In June 1943, on the Eastern Front battlefield, the Mao Xiong Front will concentrate on the Don River Army, the Stalingrad Front, the Southern Front, etc., nearly 20 multi-service mixed armies and tank armies, with more than 1.5 million people, to cooperate with the 1.2 million Chinese Western Expedition

The army launched a large-scale counterattack of unprecedented scale:

"Operation Uranus"!

The goal of Project Uranus was not only to recapture Stalingrad, but also to strive for the complete annihilation of the Third Reich's Army Group South.

With nearly 3 million troops, plus thousands of tanks and aircraft, Mao Xiong is ready to avenge his humiliation and seize the initiative on the entire Eastern Front battlefield in the first battle.

For this battle, they moved out almost all the treasures at the bottom of the box and had high hopes for it.

Operation Uranus is scheduled for the early morning of June 5. Once the attack begins, it will never be allowed to stop.

The soldiers of China's Western Expeditionary Army felt Lao Maozi's desperate momentum, and the mood of the soldiers gradually became high.

In the past half year or so, the Sixth Corps has not achieved very outstanding results. It has been a back and forth with the German troops in front of them, and it can be regarded as a draw.

Now Jiangdong not only came to command in person, but also brought the 8th Army, Armored Army, Young Guards and multiple Army Aviation Regiments.

Logistics support is smooth, and the soldiers can not only eat food from their hometown, but also have sufficient supplies of ammunition, medicine, etc.

Like the Red Army soldiers, they were filled with energy and prepared to fight in earnest.

Mustache felt the determination of Jiangdong and the Kremlin. Both sides realized that this was a major battle that related to the entire war process and the world situation.

It is impossible for him to make Jiangdong and the Kremlin get what they want, so prepare cannon for cannon and steel for steel.

In the past few days in late May and early June, Mustache continued to increase the number of troops in Army Group South. The strength of Army Group South had exceeded 1.8 million and was approaching 2 million.

Manstein, Paulus and others have increased their military strength to a certain extent.

The atmosphere of war enveloped this land, and the air was filled with a depressing smell.

There is no retreat for the Third Reich, only a fight to the death.

Field Marshal Rundsteller, commander of Army Group South, was under tremendous pressure, but as a veteran with rich combat experience, he showed no intention of backing down.

There was even a tit-for-tat attitude.

Both sides lined up their troops in the Don River Basin and the Stalingrad area, waiting for the storm of war to come.

The heavy and oppressive war atmosphere was broken on June 2, when the Allied air force was the first to show its fangs.

On the morning of June 2, 30 Super Sky Fortresses from two squadrons took off from the nearest frontline airport under the escort of J-2 fighter aircraft.

Their target was the heart of Operation Uranus, Stalingrad.

The Super Flying Fortress aroused the admiration of Red Army soldiers and officers as soon as it appeared. The huge fuselage and terrifying engine roar made people awe and intimidated.

Many people began to pay attention to the Super Fortress bombing of Stalingrad.

In the great aerial duel some time ago, the Third Reich's flying group and ground air defense radars were completely lost.

When the Super Flying Fortress entered visual range, Paulus, commander of the 6th Army in the center of Stalingrad, received an early warning.

The dark fleet of planes makes people feel terrified.

Through the observation window of the underground fortress, Paulus used a telescope to see the Super Sky Fortress in the sky. His brows were deeply frowned, and his face was full of solemnity.

Two squadrons of super flying fortresses went straight to Stalingrad's airport, train station and other places.

Soon, the field of view of the Paulus telescope was filled with falling black aerial bombs.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

He watched with his own eyes as the bomber's bomb bay door opened and aerial bombs continued to fall into the city of Stalingrad.

Paulus's mouth gradually opened wide, his eyes full of disbelief.

He was estimating the bomb load of the Super Fortress.

The final figure made his scalp tingle, and his body was swaying from the tremors of the explosion.

The Super Flying Fortress performs short-range, low-altitude bombing missions, and each aircraft carries at least 8.5 tons of bombs.

This is a super scary number, almost as much as a German bomber squadron.

"Boom boom boom..."

In previous battles, Stalingrad had been reduced to ruins, and the Third Reich's defensive positions were mainly on the periphery of the ruins or underground in the ruins.

At the moment, the number of artillery shells falling into this city is the highest among any city at war.

As the Chinese army becomes stronger, its record will soon be broken by Tokyo, Japan.

Stationed in the urban area of ​​Stalingrad are the 75th and 111th Infantry Divisions of the 55th Army.

The soldiers of the 55th Army covered their heads and hid in the bunker, all of them with expressions of extreme pain on their faces.

The ground beneath their feet was trembling, the surrounding fortifications were collapsing, and even the air was roaring. Their bodies were undergoing unprecedented painful tests.

His internal organs were trembling, and his bone marrow and brain seemed to be turning into tofu.

Under intensive bombing, the Third Reich troops in the center were completely destroyed.

In the repeated collision of explosive energy, the ruins directly turned into ashes.

The enemies on the Eastern Front felt the same terror, despair and helplessness that the Japanese had experienced.

The first greeting from Super Sky Fortress is full of high-explosive bombs!

The reason why high-explosive bombs were used was because the troops of the Third Reich had not yet realized the terror of the Super Flying Fortress, and many soldiers hid in trenches or simple shell-proof holes as before.

In their past understanding, bombing was an ordinary thing, and only the unlucky ones who were not protected by God would be directly hit by bombs.

The main purpose of bombing is to destroy fortifications.

But they thought too simply, and senior officers such as Paulus did not really realize the image and horror of the words Super Flying Fortress.

The original evasion method is no longer suitable for ultra-high-density bombing, which is also the direct reason for the destruction of many units.

Jiangdong stayed with Zhukov, Chuikov and other senior generals of Mao Xiong, and everyone felt everything that happened in Stalingrad through the reports from the frontline troops.

Hearing that the ruins turned into ashes and the battle lines turned into powder, Zhukov, Chuikov and others looked in wonder.

'As long as such bombings are repeated a few more times, the Nazis in Stalingrad will suffer heavy losses.'

'The Chinese will capture this strategic city easily!'

Zhukov and Chuikov exchanged a look, and the latter asked:

"Jiang, can this kind of bombing continue forever?"

Jiang Dong's expression was as calm as usual:

"Of course, we have plenty of ammunition for this."

"High-explosive bombs are followed by incendiary bombs, white phosphorus bombs, cloud burst bombs, etc. In short, my air force will hit Paulus until he loses his temper!"

Zhukov repeated the names of several types of bombs, and he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. He felt that he had made a wrong decision in handing over Stalingrad to the Chinese for attack.

Paulus's logistics supply lines had been cut off by the air force, and now they were under continuous bombing.

The troops are constantly reducing in number, and the materials they consume cannot be replenished. If he does not retreat, he is likely to be surrounded in Stalingrad.

As if he could see what they were thinking, Jiang Dong smiled and said:

"China's army grew up from poverty, from the Great Wall of flesh and blood. Because of its backwardness, countless outstanding Chinese people used flesh and blood to block the enemy's steel!"

"After so many years of war, I deeply realized that battles that can be solved with artillery fire should never be fought with human lives!"

"After the cannonballs are fired, they can be replenished. Excellent people will never come back after they are sacrificed!"

Zhukov blushed a little when he said this.
Chapter completed!