Vasilevsky surrendered.

It's a bit of a surprise, but when you think about it, it's not impossible. When an army, a country, is completely desperate, no matter what kind of thing is done, it is not surprising.

Vasilevsky finally fulfilled his wish, and he once again saw the Skeleton Baron with his own eyes:

Ernst. Alexon. Feng. Marshal Bream!

Their first meeting was many, many years ago. At that time, Vasilevsky was still young, but now, the traces of time have been deeply engraved on his face. And the skull baron sitting across from him was still so young, as if the years had forgotten the existence of this man.

"I don't know how you did it...... Vasilevsky said with a pun, "It is said that you have the favor of death, and his protection will never grow old and never fail." I would love to get confirmation of this legend from your mouth myself. ”

"There is no one who will never grow old...... Wang Weiyi smiled: "Maybe I'm just luckier than others......"

Vasilevsky shrugged: "yes." But now that you're about to win, and the war will soon be over, I don't know if I should congratulate you. I should curse you for being in a hostile position. But as a general, I should congratulate you on what you have achieved. I'd love to know what you're going to do when you take Moscow. How would you treat the city? ”

"I don't know what to do." Wang Weiyi's answer was unexpected: "I am only responsible for leading the German army to victory, and I will not express any opinion on the future of national construction." our country. With a mature operating mechanism, I know what to do after the victory of the army......"

Vasilevsky savored the words carefully, and the skeleton baron seemed to imply something. After a while. Only then did he raise his head and ask, "After the Battle of Montforton, you mysteriously disappeared, and once you disappeared, it was nearly twenty years. And this time? Are you also ready to leave? ”

"Yes." Wang Weiyi smiled and did not deny it at all: "I will leave, since Germany has won, why do I need to continue to stay here?" ”

When the guess was verified, Vasilevsky frowned: "I'm curious. Are you satisfied with just hope? What can victory bring you? Are you really just unconditionally for your country? ”

"I've been here,......" Wang Weiyi said lightly: "I've been here, I've seen it." That's enough. Everyone here will remember my name, they will know what I have done, they will remember my name forever, and what could be more satisfying than that? Vasilevsky. Many, many years later. Will anyone still remember your name? ”

"I don't know what to say, but I think the name of a loser will probably never be remembered......" When Vasilevsky finished answering, he muttered Wang Weiyi's words: "I've been here, I've seen ...... You conquer ......"

I've been here, I've seen, I've conquered!

For the Rambler, that's enough!

In this era, he has left his name; In this day and age. He has left his pace; In this era, he has left his undefeated prestige.

As he himself said. Maybe when Germany faces another crisis, he'll come back.

- In the name of the Skeleton Baron!

The phone on the table rang, Wang Weiyi took the phone and listened, and then put it down: "Marshal Vasilevsky, 20 minutes ago, my powerful German army had launched a full-scale attack on the Kremlin...... I've been here, and I've seen ...... What about you? Are you ready to join me in witnessing this historic moment? ”

"I think." Vasilevsky's answer did not show the slightest hesitation: "Although I am facing my homeland, I still want to see it." This day is bound to be engraved in my heart forever. ”

Wang Weiyi smiled, and then stood up with Vasilevsky......

He came, he met, and now, he will go to see the birth of a new history. He carved his name directly into history, and he made it impossible for anyone to forget it no matter how many years have passed......

The war had reached its last juncture, and there was no force that could stop the Germans from winning the victory. The Kremlin is in front of them, and if they take the last step, they will achieve the last victory.

It's now—it's now!

The cries of the mountains and tsunamis have been heard, and the battle of the last one has broken out here.

In the small position, both sides put in all the force they could, and the huge shock almost destroyed everything here.

Everyone is fighting, but everyone is actually waiting...... Waiting for the complete end of the war.

The news of Marshal Vasilevsky's surrender had reached the ears of Marshal Zhukov, who, without the slightest anger, was happy for his friend.

Surrender is indeed a good choice, why do you have to end your career with death in battle? When the last moment comes, he will choose to surrender, Zhukov thought.

He would continue to be with his best friends, perhaps for the rest of his life in a prisoner of war camp, perhaps on the judgment bench together......

But at the very least, their suffering will be over by that time......

Comrade Stalin's phone call came a few minutes earlier, in which Zhukov told him very clearly that all the positions on the outer line had been lost, and that the German storming of the Kremlin was probably what would happen in these few hours, and he hoped that Comrade Stalin would prepare in advance.

Comrade Stalin, who listened to Zhukov's report, did not seem to be surprised. There was no anger, just a few words of instruction to Zhukov, and then he didn't forget to say it before hanging up the phone:

"Thank you. Comrade Zhukov, I and the base camp will not forget your efforts. ”

Thank you? Zhukov felt that these three words were too full of irony. When the war ends in a crushing defeat, there are still people who say thank you to themselves.

The shells fell on top of each other, and the Germans seemed to have made up their minds to bomb them to the ground. Batches of Soviet soldiers were thrown into hopeless positions to continue the hopeless war.

Heavy gunfire was accompanied by a crushing defeat of the Russians...... Death is the most common thing, and surrender is now the most common thing.

Zhukov had even given the go-ahead to the soldiers who were still fighting. Surrender is an option as a last resort.

He didn't want them to continue fighting, and he didn't want them to die for no reason. It is time for all suffering to come to an end.

Live, let the soldiers live well......

"Comrade Marshal Zhukov. I now ask your permission to return to the battlefield. Lieutenant General Maslennikov said loudly.

He left Marshal Vasilevsky, who in his opinion turned into a deserter, and now he decided not to run anymore. In fact, even if you want to run, where can you run?

There are enemies everywhere!

His fundamental purpose. I want to die here in a vigorous battle. Accomplish the most reluctant duties of a Soviet general.

He was completely different from Zhukov or Vasilevsky. He doesn't think about what will happen to him, and he doesn't think about how he will survive and see what will happen to this country in the future. He couldn't bear such a defeat at all, and he couldn't think of a better way to get rid of it than death.

Zhukov stared at him deadly, and after a long time slowly asked: "Are you really ready, Comrade Maslennikov?" ”

"Yes, I'm ready." Maslennikov's answer was so firm: "These days, I have seen countless comrades die in front of me. Now, our enemies are about to enter here. It takes all of us to make a sacrifice without hesitation, and I think that time has come! ”

Zhukov wanted to continue persuading, but he suddenly found that he didn't know where to persuade him.

If a person really has made up his mind to die, then let him go. When he figured out this link, Zhukov nodded silently.

Maslennikov smiled with relief.

For him, the sacred moment has come when he will die like a real soldier.

For the sake of the same sacrosanct country in their own minds......

He rushed out of the city with a small number of soldiers, braving such heavy German fire.

Bullets and grenades hit all the enemies who rushed out, blocking the Russians in any way of life. Maslennikov could see his companions fall one by one, without the slightest strength to fight back.

But he didn't care at all, for him, there was nothing more happier than dying here.

He shouted loudly, commanded hard, beckoned his soldiers to fight with the same bravery as he did.

He saw the appearance of enemy tanks, and then he ordered a company of soldiers, shouting "Ula", to rush all up. These soldiers, strapped with grenades and explosives packs, charged without hesitation, either killed directly by enemy bullets or simply detonated themselves on the way......

Maslennikov actually laughed. In his opinion, what could be happier than this?

Died heroically for the sake of his homeland......

But he added that Zhukov was actually going to stop his crazy behavior. It's a pity that Zhukov knows better that at this point, all the people have gone crazy.

Or they've gone crazy for a long time......

The corpses in that place looked so disgusting. But the number of corpses continues to grow, and once the madness happens, there is no way to stop.

Maslennikov mobilized all the forces he could, including his guard battalion. He had to force himself to do something, he had to force himself to face the enemy's bullets. Otherwise, he swears he's going to really go crazy.

The civilians who had retreated with the defeated army were all returned to the battlefield under Maslennikov's strong orders. Maslennikov's idea was very simple. No one can survive in such a battle.

He continued to fight the enemies who rushed up, again and again, over and over again.

He swore that he would never stop fighting as long as he had one breath left.

It's his responsibility......

However, the strength of the enemy was too strong for them, and there was no possibility of defeat. The children in the boys' regiment were shot by the Germans as soon as they were sent to the battlefield.

At the very beginning of the Battle of Moscow. In the face of the charge of the Soviet Youth Corps, the German soldiers could not bear to shoot at first, after all, they were facing some children.

But as the war continued. The German soldiers gradually became numb, and they began to realize that they were not facing a group of children, but some real soldiers!

These children make up the troops. Will charge like a real soldier. Like a real soldier, when he rushes in front of the enemy, he will directly pull the grenade on his body, and then drink the enemy and die together......

Mercy can only be taken away from one's own life......

Or the old men and women......

By the time the battle had been up to now, everyone had fallen into a state of disorderly madness, especially on the part of the Russians. They don't need anyone to mobilize anything, they know exactly what they need to do.

The Soviet soldiers also knew that they had chosen to surrender in utter despair. But the civilians probably never thought of the word surrender.

They went madly sacrificing everything for their capital and their leaders, completely ignoring the enemy's fire.

They probably thought that they would be able to stop the enemy's charge with their own lives.

This is exactly what Soviet generals like Maslennikov want to see......

In a situation where the army is already unreliable. Civilian armaments, on the contrary, are the most trustworthy.

The Germans killed batch after batch of enemies, but new ones rushed forward one after another.

The more you get to the very end of the battle, the more frantic the enemy becomes.

Maslennikov saw all this, Vasilevsky saw all this, and Wang Weiyi also saw all this......

"Do you think it's worth it? Marshal Vasilevsky? Putting down the telescope in his hand, Wang Weiyi asked calmly.

Vasilevsky smiled bitterly, not knowing how to answer.

Such a scene made him feel distressed, extremely distressed. All that was lost was a living human life.

"I don't think it's Zhukov who is commanding on the other side now." Wang Weiyi sighed: "I believe that Zhukov will not do such a thing." ”

"Yes, it will never be Zhukov." Vasilevsky was a little helpless: "If I'm not mistaken, it should probably be Maslennikov, he has a strong faith, but sometimes he will do something extremely crazy because of his faith." ”

"He should go to the judgment seat." Wang Weiyi said coldly: "The face-to-face battle between the army and the army on the battlefield does not make me angry regardless of victory or defeat, but such an act makes me despise. He is so contemptuous of the lives of others that he is simply sinning. If he had been alive after the war, I swore that I would have sent him to the judgment seat with my own hands. ”

Vasilevsky smiled bitterly, not knowing what he should say......

At the beginning, when he was commanding from the other side, he was not in the mood at all now, but when he personally stood on the battlefield and personally faced those civilians and soldiers who died, the psychological impact on him was very huge.

Something like this shouldn't have happened, shouldn't.

"You've been here, you've seen ......" Vasilevsky's voice was so low: "I'm here, I've seen it too...... And this is a day I will never forget......"

"We've seen it happen together." Wang Weiyi said slowly: "No matter what your ending will be in the future, I think you should record these things." Tell our descendants what happened here and what tragic things happened here. ”

"I will, I promise." Vasilevsky made the most solemn promise of his life: "I will faithfully record everything I see with my own eyes, and I will never put on the uniform again, even if possible." I just want our children to always do their best to avoid war. ”

I've been here, I've seen it - and now Vasilevsky has fully understood the meaning of this phrase.

At the end of the war, former Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasilevsky was sentenced to twenty years in prison for war crimes, and three years later, with the direct intervention of the German government, Vasilevsky was released from prison.

He fulfilled his promise to Baron Skeleton and spent several years writing a memoir:

"Never Fight Again"!

This memoir is regarded as the most authoritative text describing the German-Soviet war. In his memoirs, Vasilevsky also repeatedly mentioned the words that Baron Skeleton once said to himself, which made the whole world recognise Baron Skeleton:

A great baron who has never failed, but who doesn't really want to see war happen.

This was true even after the atomic bomb incident.

The Skeleton Baron doesn't like war, but when war chooses him, he never fears any war! (To be continued......)