Once upon a time, I hoped that at the moment when the Soviet and American armies met in the Elbe River, I would be one of the participants, so that I would have the chance to be recorded in history. But at this moment, I have no interest in such a big event as joining forces, because the 8th group army of the guards under the command of trekov and I is only one step away from the center of Berlin. As long as the troops are allowed to attack the prime minister's office and capture Hitler or other heads of state alive, it will be a marvelous achievement.

After seizing the tyre garden area, the troops continued to advance, and trekov's troops headed for the Capitol; Kuznetsov's troops, on the other hand, were ordered to capture the new imperial chancellery, which was on the side of worth street and at the intersection of Wilhelm street.

As the smoke dispersed from the street, I saw a busy scene: the offensive troops formed three columns, advancing rapidly along one side of the street; Members of the logistics force, carrying ammunition boxes, go hand in hand with the troops; The personnel of the rescue team are rescuing the wounded in the street or removing the remains of the victims; The workers of the maintenance station came to the armored tractor and towed away the destroyed tanks on the road, clearing a way for the coming tanks and artillery.

The troops of the 79th division of the guards, who rushed to the front, were soon blocked by the landville canal. Although the river is not wide, but because the bridge on the river has been bombed by the German army, and there is no equipment to cross the river, the offensive forces had to stop advancing temporarily. After receiving the report, the division commander, Colonel shemchenkov, immediately ordered the troops to swim across the landville canal as soon as possible to occupy the German communication hub and cut off the main communication between Berlin and the outside world.

No one thought that the crafty German deployed many firepower points on the upper part of the embankment on the other bank. When a company commander and fighter put off his military uniform and weapons on his head, just went down to the bone piercing River and was ready to swim towards the other bank, the German machine gun suddenly opened fire. More than a dozen machine guns slanted down from the bank, like a lot of sand, splashed over and over again from left to right, sweeping down our army officers and men who had not yet woken up.

Just a few minutes later, there was no one alive on the river, only nearly a hundred incomplete bodies floating and sinking on the water, and the blood of the commanders and fighters dyed the landville canal red.

Seeing that the German army had deployed many machine gun fire points on the other side, Colonel shemchenkov immediately reported to trikov that he had found enemy fire points on the other side of the randville canal and asked for artillery support.

When we received the report from shemchenkov, we had just arrived at the newly established headquarters. Trikov nodded to bozars, who was standing on one side, and said to him, "artillery commander, the enemy has deployed a lot of firepower on the other side of the randville canal, and immediately destroy them with heavy artillery fire."

After half an hour's artillery bombardment, the 79th division of the close guard, which was ready to cross the river, carried out forced crossing again. Although there was no enemy shooting above the embankment this time, many shooting holes appeared on the embankment near the water surface. The enemy hiding inside blocked the river again with intensive fire, causing great casualties to our river crossing troops.

At the position of the 220th regiment of the division, the commanders and fighters found a complete arched bridge and immediately launched an attack with two tanks. Unexpectedly, there was a heavy German guard on the opposite side of the bridge. As soon as our tanks got to the middle of the bridge, they were shot by Tiger tanks hidden in the fortifications on the opposite bank. After a few shots, our tanks stopped on the bridge and started to burn. The tank soldiers had to abandon their cars and withdraw.

When he heard that the 79th division of the guards had been frustrated in many attacks, he ordered them to suspend the attack and rest on the south side of the landville canal until tomorrow.

As soon as trikov put down the phone, he immediately called bozalski over again and discussed with him: "Comrade artillery commander, there are many shooting holes on the north bank dike of the German army, which are just in the dead corner of our artillery. Do you have any way to solve them?"

Pozharski looked down at the map, and then said, "there are many complete buildings on the South Bank of the canal. I can let the artillery put their guns in the buildings and kill them in the shooting holes on the dykes. However, the premise is that we should first find out the specific location of these shooting holes. "

"That's no problem," trekov said, nodding his head. "I'll send someone to find out the position of the enemy's firepower immediately."

After bozarsky left, trakov turned to me and asked, "Rita, do you have any good way to find out the exact location of the German firepower?"

"It's not difficult to find out where the German firepower is." If I want to cheat the world and cross the sea to complete the forced crossing task, I have many ways. At the moment, I heard trekov's inquiry, and I immediately pointed to the map and said to him, "general trekov, when it's dark, let the soldiers pack some floating things in sacks and throw them into the water. When the German army detects something on the water, it will surely think that our army is sneaking in, and it will carry out firepower interception, so that all their firepower points will be exposed. After daybreak, our artillery in the riverside buildings, condescending, with artillery fire to remove them one by one

"That's a good idea." After hearing this, trakov nodded, called Vladimirov over and said, "call back Colonel shemchenkov and ask him to send someone to carry out reconnaissance tonight."

"I understand," Vladimirov promised, and then reported to trakov, "Comrade commander, I just got the news that after crossing the canal, general Kuznetsov's third assault group army divided into two groups, one to attack the new German prime minister's office, the other to launch a strong attack on the secret police building outside the parliament building, but they were in these two places, They were all tenaciously defended by the German army, and they didn't get any results. "

When Vladimirov mentioned the new German chancellery again, my heart beat faster because I knew that Hitler's hiding place was there. Now history has shifted, and it is possible that Kuznetsov's subordinates will catch Hitler and the leaders of the Communist Party alive in the wrong circumstances.

However, the positions of which troops to attack are arranged by the headquarters of the front army. No one can change them without Zhukov's permission. I know where Hitler is hiding, but I can only leave this opportunity to others.

That night, I learned from marinin that the five army groups of the front forces involved in the attack on Berlin had surrounded the tirgaden sandbank, where the center of Berlin is located. In the southeast are the three armies of the 5th assault group army of berzalin: the 26th, 32nd, and 6th guard infantry; To the south, there are two armies of the 8th group army of cuikov's guards: the 4th and 29th armies of the guards; To the West are the 2nd group army of Bogdanov's close guard tanks and the 47th group army of pelhorovic; To the north are two armies of Kuznetsov's 3rd shock group army: the 12th and the 79th guards. The Capitol is the ultimate target of our army's attack in the Berlin campaign. Which army takes the lead in seizing this building will be recorded in history.

The next day, as soon as it was light, there was a rumble of artillery outside. It was the artillery of the group army, bombarding the German positions on the other side. Bozalski's artillery deployed on the South Bank of the canal, according to the instructions of the scouts, first destroyed the German firepower points hidden on the dam with direct fire.

As soon as the shelling was over, the officers and men of the 220th regiment of the guards, under the cover of the tank battalion, rushed to the opposite side of the arch bridge. Unfortunately, although most of the German firepower points were destroyed in the shelling, the two German Tiger tanks hiding in the fortifications were still in good condition. When they saw our army charging, they immediately fired guns, destroyed the three tanks in the front, and then used machine guns to strafe our troops on the bridge deck. After the defeat of the 220th regiment's attack, it was forced to return to Qiaonan and regroup in a safe place.

The news of the defeat of the 220th regiment in winning the arch bridge soon spread to the headquarters of the group army. Trikov frowned. "Our infantry can cross the river by boat from other places, but without bridges, our tanks and guns can't cross the river."

"I asked the artillery commander in this area and he said that according to the observation, the German tanks are hidden in the dead corner of our artillery fire. Even if we fire again, the effect is very limited."

Vladimirov looked at me and asked, "Comrade deputy commander, you have many ideas. Do you have any good way to let our tanks cross the canal?"

As soon as his voice fell, the eyes of trakov and bozarsky were also focused on me. I looked at the map for a moment, and then said, "general trakov, there are many ways to destroy the German tanks on the other side. For example, after crossing the river in other areas, our commanders and fighters can detour back to where the enemy tanks are and destroy them with anti tank weapons; There is another way. I see that there seems to be a subway running under the canal. If we can send a troop into the subway and let them advance along the track, we can also reach the other bank. "

"Good way, this is a good way," said Vladimirov as I finished. He couldn't wait to tell trikov: "Comrade commander, there are German troops in the subway. I suggest that a battalion be drawn from the army directly under the group army immediately to form a shock camp. Through the subway, we can cross the canal underground to seize the German positions on the other side."

As for Vladimirov's suggestion, trakov immediately agreed. At that time, he specially reminded Vladimirov: "I think there are German field hospitals and a large number of civilians in the subway, so you have to tell the commandos that no matter they are soldiers or civilians, as long as they don't have weapons in their hands, don't hurt them casually."

At noon, trakov's troops successfully cleared the Tiger tanks on the German position on the opposite bank, and drove the tanks and artillery to the North Bank of the canal through the arch bridge. After fierce fighting, the 79th division of the guards occupied the German communication hub and cut off the communication between Berlin and the outside world.

Meanwhile, the 150th and 171st divisions of the 79th infantry army of Kuznetsov continued to attack the secret police building; The 12th army of the guard infantry is attacking the new German Chancellery. The German troops who held fast to these two areas showed great tenacity. Even if there was only one person left in the position, they would never step back. Even some of the seriously wounded, while our army officers and men close to them, decisively sounded the grenades hidden in the body, to a jade burning.

On the morning of March 5, we received an exciting news that the 117th regiment of the 39th division of the guards under the command of lieutenant colonel grizenko, after clearing up the German fortifications along the way, had appeared opposite the square of the German parliament building. They were ready to attack the parliament building after a short rest. After receiving this news, trakov was really overjoyed, because the 117th regiment of guards was the first Soviet army to solve the German parliament building, and they will be recorded in history because of this. But I'm not as optimistic as trekov, because there are two thousand of the most elite SS guards in the Capitol building. It's a bit too fanciful to capture here just because of an incomplete regiment. I hastened to remind those who were a little complacent: "the Capitol building is not an ordinary place. I think the enemy must have deployed heavy troops for defense. The 117th regiment of the guards is a light regiment. There are no heavy weapons, let alone tanks and artillery. It is very difficult to capture here alone. Do you think we should let them stop for a while and launch an attack after the follow-up troops arrive? "“ Comrade deputy commander, what's the matter with you? " As soon as I finished, Vladimirov refuted me and said, "look, several other army groups are rushing to the Capitol from all directions. If we don't act as soon as possible, the honor of this building will fall to other forces."“ Yes, the chief of staff is right. " I thought trekov would listen to me, but he said confidently, "I know lieutenant commander grizenko. He is a resourceful, determined and very brave man. I am very relieved that he will direct the troops to attack the Capitol. If we now order them to stop and wait for the follow-up forces, it is very likely that the friendly forces will rush into the parliament building first, so we must first try to attack and find out the German firepower deployment. " It's hard for me to say anything when everyone advocates that the grizenko regiment should launch a tentative attack. After all, trekov is the commander of the group army. Although I'm higher than him, I can't act as a substitute. I can only acquiesce in their orders to the 117th regiment of the guards. Less than half an hour later, we received a report from the front. The 117th guard regiment, which launched an attack on the Capitol building, was attacked by the German fire hidden in the Croll theatre opposite the square, and the German artillery stationed at the top of the Capitol building also used the fire to directly bombard our commanders and fighters on the square. The attack on the Capitol building failed, and the troops with heavy casualties had to retreat to a safe place, while the commander, Lieutenant Colonel grizenko, was killed by seven bullets in the process of commanding the troops to retreat.