What are the frenzied tactics in the history of world war?

1at 5: 30 am on April 6, 945, German soldiers in the trenches just looked up after 30 minutes of "inhuman" intensive shelling. They were horrified to find that they could see nothing in front of them, but it was still not bright at this time. It should be in the dark ahead, with thousands of strong lights.

What they never dreamed was that the Soviet troops across the street used a total of 140 anti-aircraft guns, lined up at a distance of 20 meters. After the artillery was prepared, all of them were suddenly turned on, and lightning exceeding10 billion degrees instantly shone on the German positions, leaving the most shocking spectacle in the history of world war. The inventor of this "ecstasy" tactic is Marshal zhukov, commander of the First Ukrainian Army.

The Oder River is a natural barrier to the east of Berlin. Both Germans and Soviets, even those who lack military knowledge, know that the Oder defence is the throat of Berlin. Once the Oder River is breached by the Soviet Union, Berlin will be attacked immediately, so this is an obvious situation for both the offensive and defensive sides. In order to defend this line of defense, Hitler pieced together a "army group of Visva".

The commander of this army group is actually Himmler, the leader of the SS of the Third Reich. In the eyes of the army generals in the high command, it is a joke to let Himmler lead the troops to fight, but on another level, it fully proves Hitler's attention to the Oder River.

The German army established a dense fortification system between the Oder River and Berlin, which consisted of a series of defensive zones and several skirmish trenches, with as many as five trenches in the main defensive zones. At the same time, natural obstacles such as lakes, canals and ditches are used to establish defensive support points, and all residential areas are built with circular defense. All the leadership positions of the "Vistula Army Group" were also handed over to the SS generals. The German high command disbanded the reserve, and the reserve forces of infantry, tanks, artillery and specialized arms and cadets were all added to the combat troops, posing as a desperate posture.

(Soviet armored forces are heading for Berlin)

Because of this, zhukov also knew that attacking the Oder River was an unexpected thing for the Germans, and the way forward for the Soviets was doomed to be full of difficulties. How to make the organization of the attack more sudden is a problem that has puzzled him for a long time. According to the practice of the Soviet Union in the Soviet-German War, artillery preparation was usually carried out in the early hours of the morning during a large-scale attack. Because the infantry and tanks needed a clear line of sight, the Germans were very familiar with this, so zhukov was determined to attack two hours before dawn and catch the enemy off guard.

On the one hand, the Soviet army has prepared a large-scale artillery group and ammunition delivery. On the main breakthrough section, the density of 76 mm caliber guns concentrated at the forefront of the First Army of Ukraine reached about 270 guns per kilometer. Zhukov transferred a total of 14628 guns and mortars, 15, 3 1 rockets, and the planned amount of shells dumped on the first day of the attack was 197000. On the other hand, in order to illuminate the target for Soviet tanks and infantry, and at the same time scare and shock the enemy's mind, zhukov pondered the searchlight tactics.

(Himmler inspects SS troops)

During the campaign preparation, zhukov personally tested the effect of searchlight tactics, and the heads of various arms and services of the Army agreed after visiting. On the day of the attack, thousands of colored flares rose into the air after the shelling. According to this signal, all the searchlights shone on the German position. As it turns out, the Germans were shocked at that moment. At first, a burst of machine guns sounded, and then they fell silent, completely suppressed by fierce gunfire and dazzling lights. Zhukov said, ordered the infantry to shorten the preparation time of artillery fire and immediately launched a charge. By dawn, the Soviets had captured the front line.

This is not the first time that the Soviet army has used unconventional "ecstasy" tactics. In the battle to liberate Kiev in194311June, General Wa Tuting also ordered the 3rd Guards Tank Corps to go into battle at night, asking all Red Army tanks to turn on their headlights, pull up their harsh sirens and sweep all the way with machine guns and artillery. German general Mellenthin described it as a battle.

(zhukov is at the front)