On April 16, 1945, the last strategic offensive battle of the Allies against Nazi Germany was launched on the European battlefield.

As soon as the sky was dawn in the morning, thousands of cannons and Katyusha rocket launchers began to bombard the German positions.

The Battle of Berlin was officially unveiled in the overwhelming super-large artillery bombardment.

The Soviet Union concentrated 270 divisions and cavalry divisions, 20 tank troops and mechanized troops, and 14 air force armies, with a total of about 2.5 million people.

The weapons and equipment are even more luxurious, with a total of 2,450 aircraft, 14,200 artillery, 1,500 tanks and self-propelled artillery.

After a day and night of artillery fire preparation, the next day, the Soviet army concentrated all artillery fire, assembled thousands of tanks and began to advance into Berlin in a row.

A group of tanks in front were hit and caught fire, and the one behind them continued to move forward.

Ula! Ula!

Soviet soldiers shouted slogans excitedly and charged forward, one after another, without caring about the cost of casualties.

At this time, World War II was coming to an end. The armies of the United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union had already fought on the German mainland, and the German fascism was defeated.

However, the strength of the German army cannot be underestimated, with a total of 48 infantry divisions, 9 motorized divisions, 6 armored divisions, a total of 800,000 men, 10,400 artillery and mortars, 1,500 tanks and attack artillery, and 3,300 combat aircraft.

At the same time, Berlin, as the last position of the German army, was a carefully fortified city with extremely complete defense system. The defense system was extremely complete, and the hidden basements, underground railways, drainage trenches, etc. could all provide fire support points for the German army.

The closer it is to the city center, the stronger it is, and the more difficult it is for the Soviet army to advance.

In this final battle in Berlin, the Soviet army was repelled by the German army several times, and the German army's tenacious resistance caused the Soviet army to pay a huge price for casualties.

At 7:00 on May 2, 1945, General Wei Delin, the commander of the German Berlin City Defense, went to the Soviet frontier command post and signed an order of unconditional surrender.

At this point, the last decisive battle of the Soviet-German War - the Battle of Berlin - ended.

In this battle, the Soviet army annihilated 800,000 German soldiers, captured more than 380,000 people, seized more than 1,500 tanks and self-propelled artillery, and seized 4,500 aircraft.

The Soviet army also paid a huge price, with casualties of 304,000, losses of 2,156 tanks, 1,220 artillery pieces and 527 aircraft.

The victory of the Battle of Berlin shattered the German Supreme Command's plan to consume a large amount of Soviet forces near Berlin to delay the war, and also marked the demise of German fascism and the end of the European war.

It is worth mentioning here that at this time, the Allied troops such as Britain, the United States and France were actually on the periphery of Berlin, but they did not choose to attack Berlin with the Soviet Union, but instead handed over this historic task to the Soviet Union.

At this time, the German fascism was already a trapped beast fight and had no chance of turning the tables.

Logically speaking, the anti-fascist allies were approaching another front. The Soviet Union only needed to siege Berlin to easily win the battle, which could completely avoid huge casualties.

However, the Soviet army chose to repeatedly demand independent attack on Berlin, and went all the way to the end, and finally conquered Berlin at the cost of more than 300,000 casualties.

As Eisenhower said after the war, the reason he gave Berlin to the Soviet army was because he knew that the battle of Berlin would cost the Allied forces at least 100,000 soldiers. Obviously, this statement is not a false statement.

So, why did the Soviet Union take everything and what was their purpose? Don’t they know that it was powerful, or just because the fighting nation was very strong?

No, the reason why the Soviet Union wanted to capture Berlin in a short period of time was that it did not want to give the head of state a chance to breathe, and concentrated the remaining troops around Berlin.

If Berlin was sieged for a long time, it would only consume more of the Soviet Union's vitality.

In the Soviet-German War, although the Soviet Union's Patriotic War achieved a final victory, it paid an extremely heavy price for it. The current economic situation of the Soviet Union really did not allow the war to delay too long.

More importantly, for the Soviet Union, the Soviet-German War was a shameful existence, and the Soviet military and civilians were eager to take revenge completely.

Independently conquering Berlin, the German capital, is definitely the best way to revenge.

This is not only a concentrated expression of the national spiritual will, but also a supreme honor of the Soviet Union.

The powerful enemies who once killed themselves without any power to fight back are now defeated step by step in their hands, and in the end even their capital was captured independently by themselves.

The Soviet Union needed and had to vent its emotions in this way, obtain their supreme honor, wash away shame, and declare to the world with its strength.

Therefore, even if an independent attack on Berlin would definitely consume a lot of resources and cause a lot of casualties, it was a big shot for the Soviet Union!

"Extra! Extra! The Soviet Union conquered Berlin, and Nazi Germany announced unconditional surrender!"

"The European war ended, and the Third Reich collapsed!"

"Justice defeats evil, and the dawn of peace in the world has arrived!"

News of Germany's unconditional surrender soon spread to every corner of the world. Whether it was a country that had been liberated and independent, or an occupied country, it was suddenly full of excitement.

Especially in China, which is still in a state of "difficulty", newspapers and radio stations of all major and small have been injected with chicken blood, and have begun to rush to report on good news from the European battlefield in a large number of articles.

Nazi Germany, which swept across Europe and even almost destroyed the Soviet Union, has now surrendered with both hands. How many days can the little Japan, which is so close to the end, jump to the end?

"Very good, very good, beautifully done! Since that's the case, let's continue to burn the fire a little more and let the Japanese accept reality as soon as possible!"

After receiving the good news, Yang Fan breathed a long breath with great comfort. This protracted world war was finally coming to an end, and the deep suffering of the Chinese nation will soon become history.

The Chinese Expeditionary Force led by Sun Fumin happily fought the whole audience, and the expedition soldiers finally returned safely.

Then, it's Japan.

Although Yang Fan did not go to Berlin like the Soviet Union, and chew the strong fortress of the Japanese, and fought street battles with the Japanese in Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou and other cities.

Even Yang Fan would not even bombard the industrial zones of Manchuria, because these things have become Yang's belongings. If they are blown up now, wouldn't that be shot in the foot?

But, if you don’t draw the sword at this time, when will you draw the sword?

After passing this village, there is no such store anymore.

Well, the basic operation of hitting the dog in the water must be done!

Thinking of this, Yang Fan immediately looked at Huang Hong who was standing beside him and said, "Minister Huang, copy this good news to the army group, and convene military-level generals from all departments to the General Command for a meeting tomorrow afternoon."
Chapter completed!