March 23, 1942.

As the sun rises in the morning, the smell of blood and corpses in the air still makes people want to vomit when they smell it.

From here all the way to the front, the corpses of Russians could be seen in every corner of the battlefield.

In the overnight battle, nearly 15,000 Soviet troops were killed and 8,000 were captured, most of them wounded.

The terrible nightmare of the night was generally true for both Germans and Russians

The victory could have been so tragic! Even those veterans who had fought since the outbreak of the Soviet-German war had never seen such a completely and utterly suicidal attack.

In the past, the Russians used this method, at least for one purpose, but last night, what was the purpose of the Russians? Breakout? But that's not possible!

Groups of prisoners were escorted across the battlefield. God, since the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, how many prisoners have the Germans captured?

"Hey, Ernst! Hey – Ernst! Hey – Ernst! ”

Suddenly such a cry sounded on the battlefield!

Ernst. Alexon. Feng. Marshal Bream has appeared on the battlefield!

Baron Alexon, who held the Generalissimo's scepter, kept nodding slightly to his soldiers.

This group of brave soldiers completely and completely defeated the two armies of the Russians in just two days!

The Russians again paid almost a hundred thousand losses on the battlefield!

Yes, there are indeed a lot of Russians. But if there are a few more battles like this, maybe the balance of victory will tilt.

The losses on the side of the Germans were very small, simply to the point of negligibility. It is not that the combat effectiveness of the German and Soviet armies has reached the point of irreversibility. It's the result of a series of problems.

The Kharkiv group had artillery and air superiority unattainable by Kolkorok, and at the very beginning of the war, his elite 28th Panzer Division was devastated.

The advantage of victory was on the side of the Germans before Field Marshal Ernst gave the order to attack.

More importantly, the 8th and 11th armies had already suffered too many losses before, and they were barely replenished by a large number of recruits who had not undergone any training.

Such a force would not necessarily be victorious even if it was to be commanded by the Skeleton Baron.

This is also what makes Wang Weiyi feel happy, he can command such an elite army. Not every commander has such an opportunity to launch an attack with such superior artillery support.

"Your Excellency Marshal, this Russian colonel has important information."

This report reached Wang Weiyi's ears. He glanced at the Soviet colonel, who was a little cowering: "What information?" ”

"General Kolkorok, he's in captivity"

"Really?" Wang Weiyi was also a little surprised when he heard the news: "Can you be sure?" ”

"Yes, marshal, I am sure. I was the head of his guard regiment, when he broke through last night. I and General Kolkorok were all taken prisoner, and he changed into the clothes of ordinary soldiers"

"Four knives!" Wang Weiyi immediately called Guo Yunfeng over: "With the colonel." Go and bring General Kolkorok to my temporary headquarters. ”

In his temporary headquarters, after waiting for less than half an hour, Guo Yunfeng brought a Soviet "soldier".

"General Kolkorok!" Wang Weiyi smiled and said, "Hello, General, I'm Ernst. Marshal Bream. ”

"Traitors are always the most despicable." General Kol Korok smiled bitterly, "Hello, Marshal Ernst, I have heard your name all along, and I have nothing to complain about defeat if I can be an opponent with you." ”

"General. May I be seated, do you need a drink? ”

"There's no better way to have vodka."

"I'll take a look. What did I find? A bottle of vodka that hasn't been turned on is really lucky, and you have to admit that the people under my command are pretty good. Wang Weiyi smiled and took a bottle of vodka and two glasses: "Do you need cigarettes?" I have a good cigar. ”

"Rotten capitalism." General Colcroc muttered, "Is it a Cuban cigar?" ”

Wang Weiyi looked at it: "It's a pity, no, but I suggest you try it." ”

Rotten capitalism, Kohlkorok cursed in his heart, but in his hand was a cigar given to him by the German marshal, and a nice glass of vodka.

"You see, the battle is over, we don't need to fight with bayonets anymore, it's good to be able to sit down and talk." Wang Weiyi invited General Kolkorok to sit down with him.

"Marshal, you speak Russian really well, where did you learn it?" Kolkrok asked, taking a puff of his cigarette.

Well, it's really a good cigar, much more mellow than what Marshal Timoshenko gave him.

Wang Weiyi spread his hands: "I learned a long time ago and remember the first time I entered Russia, I didn't understand a word of Russian at that time, and I found a Russian teacher after I went back, you see, I didn't learn this?" ”

"A marshal with a great talent for languages." Kolkorok raised his glass: "Cheers to this talent of yours and, of course, your victory!" ”

"Cheers!"

Wang Weiyi took a sip, but saw that Colcolok actually raised his glass and drank most of the vodka, which was staggering.

God, none of the three of them are opponents of the Russians in terms of drinking!

Kolkorok was not polite at all, and poured himself another full glass: "Okay, let's discuss what you are going to do with me?" Shot? Or send me to a prisoner of war camp? ”

"Look at you Bolsheviks, who always think about things so terrible." Wang Weiyi said with a smile; "I have a better idea, such as letting you continue to command one or two armies?"

Kolkorok immediately understood what the other party meant, this is to make himself rebel against the motherland!

He shook his head: "I appreciate your kindness, but I am a staunch Bolshevik and I will never betray my faith!" ”

"Look at what you say, look at what you say." Wang Weiyi smiled and said: "If you were really such a staunch Bolshevik, you would not change into soldiers' clothes and try to get by." Hey, let's get straight to the point, you're also afraid of death! ”

Kol Crok couldn't say anything.

Indeed, he once thought that he could face death calmly, but the moment the pistol was pointed at his head, he suddenly realized that he could not do anything about it.

So he made a decision: to make up as a soldier.

But he never thought that he would be betrayed by the head of the guard!

"There aren't many people in this world who aren't afraid of death, are they?" Wang Weiyi seemed to be there to relieve him: "It's not a shameful thing, and the responsibility is not on you." General Kol Korok, let's analyze, did you have any other options at that time? ”

"Yes, of course!" Hearing this, Kolkorok suddenly came to his senses, he stood up and walked to the map: "You see, our situation was very passive at that time, according to my suggestion, we must evacuate Oreska and Zhurminsk immediately, it makes no sense to continue to hold these two places, but will cause us heavy losses. But "

"But your reasonable proposal was opposed by your Comrade Stalin." Wang Weiyi helped him out: "I also thought that you would retreat from Oreska and Qiurminsk, but what I never expected was that you gave me a great opportunity to annihilate these two armies, and I could hardly believe it. So I still say that the responsibility for this failure is not yours! ”

Kohlkorok glanced gratefully at Field Marshal Ernst, at least the German Field Marshal knew him better than his own comrades.

"Come on, let's sit down and talk." Wang Weiyi sat back down: "Seriously, I don't think you will have any future with the Bolsheviks, even if I release you now, will your comrades still trust you?" You know better than I do about Stalin's attitude towards you. First you'll be beaten into the cold, and then you'll face constant scrutiny, scrutiny, scrutiny, and scrutiny. The scariest thing is that if the next Great Purge comes, do you think you can avoid it? ”

Hearing the words "Great Purge", Kol Crok couldn't help but shudder.

"What's wrong with us?" Wang Weiyi said lightly: "I can let you regain control of the army, regain your rights, and regain the trust you need most." I will form several corps made entirely of Russians, and I am thinking about a candidate for a commander-in-chief, and I think you are the most suitable. ”

Kohlkorok was somewhat moved by the fact that the reasons stated by Field Marshal Ernst were very important, and the most important of them was that he did not think that Russia could still win.

The German army was so strong that it was terrifying.

How long can the USSR hold out? This is very doubtful. And as Marshal Ernst said:

Even if he can go back, those people will never let him go!

Kolkorok was silent for a long time: "My family is in their hands"

Wang Weiyi smiled: "I know the way, so I'm going to help you pick them up and reunite your family, so that you don't have any worries." ”

"Really?" Kolkorok looked up, as if he didn't believe too much that the other party was capable of doing this.

"Don't forget, I'm Baron Alexon, the all-powerful Baron Alexon, right?" Wang Weiyi smiled faintly: "Soon you will be able to see your family." ”

Colcolok let out a long sigh of relief, "If I can really see my wife, son, and daughter, we can talk about other things." ”

Wang Weiyi stood up and raised the wine glass in his hand: "Cheers to our mutual cooperation!" ”

Colcrok hesitated for a moment, and finally slowly raised his glass. (To be continued.) )