Previously, because of the long-term continuous victories and the invincible glory of the Ming army on the European battlefield, Zhang Cheng's judgment was deeply affected. The pen www.biquge.info made him think that even if it was as strong as Germany, it would be difficult to resist the fierce attack of tens of millions of Ming troops when a large number of elite troops were surrounded and annihilated.

Therefore, among the several operational plans submitted by the General Staff, Zhang Cheng chose the plan of directly storming Berlin and ending the campaign quickly. It also greatly encouraged the group of officers of the staff who came up with the plan, as well as the forces behind them.

However, after the start of the strong attack, the Ming army repeatedly suffered setbacks, although it dealt a great blow to the German army. But the original campaign intent was not realized. It's been a week since the war began, and the front-line army has not even captured Frankfurt, which is outside Berlin. The course of the combat units lagged far behind the established plans.

And Zhang Cheng himself already had the intention of changing the battle plan, but it was difficult for him, as a superior, to make things that reversed his decision. Therefore, Zhang Cheng only let out a slight rumor that caused a fierce quarrel and questioning to break out within the General Staff. What followed was a bitter debate and confrontation.

In the end, with the mediation of the chief of the General Staff and after obtaining Zhang Cheng's consent, the General Staff of the Ming Army gave one last chance to attack. If no significant progress can be made, the entire massive battle plan will be changed. This is a very important event.

A strategic realignment of this magnitude would almost mean that many of the officers who had supported the previous battle plan would lose ground. is not willing to be an ordinary role from now on. The various forces in the army began to operate. This attack will be extremely brutal and bloody.

Moreover, in the midst of a decisive battle of such magnitude as the Battle of Germany, it was not easy to redeploy. As a result, countless people had great expectations for this attack.

In the early hours of June 6, thousands of Ming artillery launched a brutal shelling of the German positions on the opposite side of the Oder River for nearly two hours. According to later statistics, the Ming army fired at least nearly a million shells in these two hours. That's a staggering number. If nothing else, the price of these shells alone is enough to bankrupt the finances of a small country.

At the same time as the heavy artillery bombardment, the fighter group of the Ming Army Aviation also roared through the sky, rushed through the position and flew to the side of the Germans to fight desperately with the Allied air power, and at the same time carried out fierce strikes on German targets on the ground.

In order for this attack to be successful, the Ming army replaced the vassal army and colonial troops that had been on the front line, and sent the real main force of the Ming army to the front line.

On a modest stretch from Stettin in the north to Frankfurt am Oder in the south, the Ming army threw millions of elite troops in an attempt to cross the Oder, an important line of defense for Berlin. At the beginning of the Ming offensive, thousands of rocket launchers fired several large-scale salvos in a short period of time, bringing devastating blows to the German positions.

Dense rockets whizzed through the sky and smashed heavily on the German positions on the other side of the river, inflicting huge losses in personnel and equipment on the German positions. Many of these rockets, armed with incendiary bombs, set the German positions on fire. Subsequently, the Ming army's engineering units rushed to the banks of the Oder River under German fire and began to quickly erect pontoon bridges.

How important the Oder line was, the Germans knew better than anyone else. It was almost the last natural defensive position of the Germans outside of Berlin. The Germans not only invested a large amount of personnel and equipment, but also did not lack the belief to resist to the end. Because behind them is Berlin.

In the Standing Bay outside the city of Stettin, more than 20 warships of the German Navy used their own naval guns to carry out heavy shelling of the Ming attacking forces.

When they encountered the aerial bombardment of the Ming Army Aviation, many German warships did not choose to retreat when they were wounded, but galloped towards the shore at full speed. They chose to run their precious warship aground on the shore and use it as a fixed battery. For the German Navy, there was no point in thinking about defending ships at this time. If the country is gone, what is the use of keeping warships? Become a victor's trophy?

The entire banks of the Oder River had become a hellish scorched earth, with artillery and air power on both sides tilting towards the small area. The intensity of the fire was even to the point where shells would fall one after another in a single crater. Under this dense firepower, no matter how elite the armies of both sides are, they will suffer heavy losses.

The greatest loss of the Ming army during the day was a forced breakthrough on the Oder near the village of Pozeli outside the city of Stettin.

During the storming in the morning, tens of thousands of Ming officers and soldiers fell on the banks of the Oder River and in the river. Many Ming officers and soldiers who were desperately rowing kayaks were killed in the river by the heavy bullets of machine guns in the strong fire points of the German positions on the opposite river. The blood of the Ming officers and soldiers even dyed the river red.

After lunch, the Ming army, unwilling to accept the huge defeat and casualties, launched an unprecedented fierce attack. Tens of thousands of Ming officers and soldiers shouted and rushed madly towards the Oder River with the support of fierce artillery fire and air power. Many Ming officers and soldiers carrying kayaks and assault boats fell to the ground due to German artillery fire on the way.

The German artillery bombardment was mainly from their stranded naval warships. The German Navy, which no longer cared about its own safety and what the barrel was worn, was inclined in a frantic way towards the narrow target area. Those 203, 155, 120, 105 and even 88 mm caliber naval guns turned the barrels red.

The light cruiser Emden even blew up its guns because of the frequent shelling. Because the ammunition delivery system leading to the underside of the main gun was not turned off, the fire and shock wave caused by the blasting of the cannon were transmitted all the way to the main ammunition depot under the main turret. Then, an earth-shattering explosion sounded, and the entire Emden was torn in two by the violent explosion, and soon sank in Stettin Bay.

The more than 20 warships of the German Navy fired tens of thousands of shells during the day's battle, and basically all of them fell on the heads of the Ming troops who were charging. The powerful high-explosive bombs brought heavy losses to the Ming army. More than half of these German warships were sunk by the fighters of the Ming Army Airlines, and the rest were all stranded on the shore.

During this day's fighting, two infantry corps under the 19th Infantry Army of the Ming Army took turns to launch fierce attacks on the German defense line on the Oder River, trying to break through the Oder River and enter the important city of Stettin on the opposite bank. However, they all failed.

The 19th Infantry Army of the Ming Army lost nearly 60,000 officers and soldiers in this day's battle!

The heavy losses also forced the Ming army to withdraw the 19th Infantry Army to Warsaw to recuperate, and then the demoralized force went south to Sevaskotopol, from where it was embarkated and returned home. Until the end of the war, this unit did not participate in any combat operations. Moreover, at the time of the post-war large-scale disarmament, this force was one of the first members of the list.

The commander of the 19th Infantry Army of the Ming Army really could not accept what he saw. The German positions on the other side of the Oder had been turned into hellish scorched earth by intensive shelling and bombardment, and the flames and smoke rose into the sky, almost 100 meters high. He really couldn't imagine how the German officers and soldiers could still hold out on to resistance under such circumstances.

Whenever the Ming army began to force their way across the river, a dense chain of machine-gun shells would always shoot out from the sea of hellfire on the opposite side. This made the commander even think that the German troops on the opposite side were fighting in firefighters' suits.

In reality, however, the Germans not only built numerous fortifications on the banks of the Oder, but they also built strong passages underneath the fortifications. When there was a scorched earth on the surface, German reserves would rush through these passages to the front-line positions for blocking operations.

Of course, the heavy artillery bombardment of the Ming army was not without effect, and most of the fortifications built by the Germans were destroyed. Many German officers and soldiers were buried alive in the collapsed fortifications. Moreover, there was indeed a sea of hellfire on the ground, and the German officers and men generally held on to such positions for fifteen minutes.

In other words, a German soldier will only live for a maximum of fifteen minutes after entering a hellish position! From this it can be seen that the Germans suffered no less heavy losses.

The German resistance was very fierce, but the offensive of the Ming army was not a joke. Both sides suffered huge losses in this war.

The Ming army failed in the forced crossing near Stettin, not only failing in the battle, but also losing a large number of officers and soldiers. Similarly, the onslaught in Frankfurt am Oder to the south did not go well.

Frankfurt, in fact, the real name of the city is Frankfurt am Oder. Because there is another city in western Germany called Frankfurt, and the full name of that city is Frankfurt am Main. Just by listening to the name, you can tell that the two Frankfurts were built on the banks of the Oder and the Main respectively.

Compared to Frankfurt am Main, Germany's fifth-largest city, Frankfurt am Oder is also not small. This is because of its proximity to Berlin and its advantages over coal mines and the Oder River. There is also a road and rail connection to Berlin, so the industrial capacity is also very strong, and the city is not small.

On June 6, the Ming 23rd Infantry Army launched a fierce attack on this important city, very close to Berlin. The same artillery bombardment, aerial bombardment. It was also a powerful assault, and the result was also a failure. The 23rd Infantry Army lost more than 30,000 officers and men in one day.

The battle on this day was like a loud slap in the face of the Ming army, and the face of the Ming army was swollen. (To be continued.) )