Berlin, March 1966, General Staff of the German Army.

"The Allied offensive was very rampant, launching a full-scale offensive against our troops on all fronts." Ludwig pointed to the map of Berlin and said: "All the troops on the front line have engaged in an exchange of fire with the enemy, and some of the troops have suffered heavy casualties, but the fierce fighting has so far and the main positions on the outer front are still under our control. ”

"Marshal Guderian, what do you think?" Rommel set his sights on his best friend.

"The time is still not right, keep waiting." Guderian's answer was very resolute: "You must wait for the best time to counterattack!" ”

"Ernst. Marshal Bream has arrived! ”

When this voice sounded, all voices in the General Staff were gone, and as the top German military leader in a black SS uniform came in, all the officers raised their right arms together: "Hey - Ernst!" ”

"Come on, put this outset, now is not the time to cheer me on." Many Ernst were missing. Marshal Bream was expressionless: "You don't need to tell me about the situation at the front, I know better than you, tell us how you are going to defend Berlin." ”

"The enemy's attack was very fierce...... Rommel knew his temper too well: "However, in several days of fighting, they did not find a real breakthrough, almost all the main positions were still in our hands, and although some of them suffered heavy casualties, they were still able to hold on." As for our whole plan, it goes like this......"

After listening carefully to Rommel's explanation of the entire battle plan, Wang Weiyi's brows relaxed. On the way back to Berlin. He firmly believed that with the character of Rommel and Guderian, the Germans would never be allowed to be beaten passively. They must have had a big plan.

And it turned out that he was right.

"Well done." Wang Weiyi nodded, and then looked at the officers: "Now that the combat goal is clear, what are you still doing here?" ”

The officers understood at once, and the entire staff quickly became busy......

"You're going to Moscow?" Rommel speculated.

Wang Weiyi did not deny that he brought his two good friends Rommel and Guderian into another office: "Yes, I went to Moscow, two good news. The first one I think you already know and have put into action, the great Ukrainian uprising has broken out under the leadership of Kolkorok. The second. It is possible that Russia will withdraw from the war in the near future. ”

Rommel and Manstein were in high spirits.

Since their awakening, there is probably no more exciting news......

"However, I think we must hold on until that time comes...... Wang Weiyi especially accentuated his tone: "This time the general attack of the Allied forces is the most ferocious. The most irresistible. But there is a point. Judging by the situation on the battlefield, if we succeed in thwarting this Allied offensive, I am sure that there will be serious confusion within them. Gentlemen, only victory can bring them together, but this is not the process now. ”

"The most difficult place to fight is still in the Skeleton Division." Rommel was quick to say: "This division has obviously become a key target for the enemy. On both flanks, the Großdeutschland Regiment and the British Royal First Division fought side by side with him with equally heavy casualties. ”

"How much longer can they hold out?" Wang Weiyi asked, staring at the map with his eyes.

Guderian said: "From what we have so far. I think in three to five days the position will still be in their hands...... I have already reinforced them with a part of the tanks and artillery, starting this morning. Richthofen has also ordered the Air Force to return to combat ......"

"Very well, then my headquarters will be set up in the Skeleton Division." Wang Weiyi said without a second of hesitation.

For such a crazy and bold decision, Rommel and Guderian have long been surprised. On the most dangerous front lines, the figure of the Skull Baron can always be seen.

"Once a counterattack is launched, it is necessary to deal the heaviest blow to the enemy in the shortest time and with the fastest action!" Wang Weiyi used three "most" words in a row: "Gentlemen, don't waste your time here, let's take action!" ”

When the baron returned, the climax of the Battle of Berlin officially began......

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The situation faced by the Skeleton Master was far more serious than they themselves said. During the Allied bombardment of the sky and the ground, the division was under heavy pressure all the time.

On the opposite side of them were their old adversaries, the re-replenished 2nd Armored Cavalry Division of the United States, a Marine Brigade of the United States, two French Infantry Divisions, and an Australian Armored Brigade.

As the supreme commander of the Skeleton Division, General Giannar was nervous and excited at this time. The reason for his nervousness is that he doesn't know how much time he can continue to hold on here, and there is only one reason for his excitement:

Ernst. Marshal Bream has reappeared at the front!

Where there is a baron, there is a guarantee of victory......

The Allied air forces had just left, and soon the artillery fire was covering the area again. The cannonballs of the mountain and tsunami kept falling around, stirring up smoke and fire, enough to drown everything out.

During the artillery fire, Wang Weiyi kept holding the telescope and carefully observed, but he was not affected in the slightest.

"Marshal, I suggest you take command in the shelter." Johnnar cautiously offered his own proposal.

"General Johnner, thank you for your advice, and my suggestion is to hope that you are as fearless as your father, General Ludwig." Wang Weiyi said coldly: "In my memory, General Ludwig has never mentioned such a suggestion from you. ”

"Ah, yes, marshal." Jonnar was a little ashamed.

Judging by the ongoing fighting on the position, and General Gianner's report, the Allies changed some tactics during the Second Berlin Offensive. They intensified their artillery fire.

Every day, Berlin had to be subjected to an intense artillery fire...... There is no position that is still intact since the outbreak of the fighting......

"29th Infantry Division of the French Army." Wang Weiyi put down the binoculars: "Tell me about them." ”

"Yes." Gianner immediately replied: "From the outbreak of the fighting to this day, the Americans are cunning. They did not take the initiative to go on the offensive, but mainly used the French as the main force of the attack, especially the 29th Infantry Division. Marshal, with all due respect, this French unit showed itself very tenaciously on the battlefield, unlike the vast majority of French troops. The French attacked numerous times from F3 to F6, although each attack was successfully repulsed by us. But the French had no intention of giving up......"

"Nice opponent, huh?" The corners of Wang Weiyi's mouth showed some smiles.

No truly brave commander on the battlefield wants to encounter a bunch of cowards. They are more than happy to meet opponents who are on their par.

This is the only way to maximize your talent.

"Marshal, General Guo Yunfeng has arrived."

In the middle of the words, Guo Yunfeng, the two first-class superior winners in Germany, walked over, and he didn't say too much in front of his old friend: "Ernst." New reinforcements have arrived. I took them to the most dangerous here. ”

"Take me to see it right away." Wang Weiyi shoved the telescope into Johnner's hand, and hurriedly left here temporarily.

However, he will never forget what kind of troops he saw for the rest of his life......

Kids, it's an army made up entirely of 16 to 17-year-olds. And the mark on their uniforms turned out to be a baby bottle.

For a moment, a sad feeling flashed in Wang Weiyi's heart, the "bottle master", in another historical process, the German "bottle master" finally appeared here.

This is something that shouldn't have happened.

In another time and space that does not belong to Wang Weiyi, just after the famous Battle of Stalingrad in the Second World War, the head of the SS enlistment bureau Berg and the Imperial Youth Bureau negotiated. An elite army of volunteers born in 1926 was to be formed. In other words, as long as you reached the age of 17 in 1943. Previously, the minimum age for conscription in Germany was 18 years old. The war has been fought until now. The task of producing war materials fell to the women and the elderly in the rear, and in terms of replenishment of troops, if the legal minimum age for conscription was not lowered, Germany would have no follow-up soldiers, so the "child soldiers" between the ages of 16 and 17 went into battle.

Correspondingly, the height requirement for joining the SS was relaxed, from the original 1.78 metres to 1.70 metres. Axman, director of the Imperial Youth Bureau, made it clear that "parental approval is not required. ”

That year, the SS conscripted 35,000 of these soldiers, most of whom were transported to Belgium to complete the formation of the Junior Division. Because these soldiers were not yet adults, they had to be fed according to the standards of the heavy work of the troops, and each of them had to drink 3.5 liters of fresh milk per week, hence the name "baby division". In addition, cigarettes and tobacco leaves issued to adult soldiers were turned into candy and chocolate at the children's soldiers, and this rule was enforced until March 16, 1944, after which the children's soldiers were allowed to smoke.

This army junior division, when they appeared on the battlefield, shocked the whole world! The bravery of its battles, the heavy casualties, and the bleak outcome are unique in the history of child soldiers' participation in wars.

June 7, 1944, the second day of the Allied Normandy landings. The Canadian 27th Tank Regiment, which had just set foot on French soil, was tasked with expanding the landing bridgehead, advancing from the coast of Normandy to the north of the Kahn area, with the goal of attacking and capturing the small city of Fort Char. At this moment, the American and British troops that had landed were locked in a fierce battle with the Germans, and compared to them, the advance of this Canadian force was unusually smooth. The hills of the Kahn region were green and grassy, elegant and quiet, and since air supremacy was already in the hands of the American and British air forces, it was impossible for a German fighter to appear in the skies here. Four years ago, the German Ironclad Army drove 300,000 British and French troops fleeing like sheep to the beaches of Dunkirk, forcing them to flee to the British Isles, which are isolated overseas. Now, after a long war and attrition, the Germans have completely lost their former prestige under the attack of strong enemies on the eastern and western fronts. For the Canadians of the 27th Tank Regiment who had never set foot on the continent, the march seemed more like a peaceful outing. They had not expected the arrival of death to be so sudden and swift.

As if falling from the sky, a group of German Type IV tanks suddenly appeared on the hillside on the side of the road, and the 7.5 cm caliber tank guns smashed the dense artillery fire. Before the Canadian tank regiment could fully sober up from the sudden blow, the black-pressed German infantry group rushed up. Judging by their sophisticated equipment and fierce posture, the Canadians thought that they had met the old main division of the SS. Yesterday, the 27th Tank Regiment had only a brief encounter with the German 716th Infantry Division after the landing, and gained the upper hand. But today's unit seems to be completely different from the 716th Division. They charged desperately, going forward one after another, as if each of them had a common enmity with the Canadian soldiers opposite. The 27th Tank Regiment could not withstand such a fierce and ferocious attack. The retreat quickly turned into a rout. Under the attack of 50 tanks and an infantry division of 3 German armored battalions, 28 Canadian Sherman tanks were destroyed, and 245 servicemen were killed the day after they entered the war in Europe. On the German side, only two tanks were destroyed and four were damaged.

This battle disrupted the overall deployment of the Allied forces to expand the bridgehead in the Normandy Peninsula, and Montgomery decided to abandon the attack on Charburg. Directly point the attack at Karn. That's when he learned from the intelligence. The group of Canadians who beat up was a group of German children, this is the 12th SS Panzer Division, officially known as the "Hitler Junior Division", also known as the "Infant Division", or "Bottle Division".

As the war progressed, the Bottle Division was rapidly depleted, and the Junior Division, which had 20,000 troops two months ago, was only 500 men at the bottom, but it was still desperately resisting the enemy with absolute superiority. British Field Marshal Montgomery couldn't help but sigh in the face of such an army: "A bunch of savage mongrels." But real soldiers. Compared to them, we have become pure amateur soldiers. ”

Facing these teenagers in front of him. Wang Weiyi didn't want such a situation to happen, but the strained troops, as well as the strength saved for future counterattacks, the scene he didn't want to see the most still happened.

"St. Ernst!" Major General Jaccat, commander of the Army Junior Division, called out loudly.

"St. Ernst!" All the officers and men of the Army Junior Division raised their right arms together and called loudly and fervently.

"I have to apologize to you." Surprisingly, Ernst. Marshal Bream bowed deeply to them, and then straightened up: "War is a bloody game between adults, and you should not be involved. You should be in school now, with your classmates. Or should you be at home, with your own parents. However, we do not have enough troops, so we have to use you. Children, I know that you are the bravest Germanic people, the most loyal German soldiers, but this is not yours! ”

After speaking, he said word by word in shock: "Now, I order, the Army Junior Division, disband!" ”

There was silence all around, even though enemy artillery was still bombarding, and there was still an eerie silence. Jerkart stepped forward: "Marshal, you want us to disband?" ”

"Yes, disband!" Wang Weiyi's answer did not hesitate at all: "I said that war is a bloody game between adults, I don't want to see children shed blood and sacrifice for this war, I will not let children go to the battlefield!" ”

"Marshal, you are wrong." In front of the baron, Jackat kept his composure: "No one has forced us, no, every single one of us has voluntarily gone to the battlefield. Marshal, I thank you for your concern, and each and every one of us is grateful for your concern, but perhaps there is one thing you did not think about is that we have already been involved in this war, and we have already shed blood and sacrificed our lives. The enemy's shells are constantly ravaging Berlin and us. Every day, every hour, every minute, countless children are dying in air raids. Do you think that such a death is more valuable, and it is more valuable to die in defense of our great motherland? ”

Wang Weiyi didn't know how to answer for a while.

"I also have children, two." Jacat smiled slightly: "Moreover, they are here now." Private Vennat, Private Polku, please get out of the ranks! ”

Two childish children walked out, and Jaycart's smile was still on his face: "They are my two children, one is 16 years old and the other is 17 years old. Children, are you willing to die for your homeland? ”

"All for Germany!" This is the firmest answer of the two children.

"All for Germany!" This was the firmest answer of the German Army Junior Division.

At this moment, Wang Weiyi's eyes turned red. These brave children, these loyal German soldiers. But how could I bear to let these children go to war?

"Now, I order, check the weapons and prepare for battle!" Jerkart gave his own order in a loud voice, and then saluted Field Marshal Ernst: "I beg your pardon, marshal, I cannot carry out your order to disband. The Junior Division of the Imperial German Army will fight for our country to the extreme! ”

This is the legendary Ernst of Germany. For the first time, Marshal Bream's order was betrayed, and it was disobeyed mercilessly.

But at this moment, Wang Weiyi's heart was not angry, all he had was sadness and pride!

The blood of these lovely children, he swore would not be shed in vain! (To be continued......)