up the Red Square for me, otherwise the commander of the 13th Air Force will be shot."
Göring felt the Führer's fury.
"If you are still asleep, please turn on the radio and listen to Stalin's impassioned speech!" After Hitler finished speaking, he hung up the phone with a bang.
At this moment, Golin woke up. He quickly turned on the radio and tuned it to the Soviet channel. Sure enough, Stalin's voice came out clearly: "... On behalf of the Soviet government and our Bolshevik Party, I salute you and congratulate you on the great tenth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China." The 24th anniversary of the victory of the May Revolution...
Comrades! Today we celebrate the 24th anniversary of the October Revolution under serious circumstances. The treacherous attack of the German bandits and the war imposed on us have posed a threat to our country, but there is nothing terrible about it... The situation in our country now is worse than It was much better 23 years ago. I firmly believe that we can and will be able to defeat the German invaders...
Can this be doubted...
Soldiers of the Red Army and Red Navy, commanders and public intelligence workers, male and female guerrilla comrades, the whole world is watching you as a force capable of destroying the German aggressor bandits who are under the oppression of the German aggressors. The enslaved peoples of Europe are watching you as their liberators..."
"Snapped!"
Goering punched the radio hard. He became angry, grabbed the phone, and shouted: "Get me the 13th Air Bomb Wing."
