Chapter 1158： Baltic Fleet

The Soviets have a vast territory and are a country that spans the Eurasian continent. Therefore, the Soviet navy has also been divided into several different directions.

For example, in 41 years, the Soviet Navy had four fleets that were far from each other.

The three largest fleets are the Baltic Red Flagship based in Tallinn (Revel), the Black Sea Fleet based in Sevastopol, and the Pacific Fleet based in Vladivostok.

In the later generations, the largest Northern Fleet is now the smallest, based in the ice-free port of Polyarnoye (near Murmansk).

Of course, there are some small fleets, such as the White Sea Fleet, Pinsk Squadron, Danube Squadron, etc. These are too small to mention for now.

In this era, the Baltic Red Flagship was the largest Soviet fleet. Originally, the base of the fleet was Kronstadt at the rear. However, last year, the Baltic Fleet base moved forward to Tallinn, Kronstadt. Stade was left as a rear support base.

And now, with Germany's rapid advance on land, the Baltic Fleet is facing a difficult choice.

"The German Northern Army has reached Latvia. Now, our base is also facing threats at any time." said Tributz, commander of the Soviet Baltic Fleet.

In front of Latvia is Estonia, which is their fleet base. In this case, what should the Baltic Fleet do?

"We must not watch the Germans raging on our land. Our fleet can use naval guns to protect our ports. We will not be afraid of the Germans." Except for the commander and staff of the fleet, It is the captains of various large warships.

Now speaking, it is the flagship of the Baltic Fleet, the captain of the battleship Mara.

In the past few years, the Soviets have been planning to build Soviet-class battleships. This gives people the illusion that there are no battleships in the Soviet Union, and in history, the Soviet navy has not fought any earth-shattering battles. The Red Navy is the most famous. Still fighting on land.

However, this does not mean that the Soviets did not have any big ships. After all, the Soviets inherited the mantle of Tsarist Russia. In the Tsarist era, there were still a number of battleships.

In the Baltic Fleet, there are two battleships, the Mara and the October Revolution. These two battleships are the pillars of the Baltic Fleet.

When the war had just started, Germany attacked at night. Under the complicated weather at night, the Germans could not cause too much damage to the Soviet fleet. Moreover, the main mission of the German army in three directions was to defeat the opponent. The Soviets, their fighters, were mainly used to paralyze enemy fighters on the ground.

In addition, it was night, which caused the Black Sea Fleet’s warships not to suffer much damage. After the war began, they strengthened their guard. Although German aircraft often came to harass them, they did not achieve much.

Their main force is still well preserved.

"Peter, do you think our fleet can only serve as a support role for ground forces?" Hearing the words of Captain Mara, Captain Trosky of October Revolution sneered: "It turns out that from After the Battle of the Irbe Strait, we lost all our courage."

Due to their geographic location, Germany and Russia are often rivals.

As long as the German navy blockaded the waters of its northeast, that is, the southern waters of Denmark and Sweden, it would close the entire Baltic Sea and turn the Soviet Baltic Fleet into an inland fleet.

When the Russians sailed in the Baltic Sea, they could easily get close to the northeastern part of Germany and attack the German mainland.

During World War I, the destroyers, cruisers, and old battleships of the Baltic Fleet fought several battles with German warships. The two sides were basically evenly matched. The Russian warship's superiority in firepower sometimes even made itself a slight advantage in the battle.

However, in August 1915, a powerful German squadron was strengthened to the Baltic Sea. This squadron included several dreadnoughts and former dreadnoughts. Facing the great strength of the German navy, the Russians were wise after paying some losses. He chose to avoid, this is the famous Battle of Irbe Strait.

At that time, they evaded the war and blew themselves up, which was related to the weak navy of the Tsarist Russia era. Needless to say, the sailors under them often made trouble because of lack of food, so there was no fighting power.

And now, the Red Navy, should it be the same as it was during the Tsarist Russia? This is definitely an irony.

In history, because the German navy was not strong, at the beginning of the war, Germany used one of the simplest methods, which was to mine the entire Baltic Fleet at the door of the Soviets I was stuck at home, except that during the Battle of Petersburg, the Baltic Fleet’s artillery bombarded the shore, making the German Northern Army miserable. There was no decent battle.

But now it is different, the Baltic Sea is still unblocked, and they also have a new pocket battleship imported from Germany, they have a certain combat effectiveness.

"Trosky, what do you want to say?" Captain Peter asked Trosky, blushing.

"We must not stay in the port and do nothing. We should take the initiative to attack." Trosky said: "We walked along the coastline and smashed the Germans from the three Baltic countries. We can also fight all the way to the German mainland and make Germany. People know how powerful our Baltic fleet is."

Speaking of reaching Germany, the Baltic Fleet also has this capital, because they have the only Marine Corps in the entire Red Navy, but now, this statement sounds like a fantasy.

Because there is no air supremacy, the Red Navy does not have an aircraft carrier, and the land-based aviation forces do not fly too far. Without air supremacy, they ran to other people's door to blast. Isn't this a joke?

The two soon quarreled, and Tributz looked at the people below him, feeling helpless.

The current situation is very critical. The people present are divided into two categories. One is to attack and the other is to defend. Now, Moscow is busy defending on the ground. Stalin has not noticed the navy and the entire Soviet army. In the system, the Navy is an embarrassing role.

"No, no. Pskov fell. Just then, an adjutant hurried in from the outside and reported this surprising news to everyone." ()

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