The Soviet Union was a traditional land power, such a power, did not attach importance to the navy, or even if they wanted to, they did not have the ability to do so, after all, the limited investment in national defense had to be used in useful places, and for the Soviet Union, it had always been a continental power.

So, the Soviet Navy was not strong.

In comparison, the Black Sea Fleet was the second largest fleet in the Soviet Navy.

Before the outbreak of World War I, the Black Sea Fleet consisted of 5 battleships, 2 cruisers, 17 destroyers, 12 small destroyers, 4 submarines and other ships.

As a result, useless, these fleets were blocked by Turkey and could only go around the Black Sea. Why did the Soviets always have territorial claims to Turkey? Who likes to be stuck in front of their house all the time?

Up to now, the main surface ships of the Black Sea Fleet are 1 battleship Paris Commune, 3 heavy cruisers of the Red Caucasus, Voroshilov and Molotov, and 2 light cruisers of the Red Crimean and Red Ukraine. There are also a large number of other small ships, as well as shore defense forces, naval aviation, and much more.

Such strength seems to be not small, but if it is a duel with the German warships on the Black Sea, it is insufficient.

Not to mention anything else, just talk about the battleships, the Hindenburg class of the Germans, they can already single-handedly pick up a group of them, and the 460 mm naval guns are absolutely invincible. In the case of a group fight on the sea, even the Paris Commune, a battleship inherited from the Tsarist era, only has a 305 mm naval gun, and even if a shell falls on the hull of the opponent, it will not sink the opponent at all.

Stalin had no confidence in the Red Navy, and at the same time, once his own warship was sunk, it would bring a heavy blow to morale.

Now, they can't help but fight, the other side has already entered their territorial waters, if they still retreat, then give the whole Black Sea to others, especially, will the German Navy block their home and bombard them?

This, of course, is too much for them to bear.

"If we rely on warships alone, we really don't have much chance of winning." Kuznetsov knew quite well that the Germans were advancing too quickly in the navy, and the Soviets were standing still, and the thought of the aircraft carrier that would have belonged to the Soviets made Kuznetsov's heart ache.

Now, when Stalin asked, he could only answer truthfully, indeed, there is no chance of winning, but if there is no chance of winning, will he not fight? Of course not!

"However, we have another advantage, the Germans are coming to our territorial waters to provoke us, and our Navy has a large number of warplanes, all of which can fly to the heads of the Germans." Kuznetsov said: "We can send ships out to lure the enemy, and then use our air superiority to throw all our bombers into it at once and sink the German battleships!" ”

This is an era full of changes, and only by constantly learning and analyzing can we become strong and learn war in the midst of war.

It's as if the Germans were constantly carrying out their blitzkrieg, pushing forward, dividing and encircling, eating up a large chunk of the Soviet army at once, but, after 41 years, this tactic of the Germans never reappeared, on the contrary, it was always surrounded and eaten by the Soviets, and the Soviets had learned the German way of playing.

At sea, too.

The German Navy created a series of glorious examples, the most admirable of which was the sneak attack on the British naval base, which abolished the main force of the British Navy in one fell swoop.

When the Soviet Union asked Germany to build aircraft carriers, it took a fancy to the advantages of naval aviation, and at the same time, there are now hundreds of bomber units in the navy.

If it were in other seas, they would not be able to reach it, and now at their own doorstep, even the SB-2 bomber, which has the closest range, is enough to hang bombs to attack.

The Germans, too arrogant, all this time, the Germans appeared in an invincible posture, and they actually dared to enter the Black Sea!

The officers and men of the Black Sea Fleet have long been waiting for a dignified naval battle with the German Navy to show the glory of their own navy!

With Kuznetsov's analysis, Stalin finally nodded: "Then order our Black Sea Fleet to attack and wipe out the German navy in the Black Sea, even if only one is sunk, it will be a heavy blow to German morale!" ”

By now, Germany had not lost even a single large warship, and it was time for Germany to learn some lessons, otherwise they would have thought that the world belonged to them.

At the same time, this is also to show Turkey, Turkey actually took refuge in Germany, then let the Turks know who is the real master of the Black Sea! When the war with Germany is over, Turkey must be cleaned up.

Stalin's vision was long-term, there was no excuse before, this war is over, and the Black Sea straits must be in his own hands!

Stalin's order quickly reached the base of the Black Sea Fleet, Sevastopol.

The Crimean Peninsula is an important island located at the northern end of the Black Sea, and Sevastopol, located at the southernmost tip of the Crimean Peninsula, has an excellent geographical location that makes it a base for the Black Sea Fleet, and at the same time, it will bear the brunt of the German fleet from the Black Sea straits.

At this time, the entire port of Sevastopol was already in a tense atmosphere, one after another battleships, thick black smoke came out, boilers were ignited, and they were ready to sail.

In the fleet command, it was also busy.

In fact, when the Germans gained absolute control in the Mediterranean, the Black Sea Fleet already knew that the situation was not good, they were the Black Sea Fleet, but they could not stay in the Black Sea all the time, and if they went out of the Black Sea Strait to the Mediterranean, they would face problems with the German fleet.

They had been preparing for a long time, just waiting for this day, and when this day really came, they were both excited and uneasy.

Vice Admiral Oktyabrysky stood in front of the charts, delivering orders to his men.

"The German fleet is passing through the Black Sea straits, and it is already night, and we expect that tomorrow the German fleet will be within our strike range, so we will set out in the middle of the night today to set up an ambush in the eastern seas." Okjabriski pointed to the chart in front of him and conveyed it to the senior officers of the fleet.

Naval battles are actually very simple, rushing up to fight, the competition is who is brave, who is strong, and of course, there is a lot of luck.

"At the same time, at dawn, we take off bombers, and this naval battle, with our planes as the mainstay." Oktyabrisky looked at the officers under him and said: "Gorshkov, you are the commander of the fleet. ”