The tall and scarred evil man Otto Scholzne has now been promoted to the rank of captain. Like Rudolph von Ribbentrop, he also left the Irish battlefield like a warm water. Before repelling the Soviet world revolution on the Eastern Front, the Supreme German Command could not draw enough troops to end the Irish battle, so he could only maintain it.

Otto Scholz, a soldier who performed outstandingly on the battlefield in the Irish field, was transferred to the Eastern Front and served as the captain of an air assault brigade.

On August 13, 1942, when guns and cannons rang out on the beach of Cotlin Island, fully armed Otto Scholz was climbing from a speedboat onto a flying boat. This was a 6-engine BV222 spacecraft, which was actually a spacecraft-style seaplane parked in Tallinn Harbor.

This extra-large seaplane was originally a bidding order for Lufthansa to use for transatlantic commercial flights to Henkel, Dornier and Blom Forth (this is a shipyard). The final winner was the Brom Forth Shipyard. Their design was a large seaplane with a ship-type fuselage, 6 800 horsepower BMW132 engines (finally equipped with a 1,000 horsepower BMW3 engine during production) and a high single-wing and stable floating boat design. The take-off weight can reach 49 tons and can carry 11-12 crew members and 24 passengers.

However, after this large seaplane was produced, it was not handed over to Lufthansa. Instead, it was requisitioned by the German Navy air force because of the outbreak of the war and became a large-range water transport aircraft.

At first, the German Navy only had 12 such large aircraft. After the Mediterranean Battle, Germany's resource supply situation improved, and its production capacity increased significantly due to the industrial capacity of France, the Netherlands, Belgium and other countries. Therefore, the Navy ordered more BV-222 for long-range transportation. By August 1942, the Navy had a total of 40 BV-222 spacecraft, and now it was all concentrated in the port of Tallinn.

These bv-222s have been upgraded and equipped with a 1,200 horsepower engine, which further improves the ability to carry personnel equipment. Now each bv-222 can carry 30 fully armed soldiers, and 40 bv-222s can carry a total of 1,200 soldiers. Although not many, Tallinn is only 280 kilometers away from the island of Cotlin where Kronstadt is located. Even if the time to board and get off the plane, 4 hours is enough to fly back and forth. One day can fly at least three round trips, sending 3,600 soldiers to the island of Cotlin.

"I am Lie Lie, the captain of V13. The plane is about to take off. All personnel please fasten your seat belts and wish you a happy journey."

Otto Scholz was the last person to board the BV-222 seaplane. As soon as he got on the plane, a crew member pulled up the cabin door. Then the captain's voice came from the speakers on the plane. Scholz immediately sat on an empty chair and then buckled himself with a seat belt. The engine of the plane had begun to rotate and a huge noise came.

"It's really a race against time!" Scolz closed his eyes, and the general content of General Student's speech when summoned him and more than a dozen other captains of the air assault brigade came to his mind.

This time, there is nothing else, it is to be fast! It must fight an air blitzkrieg! It must seize at least half of the Kotlin Island before the large number of reinforcements from the Soviet Red Army went to the island.

Therefore, the aircraft will not fly in formation, but will take off immediately after being filled with people to save valuable time.

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The 22 tanks were moving forward in a slightly fading mist. Behind these tanks were the same number of lws amphibious transport vehicles, and more than 200 Marines who had jumped off the amphibious transport vehicles. Even with their headphones, Captain Ribbintrov could hear the sound of shell explosions coming from 2,000 meters behind them.

It was the Soviet Red Army's fortress bombarding the beach where Ribbintrov and his friends had just landed. This is the island of Cotlin, where the Kronstadt Fortress is located. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a dragon's and tiger's den!

Not to mention how many forts there are on Kotlin Island, but in the Gulf of Finland on the north and south sides of Kotlin Island, there are 42 fortress islands that come from reclamation! Each fortress island has an armored turret with extremely thick armor protection and equipped with heavy artillery.

However, these turrets are very old, all of which were built before World War I. The oldest armored turrets can even be traced back to the era of Tsar Alexander II.

Because the turret is too old, the installed cannons also have problems such as slow firing speed, insufficient range, and blind spots in shooting. Not all German amphibious assault forces landed on the beach on the southwest coast of Cotlin Island.

Moreover, the German intelligence agencies knew the situation of Kotlin and Kronstadt fortress (many of Oliga's old white men were senior generals of the former Russian Navy, even Hessman himself visited Kotlin more than 20 years ago), and knew the specific location of each armored fort (including the island's fortress), defense and firepower layout. They also knew the location of the island's roads, barracks, and warehouses. They even learned about the location of the newly built airport on the island through aircraft reconnaissance and shooting.

Now Captain Ribbentrop's tank company formed a cluster with another armored land warfare company to seize the only military airport on the island, Red August Airport. This airport is located west of the center of the island, about 3.5 kilometers from the city of Kronstadt, and there is a Red Marine barracks nearby. The barracks can be seen vaguely in the barracks' houses, about a platoon of marines speeded up, crossing the tanks that were advancing along a wide road, and heading towards the building complex in the distance.

Ribbintrov knew that there would be Red Army defense there, and the battle was about to begin, so he retracted into the crowded and stuffy turret and closed the hatch door.

"I am Ribbintrov, all vehicles should be careful to search for targets! Stop moving forward now, the artillery is ready to fire high-explosive bombs." He closed the hatch door while giving orders with a telephone.

The No. 3 P-type tank is equipped with a kk40l/2475mm main gun. This kind of artillery is not good for tanks, but it is absolutely good for infantry and infantry fortifications. It is a 75mm caliber.

"Boom!" As soon as Ribbintrov's order was issued, he felt his tank slightly shaking, and the sound of shrapnel hitting the steel plate. He knew that there were Soviet artillery nearby firing at him!

"Did anyone find the target? Where is the enemy?" Ribbintrov asked quickly. He is now riding in a No. 3 tank, not a "tiger" or "Black Panther". The Soviets' 45mm anti-tank guns and 76.2mm cannons can turn his tanks into fire!

"Captain, at 10 o'clock, it seems to be at 10 o'clock..." The voice of Sergeant Max, the commander of the No. 4, came from the headphones, "It seems like there is a cannon there!"

"No, it was at 12 o'clock, and the artillery was in the woods next to the gate of the military camp." At this time, the captain of another tank gave another answer.

Ribbintrov pushed open the hatch door again and poked out half of his body, wanting to see what was going on.

"Swish..." Another group of shells roared, and the sound of shells breaking through the air made Captain Ribbintrov creepy.

"Boom!" dozens of huge smoke pillars suddenly burst out from the woods on the right side of Ribbintrov's car. It was obvious that it was not something that the 76.2mm cannon could be fired. The heat wave rushed towards Ribbintrov, which scared the young master who had been through the battle formation and thought he was going to die for the country.

"Yes... it's howitzer, it's a 122mm howitzer!" Ribintrov, who was trembling all over, sat back on his seat, and found that he was not at all hurt. He said in a heavy breath, "There must be Soviet artillery observers nearby! All vehicles start immediately and move towards the barracks ahead!"

The Soviet artillery fire just now did not hit, but it was already very close, so Ribbintrov did not dare to leave the vehicle here to be bombed. Although the No. 3 tank was not afraid of howitzer bombardment, the LWS amphibious transport vehicle had no armor.

Just when Ribbintrop's tank armored vehicles were almost bombarded, fierce fighting was taking place inside and outside the barracks of the 2nd Marine Brigade of the Baltic Fleet of the Red Navy.

This military camp is the barracks that blocked Ribbintrov and others, with a brigade headquarters and two marine battalions stationed here. However, there are no 2 battalions guarding the barracks in this military camp. The task of this Soviet Marine 2nd Brigade is to defend the entire island of Cotlin with the Kronstadt Fortress Brigade.

Therefore, two of the four battalions of this brigade were stationed in various places, and the other two were responsible for patrolling the island. When the Germans came, there were less than one battalion of officers and soldiers guarding the barracks, and they did not have many anti-tank weapons. They were the marine brigades guarding the island, and in theory, they did not use anti-tank weapons.

Theoretically, when the enemy tanks land on the island of Cotlin, the turret group of Kronstadt Fortress should be tied up by enemy battleships. What are the uses of anti-tank guns under the siege of enemy battleships?

But now something strange happened. It was obvious that the German National People's Fleet was approaching and the turrets in the fortress were not bombarded, but the German tanks suddenly landed on the island!

How did these tanks appear? At the Baltic Fleet Command in Kronstadt, Lieutenant General Tributz was confused when a fleet staff member was already running into the combat room.
Chapter completed!