There is a saying that before a ship sinks, the rats on the ship are the first to escape.
As the German Army Chief of Staff, Krebs actually rode a barrel truck with a white flag, passed through the defense lines of the two armies, and entered the Soviet headquarters, where he stayed for a long time. As long as you know this
The German officers and soldiers who were watching the incident had some thoughts in their minds.
A German corporal named Polis couldn't help but feel a sense of humiliation when he saw Krebs riding in a car with a white flag, going back and forth between the defense zones of the two armies. Although he was very young, he was also
I once heard that after Germany's defeat in World War I, they signed a surrender agreement in a carriage in the forest of Compiègne, France. In order to wash away this shame, when the German army occupied Paris a few years ago, Mustache ordered that the surrender be carried out in a carriage in the forest of Compiègne, France.
In the carriage, France signed the same humiliating surrender agreement.
Now the Army Chief of Staff has personally gone to the Russian territory, indicating that the situation is once again unfavorable to Germany. This war can no longer be fought, and he may have to sign another surrender document that will be humiliating for future generations. Polis holds on tight
He grabbed the gun in his hand and thought to himself that if he saw Krebs on the front line again, he would shoot him without hesitation. He would never let Germany sign a humiliating surrender document again.
Fortunately, Krebs came back soon. Judging from his facial expression, this negotiation did not go smoothly. When Polis saw this, he felt a burst of joy in his heart. Judging from the expression of the chief of general staff,
It can be guessed that this negotiation was unsuccessful. This means that Admiral Krebs will not be the culprit who will humiliate Germany again.
After Krebs returned to the bunker, he reported the detailed process of the negotiations to Goebbels, and specifically emphasized: "Dr. Goebbels, the Russians have made it clear that a ceasefire is impossible unless we put down our weapons.
Only by surrendering to them unconditionally can negotiations continue."
Goebbels knew very well that once he agreed to the conditions of the Soviet army and announced unconditional surrender, after the war was over, Krebs, Guderian, Manstein and others would still have a chance to survive, but he would be
Sent to a military court in the name of a war criminal. In other words, authorizing Krebs to continue surrender negotiations would be tantamount to sending himself to a dead end, which he would never do.
However, Goebbels still had a glimmer of fantasy in his heart, and was ready to let Krebs try again, and maybe things would turn around: "Your Excellency, Chief of General Staff, I suggest you talk to the Russians again and say that we want to stop
A military confrontation with them, handing over the city to their management within a limited limit, and allowing them to impose a certain degree of punishment on the individual people who caused this war..." He mentioned a dozen conditions in one breath, Krebs
No matter how you listen to it, you feel like the other person is preparing to save his own life.
After finally waiting for Goebbels to finish speaking, Krebs said helplessly: "Okay, Dr. Goebbels, I will try to communicate with General Chuikov again, hoping that he can change his mind."
Krebs returned to his office, called the adjutant, and said to him: "Call the frontier and ask them to send someone to contact General Chuikov and tell him that I plan to meet him at the northeast corner of the zoo.
Continue the unfinished negotiations, and the meeting time is at nine o'clock."
After Chuikov received the message from the German army, he was about to leave to see Krebs. But his military commissar, Major General Pronin, caught him and said warily: "Comrade Commander, I don't think you should go.
This may be a German conspiracy."
Unexpectedly, after Chuikov heard this, he said disapprovingly: "Comrade Military Commissar, don't worry, the Germans are about to fail. As the German Chief of Army General Staff, Krebs should be able to see this, and he will not do anything
What a conspiracy."
Seeing that Chuikov insisted on going his own way, Pronin knew that he could not stop him, so he could only sigh and said helplessly: "Comrade Commander, since you insist on meeting Krebs, then I will accompany you.
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In this way, Chuikov and Pronin took a dozen guards and drove to the location agreed by Krebs.
After arriving at the destination, he saw that the middle of the two army positions was empty, with no one in sight. Pronin said vigilantly: "Comrade Commander, why is there no one? Could it be a German conspiracy?"
"Comrade Military Commissar, you are too neurotic." After hearing this, Chuikov said with a smile: "I have already said that the Germans are about to fail, so they are forced to send the Chief of General Staff to negotiate with us. Can they still come up with something?
What a conspiracy."
After saying that, Chuikov walked out from behind the broken wall and walked towards the open space between the two armies.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he took a few steps forward, he heard a crisp gunshot. Chuikov was shocked and froze on the spot. Pronin was shocked when he saw this, and rushed over with two people, thinking
Rescue Chuikov. As soon as they approached Chuikov, another gunshot was heard, and then Chuikov fell on his back. Pronin hurriedly stepped forward to hold him up, preventing Chuikov from falling to the ground.
Pronin lowered his head and saw that Chuikov's left leg was bleeding continuously. He quickly shouted to the guards who followed him: "What are you doing here? Why don't you hurry up and carry the commander to a safe place?" Hearing this.
The guards ordered by Pronin immediately carried Chuikov with all their hands and feet and quickly hid behind a nearby broken wall.
After entering a safe place, Pronin asked Chuikov with concern: "Comrade Commander, where are you injured?"
Chuikov tried his best to put a smile on his face: "Comrade Military Commissar, I seem to have been shot in the leg."
"Hurry up and find a health worker." Pronin pushed a soldier next to him and said to him: "Hurry up and find a health worker or military doctor."
Fortunately, there was a health worker nearby. After learning that the commander was injured here, he hurriedly ran over. He squatted in front of Chuikov and quickly gave Chuikov a burst of morphine to relieve the pain, and said quickly: "Commander.
Comrade, please bear with me, I will check you right away."
After some inspection, it was found that Chuikov was only shot in the left leg and knee, with no critical injuries. Just take out the bullet. Just when Pronin ordered the soldiers to carry Chuikov back to the group army headquarters, the other party called
The Germans shouted: "Russians don't shoot, Russians don't shoot, our General Krebs wants to see your General Chuikov! Repeat, our General Krebs wants to see your General Chuikov."
"
"These damn Germans," Pronin heard the other party's shouts, pulled out the pistol from his waist, and said through gritted teeth: "They should have deceived us. I will take people out to teach them a lesson."
"Comrade Military Commissar, don't be anxious." But Chuikov grabbed him and said to him at the same time: "First see if General Krebs is outside."
Pronin cautiously raised his head and looked outside. Sure enough, he saw General Krebs sitting in an open car with a white flag. He quickly turned back to Chuikov and said: "Comrade Commander, you are right, Krebs."
General Si is not far from here."
"I think the two shots just now were probably made by the more stubborn soldiers in the German army." Chuikov explained to Pronin considerately: "Maybe they couldn't accept the fact of surrender, so they tried their best to stop this in their own way.
That's why someone shot at me just now."
"So what do we do now?"
"What else can we do?" Chuikov said with a wry smile: "Send someone to invite General Krebs over. I want to hear if he has any new words this time."
Soon, Krebs, led by Pronin, came to Chuikov.
Seeing Chuikov lying on the stretcher, Krebs couldn't help being shocked and asked quickly: "General, what is going on? How could you be injured?"
"Humph, you have the nerve to say that." Pronin sneered and said, "Just now our commander wanted to negotiate with you in the middle zone according to the agreement with you, but he was shot by your soldiers, causing injuries to his legs and knees.
.”
"Your Majesty General, I guarantee you with the honor of a soldier." After hearing what Pronin said, Krebs stood up straight and said with a serious expression: "I definitely did not order anyone to shoot General Chuikov."
"Comrade Military Commissar, stop talking." Chuikov interrupted Pronin: "I believe General Krebs. He is a real soldier and would never do anything to order his subordinates to fight coldly." See Pronin.
As if he wanted to say something else, he continued, "Hurry up and ask General Krebs to go to my headquarters and entertain him well."
After everyone returned to the headquarters, Chuikov left Krebs in the conference room and asked Pronin to stay with him. Then he temporarily left the conference room in the name of treating his wounds.
Arriving in the next room, the military doctor responsible for treating Chuikov's wound was already waiting here. He bent down to check Chuikov's wound, and then said: "Comrade Commander, it will take at least an hour to remove the bullet..."
"No, one hour is too long." Chuikov waved his hand and said, "I can only give you half an hour at most."
"What, half an hour?" The military doctor shook his head and said, "This is simply impossible."
"Comrade military doctor, there are only 29 minutes left now. If you don't hurry up, you won't be able to complete my operation within half an hour."
"Okay, Comrade Commander." Faced with such a stubborn Chuikov, the military doctor could only say with a wry smile: "Then I will start operating on you now."
When Chuikov lay down and waited for the military doctor to operate, he picked up the phone on the table and called Zhukov: "Hello, Comrade Marshal, this is Chuikov!"
"Chuikov, what's the matter?"
"Comrade Marshal, General Krebs is here again." Chuikov said: "I guess it's about the ceasefire again."
"Where is he now? Is he with you?"
"No, Comrade Marshal." Chuikov shook his head and said, "He is in the conference room next door, and I am doing surgery."
"Operation?" Zhukov couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this, and then asked: "What operation?"
"I just went to the southeast corner of the zoo to meet with Krebs, but unexpectedly I was shot coldly by the other party's soldiers."
"What, you were shot coldly by the Germans?" Zhukov asked with a shocked face: "Are you injured?"
"I was shot once in the left leg and knee." Chuikov gritted his teeth and said, "But the injuries are not serious. The military doctor is preparing to operate on me."
"You perform the operation well. I will call the Supreme Commander himself now and ask him what he means."
Half an hour passed and the operation was not completed, but Zhukov's call came back.
"Comrade Marshal," Chuikov, who was sweating profusely in pain, said a little weakly: "I wonder what the Supreme Commander's answer is?"
"The answer from the Supreme Commander himself is very simple." Zhukov said expressionlessly: "The Germans can only surrender unconditionally. We will not conduct any negotiations with them, nor with Krebs, nor with other Faxi Temple elements.
talk."
"Understood, Comrade Marshal." Chuikov said: "I will convey the wishes of the Supreme Commander himself to General Krebs."
"Wait a minute, Chuikov, I haven't finished speaking yet." Zhukov continued: "Tell Krebs that the German army must surrender immediately and unconditionally, otherwise our army will launch a full-scale general offensive at 10:40 this morning!"
Seeing that his operation was still in progress, Chuikov called a hygienist and asked him to call Pronin.
Soon, Pronin entered the room, glanced at the military doctor who was performing the operation, and then came to Chuikov and asked: "Comrade Commander, you asked me to come over. Is there anything important?"
Chuikov repeated Zhukov's words to Pronin, and finally said: "Comrade Military Commissar, tell Krebs that this is our army's ultimatum. If they do not agree, when the time comes, we will launch a comprehensive
s attack."
After listening to Pronin's words, Krebs got up and left Chuikov's headquarters in despair, and took a car back to his own defense area.
As soon as he entered the defense area, Krebs suddenly remembered that Chuikov was injured, and quickly ordered the adjutant to stop the car, and then asked the officers and soldiers in the trench: "Soldiers, can any of you tell me who fired in the opposite direction just now?"
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"It's me, General!" Upon hearing Krebs' question, Corporal Polis immediately stood up and admitted: "I was the one who shot at the Russians on the opposite side."
"Corporal." Krebs glanced at the other party's military rank, and then said: "For us, this damn war should be over. We have already lost too many people. In order to save more lives, we
The only choice is to compromise with the Russians."
"Your Excellency, General." Danpolis said unconvinced: "We still have hundreds of thousands of troops in the city and millions of troops in other places. We are fully capable of fighting the Russians. How can we do it casually?
How about laying down your arms and surrendering?”
"Corporal, there is no point in continuing to fight." Krebs looked at his subordinates and said, "Let's all put down their weapons, take off their uniforms, and go back to their homes. I hope that after we announce our surrender, the Russians will
I won’t do anything cruel to you.”
"What about you, General?" Polis continued, "Are you willing to surrender to the Russians?"
"No, Corporal." Krebs shook his head and said decisively: "I will use my own life to defend the honor of the military and use my blood to wash away the shame of failure."
