"Give up your resistance, Russian admirals, though you have committed many crimes outside the port of Danze, but all this is the decision of those beasts of the Russian Admiralty, you are only blinded. If you can lay down your arms and ensure the integrity of your ships and equipment, the German High Seas Fleet will guarantee the safety of your person and property, and this principle applies to everyone from Admiral Essen to ordinary soldiers. Eventually, the Germans' paper bombs landed on the Russian Navy-controlled military port, and many people secretly picked up the leaflets, then found a secluded place to read them, and even began to read them privately. Officers and gendarmes simply could not completely prevent such a thing. Compared to Essen's assurances of going home, the content on these flyers seems even more appealing!

"It's too late. We'll leave tonight. Essen looked at the city in the distance, as if he wanted to imprint it in his mind, and he knew that this was the last time he had ever been in Tallinn. As a commander, he didn't have much hope for this breakthrough, but he couldn't find a better way. Even God is powerless in this situation. And surrender is absolutely impossible! Everything is going according to Essen's orders, and although there will be those who resist and those who delay under various pretexts, the order for the fleet to set off must not be stopped! Essen decided to use his blood and efforts to get a decent end for the Russian fleet!

The road to the breakthrough at night was bound to be fraught with danger, the Russian Navy did not even have time to clear the mines on the pre-selected course for a short time, the minesweepers suffered heavy losses under the attack of German destroyers and light cruisers, and the rest were very hard. However, it is still not possible to guarantee the safety of the passage. There was also the German fleet outside the harbor, and the Germans seemed to have a clear idea of Essen's next move, and they deployed the main force of the fleet to the east of the port of Tallinn. Waiting for the Russians to throw themselves into the net. Breaking through during the day is ten deaths, and you can only try your luck at night!

To Essen's surprise, when the fleet was lit before departure, someone had already sent this information to Schell by telegram, and it was not the German spies in Russia who reported it, but the defenders of Tallinn. In their opinion, this is too high and their most valuable opportunity is the last. If it weren't for the fierce firepower of the Sevastopol-class battleships, they would have even wanted to capture the battleship!

Under the cover of night, the last fleet of the Russian Navy embarked on their most rearly voyage. The few remaining auxiliary warships were clustered around the 4 capital ships. These men were the last elite of the Russian Navy, and before leaving, Essen once again let those who were unwilling to take part in the last battle leave. When a thousand Russian naval officers and sailors left, Essen would have enough men left. Handymen, such as cooks, were left ashore. According to Essen, what he needs is warriors who dare to die, not a group of weak-willed people!

"General, we're not going back to St. Petersburg! We are going in the wrong direction! "Soon after the fleet sailed out of port, an officer noticed that something was wrong! The whole fleet did not sail to the east, but after a short distance to the east, it sailed directly to the northwest! They are not going back to St. Petersburg, but leaving the Gulf of Finland and entering the Baltic Sea!

"The Germans are deployed in the east and waiting for me to throw myself into the net. How could I be so stupid? Although the final result has been decided, I don't intend to end there. It's so boring, it's so meaningless! Levov they can only represent the opinion of some Russians, and not all! There will always be those who will rebel against the German invaders! This time, I'm going to enter the Baltic Sea and turn the back garden of the German Navy upside down! "Essen's eyes are full of fighting spirit, this is the last attack, he wants to be perfect!

Essen's idea was indeed unexpected, Scheer never expected it to be to such an extent, and Essen actually wanted to take the initiative! According to Scheer's opinion, it would be good for Essen to be able to control the fleet to break through in the name of returning home, but he did not expect that the war had been going on until now, and in the case of internal and external difficulties, after all, there would still be a group of Russian naval officers and men who dared to fight to the end! This step is a miscalculation by Scheer! Essen won the first move, and if nothing else, at dawn, Essen could pull away about 40 nautical miles from Scheer's main fleet! After all, Scheer's fleet was not near the harbor, cruising around during the day, and at night at a distance to prevent night attacks by the opposing submarines and torpedo boats!

But just because you have a good idea doesn't mean you won't have an accident! Essen evaded the reconnaissance of the main German High Seas Fleet and the auxiliary warships deployed to the east, but that did not mean that no one had spotted them. It was very risky to navigate in the waters where the minefields were made up by the enemy, and even Essen did not know when he would hit a mine, either German or his own. Complete lighting control is not possible. After all, it is a long night voyage, and the operations of the Grand Fleet need to communicate with each other. The destroyer in front opened the way, and the people behind always knew where the avant-garde ship was, and the Russians did not have the "cat's eye" of the Japanese Navy in World War II.

For a variety of reasons, the operation was fraught with danger from the start, and the night in a sea area that was not carefully cleared of mines was tantamount to walking a tightrope, but there was really no other way for Essen. The nightmare soon came, a destroyer leading the way in front touched a mine, the explosives of more than 100KG in the mine directly blew the small boat with a displacement of less than 700 tons into pieces, in the dazzling firelight, a huge column of water rose into the air, and the violent explosion was heard far away in the quiet night.

"The fleet slows down, and the destroyers open their way in turn." Ethan glanced coldly out the window and commanded with an expressionless face. At this moment, the obedience of the elite of the Russian Navy was excellently demonstrated, and without the slightest hesitation, another destroyer began to take the place of the battle-sinking battleship and continued to "minesweep" the main fleet! "Every nation at any time will have a group of people who put life and death out of the way, and the same is true of the Russians. After a brief confusion, the fleet moved on. However, to Russia's surprise, this explosion has alarmed some hunters hiding at the bottom of the sea.

A submarine sails quietly on the surface of the sea under the cover of night, the U9 submarine once terrified the British transport fleet in the Atlantic and North Seas. Having escaped British destroyers several times, the submarine and its captain, Major Otto Windingen, were known as the most cunning sharks in the German Navy at home. After his last combat cruise, Major Wendingen was given a relatively easy task of following the High Seas Fleet on reconnaissance and night patrols in the Gulf of Finland. The scheming Scheer thought of the possibility that Essen might break through at night, but he didn't expect that at this time, Essen still wanted to bite the other party back, but even so, to the west of Tallinn Port, Scheer still deployed a certain number of submarines. There is no way, there are too many German submarines, and there are still a few that can't be put down in the east, so they will be transferred directly to the west!

"Listen, there's an explosion, it's like something has struck a mine!" In the distance, a point of light appeared in Major Wendingen's field of vision, and it was some time before the sound of an explosion could be heard. That place was supposed to be a minefield under the German Admiralty. This is clearly marked on the chart. Supposedly, no German warships would ever appear in this area. And if not the Germans, then the Russians! But what do the Russians want? To the Baltic Sea? The capital ship may not be possible, but it is still possible to send submarines! Wendingen kept thinking about it in his heart, but no matter what, it was really unreasonable not to go over and take a look. And now it's night, the submarine can sail on the surface when it is far away from the target, and wait until it is close to the target before diving to attack. Time is also in time.

What is even more tragic is that Essen ordered the Russian fleet to slow down, so that the U9 submarine sailing on the surface is faster than the Russian fleet, and the latter is aware of the surrounding sea conditions, so it is possible to move around in front of the Russian fleet. Of course, it is only possible, and it is not easy to approach the target at night from a long distance. And at this moment, God once again helped the Germans, and it didn't take long for another light cruiser to hit a mine, which was the only light cruiser in the Russian Navy! The battleship did not sink immediately after hitting a mine, and the Russians still had time to save the officers and men on board, but in this way, the battleship burning on the sea completely pointed the way to the U9! The U9 quietly sails to the edge of the minefield, then dives to await the arrival of its prey!

"It's finally out, and there should be a safe sea area ahead." Essen looked at the charts and breathed a sigh of relief, the entire fleet finally rushed out of the intricate minefields of the Russians and Germans, losing a light cruiser and a destroyer, which was not bad, for this result Essen thought that he had burned high incense! But what he didn't expect was that a submarine had quietly occupied the attack position and aimed at Essen's fleet from the side! WENDINGEN AIMED AT PETRPAVLOVSK, WHICH WAS IN THIRD PLACE, AND AT A DISTANCE OF LESS THAN 1KM, 4 TORPEDOES OF THE G6D TYPE 500MM RUSHED TO THE TARGET AT A HIGH SPEED OF 35 KNOTS! The unsuspecting Pavlovsk was hit 3 shots directly! Under the action of high high explosives of up to 164 kg inside, 2 huge breaches appeared on the left side of the hull, and even more tragically, two of the torpedoes hit one place at the same time! Directly tear a gap nearly 20 meters long!

With a violent explosion and the sound of tearing steel plates of the hull, the entire battleship quickly leaned to the left! The tilt speed is so fast that it is too late to balance the water injection! Moreover, because the positions of the middle mines are close to the front section, the depth of the underwater defense system is insufficient, and the power of the torpedoes is huge, and the ammunition depots of the two bow turrets are seriously flooded. At the same time as the left-leaning there was a serious first-leaning! For a time, the entire fleet fell into chaos!

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