Even in a defensive battle, the German No. 4 tank and No. 3 assault gun were quite difficult to confront the same number of Soviet T-34s, but in such an improvised, the Germans annihilated the Soviet tank squad with twelve T-34s at the cost of only two No. 4 tanks, plus the two previously destroyed, the battle loss ratio reached 2 to 14 - to achieve such a result, the direct commander Lieutenant Vortagan should be the first to take the credit.

At the end of the battle, the young lieutenant, who looked to be in his twenties, decisively ordered the blow up of two untowable No. 4 tanks and the Soviet T-34, which could be repaired, and then gathered his troops and withdrew towards the defense area of the 5th Mountain Army. Walking on the side of the road, looking at Vortagan standing in the armored command vehicle from a distance, Lynn Huo Ran had a sense of envy. If you were in that role, it would be much easier to implement your plans than it is now.

People can choose the way to work hard, but they can't choose their origin.

At dawn, the march was said to be much faster than walking in the dark at night, but just as Lynn feared, Soviet fighters soon appeared in this airspace. Fortunately, their communications system is far less developed than that of the U.S. military, and the news that a ground armored unit has been ambushed and wiped out has apparently not yet reached the attacking aviation unit. It was difficult for the Soviet pilots to judge the ambush's whereabouts based on the battlefield wreckage they had seen with the naked eye, but they still inspected the surrounding area in great detail, and did not hesitate to reduce the altitude and fly from a low altitude. At this time, the camouflage effect of the German tankers on their own cars was fully revealed, as long as they stopped next to the bushes or bushes on the side of the road, and without taking the initiative to advance, they were still flying overhead by Soviet planes, and most of the time they were able to avoid the attack.

By the time the troops, whose total number had increased, arrived at the defense area of the 5th Mountain Corps, the last of the guards had just received orders from the military headquarters to retreat - it was 11 a.m., that is, the troops had held their positions for four or five hours longer than expected. In Lynn's view, this was due to the German soldiers who were alone in Oranienburg, and until this time there was still a sparse sound of gunfire in the city. The tragedy of the hopeless battle will soon be played out in Berlin!

Because of her special status, Eva was escorted back to Berlin early in the morning by a special car sent by the Fifth Mountain Army. But Lynn didn't lose a reason to go to Berlin. As a night soldier who has lost his direct superior, he decides to lead his troops to report to the headquarters of the "Vampire" commando, and then wait for new combat orders. Vortagen's tank destroyer company and the 5th Mountain Army's rearguard unit stopped at Oberinodov, north of Berlin, and after bidding farewell to his comrades who had fought side by side and died in the dead and wounded, Lynn and his men marched on foot towards the city of Berlin. Although the Allied and Soviet forces on the Eastern and Western Fronts had undoubted air supremacy, the Luftwaffe's warhawks were still fighting tirelessly in the airspace close to Berlin, and the "Swallows" (ME262A-1 single-seat fighters) operating in double formations flew by from time to time with a loud roar, and occasionally encountered the "Mustangs" of the American Army, and they were ruthlessly expelled or even shot down directly. More often than not, however, they struggled to compete with hordes of enemy fighters, and simply relied on their speed advantage to disrupt the enemy formation, and after a few shots, they turned around and flew away.

Where are those amazing flying saucers?

Lynn was still hoping for a miracle, he would rather this plane be changed, or it would be a different world with a similar main story, but these were just wishful thinking on his part. In the middle of the afternoon, a large Allied fleet of thousands of bombers was once again under dark clouds, and Lynn saw them drop countless bombs from a distance, and terrifying smoke rose into the sky.

What kind of city is it that has never been destroyed under the continuous bombardment of the enemy on such a scale?

In the evening, the group finally saw the River Spree in the distance, and across the bridge was the city of Berlin!

In front of a strong east-west defensive line, Lynn presented his ID and reason for returning to the team as usual, but this time, the officer on duty refused to let him go, and said with a straight look: "Any combat unit that enters the city of Berlin must have an order issued by the High Command, otherwise it will be regarded as an enemy infiltrator!" ”

It seemed that the "mix" could not be mixed, so Lynn had to ask the officer to contact the headquarters of the "Vampire" night combat commando on his behalf, but even such a request, the SS second lieutenant in a long gray trench coat mercilessly refused. Just when Lynn was at a loss, an open-top Mercedes drove up from outside the city, and in this car in addition to the driver sat a young officer in a black leather suit - but not Lawrenz. Bach.

The officer on duty, who had just been iron-faced and selfless, saw the car and hurriedly signaled the sentry to let it go. The young officer in the car looked sideways at the appearance of Lynn and the group, and said lazily, "What's the situation?" ”

The SS second lieutenant on duty hurriedly replied respectfully: "Sir, these people belong to the night battle commando, their battle group has been broken up in Oranienburg, and they want to report to the night battle commando headquarters!" ”

"No troops are allowed to enter the city of Berlin without an order from the High Command!" The young officer also said the same thing, he could have walked away, but he still looked at Lynn curiously - carrying a full set of night vision equipment and a large holster of two Mauser M1932 submachine guns, this look is indeed strange!

Thinking that this nosy guy should have some status, Lynn said in a tone that was neither humble nor arrogant: "Our higher-level command has died in the battle, and with the consent of the field commander, Major Ziegler, our unit will directly return to the commando headquarters to report for duty, this should be right?" Since we are direct officers of the commando headquarters, we deserve to be qualified to enter the Berlin metropolitan area, right? ”

The officer took off his sunglasses, closed his eyes, pinched the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger, and said: "If everything in the world can develop logically, then tell me, corporal, why is the filthy and lowly Slavic peoples still alive and coming back with great vigour?" ”

The answer to this question would have been obvious in the eyes of decades later, but Lynn could not explain it so bluntly to the raceist fanatics of 1945, he thought for a moment and replied cleverly: "How stupid and dirty are pigs, who have not lived for thousands of years?" ”

The officer frowned slightly, the two seemed to have comparable surnames, but they could not be equated. He opened his eyes, looked at Lynn again, and said to the officer on duty, "Let them pass!" ”

The officer on duty did not dare to have the slightest question, and hurriedly stood up and said: "Yes!" ”

The officer put on his sunglasses again, neither silently nor moving, but the driver drove forward with understanding.

"Who is he?" Lynn inquired about the dejected-looking officer on duty.

The officer on duty turned his head and glanced at Lynn with disdain: "Hans. Andri, head of the Gestapo Fourth Division, the right-hand man of the national leader of the SS, don't even know this! ”

Another young man with a lot of power, Lynn couldn't help but sigh in his heart: At the end of the war, there were young people with prominent status or outstanding ability, why were they so ordinary and ordinary?

Except for Graff and Vireger, who were taken to the Fifth Mountain Army Field Hospital and could not be contacted for a while, the other five subordinates were still following him, and Lynn led them through the embankment-like fortifications, only to find that there were dense barrels erected behind the defensive line. These large-caliber anti-aircraft guns are each hidden in circular bunkers, covered with a gray camouflage net, which is quite spectacular at a glance, and it must be difficult for ordinary aircraft to cross from low and medium altitudes.

After walking about a kilometer, we came to a relatively open riverside area, where we stood here and looked out over the city of Berlin, where many tall buildings could still be seen after a long period of Allied bombardment. Even the tower-like anti-aircraft turrets are not outstanding compared to these buildings, old or new. However, more urban areas were still in ruins, and the whole city looked colorless, and with gloomy clouds, all this was gray and heavy in color.

Berlin!

Having once again arrived in the heart of Germany, the thousand-year-old capital of the shattered imperial dream, Lynn was still full of complicated feelings, and he always had a faint feeling in his heart: this is the end of one dream, but also the beginning of another. In this dream that is about to end, he is just an insignificant minion and has no power to affect the overall situation, but in this dream that is about to begin, everything will be different from before!

(To be continued)