Chapter 821 German-Soviet War (115)

"It's over!"

After receiving the news that the fleet sent to Adak Island was intercepted by German aircraft and completely wiped out, the Navy Commander-in-Chief Kuznetsov's face was dark, and he felt extremely stuffy in his chest, and almost vomited blood.

The "national treasure" that took countless manpower, material resources and financial resources and took several years to build sank to the bottom of the sea? Not just one or two ships, but four ships! ! It's the entire family of the Soviet Navy! !

The most ironic thing is that these warships were not sunk in a fair ship-to-ship artillery battle. Of course, no warship can withstand the bombardment of the Soviet-class 460mm naval gun. But they were sunk by fighter planes in the sky, and they sank to the bottom of the sea without firing a shot. Tell me, isn't it aggrieved?

Kuznetsov sat slumped in his chair in a daze. With the destruction of this fleet, the Soviet Union has completely lost its maritime power!

The adjutant on the side was also shocked and anxious. "Comrade Commander, how should we report this to Comrade Stalin?" Comrade Stalin is still lying in bed. If we report this bad news truthfully, it might make his condition worse.

At this moment, the phone on the desk suddenly rang. Kuznetsov waved his hand weakly, and the adjutant answered the phone; it was Stalin's secretary Malenkov. "Comrade Stalin asked if there was any news from the fleet?"

"This..." The adjutant looked at Kuznetsov with some embarrassment, but saw that he didn't show any improvement. He gritted his teeth and told the truth. "Comrade Malenkov, our fleet was completely wiped out."

"What?!" Malenkov was shocked and almost screamed. "What do you mean by completely wiped out?! Those four Soviet-class..."

The adjutant sighed and repeated it. "Yes, including the four Soviet-class battleships, the fleet was completely wiped out."

"This, this..." Malenkov on the other end of the phone was obviously shocked and couldn't speak for a long time.

The news that the Soviet fleet was completely wiped out in the waters of the Aleutian Islands also reached Washington.

In the conference room, everyone's faces were very ugly. The complete annihilation of the Soviet fleet means that once the Germans establish a military base in the Aleutian Islands, the transportation route from the United States to the Soviet Union will be completely cut off, and no supplies will be delivered to the Soviet Union from then on.

"How did the Germans do it?!" It was easy to wipe out a fleet, not to mention that the Soviets also sent 4 "super battleships", how could they be so easily wiped out? It's like a fairy tale!

"I heard that the Germans sent hundreds of carrier-based aircraft to sink the entire Soviet fleet with torpedoes."

"Torpedoes again, why are the German torpedoes so powerful?!" The Germans sank three batches of their own fleets with torpedoes. What's so special about the German torpedoes? !

The situation is getting more and more serious. Without its own material assistance, how long can the Soviet Union hold out? Once the Soviet Union falls, Germany's next target will obviously be the United States, not to mention that the Germans have already landed in Argentina in South America!

Just as the Soviets and Americans were sighing, there was continuous good news from Germany.

Leningrad was finally captured. General Kleist ordered people to bombard the last four-kilometer area. As a result, a bunker-buster happened to drill into the underground command post of Mikhail Semyonovich Khozin, the commander of the Leningrad Guard, and wiped out everyone inside. As a result, the Soviet army, which lost its command system, was like a headless fly. Some attacked, some defended, some surrendered, and they fought on their own without any rules. They were defeated one by one by the fierce attack of the German army.

When he heard that the troops attacking from all directions finally joined together, General Kleist finally breathed a sigh of relief. "From now on, this is St. Frederick's Castle!"

The adjutant on the side hurriedly congratulated. "Congratulations, Commander. You will be promoted to marshal this time."

General Kleist had an irrepressible smile on his face. As the saying goes, "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier." Being promoted to marshal is probably the ultimate dream of every soldier. Moreover, Kleist's great-grandfather was a marshal under Frederick the Great, and this marshal was even more meaningful to him.

Thinking of Frederick the Great, General Kleist noticed that His Highness had many similarities with Frederick the Great.

Frederick the Great was born in Berlin, the capital of Prussia. When he was a teenager, he was good at playing musical instruments. A chronicler once commented on the young Frederick: "His wisdom always exceeds his age; he knows everything before he has experienced the world. His maturity cannot be judged by age, because he is now a man..."

Frederick the Great is a representative of "enlightened despotism" in Europe. He has made great achievements in politics, economy, philosophy, law, and even music. He is an important figure in the Enlightenment. Under his iron-fisted rule, Prussia's national strength rose rapidly, and in a very short time it jumped into the ranks of European powers. He launched the Silesian War twice. In 1756, he launched the Seven Years' War against the Kingdom of France, the Russian Empire, and the Duchy of Austria. In 1772, he took advantage of the internal crisis of Poland to divide the territory of Poland for the first time with the Russian Empire and the Archduchy of Austria, and obtained the territory of West Prussia. In 1785, he formed a princely alliance consisting of 15 German federal states.

"God bless Germany!" General Kleist was grateful to God for his preference for Germany. More than a hundred years ago, there was Frederick the Great; and more than a hundred years later, His Highness, who was far superior to Frederick the Great, appeared.

General Kleist thought of something after sighing. "Are there any historical sites left? Maybe Your Highness would be interested in visiting here."

"I'm afraid..." The adjutant walked to the map and observed it carefully. "The Winter Palace was destroyed, the Cathedral of the Savior on Spilled Blood was destroyed, the Yusupov Palace was destroyed, the Museum of Applied Arts was destroyed, the Shuvalov Palace was destroyed... Commander, it seems that the only thing that has not been destroyed is the Catherine Palace. But it may just not be marked on the map, maybe it has been bombed into ruins."

The Catherine Palace, also known as the Imperial Village, is located in Pushkin City, about 30 kilometers southeast of Leningrad City, on a hilly area. It was built by Peter the Great for his wife Catherine I, and was also the favorite suburban palace of his daughter Queen Elizabeth, Catherine II, Alexander I and Nicholas II. The palace's architecture is exquisite and lewd, with fresh and soft colors, and is filled with the soft and charming charm of women. If Peterhof Palace is the embodiment of Peter the Great's will, then Tsarskoye Selo mainly reflects Catherine II's ideals and tastes.

"Contact the nearby troops and send someone to check the specific situation."