Chapter 1718

I don't know how to answer Vladimirov's question, because what is happening now has deviated from what I know about history. Let alone the attack on Berlin, which was two months earlier than in real history, the order of attack in some important areas also changed.

I didn't speak. I just looked at the smoke and fire rising from the Capitol in the distance, but I thought it was a pity that I could not pull Hitler out of the ground when I was only a few meters away from Hitler.

The attack on the Capitol building came to an end at noon. The personnel of the logistics department risked being shot and sent ammunition and supplies to the commanders and fighters fighting in the building so that they could continue to fight.

"Comrade commander, comrade commander." There was a joyful voice behind us. I turned around and saw that it was the artillery commander pozalski who ran in. From his happy face, I guessed that there must be some good news.

Trikov put down his telescope, turned to look at him, and asked in some surprise, "general bozarsky, what's the matter? You seem very happy."

Pozharsky pointed to the door and said excitedly, "Comrade commander, look, who's back?"

We all looked in the direction of his fingers and saw a general in a military coat coming in slowly from the door. After waiting to see the person clearly, trikov exclaimed in surprise: "Wei yinlubu, it's you!" With that, he quickly stepped forward and gave each other a warm hug.

After the two separated, trakov looked at each other up and down, and asked with concern, "how are you, are you all well?"

"Yes, comrade commander." The armored chief of the group army replied with a smile, "my injuries are all right. Fortunately, I can still catch up with the final battle."

Trekov took weinlub to the window, pointed to the distant battlefield of blood and fire, and said to him, "you see, our troops are besieging the Capitol. As long as we win here, we can win the final victory."

Wei yinlubu took the telescope in trakov's hand, looked into the distance, and asked, "Comrade commander, how is the battle going inside, when can our troops occupy the whole Parliament building?"

"According to the latest war report, our troops have just occupied the second floor, and the German resistance is very strong." Hearing Wei yinlubu's question, the expression on trakov's face became serious: "every time we go further, we have to pay the price of blood and life."

"I'm sure our officers and men will win the Capitol." After finishing this sentence, Wei yinlubu put down his telescope and asked, "do you want me to organize tank troops and give more support to our infantry?"

"Not for the time being." Trikov pointed to the tanks that were standing in the square and shelling the Capitol building, and said, "our tanks can only use artillery to destroy the German firepower outside the building, and the fighting inside the building can only be completed by our infantry."

In the afternoon, the 5th assault group army of berzalin broke through the German defense and rushed through the Brandenburg Gate in the southeast into the Paris Square.

It wasn't long before I saw a bright red flag rising at the top of the Brandenburg gate. Seeing this flag flying in the wind, I can't help but feel envious. It's better to come earlier than it happened. We've occupied the Capitol for almost a day, and we haven't put the flag on the top of the building yet. As soon as berzalin's troops came, they had already put their flag on the bronze chariot of the statue of liberty.

Not only did I see the flag, but trekov and all of them saw it. Seeing that the friendly troops had taken the lead, trikov's face turned black. He turned to ask the chief of staff, "chief of staff, call the forward commander and ask when our flag will be put on the top floor of the Capitol?" With a promise, Vladimirov turned to one side to make a phone call and asked the commander in the front about the attack in the building.

Not only are we anxious to know the battle in the building, but Zhukov, who is sitting in the headquarters of the front army, is also anxious. He made a special phone call to ask, "trakov, where's your unit?"

Trekov, who had just obtained the latest information from Vladimirov, quickly replied, "report to marshal, our troops have established themselves on the second floor and are attacking the third floor."

"What, just launched an attack on the third floor." Zhukov was obviously not satisfied with this answer. He repeatedly said, "it's too slow, comrade trakov. Your actions are too slow. It took almost a day to fight, but it was just the third floor. If we fight like this, when can we take down the Capitol? "

Although the weather in March was still very cold, Zhukov's words made trakov sweat. I saw him raise his hand to wipe his sweat and say to the microphone: "marshal, please rest assured that we will speed up our attack and take down the Capitol as soon as possible."

After putting down the microphone, he said angrily to Vladimirov: "chief of staff, tell the commanders in front to speed up their attack. Their action is too slow. In addition, we should tell them that although the 5th shock group army entered the battle late, others have successfully passed through the Brandenburg Gate, entered the Paris Square, and planted the flag representing victory on the top of the Brandenburg Gate.... "

Before he had finished, I suddenly found that the top of Brandenburg gate was covered by gunfire. I cried "no" in a hurry and raised my telescope to look in that direction. When the smoke cleared, not only the red flag on the top of the door disappeared, but also the bronze statue of liberty with four horses was left alone.

Seeing this, I called him "general trakov, you see, the German army destroyed the red flag on the top of the Brandenburg Gate with artillery fire."

When I said this, people all around me rushed to the window to observe the Brandenburg gate where the red flag of our army had been raised. When they saw that the red flag was gone, they all sighed.

Because of the German tenacious defense in the Capitol, our army's attack was not smooth. By nightfall, our army only managed to take down the third floor. The German army launched a counterattack while our army was not stable. If a new army had not arrived in time, our army might have been driven down from the third floor by the enemy.

The next morning, trekov and I went back to the observation post and continued to observe the battle in the direction of the Capitol. Vladimirov asked with some concern, "Comrade commander, can we take the Capitol today?"

"I don't know," he said without looking back

I know that I can't win the Capitol building today, but an important historical event will happen, so I kept silent, raised my telescope like trakov, looked at the Capitol building with fierce war, and patiently waited for the time to pass.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, I saw a red flag rising on the dome of the Capitol. I patted trakov on the shoulder and pointed out to him, "general trakov, look, our red flag is rising on the top floor of the Capitol."

Trakov quickly looked in the direction of my finger and saw the red flag. But in order to make sure he was right, he stared at it for a long time, sighed with relief, and then said, "great, I finally put the red flag on the top of the Capitol."

He turned, pointed to Vladimirov and said, "chief of staff, call Marshal Zhukov and report to him that our army has planted the red flag on the top of the Capitol."

Vladimirov stood still and asked cautiously, "Comrade commander, we are not the only troops rushing into the Capitol building. Before we are sure who planted the red flag on the top of the building, is it appropriate to report to Marshal Zhukov?"

Vladimirov's words stunned trakov. He just went to the Capitol to be happy. He forgot that the troops fighting in the Capitol building were not only the 8th group army, but also the 3rd shock group army. Thinking of this, the muscles on his face twitched violently. Then he shook his head and said, "forget it. We'd better report to the marshal when we have a clear idea."

Before we had time to confirm which army had put the red flag representing victory on the top floor of the parliament building, major general Kuragin, commander of the 35th division of the guards, called and reported to trikov, "Comrade commander, a German lieutenant commander with a white flag, zeifeld, came to the front of the 102nd regiment of the guards and said that he had come to ask for a cease-fire negotiation, He carries a letter of authorization from the German Supreme Command, which is to discuss the time and place for the representatives of the German Supreme Command to cross the front. He is in my division headquarters at the moment, and he asked us to send him to the higher headquarters as soon as possible. "

"I see," trekov replied, "Comrade Kuragin, please tell the German lieutenant commander that we agree to negotiate with them. Let him and the negotiators of the German Supreme Command come to the headquarters to negotiate with us through the defense area of the 102nd regiment of the guards."

"I see, comrade commander." Kuragin quickly replied: "I will order the troops to stop shooting immediately and let the German negotiators pass through our division's defense area."

We went back to trekov's headquarters and waited for the arrival of the German negotiators. I called Zhukov and told him that the German army was going to send representatives to negotiate.

After hearing this, Zhukov told me, "Rita, remember that no cease-fire or negotiation of any kind is acceptable unless the German army is willing to surrender unconditionally. Do you understand? "

When I heard Zhukov say this, his tone was very severe. I quickly and loudly replied, "I see, comrade marshal. Unless the Germans declare unconditional surrender, we will never accept any form of cease-fire or negotiation. "

After more than an hour of waiting, the German negotiators finally came to our headquarters. There were three negotiators coming. At the front was a general of medium build with several scars on his face. He was followed by a colonel and a captain. I guess the captain at the end should be their interpreter.

After the German general raised his hand to salute us, he began to speak in German. "He said that he was general Klebs, chief of the general staff of the German army. He was entrusted by Prime Minister Goebbels to negotiate a cease-fire with us."

Knowing that the other side was the German army chief of staff, I quickly pointed to an empty seat nearby and said politely, "please have a seat, general Klebs!" Klebs went to the position I was referring to, but did not sit down, and continued to speak to us. Trekov and I both turned to the translator to find out what Klebsiella was talking about as soon as possible. The translator stares at Klebs with wide eyes. He seems to have heard some amazing news“ Comrade translator, what are you doing Seeing that the translator was standing in the same place and didn't speak, he urged impatiently, "translate what he said to us quickly." The translator coughed gently, cleared his throat and began to translate to us: "Sir, I should inform you that Adolf Hitler committed suicide in the basement at 10 a.m. on March 8!" After the translation, the whole room fell into silence, and all the Soviet commanders and fighters except me were shocked. I turned to look at trakov, and he just looked at me. From his eyes, I could see the question in his heart: "is it true that Hitler is dead?" I gave him a slight nod, and then said, "general trakov, please report this news to Marshal Zhukov immediately." When trakov left the conference room and went into the next communication room, I turned to klebsieu and asked, "general klebsieu, can you tell me where Hitler's body is? Exactly, where are the bodies of Hitler and his new wife Eva Braun? " I felt that the interpreter standing next to me wanted to translate my words to klebsieu immediately, so I raised my hand to stop him. Looking at klebsieu, I said, "Sir, I know that you used to be a military officer in the Soviet embassy, and you can speak proficient Russian, so we don't need to translate any more?" Klebs is still in shock at the moment. He may never have dreamed that I knew he knew Russian, and even that Hitler committed suicide with his new wife, Eva Braun. Therefore, after a long time of eyes and tongue tied, he finally said with difficulty: "the bodies of the Fuehrer and his wife have been poured with gasoline and burned by us. 180 liters of gasoline is enough to burn them clean." Trekov came out of the communication room, nodded to me, indicating that he had reported to Zhukov about Hitler's death. He didn't hear my conversation with Klebs, so as he sat down, he asked, "how did Hitler die?"“ He took cyanide first and then shot himself in the mouth with a pistol. " Klebs said, looking at me, and continued, "Eva Braun died of cyanide. The pistol beside her had no traces of any use."