Chapter 69: Schleicher is arrested
At four o'clock in the morning, Geihard and his Fifth Commando finally made their way to the vicinity of Potsdam's central square, where they could clearly see the city hall building, and in order to avoid the enemy's frenzied fire, the commando team that had just rushed to the entrance of the street quickly retreated to the alley behind a bank. The machine-gun fire was very ferocious, and it was difficult for them to move an inch, otherwise they would have paid a lot of sacrifices. If this nail is not removed, it will not be able to get close to the city hall building at all.
At the same time, as the large-scale surrender was coming to an end, the Nationalist army began a carpet search of the breached areas of the city, and to deliver the final blow to Schleicher and his remnants or force them to surrender.
The puppet government building was opposite, and it was connected with two other buildings to form an isolated complex, with the city center square to the southeast, and the wide road in the other three directions, Schleicher had set up high-density fire points around the building, and equipped with machine guns in each direction, and now, in front of the Geihard commandos, how to dodge the enemy's fire points until they rushed into the building and captured Schleicher.
Schleischl was just around the corner, and Gaehard was both excited and anxious, at a loss.
"Lieutenant, look at your feet, oh, don't do that, it's me, Edman." There was a dark shadow in the corner of the wall more than twenty meters away from them, and Gaihard instinctively prepared to shoot.
"Edelman, oh, why are you kid here?" Geihard said excitedly, "I thought you had gone out of the city with your troops or had already been killed. β
"No, my captain, I'm not as lucky as Frank, and the enemy's bullets haven't created a chance for me to receive the medal, so I'll have to fight with you. Those poor soldiers were registered by the people at the temporary receiving station, yes, it's poor, they didn't even eat," Edman said, slowly crawling up the corner of the wall.
"Good Edman, it's great that you're back" Geihard helped Edman up, "You just said our feet?" What's under your feet"
Edelman lifted a cement slab with all his might, "Look, this is the sewer, it's almost as high as a person standing upright above the ground, maybe we can pass through it, touch the other side of the street, sneak into the building, don't look at how happy they are now, we'll have a way." β
Edmund and Fred were very pleased, and squeezed forward, and said, "Oh, brothers, this is the best job for our brothers, Lieutenant, and don't forget that we used to do it." β
Before Geihard could speak, Edman was not happy, "This is not good brother, you can't fight with us this time, Friedrich, would you like to go, I think it's good for us to go together"
Friedrich was a man of few words, and when someone wanted to make a crotch tie for himself, he was of course very happy and said: "I would be happy!" Edelman. β
Geihard didn't say a word, he found it very risky, even if he passed through the more than twenty meters wide street from the sewer, and rushed through the open field more than ten meters wide, during which the defenders' machine guns and dense fire points would not easily let us rush directly downstairs, even if we got downstairs, the defenders in the building were already on guard, and the situation in the building was not clear, how many defenders, how many organs, etc., a careless move could make the commando team suffer a catastrophe. But as soon as his idea came out, it was immediately opposed by several people.
Davide said: "Let's let me go and find out the situation by myself, one person has a small target, and in a few hours the sky will be bright, and then it will be even more difficult to do, we can't be trapped here all the time."
"No! Brothers, this can't be done! No one can go now, wait for me to think about it, think about it," Gaihard waved his hand repeatedly, feeling that this hurdle would not be easy.
Fred carefully observed the terrain on the opposite side, and felt that it was not good, the reason why it was successful last time was a sneak attack, and this time it was a sneak attack and then a strong attack, which was obviously much more risky. We don't even know the basic situation in the building, not to mention how many people can force it out, and even if we can break through the blockade of the machine guns, the defenders in the building will not let us succeed easily.
Geihard pondered for a moment, then said, "Fred, Friedrich, Detrich, and Bauer, the four of you leave cover, as long as we lift the sewer cover opposite, I mean lift, not lift." You all throw bombs over there, remember, each person can only throw one grenade, and you have to do it as fast as possible, and then, the submachine guns all fire at the window of the building over there, at this time, the other brothers followed me to take advantage of the smoke of the grenade to rush to the downstairs of the building as fast as possible, if our actions are discovered by the enemy upstairs, everyone should immediately find a hidden position, wait for the opportunity to attack, if not found by the enemy upstairs, then divide the troops into two ways, Daniel, Edelman and Ebel followed me up the stairs to attack the enemy while it was dark, Duden and Erich were ready to take the other brothers across the street, and when the upstairs team members exchanged fire with the enemy, the opposing team members should pay attention to the signals sent by Erich before they could act. That's it, brothers, listen, I need each and every one of you to repeat it to me."
Starting with Fred, everyone retold it according to Geihard's words.
At the same time, other attacking forces were engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the defenders, and the gunfire was getting closer.
"Action!" Gaihard commanded in a low and decisive voice.
Daniel, Edelman, Ebel, Duden, and Erich followed close behind Geihard and got into the sewers.
The sewers in winter don't smell very strong, and if they were placed in summer, it would be impossible for people to go down. Soon, the cement slab on the opposite side moved, and Fred waved his hand and threw a grenade at the opposite side with the others, and then began to fire submachine guns.
Hearing four explosions and knowing that the team had completed their first move, Gayhard pushed the cement slab away, and was the first to climb out and rush to the building, followed by the rest of the team to reach the downstairs without incident. After the first plan was completed, Geihard left Duden and Erich behind and told them to wait for heavy gunfire from the building to signal the rest of the team to cross the street.
At five o'clock in the morning, Gaehard, Daniel, Edelman, and Ebel were still looking for the staircase to go up in the dark, and they were sticking to the base of the wall and the cat bending down, not daring to be negligent. Now, the battle around is getting closer and closer, and the heat wave of grenade explosions of other commandos has drifted to this side with the north wind, and even the fierce white-knuckle battle between the two armies can be vaguely seen south of the square. The enemy is starting to go mad, this is their end, and the trapped beast is still fighting and surviving.
Erich and Duden hid under the flower stand in the building, and they were even more anxious when they saw the opposing team members preparing to cross the street, but they couldn't hear the movement of Geihard's group and the enemy.
At this moment, although there are several doors on the first floor, they are all tightly closed, and even the windows are nailed with thick wooden boards, and it is impossible to enter at all. Gaehard scratched his ears and cheeks in a hurry, and then he suddenly noticed that there was a small window open on the second floor, so he felt a small pebble on the ground and threw it in...... There was no movement, and Geihard was overjoyed, and removed the climbing rope from his body, tied it into a loop, and threw it upwards, the rope was just firmly attached to the cement member at the top of the window, and he pulled it hard, and it was very steady, and then climbed up with a puff of smoke.
Geihard, who was standing on the ledge, signaled that it was very safe, and asked Daniel, Edelman, and Ebel to climb up as well.
At this time, all kinds of commandos and large units had already pressed up, and the Nationalist troops on the square began to approach the puppet government building, and the enemy upstairs was in a hurry, shuttling back and forth to carry ammunition, and several machine guns were lying on various windows and firing wildly at the large forces of the Nationalist Army. Gaehard and his team members didn't say a word, picked up their submachine guns and swept wildly, and the floor was in chaos, and after a while, the other team members also smashed open the door and rushed to the second floor for reinforcements, and the unsuspecting enemy troops were frightened by this sudden attack, some raised their hands to surrender, some hugged their heads and ran around, and some hid in the corner to resist. It was still dark, and the two sides could only fire blindly at each other, and slowly, the assault teams with submachine guns began to gain the upper hand, and the defenders were forced to retreat to another house.
During the shootout, he raised a megaphone to wake up the remnants of the defenders, persuading them to surrender to the new government, and kept preaching the new government's policy of not being to blame. His preaching was effective, and most of the defenders began to abandon the darkness in fear, but some of them remained stubborn. At this moment, the machine gun hiding in the dark suddenly opened fire, and several members of the team were immediately shot and fell, and Geihard and the others rolled on the spot to dodge behind the door, and turned around to a shuttle, and the enemy's machine gun immediately became mute.
Friedrich, Erich and Bauer fell to the ground, and Fred and Duden were both injured, with Fred being very badly injured. Hardened to endure the pain in his heart, he and Daniel each guarded the side of the small door, and threw a grenade into the room, and Edman, Ebel, and Davide took advantage of the smoke to burst in......
Using both grenades and submachine guns, the Gaehard Link captured almost all of the rooms, and the building was now almost completely empty, except for a series of corpses. As soon as the sky was bright and the smoke of the grenades cleared, Edelman suddenly noticed that there were traces of bookcases moving on the ground full of rubble, which indicated that there were secret passages in the floor, and he didn't say a word, and with a hard drag, a small door was exposed in the wall. Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and the entire empty hall was suddenly filled with thick smoke and earth and stones.
"Edman, Edman......" shouted Gaihard, Ebel, and Davide in the smoke as they stumbled their way to the corner of the explosion. At the same moment, the machine gun in the dark room went off, and Davide's voice was swallowed up in the thick smoke. GΓ©chard and Ebel roared and raised their submachine guns and fired fiercely. Tears, smoke and sweat mingle as they throw grenades into the dark room like angry monsters.
Except for the noise in the square, the building was almost silent, and from experience, Gaehard knew that the enemy in the dark room was out of bullets.
Holding back tears, Gaehard and Ebel dodged into the dark room.
Several guards pounced, and Geihard quickly pulled the trigger, however, the submachine gun did not go off, and at this point, Ebel's gun was empty. The two quickly flashed to the side and exchanged glances, elephants, back to back, preparing for a desperate fight in the courtyard.
A middle-aged man with a mustache sat upright on a shiny black rattan lean, motionless and expressionless. In front of his eyes, the thrilling struggle was raging, and the life-and-death roars and heart-rending howls seemed to have nothing to do with him, until several of the guards were angry and returned to the west.
"You're arrested! Kurt? Feng? General Schleicher. Geihard, who was covered in wounds, helped Ebel, who was seriously wounded, and said, "Lieutenant of the 12th Infantry Division of the First Army of the National Army, Company Commander Erwin? Geihard, Corporal Ebel will personally deliver you to your superiors. β
Potsdam after the snow is not as white as one might think, the once bustling streets are littered with broken rubble and bloodstains, the Nationalist army is purging the last remnants of the enemy, the gunfire is gradually thinning, and a few small birds that have not found their way home are flying aimlessly.
In a high-rise building in Potsdam's central square, a dignified general emerged, followed by two seriously wounded and faltering Nationalist soldiers.