In the following months, the Red Banner Baltic Fleet, with the two battleships "Marat" and "October Revolution" as the main force, supported the desperate resistance of the army with heavy artillery, and did everything possible to delay the German army's offensive near the coastline. The Luftwaffe mobilized a large number of dive bombers in an attempt to sink the two Soviet battleships, which were constantly threatening the flanks of the coast. When the front advanced to the vicinity of Leningrad, the range of activity of the Soviet battleships was forced to narrow to the vicinity of Kronstadt and Leningrad, which also provided a great opportunity for the attack of German bombers.

On September 23, 41, the "Marat" was directly hit by an 800-kilogram bomb dropped by a German bomber (this fatal blow was hit by the Luftwaffe legend Hans. Rudel completed it), the aged battleship was heavily damaged and sunk in the shallow waters of the harbor of Kronstadt, its bridge, bow tower and chimney No. 1 were largely destroyed. Due to the critical situation in Leningrad and the urgent need for the army to support firepower, the half-destroyed "Marat" was soon salvaged, and after simple repairs, the battleship "Marat" was turned into a floating battery "Marat", and its remaining 9 main guns were used to support the army against the German attack. The October Revolution was sent on 16 September to carry out an assault on German coastal positions, and in the course of the attack received only a few German 150-mm howitzer shells. But good luck did not always accompany it, on September 21, the Luftwaffe dive bombers dropped bombs hit the "October Revolution" at close range, and the continuous damage of the old battleship by German 150-mm shells had to be repaired at the shipyard in Leningrad. The October Revolution in the dockyard was still under constant attack, having been hit by four more bombs in April this year, but the October Revolution, which was under repair, and the Marat, which had been converted into a floating battery, continued to use the power of its 305-mm guns to support the defenders of the city and stop the Germans from taking Leningrad again and again. During this period, the armament of the two battleships underwent a number of adjustments, and in order to cope with the constant attacks of the Luftwaffe, the two ships were equipped with a large amount of anti-aircraft fire, of which the anti-aircraft armament of the "October Revolution" in the later part of the war amounted to 14 76-mm anti-aircraft guns, 16 37-mm anti-aircraft guns, 10 12.7-mm and 89 7.62-mm machine guns.

And Sun Hui wanted to see the battleship "October Revolution", not only to visit nostalgia, but also to see if this battleship could play a role in his plan.

But today the sky seems to be a little unpleasant, and the dark clouds in the otherwise clear sky are rapidly rolling into a cloud of rain and snow (the ice period in Leningrad will not end until mid-to-late April). Sun Hui happened to come to an abandoned lighthouse, he parked his motorcycle under the eaves and ran into the lighthouse himself to avoid the impending storm, rain and snow.

The tall lighthouse against this boundless black cloud suddenly became extraordinarily eerie.

The wind was getting stronger, the light was getting darker and darker, and there were signs that a big rainstorm was about to come, but the rain never fell, but the sky was completely obscured by dark clouds and became unusually dark. Sun Hui, who was walking back and forth under the lighthouse and waiting for the rain, suddenly had a strange feeling, he vaguely felt that a pair of eyes were staring at him, this feeling was very strong, which made him very uncomfortable, Sun Hui turned to look around, but there was no one around, but Sun Hui's hairs still stood up for no reason.

"Could it be this strange palpitation caused by the high pressure before the rain and snow?" He asked himself, but he dismissed the idea almost immediately.

This is the feeling of being watched for a long time, Sun Hui has already noticed that the eyes hiding in the dark are staring at him almost inch by inch, but he can't find half a figure around. Slowly, he began to realize that the eyes might not be around, but above. His gaze blankly swept over the tops of the low bungalows, where there was nothing, and then he noticed the black lighthouse, and slowly raised his head. The tumbling dark clouds almost knocked down the top of the tower, and at the time of the lightning, this ancient lighthouse in disrepair looked particularly pale and gloomy, Sun Hui suddenly felt that the lighthouse seemed to be a little slanted, as if it was about to be crushed by the dark clouds and would fall down on him at any time.

The top of the lighthouse was empty, and the surrounding glass was long gone, except for some glass ballast on the edges, which should be reflected by the sunlight from the dazzling light seen on the sea. Sun Hui observed every corner of it very carefully, and he remembered that Ye Chuchu had told him that the most fatal thing was that the enemy was clearly hiding there, but you couldn't see it.

Thinking of this, Sun Hui slowly raised the flashlight, aimed it at the top of the tower, put his hand on the button, and the flashlight would light up when he pressed it. He wanted to prove that he was safe, so he pressed the button. Almost at the same time, there was a rattle from the lighthouse, like the hoarse turning of rusty and oil-starved hinges.

He didn't see anything, but he did hear movement on the tower, and the light from his flashlight seemed to trigger some reaction from the top of the lighthouse, which was unusual. The sound lasted for half a second and then disappeared, he thought that it might be that when the wind passed through the top of the lighthouse, it happened to drive the sound of some rusted parts on it, Sun Hui shook the flashlight, and this time there was no response.

A ray of sunlight suddenly shone through the gap between the dark clouds and the clouds began to dissipate, and the lighthouse became less gloomy. Maybe it was a false alarm, Sun Hui thought.

"Maybe there's nothing up there, it looks like it's changed again, and the rain may not rain."

Sun Hui's gaze slowly left the top of the tower, this weak ray of sunlight penetrating the clouds had partially dispelled the fear in his heart, but at the moment when his gaze was about to leave the top of the tower completely, he suddenly saw a figure standing there, and from this angle it seemed that the figure was looking at himself.

Sun Hui didn't remember hearing his own heartbeat before, but now he could clearly feel the pounding heartbeat hitting his eardrums, maybe not heard, but felt, this powerful and rapid heartbeat was hitting his entire bloodline.

The top of the lighthouse remembered once again the sound of a rusty saw blade pulling through an iron bar, poignant and eerie, not the grinding sound of some rotten machine. Sun Hui now felt that the voice was more like laughter from hell.