April 7, 1951, Hamburg, Germany

The city is still ruined, the cruel and ruthless war, and the dangerous atmosphere. The black smoke rolls in the air, scarlet blood flows on the ground, and the blazing fireballs swallow everything at any time... In the history of this port city for more than a thousand years, there has never been such a fierce war with high density. In just five months, the red flag of the Soviet Union and the tricolor flag of Germany alternated like day and night, but this change was not a natural law, but was made up of the bones of thousands of soldiers. This time, the Soviet army launched a massive attack from east to west, and the newly formed North German front was conquering

After Lubeck divided his troops into two groups, attacking the Schleswig Holstein region northward and attacking the Hamburg and Lower Saxony region westward. In the strategic territory of northern Germany, Hamburg's geographical location is like a crossroads, and it is an important input port for maritime transportation, which naturally became the focus of competition between the two sides. After conquering Weisenberg, Asrenberg and other places one after another, the Soviet army temporarily reorganized the offensive cluster, the 2nd Assault Army, came to the city of Hamburg in early April. In view of the lessons learned from the previous Battle of Bremen, the Soviet army did not forcibly attack the city with armored troops, but instead carried out firepower sweeping with air force and artillery, and then used heavy armored vehicles to attack the city.

Hamburg, which had a population of one million before the war, was an indefinite metropolis. It lie between forests and rivers, with lush vegetation and crisscrossing water networks. The city and the suburbs were connected by thousands of bridges, and the terrain was very complex. After the attack began, the Soviet army cut off the land connection between the Hamburg city and the outside world with ease, and blocked the German sea passage with air force and long-range artillery, while the German defenders voluntarily gave up the eastern bank of the Ulster River. In the face of modern war tools

An ordinary inland river can no longer be called a "natural chasm". Using various bridges and crossing tools, the Soviet army established more than a dozen bridgeheads in the city on the west bank of the Ulster River overnight. However, these bridgeheads that wedged into the German defense line failed to break through the German defense. Instead, they became a constraint for the Soviet commanders to plan. In order to resist the Soviet bombing and artillery attacks, the German defenders built a large number of solid fortifications, thus preserving the vitality under the suppression of the Soviet firepower and traversing the Soviet army.

The river front launched a strong and effective counterattack, forcing the Soviet army's troops to desperate situations. In order to avoid the amplification effect caused by the institutional losses of the frontline troops, the Soviet army continued to send more troops to these bridgeheads and launched offensives in nearby areas to restrain the German counterattack. Over the past decade, the Soviet and German army had fought countless battles on various battlefields. The tactics could be changed, but the combat methods and habitual thinking were not elusive. The German commanders obviously foresaw the Soviet army's response strategy. Only in the central city of Hamburg, Germany

The National Guard defeated the Soviet army's multiple powerful attacks in succession, suppressing more than 3,000 Soviet officers and soldiers in a small urban area southwest of Lake Neuerster (the wide waters flowing through the Ulster River are called "lakes"). In order to make this exquisite "squirrel cage", the German army placed American 155mm and 203mm heavy howitzers in a subway tunnel and fired outside through hidden launch ports. In addition, German mobile artillery using small vehicles to carry rocket launchers, suppressed Soviet troops day and night and blocked the river.

After biting the Soviet army's nose, it had to resist the Soviet army's fists. After the accumulation of long-term war, the Soviet army gradually developed a set of effective urban attack tactics. Brave and sophisticated infantry and skillful melee weapons, heavy tanks with thick skin and heavy assault guns with fierce firepower were all magic weapons. This time, the Soviet army sent all its main forces. After crossing the river with infantry and amphibious tanks, the heavy and strong is2,3,4 tanks quickly drove to the bridgehead with the help of a pontoon bridge. The isu122 and isu152 heavy assault guns, called "Stalin Iron Fist" by veterans, also fired directly from the river bank to the targets on the other side. The heavy high-explosive bombs can penetrate the thick reinforced concrete walls and destroy the German defense fortifications. However, war is a natural catalyst for the development of weapon technology, and many nearly perfect weapons cannot escape from the army.

The fate of the Third Reich combined with the industrial production capacity of the United States, a large number of new weapons became effective tools for German officers and soldiers to deal with the Soviets. A set of x9 line-guided anti-tank rockets with a total weight of 28.6 kilograms. Two German infantry who received special training for a week had the opportunity to kill a heavy Soviet tank that cost 50,000 man-hours and more than 40 tons of metal, and then drilled into the ruins and fled. With the Soviet Air Force's advantage, the German army continued its unique development idea of ​​mobile artillery, and various wheeled off-road vehicles became vehicles for anti-tank or anti-aircraft rocket weapons. They were agile and elusive. Although the accuracy of the first-generation guided weapons still needs to be improved, the low cost and abundant quantity greatly made up for this shortfall, making the Soviet army pay a much greater price than the World War II and even World War III.

April 9, 1951, Aachen, Germany

This German city adjacent to the border between the Netherlands and Belgium is a famous hot spring resort and industrial production, trade distribution, and transportation center. Since the outbreak of the Second Soviet-German War, millions of tons of military supplies entered Aachen under the guise of humanitarian rescue, and this place has become an important target of Soviet bombing. Since it is only a few kilometers away from the border, the accuracy of traditional bombing methods cannot avoid the occurrence of accidental bombings. Soviet bombs often fall into the Netherlands and Belgium, causing certain casualties and property losses. The two governments have successively mobilized people to evacuate the border area. Under the political influence of Western allies, most European countries obviously tend to support Germany, and the Netherlands and Belgium are no exception. Therefore, people can always listen to it in many international occasions.

When the representatives of the two countries accused the Soviet army of brutal actions, the photos and images were also powerful evidence to prove that the Soviet army was mistakenly bombed, which put the Soviet government under additional diplomatic pressure. Based on the adverse effects of this negative incident, coupled with the German army's continuous strengthening of air defense forces in Aachen and other places, the new air defense missile with a longer range and greater power also caused the Soviet army's bombing loss rate to continue to rise. The Soviet command had no choice but to reduce the bombing efforts on border cities such as Aachen. On the other hand, the German army secretly expanded the air bases in these border areas, and used fighter jets provided by the United States and Britain to expand the aviation force - the fighter squadrons - expanded from 19 to 199, and the bomber troops also went from scratch. The Luftwaffe even had a strategic bomber force in the true sense for the first time.

In the dim sunset, four-engine bombers painted with gray-green painted with white iron cross logos on the tails slid off the ground in a huge roar. Compared with the Henkel, Junker and Donier series bombers active on various fronts during World War II, these aircraft were larger, faster and stronger. They could carry tons of bombs back and forth thousands of kilometers and carry out air strikes on the enemy's deep strategic targets, causing double blows of material and psychological strikes. Although these superior strategic bombers failed to help Western allies win the battle with the Soviet Union, they greatly damaged the Soviet Union's industrial foundation and caused an unimaginable chain reaction. If the Soviet Union had the comprehensive production capacity in 1946, the German army would have been unable to survive the winter of 1949, let alone launching a fruitful Jedi counterattack in 1950.

Under the protection of dozens of jet fighters, more than a hundred bombers gathered in the Aachen airspace formation and then gradually moved away with the sunset. The next flight was quite long for them. After flying along the southern Baltic Sea, they would pass through Lithuania, Latvia and the hinterland of Russia, drop bombs over the Soviet capital Moscow, and then return along the way, with a total distance of nearly 4,000 kilometers. The distance was not the most terrifying enemy. As early as the East-West War, the Soviet Union urgently developed high-altitude fighter jets and air defense rockets for intercepting Allied bomber groups. With the development of jet fighter technology, MiG 9 and MiG 15 were also added to the equipment list of high-altitude interceptor troops. High-power pulse radars can also provide long-range early warning information for the Soviet Air Force.

Large clouds floated in the quiet and peaceful night sky, a bright full moon hung above the clouds, and silver light shone through the occasional gap on the shimmering sea. In the distant sky, a non-natural mechanical sound gradually became obvious. The metal aircraft with giant wings and four large engines made all living things in this world dwarf. There was only the dull roar in the whole air, and the huge black shadows moved rapidly on the rolling cloud surface, and the powerful airflow brought by it was causing cloud waves. Before they knew it, they had flew nearly a thousand kilometers, looking blurry.

The coastline is right in front, and suddenly, a group of aircraft with silver-gray gloss appeared at the far end of their sight. The gap in size makes them look like pitiful worms who are mantis, but in the Amazon River, no one dares to underestimate the "insignificant" piranhas. Soviet fighters also have the ferociousness of piranhas. They come towards them and launch a rush to the German aircraft group with lightning speed. According to the experience of Allied strategic bombing, more than a hundred German bombers were like calm whales, steadily maintaining a dense defensive formation. The rain of bullets shot out from the plane formed a strange scene in the night sky.

Experts often decide the winner in one move, but they may also fall into a fierce battle. Soviet fighters used rockets and machine guns to shoot down several German bombers, but failed to disrupt the formation of the German bomber group. They also lost several of them. They had to linger outside the German aircraft group, waiting for an opportunity to attack those targets that did not receive omnidirectional cover. After a few round trips, these short-legged fighters were forced to return due to exhaustion of fuel, but it was too early to judge the victory. In the vast Soviet territory, many aviation bases were already brightly lit, and the combat readiness duty personnel were quickly in place, ready to use their lives to defend the honor and dignity of the country. In this regard, Soviet soldiers deserve respect as much as their German opponents. (To be continued...)

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