The cool breeze dispelled the morning mist and the sky gradually became brighter. In Wanderlitz, the final battle had ended. Most of the more than 2,000 Soviet officers and soldiers who stayed here were killed, and less than 300 became German prisoners of war. For this amazing victory, the German army paid a heavy price than the opponent, and consumed amazing ammunition. Not to mention the killing of soldiers alone, there were more than 2,000 soldiers, and there were about 3,000 wounded soldiers, and the elite forces lost 5,000 in one battle. In terms of technical equipment, the German army lost more than 20 wheeled vehicles equipped with rocket launchers or recoilless guns during the attack. In the eyes of the commander, they were not as good as the fi-282 helicopter that crashed due to mechanical failure.

"According to the latest battle report, the glorious, great and unruly German team wiped out the 22nd Soviet Guard Tank Brigade in Wanderlitz in the northern suburbs of Berlin, killed more than 3,000 people below the brigade commander Velistov, destroyed 44 T-54 medium-sized tanks and 27 self-propelled artillery, destroyed, and seized more than 200 armored vehicles and trucks, which also severely damaged the 200th Soviet Guard Tank Brigade, killed more than 1,000 officers and soldiers, destroyed, and captured a large number of combat vehicles, successfully defeated the Soviet army's agility and defended the northern gate of the German capital!"

A brief but highly substantial report was released by the German official and was broadcasted by major media in a short time, becoming the focus of world attention on this day. In the battle between the Allies and the Soviet Union, the Allies also annihilated Soviet troops of brigade-level units, but in the comparison of the Soviet army's siege, annihilation, and defeating the Allied corps, such victory is simply not worth mentioning. Now, Germany, with weak national strength, not only did not defeat it in a battle as the outside world speculates, but instead supported the sudden attack of the Soviet army in the first few days with an orderly retreat. It also successfully staged a counterattack near the capital Berlin.

In any aspect, annihilation of the 22nd Tank Brigade of the Soviet Army was a war, a battle of extraordinary significance in this era. The whole Germany was cheered up and the military and civilians rekindled their hope and confidence to defeat the powerful enemy; the entire Western world awakened and inspired, and people swept away the mental pressure brought by the "Soviet Army's Invincible Theory". They vaguely saw signs of the decline of the Red Empire. The iron and firm facts were in front of them. Even if the Germans' war report was exaggerated in number, they did not mention their own losses. The Soviet camp was silent, but such setbacks were definitely not the end of the Soviet Union, and they could survive the early stage of the Patriotic War.

The defeat and heavy losses fully prove the tenacity of this alliance and its army. The 22nd Guards Tank Brigade suffered a devastating blow, and the 200th Guards Tank Brigade suffered a severe blow. Even the 11th Guards Tank Army temporarily lost the ability to continue fighting. The Soviet Command did not regret or pessimism in the decision to attack Germany. The combat command was issued from Moscow one after another, over the front army and the army. The combat deployment of the front line troops was readjusted: the 8th Mechanized Army crossed the severely damaged 11th Guards Tank Army to attack Wandlitz, and the Guards Hongqi Stalingrad-Kiev tanks

The 5th Army turned around from the Neobrandenburg area in northern Germany and headed south. The Baltic Coastal Front reserve troops were on standby in the Gulf of Stocking and crossed the border into Germany; the Polish First Front Army, which had the 2nd Guards Red Flag Tacinskaya Tanks and the 4th Guards Red Flag Kantemirovka Tanks as attacking arrows, attacking Berlin at any cost. The reserve troops of the Front quickly crossed the Ode River and entered Germany to fight; the Polish Second Front Army, which was vanguards with the 7th Guards Red Flags Kiev-Berlin Tanks and the 8th Guards Red Flags Tanks, headed north from the Kotbus-Dresden line...

After this adjustment, the three main forces of the Soviet army that invaded Germany from Poland were aimed at Berlin at the same time. The reserve forces of the two fronts crossed the border, and the total strength of the Soviet army entering Germany to fight would reach more than 1.2 million. In addition, hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops were eyeing the Czech and Austrian border areas. Judging from the strength comparison and strategic situation, the German team's hope of winning this war is still very slim.

When the first ray of sunshine in the early morning shone on the earth, the Soviet army could not wait to launch a revenge offensive. In accordance with the command of the commander, the aviation troops of the three major fronts took out their efforts. The first air offensive on that day alone invested two-fifths of combat aircraft, which meant that more than 20 aircraft groups and more than 3,000 fighter jets appeared in the eastern German airspace. Their majestic and majestic were enough to show the majesty of the Western Allied strategic bomber group during World War II. In the eyes of most people, Soviet fighters of such a scale would surely turn eastern Germany into scorched earth, and Berlin, the capital of Germany, which was difficult to rebuild after the war, would definitely not escape this time!

On the German long-range radar, dense spots of light did rush towards the German political center. At this time, after three secret mobilizations, Berlin had already evacuated more than half of the more than 2 million civilians from the capital. A large number of air defense facilities seemed to bring people back to the nightmare 1945. Before the large group of Soviet bombers arrived, Soviet fighters and attackers deployed at various battlefield airports in eastern Germany had already rushed towards the German-controlled areas with the air vanguard. They soared high at altitudes, waiting for the attack; they advanced deep, looking for and attacking German war eagles that were not able to take off; they were ready to fight fiercely with the enemy, and the pilots had even written suicide notes, but the German jet group that had cut through the sky did not appear. Apart from the Soviet fighter jets in the sky, there were only white clouds in the sky...

Moscow, Krimolin Palace. The sound of rapid footsteps sounded in the deep corridor. Andre Gromiko, the member of the Supreme Soviet Presidium responsible for diplomatic affairs, walked uneasy next to the Air Force Marshal Alexander Yevgenievich Golovanov. The two of them came straight to the office of Khrushchev, the current First Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers.

"He just got angry." Before opening the door, the secretary with shiny hair reminded.

Hearing this, Gromiko's expression became even more unnatural. From the late 1930s to the second half of the 1940s, a branch of foreign affairs in the Soviet Union was under the charge of Stalin's loyal follower Molotov. Due to conflicts in political positions, Khrushchev gradually excluded and suppressed Molotov after taking power. In 1948, Gromiko, who was then the first deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, took up his position as his predecessor. In terms of qualifications, when Molotov became a people's member of the diplomatic community (Minister of Foreign Affairs), Gromiko had just entered the diplomatic world; in terms of influence

Molotov was in the second position for a long time during the Stalin period, and Gromiko was only considered a assistant to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Except for using veto power on disarmament before the Soviet Union withdrew from the United Nations. He did not have the experience of leading important diplomatic affairs. In the irreversible political background, Gromiko became the Minister of Foreign Affairs on thin ice. With his outstanding eloquence and gentle character, he even received praise from Khrushchev many times. However, against the backdrop of many Soviet military and political bowls, only Gromiko knew how difficult it was to go.

When he walked into the office, Gromiko did not hear Khrushchev's roar, but the atmosphere inside gave him a suffocating feeling. He unconsciously slowed down his pace for half a beat, thus allowing the Air Force Marshal, who had outstanding achievements and high prestige, to walk in front.

"Our bomber group has dropped bombs in Berlin, right?" Khrushchev asked suddenly.

"In fact, the first bombing echelon will arrive in Berlin in half an hour, and more than 500 tons of bombs will be dropped into the German capital." Marshal Golovanov replied in a calm tone.

"Half an hour?" Khrushchev's gaze turned back to the visitor from the window. He looked at Golovanov and stared at Gromiko.

"Well, our professional diplomat, please tell us with your fair diplomatic knowledge, what kind of trouble would it bring to the Soviet Union if we insist on bombing Berlin in this situation?"

Gromiko subconsciously swallowed his saliva. When he spoke, his voice was calm and outsiders could hardly hear his uneasy and nervousness: "Blasting the military targets in the capital of the enemy is a very reasonable means of war, and our decision to bomb was made before Germany declared Berlin an unguarded city. The pilot did not know that Berlin had become an unguarded city before taking off. We can give sufficient and effective evidence to prove this. However, Western countries have always been good at manipulating international public opinion to attack us. It is foreseeable that if we bomb Berlin this time, they would definitely use this excuse to exaggerate, and then openly provide assistance to our enemies, and even secretly use aircraft and ships to assist them in combat."

"Hmph, the United States hopes that other countries will break out in wars so that they can make a fortune from it. After three world wars, most of the world's wealth has been concentrated in the United States. These greedy merchants, capitalists, war dealers! Merchants, capitalists, war dealers!" Khrushchev finally repeated his evaluation of his former allies viciously, and the development of the situation has proved the fertile nature of this alliance again and again.

"If you feel it is necessary, we can change the bombing targets at any time, Potsdam, Oraninburg or Wandlitz." said Golovanov Air Marshal with his head held high and his chest.

Khrushchev did not make a decision immediately. He sat back on the chair, looked up at the ceiling, his thumbs quickly circled each other, muttering vaguely in his mouth: "Destroy, forgive, destroy, forgive..."

After a while, the door was pushed open, and the previous secretary reported: "Martin Zhukov has arrived."

"I have said many times that Marshal Zhukov can enter my office at any time and there is no need to ask for instructions!" Khrushchev scolded him pretending to behave.

"Yes, please forgive me for my negligence."

The secretary with shiny hair quickly asked Marshal Zhukov, who was waiting outside the door, to come in. Khrushchev also stood up to greet him, and his hands were clasped together as if they were decent.

"Comrade Georgia Konstantinovich Zhukov, you came in time! What do you think about this?" Khrushchev said with respect and even a little flattering. When he was fighting for the supreme power of the Soviet Union in 1948, Khrushchev, who served as the secretary of the First Party Committee of Ukraine, was not enough to compete with Beria, Malenkov and others. Obtaining the support of the main generals of the army was a key to his surprise victory. After gradually gaining power in the country, Khrushchev gave his collaborators generous rewards. Zhukov became the Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union as he wished, and commanded the Soviet army's combat operations that swept across Central Europe in 1948, consolidating his image as a god of war in the minds of the Soviet people, and his personal prestige reached its peak.

"What do you think? Is the just Soviet Red Army going to make concessions to the evil fascists?" Zhukov glanced coldly at Gromiko standing beside him, with the contempt in his eyes obviously directed at others.

The Marshal of the Golovanov kept his military posture silently, and Gromiko's face turned red and white. Instead, Khrushchev broke the embarrassing atmosphere with laughter: "My opinion is completely consistent with Comrade Zhukov. The Germans used to act as if they were guarding Berlin to death, but now they suddenly announced that Berlin was not on defense. How ridiculous is this contradictory behavior. This shows that they were afraid of the Soviet Red Army from the bottom of their hearts and hoped that such a bad idea could save their failure! It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous!"

"Yes, how ridiculous!" Gromiko responded, and then felt embarrassed again.

"Sit down! Everyone, let's relax. In a few more than twenty minutes, Berlin will become a burning city! But it doesn't matter. The Germans are skilled in architecture. They will not be able to rebuild a Berlin soon. Maybe they should thank us for giving them the opportunity to improve urban planning and make Berlin more modern. And we... have an unparalleled Moscow, a city that integrates ancient culture and modern civilization!" Khrushchev asked the three of them to sit on the sofa, and asked the secretary to send coffee and cigars. After sitting down, Gromiko's expression was much more relaxed, and Khrushchev even wiped out the gloom of the past. Instead, the two soldiers looked solemn.

"If the United States and Britain announce assistance to Germany and the Western world is openly involved in this war, we don't have to reserve too much. We can consider conducting nuclear explosion tests in a timely manner. Let the enemy know that we also have this devastating weapon, so that they can carefully consider the consequences before threatening us with an atomic bomb." Zhukov said in an extremely serious tone. On this issue of national decision-making, he and Khrushchev should have communicated with him. Gromiko is responsible for diplomacy and Golovanov is responsible for the air force. Although the two are not in the absolute core circle of Soviet power, they still have an important say in the issue of the Soviet Union's open possession of nuclear weapons.

"All conditions for nuclear explosion tests have been met, and the chief engineer can guarantee 100% success. The key is that once the test is conducted, it is equivalent to an announcement to the Western world that we have an atomic bomb. There is no choice." Khrushchev's eyes swept to Golovanov and Gromiko, and both of them knew that the Soviet Union had been implementing nuclear weapons plans in full swing.

"Since the Convention on the Comprehensive Ban of Nuclear Weapon Tests is only an initiative, our atomic bomb test explosion does not violate any international conventions, but is just contrary to the statements we issued earlier..." Gromiko warned cautiously.

"If I remember correctly, Comrade Molotov signed the statement! Even if I have to hold the responsibility accountable, he should bear it, right?" Khrushchev said.

"Yes, yes, very right!" Gromiko nodded repeatedly.

"There's one more thing." Zhukov frowned and said reluctantly: "I vaguely feel that the Germans dug us a precise trap. Although the mud pit cannot trap the war horses, the horse may have broken its legs because of this..."

The Air Force Marshal, who had not spoken since Zhukov came in, suddenly spoke: "I have similar concerns for some reason."

Khrushchev took a heavy breath, instantly put away his happy expression, and said coldly: "Since the establishment of our Soviet Union, every war has been related to the life and death of the Red regime. The civil war and armed interference from 1917 to 1922, the Patriotic War, the war against the joint aggression of Western countries, in those most difficult times, we face danger without fear of death, and persisted with extremely tenacious perseverance. Today, Germany seems weak, but the innate martial spirit and aggressiveness of this nation have not been

There is a change, the state regime is still controlled by militarists, and the economy cannot wait to reorganize its arms before it has recovered. If we stand by and let it develop, within ten years, a powerful German team will launch an attack on the Soviet Union with the support of Western countries. This is by no means an exaggeration! Because of the above judgment on the development of the situation, no matter whether we have traps or mines ahead, how much sacrifice it takes to win, we must move forward bravely, defeat the enemy with offense, eliminate threats with offense, and win the final victory with offense!"

Gromiko looked at the three people in front of him with trepidation. The attitudes of the two military marshals were somewhat affected by Khrushchev. The trouble in their eyes disappeared a little, but they still had their own entanglements in their hearts.

Khrushchev continued: "I remember in 1919, the United States provided enough weapons to the Denikin armed forces of the Caucasus with 100,000 people. The British sent military instructors. This reactionary armed force once occupied Kiev and marched towards Moscow. Kolchak's White Army also received support from hostile countries. By 1920, Poland sent more than 700,000 troops to invade Ukraine. At that time, our Red Army was in great difficulty. It seemed incredible to win now. Perhaps, sometimes we should adjust our posture and regard ourselves as strategic weak people rather than invincible strong soldiers. In that way, we have sufficient motivation to defeat the German team and seize the industrial facilities and technical forces we need from them. Our intelligence department has collected a lot of information for this. As long as our army wins a critical victory, we will definitely be able to reap this precious wealth in the follow-up operation."!~!
Chapter completed!