Chapter 2269 Cold gun

   There is a saying that before the ship sinks, the rats on the ship are the first to escape.

Krebs, as the chief of the German army's general staff, actually passed through the defense lines of the two armies in a barrel cart with a white flag on it, and entered the headquarters of the Soviet army, where he stayed for a long time. The German officers and soldiers who were involved in the incident would have some thoughts in their hearts.

  A German corporal named Polis, when he saw Krebs commuting between the defense areas of the two armies in a car with a white flag, he couldn't help feeling a sense of humiliation. Although he was very young, he had also heard that after the defeat of World War I, Germany signed the surrender agreement in a carriage in the Compiègne forest in France. In order to wash away this shame, when the German army occupied Paris a few years ago Afterwards, Mustache ordered France to sign the same humiliating surrender agreement in the same carriage.

  Now the chief of the army's general staff has personally gone to the Russian territory, indicating that the situation is once again unfavorable to Germany. Polis clenched the gun in his hand, thinking to himself that if he saw Krebs appearing at the front again, he would shoot him without hesitation, and he would never let Germany sign the humiliating surrender again. .

   Fortunately, Krebs returned soon. Judging from his facial expression, the negotiation this time was not smooth. When Polis saw this, he felt a burst of joy in his heart. From the expression of the chief of staff, he could guess that the negotiation was not successful. This means that Admiral Krebs will not be the chief culprit for humiliating Germany again.

After Krebs returned to the bunker, he reported the detailed process of the negotiations to Goebbels, and specifically emphasized: "Dr. Goebbels, the Russians have made it clear that a ceasefire is impossible unless we lay down our weapons. Surrender to them unconditionally so that negotiations can continue."

Goebbels knew very well that once he agreed to the conditions of the Soviet army and announced unconditional surrender, after the war ended, Krebs, Guderian, Manstein and others might still survive, and he would be killed In the name of war criminals, sent to military courts. In other words, authorizing Krebs to continue the surrender negotiations is tantamount to sending himself to a dead end, and he will never do this.

However, Goebbels still had a little fantasy in his heart, and he was going to let Krebs try again, maybe things will turn around: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, I suggest you talk to the Russians again, and say that we want to stop Confront their military, hand over the city to them to a limited extent, and allow them to impose a certain degree of punishment on the individual who caused this war..." He said a dozen conditions in one breath, how could Krebs Hearing it, I feel that the other party is preparing for his own life.

   After finally waiting for Goebbels to finish speaking, Krebs said helplessly: "Well, Dr. Goebbels, I will try to communicate with General Chuikov again, hoping that he can change his mind."

Krebs returned to his office, called the adjutant, and said to him: "You call the front and ask them to send someone to contact General Chuikov, and say that I plan to meet him at the northeast corner of the zoo. Continue the unfinished negotiations just now, and the time to meet is at nine o'clock."

   After receiving the information from the German army, Chuikov was ready to leave to see Krebs. But his military commissar, Major General Pronin, grabbed him and said vigilantly: "Comrade Commander, I don't think you should go. This may be a conspiracy by the Germans."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Chuikov said disapprovingly: "Comrade Military Commissar, don't worry, the Germans are about to fail. As the chief of the German army's general staff, Krebs should be able to see this, and he won't do it." What a conspiracy."

Seeing that Chuikov insisted on going his own way, Pronin knew that he could not stop him, so he could only sigh and said helplessly: "Comrade Commander, since you insist on meeting Krebs, then I will go with you. "

   Just like that, Chuikov and Pronin took a dozen guards and drove to the location agreed by Krebs.

  After arriving at the destination, he saw that the middle of the positions of the two armies was empty, and no one could be seen. Pronin said vigilantly: "Comrade commander, why is there no one? Could it be a conspiracy by the Germans?"

"Comrade Military Commissar, you are too nervous." Chuikov said with a smile after hearing this: "I have already said that the Germans are about to lose, so they were forced to send the chief of the general staff to negotiate with us. What a conspiracy."

   After speaking, Cuikov walked out from behind the broken wall and walked towards the open space between the two armies.

   Unexpectedly, he had just walked a few steps forward when he heard a crisp gunshot. Chuikov was shocked and stopped where he was. Plotinin was shocked when he saw this, and rushed over with two people, trying to rescue Cuikov. As soon as they approached Chuikov, there was another gunshot, and then Chuikov fell on his back. Pronin hurriedly stepped forward to help him, so as not to let Chuikov fall to the ground.

Pronin looked down and saw that Chuikov's left leg was bleeding continuously, and hurriedly shouted at the guards following him: "What are you still doing, why don't you hurry up and carry the commander to a safe place." The guards ordered by Pronin immediately carried Chuikov with all their might, and quickly hid behind the nearby broken wall.

   After entering a safe place, Pronin asked Chuikov with concern: "Comrade commander, where are you injured?"

  Chuikov tried to force a smile on his face: "Comrade Military Commissar, I seem to have been shot in the leg."

   "Hurry up and find a health worker." Proning pushed a soldier next to him and said to him, "Hurry up and find a health worker or a military doctor."

   Fortunately, there was a health worker nearby. After learning that the commander was injured here, he ran over in a hurry. He squatted in front of Chuikov, and while quickly giving Chuikov a burst of morphine to relieve his pain, he said quickly, "Comrade Commander, hold on, I'll check you right away."

   After some inspection, it was found that Cuikov was only shot in his left leg and knee, and he did not hurt any vital parts. All he had to do was take out the bullet. Just when Pronin ordered the soldiers to carry Chuikov back to the headquarters of the Army Group, a German shout came from the other side: "The Russians don't shoot, the Russians don't shoot, our General Krebs wants to see you!" Your General Chuikov! Repeat, our General Krebs wants to see your General Chuikov."

   "These damned Germans," Pronin heard the other party's shout, pulled out the pistol at his waist, and said through gritted teeth, "You should still deceive us, I'll take someone out and teach them a lesson."

   "Comrade Military Commissar, don't worry." But Chuikov grabbed him and said to him at the same time: "First, check to see if General Krebs is outside."

Pronin raised his head cautiously, looked outside, and sure enough, he saw General Krebs sitting in a traffic car with a white flag, and hurriedly turned his head to Chuikov and said, "Comrade Commander, you are right, Krebs General Si is not far from here."

"I think the two shots just now should have been made by more stubborn soldiers in the German army." Cuikov explained to Pronin understandingly: "Maybe they can't accept the fact of surrender, so they tried their best to prevent it in their own way." That's why someone shot me just now."

   "So what do we do now?"

   "What else can we do?" Chuikov smiled bitterly and said, "You send someone to invite General Krebs over. I want to hear if he has any new reasons for his visit this time."

   Soon, Krebs, led by Pronin, came before Chuikov.

   Seeing Chuikov lying on a stretcher, Krebs couldn't help being taken aback, and quickly asked, "Your Excellency, what's going on. How could you be injured?"

"Hmph, you're still ashamed to say it." Pronin said with a sneer, "Just now our commander wanted to negotiate with you in the middle area according to the agreement with you, but he was shot by your soldiers, causing his legs and knees to be injured. .”

   "Your Excellency, I assure you with the honor of a soldier." Hearing what Pronin said, Krebs quickly stood up straight and said with a serious expression: "I definitely did not order anyone to sneer at General Chuikov."

"Comrade Military Commissar, don't say any more." Chuikov interrupted Pronin: "I believe in General Krebs, he is a real soldier, and he will never do anything like order his subordinates to fight coldly." See Pronin As if he wanted to say something, he continued, "Hurry up and ask General Krebs to go to my headquarters and entertain him well."

  After everyone returned to the headquarters, Cuikov left Krebs in the conference room and asked Pronin to stay with him, and then left the conference room temporarily in the name of dealing with the wound.

   Came to the next room, where the military doctor who was in charge of treating Cuikov's wound was already waiting here. He bent down to check Chuikov's wound, and then said, "Comrade Commander, it will take at least an hour to remove the bullet..."

   "No, an hour is too long." Chuikov waved his hand and said, "I can only give you half an hour at most."

   "What, half an hour?" The military doctor shook his head and said, "This is simply impossible."

   "Comrade military doctor, there are only 29 minutes left. If you don't hurry up, you won't be able to complete my operation in half an hour."

   "Okay, Comrade Commander." Facing such a stubborn Chuikov, the military doctor could only smile wryly and say, "Then I will start operating on you now."

   When Cuikov lay down and waited for the military doctor to operate, he picked up the phone on the table and called Zhukov: "Hello, Comrade Marshal, I am Cuikov!"

   "Chuikov, what's the matter?"

   "Comrade Marshal, General Krebs is here again." Chuikov said, "I guess it's for the ceasefire again."

   "Where is he now, with you?"

   "No, Comrade Marshal." Chuikov shook his head and said, "He's in the conference room next door, and I'm having an operation."

   "Surgery?" Zhukov couldn't help being taken aback, and then asked, "What surgery?"

   "I just went to the southeast corner of the zoo to meet Krebs, but I was sniped by the other side's soldiers."

   "What, you were sniped by the Germans?" Zhukov asked in shock, "Are you injured?"

   "I was shot in the left leg and knee each." Chuikov gritted his teeth and said, "But the injury is not serious. The military doctor is preparing to operate on me."

   "You do the surgery well, I will call the Supreme Commander himself now and ask him what he means."

   Half an hour passed, and the operation was not finished, but Zhukov called back.

   "Comrade Marshal," Chuikov said weakly, sweating profusely from the pain, "I don't know what the Supreme Commander's answer is?"

"The Supreme Commander's own answer is very simple." Zhukov said blankly: "The Germans can only surrender unconditionally. We will not conduct any negotiations with them, neither with Krebs nor with other Faxi Temple talk."

   "Understood, Comrade Marshal." Chuikov said: "I will convey the meaning of the Supreme Commander himself to General Krebs."

   "Wait a minute, Chuikov, I haven't finished my sentence yet." Zhukov continued: "Tell Krebs that the German army must immediately and unconditionally surrender, otherwise our army will launch a full-scale general offensive at 10:40 this morning!"

   Seeing that his operation was still in progress, Chuikov called a hygienist and told him to call Pronin over.

   Soon, Pronin entered the room, glanced at the military doctor who was undergoing surgery, and then came to Chuikov and asked, "Comrade Commander, did you call me over, is there anything important?"

Chuikov repeated Zhukov's words to Pronin, and finally said: "Comrade Military Commissar, you go and tell Krebs that this is an ultimatum from our army. If they don't agree, when the time comes, we will launch a comprehensive s attack."

  After listening to Pronin's words, Krebs got up and left Chuikov's headquarters in a daze, and returned to his own defense zone by car.

As soon as he entered the defense zone, Krebs suddenly remembered that Chuikov was injured, and quickly ordered his adjutant to stop, and then asked the officers and soldiers in the trench: "Soldiers, who can tell me who shot at the opposite side just now? "

   "It was me, Your Excellency the Admiral!" Hearing Krebs' question, Corporal Polis immediately stood up and admitted: "I shot the Russians opposite."

"Corporal." Krebs glanced at the other party's rank, and then said: "For us, this **** war should be over. We have already killed too many people. In order to save more lives, we The only option is to compromise with the Russians."

"Your Excellency, General." But Polis said unconvinced: "We still have hundreds of thousands of troops in the city, and millions of troops in other places, and we are fully capable of fighting the Russians. Put down your arms and surrender?"

"Corporal, there is no point in continuing to fight." Krebs looked at his subordinates and said, "All lay down your weapons, take off your military uniforms, and go back to your respective homes. I hope that after we announce our surrender, the Russians will I won't kill you."

   "What about you, Your Excellency the Admiral!" Polis continued to ask, "Are you willing to surrender to the Russians?"

   "No, Corporal." Krebs shook his head and said firmly: "I will use my life to defend the honor of soldiers, and wash away the shame of failure with blood."

  (end of this chapter)