In the sea southwest of Crimea, on the heavy cruiser "Prince Eugen", the flagship of the German-Italian combined fleet, Chen Dao held a coffee cup in his left hand and a small spoon in his right hand and stirred it gently, and the hot air rushed into his nose with a fresh fragrance of coffee.

"When our fleet was shelling Sevastopol, they did not appear; When the Italians landed at Cape Kerson, they did not appear; Now, our troops have broken through the outer line of defense of the Sevastopol fortress and have triumphantly joined the division, and they still do not appear. These signs indicate that they are using the tactics of turtles shrinking their heads, hiding in the ports of Sochi and Sukhumi. Their tactics of shrinking, while obscene, are effective, bankrupting our tactics of luring the enemy, and we now have to think of a new way to take them out. ”

The "they" in Chen Dao's mouth refer to the Black Sea Fleet of the Soviet Union.

After the German-Italian combined fleet passed through the Turkish Strait and entered the Black Sea, the Black Sea Fleet, which had been crisscrossing the Black Sea, disappeared into the sea near the fortress of Sevastopol.

In the past few days, when the combined German-Italian fleet, together with the air force and army, beat the fortress of Sevastopol, they did not forget to search for traces of the Black Sea Fleet.

After several days of aerial reconnaissance, the combined fleet finally determined that the main forces of the Black Sea Fleet were huddled in the ports of Sochi and Sukhumi on the eastern coast of the Black Sea.

Chen Dao's initial decision was to lure the snake out of the hole, trying to use the Sevastopol fortress as a bait to lure the Black Sea Fleet out of the port to come to the rescue of the Sevastopol fortress.

Probably intimidated by the strong strength of the German-Italian Combined Fleet, the Black Sea Fleet fully carried forward the spirit of not being able to save the Germans, and pretended not to see the fortress under overwhelming German artillery fire, until the troops landing at Cape Kersen and the German troops from the mountains to the east broke through the outer defense line of the fortress and joined forces in victory.

Chen Dao took a sip of coffee, and then said: "This gang can't get out, and we must destroy them, otherwise we will come to the Black Sea for nothing, then there is only one simple and crude tactic that can be used in the next battle, that is, rush to Sochi and Sukhumi and eat the Black Sea Fleet." ”

"If they don't come out, we can only adopt this tactic, so when will we leave?" Major Bach asked.

"I don't know." Chen Dao said.

Major Bach: "······"

"I don't want to use this tactic because it's not aesthetic at all, and it's very risky."

"Risk?" Major Bach was puzzled.

"You think, the Sevastopol fortress is the most important military port of the Black Sea Fleet, and there are shore defense guns of 305 mm caliber hidden on it. The same military port where the Black Sea Fleet is hiding, how large caliber of shore defense guns will be hidden in the two ports of Sochi and Sukhumi? What is the quantity? At the same time with these shore defense guns, as well as with the Black Sea Fleet, how many warships are we going to lose? ”

"We can destroy them with naval aviation····· But ······" Major Lorenz said.

Seeing Chen Dao's squinting eyes at him, Major Lorenz knew that he had said another nonsense.

"Behind them is the port, and we don't know how many anti-aircraft guns are hidden in the port. According to aerial reconnaissance, there are airfields near both ports, and we do not know how many Russian fighters and bombers were on the airfields. If we rush forward so recklessly, how much damage can those shore defense guns, anti-aircraft guns, and planes bring to our fleet? We still don't know.

That's why I wanted to lure them out before, to exterminate them in an area far from the port, I thought the Russians were too simple. Chen Dao tapped the coffee cup with his index finger and said helplessly.

"We can't stay in the Black Sea for too long, we have to ····· Well? Major Bach suddenly shut up, pricking up his ears to listen carefully to what was going on outside.

Chen Dao also pricked up his ears to listen, and after listening for a few seconds, he said: "It should be the sound of depth charges exploding, the Russians' submarine is here again, and the Russians are not as passive and timid as we imagined." ”

In the past few days, although the surface ship units of the Black Sea Fleet have been cowering in the harbor and passively closing the war, the submarine forces have been very active, especially at night, and there are always some submarines of the Black Sea Fleet who are not dead and want to try their luck, and the result is that a hunt and counter-hunt battle broke out between them and the destroyers in the combined fleet.

"Our fleet concentrates almost all of the Axis bloc's maritime forces, and we can't stay on the Black Sea for too long, otherwise the rest of the theater will be empty. And after the capture of the fortress, our decisive battle with the Russians will begin, and I cannot drift at sea for too long, we must make a decision early and deal with the Black Sea Fleet as soon as possible. ”

Chen Dao slowly frowned, thought hard for a while, but did not think of any good way, at this moment, Captain Nobel hurriedly walked into the combat command room and sent a telegram to Chen Dao.

"The telegram is from Rome."

Chen Dao took the telegram and quickly read the contents of the telegram, with a wry smile on his face.

"Our Mr. Mussolini said that the Italian marines and paratroopers were the first to break through the outer line of defense of the defenders of the fortress with their heroic and fearless actions, and the fall of the fortress of Sevastopol was just around the corner. He asked us when we would receive good news about the destruction of the Black Sea Fleet. ”

"How shall we answer?" Major Bach asked.

"This telegram came really timely, and it gave me some inspiration on how to deal with the Black Sea Fleet. Since the Italians are so desperate for merit, we have met their needs. We're going to go tonight and eat the Black Sea Fleet. ”

"You have a great idea?" Major Lorenz asked.

"yes, I got a great idea."

"What's the battle plan?" Major Lorenz asked curiously.

"The method is simple, since the Italians want to gain more merit, it is to put them in front and withstand the fire of the coastal defense artillery, and we will support them in the back. If you want to get merit, you always have to pay some price. ”

"Uh······ Isn't it bad for us to do that? Major Bach hesitated.

"Such a heroic and fearless operation, the marines of the Italians have already carried out once. The marines can, of course the battleships can, it's a big deal that we can send them more merits, there is nothing good or bad, who makes their leaders so good-looking. Give them face, and leave the inside to us. Immediately prepare a telegram telling the Italians that they are going to kill the Black Sea Fleet and set off after dark. ”

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