If you look at it from a distance, it seems that the German naval formations, after entering the Baltic Sea, could be attacked by Soviet naval aviation at any time.

Although the Soviet Navy was not taken very seriously, after all, they were also combat-effective, and in this environment in the Baltic Sea, they were really vulnerable.

In fact, the Soviet Navy simply did not have this capability.

Although Germany did not care about cleaning up the Baltic Fleet, it did not show mercy to their naval aviation, and on the first day of the war, they wiped out their forces on the ground.

The Soviet Air Force could still mobilize planes from the rear, but naval aviation was different, they couldn't be transferred from another naval base, right? In this way, the Soviet naval aviation was temporarily crippled.

Therefore, the German fleet can enter the Baltic Sea in a mighty way, and it is also fearless, even if a few planes fly sporadically, the fleet's dense anti-aircraft artillery fire, the fleet's escort fighters, it is enough for the other side to drink a pot.

Moreover, the current Baltic Fleet did not detect the attack of the German fleet at all, they lacked maritime patrol aircraft, not to mention that now they are going to run back in one go.

Tallinn, the base of the Baltic Fleet, is full of thick smoke, which is artificially placed, and of course there is also the factor of the fleet's own boilers, and now the black smoke inside the boilers is even thicker.

Amid the black smoke, the flagship Marat was the first to move out of the berth.

The Marat was of the Gangut class, the only Soviet battleship of the first class, but in fact, its armor was not thick, and it was all a compromise for high speed.

Although it is an aging clock, it was modernized a few years ago, and now, when its boiler is running at full power, it can still accelerate to 30 knots.

On the bridge, Captain Peter's face was very solemn.

The war on the ground was too fast, the Germans were attacking so quickly, their Soviets, what would the future hold?

Peter shook his head, putting those thoughts behind him, and now they had been tasked with returning to Petersburg to assist the ground forces and hold back the attacking German army.

No matter how powerful those armored soldiers were, they were all scum in front of the battleship's guns.

After several hours of sailing, the huge warship made waves on the sea, and after several hours of sailing, it was already possible to see the military port of Kronstadt, which was also the main military port of the Baltic Fleet.

Originally Finnish, Peter the Great had already noticed the island of Kotlin rising from the Gulf of Finland, only 29 kilometers from St. Petersburg, the gateway to Russia, and it was important to defend it.

In 1703, after the island was seized from Finland, construction began in Petersburg and it was built as an important military port.

Kronstadt means royal city.

The Gulf of Finland itself is not very deep, and in winter it is completely frozen. So, the Soviets built it fairly simply, they drove workers to transport thousands of oak boxes full of stones from the ice to the local area on horseback, sink them into ice caves, and from this built several artificial islands, and then built forts on these islands.

These fortresses completely blocked the waterway to Petersburg. There are only two very narrow waterways that can still be navigated, and the strong fortresses on both sides can protect this waterway tightly and strongly.

The five forts thus formed were the main defences at the mouth of the Gulf of Finland. After its completion, it played its due role in history, such as in the Crimean War, when they successfully repelled the combined fleets of Britain and France.

In the 19th century, the fortress of Kronstadt was again enlarged and fortified. From 1856 to 1871 four new batteries were built, which controlled the main entrance to the Gulf of Finland and seven more to control the shallower northern passage. All these fortresses were all very low, protected by extremely thick armor, equipped with Krupp turrets.

Originally, it was the base of the Baltic Fleet, and it was not until the three Baltic countries were conquered by the Soviet Union that the Baltic Fleet moved its fleet base forward to Tallinn, and in less than a year in total, they returned.

Revisiting the old place, Peter's heart was full of mixed feelings.

The central waterway, the cannons on both sides, are so clear, remembering that decades ago, when he first joined the army, he was here to become an artillery soldier of the shore defense artillery, thinking of the cruel battle, Peter's eyes, as if there was a scene of artillery fire.

Behind the Marat, the October Revolution also followed into the waterway, and in order to hurry, two warships, each taking a waterway, and these two warships of the same type were running at high speed.

Behind them, there were warships, large and small, gathering towards the waterway.

In the sky, there are white clouds floating, although the weather is very cold, but the air is quite good, the fresh cold wind, so that the lookout hand on the Marat, is very comfortable.

He put his hand to his mouth and sighed twice, then continued to raise the telescope and observe the sky above him.

When he twisted the telescope into the clouds, all of a sudden, a light blue navy painted plane burst out of the clouds, and the black cross on the back of the fuselage was so eye-catching.

In an instant, he became anxious: "Stuka, Stuka of the Germans, has jumped out of the clouds, quick, quick!" ”

Although the relations between Germany and the Soviet Union were very good before, due to the geographical location, the main enemy of the Baltic Fleet was the Germans, so the lookout posts of the fleet were quite clear about the weapons and equipment of the Germans.

Now, seeing the planes coming out of the clouds, he immediately judged the model, and the battleship, which was waiting for battle, immediately sounded the air defense alarm.

Discover the dive bombers of the Germans!

As the largest warship in the Tsarist era, the Gangut-class actually has a lot of weapons, for example, he has four triple 305 mm 52 times caliber guns as the main gun, and 16 120 mm 50 times the caliber guns as secondary guns, but the secondary guns do not have the function of firing at the air.

It had pitifully few anti-aircraft weapons, only 2 76-mm anti-aircraft guns and 4 47-mm anti-aircraft guns, as well as 8 anti-aircraft machine guns.

Although it has been observed that dive bombers have become the greatest threat to the fleet in recent naval battles, and the Baltic Fleet has submitted reports to equip such battleships with more anti-aircraft guns, the improvement project has not yet been approved and the war has begun.

At the stern of the ship, the anti-aircraft artillerymen of the 47-mm anti-aircraft guns immediately got busy.

When they came out of the harbor and could not use the smoke to hide, they were ready and waited at their gun emplacements, and now they suddenly discovered the situation, and the gunner immediately shook the high and low planes quickly, and the anti-aircraft gun commander on the side had already given the order.

"The distance is two zero, the direction is 009 to the left, the height is 75, adjust a secret position, five consecutive shots, put!"

"Tom, tom, tom, tom..." puffs of black smoke came out of the muzzle, yellow-orange-orange shells were thrown from one end, and 47-mm anti-aircraft artillery shells had already flown into the sky.

At such times, the Soviet sailors showed their high quality, but alas, compared to them, the German soldiers were of a higher quality.

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