On this day, 80 years ago, April 16, 1945 (March 5, 1945 in the lunar calendar), the Battle of Berlin began: the Soviet army launched a general attack on Berlin. At dawn on April 16, the Soviet army launched an attack under the light of 140 searchlights. At 5 a.m. on April 16, 1945, the Oder River was shrouded in pre-dawn mist. In an instant, the artillery roared in unison, and the flames of the Katyusha rocket fire illuminated the surroundings. In the air, bombers roared past, attacking long-range targets beyond the reach of artillery. During the 30 minutes of shelling, the Germans did not fire a single shell, which indicated that they had been fully suppressed and their defensive systems had been disrupted, so the Soviet general offensive began. As Soviet troops approached the suburbs of Berlin, thousands of colorful flares were raised in the sky. According to this signal, 140 searchlights separated by 200 meters suddenly lit up. More than 100 billion degrees of electricity illuminated the battlefield, dazzling the German army, outlining the assault of Soviet tanks and infantry. Marshal Zhukov has always been prudent, but after the Battle of Berlin, when he talked about this at a press conference, he couldn't help but smile and vividly say: "We are going to attack. It's obvious that the Germans are also waiting for our attack. However, as the commander, I still want to make the attack surprise the enemy. I thought for a long time about how to make it greatly surprise the enemy, and finally chose the method of suddenly attacking at night along the entire line. We gathered 22,000 artillery pieces and suddenly launched a night bombardment. A thousand bombers participated in the night bombing. The Germans thought we would act at night, but they didn't expect this to be a general attack. Our infantry then launched a night attack. In this attack, more than 4,000 tanks were put in, using searchlights to help the tanks move at night. This is a new method that has not been used before. We used more than 200 searchlights and shone them from the main attack line at regular intervals. They not only cleared the road for our tanks and infantry, but also dazzled the enemy's eyes, making it impossible for the enemy to fire fire accurately. The Germans did not expect us to attack like this, nor did they expect to suffer such a strong blow, so the resistance quickly disintegrated. "The Soviet army broke into the city of Berlin, and the Soviet artillery was hidden in the woods of the Oder River-Ness River region. On the Oder River, 25 bridges were built to land. Self-propelled artillery capable of firing huge artillery shells. The Soviet army was preparing to join the Battle of Berlin. There were 2.5 million troops. 6250 tanks were in front of the city of Berlin, and they were not afraid of the Soviet attack under the light of 140 searchlights.(1945.4.16. Dawn) The rockets of the Soviet Red Army cut through the dark night sky before dawn and began the final battle to capture Berlin. In the towns leading to Berlin, there were Soviet troops preparing to attack Berlin. Street battles in Berlin, Soviet armored troops fought in coordination with infantry and paid a huge price in the Battle of Berlin. The German Reichstag became the final target.