Steel Soviet Union

"Allied troops were everywhere. They rushed to the beach in speedboats and launched intensive charges against our machine gun fire and artillery bombardment. Our machine guns kept firing, and all four spare barrels were red. We had no more New barrels were available, but the Allies were still coming to the beach in waves. There were too many of them! We couldn't hold on and the defense was breached."

"The enemy is very tenacious. They are not the ragtag bunch that was rumored earlier. It even reminded me of the days of fighting in Russia. The Russian guys rushed up with rifles with bayonets in their hands and screamed like this. Those who rushed up The Allies on the beach are no different from them."

"Yeah, who would have thought that the battle would be so cruel? Only we withdrew, everyone else, everyone else"

Wittmann, who led the vanguard at the front of the column, did not encounter the enemy he expected. All he encountered was a group of beachhead defenders who had just been defeated by the Allies.

The situation was not as bad as he expected at the worst. At least the Allied forces were still wandering on the landing beach and could not continue to advance deeper. Wittmann felt that this might as well be good news.

However, Enschel, the commander of the 101st Heavy Armored Battalion who was staying next to Wittmann, did not think so. Now he was shouting and speaking in an attitude that was both angry and shocked.

"You cowards! Look at the time now, it's only two thirty-five in the afternoon! You only lasted for half a day and the Allied trash were rushed here!? You also abandoned your comrades and became Shame on you, a deserter who lives in vain! You regard the honor of the military and the orders of the head of state as nothing. This is a cowardly act prohibited by the head of state. You will all be shot!"

Unlike Wittmann, who can still maintain his rational self and think clearly in most situations, Enschel, like Wittmann, is a veteran of the SS who has taken the final oath, the final leader, and has experienced hundreds of battles. He has enough courage to shoulder this important task. His commanding acumen, skillful experience, and tenacious and consistent combat command style.

However, Enschel was so fanatical that he couldn't get a grain of sand out of his eyes. He was so fanatical that sometimes even Wittmann thought this was not a good thing.

If it comes to a critical moment, this fanaticism is likely to affect Enschel's ability to make correct judgments and issue wrong orders.

Seeing that Enschel was so excited, Wittmann, who saw that the situation was not good, hurried forward, pulled Enschel aside, and immediately spoke in a low voice.

"Hey, pay attention! They are from the National Defense Forces. We are two different factions. Even if they are at fault, you and I have no right to deal with them. This will cause big trouble!"

"Honestly, if I didn't pull you, did you just want to take out a gun and kill someone first as a warning to others? Have you forgotten how much shock the Cherkasy incident caused? We are the passive party now. , do you still need me to remind you?"

Wittmann's nervous and serious face obviously didn't seem like he was joking. As Wittmann said, Enschel was really a little over the top. He also heard the "Cherkasy Incident" mentioned by Wittmann. After being reminded, I calmed down instantly, just like receiving an injection of ice water.

"Thank you. Fortunately, you reminded me. Thank you very much."

"You're right, Wittmann, something like Cherkasy can't happen again, otherwise neither you nor I can afford it. I was really too impulsive just now, and I really appreciate you reminding me in time. "

The so-called Cherkasy Incident refers to the battlefield in the final encirclement of Cherkasy, where the Wehrmacht and the SS, who were surrounded by the Soviet army, disagreed on whether to surrender or not, which eventually led to fighting and killing each other. vicious events.

Although they were trapped in an encirclement with an impenetrable army, the wars of this year were far from being able to cut off shielded signal transmissions through electronic warfare in later generations.

Therefore, even though they were surrounded and had no hope of escape, the remnants of the Wehrmacht, who had been tricked by the SS, still spread the explosive news to Berlin, which was enough to cause a shocking sensation.

News of the abominable act of "Waffen SS troops attacking Wehrmacht friendly forces on the battlefield" spread quickly throughout the German armed forces and the city of Berlin like a prairie wildfire in autumn.

It didn't take long before almost all the top leaders of the Third Reich knew about this shocking and vicious incident.

The senior generals of the National Defense Forces were the first to stand up and publicly express their anger, fighting for the injustice of those National Defense Forces troops who died tragically at the gunpoint of their own people, and vowing to seek an explanation.

The first person to be verbally attacked and even to be asked for an explanation was the chicken farm owner and the actual leader of the SS: Himmler.

Himmler, who could almost be said to be roasted on the fire, fell into an extremely embarrassing situation. Today it was Keitel, tomorrow it was Jodl, and the day after tomorrow Krebs was included. These three idiots could even come to the door together. Ask yourself to ask for an explanation and ask for an explanation.

Himmler, the annoyed chicken farm owner, was so angry with these three idiots that he almost wanted to scold him! All I had to do was yell at these three people: What do you mean by just bullying me when you leave the head of state alone? ? Why don't you say it's better for you, the cowards of the National Defense Force, to surrender first? Can a traitor who is willing to be a prisoner of the Russians still be called a comrade?

Although I thought so in my heart, I absolutely couldn't say it with my mouth.

Himmler knew very well that if he said this, he would completely offend the entire Wehrmacht from top to bottom. Even if he had the trust of the head of state to rely on, it would be of no use. If he had to make a choice between the Wehrmacht and himself, Himmler had no doubt that he would be dragged out and executed under the order of the head of state himself.

Compared to losing the entire Wehrmacht, what does losing Himmler count?

This is not called lack of confidence, and it has nothing to do with distrust of the head of state. This is a basic truth that any adult with a normal IQ who has some political thinking can understand.

Himmler, who could only hold back no matter how angry he was, was actually even more angry about another thing.

The core members of the Führer's team, the dirty champagne dealer Ribbentrop, the lame liar Goebbels, and the fat pig-like Meyer, at this moment, all of them have nothing to do with themselves. Hang up." No one stood up and said a few words to help him deal with these bed bugs of the National Defense Force.

Fortunately, Himmler's troubles did not last long, and the Führer, who was also alarmed by the matter, quickly intervened in the matter personally.

The final solution given by the head of state was quite his own personal style.

There is sufficient evidence to show that the Wehrmacht was the first to surrender in the Cherkasy encirclement and was willing to surrender to the Russians and become prisoners. This move violated the orders of the Army Headquarters and the will of the head of state. This was first of all because the Wehrmacht was at fault.

The Waffen-SS unit's attack on the Wehrmacht was also a serious vicious incident. Although the Wehrmacht made an incorrect decision, other methods could have been adopted to correct it. This was a wrong decision made by the besieged SS from top to bottom. The wrong order led to the SS soldiers executing it without their knowledge. The fault lies with one person, not the entire SS.

It is worth mentioning that the final incident report, which the head of state personally reviewed, did not use the word "betrayal" to describe the behavior of the armed SS troops, but only added the simple modifier "vicious incident".

And given that the relevant responsible persons have already died in battle and sacrificed their lives for the country, following the orders of the head of state and leading the troops to fight until the last moment, failure to conduct subsequent investigations and accountability is equivalent to the merits outweighing the faults.

The National Defense Forces must also strengthen the ideological education of the troops to prevent the recurrence of such large-scale surrenders without fighting.

Although this result may sound a bit ridiculous, this kind of muddled affair where each has a fifty-fifty advantage has always been Hitler's best specialty.