 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa21 Nyamavhuvhu, ngarava iyi yaive imwe yeaya ngarava dzakapihwa basa rekupa rutsigiro kune vanodzivirira Odessa, basa rake rekutanga rekurwa. Musi waSeptember 7, Sposobny uye muparadzi akaperekedza Mutungamiriri weBlack Sea Fleet, Mutevedzeri weAdmiral Filipp Oktyabrsky, vari mungarava yemutungamiriri, kuenda kuOdessa. Pavakanga varipo, ngarava dzose nhatu dzakarova mauto eRomania; Sposobny ichipfura magirinedhi 28 kubva muzvombo zvayo zvikuru. Mazuva mana gare gare, ngarava yacho yakapfura zvombo 49 pazvinangwa zveRomania. Munguva iyi iyewo vakapedza 64 76 mm uye 135 45 mm kumativi pamusoro Axis ndege. Musi wa16-21 Gunyana muparadzi akabatsira kufambisa kutakura 157th Rifle Division kuenda kuOdessa. Pakutanga kwaNovember, Sposobny yakatanga kuperekedza kutakura zvinhu uye kutakura mauto kuenda nekudzoka kuSevastopol yakakomberedzwa uye kutsigira mauto eSoviet nepfuti dzayo. Akakuvadzwa nedutu musi wa27 Mbudzi, achirova 292 shells pakati pa4 na8 Zvita uye 329 shells pakati pa23 na24 Zvita achipesana nenzvimbo dzeGerman dzakakomberedza Sevastopol. Pakati pa 28 na 30 December, akafukidza amphibious landings pa Kerch uye Feodosia. 