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Volume 1 The Setting Sun of the Empire Chapter 98 The Insurmountable Barrier

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    April 7, 1951, Hamburg, Germany

    The city is still in ruins, the flames of war are still gorgeous and cruel, and there is still a dangerous atmosphere. Black smoke billows in the air, scarlet blood flows on the ground, and blazing fireballs devour everything at any time In this port city  In more than a thousand years of history, there has never been such a high-intensity and fierce war in any period.  In just five months, the red flag of the Soviet Union and the tricolor flag of Germany alternated like day and night. However, this change was not a natural law, but was caused by the accumulation of the bones of thousands of soldiers.  This time, the Soviet army launched a massive offensive from east to west. After capturing L¨¹beck, the newly formed North German Front divided its forces into two groups, attacking the Schleswig-Holstein area all the way north, and attacking Hamburg all the way west.  and Lower Saxony.  In the strategic territory of northern Germany, Hamburg's geographical location is like a crossroads and an important input port for shipping. It has naturally become the focus of competition between the two sides.  After successively conquering Weissenberg, Aslenburg and other places, the Soviet army's temporarily reorganized offensive group, the 2nd Shock Army, arrived at the gates of Hamburg in early April.  In view of the lessons learned from the previous Battle of Hamburg Bremen, the Soviet army did not use armored forces to forcibly attack the city. Instead, it used air force and artillery to carry out firepower clearing, and then used heavy armored vehicles to cooperate with infantry to attack the city.

    Hamburg, with a population of one million before the war, was an out-and-out metropolis. It lay between forests and rivers, with lush vegetation and a criss-crossing water network. There were thousands of buildings in the city and suburbs.  Connected by bridges, the terrain is very complex.  After the offensive began, the Soviet army cut off land connections between the city of Hamburg and the outside world in a familiar manner, and used air force and long-range artillery to block the German sea lanes. The German defenders voluntarily abandoned the east bank of the Alster River.  In the face of modern war tools, an ordinary inland river can no longer be called a "natural moat". Using various bridges and river crossing tools, the Soviet army established more than ten urban areas on the west bank of the Alster River overnight.  Bridgeheads, but these bridgeheads wedged into the German defenses far from being able to break through the German defenses.  Instead, it became a constraint for the Soviet commander's strategic planning. In order to resist the Soviet bombing and artillery shelling, the German defenders built a large number of solid fortifications, thus preserving their effective strength under the Soviet fire suppression. After the Soviet army initially crossed the river,  Launch a strong and effective counterattack.  Pushing the Soviet troops at many bridgeheads into desperate situations.  In order to avoid the amplification effect of organic losses of frontline troops, the Soviet army continued to send more troops to these bridgeheads and launched offensives in nearby areas to contain the German counterattack.  Over the past ten years, the Soviet and German armies have engaged in countless battles on various battlefields. Tactics can be changed, but combat methods and habitual thinking are not difficult to grasp. The German commanders obviously foreseen the Soviet army's response strategy.  In the central city of Hamburg alone, the German defenders defeated many Soviet attacks and suppressed more than 3,000 Soviet officers and soldiers in the Alster Lake (the wide body of water through which the Alster River flows is called "  Lake") in a small urban area in the southwest.  In order to create this exquisite "mouse trap", the German army placed American-made 155mm and 203mm heavy howitzers in the subway tunnels and fired through concealed firing ports. In addition, the German mobile artillery used small vehicles to carry rocket launchers, day and night.  Suppress the Soviet troops and blockade the river.

    Having bitten the Soviet Army's nose, he still had to resist the Soviet Army's fist.  After a long period of war accumulation.  The Soviet army gradually figured out a set of effective urban attack tactics. Brave and experienced infantry and handy melee weapons, thick-skinned heavy tanks and ferocious heavy assault guns are all magic weapons.  This time the siege of Hamburg.  After the Soviet army dispatched its main force and crossed the river with infantry and amphibious tanks, the heavy and sturdy IS2, IS3, and IS4 tanks quickly arrived at the bridgehead with the help of pontoons, and the ISU122 and ISU152 heavy assaults, which veterans called "Stalin's Iron Fist"  The artillery also fired directly from the river to targets on the other side. Heavy high-explosive shells were able to penetrate thick reinforced concrete walls and destroy the German defenses.  However, war is a natural catalyst for the development of weapons technology. Many nearly perfect weapons cannot escape the fate of being outdated. Combining the "doomsday technology" of the Third Reich with the industrial production capacity of the American empire, a large number of new weapons became the basis for German officers and soldiers to deal with the Soviets.  Effective tool.  A set of x9 wire-guided anti-tank rockets with a total weight of 28.6 kg.  Two German infantrymen who received a week of specialized training had the opportunity to kill a Soviet heavy tank that took 50,000 man-hours and more than 40 tons of metal, and then escaped into the ruins.  While the Soviet Air Force had the upper hand, the German army continued its unique approach to the development of mobile artillery. 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 make up for this shortcoming, making the Soviet army pay a much greater price for every step forward than during World War II and even World War III.

    April 9, 1951, Aachen, Germany

    This German city adjacent to the border of the Netherlands and Belgium is a famous spa resort and a center of industrial production, trade distribution, and transportation. Since the outbreak of the Second Soviet-German War,??Millions of tons of military supplies entered the country via Aachen under the guise of humanitarian relief, which made it an important target for Soviet bombing.  Since the border was only a few kilometers away, the accuracy of traditional bombing methods could not prevent accidental bombings. Soviet bombs often fell into the Netherlands and Belgium, causing certain casualties and property losses. The two governments also mobilized one after another.  People evacuated border areas.  Under the political influence of the Western Allies, most European countries are obviously inclined to support Germany, and the Netherlands and Belgium are no exception. Therefore, on many international occasions, people can always hear representatives of the two countries complaining about the atrocities of the Soviet army. Those photos and videos  It is also a strong basis to prove that the Soviet army accidentally bombed, thus putting additional diplomatic pressure on the Soviet government.  Based on the adverse impact of this negative incident, coupled with the German army's continuous strengthening of air defense forces in Aachen and other places, new anti-aircraft missiles with longer range and greater power have also caused the Soviet army's bombing loss rate to continue to rise. The Soviet Army High Command has no choice but to  The bombing of border cities such as Aachen was reduced.  On the other hand, the German army secretly expanded its air bases in these border areas and used fighter aircraft provided by the United States and Britain to expand its aviation force¡ªthe number of fighter squadrons increased from 19 to 199, and its bomber force also grew from scratch.  It even had a true strategic bomber force for the first time.

    Under the dim sunset, four-engine bombers with gray-green paint and a white Iron Cross logo spray-painted on the tail slid off the ground with a huge roar.  Compared with the Heinkel, Junkers, and Dornier series bombers that were active on all fronts during World War II, these aircraft are larger, faster, and stronger. They can carry tons of bombs to and from thousands of kilometers, and can attack the enemy in depth.  Air strikes were carried out against strategic targets, causing a double blow both materially and psychologically.  Although these strategic bombers with superior performance failed to help the Western Allies win the camp war with the Soviet Union, they greatly damaged the Soviet Union's industrial base, causing unimaginable chain reactions.  If the Soviet Union in 1949 had the comprehensive production capacity of 1946, it would be difficult for the German army to survive the winter of 1949, let alone launch an effective Jedi counterattack in 1950.

    Under the protection of dozens of jet fighters, more than a hundred bombers assembled in formation in the Aachen airspace, and then drifted away with the sunset behind their backs.  The next voyage is quite long for them. After flying along the southern Baltic Sea, they will pass through Lithuania, Latvia and the heart of Russia, drop bombs over the Soviet capital Moscow, and then return along the road, a total distance of nearly 4,000 kilometers.  Distance is not the most terrifying enemy. As early as during the East-West War, the Soviet Union urgently developed high-altitude fighter jets and anti-aircraft rockets to intercept Allied bomber groups. With the development of jet fighter technology, the MiG-9 and MiG  15 has also been added to the equipment list of the high-altitude interception force. The high-power pulse radar can also provide long-distance early warning information for the Soviet Air Force.

    There are large clouds floating in the silent and peaceful night sky, and a bright full moon hangs above the clouds. The silver light shines on the sparkling sea through the occasional gaps.  In the distant sky, an unnatural mechanical sound gradually became apparent. The metal aircraft with giant wings and four large engines dwarfed all creatures in the world. There was only the dull roar and the huge black sound in the entire air.  The shadow moved rapidly on the undulating cloud surface, and the strong air current it brought set off cloud waves.  Unknowingly, they had flown nearly a thousand kilometers, and the blurry coastline was just ahead. Suddenly, a group of silver-gray aircraft appeared in the distance.  The difference in size makes them look like pitiful mantises using their arms as a cart at first glance. However, in the Amazon River, no one dares to underestimate the "insignificant" piranha. Soviet fighter jets are also as fierce as piranhas. They come towards you with lightning.  Attacking the German aircraft fleet at a high speed.  According to the Allied strategic bombing experience, more than a hundred German bombers were like a calm swarm of whales, steadily maintaining a dense defensive formation. The rain of bullets ejected from the aircraft formed a strange scene in the night sky.

    A duel between masters can often be decided by one move, but it can also lead to a fierce battle.  The Soviet fighter jets 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 their own. They had to linger outside the German group, waiting for opportunities to attack those who could not reach them.  Attack the target covered by all directions.  After several round trips, these short-legged fighter jets were forced to return because they ran out of fuel. However, it was too early to judge the outcome. In the vast Soviet territory, many aviation bases were already brightly lit, and combat readiness personnel were quickly on duty.  We are always ready to use our lives to defend the honor and dignity of our country.  In this respect, Soviet servicemen deserved as much respect as their German counterparts.  (To be continued)

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