Chapter 1161 Spring in the Baltic Sea Is a Bit Cold

The attack of Army Group North was almost in a straight line, and their target was quite clear, that is, Petersburg.

After the start of the war, under the command of Marshal Bock, with the 4th Panzer Corps of Heppner as the center, the 18th Army of Qusciller on the left, and the 16th Army of Boucher on the right, with the support of the 1st Air Force, they were sent from East Prussia. The Königsberg attacked in the general direction of Daugavpils-Pskov-Leningrad.

The 4th Armoured Corps completely seized the two bridges over the West Dvina River outside Daugavpils and occupied Daugavpils.

In this way, the fall of Daugavpils made the Pskov-Leningrad line completely exposed to the German army because it lost its natural barrier.

What's even more speechless is that just after the German army occupied Riga, the capital of Latvia, it broke through the Soviet army's defense line on the Latvia-Russia border. The Soviet army was absolutely scared and abandoned Pskov. The gate to Petersburg has been opened.

(I don’t know if everyone is tired of the constant description of land wars. Let’s keep it simple for the attack of the northern legion.)

At the same time, the Finnish army has also driven the Soviet army out of its borders, and started a new war preparation, planning to launch a violent attack on the Soviet northern front in the directions of Petrozavodsk and Vyborg respectively. .

In this way, Petersburg has become dangerous.

After Tributs got the news of the occupation of Pskov, he knew that the situation was quite bad. The German ground forces were not even used in Estonia at all. They had already invaded the Soviet Union.

"We must go back to Petersburg, use our naval guns to support the ground battle, and attack the German tank troops." Tributs looked at the people present, and his words were filled with a lot of unwillingness of.

As the most powerful Baltic fleet, they are simply not capable of attacking and attacking the enemy. Instead, they have to retreat to Petersburg, but he knows that he must do so.

Petersburg, has an important memorial significance to the Soviets.

Back then, the Soviet revolution started in Petersburg, and Petersburg was named after a great revolutionary pioneer. If this city was ravaged by the Germans, it would be a disgrace to the entire Soviet, even worse than The occupation of Moscow is even more outrageous.

They are going to defend their city.

As the commander of the fleet, he has the right to make such an order. At the same time, his order will also be reported to Moscow. One after another radio waves are transmitted back to Moscow from Tallinn, and at the same time, it has also spread to all directions.

Like the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea is almost an inland sea. Only through the strait between Denmark and Sweden can it communicate with the outside ocean. However, unlike the Mediterranean Sea, it is difficult to be affected by the warm Atlantic current, so the temperature of the entire Baltic Sea is Low all the time, and at the coldest, even the outward passage freezes.

The weather is not cold now, it is already spring, but on the sea, occasionally a piece or two of ice floes will be seen drifting past, which is drifting over from the icy Gulf of Bothnia.

At this time, in the Latvian waters, a fleet was sailing towards the interior of the Baltic Sea, the sea breeze was blowing, and the flag was fluttering in the wind.

In front of this fleet are "Scharnhorst" and "Strasbourg". These two battleships lead a mighty dozen battleships to form a huge formation. In the middle, there are three Goethe-class aircraft carriers.

Although Germany has built several Count Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers, these aircraft carriers are not suitable for activities in the Baltic Sea. The maneuvering space here is too small, and these aircraft carriers are mainly used to deal with Americans in the Atlantic Ocean, and have not participated in the current these actions.

A Goethe-class aircraft carrier is enough.

At this time, on the deck of the Goethe-class aircraft carrier, the ship-borne Stuka bomber was preparing for takeoff.

The all-purpose fighter jet of the German Navy is the FW190. This aircraft is definitely a versatile aircraft in the hands of the Navy. It can not only fight in the air, but also attack the ground and the ship. It can hang torpedoes and bombs. However, the output of this aircraft is It is limited after all.

The German Navy is rapidly expanding, and new aircraft cannot meet the needs all the time. Therefore, in the hands of the Navy, there are still a large number of Stuka bombers. In addition to part of the islanders, the German Navy is also Use it yourself.

For example, on the Goethe-class aircraft carrier, the number of Stuka bombers is quite large.

Squadron Captain Franz Stiegler, carrying his flying cap, stood in the flight preparation room on the bridge. From here, you could clearly see the prepared aircraft on the deck.

The windows were open, and the cold wind was blowing in, and although it was already spring, the Baltic Sea was still cold.

"Our mission is to take off from our aircraft carrier and completely destroy the main ships of the Soviet Baltic Fleet," he said to his pilots.

"Those Soviets are finally willing to come out?" After hearing his words, the pilots below were eager to try.

For the past few days, they have been very aggrieved.

Because of the limited attack power of the Air Force, the Soviet Baltic Fleet has been preserved, leaving the Soviet Navy to the German Navy to handle.

However, the Soviet Navy was playing tricks.

Germany's air power is quite powerful. The German plane's surprise attack on Scapa Flow and destroyed the British Navy's feat in one fell swoop.

Therefore, the Soviets are shameless. After the battle that day, they actually started to release thick smoke from the port. Yes, it is thick smoke. They burned those tattered rubber and so on at the dock, destroying the atmosphere and letting the whole dock Smoke billows.

Their battleships were shrouded in this thick layer of smoke, which hampered the German pilots and prevented them from conducting dive attacks.

They started to study the Soviet Baltic Fleet a few months ago, and they had deduced the simulated attack many times, but they were troubled by their trick.

"Yes, the Soviet fleet is about to pull anchor and set sail." Franz said, he also just got the news: "We have to prepare mentally for take-off now, and the order will be issued at any time."

"Is it here to attack us?" a pilot asked.

"No, they are going back to Petersburg."

"Cut, shrink the head turtle! Shrinking the head is also a knife."

At this moment, an emergency whistle sounded on the entire aircraft carrier, and the order to take off has been issued!