As a result, the German army did not realize that the Soviet Air Force would counterattack at this time (they thought the Soviet Air Force had been crippled). The German army on the ground also believed that the large number of aircraft groups in the sky belonged to the German Air Force. As a result, they did not take precautions and did not even make a report. As a result, the German ground troops were bombed violently, losing more than 400 tanks of various types, and more than 520 aircraft at the field airport were destroyed. The supply base on which the German army relied for survival was also bombed. Tens of thousands of tons of fuel exploded and the fire burned for three days and three nights.

This raid caused heavy losses to the German Northern Army Group. The German offensive was immediately extinguished, and the Leningrad military and civilians were able to withstand the German army's final attack and defeated Leb's last attempt.

But the strength of the Soviet army was also exposed. Hitler at least knew that the Chinese Empire gave the Soviet Union very large military equipment, and Stalin had not used it before, which made Hitler much more awake. If he rashly attacked, he might be counter-ambushed by the Soviet Red Army.

The German Navy has been annoyed that it failed to wipe out the main force of the Soviet Navy in the Gulf of Riga. Therefore, as the German Army advanced northward, after the Battle of Leningrad broke out, the German Navy was ordered to participate in the maritime attack on Leningrad.

Since Leningrad was the main naval base of the Soviet Navy on the Baltic Sea, the main force of the Baltic Fleet was stationed here, the Soviet Navy had no choice but to fight an unprecedented naval battle with the main force of the German Navy.

The German Navy organized the most powerful "Central Fleet" led by Admiral Horn, consisting of eight ultimate battleships, four super battleships, plus three battlecruisers and 10 heavy cruisers, as well as two light cruisers and 15 destroyers, plus six aircraft carriers.

Horn's fleet attempted to attack the Soviet fleet in the Gulf of Finland. After the night of the 13th, Horn's fleet passed through the Zexin waters, and his vanguard fleet of the fleet discovered the Soviet fleet.

At this time, the Soviet fleet was in a situation where they were not sure whether to fight or flee. In order to protect the ship, Stalin ordered the Soviet fleet to sail from the Gulf of Finland to the Arctic Ocean to hide for a while. Zhukov needed the Soviet fleet to provide maritime fire cover for Leningrad. At this time, the commander of the Soviet fleet in the Gulf of Finland had been replaced by General Mejsky, and he was in a dilemma.

In fact, Mejsky wanted to stay in Leningrad to assist in the battle. However, last night the German army had destroyed the base of the Baltic Fleet, forcing the Soviet fleet to stay outside the port to float. Within the fleet, most of the Soviet naval officers and soldiers were inclined to evacuate, which made Mejsky very embarrassed.

German U-type submarines reported the location of the Soviet fleet. Soon Horn sent more than a dozen submarines to support.

At 6:43 in the morning, the German submarine uxa447 tried to enter the central area to attack the Ultimate Battleship of the Soviet fleet, the flagship of the Soviet fleet, the USS Lenin, but there were too many Soviet warships around, and soon a Soviet destroyer discovered the German submarine.

The captain of the uxa447 submarine had no choice but to launch an attack, aiming at nearby Soviet heavy cruisers Rizov and Jeddov at a distance of 1,000 meters. Rizov was hit with three torpedoes in an instant, and Jeddov was seriously injured.

The German fleet has been blocking the Gulf of Finland to prevent the Soviet fleet from escaping. After waves of German planes rushed into the Gulf of Finland, looking for attacks on Soviet warships, causing significant losses and casualties to the Soviet fleet, which made Mejsky curse.

The Soviet Navy was not without aircraft carriers. Although there were only three light aircraft carriers, it was founded by Major General Hilmsky, a rare wise figure in the Soviet Navy, because he was also a person who was uneasy and played cards. He was not confused by the military deception of the Chinese Empire and insisted on the development of an escort aircraft carrier.

After the construction of the Charlotte-class aircraft carrier in Germany, the Soviet Navy approved the construction of the three Soviet aircraft carriers to compete with the German Navy.

Hilmsky has always planned to use aircraft carriers to attack the German navy, but has always suffered from the poor level of Soviet carrier-based aircraft. It is difficult or expensive to operate through the German fleet's air defense fire network.

At this moment, Hilmsky's aircraft carrier fleet was in the Gulf of Finland, but they were not asked to attack the German fleet, but were asked to send carrier-based aircraft to defend Leningrad and provide air support to the Soviet army.

The carrier-based aircraft of the Soviet aircraft carrier suffered heavy losses in the Leningrad air battle. That way, when Mejsky asked him for the support of the aircraft, he could no longer take out the aircraft.

However, Stalin attached great importance to this Soviet fleet and demanded that the fleet must be preserved. So Stalin urgently negotiated with the Chinese Empire and introduced the J-10 B carrier-based fighter jets of the Chinese Empire in advance. In order to allow the Chinese Empire to deliver this batch of carrier-based aircraft immediately, the Soviet government bought 120 J-10 B carrier-based aircraft at a high price of almost three times the price.

However, it is also worth the money. The Chinese Empire sent pilots to fly this batch of carrier-based aircraft through uninterrupted transitions at more than a dozen airports. The plane was delivered to Moscow 18 hours later.

That is, countries like the Chinese Empire with global naval bases can send 120 carrier-based aircraft to Moscow in such a short time. Other countries dare not even think about this.

Of course, when the Soviet Air Force accepted this batch of carrier-based aircraft, it was discovered that the batch of aircraft were actually second-hand, and even sprayed with words such as the Chinese Empire National Guard. It was obviously the parts of the aircraft handed over to the National Guard after the Chinese Empire Air Force was eliminated, and then renovated and prepared to be sold to the Soviet Union. Because the Soviet Union urged it too quickly, it was unable to cover it up after spraying the paint.

The Soviet Air Force was very depressed, but after inspection, the engineers found that although it was a second-hand elimination product of the Chinese Empire, the advanced aircraft manufacturing technology of the Chinese Empire made it possible that although it had been used for seven or eight years, it was very well maintained and could still be used as a new aircraft.

Although the Soviet Air Force was unhappy, the war in the Gulf of Finland was in a tight position. In order to protect the ship, Stalin ordered the 120 J-10 B carrier-based aircraft to fly to the Gulf of Finland immediately and be incorporated into the Soviet aircraft carrier battle group.

Within 18 hours before the Soviet aircraft carrier received the carrier-based aircraft, the Soviet Navy fell into a tough battle. Mejsky commanded his fleet to hide, but more than half of the main battleships were injured, and more than a dozen cruisers and destroyers were sunk, causing heavy losses.

Majorski finally came to the evening. Because the German army lacked planes to fight at night, they could only use torpedo boats equipped with radar to provide information.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the German torpedo boat discovered the Soviet fleet.

From 10 o'clock in the evening to 2 o'clock in the morning, 26 German torpedo boat teams launched torpedo attacks on the Mejsky fleet, but none of them hit. Mejsky sent a large number of destroyers to intercept them, sinking more than a dozen German torpedo boats, DT-93, and several others were forced to sank the reefs.

At three o'clock in the morning, three destroyers from the 24th German destroyer squadron launched a torpedo attack on the Mejsky fleet from a distance of 7,000 to 8,000 meters. The Mejsky fleet also sent light cruisers and destroyers to intercept them, and both sides were fighting in a mess.

The German army shot 27 torpedoes, and one torpedo hit the central port side of the Lviv. The Lviv battle cruiser immediately fell behind and then turned right and retreated. After 8 minutes, the entire ship lost power.

At 3:09, the second attack echelon of the German 24th Destroyer Squadron also fired torpedoes. The leading destroyer Nesov first hit the thunder, and then a big explosion sank. The front main gun of the Glory light cruiser was shot below the front main gun, the bow broke, and the speed dropped to 12 knots. In order to avoid being hit, the battleship Kirnopol turned off all lights, and the result collided with the heavy cruiser Pinsk, which was also confused, and the latter sank immediately.

At this time, the German destroyer detachment lost only two ships, and one fled slightly injured.

At 3:45, a big explosion occurred in the fuel compartment in the middle of the battlecruiser, the 3 and 4 main turret ammunition compartment. The hull broke, the bow part sank within five minutes, and the stern part sank twenty minutes later. Until after the war, no one knew what happened on the Lviv, because none of the ships survived, and the number of casualties was between 1,500 and 1,900.

At around 3:50, the Gulf of Finland gradually became brighter. At this time, 120 J-10 aircraft of the Soviet Navy Air Force were dispatched. The goal was to find the main force of the German fleet, but unexpectedly discovered the formation of six German Navy aircraft carriers.

Since the German Navy has not experienced real aircraft carrier battles, it is not proficient in the use of aircraft carriers. When the sky was just dawn, all the carrier-based aircraft on six German aircraft carriers took off and attacked the Soviet fleet. As a result, the six aircraft carriers were like naked girls waiting for pirates to ravage them. The Soviet Navy's aviation team naturally would not miss this opportunity and immediately launched an attack.

At 4:17, six torpedoes and twelve aviation bombs in the German aircraft carrier Charlotte sank first. At the same time, the other five aircraft carriers hid in the east and avoided strikes. The German light cruisers escorted nearby were not many destroyers, and their firepower could not pose a threat to the Soviet Navy aviation forces, and as a result, they were all covered in bruises.

Five minutes later, the lightning tilted heavily in the Victoria Princess. The captain ordered the ship to abandon it. The ship slowly sank half an hour later. At the same time, Prince Valdema and Princess Sophie were also sinking.

The two Princess Margaret and Prince Heinrich all fled in injuries because they didn't bother waiting for the carrier-based aircraft to be recovered.
Chapter completed!