Imperial Overlord

How powerful is the explosion of a shell with a caliber of about 400 mm? The grenade specially designed for the first attack will explode in a crater that is about half the size of a football field.

Of course, it may not be so exaggerated, but how powerful its power is, at least a few points can be inferred.

Why was the navy so important in the past, and how could naval artillery deter most countries?

The reason is simple: most countries have coastal cities, and these cities are often rich because of their geographic advantages.

The huge blow that the destruction of these cities will have on the countries to which they belong cannot be easily ignored.

Therefore, the deterrent power of large ships and artillery, in the era of no nuclear weapons, can be said to be the core of the empire's display of its power.

Now that deterrence has become a real combat force, the suffering that Leningrad has endured is definitely more terrifying than what it has experienced in history.

After finally surviving the full eight explosions, the people in the city have long been in chaos. No one knew the attack was coming from the sea, because they had long been blocked in the harbor.

The Soviet Union's Baltic Fleet has two battleships, but unfortunately they are both old battleships from the Tsarist Russia era.

One is called the Mara, and the other is called the October Revolution. Hearing the name, it has a strong red taste, but its combat effectiveness is not as strong as the Red Army.

In fact, the previous German air strikes against Leningrad had already paralyzed the two battleships in the port.

Both ships were slightly damaged and could not be driven out to engage with the German navy. Of course, another reason for not being able to dispatch is because of the complete loss of air dominance.

Without air cover, and without the cover of the anti-aircraft artillery around the city, the German pilots may only need one dispatch to sink these two aging battleships.

As a result, what people never expected was that now the battleships of the German Navy were bullied to their doorstep, and the Baltic Fleet of the Soviet Navy still had no room to fight back.

Because in the distance of the Gulf of Finland, the German battleship force did not just dispatch two battleships, but a whole four battleships!

Behind the battleship Warrior and the battleship Warspite, there are the battleship Tirpitz waiting for the Soviet Navy to come to die, and the battleship Ramirez just repaired.

The German Navy has not had such a rich family for a long time, so this time it is really bullying people.

They knew that the Soviets only had two battleships in the port, so they learned from the British to bully them with twice their strength... Inside and outside, there was a smell of wealth and wealth, and the Soviets didn't even want to resist.

The Soviet Baltic naval officers knew very well that at a distance of 20 kilometers, the accuracy of shelling the port was not enough.

As long as the other party is not close, there is no need for them to attack and kill them. Anyway, the shells fall in the urban area, which has little to do with them.

"Hello? Hello? Where did the shelling come from? Yes... I'm Voroshilov! Confirm it for me right away! Immediately!" Holding the telephone receiver, Voroshilov's handsome face turned green.

His troops worked hard to block the crazy advance of the German army from dozens of kilometers away, but the enemy's artillery bombardment came suddenly in the morning.

The stability in the city that had been tried so hard to maintain has disappeared. Now many people are clamoring to get out of the city, and the army is devastated.

"Crack!" After dropping the phone in his hand, Marshal Voroshilov went back and forth in his underground bunker, not knowing what he was thinking.

You know, Leningrad is also his last bottom line. Stalin did not allow him to continue to retreat from his command, so once Leningrad became a front-line city, he and Budyonny would end up no different.

"Maybe... it's the sea?" The chief of staff looked at his commander and opened his mouth to put forward his speculation.

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

Indeed, only the shelling 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 out.

The two old-fashioned battleships that could only serve as gunboats were not on the same level as the German battleships.

The ideal new battleship Soviet-class is still laying keels on the slipway. In this case, only submarines or planes can be used to think of ways.

After thinking about it, there is no need to think about the plane. If the plane that takes off cannot fly to the Gulf of Finland, it will be shot down by German fighter jets.

The remaining options, the most reliable are Soviet submarines. Unfortunately, because of the lack of parts, the Soviet Navy's submarine damage rate is really amazing.

Isn't it amazing? The Soviet Union had hundreds of submarines before World War II. This number is more than double the number of German submarines.

The results of it? Comparing the record between German submarines and Soviet submarines, we know that the Soviet submarine investment did not seem to be fully rewarded.

In addition, after the war between the Soviet Union and Germany, the German army was victorious, and more and more production materials in the Soviet Union were concentrated in the army, which needed to be replenished, and the navy received fewer materials.

Unlike the army, the navy has always been a service supported by technology and training.

It is impossible to build a strong navy without the number of empty troops, without rigorous training and sufficient material support.

This is also the main reason why the seemingly formidable Cold War-era Soviet Navy ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ quickly collapsed and ended up where it is 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 their own navy.

The various reasons are superimposed in this way, and now there are only a handful of Soviet submarines that can sail completely, so there is almost no way for the Soviet army to shell the German fleet in Leningrad at sea.

"Let the navy find a way! We can't sit still!" Marshal Voroshilov could only bite the bullet and let the navy attack to solve the troubles in the open sea.

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

Now he can only gamble and use all the methods he can think of. If these 381mm caliber cannons are allowed to bombard, Leningrad will really cease to exist.

"I understand, Comrade Marshal!" The chief of staff nodded, and then walked out of Voroshilov's office to contact the generals of the air force and navy.