Chapter 13: The Crowd Goes Wild

In the port of Hamburg, early in the morning, snowflakes are falling. *.*.*/* Local police and militant Soviet soldiers armed with shield sticks set up a tight cordon in the parliament square, and high-pitched slogans could be heard faintly in the direction of the harbor they faced. In the vestibule of the parliament building, the men in suits and leather shoes were all worried, and the few Soviet officers were all armed with guns, and their faces were mixed with very complicated expressions.

"Sovereign independence, rejection of occupation, withdrawal of Soviet troops!"

"If you can't live with dignity, you will die in battle!"

"Defend Germany, defend the right to exist!"

The sound of slogans coming from the direction of the port gradually became clear, and it looked majestic and powerful under the encouragement of the strong wind. The policemen at the outermost part of the parliament square began to probe each other, some of them were pro-Soviet elements, some were non-Germanic, but more were soldiers who had taken off their German uniforms, and if they wanted to use force against their compatriots who had made their claims, I am afraid that few people could really do it. However, the Soviet soldiers with loaded guns stood behind them, and to put it bluntly, they held their guns against them to block the mighty walkers. Since the collapse of the Third Reich, demonstrations have once again become a means for the German people to express their position and fight for their rights, and in 1qkr alone, there have been more than 20,000 demonstrations of all sizes across Germany, a staggering number and intensity. The Germans abandoned the Soviets who had abandoned the relatively moderate Western Allies and the Soviets, who were known for their toughness, were roughly divided into two groups, one who resisted the Soviet occupation by extreme force, and the other who responded with silence to the Soviet tank bayonets, which made up the majority of the 60 million Germans. However, as long as a nation has not really sunk, the struggle of the warriors will sooner or later awaken it, and the battle of the Upper Rhine Valley, which shocked the world, is such a striking banner.

As the German freedom fighters withstood the invincible offensive of the Soviet army again and again, more and more Germans mustered up the courage to change the current pessimistic fate, and the uprisings in Bavaria and Württemberg further heated up this inevitable national movement.

"Germany belongs to the Germans!"

In the wind and snow, countless sounds converge into a surging wave that sweeps along the streets. On Parliament Square, only Soviet officers were giving orders to their soldiers, and the policemen who were being scooped for low pay stood still like wooden sculptures, and the light reflected in their eyes barely showed any murderous or decisive ingredient. **// In front of them, the black like the tide of the sea is slowly approaching, tens of thousands of people - young and old, regardless of occupation, regardless of high and low, arm in arm, shoulder to shoulder, holding the bright German tricolor flag walking on the street, they hold their heads high, chest high, even if they will be shot and die in the next second, at this moment, they are fearless!

"Attention Hamburg citizens! Parliament Square and surrounding streets are under full martial law, and you are not allowed to enter without permission, otherwise you will bear the consequences! ”

A German-speaking voice sounded over the radio speakers around the parliament square, devoid of emotion, pure an ultimatum and warning.

The black crowd paid no heed, and continued toward the parliament square, and as the distance had narrowed, faces of young and old, young and old, young and simple, appeared before the eyes of the vigilantes, who had no uniform clothing, wool, trousers, and shoes of all kinds, some who should have worked in factories, some who should have attended classes in schools, and some who were seamen, traders, and even government clerks, who had come here at the risk of losing their lives, not just to prove their courage.

"Attention Hamburg citizens, please stop the rally and disband immediately, otherwise you will be considered a dangerous person, and we have the right to shoot!" …,

The sound of the loudspeaker was colder than the air, and on the parliament square, the Soviet soldiers behind the police had loaded their rifles with bayonets, and the machine guns deployed at high points and key roads were also on standby.

"Attention Hamburg citizens, you are only one step away from dangerous elements, continue to move forward, we will kill you!"

The warning words from the loudspeaker were cold, and in the square, a Soviet officer asked for a submachine gun from a soldier next to him, pulled down the bolt and fired into the air, and the sound of gunfire was particularly chilling.

The policemen with their clubs and shields were still like sculptures, and the procession that was close to the range of the grenade was finally stopped. Just when the Soviets were slightly relieved that the German people were "reining in the precipice", a loudspeaker was erected in the marcher, and a pleasant female voice came from inside: "According to the international armistice, the Soviet troops should be completely withdrawn from Germany by December 31, 1948, and now on January 27, 1949, the number of Soviet soldiers remaining in Germany has increased instead of decreasing; According to the peace agreement, the Soviet army should maintain the order of the German general election during the period when it is stationed, and ensure that the new German government is established through fair and just elections, but our votes are wantonly discarded, and even blind people will not elect a group of people who have no faith and no backbone as the leader of the country, and the so-called election is simply a scam! Listen up, Soviet soldiers, the Germans are not welcome to you, please leave Germany! Now is a kind warning that if you continue to be obsessed, the 60 million German people will throw you back to Russia! ”

Not to be outdone, the loudspeaker on this side of the parliament square was immediately outdone: "We have a population of 150 million, 150 million brave and industrious Soviet people!" ”

After a few moments, the male voice said, "The Soviet Union? p>

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"Nonsense!" The female voice sharply retorted, "The Germans are dissatisfied with your military and political tactics to resist, if you do not evacuate Germany, the battle will not end for a day, and 300,000 square kilometers of German land will become your graveyard!" ”

"The rioters don't lay down their arms for a day, the Soviet troops can't withdraw for a day, the Germans who recognize the reality have chosen to support us, and you ......" The loudspeaker on the side of the parliament square warned again: "Don't be fooled by the saboteurs, your family is still waiting for you to return safely, don't treat your precious life as a play!" ”

The female announcer on the demonstrator's side showed the courage of a woman who did not let her eyebrows go, and she shouted repeatedly: "Get the Soviets out of Germany!" ”

The crowd chanted the slogan in unison, and as more and more people joined the march, their shouts were like a tsunami1

The procession moved forward again, and the perimeter cordon of hundreds of policemen suddenly became tense, and in the face of the approaching demonstrators, the policemen began to retreat incessantly, allowing the Soviet soldiers behind them to shout fiercely in jerky German, as if they were being pushed backwards by a pair of powerful hands.

Dada......

Several submachine guns opened fire at the sky at the same time, and the voice of the radio loudspeaker issued a final warning to the demonstrators in a stern tone, and the renewed sense of national honor drove tens of thousands of Hamburgers to move forward with the occupation of the parliament building as the first step in their struggle for freedom by abandoning their weakness. On this cold day, the momentum of seeing death prevailed over hesitation and dilemma, and the Soviet authorities wanted to stabilize the situation in Central Europe on the one hand, and on the other hand, feared that excessive repression would lead to an extremely passive situation, and their military deterrence did not turn into a bloody massacre. In the process of exiting the parliament square and the parliament building, the Soviets and the Hamburg officials protected by the Soviet army were attacked with stones and fruits by the demonstrators and surrounding citizens, the Soviets were angry with the wounded, their warning fire caused casualties among the German people, and a large number of Soviet troops from other regions took the parliament building back from the demonstrators after 24 hours, they forcibly dispersed the demonstrators, launched a large-scale manhunt in the city of Hamburg, and quickly arrested more than 300 organizers of the demonstration, which was investigated and tried by the local court in Hamburg. In the midst of popular protests in Germany, only a handful of the main organizers were convicted of disturbing the peace and sedition, but the Soviet army took advantage of the announcement of military control over the two major ports of Hamburg and Bremen, which justifiably imposed strict checks on ships and cargoes passing through the ports. …,

Soon after the non-riot demonstrations in Hamburg, large-scale demonstrations and protests broke out in many cities in western and central Germany, including Münster, Bochum, Saarbrücken, Bonn, and Wiesbaden. In many places close to the Allied control areas, the police and security forces composed of Germans are openly and covertly supporting the resistance, and the Soviet Union, which once had tens of millions of elites, has been unable to maintain a large number of combat corps for a long time after the attrition of the war, and at the same time maintains garrisons in the vast occupation zones of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, and when the elite troops are transferred to the Upper Rhine Valley to besiege the "insurgents", the troops that can be transferred to various regions of Germany are very limited, and the large and medium-sized cities with large populations can still be directly occupied and maintainedThe "resurgence" of the German Baath Party and the reich's direct forces can be said to be experienced in inciting the people, and they have carried out non-armed resistance from west to east and from south to north with the support of Western allies, so that the puppet government's decrees are not implemented and the popular base is sharply lost, and the grave for its subversion is dug early.