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From 1915 to the present, the Russian and Soviet navies have not added a single battleship!The current four "Gangut" class battleships joined the Tsarist Russian Navy in 1914.It is more than 20 years old now!Although these battleships were all modernized in 1936, if they really wanted to confront Germany and China's "Karl Marx" (so the Soviets liked to call the Zhenyuan class) class, it would be no different from courting death!

Since the Soviet Red Navy also purchased the drawings and design materials of this class of battleships, Orlov is very familiar with their performance, knowing that the 305mm main guns of the "October Revolution" and "Mara" battleships are very Their armor is not threatening, and the opponent's 380mm main gun can easily sink two of their own battleships!

But the problem is that Comrade Stalin is now close to madness. When he heard that the port of Tallinn was captured by the German army from the sea, he ordered the arrest of the People's Commissar of the Navy Mukelevich on the spot!He was sent directly to a military court and sentenced to death!Now I don't know if I was targeted?Seeing that it was his turn to be the commander of the Baltic Fleet as the next unlucky one, Orlov had no choice but to challenge Stalin in the name of the Baltic Fleet... Let's live a little longer!Maybe with luck, sinking a "Karl Marx" class will make up for it.Even if it doesn't work, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Baltic Fleet will be buried together, and they won't be alone in hell!

Standing behind him were the captain of the "October Revolution" battleship, Rear Admiral Kuznetsov, and the captain of another battleship, the Mara, Rear Admiral Isakov.

These two battleships are the foundation of the Baltic Fleet, and they are also the main force for going out to die this time.There are also three "Svetlana" class cruisers, the red Caucasus, the red Ukraine and the red Crimea also went to the funeral together.In addition, there are some unpopular destroyers and light cruisers. There are more than a dozen warships collected. At this moment, they have lifted anchor and lit fire, and they are ready to set off at any time.

"Comrade Kuznetsov, keep in touch with the First Baltic Front." Orlov said calmly: "Once we find the German and Chinese fleets, we will lure them away... before we are finished, Hopefully the [-]st Baltic Front will retake Tallinn. Then our deaths will count."

"Yes, Comrade Commander." Kuznetsov nodded heavily, with a gloomy and solemn expression.

"Okay, that's it! Red Navy, let's go!" Orlov raised his arm high, then swung it down heavily, and gave the order to attack.At exactly three o'clock, under the expectant eyes of the officers and soldiers of the fortress and the families of the navy soldiers, the Baltic Fleet of the Soviet Red Navy slowly sailed out of the Langkastadt fortress and rushed towards the vast Baltic Sea.

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Poland, an important town on the west bank of the Bwag River, Biała Podlaska.

This small city located on the railway artery across Eastern Europe, next to the famous Brest Fortress, has undergone two earth-shaking changes in less than a month.First, at the end of October, Red Poland raised their sacred flag here, and the Soviet Red Army of the brigade crossed the Bwag River from here, and embarked on the revolutionary road to liberate the whole of Poland!But within a few days, they were defeated by counter-revolutionaries from Germany and China, and fled across the Bouage River in a hurry.The Red Polish government led by Polish communist Lenzki also became a government-in-exile and fled to the Soviet Union for refuge.

And now it has become the base camp for the German, Chinese and Polish counteroffensive.A long train slowly stopped at the temporary station west of the small town.Under the command and handling of Chinese and German soldiers, tanks, armored vehicles, and cannons entered the temporary barracks that had just been set up on both sides of the railway.Soldiers wearing M35 helmets from the brigade also came down from the top of the military column, lined up in a neat line and walked to the reserved garrison site, and began to set up camp.

The Eighth Armored Division of the Chinese National Defense Army was also sent here by train.Hu Lian raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and took the list handed over by the logistics officer. His two tank regiments finally arrived after the repairs were completed.According to the agreement, the Germans replenished all the equipment losses for him, the "savior of Warsaw".Now the entire armored division has 380 tanks, 72 self-propelled artillery, assault guns, anti-aircraft vehicles, 400 various half-track armored vehicles and 800 trucks.There are still nearly 9000 officers and soldiers in the division, and they can fully undertake the mission of attacking the vanguard of the Soviet Union!They will form the No.16 Armored Army together with the German Third and Fourth Armored Divisions, under the unified command of Admiral Erich Hoppner, and act as the vanguard of the Southern Army Group, from southern Belarus or Ukraine. Invade the Soviet Union from the north, and strive to join forces with the Central Army Group that went all the way south from Lithuania in eastern Belarus, and pocket the Soviet Union's Second Baltic Front and Western Front in one fell swoop!

At that time, there will be 200 million Soviet troops in the pocket?Or 300 million?

snort!The old man is finished now.

Amidst Hu Lian's cold snort, Lieutenant General Wu Tuohao, deputy chief of staff of the expeditionary force, had already walked to his side.

"The General Staff's Commendation Order is here. In view of your outstanding performance in the Battle of Wowoming, I will award you the First-Class Blue Sky and White Sun Medal and the title of Hero of the Republic of China." The eldest brother of the first phase of Huangpu smiled and handed the telegram to Hu Lian .

"Brother Mouxian, when do you think we will cross the Buwag River?"

"It should be soon, right?" Wu Tuohao stomped his feet vigorously, and his boots made a bang sound when they stepped on the ground. "The ground is almost frozen, and the weather will improve soon. It's time for us to go out."

"Will the Soviets run away?" Hu Lian asked with a cold gleam in his eyes.

"Hehe, I'm afraid the decision to escape is not so easy to make?" Wu Tuohao turned his head, looked at the north and said with a smile: "More than one million people of the First Baltic Front Army are trapped in Estonia. With the withdrawal of the Baltic Front, I am afraid there is no hope of saving the more than 100 million people in Estonia, right?"

Hu Lian narrowed his eyes, looking at the gray sky, the heavy snow for days had stopped now.

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At this time, the land in West Belarus had also become frozen and gradually hardened, and the vast Eastern European plains were all silvery white.Although the cold wind is like a knife, it is no longer an obstacle to military operations.On both sides of the Buwag River, only occasional shells exploded on the positions of the Soviet and German armies.The long-range heavy artillery of the Soviet Red Army has stopped firing on the other side of the Buvag River.Because the heavy snowfall has stopped for several days, the sky over West Belarus is now dominated by German aircraft.For the Soviet army, there is no need to pay for extremely precious heavy artillery firepower in order to harass the opponent's position.At this time, only some mountain artillery firepower was conducting harassing shelling against the German army.Since yesterday afternoon, the Soviet army has been braving the firepower of the German army to adjust its situation.The army that was about to retreat all began to repair and reinforce the fortifications and arrange obstacles.The artillery regiments of each infantry regiment are hurrying to enter the position, the order has been conveyed, and the original plan to withdraw to the Stalin line of defense has been temporarily postponed.Now turn to defense on the spot.Be prepared for the German army to achieve a breakthrough from the front of the Bouage River!All sixty infantry divisions of the twenty infantry corps, the main force of the Western Front and the Ukrainian Front, together with the eighty artillery regiments, were already in position.Ammunition of five base numbers has been prepared.However, General Shaposhnikov, who had just taken office as the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Army on the Western Front, knew very well that with an army of 100 million in his hands, it was simply not enough to hold the Buvag River defense line!Now I can only pray that the time for the German offensive to be delayed!So that the Second Baltic Front could rescue the First Baltic Front from the encirclement of the Germans.At that time, they will be considered to have completed the cover task, and they will retreat to the "solid" Stalin line of defense early.

And Stalin in Moscow was also extremely concerned about the situation here and the Second Baltic Front to the north.According to intelligence, the main force of the German Army has been assembled in Lithuania and Poland, and the direction of attack is facing West Belarus. The two sides are already the main force against the main force!Due to the accidental siege of the [-]st Baltic Front on the Estonian side.Before they successfully break through, the front in West Belarus must be maintained!As long as it can be stabilized, the main force of the Germans can be contained.The [-]st Baltic Front was always able to break through the loose siege and flee back to Leningrad.The red country of the Soviet Union can still be maintained for a few more years.Now we have to see if we can keep these two points!Stalin has issued a death order. The Red Army of workers and peasants on the front line must not retreat a single step and must maintain the front line.

In the trenches, in the observation post, in the machine gun bunker, and in the earthworks, the Soviet army watched the movement of the German army on the opposite side with wide eyes in fear.The spirit of the front-line Red Army has been stretched to the most tense point, and they are all waiting for the enemy's attack.

At this time in Kehera, a small town in Estonia, Tukhachevski was also waiting.Although his front army was already in the predicament of being attacked from the front and back from the map, the marshal himself was not too panicked.Because there are not too many German troops occupying Tallinn, there is only one army!If it weren't for the firepower of those six battleships, it would be too abnormal.This German army has long been wiped out by the First Baltic Front without even a scum left.Fortunately, the idiots of the Red Navy are now ready to atone for their mistakes. They have come out of the Langkastadt fortress and are ready to attract the combined Chinese and German fleets to leave the waters near Tallinn... as long as they can fight with the Germans and Chinese Two days of entanglement at sea, even if only one day!The First Baltic Front will have a chance to escape and rise to heaven.

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"Vice Admiral, U162 has discovered the Soviet fleet! The location is in the Gulf of Finland." The staff officer opened the door and walked into Lu Stejen's cabin, handing him a telegram just received.

"What? The Soviet fleet? What are they doing?" Lu Steyan shook his head, took the telegram from the staff officer, glanced at it and stood up abruptly. "Two battleships, three light cruisers... What do the Soviets want to do? Suicide or go to the Baltic Sea to break diplomatic relations?"

Lu Stejen's heart skipped a beat. If these two battleships slipped out of the Gulf of Finland and slipped into the Baltic Sea, then Germany's maritime transport would be in a cold sweat!And now there is still a fleet of 24 transport ships sailing from Königsberg to Tallinn. If they are to hit this Soviet fleet, things will be in trouble!

But... the fire support here in Tallinn is also my responsibility!Just as Lu Steyan was about to lead the entire fleet to attack, he suddenly realized that Tallinn was surrounded on three sides by 10,000+ Soviet Red Army, all supported by his own battleships here.Otherwise, Manstein would have to let the Soviets arrest him and send him to "reform through labor".

"Give power to the battleship Zhenyuan, order Zhenyuan, Dingyuan, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Changsha, Xuzhou, Shaoguan, Huizhou and other ships to form the first detachment, responsible for annihilating or intercepting the Soviet fleet leaving Leningrad ” Lu Steyan ordered.

In the bridge of the battleship Zhenyuan, the flagship of the Chinese Expeditionary Fleet, Yu Yanshou, who received the order, walked to the chart and shook his head slightly while looking at the narrow Gulf of Finland.These Soviet navies are really not afraid of death, and they actually want to use two "Gangut" class ships to challenge the six Zhenyuan class ships of the Sino-German joint fleet.I really don't know whether to call them brave or stupid.

Yu Yanshou drew a straight line along the Gulf of Finland with his fingers, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. Obviously, he could not let them enter the Baltic Sea, and wanted to end the battle in the Gulf of Finland!

"Order Dingyuan, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Changsha, Xuzhou, Shaoguan, and Huizhou to approach our ship and form the first detachment together with our ship, with the battleship Zhenyuan as our flagship."

After the staff officer took the order to leave, Yu Yanshou looked at the sky outside the bridge, and the heavy snow that had been falling for an unknown period of time had stopped.The long-lost sunshine appeared in the sky!Looks like a good day for a decisive battle at sea.Thinking of this, he ordered loudly: "Send the seaplane to search north and northeast."

"Order the ships to cruise eastward after completing the formation, with a speed of 23 knots. The first destroyer formation will start immediately, and the route will be northeast. Search and advance, and the rest of the ships will be ready for battle!"

"Yes!"

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On the sea of ​​the Gulf of Finland, a huge fleet is sailing westward along the coastline of Finland.

2 "Gangut" class battleships, 3 "Svetlana" class cruisers, and 2000 light cruisers and destroyers with a displacement of less than 18 tons.A total of [-] warships, billowing thick smoke almost covered the sky, it is also spectacular from a distance.Except for the famous "Aurora" cruiser, the entire Baltic Fleet was almost dispatched.The sailors of the Red Navy are even looking forward to the decisive battle at sea, so that those Germans and Chinese who don't know the heights of the sky and the earth understand the strength of the Soviet motherland!

However, on the flagship battleship "October Revolution", Admiral Orlov was not as optimistic as those sailors who did not understand the situation. Standing in front of the chart, his body even trembled slightly.Yes, he was trembling!

To be honest, he is a little afraid of death now. As an admiral and commander of the Baltic Fleet, his life is very superior. The better life is, the more afraid of death he will naturally be. This is in line with materialism.Moreover, Comrade Stalin showed kindness after Trotsky's death, and the purge of the top Red Army officials basically stopped. Didn't he, Orlov, participate in the revolution for such a carefree and wealthy life?Why die?He also vaguely heard that some senior generals of the Far East Army were reused after taking refuge in Empress Anastasia, and were even named marquis and earl!If he had a choice, he would rather wait in the Langkastadt Fortress...

But Stalin, who was almost crazy, didn't let him wait for the surrender comfortably.As the bad weather is about to pass, the besieged 100st Baltic Front's chances of successfully breaking out of the encirclement are getting smaller!Now we can only take a risky attack to see if we can lure out the Chinese and German battleships in the port of Tallinn!In this way, more than [-] million people of Tukhachevsky can survive.

So even if he didn't want to fight, he had to bite the bullet.

However, as soon as he left the Langkastad fortress, the desire to live always occupied most of his thoughts, and he couldn't suppress it no matter how hard he tried.It was under the domination of this kind of thinking that he chose to sail along the coastline of Finland instead of the coastline of the Soviet Union, so that he would have a little more chance to sneak out of the Gulf of Finland and sail to the Baltic Sea. It can draw out the Sino-German fleet.If he doesn't escape the detection of the Chinese and German navies and can't beat his opponent, he can also choose to sail the fleet to the port of Finland...Finland is now a neutral country, they will disarm the Baltic fleet according to international law, and then detain them until the end of the war .Of course, this is a last resort, because his family is still in the hands of Stalin!

"Comrade Commander, I have received a telegram from the seaplane." The voice of the communication staff officer suddenly rang in Orlov's ear. "They found two battleships, three cruisers, and three destroyers 80 nautical miles southwest of us! Heading north."

The "October Revolution" and the "Mara" were modernized in the 30s and both can carry seaplanes.At dawn, Orlov sent them out for reconnaissance.

Orlov's eyes quickly focused on the sea chart. The Gulf of Finland is like a long and narrow corridor, and the opponent has now sent a squadron to block the exit of the corridor!Can you stand out?

Chapter 0752 Great Encirclement ([-]) Great Battle

"Spot the enemy fleet!"

November 1937, 11 at 26 p.m. The observer on the observation post of the "October Revolution" battleship Nedchayev picked up the phone, reported his discovery loudly, and then pressed the red button inside the watchtower.A shrill siren suddenly sounded from every corner of the battleship.

"Comrade Commander, here they come... two 'Karl Marx' class, three Königsberg class, and possibly three destroyers." Major Kasatonov, the special assistant to the commander of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet, held the ship with trembling hands. A report from the communications staff was handed to Orlov.But he couldn't help looking out from the corner of his eyes, and several pillars of smoke rising into the sky told him that the enemy fleet was approaching rapidly.

"What should we do? Comrade Commander?" Kasatonov asked again.

"What should we do? Of course we're going to fight!" Orlov replied impatiently with an ugly face.He looked at the report sent by Kasatonov again, shook his head with a wry smile, and ordered: "Left, left 15 degrees, report the distance."

"25000 meters."

"Comrade Kasatonov, it is up to you to formulate the battle plan."

"Okay, Comrade Commander." Kasatonov frowned bitterly, and was silent for a moment. Frunze Naval Academy did not teach him how to use 305mm cannons to shoot "Karl Marx" class guns. A monster covered in thick steel armor all over its body!However, he can roughly calculate how close a 305mm caliber cannon must be to penetrate the opponent's waterline armor or the front of the main turret... Of course, in actual combat, this distance is not easy to achieve.

"According to reconnaissance speculation, the opponent should be a part of the Chinese expeditionary fleet. The two battleships may be 'Zhenyuan' and 'Dingyuan'. The main gun caliber, armor and speed of this battleship all exceed ours...but the opponent's The number of warships is not as large as ours, only 8 ships, so we should use battleships to attract the opponent's attention, then use cruisers and destroyers to assault the enemy's positions, and use torpedoes to resolve the battle." Rear Admiral Kuznetsov, captain of the battleship October Revolution At this time a plan was proposed.