On 30 August, a one-day decisive battle between the German naval fleet and the Soviet Black Sea Fleet ended, and the two armies were divided in the afternoon.

The Soviet Navy sank three battleships, one cruiser, and the commander of the Navy, General Gorshkov, was killed. Germany, on the other hand, was unscathed......

In the evening of the same day, the evening of August 30, the German Navy withdrew from the battle, leaving behind the unrecognizable Sevastopol and the devastated Soviet Black Sea fleet.

The Soviet Union lost at least 30 ships of various types, and although it seems that the losses were not serious, the main force of the entire Black Sea Fleet was completely annihilated.

On the ground, Soviet commander Vasilevsky stepped out of the underground bunker where he was hiding and saw the tragic scene in front of him.

The two high ground where shore artillery units were stationed had been almost flattened by the naval guns of the Axis powers.

There was smoke billowing from there, and it was impossible to see the extent of the damage. Although the damage to the personnel is not large, the extent of the damage to the surface fortifications makes him have a headache when he looks at it.

If the Axis navy had been bombarded a few more times before the arrival of the German ground forces, the fortresses on the Kerch Peninsula would no longer be usable.

"Are the casualties counted?" Vasilevsky's eyes were red and he asked his subordinates who came over.

The Soviet officer who came over shook his head and replied: "Report to Comrade General, four tunnels have collapsed, and the number of casualties is about 500. ”

"So much?" There were tunnels and bunkers under cover, and more than 500 people were lost, and this data made Vasilevsky a little unbelievable.

Seeing Vasilevsky's expression, the officer explained: "The incendiary bombs of the Germans ran out of oxygen in the tunnels, and quite a few died from lack of oxygen. In addition, some relatively shallow tunnel systems were collapsed by the shelling, which is why so many people were lost. ”

The destruction of many artillery pieces made the Soviet defenders desperate compared to the loss of personnel. They were supposed to rely on these batteries to fight the Germans, but now that the Germans had destroyed these places, their bunkers were almost gone.

"What do you say about the reinforcements?" Looking at the other officer beside him, General Vasilevsky asked.

The adjutant hurriedly replied: "Report to Comrade General!" A distress message has been sent, and we have applied for 100,000 reinforcements! ”

At this time, the troops in the territory of the Soviet Union and Ukraine are really fighting a little less.

So when everyone wanted reinforcements, they all tried their best to start asking for more people. Everyone is planning, even if the superiors don't give more, it can't be too little.

Therefore, Vasilevsky was only at this time, and he asked for 100,000 reinforcements with one mouth.

In fact, in his hands now, counting the defenders in the Kerch Peninsula, there are only tens of thousands of people when they are full, how can the reinforcements be as many as 100,000?

Nodding, Vasilevsky recognized the figure, he looked at Sevastopol, which was covered in smoke, and did not know what he was thinking.

Just as he was thinking about things, a frustrated General Kuznetsov walked in and handed over a bad piece of news to Vasilevsky.

"Comrade General......" As soon as he walked in, he handed the telegram to General Vasilevsky: "The news just confirmed, the battleship Paris Commune, was sunk by the Germans near the Kerch Strait!" ”

What the? Like a thunderbolt from the blue, Vasilevsky was stunned on the spot. He had been busy for half a day last night, but he still had not been able to save the Black Sea Fleet from being annihilated.

Without the Black Sea Fleet at its disposal, the German fleet was about to attack the Crimean Peninsula even more brazenly.

"What the hell is going on? Didn't the battleship Paris Commune leave port in the middle of the night? Why was it still sunk by the Germans? Vasilevsky struggled for a few seconds before asking.

Without the containment of the fleet and the air supremacy, he didn't know how to fight the next battle.

Did you really rely on those strong underground fortifications, guarding them like rats, waiting for the Germans to attack and annihilate them one by one?

"The battleship of the Paris Commune covered barges and transports at a speed of only a few knots, and the German fleet was fast, more than 20 knots...... So blocking our fleet in the Kerch Strait...... "Kuznetsov replied.

Originally, when he set out, he also advised General Gorshkov to march as soon as possible, abandon the messy ships, and preemptively enter the Sea of Azov.

It is a pity that Gorshkov did not heed his advice, and instead led his own fleet, trying to cover the entry of a large number of transport ships into the Sea of Azov.

The result is now known, Gorshkov was defeated and killed, and Kuznetsov's advice, although correct, was not adopted.

"Also, Comrade General Gorshkov, who has already died!" General Kuznetsov spoke with great sorrow about the fallen comrades.

The German fleet sank most of the main battleships of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, including 1 battleship and 3 cruisers. The death of the commander of the fleet, the almost annihilation of the Black Sea Fleet, this is definitely not a trivial matter.

The telegram informing Stalin had already been sent, as had the telegram requesting reinforcements from Zhukov and Vatutin, and now all that remained was a long wait.

It is a pity that for Vasilevsky and Kuznetsov, the waiting time is not easy.

On September 1, the German frontal forces broke through the Soviet defense line, captured the important transportation town of Smera, and cut off the road for the Soviet troops in Kiev to move south.

Although the 7th Guards Tank Division deployed in Kyiv escaped and did not fall into the encirclement, more than 500,000 Soviet troops were still surrounded by the Kiev encirclement.

The next day, September 2, the Germans captured Alexandria, just a day's walk from Dnepropetrovsk.

With Guderian's Army Group B moving south, the Kiev defense completely collapsed, and the Soviet troops had to abandon most of their defensive positions on the west bank of the Dnieper.

As a result, the pressure on the German Army on the Crimean Peninsula has become heavier and heavier - perhaps in just one night, Vasilevsky may see himself surrounded by German troops on the Crimean Peninsula after waking up.

And at this time, Zhukov and Vatutin, they simply did not have the energy to worry about the affairs of the Crimean Peninsula.

Because whether it is Kharkov or Donetsk, including Dnepropetrovsk, there are too many defensive holes for the Soviet army to fill.

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