Chapter 402: The Soviets Surrendered
On the streets of Stalingrad, a German King Tiger tank painted in yellow-green camouflage was parked on the street, and a dozen German soldiers were gathering to smoke and chat.
Surrounded by dilapidated houses, the city has become very calm because there has been no fighting for several months, and the roads are full of building debris that has been partially swept away.
It's another cool morning, however in another month, that coolness will turn to cold, and it will quickly escalate to bitter cold.
Germany has issued winter camouflage uniforms to troops on the front line, thickened camouflage uniforms are added to cotton, and some German soldiers can be seen wearing a bulletproof suit produced by the German defense industry.
On the side, a group of Italian troops on patrol walked over, looked at the brand-new equipment on the German soldiers with some envy, and then greeted them cordially and walked over.
The Italian soldiers in yellow-green military uniforms were still very thin, their weapons were all old-fashioned rifles, and their backpacks were all deflated, and they did not seem to be carrying anything.
On the other hand, the German soldiers, with their brand-new camouflage uniforms and the Red Police, each carried a drumming backpack and carried various equipment, which was very complete.
At first glance, it is the natural gap between beggars and local tyrants, and this is also the superiority of Germany in the Axis countries, after all, compared with the Italian army, the armies of Germany's client states, the equipment is still more backward.
The morale of the newly renovated German Army is also very good, and in the face of the imminent resumption of the offensive, many German soldiers have some expectations on their faces, as if they can't wait to test the effect of the new weapons on the battlefield.
"I don't seem to see any Soviets today, it can't be too early for us!"
"It's not early, usually at this time, you can already see the Soviets active, but today I haven't seen a ghost."
"Who knows, now that Stalingrad has long been surrounded by us and the Red Alert Empire, are they all going into the sewers to be rats?"
"Maybe, maybe they have given up, after all, the Soviet Union is the only country left with Stalingrad and Moscow."
Next to the King Tiger tank, more than a dozen German soldiers were discussing, and today's Stalingrad is indeed too quiet compared to usual.
On the King Tiger tank, the German tank commander opened the hatch on the turret, leaned out, lit a cigarette with a cigarette holder for himself, and threw it to the soldiers below, one for each person.
The German soldiers who took the cigarettes thanked them one after another.
Cigarettes should have never been interrupted in the German army, but the cigarettes with filters imported from the Red Alert Empire have long been popular among the German army.
Many soldiers like this very polite cigarette, and it is very feeling to smoke it, and it will not choke.
It's just that this kind of cigarette is not very simple to smoke, because in terms of logistics, Germany will only provide soldiers with cigarettes produced by themselves, and those imported cigarettes are only available in limited quantities, and it is difficult for ordinary infantry to obtain this kind of good cigarettes.
"It's really quiet today, and it always feels like something is going to happen." The tank commander took a few puffs of his cigarette and said to his comrades on the side.
"We were talking about it just now, and the Soviets didn't see any of them, which is so strange."
The tank commander, loosening the headset above his head, said: "Could it be that the Soviets surrendered?" ”
"How so?"
"What won't be anything, the Soviets were beaten by the people of the Red Alert Empire on the Eastern Front, what's so strange about surrendering."
"Maybe the Soviets are planning to escape, maybe they all fled the city last night."
"It's all surrounded, not even a single mouse can escape, how can the Soviets run?"
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While everyone was talking, there was a slight noise in the distance, and all the German soldiers hurriedly hid behind the tank.
"It's a Soviet tank?"
Someone cautiously probed, unable to see the truth, and raised questions.
On the turret of the King Tiger tank, the tank commander also hid most of his body in the tank, and looked at the street in the distance, and a behemoth appeared in the dust.
"No, that's the tank of the Red Alert Empire, it seems to be called the Apocalypse Tank." The tank commander, who saw it clearly, said loudly.
"It's an area where the Soviets are active, could it be that the people of the Red Alert Empire have wiped out all the Soviets."
"That's impossible, if there's a fight, we can't hear any sound."
……
Opposite these German soldiers, the Apocalypse Tank slowly stopped at the intersection of the street, and the two multi-purpose infantry fighting vehicles behind it also stopped, and the rear hatch opened, and twenty heavily armed Red Guard soldiers came down.
And behind this, there is also a truck with an empty compartment.
Under the watchful eyes of the German soldiers, in the buildings on both sides of the intersection, two dozen ragged Soviet soldiers walked out of the building, put their weapons still in front of these Red Alert soldiers, and then raised their hands and climbed into the back of the truck behind.
Although the faces of some Soviet soldiers were full of unwillingness and reluctance, they still did not choose to resist and honestly made a gesture of surrender.
The truck quickly pulled the surrendered Soviet soldiers away, and here at the intersection, a multipurpose infantry fighting vehicle was in charge of escorting and taking away the weapons that the Soviets had thrown down.
Here at the intersection, the Apocalypse Tank and another multifunctional infantry fighting vehicle did not continue to move, but sat down directly on the wreckage of the building, took out the box for breakfast, and ate it.
On the other side, the group of German soldiers were a little stupid.
At this moment, they also understood everything, why they didn't see the Soviets moving early in the morning, and the feeling was that the Soviets had already surrendered.
"The USSR surrendered?" A German soldier squeezed his arm in disbelief and said.
"Yes, surrendered, although not to surrender to us, but really surrendered?" Another German soldier next to him said.
"What is this? We have worked so hard to attack this ruined city, but why did the Soviets surrender to the people of the Red Alert Empire? ”
"You can be content, the war is now now, it is best to end it quickly, the Soviets surrendered, and we have won." Inside the tank, an innocent voice was heard.
"The Soviets have surrendered, but whether the war is over or not, we don't know yet, there are still British people in the west." The tank commander said with a solemn face.
"Whatever, the Soviets have already surrendered anyway, which means that our current war is over." Behind the tank, a German soldier smiled with great delight.