"Yasha, why are you here?" Manturov opened the door and said to Yakov outside the door. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"I have something urgent to report to you."

"Shouldn't you have reported to Comrade Stalin or the General Staff as soon as possible? Why did you come to my house? Manturov always felt that Yakov's way of reporting was a bit strange, which could be a sign of "friendship" or "loyalty".

But whether it is friendship or loyalty, such important information should be reported to Stalin or the General Staff of the Soviet Army as soon as possible, and how can he personally report it to his home on Sunday, the day of the "holiday"? This is where Manturov wondered.

"Comrade Beria has already gone to the Kremlin to report to Comrade Stalin, and Comrade Merkulov has also gone to the People's Commissariat of the Navy to report to Comrade Kuznetsov (Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Navy)."

"Comrade Melkulov reports to Comrade Kuznetsov?" At this time, Manturov probably understood what was happening. "So to speak, the German Navy had to move, and it was against the USSR. Did I guess right? ”

"That's right," Yakov glanced at Katya sitting on the sofa and said in a soft voice, "But this information involves state secrets and cannot be known to non-essential people." ”

Manturov glanced at Katya, then stretched out his hand to the location of the study, and said to Yakov, "Let's go in and talk." ”

The layout of Manturov's house is a bit strange, only one of the 3-bedroom apartments is used as a bedroom, with a large bed.

The other 2 rooms were used as a study, one for Manturov and the other for Katya. In the two study rooms, there are their favorite books, some maps, and documents in their respective units.

Walking into Manturov's study, Yakov's first sight was a map of the Soviet Union hanging on the wall. This map shows the distribution of various minerals, oil and gas resources, as well as the location of various industrial centers and towns. Of course, the route map of railways and highways is indispensable, and the boundaries between states are also very clear.

In addition to the map, models of Soviet-class battleships, T-34 tanks and KV tanks are also the "landmarks" of this study, and of course a Soviet flag.

"That's right," Yakov began to report as soon as he closed the door, "we have recently had information on the movements of the German navy. Intelligence indicated that the Germans had moved the main naval forces back to Europe from the Atlantic and deployed them in Norway and the Baltic Sea. ”

"I also guess that they should have strengthened the Norwegian fleet in order to deal a blow to the Arctic Ocean shipping lanes, attack the convoy transporting supplies from the Allies to the Soviet Union, and prevent us from obtaining more supplies from Britain and the United States.

And is the purpose of their reinforcement of the Baltic Fleet to invade and occupy our islands in the Gulf of Finland and, by extension, to threaten Leningrad? Well, what about the forces of their fleet deployed in the Baltic? What are the capital ships? In fact, Manturov had long expected the Germans to play such a game, and what he wanted to know was that the Germans had sent some boats.

"I knew you would say that." Yakov also knew in his heart that people of Manturov's level had long expected that the Germans would shift the strategic focus of the Navy to the Baltic and North Seas.

Otherwise, how could Manturov, the deputy prime minister, have already begun to build shore defense artillery and other fortifications on the island of Gogland in the Gulf of Finland before the war began, and also built an airfield and garrisoned an entire naval aviation division?

"Okay, I'm not going to sell it." "The German Navy deployed two heavy cruisers in the Baltic Sea, the Prince Eugen (Admiral Hipper) and the Admiral Schell (which was actually a pocket battleship or an armored ship).

In addition to this, there were 4 light cruisers, namely the USS Cologne (Königsberg class), the USS Emden (EMDEN-class), the USS Leipzig (Leipzig-class) and the USS Nuremberg (Leipzig-class).

We do not yet have a definite number of destroyers, submarines, gunboats and torpedo boats, but the number is certainly not less.

In addition, the Finnish Navy's shore defense battleship, the Venamoin, is also relatively powerful, equipped with four 254mm guns, which we cannot ignore. ”

"Okay, I see, thank you for your intelligence efforts." This deployment of the German army was purely expected for Manturov, after all, their navy was relatively weak, there were not many ships that could be used, and they had to deal with the world's first British Royal Navy at the same time, and it would be good to send 1 heavy cruiser and a pocket warship over.

"By the way, this morning I received intelligence," Yakov said something very important: "The German battlecruiser Gneisenau, having completed its overhaul, left the port of Kiel yesterday morning and headed east.

If the intelligence is true, it is very likely that they will transfer this main warship to the Baltic side and participate in the operation against our country. Be ye prepared. ”

Historically, the battlecruiser Gneisenau had to complete its overhaul on February 26, 1942, in preparation for deployment to Norwegian waters to take part in the attack on the British convoy to aid the Soviet Union.

Unfortunately, on the very day that the battlecruiser was overhauled, British planes also came to the port of Kiel to "visit" the German warship that had sunk the aircraft carrier Glorious, and by the way, they "gave a big gift" to the Germans and dropped a bomb.

The bomb hit the bow of the Gneisenau, igniting the ammunition depot and causing a large explosion that destroyed the entire bow section, killing 112 people and injuring 21.

However, this time, the Germans carried out the "Channel Rush" ahead of schedule, allowing the Gneisenau, together with the Scharnhorst and the Prince Eugen, to return to the port of Kiel ahead of schedule, and the repairs were completed ahead of schedule. Before the British could attack, the repairs were completed, the ship had sailed into the Baltic Sea, and before the British bombers could make a sortie, the ship had already left.

"How reliable is this information? Where did you get it? Manturov asked, frowning.

"The disposition of the German and Finnish navies was provided from an informant embedded in the Finnish army, and the information about the departure of the Gneisenau was provided by a German intelligence agent and a Swedish intelligence agent at the same time, and the information was highly reliable."

"That informant embedded in the Finnish army is a Jew?" Manturov asked.

"I can't tell you about that intelligence officer, but we did get a lot of support from Finnish Jews, and I hope you understand what I mean."

In the Finnish army, Jews did have a place in the country. Some Finnish officers were of Jewish descent, and many were Jewish, and many German lives were saved.

However, Hitler did not want to see the existence of this group of Jews, and Nazi Germany had ordered Finland to send all Jews to Poland to be dealt with by the Nazi Party, but the Finnish government refused, which also guaranteed the status of Jews in Finland and gave Soviet intelligence an opportunity.

Although Finland was an ally of Germany and the Jews in Finland were not harmed by the Germans, this did not mean that the Finnish Jewish officers in Finland had a favorable opinion of the Germans.

Some of the Jewish officers were even awarded the Iron Cross by the Germans, but they refused to accept it because the Germans had committed heinous crimes against their fellow Jews.

As a result, when the Soviets sent Jewish intelligence officers to Finland, the Jewish officers in the Finnish army were quickly persuaded by the Jewish intelligence agents in the Soviet Union to begin providing valuable intelligence to the Soviet Union, including information on the deployment of the German-Finnish navy.