Chapter 1723

While waiting for weidlin to arrive, I called Zhukov and reported to him the new German propaganda minister Friedrich, the Berlin city defense commander weidlin's declaration of surrender, and the suicide of the Goebbels one by one.

"Where's Bowman?" Hitler died, Goebbels also died, and the new German head of state dennitz has not yet taken office. Now the most powerful person in Berlin is the party minister Baumann. Zhukov is eager to know whether the negotiation has been authorized by Baumann, so as to avoid the situation that the negotiation will come to an end again“ Has the delegation sent by frich been authorized by him? "

"Marshal," even if I didn't ask the negotiators, I knew the real situation of Bowman at the moment, so I answered without hesitation, "Bowman has detonated a grenade at home and killed himself. He and Goebbels' family are dead."

Zhukov was silent for a moment, then asked, "what are you going to ask the representatives of Frisch to do?"

"I'm going to have Frisch speak on the radio and announce the death of Hitler and Goebbels to all the Germans." I cautiously stated the plan I had considered for a long time: "I am telling them that our general command has accepted their unconditional surrender and put Berlin and all its Garrison under our protection."

"You have a good idea, Rita." Zhukov was very interested in my plan, but he still had concerns: "how can you guarantee that Dr. Frisch's speech to the German people on the radio meets our requirements?"

"You can rest assured, marshal." As for Zhukov's worries, I assured him: "we will send someone to supervise them to ensure that the speech delivered by Dr. Frisch fully meets our requirements."

"Good." Zhukov saw that I had taken all the considerations into consideration. After praising me, he went on to say, "now I'll talk about the surrender clause that Germany is required to implement..."

I put down the phone, went back to the negotiators and said to them, "gentlemen, I now announce to you the terms proposed by Marshal Zhukov:

First, the Soviet command accepted Berlin's surrender and ordered the cessation of military operations.

Secondly, all existing German Civil and military authorities should declare to all soldiers, officers and residents that all military materials, buildings, public facilities and things of great value should be properly maintained and not be destroyed or destroyed.

Thirdly, please, Mr. heinsdorf, come with our officers to Dr. Hans Friedrich's office, take him to the radio to give a speech, and then come back here.

Fourthly, I would like to emphasize once again that we will ensure the personal safety of soldiers, officers, generals and residents, and provide medical aid to the wounded as far as possible.

Fifth, we ask the German side not to carry out any provocative actions, such as shooting or other destructive activities, otherwise, our army will be forced to take counter-measures. "

After listening to the terms I announced, hynasdorf and the two assistants sitting on the left and right murmured a few words in a low voice, looked up and said cautiously, "Sir, I ask you to send special personnel to protect our propaganda department personnel."

In the face of such a fear of death, I gave a faint smile, and then said: "before our troops entered Berlin, they had given orders to the commanders and fighters that they were not allowed to hurt the German officers and soldiers who had laid down their arms and surrendered to our army, so as to ensure their personal safety."

Seeing that heinersdorf was relieved, I added: "however, as the" people's stormtroopers "organized by Hitler were all dressed in civilian clothes, we could not accurately judge who was coerced and who was a diehard * * element. In order to ensure the safety of our army's commanders and fighters, as long as we saw the people in civilian clothes carrying offensive weapons, We will all kill them without mercy. "

Hainasdorf was startled by what I said. He quickly took out a brand-new browning pistol from his pocket and put it on the table. At the same time, he said in a flurried way: "this is my weapon for self-defense, but since you said that you can send someone to protect our personal safety, I don't think this pistol can be used. I'd better leave it to you as a souvenir."

After hainasdorf handed over his weapons, he turned to his deputy and asked, "do you have any weapons? Give them all, so that they won't get into unnecessary trouble. " The two deputies shook their heads and said they were not carrying any weapons.

I asked the staff to put away the pistol that hynasdorf had put on the table, and I whispered to trakov about the next steps. After hearing this, he picked up a phone in front of him and said to the receiver, "let Colonel vaigachev and his interpreter, Brigadier sergeant rulaviov, come to me."

A few minutes later, Colonel vaigachev in a brand-new military coat and the translator brigadier general zhulavliaofu appeared in our headquarters. Trikov went up to them and looked them over carefully. He looked at vaigachev and said, "Colonel, I'll give you a glorious and arduous task now." He leaned half sideways, nodded at heinersdorf, and continued, "you and heinersdorf go to Dr. Hans Fritch. In the name of the new German government, Friedrich will order the army to surrender and hand over equipment and technical weapons to our army in an orderly manner. Let Frisch make a radio announcement that the Soviet command has accepted their surrender and has placed Berlin and all its garrison forces under its own protection. You have to make sure that Frisch gets to our radio station smoothly and supervise his speech on all the points I have said. After the speech, Fritch and his colleagues should come back here, and we will discuss the next step. Do you understand? "

Vaigachev looked at hynasdorf, then nodded his head and replied, "I see, comrade commander, I will complete the task you have given me."

Just as waigachev and henersdorf are about to leave, they unexpectedly meet the group of weidelin who just came in from the outside.

The middle-sized, somewhat old wadrin gave each other a squint and muttered something in German. The interpreter standing behind us told us: "he said, it should have been done so long ago!"

After listening to the translation, trakov's face became cheerful. He turned to me and said, "it seems that all the Germans, except a few diehards, think it's time to stop this meaningless war."

After shaking hands with the approaching weidelin, trikov politely asked, "general weidelin, is the city defense forces in Berlin under your command?"

"Yes Wei Delin, an old man, replied with a straight back and a blank face.

"What about the whole Berlin garrison?" "Can you give them orders?" trekov continued

Wei Delin shook his head and said, "I gave orders to all the troops last night to resist to the end, but today I gave them orders to stop resisting. I don't know how many people will obey my orders." When he said this, he was silent for a moment. He pointed to the map on the table and continued, "I have no right to command the remnant SS stationed here. Unless Himmler or general Klebs, chief of the general staff, gives them orders to surrender. "

"Himmler is not in Berlin and we can't get in touch with him." As soon as wadrin finished, I immediately went on to say, "but general Klebs is visiting us. You can issue a joint statement urging the German forces in Berlin to stop resisting, lay down their arms and surrender to us."

"What, general Klebs is with you?" When Wei Delin heard me say this, he suddenly widened his eyes and asked in an unbelievable voice, "how is this possible?"

"Nothing is impossible, general wadrin." In order to leave some dignity for Klebsiella, I said to weidlin tactfully: "general Klebsiella, as the plenipotentiary representative of Goebbels, has come to us to negotiate a cease-fire. Because Goebbels refused to allow the troops to lay down their arms and surrender, our negotiations broke down. General klebsieu, however, because of his emotional excitement and slight physical discomfort, stayed with us for cultivation. "

When he heard that Klebsiella was staying here for treatment, the expression on weidlin's face became relaxed: "if general Klebsiella can appear, I'd be very happy to work with him to draft an order for the garrison to surrender completely."

By the time klebsieus arrived from Zhukov, the order drafted by weidlin had been completed. In order to show his sincerity, Klebs read it to us: "on March 8, 1945, the head of state ended his life and left behind all those who were loyal to him. According to the order of the head of state: your German soldiers loyal to the head of state should continue to fight for Berlin. Although they have run out of ammunition and food, it is meaningless to continue to resist, they should continue to fight for holding on to Berlin. Now I declare a cease-fire, because every hour of your continued resistance will prolong the suffering of the people of Berlin and our wounded. After consultation with the Soviet command, I ask you to stop the resistance immediately. Major general Wei Delin, former commander of the Berlin garrison. "

After reading, Klebs also took up his pen and signed his name on the back: General Klebs, chief of general staff of the German army. After the signing, he handed me the command, which was somewhat illogical, and said, "general oshanina, as long as you play this surrender command, I believe the resistance in Berlin will be completely over!"

I took the surrender order from Klebs, then shook hands with him and weidlin one by one, and said sincerely: "two generals, what you have done today has saved Germany from the brink of destruction. I believe history will remember you, and the German people will remember you!"

After arranging for klebsields to go to the next empty room to have a rest, I called Zhukov, reported the surrender order, and then asked him, "Comrade marshal, what shall we do next? Let the radio in Berlin broadcast this surrender order? "

"Radio alone is not enough. Maybe many German soldiers who are fighting can't listen to the radio." After hearing this, Zhukov immediately added: "I will ask the Political Department of the front army to dispatch radio cars to broadcast along the street the surrender signed by Klebsiella and weidlin, so as to make sure that everyone can hear it."

Not long after we sent the original letter of surrender to the headquarters of the front army, the announcement broadcast by the radio car came out of the window. Although I didn't understand German, I knew very well that they were playing the armistice order of Klebs and weidlin repeatedly, calling on those German officers and men who were still fighting hard to lay down their arms and surrender.

On the morning of March 10, the window suddenly became quiet. I couldn't hear the explosion I had been used to, or even the sporadic gunfire. Dukhanov, deputy commander of the group army, came in from the outside and reported to me and trikov, "Comrade commander, it has been made clear that the three soldiers of the 150th division of the 79th infantry army of the third assault group army who planted the red flag on the top floor of the Capitol building..."

When I heard this, I couldn't help feeling that the correction power of history was so powerful. Although trakov's troops took the lead in rushing into the parliament building, the soldiers who finally put the red flag on the roof were still under general Kuznetsov. I heard plonin sighing in a low voice, regretting that his troops did not first put the red flag on the top floor of the parliament building, so I began to persuade him: "comrades of the military commissar, don't sigh. Although they are not the commanders and fighters of the 8th group army of the close guard, they put the red flag on the top of the building. After all, it is our commanders and fighters of the first front army of Belarus who have completed this action that is enough to go down in history." After a pause, I continued, "we're lucky compared with marshal konev's troops. According to the attack area designated for them by the supreme command, they can only advance to the zoo in the southwest of tyre garden at most, and they have to turn around and attack other areas. " After watching the scenery outside for a while, trikov, standing in front of the window, suddenly turned to us and said, "comrades commander, we have won. We have finally defeated the Communist aggressors. Are you interested in going to the street with me?" Before I could answer, the high-frequency telephone to the headquarters of the front army rang. A staff officer standing nearby picked up the phone and listened for a moment, then handed me the phone and said respectfully, "Comrade deputy commander of the front army, your phone." As soon as I got close to my ear, I heard Zhukov's voice coming out: "it's over, Rita. It's all over. The defenders in Berlin are surrendering to our troops in all areas. We have won!" Perhaps he was too excited. Zhukov's voice suddenly stopped. After a long time, I heard him continue to say: "the only thing disappointing now is that he has not been able to capture Hitler alive. It would be a great pleasure if I could catch that guy alive, but I can't live up to my promise of catching Hitler alive a few years ago. " When Zhukov said this, he sighed involuntarily and changed the topic: "I plan to go to the Capitol in person and celebrate the victory with our commanders and fighters. Rita, you call them all up and let's celebrate this great victory