One hundred and ninety rounds, which is the number of 381 mm shells that have fallen in Leningrad so far, if not an inch of the blast reach is wasted, it is almost enough to cover 100 football fields!

What is the concept of 100 home courts? Presumably, at least a third of Leningrad was razed to the ground.

To put it more seriously, it was not razed to the ground, but turned into a huge crater. The explosion destroyed not only the buildings, but also the underground fortifications.

After all, it was no ordinary shelling, but a giant shell that could pierce through steel plates and explode deep underground.

A lot of underground bunkers were buried directly, and even Marshal Voroshilov was forced to move his command to the edge of the city in the direction near the land.

The Germans almost used this place as a training center, and at every turn let their naval cadets come here in battleships and shell ports and cities.

Today, the shelling of the German Navy began again, squandering the shells supplied by the British side, and even consciously wearing out the barrels of their own battleships.

Because the British Navy provided their stock barrels in order to pay war reparations, and also sold the unused reserve shells to the German Navy.

The price of arms sales was not cheap, which was the reason why the British Navy happily took out all its stocks.

After all, Britain's new Prime Minister Clement? Richard? Attlee, and his important staff member Anthony? Sir Aiden believed that Britain had lost the ability to go to war with Germany in a short period of time, and that it was better to use all its forces to save itself first.

Britain really needs to save itself, and in the German-occupied zone of southern Britain, the national reconstruction work has begun.

But in the territory controlled by the British themselves, because of the lack of funds, countless preparations have been put on hold.

After all, in order to fight a world war, Britain borrowed a lot of money from the United States. Now the old warships provided by the United States are all Germans, but the defeat of Britain is an indisputable fact.

There are no overseas colonies, and the only remaining India is half of the Middle East, and now it is on its own feet and does not listen to its dispatch.

The two-sided bet strategy that was decided at the outset actually split Britain in two and dispersed its own power.

This is the disadvantage of two-sided betting, and the rift caused by internal divisions is also very difficult to heal - it can only be improved until the war is completely over and one side of the bet wins outright.

The problem at hand is that the war is unlikely to end anytime soon, and it seems that Japan is more likely to hit India than Germany is to attack India.

Therefore, the most profitable business for Britain now is only the export of weapons technology to Germany, and the contract production from the German-occupied areas of Europe.

For the production of artillery shells for the German Navy battleships, that is, the former British battleships handed over by the British, the factory did not need to change the production line, and it was also the most cost-effective and effective.

What's more, the Germans were indeed willing to purchase artillery shells, and in exchange for important supplies such as food, it was a win-win situation.

The reason for this is the proliferation of weapons in the German Navy. Raeder never imagined that one day the British Empire would work overtime to produce shells for German battleships.

At this moment, Leningrad is about to become a big ruin. Buildings trembled and collapsed under shelling, and civilians had no place to live.

"Comrade Marshal...... To the north, the Finns' forces had pressed out of the city, and now we were surrounded on three sides. The chief of staff was worried and said to Marshal Voroshilov.

Leningrad is a special place, in fact, most of the eastern part of it is Ladoga Lake, although it can freeze in winter and can walk, but it is really not a reliable way out.

Finland to the north is now wearing the same pants as Germany, and it is already a fact that the Finnish troops are moving south to Leningrad with the combination of old and new hatreds.

The Germans provided the Finnish forces with 200 captured Soviet fighter jets, as well as another 20 elite British Spitfires.

These planes are a treasure for Finland, they guarantee air supremacy on the Finnish side, and the ground forces, the Soviet Union, can no longer show any decent force.

Most of the elite Soviet troops, near Leningrad, resisted the offensive of the German Army Group North.

And the strategic choice of the Germans, passing through Leningrad from the south, to advance the front to Moscow in one fell swoop, also relieved Marshal Voroshilov.

If the main direction of the German attack was him, it is estimated that he would have committed suicide in the basement. Leningrad looked like it was strong, but in fact it had little fighting power.

400,000 troops were concentrated around Leningrad, or rather compressed in this small area.

They were not well supplied and were not well prepared. There is a shortage of ammunition, and all hope is gone.

If the German forces attacked, most of them would have chosen to surrender, and only a small number of the main forces would resist to the end.

What is even more desperate is that Voroshilov himself knows in his heart that even if he holds out until next year, it will not be possible to get decent support.

All supplies were concentrated in the direction of Moscow, and he had to hold on here - even if the tide of war was reversed and all went well, he would have to hold out at least until the end of 1942 to regain sufficient supplies.

"We will not be able to get new supplies until winter, when Lake Ladoga freezes." Voroshilov said to his chief of staff with some emotion.

Of course, the chief of staff also knew in his heart that if the Germans did not attack with all their might, they would pretend to be strong, and there was hope that they would hold out for a few months and drag out the war until the end of 1941.

But if the Germans understood the situation and really chose a large-scale attack, they would not have been able to hold out until the lake was frozen.

Relying on ferries on Lake Ladoga to transport supplies is a fool's dream. This is not Moscow, where there are many anti-aircraft guns, here is Leningrad, where there is almost no anti-aircraft fire!

German and Finnish planes visit Lake Ladoga every day, sinking everything they can see!

The fighters circled like eagles, their engines swooping down with a roar, their guns smashing bullet holes in the ship's side.

At night, although the Luftwaffe no longer appears, artillery outside the city will arrive as scheduled, covering the Soviet-controlled area near Lake Ladoga.

The Germans were well supplied here, and they could squander their ammunition to their heart's content, which also made Voroshilov extremely helpless.

In his opinion, Leningrad is finished, and as for when it will be occupied by the Germans, it depends on the mood of the Germans - it has nothing to do with the Soviet army......