However, the British and American coalition forces regarded the Battle of Stadt as a war of attrition between the Far East and the German army, just like the British army and the German army in World War I. But the fact is definitely not like that, because after this battle, Li Ningyu
Conducted objective discussions and analysis with the staff of the Far East Army.
The entire Battle of Stade can be divided into three combat stages. First, the fascist German army attacked, and the armored units of the Far East Army counterattacked. In the first stage, the German army suffered a disastrous defeat, losing more than 100,000 troops. In the second stage, the German army tried to break through the Far East Army.
However, the defense line was attacked by the Far East Army. This time the two sides fought a war of attrition. In the last stage, the Far East Army counterattacked in an all-out manner, but was resisted by the German army. In the end, the German army retreated.
After the first battle, the Far East Army used thousands of artillery pieces to shell the German positions for five and a half hours on a calm full-moon night, kicking off the second phase. After the shelling,
, according to statistics, each artillery piece of the Far East Army has fired at least about 600 shells, which means that during that period of shelling, a total of 225 tons of artillery shells of the Far East Army fell on the German position, and after this shelling
, some of the artillerymen of the Far East Army had their ears bleeding from the deafening sound during the shelling.
After the artillery attack, the Far East Army's infantry were the first to attack, because they would not trigger the German anti-tank mines, so while they were advancing, the Far East Army's engineers would open a safe passage for the following armored forces.
35 meters, just enough for two Far East Legion tanks to advance in column. The engineers of the Far East Legion paid a heavy price because they needed to open a safe passage in the Devil's Garden area, but this was an arduous task.
In the end it was completed as scheduled.
Then the 13th Army of the Far East Army conducted a feint attack on the German army in the south. On the entire right wing of the German army, the German army invested the largest number of troops on this line. Therefore, when the Far East infantry advanced to the first minefield, the engineers immediately began to prepare for the armor.
The troops opened a passage, and at 2 a.m. the next day, the first batch of 500 heavy tanks of the Far East Army began to advance in full force. At 4 a.m., the leading heavy tanks had entered the German minefield, and finally all passed safely.
In this way, the German armored forces were scattered at the beginning of the battle. The next morning was another catastrophe for the German command system, because after the early morning bombardment, the newly restored German communication system
It was bombed by the Far East Air Force. At the same time, the 30th Army of the Far East Army cleared the first minefield on the left wing. This was to ensure the safe passage of the 202nd Tank Corps, and throughout the day, the Far East Army used it many times.
The Swiss Air Force was recruited to attack the German defense lines, and a total of more than 1,000 bomber sorties were dispatched that day.
The entire battle began after sunrise. At first, the armored units of the Far East Army began to attack the German 51st Division on the right wing. However, the progress was still very small in the afternoon. However, in the evening, the German 15th Armored Division came out to attack the armored units of the Far East Army.
The first tank battle in this battle began. Both sides invested a total of more than 1,100 tanks. By the next morning, half of the tanks were destroyed, but the two sides continued to fight in a stalemate.
While the Far East Armored Forces were fighting the German Armored Forces, their left wing, the 51st Division of the Far East Army, was heading towards the first tank battle area to launch a battle against the German infantry. In the process, one division had to resist more than 30,000 German troops.
The Army's attack was a battle that lasted for two days. The Far East Army Army suffered heavy casualties, but in the end they finally captured the position and annihilated a large number of German tanks.
The second phase lasted for half a month. Both sides were exhausted physically and mentally from the continuous fighting, so they took a day to repair. But by this time, the Far East Army had passed through the minefields in the west of the German army and controlled a large number of right and left flanks.
At the position, Li Ningyu was already preparing to launch a major raid. However, the German soldiers also learned well. During the attack of the Far East Army, they hid in the trenches dug in advance to protect themselves. Therefore, in this final battle
Entered a stalemate stage.
Therefore, Li Ningyu ordered the troops to end the battle on the left wing and actively withdraw the troops and move to the north. In order to break the deadlock, the next seven days were very scary. In the early morning, the 13th, 14th, and 15th troops of the Far East Army were
An armored division launched a series of attacks on the right flank, and the German army immediately tried its best to resist and looked for the weak links of the Far East Army, but in the end found nothing.
At sunset that day, the infantry of the Far East Army began a full-scale attack. At midnight, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd armies of the Far East Army launched three large-scale attacks on the left wing. Then the battle entered a white-hot state. The 4th and 5th Far East Army armies
The Sixth Army launched a general offensive at midnight, after a formation of bombers from the Far East Air Force dropped 115 tons of high-explosive bombs on the German positions.
However, the German army's counterattack was also very good. However, after a month of fighting, the German army's logistics had problems. Everyone only had half of their rations. A large number of German soldiers began to fall ill in batches, and the remaining members of the entire German armored force
The fuel was only enough for one day, and the German army could no longer withstand the Far East Army's attack.
However, the German army still launched a counterattack near the second position on the left at 3 o'clock in the afternoon the next day. At that time, the German army could be said to be determined to regain the position that originally belonged to them, so the remaining German tanks at that time began to move to
The area around the battlefield was also coordinated by air and ground forces, but the Far East Army soon proved this was a wrong decision with actual actions.
In the end, the Far East Army held its position on the left wing, and the German armored forces were unable to withdraw from the battlefield due to lack of fuel. Therefore, they could only stay in an open field and let the Far East Army's aircraft, tanks and artillery handle it.
Europe in May is not a scorching hot weather, but as the earth trembles, countless soldiers hide in the trenches. On their dusty faces, the sweat flowing down finally merges into a river. At the same time, the air on the battlefield is full of
, filled with a foul smell, swarms of flies hovered over the corpses like dark clouds. In addition to the pain that tortured the wounded, the battlefield was covered with burning tanks and personnel carriers, smoke and dust were scattered everywhere, and artillery shells roared day after day.