The German siege of Sevastopol was much smoother than in another time and space, mainly in this time and space, the Luftwaffe brushed a lot of experience points on the British Navy, and the big ships of the Black Sea Fleet were bombed in less than half a month.

The only battleship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was heavily damaged in the first bombardment and had to rush to the beach to be used as a sea battery, only to be hit by heavy bombs in the next few days, the main turret was completely destroyed, and more than half of the secondary guns were also destroyed. And the armored cruisers of the Black Sea Fleet did not have a good time, they sank in a few days, and the rest were also damaged and had to return to the port for repairs - they could not return to Sevastopol, which had the best repair facilities, but only to the ports on the coast of the North Caucasus.

In another time and space, history is not like this, and in another time and space, the Germans have been doing nothing with these large ships of the Red Navy, they can only watch them provide fire support to ground troops on the sea, and they have no temper at all.

In addition to supporting the battle of Sevastopol with naval artillery fire, the Red Navy also actively engaged in breaking engagements, attacking the German convoy transporting supplies from Romania to the Soviet Union, and the Black Sea Fleet also carried out a landing operation on the Kerch Peninsula in early 1942, forcing Manstein, who was besieging Sevastopol, to transfer the main force to encircle the Soviet Red Army advancing from the Kerch Peninsula to the interior of the Crimea.

In short, the Black Sea Fleet of that time and space simply fought well.

And in this time and space, all this qiē did not happen, the Black Sea Fleet was heavily damaged, and could only attack the transport ships departing from Romania with destroyers and submarines, but the Russian Navy lacked experience in using submarines, and the destroyers acting alone only dared to invade the Luftwaffe's range of activities at night for fear of being surrounded and suppressed by the Luftwaffe, so neither submarines nor destroyers achieved any results worth mentioning.

Oil and supplies were transported directly to the mouth of the Dnieper River by guò and then transferred to river boats to Dnepropetrovsk, where they were loaded onto trains and transported directly to Donetsk.

It was precisely because of the storage of this supply line that the German Army High Command began to revise the entire supply plan, and handed over all kinds of supplies that could be provided by Romania, including oil and food, as well as some ammunition, to this mixed supply line of land and water, so that the entire transportation pressure was reduced at once, and the German army's front-line supplies began to become abundant.

After learning this, Lin Youde was very happy, and he told Viola that he had never thought that vigorously developing the land-based air force could have this effect on the sea, and that he originally wanted to beat the British Navy to see if there was a chance to land in the UK.

The defenders of the fortress of Sevastopol, after losing the artillery cover of the naval fleet, soon fell into a bitter battle, and the Luftwaffe used mines to blockade the port and cut off the sea supply lines of the fortress, and the fortress soon fell into a situation of running out of ammunition and food.

The commander of the 10th Army, who was in charge of directing the offensive, Colonel-General Paulus, believed that he could completely take Sevastopol before the arrival of October.

After getting the news, a new campaign idea was born in Lin Youde's mind.

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"Originally, our idea was to use the army to sweep the ports of the Black Sea Fleet in the North Caucasus and completely paralyze the Black Sea Fleet when it was unable to seize sea supremacy." Lin Youde faced a large number of generals who had returned from the front line to report on their work and handle chores, and gestured on the map, "This plan seemed to be the most secure and best choice at that time. ”

In fact, this is also another strategic choice of the Space-Time Mustache after the failure of the quick attack on Moscow, and Lin Youde basically copied the mustache in this part of the campaign plan. But the problem is that when the mustache made this plan, he had nothing to do with the Black Sea Fleet, and at that time the Luftwaffe was not only responsible for the Eastern and Western Fronts, but also responsible for cooperating with the Italians to control the sea in the Mediterranean Sea and ensure the supply of North Africa, and the Luftwaffe in that time and space was far less professional in attacking surface ships than the Luftwaffe in this time and space.

Now the situation faced by Lin Youde is different from the situation faced by the mustache, the Black Sea Fleet was bombed by the Luftwaffe, and half of the sea control in the Black Sea has fallen into the hands of the German army, so as long as the airfield on the Crimean Peninsula is completed and the Luftwaffe company completes the transfer, the sea control of the Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov will also completely fall into the hands of Lin Youde.

The Black Sea Fleet will no longer be a threat, and since this is the case, then it is not necessary to fight according to the mustache tactics.

"Having mastered the supremacy of the Black Sea, the conditions are ripe for us to cross the Kerch Strait and conduct a landing operation on the western coast of the North Caucasus." As soon as Lin Youde's words fell, a whisper sounded in the entire room.

Lin Youde saw that the generals seemed to have a lot to say, so he continued before they asked: "The benefits of this plan are very obvious, first of all, the supply line of our army will be shortened, and we can transport supplies to Sevastopol by guò railway, where they will be loaded and transported directly to the ports on the coast of the North Caucasus, which is much shorter than the distance of half a circle around the Sea of Azov, and it will save a lot of time. At the same time, we will go to Baku from here, much closer than after the capture of Rostov-on-Don, and we will approach Baku from the southern foot of the Caucasus Mountains, and along the way capture the passes across the Caucasus Mountains, and set up defenses to intercept the Russian army.

"In this case, the Russian army would have to travel a long distance to the south to come to the aid of the defenders near the Caucasus Mountains and Baku, and they were all within the range of our troops assembled near Rostov. Therefore, in the new battle plan, our army does not need to conquer Tsaritsyn first, we only need to maintain a large number of troops in front of Tsaritsyn, contain the enemy, and be prepared to annihilate the enemy in a field battle. Compared to attacking a well-defended city, I think this option should be more feasible. ”

The whispers in the room grew louder, and finally, Manstein spoke first: "Looks like a good idea, the supply line to Rostov is much shorter than to Tsaritsyn, and the port can still be relied upon after the capture of Rostov-on-Don." Shorter supply lines mean less risk. ”

"It's also a good idea to annihilate the enemy in a sports war, I've had enough of river networks and cities." Guderian said with a bitter face, it seems that the network of rivers in the Dnieper River basin and the dense urban agglomeration make him very unhappy.

Lin Youde smiled.