The next day, German warplanes bombed the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, which was cruising off the Crimean Peninsula.

For example, in the Battle of Holm, it was often the case that the German army could continue to defend in the other direction after the battle was completed.

However, the tactics of the Soviet Navy were relatively flexible, such as the Black Sea Fleet, which often used harassment tactics during the Crimean campaign...... It appeared along the coast to provide fire support to the Crimean defenders when the Luftwaffe concentrated bombing of the Crimea, and withdrew to the Caucasus when the Luftwaffe turned its attention to them.

This time it was the same, half an hour after the Luftwaffe bombed, the Soviet Black Sea Fleet again withdrew in the direction of the Caucasus.

Manstein took advantage of this time to send troops to collect fishing boats, assault boats, and other boats.

"We're recruiting people in the army who can sail boats!" Manstein said: "More than 200 large and small ships, large and small, can carry 2,000 people!" ”

"It can be shipped in two batches!" Colonel Slane said.

"The second batch may be dangerous!" Manstein replied: "Although we drove out the surface ships of the Soviets, we could not do anything against their submarines!" ”

"How many submarines do they have?" Qin Chuan asked.

"There are about 40 ships in the entire Black Sea Fleet!" The adjutant replied, "But we're not sure where they are!" ”

"It is unlikely that they will gather near Sevastopol!" Manstein pointed to the map and said: "They should be divided into two parts, the main force should be located in the Turkish Strait (also known as the Black Sea Strait, which is a narrow waterway connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean), and the others should be located in the Sea of Azov or the coastal reconnaissance of Odessa!" ”

Qin Chuan nodded in agreement.

The role of submarines is mainly to use torpedoes at sea to sneak attack or reconnaissance, and gathering near Sevastopol cannot play any role.

But the presence of the Black Sea straits prevented the German Navy from entering...... Although the other half of the Mediterranean Sea was blockaded by the British and American navies, no one dared to guarantee that German submarines would sneak into the Black Sea from the Black Sea straits to cause trouble.

"So, you're ready?" Manstein asked.

Colonel Slain didn't speak, because the answer was obvious, and many of the First Men didn't even know how to swim.

"No, we're not ready!" Qin Chuan shook his head and replied, "We haven't had time to prepare, but they haven't been ready, are they?" ”

"That's right!" Manstein smiled and said, "But I believe that they are at least ready to be defeated and surrendered!" ”

A few people couldn't help but laugh.

As the saying goes, the soldiers are very fast, and at nine o'clock that night, the first step of the corps was ready on the coast.

Perhaps because of the coast, the mud here is worse than in other places, and walking on the ground is like walking in a swamp, one foot deep and one shallow, and many soldiers have lost their boots as a result...... The boots are stuck in the mud and difficult to pull out.

Luckily, there were no stars in the sky and it was raining lightly.

Although this caused some trouble for the soldiers when they boarded the ship, the soldiers who came down from the battlefield knew one thing: such trouble was not a big deal, and being discovered by the enemy on the battlefield was a big deal, especially when it was on the sea or when landing.

Qin Chuan was also one of them, and he boarded the wooden fishing boats with his warriors in groups of ten...... These boats are so common along the Crimean coast that almost every household has a few of them, and the people of Kerri use them to make a living, especially during times of war and scarcity.

Of course, these fishing boats had no defense at all, and the firepower was to set up a squad machine gun in the bow of the boat. Similarly, once discovered by the Soviets, it would have been a disaster for the First Infantry Corps, which had no swimming training.

However, perhaps because of the weather or because the departure point was only ten kilometers from the destination, an hour later the infantry regiment landed west of Sevastopol without danger...... Of course, the First Advance Corps could not land directly in Sevastopol, on the one hand, because Sevastopol was also defensive, and on the other hand, because the Soviets were also constantly transporting supplies to Sevastopol in the dark.

After landing, the flotilla will return the way it came, and they will return again with a second group of troops and supplies.

The landing troops were advancing in the light rain towards the target power station, three kilometers away.

The process did not go well, as they ran into a Soviet line of defense as they advanced...... This was completely unexpected, because during the day German reconnaissance planes had already carefully reconnoitred the area and were sure that it was no man's land.

"This may be the enemy's newly reinforced troops!" Colonel Slane lowered his voice and said to Qin Chuan, who was lying beside him: "It seems that there are quite a few people!" ”

Qin Chuan said "um", he had already seen it in the telescope, the dotted tents, dense and unsightly.

Colonel Slein was right, these were two regiments of the 138th Brigade of the Soviet Army, with a total strength of about 5,000 people, and the transport ships carrying them had already arrived in the waters off the coast of Sevastopol, but because they were worried about being bombed by the Germans, they did not land in the port of Sevastopol until dark, and then found a place outside the city as a base.

It's just that what they didn't expect was that they just found a base and blocked the way of the First Infantry Corps...... Qin Chuan and the others should be glad that this army did not set up camp at the landing site of the German army.

Colonel Slain frowned and remained silent.

Qin Chuan knew what he was worried about, it was still two kilometers away from the target power station, and its strength was still twice that of the First Rank Corps, if it was fought in the dark night, not only would the First Tier Corps suffer heavy losses, but the defenders of the power station would be prepared and would not be able to receive the effect of the surprise attack.

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan lowered his voice and said, "If the enemy is a unit that has just been reinforced here, he doesn't know how to deal with the unsuitable environment, and he has no defense!" ”

Colonel Slain let out an "um", which can be seen as unprepared, because these Soviet troops did not even have basic fortifications, and some only set up a few sentries around the camp at random.

"Like I said before!" Qin Chuan continued: "We are equipped with MP43, and the firepower is much greater than that of the enemy, so we ......"

"So!" Colonel Slane said, "Should we break through?" ”

Qin Chuan nodded, sometimes on the battlefield, you should make a decision immediately.