Due to the fact that the Soviet-German war broke out more than a year later than in history, coupled with the fact that the Soviet Union was the first to strike and was not caught off guard as in history, and the German army slowed down the offensive after the initial victory because of the urgent transportation situation in Poland that needed to be restored, the fortifications of Sevastopol were much more complete than in history, and the total number of garrisons also increased to more than 200,000, plus the many large-caliber heavy guns of the Sevastopol fortress and the assistance of many warships of the Black Sea Fleet, including the battleships of the "Paris Commune" class. Even if the German army in Kyiv poured south, it would not be so easy to capture. However, just when the more than 200,000 Soviet commanders and fighters in Sevastopol were united to make the enemy taste defeat for the first time, some uninvited guests came to the Black Sea

What even most of the Germans did not expect was that more than a dozen German warships, including the battleship Bismarck and the Schahn sisters, actually came to the Black Sea in a large circle along the west coast of Europe. It turned out that the commander of the German Navy, Raeder, felt a lot of pressure because of the great exploits made by his old rival Wegener in the Far East, but with the limited strength of Germany's two battleships and two battle cruisers, it was not enough to challenge the American and British navies with more than twice as many capital ships in the Atlantic, so after the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, Raeder, who saw the opportunity, immediately proposed to the mustache to let the Bismarck and other German capital ships escort a force directly around the Black Sea to land, A fatal stab in the ribs of the USSR

If it were historical, this strategy would not have been possible to be implemented, since Gibraltar was in the hands of the British. It is impossible for such a big guy as a battleship to enter the Mediterranean, and naturally it is even more impossible to sail into the Black Sea. At this time, Spain first entered the axis, and with the assistance of the German army, they regained Gibraltar with great difficulty, which had been occupied by the British for many years, so that the greatest obstacle to the German fleet's access to the Mediterranean Sea was removed. Subsequently, a series of changes such as the offensive of the Arab Commonwealth in North Africa and West Asia, the entry of Turkey, the "liberation" of Italy, and the fall of Greece led to the entire Mediterranean Sea becoming an inland lake of the Axis powers, so that German ships such as the battleship Bismarck could "smuggle in" the Black Sea without the allies.

Of course, after all, it was impossible to deceive the allies for too long, so before entering the Mediterranean, the four German capital ships were acting at the same time, posing as if they were going to enter the depths of the Atlantic Ocean again to disrupt the shipping traffic between the United States and Britain. It really scared Churchill a lot. The British Royal Air Force, which had gradually regained some strength due to the strong support of the United States, immediately sent a large number of planes to pursue and intercept the German fleet all the way. However, because the German fleet had always sailed close to the west coast of Europe and was able to obtain the complete protection of its own land-based aircraft, the British not only did not sink a single German capital ship, but lost more than 1,000 aircraft. The little money that I managed to save up has lost a lot.

The only thing the British can talk about masturbating is. The German battleship Tirpitz was damaged by a torpedo dropped by a British aircraft. The necessity of going to the nearest naval base in Vichy France to Toulon for repairs was, in the eyes of many British, somewhat alleviating the threat of the German Navy to the British sea lines of communication. But the British did not expect it. This gave the German fleet a reason to enter the Mediterranean without arousing suspicion, and although it may not be able to fool the Allies for long, with the average cruising speed of the German fleet of more than 800 kilometers per day and night, it will soon reach the Black Sea.

According to Raeder's original plan, the German fleet was to join up with an armored corps that had arrived by land in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, and the transport ships were to be provided by nearby allies such as Turkey. However, the great victory in the Battle of Kiev greatly encouraged the mustache, and he immediately sent a telegram to change the order, asking the fleet to go north and attack the German army attacking Sevastopol in the south without waiting for all the Panzer Corps to board the ship, and attack this fortified city known as "difficult to fall for a thousand years".

Although the mustache has historically been criticized for his penchant for interfering directly in the military decisions of front-line commanders (certainly much better than Chiang Lao, who gave orders directly to the regimental level by bypassing the commander), it must be admitted that, at least in the early stages of the war, his judgment was often more accurate than that of the long-established generals of the Wehrmacht. After the Bismarck entered the Black Sea, it immediately caused great psychological pressure on the Soviet troops in Sevastopol, although Sevastopol is known as "difficult to fall for a thousand years", but in fact it is far from being compared with the Oahu fortress of the United States, because it is only thick and durable, but the firepower is not strong, although the number of fortress guns is quite large, but the maximum caliber is only 305mm, it is difficult to pose a threat to a new battleship like the Bismarck, so that it can rest assured and bold to close the distance and carry out accurate shelling.

Of course, the defense of the Sevastopol fortress is indeed strong, even with the 381mm caliber cannon of the Bismarck, it is difficult to easily destroy the main 12 fortresses of the fortress, and even if the 305mm armor-piercing shell cannot penetrate the Bismarck's thick armor, more hits may cause a lot of damage, even if it does not sink, it is not a good thing to enter the factory for overhaul for a few months.

Therefore, the German army adopted the method of first letting the aircraft lure the Soviet anti-aircraft artillery positions to be exposed, and then guiding the naval guns on the Bismarck to destroy them, even if the fortress without the protection of the anti-aircraft guns was strong, so that the bombers could easily destroy the ground-penetrating bombs that had already made great achievements when they bombed Britain from a high altitude, after all, although the Sevastopol fortress had strong protection, it did not have a ready-made mountain like the Oahu fortress that could be used

Seeing that the fortresses were easily destroyed by the Germans one by one, the Soviet battleship "Paris Commune", which had been hiding in the harbor and did not dare to fight, finally rushed out to fight the Germans, but even though this old battleship built before World War I had undergone a modernization and refit, it was still far from being able to compete with the Bismarck, which was almost a generation behind the ship. Less than ten minutes after the exchange of fire, the "Paris Commune" was quickly sunk by an armor-piercing bullet fired by Bismarck's 381mm gun that pierced the ammunition depot and caused a violent explosion.

The sinking of the "Paris Commune" did not frighten the commanders and fighters of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, who rushed to the Bismarck, hoping to close in and launch a torpedo, which was the only way for the auxiliary ships to sink the battleship. But with the assistance of the Schahn sisters and other German warships, the battleship Bismarck did not give the Soviet ships a chance. In the end, all the Soviet ships in the port of Sevastopol were sunk by the German Navy or sank themselves in the Black Sea, and not a single ship surrendered to the Germans

Soon after, the fortress of Sevastopol was completely conquered by the Germans, who took the historic fortress with far fewer casualties than in history, killing more than 200,000 Soviet troops, and ending the fourth campaign after the German invasion of the Soviet Union, and the Germans won the same victory as the previous three battles. Less than 3 months after the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, the permanent attrition of the Soviet army has exceeded 5 million, a new record in human history, which shocked Shijie countries (to be continued......