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Chapter 1,618: The Last Battle (1)

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    The situation of the Japanese army is not optimistic, and the situation of Germany is even worse at this time.

    In March this year, the Soviets launched the East Prussia Campaign and launched a comprehensive attack on the German mainland.

    The main personnel that carried out this campaign were the Soviet 2nd and 3rd Belorussian Fronts, the first section of the 1st Baltic Front, and the Red Flag Baltic Fleet. The purpose of this campaign was mainly to crush the German army groups in East Prussia and northern Poland.

    The Soviet 2nd Belorussian Front participating in this battle was commanded by Soviet Field Marshal Rokossovsky, the 3rd Belorussian Front was commanded by Soviet Marshal Vasilevsky as the supreme commander, and the 1st Baltic Coast Army was commanderd.  It was General Bagramyan.

    In order to win this battle, the Soviet Red Army deployed a total of 14 combined armies, 1 tank army, 5 tank corps and mechanized corps, 2 air force armies, approximately 1.67 million people, more than 25,000 artillery and mortars,  There are 3,859 tanks and self-propelled artillery, and 3,097 aircraft.

    The artillery density is 200-230 artillery and mortars per kilometer of front, and 20-25 tanks that directly support the infantry. It is quite powerful.

    Compared with the Soviet army, the strength of the German garrison is extremely weak. The German Army Group Center relies on solid fortifications in East Prussia. The highest commander is General Lendulich, which has 1 armored group army and 2 field armies.  and an aviation force, totaling 780,000 people, 8,200 artillery pieces, 700 tanks and assault artillery pieces, and 775 aircraft.

    After nearly two months of hard fighting, the Soviet Red Army almost annihilated the German Army in East Prussia, destroyed the German eastern outpost, and liberated parts of northern Poland.

    After losing East Prussia, Germany not only lost an important national economic zone, but also had 25 divisions annihilated and 12 divisions severely damaged, which greatly weakened the German armed forces.

    This war not only caused Germany to lose an important economic zone, but also not only lost a large number of soldiers, but more importantly, it destroyed the spirit of the German people and made fear the mainstream of German society.

    When the Soviet Army began to attack East Prussia, the Soviet political officers issued this slogan in order to boost morale: "Soldiers, remember that you are now entering the lair of fascist beasts!"

    Someone even shouted a "call for revenge against the Germans" in the Red Army newspaper "Red Star", encouraging Red Army soldiers to regard German women as their "legal trophies" and "destroy their national pride."

    While the Soviet army was eagerly preparing to retaliate against the Germans, the German authorities warned the local residents of East Prussia that they were not allowed to leave their homes. Civilians who escaped would be treated as defeatists. The German military police responsible for suppressing the common people tried their best to prevent the common people from evacuating.  And forced them to build fortifications and perform forced labor.

    However, these people escaped secretly when the Soviet army approached the city.  When the women and children discovered that the Red Army soldiers were approaching the border and wanted to escape, it was too late. They could only walk through one meter of snow and braved the freezing temperature of minus 20 degrees to try to evacuate from the city.

    Many peasant women stayed on voluntarily, believing that the situation would not change much except that they would work under the new rule.

    The deafening sound of artillery in the distance began to create an atmosphere of terror in the villages and farms of East Prussia. The women had all heard about the atrocities committed in Nemerdorf when Chernyakhovsky led his army to attack East Prussia last year. They  You may have all seen the horrific scene in the cinema - 62 women and girls were raped/murdered.

    The Soviet army advanced in a long snake formation. This was a wonderful combination of modern technology and medieval tradition. The tank crews wearing black helmets were submerged in the dust kicked up by their T-34 tanks, and the Cossack cavalry rode on  On their trophy-laden horses, American soldiers towed their field guns, convertible Chevrolets towed tarpaulin-covered mortars, tractors pulled heavy howitzers, and behind them came horse-drawn carriages.  Second echelon.

    Soldiers¡¯ personalities vary widely, almost as much as their equipment.  Some even regarded German children as potential Nazi SS soldiers and believed that they should be killed before they grew up to invade the Soviet Union again, but others sympathized with the children and gave them food.

    The arrival of the Soviet army destroyed the national honor that the Germans had built up over the years. In particular, the Soviet army's treatment of women had become blatantly possessive, especially after Moscow allowed officers to have a "war wife." These young Germans  Women were chosen as mistresses by senior military officers.

    When men¡¯s desires expand rapidly and become uncontrolled, life for ¡°war wives¡± is not easy.  A young female soldier named Mucha Annenkova of the 19th Army wrote in a letter to a friend: "Vera?Now you should know what their ¡®love¡¯ is like!  They seem to be very gentle to you, but who knows what is hidden in their souls.  They don't know what sincerity is, they only have short-lived passion or 'love' caused by animal lust.  It's so hard to find a loyal man here.  "

    Marshal Rokossovsky issued Order No. 6, hoping to guide the soldiers to "vent all their hatred on the battlefield." In the order, he emphasized the prohibition of "looting, violence, arson, and destruction."  Punitive measures for behavior, but it has had little effect.

    The crimes committed by the Germans in the Soviet Union and the government's relentless propaganda did increase the atrocities committed by the Soviet army against East Prussian women, but revenge could not be the full justification for this behavior, although it later became the justification for these atrocities.  As the alcohol in the soldiers' bodies begins to burn, their bestiality is revealed.

    While the Soviets on the Eastern Front were retaliating against Germany, on the Western Front battlefield, after the Allies liberated France, they liberated Belgium, Luxembourg and other countries, and by early March they pushed the war into Germany.

    While the Soviet Red Army launched the East Prussian Campaign, the Allied forces gathered all the troops they could now to launch a final attack on Nazi Germany.

    At this time, Germany had to face not only the Soviet army's offensive on the Eastern Front, but also the crazy attacks by millions of troops from Britain, France, the United States and other countries on the Western Front. Soon, nearly six million Allied troops gathered together.  Gathered in Berlin, the fall of Nazi Germany was imminent.

    In early April, the armies of the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain and France were only 60 kilometers away from Berlin. Although the German army still had a large number of troops at this time, most of them were surrounded by the Allied forces, and all units were retreating steadily.

    On the northern front, the Courland Group is fighting against the Leningrad Front, and in East Prussia, the Central Group is fighting against the 3rd Belarusian Front. In short, Germany is now at its last moment.

    The Allied forces were approaching Berlin, putting tremendous pressure on Germany.

    Hitler ordered the troops to stay in Berlin and must not allow the Soviet army to capture the capital of the Third Reich, even if they were both destroyed.

    Defending the direction of Berlin is the "Vistula" Army Group commanded by General Heinrich. This army group includes the 3rd Tank Army, the 9th Army, and the 4th Tank Army Group "Center" commanded by Marshal Sch?rner.  Army, the 17th Army, in addition to eight divisions of the Army Headquarters Reserve, totaling 48 infantry divisions, 9 motorized divisions, 6 tank divisions, and many other units and formations, totaling approximately 1 million men.

    In addition, this army group has 10,400 artillery and pursuit guns, 1,500 tanks and assault artillery, and 3,300 combat aircraft.  In addition, more than 200 National Commando battalions have been established in Berlin, with a total garrison strength of more than 200,000.

    The German defense in the direction of Berlin is a heavily-trooped defense in depth, including the Oder River-Neisse River area and the Berlin Defense Area: three defense zones are constructed in the Oder River-Neisse River area, 20-40 kilometers in depth; the Berlin Defense Area  It includes three annular enclosures: the outer layer, the inner layer and the urban area.

    In front of the K¨¹strin landing field and in the direction of Cottbus, the fortifications are particularly strong, where the strongest army group is concentrated.  The front of the K¨¹strin landing site is 1 division every 3 kilometers.  There are 60 artillery pieces and 17 tanks on the front per 1 kilometer.

    The military command took various measures to prevent the Soviet army from seizing Berlin.  The Allies wanted to seize Berlin, and the two sides launched a bloody battle around Berlin.

    In mid-April, the Soviet Supreme Command was preparing for the final battle against the German army - the assault on Berlin. The Soviet Army Group had a total of 162 infantry and cavalry divisions, 21 tank corps and mechanized corps, 4 air force armies, and 2.5 million people.  .  There are about 42,000 artillery and pursuit guns, more than 6,250 tanks and self-propelled artillery, and 7,500 combat aircraft.

    This resulted in several times the advantage over the German army, with 1.5 times more personnel, 3 times more artillery, 3.1 times more tanks and self-propelled artillery, and 1.3 times more aircraft.

    The Soviet army planned to attack Berlin in three ways, with the 1st Belorussian Front commanded by Marshal Zhukov as the most powerful group and the vanguard of the attack, breaking through the defense lines on the east and west banks of the Oder River and several nearby areas, and attacking from the east.

    The 1st Ukrainian Front under the command of Marshal Konev moved forward to the south of the east bank of the Ness River to the foothills of the Sudeten Mountains, attacking from the south.

    The 2nd Belarusian Front, commanded by Marshal Rokossovsky, advanced to the lower reaches of the Oder River and attacked from the north.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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