On the afternoon of August 13, 1942, for the first time, German Superman, who had been invincible and invincible since the outbreak of World War II, was blocked by his opponent. Of course, it is not ordinary people who stand in the way of Pen, Fun, and Pavilion www.biquge.info but a Soviet superman composed of special materials.

The sound of shells and bombs exploding was so pervasive that it continued from the early morning of the 13th to the late afternoon. Both sides of the war on Cortlin Island had considerable firepower, and all of them dropped bombs and shells on each other's positions as if they didn't need money.

On the side of the Soviet Superman, there were dozens of batteries and artillery positions in Peter Gouve and Lomonosov, as well as fire support from various old and small warships in the waters of the Gulf of Finland east of Kotlin Island.

On the German side, the fire support came mainly from the air, and the Ju.288 and Do-217 and the French Breguet BR.703 attack planes, escorted by the Fokker Zero, broke through from a mid-altitude of four or five thousand meters to the skies over Kotlin Island.

Due to the transfer of the main forces of the Baltic Fleet to Molotovsk, many of the anti-aircraft artillery units of the Kronstadt fortress were also transferred (to Molotovsk), resulting in insufficient anti-aircraft firepower in the fortress, and as a result, the JU288, DO-217, BR.703 and JU87 took advantage of the loopholes.

The JU288 and DO-217 both carried remote-controlled gliding bombs to destroy the turret of the Kronstadt fortress, and the old pre-World War I stuff couldn't stop the 1,570-kilogram Fritz X-1 bomb. In the 10 hours from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on August 13, 22 armored batteries were blown into ruins!

BR.703 and JU87 circled over Kotlin Island and nearby waters in droves, constantly attacking Soviet ground artillery positions and surface ships, bombing Soviet artillery and surface ships. By the evening of the 13th, the Soviet shells that had fallen on the heads of the Germans who had landed on Kotlin Island had decreased considerably.

However, the German attack still did not make much progress!

Otto. The battle cluster under the command of Captain Skorz (who took over the command of the cluster after the merging of his forces with that of Ribbentrop Jr.) is still blocked in the vicinity of the Red Naval School, and although the Western Wall has been captured, the fortified buildings of the school, built in the Tsarist era, have been turned into bastions of the Red Army and the Kronstadt militia, all of which are hard to gnaw down.

And even more so that Otto. Captain Skortz was frustrated that his opponents were not all well-trained Red Army elites, but a "rabble" of cadets and citizens of Kronstadt.

The other German forces that had taken Kotlin also formed two groups, one of which was at a fortified fortress at the westernmost tip of the island; The other had already made a detour to the vicinity of Kronstadt, that is, behind the naval school. But those "rabble" guarding the naval academy will not retreat! It was now almost dark, and the German planes would soon be unable to provide support, and there would be no way to bring in reinforcements before dawn tomorrow, and the Soviet forces in Leningrad could at any time reinforce Kotlin Island in a big way. If, by the time Soviet reinforcements arrived, he had not been able to take this fortified naval school as a support point for the German offensive forces in the middle of Kotlin Island, then the situation on the island would not be very favorable to the Germans.

Otto. Skortz stood on top of a tall LWS amphibious transport vehicle, staring at the seemingly impregnable buildings in front of him with red eyes, and his heart twitched. There are many such houses in the city of Kronstadt, and the Germans on the island do not have heavy artillery that can be used to demolish houses! Oh, not to mention the heavy artillery, even the 105mm caliber howitzer and the 150mm caliber infantry gun were not transported because the captured airfield was so potholed by the Soviet heavy artillery that it was impossible to take off and land the aircraft, it was really urgent.

When the Nazi supermen were in a hurry, suddenly someone shouted: "Transport plane! It's our transport plane! And also******! ”

Otto. Skortz hurriedly raised his telescope and looked into the western sky, where he found dozens of hundreds of ME323 transport planes and Go242 ******. He breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the big-bellied ME323 transport planes must have been loaded with supplies and ammunition, and the Go234 medium ****** were mostly loaded with much-needed artillery on Kotlin Island.

Red Marshal Voroshilov was now dying, and he already knew that he had made two huge mistakes, and that he should not have placed the Luga Line on the outskirts of Leningrad. And there should also be no doubt that the commander of the Baltic Fleet, Comrade Tributs, was drunk...... Although he is an alcoholic.

"Comrade Voroshilov, what now? Kronstadt Fortress is at risk of falling! The losses of the 1st Marine Brigade, the Fortress Brigade and the militia units on the island were very large...... If the Germans had captured the fortress, they would have been able to attack Leningrad from the sea, and they would have been able to threaten the flanks of the Karelian line, and Leningrad would have been in real danger at that time. ”

Zhdanov, who was speaking to Voroshilov in a complaining tone, was Stalin's in-laws and, of course, a popular figure in Stalin's circle of power. Not only the secretary of the Leningrad city w, but also responsible for the consciousness of the USSR. Voroshilov was responsible for the military preparations for this world revolution, and Zhdanov was in charge of the ideological and revolutionary theory of the world revolution.

If the world revolution really went bad, he would be as guilty as Voroshilov. And once Leningrad falls into a real crisis here, it means that the fate of the Bolshevik Party is a little in suspense, and how can the lives of the people of the world be reformed?

If the world revolution cannot be revolutionized, then whose head is this reckoning? Who made the mistake of adventurism or blind activism? This is a mistake in the road, and anyone who gets a little bit bad will be ruined.

"The Kronstadt fortress will not fall, there will be no problem." Voroshilov took out a handkerchief and wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, "Reinforcements will be ready soon, and when it gets dark, troops will come on board and go to Kotlin Island." ”

His words were largely to comfort Zhdanov, who did not send a sufficient number of reinforcements in time in the early morning. And after that, Voroshilov left the headquarters and went south of Leningrad to inspect the construction of the fortifications (he had laid out three lines of defense outside Leningrad, the first of which was also the Luga Line), and it was not until the afternoon that he knew that something was really wrong on Kotlin Island.

Although he immediately gave the order to mobilize reinforcements from 1 division to the island, the time was still delayed. The Germans had already captured an important fort in the western part of the island, and throughout the day large seaplanes were constantly landing on the water near Kotlin Island. God knows how many troops were airlifted!

Just when both Voroshilov and Zhdanov were a little anxious, Comrade Stalin's phone call had already arrived.

"What's going on? How did the Germans' tanks get to Kotlin Island? Stalin's voice sounded rather anxious.

"Comrade General Secretary, at the moment we do not know how the enemy's tanks got to the island...... Voroshilov probably knew that Oahu was attacked by Japanese amphibious tanks, but now he was so distraught that he did not remember it for a while.

"I promise that the Kronstadt fortress will never fall!" Voroshilov also said to Stalin, "Now that the city of Kronstadt and the whole of Leningrad have begun to mobilize, countless cadres, workers and students will take up arms and take part in the battle for the defense of Leningrad." ”

A few days ago, the city of Leningrad had already carried out a round of mobilization, organized 5 militia divisions, and mobilized millions of citizens to dig trenches outside the city. However, this morning, the situation in Leningrad suddenly became critical because of the sudden landing of German troops on Kotlin Island. As a result, Zhdanov further expanded the scale of mobilization and called on more people to sign up to prepare for the battle.

"Can the militia defend Leningrad?" Stalin's tone was full of doubts.

"There are no problems at the moment...... Voroshilov did not dare to say anything to death now, the German offensive on Kotlin Island was too unexpected. In the middle of his sentence, a staff officer from the Northwest Direction Command walked up to him and stuffed a note.

Voroshilov glanced at it, and his face turned blue on the spot. There was dismal bad news, and two bad news came together. The first came from Kotlin Island, where the Germans carried out a massive airdrop at 5:30 p.m., and at least a few thousand parachutes landed on the eastern part of Kotlin Island, while dozens of ****** landed at the island's airfield.

There is no doubt that Germany has sent more troops to Kotlin Island! Tonight, there will be a bitter battle on the island of Cortlin!

The second bad news came from the southern front in Leningrad, where the Germans had just captured the small city of Batetsky between Luga and Novgorod. This means that the next target of the German army is Novgorod - an ancient city with a very long history, the birthplace of the ancient Rus' state, and the capital of the Rurik dynasty at the beginning. If the flag of the Russian Empire was raised in Novgorod, its influence would not know how many times greater than the fall of Pskov!

And 68 kilometers north of Novgorod is Chudovo, and after the Germans occupy it, the railway line between Leningrad and Moscow will be cut off. The German encirclement of Leningrad was half completed. (To be continued.) )