How powerful is the explosion of a shell with a caliber of about 400 mm? The grenade that specializes in attacking the first time has an explosion of about half a football field.

Of course, it may not be so exaggerated, but how powerful it is, at least it can be inferred.

Why was the navy so important in the past that its artillery could deter most countries?

In fact, the reason is very simple: most countries have coastal cities, and these cities are often rich due to their geographical advantages.

The huge blow to the countries under which these cities belong cannot be easily ignored.

Therefore, the deterrent power of large ships and giant cannons can be said to be the core of the empire's display of its power in an era without nuclear weapons.

Now, the deterrence has become a real combat power, and the sufferings that Leningrad has endured are definitely more terrifying than what he has experienced in history.

After finally experiencing eight explosions, the people in the city had long been in chaos. No one knew that the attack came from the sea because they had long been blocked in the harbor.

The Soviet Baltic Fleet had two battleships, but unfortunately they were both old battleships from the Tsarist Russian era.

One is called the Mara, and the other is called the October Revolution. Its name comes from a strong red smell, but its combat effectiveness is not as strong as the Red Army.

In fact, Germany's previous air strikes on Leningrad had paralyzed the two battleships in the port.

Both warships were a little damaged and could not be driven out to fight the German navy. Of course, another reason for being unable to be dispatched is the complete loss of air supremacy.

Without air cover and without the cover of air defense artillery around the city, German pilots may only need to be dispatched once to sink these two old warships.

What was unexpected was that now the German Navy's battleships were bullied at their doorstep, and the Soviet Navy's Baltic Fleet still had no room for fight back.

Because just far away in the Gulf of Finland, the German battleship troops did not only dispatch two battleships, but four battleships!

The Warrior battleship also has the Battleship of War, the Battleship of the Tirbitz, the Battleship of the Soviet Navy, and the Battleship of the Ramirez, which had just been repaired.

The German Navy has not had such a rich family background for a long time, so this time it really bullies people and bullies them.

They knew that the Soviets had only two battleships in the port, so they learned from Britain to bully them twice as much as their troops... The smell of wealth inside and outside was full of wealth, which made the Soviets not even want to resist.

The Soviet Baltic Navy officers knew very well that the shooting accuracy of the shelling port was not enough at any time.

As long as the other party is not close, there is no need for them to attack and die. Anyway, the shells fall into the city, so they have little to do with them.

"Hey? Hey? Where did the shelling come from? Yes... I am Voroshilov! Confirm it immediately! Immediately!" With the telephone receiver, Marshal Voroshilov's face turned green.

His troops worked hard to block the crazy advancement of the German army dozens of kilometers away, but the enemy's shelling suddenly arrived in the morning.

The stability in the city that was originally trying hard to maintain has disappeared. Now many people are clamoring to leave the city, and the army is in a mess.

"Bang!" After falling off the phone in his hand, Marshal Voroshilov went around in his underground bunker, not knowing what he was thinking.

You know, Leningrad was his last bottom line. Stalin did not allow him to continue to retreat his command, so once Leningrad became a front-line city, his fate was no different from Budonnie.

"Maybe... it's at sea?" The Chief of Staff looked at his commander and spoke up to his own speculation.

"Sea? Battleship? Damn!" Marshal Voroshilov also realized this possibility when he heard someone mention it.

Indeed, only artillery bombardment at sea can have such great power. But this is not easy to stop. After all, the Baltic Fleet of the Soviet Union is a fleet that cannot be taken advantage of.

The two old battleships that can only act as gunboats are not on the same level as the German battleships.

The ideal new battleship, the Soviet class, is still laying keels on the ship platform. In this case, you can only use a submarine or an aircraft to think of ways.

After thinking about it, there is no need to think about the plane. If the take-off plane cannot fly to the Gulf of Finland, it will be shot down by German fighters.

The most reliable choice for the rest is the Soviet submarine. Unfortunately, due to the lack of parts, the damage rate of the Soviet Navy's submarine is really amazing.

Isn’t it amazing? Before World War II, the Soviet Union had hundreds of submarines. This number was more than twice the number of German submarines.

What's the result? Comparing the results between German submarines and Soviet submarines, you will know that the Soviet submarine investment does not seem to have received a full return.

In addition, after the war between the Soviet Union and Germany started, the German army won one after another, and more and more means of production in the Soviet Union were concentrated in the army that needed more supplements, and the navy received even less materials.

Unlike the Army, the Navy has always been a military force supported by technology and training.

With only a large number of troops, without rigorous training and sufficient material support, it is impossible to build a strong navy during the construction period.

This is also the main reason why the Soviet Navy, which seemed powerful during the Cold War, quickly collapsed and finally fell to this point today.

Similarly, this is also the main reason why the Beiyang government of the Qing Dynasty and the weak Republic of China were unable to establish its own navy.

With various reasons combined, there are only a handful of Soviet submarines that can sail intact, so there is almost no way for the Soviet army to shell out the German fleet in Leningrad on the sea.

"Let the navy find a way! We cannot sit still and wait for death!" Marshal Voroshilov could only bite the bullet and let the navy attack and solve the troubles outside the sea.

Then, he looked at his chief of staff: "In addition, let the Air Force think of a way. After all, if it can sink a German warship, it will be beneficial to boost morale."

Now he can only take a gamble and use all the ways he can think of. If he let these 381mm caliber cannons bombard him, Leningrad will really no longer exist.
Chapter completed!