At the "pivotal point of the battle" of the Battle of Munich, Müldorf, days of artillery fire had turned the old city into a veritable scorched earth, and large and small craters were sometimes shelters for officers and soldiers on both sides to hide from guns, and sometimes they were the graves of the fallen soldiers. After receiving reinforcements from the Empire's elite troops, the Germans changed their previous passive defensive posture and used night battles and chemical smoke cover to launch continuous tactical counterattacks, and the brave pit bulls forced the huge bulls to retreat step by step. In order to open up the unfavorable situation in the Battle of Myrdov and break the encirclement formed by the German army's heavy forces, the Soviet army continued to increase the intensity and duration of the shelling, and the scope of the shelling also expanded from the city of Myldov to the other side of the Isar River. Nearly 1,000 Soviet artillery and rocket artillery shells poured thousands of tons of shells into the German defense area in just a few hours before launching the general offensive, and the part of Mirdorf that exceeded the surface had largely disappeared, but the stubborn German defenders continued to fight. Due to the absolute disadvantage in the number and range of artillery, the German artillery deployed on the south bank of the Ishal River had to continue to stay in the positions protected by various camouflage methods, until the second wave of Soviet infantry attacks was launched, and these artillery pieces supported the defenders of the city in a timely manner. This time, the Soviets deployed more than 20 infantry battalions and more than 400 tanks and armored vehicles in one go, and with the support of fighters and light bombers, the brave Bolshevik fighters advanced regardless of casualties. Within two hours, the Soviets had lost 3,000 casualties, and the massive number of casualties forced the Soviets to slow down the offensive, which in turn led to a two-hour artillery bombardment -- the Soviets used a large number of vehicles to send ammunition to the front line due to the huge consumption of ammunition from the continuous shelling. As night fell, this important supply line became a new target for the German paratrooper assault force.

In the evening, the German 1st Airborne Battalion flew from central Bavaria to the north in more than 40 transport planes, and carried out parachute assaults at four predetermined locations. Although the Soviet Air Force had poor night interception capabilities, for safety reasons, the Germans sent night fighters to cover the whole process. After about an hour of night flight, the transport fleet arrived at their respective destinations. The 1st Airborne Battalion was the first and currently the only airborne unit formed in the GDR. The battalion was formed on the basis of paratroopers from the Third Reich, and in addition to receiving rigorous training, it also creatively introduced the concept of armored airborne troops. The main tactics of the Third Reich were upheld. The German paratroopers continued to use the RZ fast parachute, and after jumping out of the cabin from the extreme height, they were able to touch the ground in just a dozen seconds, which was quite sudden and aggressive. Only this time, due to the peculiarity of the combat method, the airborne vehicles and artillery that they were proud of did not land with them, and the slightly lonely paratroopers mainly relied on standard guns and grenades, light mortars, and anti-tank rocket launchers to fight.

During the landing, most of the German paratroopers were not intercepted by Soviet units. After gathering troops and combat equipment. The four combat detachments quickly advanced towards their intended targets, all of which were located near the main communication routes connecting the Soviet rear to the front line in Mirdorf, either in small Bavarian villages or on commanding heights overlooking the road. As for the bridges, which were vital for maintaining the lines of communication and were heavily protected by Soviet troops, the German paratroopers did not intend to attack the strong with weakness, but to destroy them in a roundabout way. Towards midnight, four airborne detachments arrived in the predetermined area one after another, like lynxes that were good at night hunting. Get close to your prey in a very stealthy and agile way and unleash a fatal blow when they are unprepared. On the territory of Germany, Soviet officers and soldiers were on high alert due to the possibility of an attack at any time. However, in the surprise attack of the German paratroopers, many of them did not even have time to pick up their weapons before they became ghosts under the guns, and the success of the battle fully reflected the strength of this German airborne force. The fully trained German paratroopers used captured Soviet weapons and ammunition to enhance their combat firepower and lay mines and explosives in the path of enemy counterattacks. At the same time, paratroopers carrying radio navigation devices sneaked up near the bridge to guide their bombers to carry out targeted attacks. …,

The soft underbelly was attacked, the Soviet command quickly mobilized forces to carry out a counterattack, and the four German paratroop detachments were able to fight, and when they saw that the enemy in front of them was too strong, they led the enemy to retreat while destroying transportation facilities. Around 3 a.m. Six German fighters equipped with X-1 guided bombs flew to the target area, and although the conditions of night combat reduced their hit rate, thanks to excellent training, three of the bombs they dropped successfully hit the target, and one bridge was blown up and heavily damaged, so that the Soviet army's transportation supply lines tended to come to a standstill in an instant.

Night. The battle in Munich came to an end. Nearly 400,000 German besieging troops attacked from all directions, and the Xicheng District, where tens of thousands of Soviet troops were stationed, was shrouded in the storm of war.

In a neighborhood east of the Isar River, officers and men wearing armbands of the German Army's 5th Light Infantry Division entered the vital battle with fatigue and scars. The German artillery in the rear continued to fire flares into the air, the dilapidated streets emerged from the darkness, and German units in companies and platoons followed the few armored vehicles out of their positions and pushed westward -- rushing directly into the enemy positions was also a different kind of test for people's spirits, especially when the armored vehicles inadvertently ran over the Soviet soldiers who were still breathing, and the heart-rending howls were heart-wrenching.

"Watch your step! Be vigilant! ”

Experienced non-commissioned officers jogged briskly while reminding young people who had just adapted to their military careers. There were corpses strewn across the battlefield, including Soviet soldiers who were pretending to be dead or stunned by shells, but they simply didn't have time to clean up the battlefield. In the blurred vision, the German troops engaged in the counterattack were advancing in a crooked straggler formation towards an unclear target, and in the darkness, the sound of rattling footsteps sounded like a thousand people, and the water bottles, scabbards, grenades and other objects on the officers and soldiers rubbed against each other, making a characteristic squirming sound. Whether it will encounter organized resistance from the Soviet army or evolve into a smooth crushing battle, no one knows in their hearts. Under normal circumstances, the infantry would slow down or even stop to build a new position after encountering resistance - they did not need to appear in the pattern of a standard trench, and if time was short, the soldiers would not even have time to dig a shooting bunker that could accommodate them sideways.

As they were about to cross the battlefield, the German stragglers were finally intercepted by the Soviets. In the loud roar of the Deshka heavy machine guns, dark red points of light scurried in the field of vision, and many German officers and soldiers fell in response, but these Soviet machine guns could not stop the German counterattack. In the dark. The exact location of the machine guns was revealed by the fire, and with a slight adjustment, the wheeled armored vehicles in the German columns were cleared one by one with machine guns and machine guns, and the German infantry was not to be outdone. Since the distance between the two sides was less than 300 meters at the time of the battle, the MG-42 firing on the spot was able to easily suppress the opponent with the advantage of the rate of fire, and before the light mortars carried by the infantry joined the battle, the machine gun crews left by the Soviet army had been cleared - almost none of the Soviet officers and soldiers in the forward positions organized a decent resistance, and after a rapid march of about ten minutes, the German infantry who followed the armored vehicles into the counterattack had already left the previous battlefield far behind.

After passing through the neighborhood, where repeated storming had been carried out during the day, the German officers and soldiers gradually penetrated deep into the Soviet front. It was the first time they had returned to the area since they had lost it more than a week ago. In the chaotic urban street fighting, it is difficult for conventional reconnaissance to provide information about the enemy's troop disposition, weapon deployment, and other relevant information, and in the deep darkness, suddenly a flash of fire, the roar of artillery fire is immediately heard, and someone immediately shouts: "Lie down!" ”

The hard fighting for days has sharpened the quality of the fighters, and it has also played a role in the survival of the fittest, and the rest of them have shown quick reflexes at critical moments. The muzzle of the flame-jetting gun appears to be within range of the machine gun. Two nearby German armored vehicles opened fire almost as soon as the explosion died down, and a string of machine-gun bullets flew into the depths of the darkness, if they were the howitzers of the Soviet army before they could retreat. The gunners could not have escaped such a timely counterattack - the weak artillery shields could not withstand the strafing of the machine guns. But the Germans were still firing, and the second and third fires suddenly appeared in the darkness, and in the position of little deviation, the ignorant black shadow made some sharp-eyed German soldiers communicate: "Tank! Enemy tanks! ”…,

Hearing this shout, the officers who were prostrate on the ground involuntarily frowned. As light infantry, all they had to do was to break the enemy's line of defense with rapid penetration, and sometimes even gather groups of surrenderers, and victory in any period was not as easy as it was then, but in the face of the Soviet army, which had a huge numerical advantage, the German infantry often had to resist the Soviet armor torrent with their own tanks. Infantry against tanks. It required not only extraordinary courage, but also skillful combat skills, and after a short period of targeted training, the young German soldiers already had these elements in the first place, but this rapid assault was the first time they actually practiced it on the battlefield!

"Machine gun groups cover, anti-tank groups rush forward!"

The officer's order broke the brief stalemate. Despite the fear of the unknown, the German soldiers still did not hesitate to move forward, they soon found that the artillery fire bursting out of the darkness was basically fixed in several positions, they were not afraid of the German guns and the artillery fire was full of power, only a few rounds of fire, one of the German armored vehicles in the column was hit and caught fire, and the other armored vehicles did not dare to stay in place when they saw this, they separated and advanced to the two flanks in a roundabout way, trying to find an opportunity to break through from the flanks and rear, but the Soviet artillery fire was not attracted by them, and still carried out shelling very regularly, When the German infantry was only a few dozen meters away from them, the tongues of fire from machine guns appeared in the darkness, and a series of bullets knocked down several German soldiers who were caught off guard, and the attack was contained.

"Don't be afraid, they're just some incapacitated iron guys, lean in and kill them!"

Behind a ruin, the calm non-commissioned officer not only gave the soldiers words to the fight, but also took the lead in picking up the bazooka and going into battle, deftly dodging enemy machine-gun fire, detouring through the collapsed building to the other side, and then firing anti-tank rockets. There was a loud explosion, and a dazzling fireball rose in the darkness, and the defenders' firepower was immediately weakened. A few soldiers then attacked in a roundabout way, and although some of them fell to the enemy's guns, the brave assault quickly broke the stalemate on the battlefield, and the German infantry was able to regain victory as Soviet tanks were destroyed one by one......

As dawn approached, the sound of gunfire in Munich had subsided considerably. Once the pride of Bavaria, the famous beer capital has been transformed into a huge exhibition hall by buildings of various periods and styles, with countless beer halls, cafés and rich square art to give it a vibrant life, and its towering chimneys and grand factories that make it the heart beat of an industrial city, but now it is a rubble rubble, and the remains of the fallen are scattered in a way that gives a particularly sad and deep feeling.

"Russian soldiers, careerists and conspirators - Khrushchev, the war of aggression waged for personal gain has already resulted in a complete defeat, and if you remain on the battlefield, you will only become martyrs! Lay down your arms, we will not hold you accountable for what you have done in the past! Lay down your arms so that you can return safely to your families......"

The loudspeakers erected on armored vehicles tirelessly repeated the content of the persuasion to surrender, but in the general environment where the Soviet army was still strong, the effect of this psychological warfare on Soviet officers and soldiers was not obvious. In some lonely houses or basements, desperate Soviet soldiers fought until the last moment, and the city's vast sewer system became the sustenance of thousands of Soviet officers and soldiers who refused to accept the fate of defeat, and their stubbornness could not change the outcome of the battle. After annihilating the Soviet troops trapped in Munich, the German troops rushed to the next battlefield despite the fatigue of continuous combat - east of Munich, 100,000 Soviet troops were divided and surrounded in the Grafen and Wasserburg areas, although their strength was not as strong as the Soviet troops trapped in Munich before, but they were also a tough nut to crack, and as long as the Soviet troops broke through the Mirdorf position, their trapped situation could be greatly improved. The greater the hope, the stronger the sense of resistance of the Soviet officers and men. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )