Chapter 817 German-Soviet War (112)

"Are these damn bastards really going to fight to the last man?!"

In the command post outside Leningrad, General Ewald von Kleist paced back and forth anxiously, cursing angrily. Now only an area of ​​about four kilometers in Leningrad is still in the hands of the Soviet army, but these bastards just refuse to surrender.

He knew that the commander of the Leningrad guard was Mikhail Semyonovich Khozin, and he had never heard of this man's outstanding military talent before, but he didn't expect him to be so stubborn; it would be better to surrender when you are about to die. Either learn from Shaposhnikov in Smolensk, or learn from Vasilevsky in Stalingrad.

The military talent of this commander Huo Jin is indeed average. After the outbreak of World War II in the original time and space, he served as the Minister of Logistics of the Reserve Front, Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Director of the Leningrad Front of the General Staff, Chief of Staff of the Leningrad Front, and succeeded Marshal Kulik as the commander of the Independent 54th Army in October 1944. In the same month, he was recommended by Zhukov to serve as the commander of the Leningrad Front. In March 1942, he asked for unified command of the Leningrad Front and the Volkhov Front to break the German blockade of Leningrad, and was allowed. But it turned out that he did not have the genius command ability to lead such a large force. Instead, he put the Second Assault Group into a siege and was later removed from the position of commander of the front.

However, ability is ability, and his loyalty to the Soviet Union and Stalin is absolutely testable by the sun and the moon, and the heaven and earth can testify, otherwise he would not have persisted until now.

General Kleist doesn't care about the other party's loyalty. He just wants to completely occupy this damn city and then rename it St. Fredericksburg! "Order the frontline troops to stop the attack and retreat one kilometer. Use all artillery, bombers, and attack aircraft to bomb this four-kilometer area into slag! Throw all the bunker-buster bombs in stock!"

Just as General Kleist roared, in the waters of Adak Island in the distance, Colonel Vogt, the commander of the German fleet, received news that the Soviet naval fleet was heading towards Adak Island.

"What? Four Soviet-class battleships?!" Colonel Vogt was shocked, but his tone was not panic, but surprise. "Four Soviet-class battleships, this is to send us a record! Hahaha! I really have to thank Stalin for his generosity!!" He couldn't suppress his excitement and was a little overwhelmed with excitement.

"The Soviets sent out all their own naval assets." The adjutant next to him said with a smile. "It seems that Stalin is quite self-aware. He knows that once our military base is built, the destruction of their Pacific Fleet is a matter of time."

The Soviet Pacific Fleet is deployed on the Pacific coast of eastern Russia. Its predecessor was the Russian Far East Navy, which was established in the early eighteenth century. In 1923, the Soviet Union had established a naval administration in Vladivostok. Soon after, the Soviet Union established the "Far East Navy" on this basis. In 1935, the Far East Navy was renamed the Pacific Fleet.

"Yes." Colonel Vogt nodded. "Prepare to take off the carrier-based aircraft and kill this Soviet fleet in one go."

At this time, Ivan Stepanovich Isakov was in charge of the Soviet fleet. This person is also a veteran in the navy. As early as 1918, when Lenin proposed the establishment of the Soviet Navy, he was one of the first naval personnel. After the October Revolution, he served as the captain of a destroyer minesweeper, assistant chief of staff of the Black Sea Fleet, director of operations, and chief of staff of the Baltic Fleet. After 1936, he entered the Soviet Navy's head office and served as Deputy People's Commissar of the Navy, First Deputy People's Commissar of the Navy, and Dean of the Naval Academy. During World War II, he served as Chief of Staff of the Navy General Headquarters and became Kuznetsov's right-hand man.

Not only is he a veteran, but his military talent is also outstanding. Isakov in the original time and space won 6 Lenin medals, various medals and medals, and had a degree of corresponding academician of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, which was the only one among the senior generals of the Soviet Navy. He wrote a large number of academic works to improve the combat effectiveness of the Soviet Navy, develop campaign tactics, and study the experience of the Soviet Navy in the Great Patriotic War.

One day after the war, Stalin called him and said that he was considering appointing him as Chief of Staff of the Navy. Isakov replied: "Comrade Stalin, I have to report to you that I have a serious defect. One of my legs was seriously injured in the war and was amputated." "Is this the only defect you think must be reported?" "Yes." "Our original chief of staff didn't even have a brain, but he still worked. You just lack a leg, it's nothing great." In this way, he became the chief of staff of the Navy General Headquarters.

But at this moment, Isakov was very uneasy.

Comrade Stalin sent out four Soviet-class battleships in one breath. Although the opponent had only two battleships and three aircraft carriers, he had no confidence in winning. The closer he got to Adak Island, the more uneasy he felt. If it weren't for the order issued by Comrade Stalin himself, he really wanted to turn around and evacuate the fleet.

After all, the two Soviet-class battleships that supported the United States last time sank into the sea without sinking even one enemy ship. And they also learned from the Americans that the German battleships were equipped with quite advanced fire control radars, which could achieve accurate artillery fire at a distance of 20,000 meters. On the other hand, they did not even have ordinary ship-borne radar. Although they had discussed with the United States before about installing radar on their warships, the Americans had not yet installed radar on all of their own warships, so how could they possibly take care of the Soviet warships? The matter had to be shelved temporarily, and it has been shelved until now.

What's even more bizarre is that the two Soviet-class battleships were not sunk by German naval guns, but were hit by torpedoes fired by the German fleet and eventually sank. According to the battlefield situation at the time, the Germans fired torpedoes at least 25,000 meters away, and they could still hit the target accurately after sailing 25,000 meters. The performance of the German torpedoes was too amazing. How did they do it?

In this way, our own naval guns are not as good as the opponent's, and our torpedoes are even worse than the opponent's. How can we fight this war? !

But he also knew that if these German warships were not expelled, once they established a military base in the Aleutian Islands, it would be really bad. The Americans' transportation routes would be cut off, and even their Pacific Fleet base would be threatened by the Germans.

In distress, the fleet was less than 400 kilometers away from Adak Island. "Everyone, be alert, we have entered the combat range of German carrier-based aircraft..." Before he finished speaking, the communicator reported a not-so-good news. "Comrade Commander, the seaplanes we sent out encountered German fighter planes! There are more than 200 of them!"

"Damn it!" Isakov cursed softly. It seemed that the Germans were not going to engage in an artillery battle with them this time, but instead sent out carrier-based aircraft.