Nine hundred and twenty-two. Iron Cross
The post office has a window with a wide view but a private view. Zov was shooting like a machine inside, switching between bazookas and machine guns, firing wildly at everything he could see. In the dimly lit post office, empty shells and rocket launchers were everywhere.
For a moment, Heisenberg stood at the end of the trench and watched him fight alone in his room. His face was covered in charred blood, and his hair had long since been scorched by the flames of the rocket's launch...... Apart from shouting and fighting, there is no human appearance......
"Hey—Zoff." Heisenberg called his brother's name in my loudest voice: "All right." Let's go...... Say it's good...... Let's go! ”
Zov stopped shooting. He heard his best friend's voice, "Heisenberg......" He turned his head and looked at Heisenberg, the glint of joy in his eyes almost turning into liquid.
He understood what the other meant—just as Heisenberg understood what he meant.
However, at this very moment, the Russian tank in the square finally fired a fatal shot at the small post office on the street corner. A high-explosive shell flew out of the barrel, swept past the charging Russian infantry, swept past the tank wreckage on the front line, the fleshy corpses, swept past all struggles and hopes, and finally got into the small window of the post office......
Suddenly, the entire wall was torn apart, and a violent explosion flew with stones into every space, burrowing into every gap. In front of Heisenberg's eyes, Zoff's body was completely torn apart by this sudden blow...... His limbs bounced like stones from post office walls, and his face melted from the heat. The skull flew out of the jaw, sticking to the wall behind it like a piece of chewing gum...... The broken body was like flesh and blood after being coaxed by a wild wolf, and it was sprinkled all over the ground. I don't recognize it as it is.
Heisenberg was completely deafened by the explosion. There was nothing left in the ears, only a constant and monotonous "buzzing" sound. The huge wave of air pushed him out again, and he stubbornly got up again, and returned to the door of the post office again. He had a headache and blood was dripping from his nose...... With all his strength, he climbed from the trench to the floor of the post office, on the bloody corpses of his comrades. There was one thing he had to take—he had to take it, that was their agreement.
Heisenberg struggled to crawl over his flesh and flip over his body. Finally, on his headless neck, he felt the Iron Cross...... He pulled the cross off and clutched it in my right hand. By the time he crawled out of the post office, the Russian infantry had already jumped into the trenches to engage the remaining grenadiers in hand-to-hand combat. A grenadier turned a grenade into a hand-to-hand weapon. He stood there resolutely. Prepare to knock open the enemy's head with a grenade.
Heisenberg fired a few random shots, but one bullet went into the ribs -! The broken ribs plunged into his lungs—and his body went limp...... His mouth was wide open, seeking to cry instinctively, but nothing could come out......
He tilted his head, and in his blurred vision appeared two horses, which they had found before the battle. And a few hours earlier, Heisenberg and Zoff had left them behind the line of defense of the cemetery. In the constant rain of bullets, they are still alive. The two horses huddled together in horror. Bullets hit the walls around them, but they couldn't run...... The reins tied the two horses to a dead tree.
A pair of hands grabbed Heisenberg in horror. He struggled to look up. It's Hasen. The young man was excitedly saying something to him, but he couldn't hear it. His vision was completely blurred.
"Bridge...... Bridge ......" Heisenberg did everything he could to make a sound.
His body rubbed and moved on the ground...... He felt ...... He thought...... Faithful Hasson must have risked his life dragging me in the direction of the bridge. He struggled to get another look at the two horses. When he looked up, he saw a Russian heavy tank flashing and exploding violently...... As it drove through the trenches, it was overturned by explosives. The last MG62 on the graveyard line rang, and it was arranged behind the entire line of defense to be used as an instrument at the end of the movement. It rang out, and the bullet's beam swept across the entire line, and the Russian and German soldiers disappeared into the flames...... Bodies close at hand were scattered all over the ground like smashed pumpkins. Soon, however, the last machine gun was also quiet...... More, more Ivan appeared in the trenches, stepping on all obstacles that stood in his way.
A sticky stream of blood came out of the mouth and pulled out a long strip like snot...... Heisenberg tilted his head and saw me at the hotel where he and Zoff had first met Hasen this morning...... He squeezed his right hand vigorously, trying to make sure that Zoff's Iron Cross was still in his hand.
At. I'm very pleased.
When Hassen returned to the bridgehead of the Panzers with Heisenberg, Heisenberg remembered what the Panzers looked like when they saw him. They looked at him with incredulous eyes, trying to imagine what kind of baptism I had experienced in front of me......
"Why didn't you go to the graveyard for anything! For what did your tank not go to the graveyard! Why do you want to run over the corpses of your own people! For what...... And what about the reinforcements you are talking about? And what about the reinforcement of armored forces? Where is it!! Where! Swindler! Bastard! It's all bastards - you fucking liar! Heisenberg hissed at Rutherfer, hissing, but more blood flowed out.
Hassan ended up leaving him on the bridge.
"Liar...... Scammers ......"
Heisenberg breathed hard, staring blankly at the sky above him. The clouds of steel were a little thin, and the dawn that was obscured by it was being revealed.
It's almost dawn.
Rutherford and his panzers saluted at the end of the portrait of Baron Alexon and Hitler. Then the young SS major jumped into his own tank. Two Type 3 assault guns drove away from the bridgehead with their huge weapons, shouting battle slogans, and headed for the city, which was filled with fire and smoke......
Heisenberg rolled over and crawled hard towards the edge of the bridge. Sticky black blood flowed down his hands to the ground.
Major Bolorsky remained calm and ambushed on the top floor of the hotel. He saved Heisenberg and Zoff's lives tonight. He has killed countless enemies, and his battle results have climbed to nearly 200. However, when he pulled the trigger again, the bullet did not fly out of the chamber. Originally. The last shot is already the last one......
Downstairs in the hotel, the shouts of the Russians were heard.
The old sniper smiled dismally, and the last time he stroked his beloved rifle with his beard......
Heisenberg finally climbed to the edge of the bridge, and below was the babbling and flowing River Taber. He could even hear their clear voices. The river begins in the ice fields of the Alps, flows through the whole of Eastern Europe, and finally joins the ocean in the Baltic Sea...... The waters of the Baltic Sea join the waters of the North Sea and flow into the Atlantic Ocean...... Free. Boundless Atlantic ......
The wounded, dragging their broken bodies, left the shelter one after another, fighting the Russians with all the weapons they could find. They did not transfer as ordered. All chose to stay, believing that they could hold off the Russians – just as they had overcome their physical wounds with their will.
They were greeted by heavy tanks of the Russians. They made a metallic screech, and the engine roared as it ran over the German wounded who were stopping it with grenades...... Their bodies were framed by tank tracks on the cobblestone ground of the main road. Tanks drove across the main road. In the end, it directly collapsed the two-story building where the wounded were taking refuge......
Hasan stood at the head of the bridge with a rifle loaded with a bayonet. A Russian shouted and charged. Hassan shouted in a childish voice, stabbing him with a stab. But the enemy, before dying, also hit Hasen in the face with a fierce blow from the butt of his own rifle. The young man slumped to the ground in embarrassment, groping like a blind man. The next Russian to rush up snatched the rifle from Hassen's hand, then turned around and stabbed him in the heart with the bayonet above...... The young warrior did not die, he struggled on the ground, trying to get up again. The Russian kicked him in the head and cursed in his mouth. Pulled off Hassam's steel helmet and chopped Hasen's head with the heel of his boots......
The wails gradually turned into shattering sounds......
Heisenberg felt the Iron Cross around his neck.
The last time he screamed. Pull it off the collar...... I don't have much strength left.
He grabbed his Iron Cross and Zoff's Iron Cross with his right hand, and prepared to throw them off the bridge. But the bayonets of the Russians were one step ahead. The cold weapon plunged mercilessly into Heisenberg's body, and the already bloody chest cavity burst open, and the tremendous pressure soaked blood everywhere...... But the Russian was not satisfied, and while he swirled his bayonet and twisted Heisenberg's body, he slashed his neck with his blood-stained boots......
In a trance...... Heisenberg crawled with difficulty through the battlefield, over the warriors, through all the evasion, struggle, pain, vulnerability...... Responsibility has dissolved in the blur of flesh and blood; Courage has been disintegrated in the annihilation of the soul...... Touched it! Finally touched it! He struggled to open his eyes, blood blurring his vision...... But he knew that he had touched them...... The horses, Heisenberg and Zoff's horses, were groping him with their noses, testing their master's intentions. When he untied the reins that bound them, the two horses ran away.
Yes, he can hear ...... The sound of their distant hooves, their gasps of excitement.
When his hands hung limply, the two Iron Crosses finally broke free and fell into the river under the bridge. The river is gentle and calm. The gentle currents of the water carry the two iron crosses through the battlefield, through the villages, through the farmland, and finally into the sea......
The sea water is salty. It will take a year, or a decade, to corrode and melt away their medals, their oaths...... By then, Zoff, they will be powdered – free to drift with the currents anywhere in the sea.
Then they will not be bound and will not have to fight.
That's when they fulfilled their promise.
Together, get their ...... back Freely......
......
The Russian grinned and raised his bayonet again...... When the bayonet fell, Heisenberg would bid farewell to this cold and merciless world forever......
Heisenberg didn't seem to see anything. His eyes were fixed on the churning river...... The Iron Cross is in that river...... Heisenberg's eyes were full of pre-death fanaticism......
Yes, fanaticism. fanaticism that no one could understand except the German soldiers......
When the tip of the bayonet touched Heisenberg's body, a fierce burst of gunfire suddenly rang out...... The burly Russian fell into the river without saying a word.
Heisenberg did not know whether he was alive or dead, but it made no difference to him whether he was alive or dead...... He saw so many brothers die in front of him, those German soldiers who were alive and well, those good brothers who fought with him in blood......
His heart is already dead......
Before he fell unconscious, he heard a voice: "Colonel Heisenberg?" I have come to reinforce you on the orders of Field Marshal Ernst......"
Heisenberg let out a long sigh of relief...... Field Marshal Ernst. Once again, he heard the name of Field Marshal Ernst...... In his most difficult and needy times, Marshal Ernst was always able to bring him the greatest miracles......
......
The cannon was still ringing out there. Heisenberg tried to open his eyes, and he tried to move, but immediately a great pain came from all over his body.
"Don't move, Colonel Heisenberg. Your mission is done. ”
An incomparably familiar voice reached the hurtful ear. Then Heisenberg saw that incomparably familiar face.
He smiled, knowing that he would be able to see this face again, and fight again for the pride and dignity of Germany under his command:
Ernst. Alexon. Feng. Brahm!
"Marshal, many soldiers are dead...... "Heisenberg said weakly, "many, many and so they died in front of me." ”
"I know, Colonel." Wang Weiyi said calmly: "You captured Levto, and then stubbornly defended here with a weak force. You did everything you could. They will not die in vain, now. Leave it to us. ”
Now, leave it to us!
When Baron Skeleton uttered these words, the terrible nightmare of the Russians came. The victory they were once so close to, they have almost even seen it.
But at the moment of victory, all their dreams were shattered.
Reinforcements from the Germans have arrived, the Baronial Guard has arrived!
These wolf-like Germans, as soon as they entered Levto, broke out into a terrible roar. They must give back to these Russians tenfold and hundredfold what their companions have suffered!
They must show the Russians that the majesty of Germany cannot be challenged by the enemy!
And so, the tragedy of the Russians began at this moment......
A large number of Leopard IX and Destroyer 3 tanks appeared in Levto, which was a torrent of German steel. They launched a counter-offensive against the attacking Russians as if no one was around, and with their strong will and equally strong combat effectiveness, they plunged the Russians into chaos.
Wang Weiyi watched coldly at what was happening on the battlefield, and the German soldiers, whether the SS or the Wehrmacht, who were struggling to hold on to Levto, had done everything they could, and they had fulfilled their loyalty with their blood and lives.
Blood - it always takes more blood to pay it back!
"Marshal, we have routed the left flank of the Russians and are now advancing towards the position of the city center." Karemb came up to him and said loudly.
"Very well, the battle here must be over before dark tomorrow." Wang Weiyi still said in a cold voice: "Every minute we delay here, Robinster's casualties will increase. ”
"Yes, Marshal." Karemb hesitated: "We have captured some prisoners, some of whom have surrendered, and some of whom I don't know what to do with them. ”
Wang Weiyi glanced at him, compared to his father Rommel, Karenbu's character was a little less bold: "Karlumbu, we will always capture many prisoners, and at such an extraordinary moment, we may have to use some extraordinary means. History is always written by the victors. ”
"Yes, I see." Karumbu saluted, then strode out.
Wang Weiyi looked back, he found that Heisenberg on the hospital bed was looking directly at him, and he walked to Heisenberg's side: "Is there anything you want to say, Colonel?" ”
"Please help me kill all the Russians, marshal." Despite his weakness, Heisenberg managed to speak in the loudest voice: "Many, many German soldiers died here, in front of my eyes, and in those of my good friends. I can't close my eyes because as long as I close my eyes, I can see them. Marshal, will you be able to understand my pain? ”
"I can understand your pain, and I can understand Germany's pain." Wang Weiyi said lightly: "We have done our best to help the Russians, but they have betrayed us, and any betrayal will make them pay a heavier price." So, Colonel Heisenberg, you can close your eyes and sleep peacefully. ”
Heisenberg let out a long sigh, believing that the marshal would be able to do it if he had promised the wine! (To be continued......)