Foreign media reported that in the early morning of October 29, Ukraine used suicide drones and unmanned boats to launch a sneak attack on the Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol . According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian army used 9 drones and 7 unmanned boats to launch a raid on the Russian army. The Russian army successfully shot down all Ukrainian drones, but an minesweeper was hit by the Ukrainian unmanned boat and injured. Ukraine claimed that the Ukrainian unmanned boat successfully hit the Russian Black Sea Fleet's new flagship "Makarov" missile frigate, and also released a video. Regardless of the differences in the statements between Russia and Ukraine, it is an indisputable fact that the Russian Black Sea Fleet was attacked again, and the city of Sevastopol can be said to be an ominous city for Russia.
(Ukraine used suicide unmanned boats to attack the Russian frigate "Makarov")
At the earliest, during the Crimean War from 1853 to 1856, the Russian army suffered a heavy defeat in Crimea , lost large areas of territory including Sevastopol Fortress , lost control of Black Sea , and its international status plummeted. During the Second World War, during the World War, the defense battle of Sevastopol, , the Soviet army was eventually wiped out, and the Fort Sevastopol (abbreviated as Sevastopol) finally fell after being bombed into ruins. It is worth mentioning that on October 29, 1955, the so-called "today in history", the battleship "Novorossiysk" anchored in Sevastopol at that time, one of the main ships of the Soviet Navy's Black Sea Fleet, which had a full load displacement of up to 30,000 tons, suddenly exploded and quickly sank to the bottom of the sea. 617 people died in the explosion. The famous "our ship was ordered to hit your ship" in the Cold War, which also took place in waters only 3 nautical miles off the coast of Sevastopol...
(The explosion of the battleship "Novorossiysk" is still a historical unsolved case, but most people believe that the ship was sunk by Italian agents)
Last, and the latest: Russia broke out this year During the Ukrainian War, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, the No. 1 ship of the "Glorious" class cruiser, "Moscow" , accidentally sank during the mission (because Ukraine has never produced tangible evidence, I personally think that the warship itself is more likely to sink in fire).... So from history to reality, it is not difficult to see that the city of Sevastopol is indeed a very ominous place for Russia.
(The reason why Sevastopol is "hard and difficult" is essentially because the great powers are fighting for control of the Black Sea)
The reason why Sevastopol is "very ominous" to Russia is essentially determined by its strategic position. "Sevan Castle" is located at the southernmost end of on Crimean Peninsula, while the Crimean Peninsula is like a sharp sword inserted into the Black Sea. Therefore, "Sevan Castle" can be said to be an important strategic location to control the entire Black Sea. Even though the Russian Black Sea Fleet has declined seriously, with the support of the air force on the Crimean Peninsula, the Russian army can still effectively control the Black Sea waters even if it only relies on light frigates and missile . Last year, the British Type 45 destroyer "Diamond" entered the Black Sea. The Russian army directly dispatched Su-24 to throw 4 bombs on it, which scared the British ship immediately turned around and fled from the Black Sea. Therefore, as long as we control Crimea and Severn Fort, Russia can control the entire Black Sea.
( Cold War scene: "Our ship is ordered to hit your ship", this incident also happened less than 3 nautical miles outside the sea of Severnburg)
It is precisely because of the important strategic position of Severnburg, any country or political force that wants to "do things" in the Black Sea is the first consideration of "do things" in Severnburg. So we see that Severnburg is "very ominous" to Russia, because all forces hostile to Russia choose to "do things" here first.
(the lightning protection net provided by early warships, the weight of this protection device is usually more than 100 tons, which can effectively defend against torpedo and also against suicide unmanned boats)
(the US Navy "North Carolina" battleship with all lightning protection nets)
of course, in addition to the important strategic position and the "thinking" by hostile forces, the Russian army's own failure is also an important reason. In fact, there were mature plans to deal with suicide unmanned boats at sea as early as the battle in . Because during World War I, torpedo weapons began to become popular. Because torpedoes are powerful and operated underwater, they are very hidden. In particular, torpedoes can also be carried by small ships such as torpedo boats, submarine , etc., it is very suitable to launch raids on ship , which are anchored in the port. In order to effectively defend against torpedo weapons, the navies of various countries at that time used a simple but extremely effective method - setting up a lightning protection net. That is, a device similar to a door curtain is set up at the entrance and exit of the port. This device is a set of high-strength steel wire mesh, supported by steel pipes on the upper part, and a counterweight is hung on the lower part (usually directly hanging stainless steel ingots). In this way, a steel wire mesh will be vertical in the water. Any torpedo that hits the lightning protection net will be stopped, or even entangled, and then lose its attack ability. In order to ensure effective protection of warships, sometimes a small lightning protection net will be deployed within a certain range around the warships in the port to prevent attacks at close range.
(In addition to the lightning protection networks that are equipped with warships, naval ports of various countries also have this kind of "network ship" that is specifically responsible for networking. If a similar lightning protection network is laid at the entrance of Severn Fort, then the Ukrainian army's suicide unmanned boats cannot enter the port at all)
This lightning protection network is only raised about 1 meter to protect against suicide unmanned boat attacks, because in order to avoid reconnaissance to the greatest extent, suicide unmanned boats need to be designed as low as possible. It is not difficult to see from the Ukrainian Army's video that the Ukrainian Army's unmanned boat is basically equivalent to an semi-submersible ship . Only one photoelectric observer is about half a meter higher than the hull, and about two-thirds of the entire hull is below the water surface, and only one-third is exposed on the water surface. If the torpedo-proof lightning protection net is raised by 1 meter, it can be effectively intercepted such semi-submersible unmanned boats. In recent years, Chinese fishermen have been able to catch such semi-submersible unmanned boats in the surrounding waters almost every year. Although there is a big difference compared with the suicide unmanned boats used by the Ukrainian army, the basic principles are the same. Therefore, the lightning protection net originally used to prevent torpedoes can be completely used to intercept suicide unmanned boats.
(On September 21, the Russian army captured the stranded Ukrainian speedboat, but did not attract enough attention, so the Black Sea Fleet was attacked one after another, which is indeed not unfair!)
Although the lightning protection network itself is not complicated, the Russian Black Sea Fleet was attacked again and again. According to reports, on September 21, the Russian army found a stranded Ukrainian unmanned boat on the beach outside the port of Severnburg, which shows that the Ukrainian army has planned an attack on the Russian army for more than a day, but this has not attracted the attention of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. In the end, a month later, the Ukrainian army's attack was finally successful. It can only be said that it is not that Severnburg is "ominous" to Russia, but that the Russian army itself is too bad and that it is not unfair to be attacked.
