"Comrade Colonel, what's wrong, why don't you speak?" Sokolisky heard that the division commander suddenly stopped talking, and asked impatiently: "Are you still by the telephone?" ”

Hearing Sokolsky's voice, the division commander remembered that he was talking to the artillery commander and quickly replied respectfully: "Comrade commander, my subordinates have just reported to me that the shelling of enemy ships has stopped. And it seems that something is happening in the harbor, the enemy warship is on fire. ”

"What, the enemy's warship is on fire?" When Sokolisky heard the report of the division commander, he could not help but ask in surprise: "Could it be that other artillery units rushed to the sea and opened fire on the enemy's ships?" ”

"Probably not, Comrade Commander." The division commander replied: "Our division is the vanguard of the whole army, and the other artillery division and several artillery regiments are behind us at the moment, and there is only one road leading to the sea, so it is absolutely impossible for them to go around to our front." ”

"That's weird." After listening to the division commander's answer, Sokolsky said to himself: "Since none of our artillery has yet reached the sea, how can the German ships catch fire inexplicably?" Could it be the Air Force of General Vershinin? ”

"I don't think it's possible." The division commander said: "Although our air force has some night combat capabilities, I don't think it is possible to bomb warships moored in the harbor at night. ”

"Now that the enemy's ships have stopped shelling, then you guys move on." Sokov hurriedly said to the division commander: "As for what happened in the port, I will find a way to find out." ”

After Sokolisky ended the call with the division commander, he made a phone call to the headquarters of the Front in order to find out what was really going on in the port. At this moment, Rokossovsky had gone back to his room to rest, and only the chief of staff, Bogolyubov, was on duty.

Hearing that it was Sokolisky's voice, Bogolyubov asked bluntly: "Comrade Artillery Commander, can your artillery group be deployed on the beach before dawn tomorrow?" ”

"My troops are advancing towards the seashore." Sokolsky replied briefly: "I think they should be able to deploy in place before dawn." ”

"That's good," said Bogolyubov, after receiving an affirmative reply, "then I can report the good news to Comrade Marshal early tomorrow morning." ”

"Comrade Chief of Staff, I have one more question." Sokolisky remembered the German ships that were burning in the harbor, and asked curiously: "My men have reported to me that the German warships anchored in Danzig Bay are on fire, and I would like to ask, are there any other troops attacking the harbor?" ”

"No, Comrade General." Bogolyubov replied very dryly: "You should be well aware that there are no artillery units rushing to the sea, except for the long-range artillery groups under your command. ”

"That's weird." Sokolisky said to himself: "Since there are no other artillery units rushing to the sea, how can the German ships anchored in Danzig Bay catch fire and burn?" ”

Bogolyubov frowned and thought for a while, and said in an uncertain tone: "Comrade General, the marshal once asked me to send a telegram to the Baltic Fleet, asking them to send the navy to cooperate with us in destroying the ships in the port. Could it be that our Navy is attacking the enemy's ports? ”

"I can't say anything about that." "I just heard from my men that the enemy's ships anchored in the harbor were burning, and he didn't mention that there were our ships in the nearby sea," Sokolsky said. ”

"You'll figure it out, Comrade General." Bogolyubov felt the need to immediately contact the Navy to find out if it was their ships that were attacking the German port. "I'll go in with General Tributz right now, and I'll keep you informed as soon as there's any update."

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Just as Bogolyubov sent a telegram to the naval command to find out who was attacking the German port, the submarine C-11 fired two more torpedoes and successfully sank the cruiser that caught fire.

Seeing that his submarine had successfully sunk two German ships, Sheleda couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he turned his head and asked the deputy captain: "How many torpedoes do we have?" ”

"We took a total of twenty-four torpedoes with us on this voyage." The deputy commander replied: "Six cruisers were used to attack the Germans, two were used to sink the German frigates, and sixteen remained." ”

"Hit them all." With a wave of his hand, Sheleda said decisively: "Sink the remaining two German ships as well." ”

"Comrade captain," the deputy captain said with some hesitation when he heard this order from Seleda, "we are leaving the port this time to intercept the German transport ships, and if we run out of torpedoes, what will we do next?" ”

"Comrade Deputy Captain, I feel the need to remind you." Seleda stared at the deputy captain with a serious expression and said, "Our task now is to assist the army and air force in eliminating the enemy in the port. Now the enemy's warships anchored in the harbor are already meat on a cutting board for us, and if we fire a few more torpedoes, we can destroy them. ”

"Comrade Captain is right." The political commissar stood up to help Seleda and said: "If we don't take advantage of the current favorable opportunity to sink all the German warships in the port, once they escape from the port, it will not be so easy to destroy them." ”

"Comrade Captain," just as the deputy captain hesitated, he suddenly heard a sailor say in a loud voice: "The enemy must prepare to flee the harbor!" ”

"When I saw that my companion was sunk by us, I wanted to run away, where is there such a cheap thing." Sereda gritted his teeth and gave an order to the torpedo chief: "Torpedo chief, the enemy's remaining two ships are ready to flee from the port, immediately prepare to fire torpedoes and sink them all." ”

The torpedo commander was cheering with his subordinates after seeing that the two German ships were sunk by the torpedoes fired by him, and when he heard this order from Sheleda, he hurriedly replied loudly: "Comrade captain, please rest assured, I will never let a single German ship escape from our eyes." As soon as the call ended, the torpedo chief shouted at his men: "Continue to load the torpedoes and sink all the remaining German ships." ”

Hearing the order of the torpedo chief, the torpedo men agreed in unison, loaded the torpedo as fast as they could, and decisively fired at the enemy ships.

The torpedo, fired from the bow of the ship, quickly rushed towards the two German ships that were preparing to leave the port. The German sailors on the frigate in front saw the two wake waves on the water, and hurriedly evaded them, narrowly avoiding the torpedo attack. However, the cruisers that followed them did not have such good luck, although the sailors also saw the wake of the torpedoes, and then before they had time to evade, they were directly hit by two torpedoes, and two earth-shattering explosions were made.

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