Chapter 1163 Ledanov Document

The city was shrouded in the night, and the light control made the city dark. Only the snow columns of searchlights swept around the night sky. The shrill air defense alarm was still screaming, adding to the horror atmosphere in the city.

The bombing continued. Standing on the roof of the city buildings, you can clearly see the dazzling fires projected from the direction of the railway station and the chemical factory, and you can also hear the huge and continuous explosion sound. The ground is shaking and the air is shaking. The terrified citizens and soldiers are running around in a panic on the streets. There are still long queues in front of the air-raid shelter. Everyone hopes to escape into the air-raid shelter as soon as possible. However, in the current situation, most people can only line up in long queues, anxiously watching the flashes flashing from time to time in the sky, listening to the violent explosions from afar, smelling the strong smell of gunpowder and burnt smell in the air, a total war, perhaps this is the most intuitive footnote of the total war.

In this country, you need to queue up for anything. From buying bread to buying candy, queuing is already a life attitude, not just the need for order. Even when you enter an air-raid shelter, you need to queue up. Of course, this maintains order well. However, a few people are still not used to this kind of queuing life. They always complain that even if they are standing in the queue, most of these people are from Western Ukraine. After all, they have only been a short time to become Soviet citizens, and they may not be able to adapt to this kind of queuing life for the time being.

This is Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, one of the Soviet republics. Since the government moved here from Kharkov, Kiev has become the political and economic center of Ukraine. The industry here is mainly power generation, chemical industry, food processing industry, and textile industry, and is an important base for light industry in the Soviet Union. At the same time, Ukraine has also become the granary of the Soviet Union with its unique natural conditions. Understanding this point, perhaps you can understand why the Soviet Union could not wait to move the border line of Eastern Ukraine westward. The huge demand for food from the Soviet population forced the Soviet government to expand its territory westward. This is not only a need for faith and ideals, but also a need for survival and a need for national strategic security.

After the annexation of Western Ukraine, the Soviet government moved some of the residents who originally lived in Western Ukraine to Kiev to settle down. It was difficult for these new residents to adapt to the current life. Many of them even began to miss the era of being ruled by Poland. At least in that era, there was no need to queue for buying food, and listening to the radio would not be interfered by the Soviets.

Just as the complaints of the Western Ukrainians, a huge black shadow swept across the sky from directly above the entrance of the air raid shelter, very close to the ground. The huge roar of the engine made most people on the ground subconsciously lie on the ground, and the strong air currents rolled up by the plane swept across the streets from the sky, causing those who were still standing there to squat down.

Only long-range strategic bombers equipped by the Chinese Air Force with four engines will cause such a big noise. This kind of bomber is the main aircraft that is bombing Kiev now. This bomber is called "storm" by the Chinese. As its name suggests, a storm will be rolled up wherever it flies.

Generally speaking, this "Storm" heavy bomber is used to drop bombs at medium and high altitudes, and rarely appears at low altitudes. If such heavy bomber is found at low altitudes, there are only two situations: either, the bomber has a mechanical failure and cannot fly high; or, the intercepted enemy fighter or anti-aircraft gun has been severely damaged and cannot fly high.

The light is very dark now, the sky is pitch black, and nothing can be seen clearly, so people on the ground cannot confirm whether the Chinese Air Force bomber passing by at low altitude had a mechanical failure or was injured by the Soviet air defense firepower on the ground. However, at least one thing is clear. As long as this war does not stop, the strategic bombing of the Chinese Air Force on Kiev will not stop. From the beginning of the war, today's night air strike is the sixth air strike in Kiev.

Except for the first air strike that occurred during the day, other air strikes occurred at night. Of course, the accuracy is not as accurate as during the day, but it can still accurately attack some important targets. Rumors have appeared in the city, saying that this is because spies on the ground are sending signals to aircraft to guide attacks. This statement is evidenced. In recent days, many Western Ukrainians accused of spies have been arrested by the army. It is said that the relevant order was signed by Ukrainian First Secretary Khrushchev.

The "Storm" heavy bomber soon disappeared into the night sky. The people lying on the ground stood up in a hurry and rushed to the entrance of the air-raid shelter. The order was in chaos and it was impossible to continue queuing. Although the Soviet army soldiers who maintained order desperately scolded and fired guns into the sky, they had no effect. The gunshots caused even greater chaos. The citizens who were rushing to the air-raid shelter heard the gunshots, and many turned around and ran back. The shouts of men and the crying of women could be heard everywhere on the streets.

Traffic was also affected. A convoy who arrived here from the government station was blocked. The convoy's advance speed immediately became very slow. The convoy escorted Khrushchev to the air raid because the government station was also air strikes.

Fortunately, the escorted guard was very dedicated, and finally restored the convoy's speed to advance within five minutes. He quickly arrived at the air raid shelter. Khrushchev entered the command center in the air raid shelter, and immediately picked up the phone, connected to the air raid headquarters, and asked if the air raid was still continuing.

"Yes, Comrade First Secretary, the air strikes are still continuing. We have shot down at least five Chinese bombers, but there are too many bombers. According to the General Staff estimates, the Chinese Air Force has used at least two hundred heavy bombers tonight's air strike. At present, the chemical plant has been completely destroyed and the ball bearing plant has also been bombed, but the losses are not large and production will not be affected."

"I don't need to know how many bombers the Chinese have come. I just need to know why the Chinese Air Force can accurately know where to throw bombs? It is impossible without ground guidance. There must be enemy spies in the city. To eliminate spies, this is not just a mission, but also a life-and-death mission."

Khrushchev suppressed the phone angrily. At this time, a secretary walked to him and whispered to him.

"Comrade First Secretary, Captain Ledanov wants to see you."

Ledanov is a mysterious figure from Moscow. He is probably a senior intelligence officer from the spy agency. In fact, he had already taken the train to leave Kiev this afternoon, but why did he return to Kiev now? Khrushchev was a little surprised.

"Please come here."

Khrushchev did not want to venture back to the street, so he ordered his secretary to go to the railway station and call Ledanov to the air-raid shelter command.

When Ledanov arrived at the air-raid shelter command, Khrushchev was furious at an officer, obviously about the hunt for foreign spies, which may be very important. Ledanov waited patiently for a few minutes until Khrushchev drove away the officer, and Ledanov made one of his requests to Khrushchev.

"Comrade First Secretary, our train cannot move forward halfway, because the Western Ukrainian destruction elements destroyed a bridge with explosives in the afternoon. The railway was blocked in a short period of time. Please arrange an airplane for us as soon as possible. We need to rush back to Moscow immediately."

"Comrade Ledanov, the airport is now being bombed by Chinese planes. You can't go anywhere. Let's wait until the air strike is over."

"The situation is not very urgent, and it is related to the survival of the Soviet Union. You must immediately issue an order to transfer an aircraft for us to use, even if it is a bomber."

"If you tell me why I'm so anxious to go back to Moscow, maybe I'll help."

Khrushchev was very curious. Ledanov's identity was mysterious. In fact, when he was in Moscow, he had never heard of such a person before. He even suspected that Ledanov was a pseudonym.

"The mission involves confidentiality, and if you don't help, the consequences will be borne by you."

Ledanov turned around and left angrily, but did not walk away. Instead, he sent an emergency telegram to Moscow in the telegram room of the command headquarters. Soon, the call came back. Ledanov returned to Khrushchev's office with the sneer of the winner and showed him the telegram.

"Look, Comrade First Secretary, see who the telegram is signed?"

Khrushchev received the telegram and was very surprised. He saw that the telegram was signed "Joseph Stalin", a name that was enough to make all the politicians and the staff around them shudder.

The telegram is not long, but the tone is very harsh:

"Comrade Khrushchev, I order you to send Comrade Ledanov, his entourage and all his personal belongings back to Moscow as soon as possible in the fastest way."

Obviously, Ledanov's mission was not as simple as Khrushchev imagined, and the other party did not brag just now. This mission may indeed be related to the life and death of the Soviet Union, and even Stalin was alarmed.

"Okay, I'll get to the Air Defense Command right away, but there is no guarantee that there will be aircraft."

Khrushchev had no choice but to give in and picked up the phone.

"There is no need for an airplane, even a trainer."

Ledanov patted the telegram on his desk very sternly, his tone was unquestionable.

As it turned out, Ledanov's view was correct. As long as Comrade Stalin gave instructions, any impossible task would become extremely easy. Twenty minutes later, Ledanov got on a Soviet Air Force plane as he wished. As many planes were damaged in air strikes, some other planes transferred to the Ural front. Ledanov could only take a trainer plane, carrying a briefcase alone, urging the pilot to fly the plane away from Kiev and fly towards Moscow in the night.

The documents that Ledanov carried with him were called "Ledanov Documents" by Moscow, and sending this top-secret document to Moscow was Captain Ledanov's only task. The intelligence officer originally code-named "Titsickov" should also go to Moscow with Ledanov, but since there is only one trainer plane that can take off, the merit can only be given to Comrade Ledanov.
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