Nine hundred and thirty-seven. Second Battle of Berlin

"God, you want us to deal with Grand Duke Belstoka!"

Several people exclaimed together, in their opinion, dealing with the Grand Duke was simply the most incredible thing, and they would even be crushed to pieces.

Wang Weiyi knew very well what they were afraid of, and he smiled slightly and said to them, "Are you really afraid? Natalia, Ronanova, tell your husband how Grigory got into the position of Grand Duke. ”

"It's all you, Your Excellency the Baron." Natalia and Ronanova replied without hesitation.

No one knows better than they how their father got to where he is today.

Without Baron Alexon, there would never have been a Grand Duke of Belstoka in this world; Without Baron Alexon, there would not even be the current Russian Empire.

All of this was given to them by Baron Alexon!

"Yes, Gregory relied on me, and I was the greatest benefactor of his life." Wang Weiyi did not deny his credit in the slightest: "However, now he has betrayed me, so I have decided to take back everything I once gave him." What about you? Are you ready to take over the power vacuum left by Gregory's defeat? ”

This sentence immediately made Milosevic and Khmelitsky pound their hearts......

The power vacuum left after the defeat of the Grand Duke of Belstoka! They know too well what that means......

The two swallowed a mouthful of saliva and glanced at each other. Khmelitsky said cautiously: "You, are you really so sure that you can kill that old thing?" After all, after all, the situation in Germany now is not optimistic. ”

"My friend. Don't just look at what's in front of you. Wang Weiyi said lightly: "Don't you know that we have achieved a great victory in Robinster, and the Russian army is suffering defeat?" Russia's good days are coming to an end, and Gregory's good days are coming to an end. I'm Baron Alexon, and when I want to do something, I do it. And those who help me will be rewarded with my generosity. ”

Glancing at the two people who were listening very carefully, Wang Weiyi continued: "I can guarantee that. You will see with your own eyes the fall of Gregory and the day when he will die rather than live. Whoever betrays me will suffer the most terrible revenge. I don't care if you want to work with me, Russia is a big place. There are many people who are willing to take your place. And I'm usually an impatient person, and for now, I'm going to give you three minutes to think about it. ”

Wang Weiyi looked at his watch and stopped making any sound......

In fact, it didn't take more than three minutes for Milosevic and Khmelitsky to quickly make what is perhaps the most important choice of their lives: "Yes, we are willing to cooperate with you, no matter what the risk may be." ”

Speaking of this, Khmelitsky seemed to want to further express his determination: "Your Excellency. We are now living a life that is worse than death, and Gregory has stripped us of everything. Let us be like a beggar who begs in front of him every day what they can give us. I'm tired of the undignified days, and I'm willing to try to do so even if I get hanged as soon as I fail. ”

Wang Weiyi smiled slightly, what he needed was such an effect.

"Then let's discuss it carefully...... Wang Weiyi explained in detail his entire plan, and what kind of responsibilities everyone should bear in this plan.

"I don't have any doubts about your plans." Khmelitsky said cautiously: "But how do you gain the trust of Grigory?" Although we were his sons-in-law, he never trusted us. ”

Wang Weiyi had already helped them conceive of this: "Marquis de Pereas, I heard that your father used to be a very powerful person in Russia?" ”

When this question was asked, Khmelitsky was embarrassed and angry: "Yes, my father was very powerful at the beginning, but it was the bastard Gregory who made me where I am now. ”

Hearing her husband say this about her father, a trace of sadness appeared on Ronanova's face...... Either way, that person is still his own father after all......

Wang Weiyi didn't seem to notice Luo Nanova's expression at all: "A declining nobleman will always have some good things, there is such a saying in the East, a thin camel is bigger than a horse." So, by chance, you found a treasure left by your father......"

With that, he handed over a thing that had been prepared for a long time to Khmelitsky. When they saw this thing, everyone's eyes straightened.

This is a horse made of gold, the whole body is made of gold, and the two eyes of the horse are two brilliant diamonds!

God, they swear they've never seen anything so valuable in their lives.

"I hope this will allow you to gain Gregory's trust in you......" Wang Weiyi said without the slightest concern: "Marquis Khmelitsky of Pereas, can you fulfill my request?" ”

"Of course, I assure you as a marquis." Khmelitsky made his promises.

A marquis's promise? Wang Weiyi smiled coldly in his heart......

But no matter what, the show has already begun to be staged......

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Berlin, March 1966.

A new Allied offensive began. This was a huge offensive in retaliation after the defeat in the last assault on Berlin.

Everywhere there is enemy artillery and bombardment by aircraft, and this is when the anti-aircraft basement is the safest. Kiritz opened the door and went out into the street and ran towards the bomb shelter...... There are no street lights, and the figures are longing in the dark. Within a few steps, bombs had already begun to fall, and planes were screaming sharply. Explosions, the collapse of houses, came one after another, and they got closer and closer. The Americans were carrying out the carpet bombing that they were good at, and this was in preparation for a general assault on Berlin?

One plane even swooped down at an ultra-low altitude with impunity. Kiritz looked up, and in the firelight he recognized it as a "goblin". The hand instinctively touched his waist, and in a hurry, Kiritz didn't even have time to bring a gun, and his waist was empty. A loud bang came from behind him, and Kiritz looked back to see that his home had been reduced to pieces in the firelight. Kiritz groaned like a dying beast, tears blurring his vision. He staggered forward dragging the wounded leg, which had not fully healed.

"Da Da Da ......" another fighter jet was strafing the street. To Kiritz's left, a cat-and-run National Army member lay in a pool of blood, his rifle smashed into Kiritz's boot. He picked up the assault rifle with ease.

The street in front was the German defensive support point, where a Leopard IX, a Destroyer 3, Moder assault guns and anti-tank assault guns, and a garrison of about 300 men mixed with the SS, police, Nationalists, and Boy Scouts were deployed. The battalion commander was Hans in the reserve. Captain Mel. A bomb exploded not far from Kiritz. The huge wave of air shook him and knocked him unconscious.

I don't know how long it took to go through the road, but the rumbling sound of artillery woke up Kiritz that it was the enemy's rockets roaring. Kiritz shook his head and tried to get up from the grass on the side of the road. A few swaying figures at the corner of the street caught his eye. In the firelight, it was clear that they were wearing German military uniforms. But he still quickly judged - "These are Americans!" ”

Because the Americans were under rapid artillery fire, if it was a real German soldier, what they should do was to avoid the artillery fire, but these "Germans" were in a straggler formation alternately covering the advance, an offensive posture. Unfortunately, the garrison here is inexperienced enough to identify these people and allow them to infiltrate their positions.

Kiritz dragged the assault rifle over the rubble, aimed at the swaying figures, and opened fire, "Da-da-da." Da ...... "Several figures were knocked down in the rain of bullets.

He shouted a warning: "Americans! The Americans are coming! ”

The "Germans" scattered like frightened hares, shouting in English. And in a panic, they fired blindly in all directions. The garrisons on both sides of the fortifications immediately returned fire on the invading Americans. Because the Germans occupied favorable terrain, the battle ended with the Germans completely annihilating this small group of disguised American soldiers at a very small cost.

Many of them were still on the battlefield for the first time, and in the first battle, they completely annihilated the reconnaissance units of the American army, and people ran out of the bunkers to celebrate the victory.

The scene in front of him gave Kiritz an ominous premonition: the appearance of the US reconnaissance unit meant that more brutal battles would take place here.

Kiritz found the command post of the garrison and showed his identity with his papers. The commander, Captain Mehl, saluted Kiritz with great respect, and the battalion was now part of the "Fort Müchin" Panzer Division, whose motorized infantry commander, Lieutenant Colonel Rodust, had been a friend of Kiritz. Unable to be polite, Kiritz asked Captain Mel to immediately withdraw the large force to the garrison block and retreat to the reserve position. Captain Mel looked at Kiritz coldly: "Mr. Captain, without an order, I'm afraid I'll ......"

An anxious SS squad deputy even pulled out a pistol and put it against Kiritz's waist: "Coward! ”

Kiritz was furious and slapped the squad deputy twice: "You idiot, I've been fighting since the war broke out, and I've been wounded for it!" I know a lot about the tactics of their Americans...... Give orders, Captain Mel. ”

"I'm sorry, but my mission is to hold the position......" Captain Mel explained.

"Let me explain to your Master Morment...... But now, you must withdraw your troops! Kiritz almost roared.

Captain Mel hesitated, such a big decision was not something his cowardly character could make. Kiritz snatched the pistol of the squad lieutenant, aimed it at Mel, and said viciously: "Mr. Captain, you are committing a crime now...... If you do not carry out the orders of the SS, as soon as the troops suffer a vain sacrifice, you will be subject to battlefield discipline, and I will hang you! ”

The uniform on Kiritz's body helped a lot, and Captain Meier, whose face turned pale, did not dare to argue any longer, and gave the order to withdraw from the position.

The German efficiency was highly efficient, and the soldiers immediately withdrew from their positions. The garrison had just withdrawn into the underground bunker. A storm of shells covered the neighborhood in an instant, and buildings were reduced to pieces in the hail of shells. Through the observation hole in the underground bomb shelter, Captain Mel's body trembled as he stood beside Kiritz and saw such a fiery spectacle. A sense of gratitude, or some other reason, led him to plead Kiritz to command them.

At a life-or-death scenfe, Kiritz unceremoniously took over the command of the poor captain of the collapsed reserve army, and reported the situation here to the commander of the defense zone, Major General Morment, to his approval. What Kilitz expected was that his request for reinforcements was denied. The Americans had already launched a general offensive on Berlin on all fronts.

Kiritz called three company commanders, namely the first company commander, the reserve officer, Lieutenant Müller, the second company commander, the commander of the third SS commando squadron, Klaus, and the third company commander, Second Lieutenant Cooper of the National Army. Kiritz let the first line of defense and the second line of defense in the second line. Three companies were on standby in bomb shelters as reserves.

Twenty minutes later, when the artillery fire of the Americans began to extend the fire, Kiritz ordered the first and second companies to immediately enter the position.

Out of the bomb shelter. A scorching stench came to my nose, and the world outside was already unrecognizable, and only a few bald trees were left in the originally lush forest, and the Moder assault gun hidden there had become a pile of scrap metal. A second lieutenant ran over in a panic and reported to Kiritz: "Sir...... Tanks of the Americans......"

"Boom" a shell flew over. The SS squad deputy who was following Kilitz had half of his head cut off by shrapnel. Killed.

"Where are our tanks?"

"A 'Leopard IX' is stationed near the Empire, and another 'Destroyer 3' is waiting in the back......"

Kiritz wiped off the dust on his body and turned back to Mel, who had been silent, and said, "You come with me, let's go and inspect the enemy situation together, you are still the commander of the garrison battalion." ”

The pre-set observation point has been destroyed by artillery fire. Kiritz and Captain Meyer ascended to a nearby vantage point—a ruined ruin with only one wall remaining.

They used binoculars to observe the movement in front of them, and most of the positions in front of the defense zone were razed to the ground. Not far away, billowing dust was rising, and a large group of tanks was unfolding, there should be about a hundred of them, and there might be another division or so of infantry. Kiritz couldn't help but gasp: "It's crazy! How did I end up here? ”

The Americans apparently thought that their artillery fire had destroyed everything. Led by a reinforced infantry company, another 15 tanks followed suit. Rushing towards the ruined neighborhood, their goal must be here. The minefield in front was basically destroyed by Allied artillery fire, five hundred meters! Four hundred meters! Three hundred meters! The remaining mines blew up only one tank of the Americans...... Getting closer, fifty meters! Forty meters! Thirty meters! The surging along the way made the American soldiers advance in a serpentine shape cautiously, and then galloped wildly with complete relaxation at the end of the road, rushing to the position of the first company.

Kiritz couldn't help but hold his breath and muttered in his heart: "Why don't you fire yet?" ”

It was only fifteen meters from the position of the first company, and from the pile of ruins finally opened fire! A dozen machine-gun serpents formed a crossfire net, grenades and mortar shells burst together, and the unsuspecting Americans were knocked down in patches like wheat harvesting. At the same time, the only few anti-tank assault guns, anti-tank grenades, and Molotov cocktails fired at the nearest tanks, and although the American tanks were heavily armored, because of the concentration of fire and the close proximity, at least five tanks turned into a pile of fireballs, and three others were broken and paralyzed there.

"Well done!" Kiritz sincerely admired the excellent command of the first company commander, Lieutenant Müller, whom he had met before, a retired veteran in his fifties.

The Americans suffered heavy casualties, the dead were on their pillows, the reinforced company was basically reimbursed, and the remaining twenty or so survivors lay on the spot and frantically returned fire to the Germans. The good fortune of the Germans seemed to have ended there, and the six American tanks in the back successively destroyed three or six bunkers or firing points and four anti-tank guns in the exposed positions of the Germans.

Thankfully, they had no intention of fighting, leaving behind the twenty or so infantrymen and retreating. Through the observation of the telescope, the Americans outside the position were in a commotion for a while, and then quieted down.

Kiritz was not in the mood to celebrate, "What will happen in the next round?" If I were a U.S. military commander, what would I do? Artillery fire cover? Air raid? Or is it another group charge? ”

After a while, Mel reported to Kiritz that in the process of repelling the enemy's first charge just now, the Germans had lost thirty-two men and four anti-tank guns, because many of the soldiers were novices who had just entered the battlefield, and some were even children, and after they opened fire, they quickly ran out of all their ammunition, so the ammunition of the company was seriously insufficient.

The only existing anti-tank weapons were three anti-tank cannons and a small number of anti-tank grenades, making it difficult to penetrate the frontal armor of American tanks unless they were at very close range.

Kiritz realized the gravity of the situation: the first line of defense may not be able to withstand the next onslaught of the Americans! Kiritz ordered the company to be immediately replenished with ammunition and dispensed with anti-tank explosive packs; And let the first company observe the long-range artillery shelling of the Americans' assembly points with guidance coordinates to the defense area.

The second company hastened to build fortifications and replenish the laying of anti-tank and infantry mines, which were the last hope of the Germans in the absence of anti-tank weapons and tanks.

At the same time, notify the platoon of the 3rd Company to immediately reinforce the defense line of the 1st Company! (To be continued......)