Chapter 1174 Fate Is with Petersburg

petersburg.

After the start of the Great Patriotic War, Marshal Voroshinov was appointed as a member of the National Defense Committee, a member of the headquarters of the Supreme Command, and the commander-in-chief of the Northwest.

And his main task is to protect the great October Revolution resort, Petersburg.

But now, the situation seems to be quite unfavorable.

At this time, in the Northwest Command, Voroshinov was nodding to the phone, and on the other side of the phone was a roaring lion.

"Why is Pskov lost? Where are you going to evacuate? To the Arctic Ocean?" The voice was familiar to him, it belonged to Stalin, and now, Voroshinov was sweating profusely.

On the northern front, the situation has not been smooth.

As the marshal of the Soviets, Voroshinov has made outstanding military achievements. Since the civil war, he has come together with Lenin and Stalin, and in the great purge, Voroshinov is even more accurate, the flag is high, and he has become The most obedient man under Stalin.

It is also because of this that he was able to walk all the way and was entrusted with important tasks by Stalin.

Voroshinov was the advertised god of war, but now in the war, the Soviets don't seem to have any luck.

Stalin was quite dissatisfied with them.

The fall of Daugavpils left the Pskov-Leningrad line completely exposed to the Germans due to the loss of its natural barrier.

At that time, Stalin was extremely angry and ordered the removal of Admiral Kuznetsov's position as the commander of the Northwest Front, and the commander of the Eighth Army, Major General Sobinnikov, appointed Lieutenant General Vatutin as the chief of staff of the Front.

However, this obviously had no effect. The German army marched straight in, occupied Riga, the capital of Latvia, and broke through the Soviet army's defense line on the Latvia-Russia border. What Stalin couldn't bear was that the Soviet army actually voluntarily abandoned Pskov and opened the door. Gate to Leningrad.

When he got this news, Stalin was extremely angry. He called the commander-in-chief of the northwest, Marshal Voroshilov, and questioned him personally.

Comrade Stalin was angry, and the consequences were severe.

Voroshinov knew that although he was constantly flattering Stalin, Stalin didn't need a flatterer. What he needed was a firm soldier and an excellent commander.

Facing the phone, Voroshilov said solemnly: "Comrade Stalin, I know my responsibilities, and I will spare no effort to fulfill the entrustment of the party and the people to me."

With the occupation of Pskov, Petersburg has been exposed, and Voroshinov now knows that his fate is tied to Petersburg, which must not be lost.

Putting down the phone, he felt his back soaking wet.

"Immediately mobilize all the residents of Petersburg, and build three lines of defense around Petersburg day and night. We want to keep the German tanks out." Voroshinov looked at the map and said to the others.

Now, he must mobilize the masses, which is what the Soviets have always done. Now, it is still very cold outside, and the task of constructing fortifications is very arduous.

"In the outermost part, we take Luga City as the center, starting from Simsk on the west bank of Lake Ilmen in the south, extending along the Luga River, and reaching Jinjishep, the mouth of the Luga River in the north, with a total length of about 300 kilometers. A defensive line was added and four infantry divisions and three militia divisions were deployed on this line."

Voroshinov came out of the civil war with some experience. He looked at the map, and his mind began to spin rapidly.

Deploying three lines of defense, digging deep trenches, hindering the attack of German tanks, depleting the Germans' living strength, forcing the Germans to give up the attack on Petersburg, now Voroshinov, the brain has entered the moment of full speed, and that's it, Time passed little by little.

When he saw what his deputy wanted to say for the third time, Voroshinov finally became impatient: "Vatutin, what do you want to say?"

Just when Vatutin wanted to speak, he was stopped by Voroshinov, and now he finally had a chance to speak, he said to Voroshinov quickly: "Marshal, it's not good, our Baltic Sea The fleet, under attack from German bombers, asked us for fighter escort."

German bombers? They often come to Petersburg, what's so scary? These sailors are too weak, Voroshinov waved his hand: "Okay, dispatch the fighters of the last squadron to help them expel the bombers, um, pay attention, not too much, we have to protect our Petersburg. of."

Vatutin breathed a sigh of relief and hurried out to give orders, but just after he went out, he turned and came in again.

It has been more than an hour since I just requested a fighter jet. Now, the situation at sea has undergone earth-shaking changes, and Vatutin's face is pale.

Voroshinov was obviously aware of the special situation of his assistant. He had already talked about the three lines of defense, and now he frowned: "Vatutin, are we here?"

"Marshal, our Baltic Fleet is over." Vatutin's words shocked everyone present.

finished? What's the meaning?

"The two battleships Mara and October Revolution were both sunk, and the rest of the battleships were also under fire from the Germans, and they could no longer hold on."

In Voroshinov's plan, the Baltic Fleet was still useful. They could use their own guns to support defensive battles on the ground. Now, these battleships have sunk.

If Stalin had known the news, he would have been even more furious.

Voroshinov's face was pale, and his hands began to tremble involuntarily: "Take off the fighter plane, take off the fighter plane immediately, and help the Baltic Fleet. Save our warship."

"Vatutin, you bastard, why didn't you report earlier?"

Voroshinov's words had just finished speaking, and a whirring air defense siren suddenly sounded over the entire city.

Damn it!

The German air raids came again. All the fighter jets needed to take off to meet the enemy. The Germans often formed dozens of planes to form large groups to bomb, and their fighter units were always stretched thin.

Can you still help the Baltic Fleet?

At this time, Voroshinov's heart has sunk to the bottom. He actually forgot to ask the important point, where was the Baltic Fleet attacked?

Kronstadt, that is the west gate of Petersburg!

Those sunk warships were blocked in the waterway, and the sea passage of Petersburg was completely blocked, and if necessary, the German Navy could even use their large-caliber naval guns from Kronstadt. Hit the grenade directly to Petersburg.