Red Moscow

Krebs was a soldier who kept his promise. After returning to the bunker, he repeated the request made by the Soviet army to Goebbels and said: "Dr. Goebbels, I have completed my mission. If you still If you want to find someone to negotiate with the Russians, please find someone else!" After speaking, before Goebbels could speak, he turned and walked out of the room.

Leaving Goebbels' room, Krebs walked forward along the corridor expressionlessly. Although many officers saluted him along the way, he didn't notice it at all, and continued to move forward mechanically. pace.

Walking into his room, Krebs closed the door behind him. After a short silence, there was a muffled gunshot from inside the house.

An officer happened to pass by the door and heard gunfire from inside the house. He was taken aback for a moment, then reached out to push the door, but didn't push it open. He took two steps back, then rushed up, bumped several times, and finally knocked open the door.

I saw Krebs reclining on the sofa with his eyes slightly closed, as if he was still in deep thought, the pistol dropped on the floor beside him, the air was filled with the strong smell of gunpowder, a stream of blood flowed down his cheek, Flowing like a red stream, it dyed the military uniform on his shoulders red.

Krebs was the chief of staff of the German Army, and his suicide was not a trivial matter. Someone immediately reported the matter to Goebbels and asked him for instructions on how to dispose of Krebs' body. But Goebbels was silent for a long time after hearing this, and then sighed and said: "Let him stay there. By the way, find a white cloth to cover his body."

After the officer left, Goebbels sat at the table in a daze for a long time. He didn't wake up from his contemplation until he noticed someone put a hand on his shoulder. He didn't look back, and knew that the person who put his hand on his shoulder was his wife. He put his right hand on the back of the opponent's hand and asked softly, "When did you come?"

"I've been here for a while." Madame Goebbels replied, "I saw you were thinking about something, so I didn't bother you."

"Madame!" Goebbels hesitated for a moment, thinking that he should tell his wife the current situation: "Our failure is inevitable. Maybe in two or three days, or even shorter time, the Russians will rush Entering this bunker, everyone in it was either killed or captured by the Russians."

"Didn't you send General Krebs to negotiate with the Russians today and ask them to cease fighting for a day?" Mrs. Goebbels asked in amazement, "Could it be that his negotiations have not made any progress?"

"Our request was rejected by the Russians." Goebbels said with a wry smile: "They said that we can only surrender unconditionally, otherwise there will be no ceasefire."

"So it's only a matter of time before our failure."

"Yes, that's exactly what I want to tell you." Goebbels said with a serious expression: "Now it's the last moment, and we should also make the final choice."

"I understand." Madame Goebbels nodded and said, "I will not let the Russians catch me and hang me upside down on the flagpole in the square like Mussolini's mistress."

Goebbels patted his wife's arm lightly twice, and then said: "There are also our children, and we must not let them become prisoners of the Russians."

Hearing what Goebbels said, Mrs. Goebbels' face flashed with panic. But her expression quickly returned to normal, and she said calmly, "I know what to do. Don't worry, I will not let any child become a Russian prisoner. It is better to die with honor than to live in humiliation." .”

When his wife left, Goebbels put his elbows on his knees and buried his face in his hands, not allowing anyone to see him crying. If you don't want the children to become captives of the enemy, you can only kill them all before they become captives. This is the best ending for them.

"Dr. Goebbels," an officer stood at the door and asked Goebbels, "I just received a call from outside saying that the Russians fired at our defense zone again. It seems that they will soon There will be an all-out attack."

Goebbels wiped his face, then stood up, pretending to be nonchalant and said: "Tell our soldiers, fight to the last man, shoot out the last bullet, and never surrender to the Russians."

After dismissing the officers, Goebbels looked up at the time and found that an hour had passed. He walked outside, wanting to go to the place where the children lived to see if his wife had finished the work.

When I passed the hall, I found that it was a mess. The officers and staff who were orderly in the past are drinking crazily at this moment, trying to anesthetize their nerves through alcohol. There were even a few female radio operators and military officers who held a naked meeting in the corner.

If it was in normal times, Goebbels would definitely deal with these people seriously when he saw such a breach of military discipline. But now is the moment when the building is about to collapse and everyone is in danger, there is no need to care about this kind of thing anymore. So Goebbels just glanced at it, and then walked over without looking away.

When he came to the room where the children lived, Goebbels found that besides his wife, there was also a military doctor, and several of his children were lying on the bed.

He didn't have the courage to check the lives and deaths of the children, so he could only turn his eyes to his wife, hoping to get the answer he wanted from her.

Seeing her husband's gaze, Mrs. Goebbels naturally understood what the other party wanted to know. She shook her head first, and then said, "The doctor's heart is softening, and he can't do anything."

"Madam doctor," the doctor said in a panic, "I have no right to do anything to the children. I suggest handing them over to the International Red Cross. Maybe they can get the preferential treatment they deserve and can continue to live."

"Doctor, they are the children of Goebbels." Mrs. Goebbels said blankly, "We will never leave them to the Russians." After speaking, she reached out to take the medicine prepared by the doctor , turned and walked towards the bed. The deadly potion was fed into the children's mouths one by one.

After finishing all this, she tidied up her appearance, came to Goebbels, and said lightly, "It's our turn now."

Goebbels and his wife walked out of the room arm in arm and walked along the corridor to the exit of the bunker.

Before coming to the steps leading to the exit, Goebbels said to a soldier standing guard here: "When we walk up the steps later, you shoot us in the head from behind!"

The soldiers were taken aback by Goebbels' order, and he replied somewhat flusteredly: "Mr. Doctor, I cannot shoot you..."

But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Goebbels: "Do you want us to be captured by the Russians, and then hang upside down on the flagpole in the square like the Mussolini couple? Execute the last order!"

Seeing Goebbels' tone so harsh, the soldier had no choice but to take off the submachine gun on his shoulder and pull the bolt. After the Goebbels passed in front of them, they slowly raised their guns and aimed at the back of their heads. When they were about to reach the iron gate, the soldier suddenly pulled the trigger...

Goebbels' death made the people in the bunker leaderless. After some discussions, several generals decided to invite the new Berlin city defense commander, Admiral Weidling, to the bunker to preside over the army.

Wei Delin, who was directing the troops in the headquarters, received a call from the bunker, and hurried to the bunker without asking what happened. As early as a few days ago, his headquarters was surrounded by Soviet troops, but when he was still commanding the battle, someone made a small report in front of Mustache, saying that he had surrendered to the Soviet army. As a result, Mustache, who became angry from embarrassment, directly sentenced himself to death.

Fortunately, Wei Delin rushed to the bunker in time and explained the incident to Xiao Huzi himself. Mustache, who had figured out the situation, appointed him as the new city defense commander of Berlin out of guilt for Wei Delin, responsible for commanding the troops in the city to fight against the Soviet army. When he received the call at this moment, he was worried that someone would speak ill of him in front of Mustache again, and he had to get there before things got worst.

But after Wei Delin arrived at the bunker, he heard several bad news.

First of all, it was his own Führer Mustache, who committed suicide with his new wife Eva yesterday; Dr. Goebbels, the supreme commander in the bunker, and his wife, after poisoning all their children, sent soldiers from Later, he shot and killed himself; and General Krebs, the chief of the army general staff who was sent by Goebbels to the Soviet position for negotiations, committed suicide in his room after returning to report the situation.

After hearing this series of bad news, a terrible thought came to Weidling's mind: "It's over! The Führer is dead! Dr. Goebbels is dead too! Even General Krebs, who was sent to negotiate with the Russians, He also committed suicide! Is there any need to continue this battle?"

With such doubts, he asked the generals who recruited him: "Mr. Generals, what do you think?"

"The Führer is dead, and Dr. Goebbels is dead." A general said: "Continue to fight, we have no hope of victory at all. So I think we should follow the Russians' suggestion and surrender unconditionally to them .”

If Xiao Huzi was still alive, and the general dared to say such a thing, he would be dragged out and killed immediately by Xiao Huzi's orders. Even if Mustache died, if Goebbels was still there, he would be ordered to be guarded and dealt with after listening. But now that these two key figures are dead, the only person who can make the decision is the trusted city defense commander, Admiral Wei Delin. He is a loyal person. Drag them out and shoot them or imprison them temporarily.

On the contrary, he was still thinking hard about whether he should follow the general's suggestion and start surrender negotiations with the Russians again.

"Generals and gentlemen!" Wei Delin looked at the crowd and asked, "I want to ask, who agrees to surrender to the Russians? If you agree, please raise your hand!"

There were seven or eight generals present, but only the general who made the suggestion raised his hand, and the rest of the generals stood by without expression.

"Why, generals and gentlemen, you are not willing to surrender?" Wei Delin asked.

The crowd remained silent and continued to remain silent.

"I just came back from the front, and the Russians are attacking fiercely." Wei Delin said: "If we have enough ammunition and supplies, then there is still hope to continue to hold on and wait for General Wenk's reinforcements to arrive. But now The actual situation is that the ammunition we have can only last for another day. Under such circumstances, how can we hold Berlin? Therefore, I think negotiating with the Russians is the best choice.”

Regarding Wei Deling's statement, a lieutenant general immediately retorted: "Your Excellency, how can we surrender to the Russians? Even if we have no ammunition, we can fight the Russians with bayonets. With the level of our soldiers, it is absolutely possible Defeating the Russians, if not defeating them, would inflict great casualties on them."

"Paulus was right." Weidling said unexpectedly: "The 6th Army was surrounded by the Russians in Stalingrad. Our army sent the troops of General Manstein and Hoth to relieve the siege, but they did not Success. In order to save more innocent lives, Paulus decisively ordered the troops to lay down their arms and surrender to the Russians, thereby saving tens of thousands of officers and soldiers. Today, we are faced with the same choice as Paulus was. Continue to fight and kill more people; or surrender to the Russians like General Paulus, please give me an accurate answer!"

Faced with Wei Delin's questioning, several generals discussed in a low voice for a while, and finally reached an agreement, that is, to lay down their weapons and surrender unconditionally to the Soviet army.

"Well, since you all feel that you should choose the path of surrender, then I will handle the surrender negotiations." Wei Delin said with a serious expression: "Even if you have to bear the infamy, I will bear it alone. "

The reason why the generals called Weidling over was to want him to take the blame. Now that their goal had been achieved, they stopped talking. Instead, they nodded and agreed with Weidling's statement that he would serve as the negotiator to negotiate with the Russians.

"I'm tired, can you help me find a place to rest?" Wei Delin looked at the crowd and asked, "I haven't slept for several days. When I wake up, I will go to negotiate with the Russians."

Knowing that Wei Delin wanted to rest, these generals who were eager to blame him did not dare to neglect, and quickly arranged a single room for him so that he would not be disturbed when he was resting.

When Wei Deling entered the room, he said to the generals: "You can send someone to contact the Russians now, and say that I will enter their defense zone as a plenipotentiary representative to start a new round of negotiations."

"Don't worry, Your Excellency, General." A general said with a smile: "We will convey your meaning to the Russians in a timely manner. I believe that when you enter their defense zone, you will not be opened by the Russians." Gun shooting."

The general who said this already knew that Cuikov was shot coldly by a corporal of his side before the negotiations in the battle area between the two armies in the morning, and he was also injured. However, the Germans also paid a high price for this matter. The area where the German Corporal Polis was located became the focus of the Soviet artillery fire. The position was soon shrouded in gunpowder smoke. With one sound, there was a sound.

The German generals all knew that this was the Soviet army's retaliation for Cuikov's sniping. Otherwise, how could it be possible for the artillery fire to explode for an hour, but the ground attack has not been launched for a long time, which is obviously unreasonable.