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Volume 2: My Country Chapter 456. Attack on Sevastopol Fortress

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    The war is over.

    450,000 Soviet troops were basically annihilated, and the Battle of Kharkov continued to end with the great victory achieved by the magical Baron Alexon.

    A shocking victory, especially in such a short time after the Battle of Demyansk, the German army achieved such a great victory!

    Long live Saint Ernst!

    Long live Baron Alexson!

    The German troops cheered wildly, and the German people cheered wildly.  Only Baron Alexson can lead Germany to victory!

    The situation that originally became seriously unfavorable to Germany has now been stabilized.  The Soviet army no longer has the ability to launch a new offensive in a short period of time.

    Marshal Ernst Brahm bought the time he needed

    While the Battle of Kharkov was going on, Manstein also took advantage of the most favorable opportunity when the main force of the Soviet army was held back, and launched an attack on the Sevastopol Fortress at the same time!

    The original site of Sevastopol is located at the southern tip of the Crimean Peninsula.  Crimea is a large peninsula protruding from the Ukrainian Republic in the south of the Soviet Union to the Black Sea. Because of its warm and comfortable Mediterranean climate, it was once used as a resort for successive tsars.  But this resort is built on a huge fortress.  The Black Sea is an inland sea shared by Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and many other countries. It has very important strategic value. Once it controls the Black Sea, it can exert political pressure on neighboring coastal countries.  Sevastopol is the most suitable port in the area and has therefore become a treasure coveted by all countries.

    The war continued until Orthodox Tsarist Russia retook the peninsula. By this time, Sevastopol had evolved into a fortress city with a large number of fortresses, trenches and deliberately created mazes of tunnels surrounding the city.  During the Soviet era, especially in the 1930s, the fortress underwent comprehensive modernization and a military airport was built.  As a result, it has become a source of concern for Germany.

    The Soviet troops stationed in Sevastopol could land at any time from the Black Sea to carry out outflank attacks on the southern front of the German invaders. This made the German troops inevitably afraid to advance to the east; and Soviet planes taking off from the Crimean airport were always  Threat to the lifeline of the Axis Powers - Romania's Ploiesti oil fields.  Moreover, launching an attack on Crimea will undoubtedly help Germany win over Turkey, thereby pulling this big country that has been waiting on the sidelines onto the Axis chariot.

    But a fortress that has been in operation for a thousand years is not so easy to deal with. Taking the urban area of ??Sevastopol as a reference, the entire urban area is bounded by the southern shore of the slender Severnaya Bay, the northern shore of the Severnaya Gulf and the Bebek Gorge.  In between is the focus of defense.  In this 360-kilometer-long rectangular area, there are 12 permanent fortress groups, accounting for 75% of the total number of Crimean fortresses. Each fortress has a typical Soviet name, and the center area is designated by "Molotov".  It is guarded by three huge fortress groups, "Cheka" and "Kobeu". The angular protrusion near the sea in the southwest is equipped with two fortresses, "Lenin" and "North Fortress", and there are 5 joint fortresses due east.  : "Stalin", "Siberia", "Volga", "Donets" and "Urals", the northernmost pass of the four-layer defense line and the easiest pass to break through, was the strongest "Maxim Gorky" at the time  "No. 1" combined turret fortress, it has a twin-mounted 305mm cannon manufactured in 1934, with a range of 44 kilometers. The shape of the external defense layer is similar to the battleship turret of the time, and is completely wrapped by a 200-300mm thick armor plate. The turret  There are three layers of permanent fortifications below, and each layer of permanent concrete roof is 3000-4000 mm thick.  In addition, the "Bastion I" fortress was set up on the east side of the "Maxim-Gorky I" as a forward look.  All fortresses are surrounded by permanent concrete armor plates and are connected by underground passages and small railways. Countless bunkers and firepower points are set up in the mountainous areas. All fortress turrets are sunken and have an absolute advantage in firing range. Theoretically  A ground attack against this defensive zone was impossible.  Moreover, the designers stored the basic ammunition of the fortress in the main ammunition depot of Kurabe, which is 30 meters underground on the south bank of Severnaya Bay, so it is foolproof.

    The Soviet soldiers guarding Sevastopol are quite special. In addition to the ordinary army, there are also marines and Soviet internal affairs troops. These special forces have strong combat effectiveness, weapons and equipment, and officer qualities.  At that time, there were approximately 100,000 troops defending the city, but only 40 tanks.

    On December 17, 1941, 7 German infantry divisions and 2 mountain divisions completely surrounded the fortress and launched the first offensive and defensive battle of Sevastopol.  The German army bypassed "Maxim Gorky I" and attacked the Stalin Fortress from the west side of the fortress group, but to no avail. Since the Soviet Marine Corps landed on the Kerch Peninsula two days ago and quickly shattered the German encirclement, the first offensive and defensive battle  It ended with the complete defeat of the German army, and the Soviet Marine Corps wearing black sailor uniforms also received the "Black Death""" title. However, since Crimea still threatens Germany's southern front, the German army must pull out this nail at all costs.

    Therefore, when the Battle of Kharkov broke out, the German army dispatched the 11th Army and the Romanian Mountain Forces to launch a counterattack against the Soviet army on the Kerch Peninsula.  Thanks to the effective coordinated operations of the German 8th Air Force, the German army once again occupied the Kerch Peninsula on April 6. In this "Goose Hunting Operation", a total of 26 Soviet divisions were annihilated and 170,000 people were captured. Sevastopo  Your door is once again wide open.

    German commander General Manstein was well aware of the strong defense of the fortress. In order to ensure the success of this attack, in addition to the support of the 8th Air Force, powerful army artillery was also essential.  Therefore, the entire German 306th Artillery Command was transferred, mainly attached to the 54th Army on the northern front, while the 30th Army and Romanian mountain troops encircled the Soviet first-line positions in the south.

    On April 16, 1942, the second offensive and defensive battle of Sevastopol began.

    On that day, 203 German artillery batteries gathered in the northern fortress group. Manstein tried to open a gap in the strongest defense line, thus launching the craziest German artillery attack in World War II.  However, in the northernmost "Maxim-Gorky I" Fortress, which suppresses the northern main road and the dangerous area of ??the Bebek Gorge, the 305mm artillery will pose a devastating threat to the German infantry at any time.  Ordinary artillery can do nothing against this extremely strong fortress, and its 44-kilometer range makes it difficult for the German 54th Army to advance even an inch.  In order to break through the strongest fortress, the strongest artillery must be used.  After careful planning, the German army deployed three super cannons. They are the 420mm fixed mortar "Gangma Equipment", the 610mm self-propelled mortar "Karl Equipment", and the 800mm train cannon "Gustav Equipment".  The first target of the German army was the Soviet Kurabe ammunition depot. To this end, the "Gustav" fired armor-piercing projectiles weighing 7,100 kilograms continuously, directly penetrating the 8,000 mm protective layer and hitting the middle of the underground ammunition depot, causing a shock to the whole country.  The big explosion on the island cut off the ammunition supply to the Soviet army's northern fortress group.  Subsequently, "Gustav" turned south along the temporary 4-track large railway and began to attack Stalin's Wall.  At the same time, the German artillery in the north began to launch a comprehensive bombardment operation to besiege "Gorky I".

    At this time, the protagonist of the northern bombardment was replaced by the 610 mm "Karl Cannon", which is also known as "Thor's Hammer".  The "Karl" had a faster rate of fire. 610mm high-explosive bombs weighing 2,200 kilograms were poured around the "Gorky I" Fortress. The 4,000mm-thick permanent cement armor plate was shattered into pieces, and the inside of the fortress began to be exposed; then the first  The 8th Air Force was deployed in full force, using 1,000 wave dive bombings per day to completely destroy the living areas of the fortress, forcing the Soviet soldiers to retreat into the fortress.  In order to suppress the Soviet infantry's breakout and reinforcements, the 420mm "Gangma Artillery" carried out carpet bombardment around the fortress. The 1,000-kilogram 420mm artillery shells smashed all the roads and railway networks around the fortress like raindrops. "Maxim-Gorky I  No." Completely isolated!

    On April 17, the German army launched a general offensive.

    On a narrow position of 35 kilometers, 1,300 German artillery bombarded the "Maxim-Gorky I" non-stop. The fortress was covered by a scorching shock wave, and all outer defensive positions were almost reduced to ashes.  However, the most important combined turret was not hit due to the small target, and still insisted on counterattack.  In order to accurately attack this turret, the German army deployed two 355mm mortars to the north of the Bebek Gorge, and at the same time ordered all artillery to use armor-piercing salvos to suppress the Soviet turret.  When the "Gorky I" was temporarily silenced, more than a dozen 355mm grenades were inserted into the turret armor plate from the top. These shells were equipped with delayed explosion fuses, causing continuous internal explosions within a few minutes.  The top cover of the "Gorky I" armored turret was completely opened. The Germans immediately used 280mm rocket launchers to fire incendiary bombs at the open turret. Other artillery used high-explosive bombs to continue bombarding the surrounding facilities of the turret.

    In the end, the "Gorky I" mounted gun was completely destroyed, and all Soviet officers and soldiers stationed in the turret were killed.

    At the same time, the German troops in the south also began to oppress the Soviet first defense line.  On April 16, the German 30th Army attacked in three directions: the 72nd Infantry Division went north and attacked the uphill highlands. The Romanian Mountain Division contained the Soviet ruins mountain and the northern nose position for cover, and occupied the uphill highlands on April 22.  ; The 170th Infantry Division bypassed Kube Fortress from the center and captured the Vulture Highlands on the 18th; the main force, the 28th Infantry Division, successively captured Thorny Mountain and Red Highlands 1, 2, and 3, then went north and then turned back to attack Balekulwa from behind.  The Soviet army was caught off guard and quickly fell into the fortress.

    In just 10 days, the two lines of defense of the southern Soviet army were broken. The German 30th Army advanced to the last Soviet mountain position, waiting for the northern 54th Army to cooperate with the pincer attack.

    Northern Front April 17, huge artillery fire"Gustav" comprehensively bombarded the Stalin fortress. At the same time, most of the artillery moved forward 10 kilometers to attack the central fortress group. Because the roads, railways, telephones and other communication facilities between the fortresses were seriously damaged, effective coordination was impossible;  Most of the commanders inside were inexperienced new officers, and many of the first-generation officers when the fortress was completed were killed during the Great Purge. Most of the internal affairs troops and marines were stationed in urban areas, facing elite forces.  The German 54th Army would naturally suffer heavy losses.

    On April 22, the German 22nd Division occupied the Stalin Fortress. The artillery troops advanced layer by layer, using 88mm guns and rocket launchers to destroy the remaining fortresses at close range.

    By April 28, the defenses of the Soviet center in the north had completely collapsed, and 11 of the 12 fortresses fell into German hands!

    The attack on the Sevastopol Fortress ended. This so-called indestructible fortress fell into the hands of the Germans!

    General Manstein took advantage of the favorable opportunity in the Battle of Kharkov and achieved a victory as brilliant as Baron Alexson!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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