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    General Wenck is usually a man who can restrain himself very well, but this time he couldn't bear it anymore. He said to Hitler: "I don't understand that area at all, but I understand the current situation. <-"

    Reichhelm, General Wenck¡¯s chief of staff, noticed that Goering had fallen asleep in a chair with a map covering his face.  He wondered if he had just taken drugs.  But Admiral D?nitz remained silent without saying a word.  Just when Reichhelm was thinking wildly, Hitler finally said to Reichhelm: "You should go to the Doberlitz military camp first, because he can bring 200 Volkswagens for the Twelfth Army there."  Bucket Truck "Off-Road Jeep."

    General Wenck and Reichhelm left Hitler's underground bunker with a feeling of relief as if they had escaped from a mental hospital.  The funny thing is that Reichhelm was at the Doberitz barracks and he only got 12 cars.

    Although there was little radio equipment in the makeshift headquarters, they found that the local telephone network still worked.  Their army group was better supplied than the rest of the army, thanks to the arsenal at Altengrab and some stranded ships on Lake Havel.  Wenck did not carry out Hitler's "Nero Order" and did not destroy the Golpa power plant southeast of Dessau, one of several major power plants that supplied power to Berlin.  Wenck ordered the "Hutten" infantry division to protect it to prevent fanatics from blowing up the power plant.

    The main task of the Twelfth Army is to resist the attack launched by the US Ninth Army along the highway from Hannover to Magdeburg.  The U.S. military hoped to establish a bridgehead on the east bank of the Elbe River and then advance toward Berlin.  The first wave of attacks came much earlier than expected.  "On April 12, the first reports came in that the Americans were trying to cross near Schonebeek and Balbi."<

    The next day, the "Scharnhorst" Infantry Division of the Twelfth Army sent a battalion and several field guns to counterattack.  The German Army put up a tenacious resistance on this day, but they found that the enemy, especially the U.S. Air Force, was too powerful. During the whole day's battle, the German Army, which was struggling to defend, was almost pinned down by the U.S. Army.  beat.

    General Wenke realized that if the U.S. military forcibly crossed the river.  They had "no choice but to surrender."  The Twelfth Army could only fight for one or two consecutive days.

    In fact, Americans basically have the same idea as him.  The US military adopted a multi-point approach to crossing the river.  The records of the High Command of the European Forces in Europe read: "By April 14, the U.S. military had occupied Wittenberg, only one hundred kilometers away from Magdeburg. Three battalions of the 83rd Infantry Division moved from Magdeburg  Kameritz, southeast of Fort, crossed the Elbe River." At the same time, the 5th Armored Division also reached the Elbe River and built a 25-kilometer front line near Tangerm¨¹nde.

    On April 15, General Wenck¡¯s Twelfth Army launched a fierce counterattack against the U.S. 83rd Infantry Division near Zerbst, but was eventually repulsed.

    For General Eisenhower, the Elbe bridgehead posed more problems than opportunities.  He asked General Bradley, commander of Army Group, what he thought about continuing the attack on Berlin.

    Bradley told him bluntly that the U.S. Ninth Army would be stationed on the Elbe River and would not move further toward Berlin.

    "Where did you get this news?" Simpson asked.

    "Eck said it," Bradley replied.

    After hearing the news, a frustrated and confused General Simpson flew back to his headquarters, thinking all the way about how to break the news to his commanders and subordinates.

    The order to station on the Elbe River and the news of President Roosevelt's unexpected death dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the US military.  President Roosevelt died on April 12.  However, the news was released the next day.

    "Dead?" John held the army announcement blankly in his hand, obviously not believing this fact.

    I told John with certainty: "Yes, John! President Roosevelt died of illness on April 12."

    In fact, I did not expect that Roosevelt's death would have such a heavy blow to the morale of my army. Everyone fell into a kind of grief. Some soldiers even secretly cried for Roosevelt.

    However, as John, it was not because of Roosevelt¡¯s sudden death that he felt extremely sad.  He is worried about what impact the new president will have on the US military and the situation in Europe as a whole.

    John asked sadly: "Our current situation will not bring any changes, right? There are a lot of words on the net."

    I thought for a while and said: "It doesn't matter, those who should attack will attack again! Whether the Soviet Union takes Berlin first or not is not up to us!"

    Germany.

    Goebbels, who had just returned from an inspection near the K¨¹strom Front, was overjoyed when he learned of the news that Roosevelt had died of illness.8981; intervened again in the occupation of Berlin, which made John and Bernard Lin, who knew the inside story, very dissatisfied.

    "These damn Soviet devils!"

    I said: "Since the Soviets want to take over Berlin on their own so much, we should just watch the show!"

    Linbner cursed the Soviet army and said: "Almighty God, I hope the Germans can teach the Soviet devils a lesson! Then let us take down the Germans!"

    Jimmy said: "Why didn't General Eisenhower give the order to take Berlin?"

    The Allies' initial plan was to airdrop troops to Berlin and then cooperate with ground forces to forcibly occupy it. From a political perspective, Western politicians believed that capturing Berlin would improve the international status of the United States and Britain after World War II and advocated the Allied attack on Berlin.  Completely consistent with Stalin's ideas in the Soviet Union.

    But the plan was ultimately canceled because Eisenhower, from the perspective of a military strategist, believed that the Allies did not need to sacrifice a large number of soldiers for a city that would fall into the hands of the Soviet Union after the war, and that executing the plan required a large number of troops and supplies, which was unrealistic;  Moreover, Eisenhower estimated that if the U.S. military participated in the capture of Berlin, it would cost at least 100,000 casualties. The American public could not bear such a huge number of casualties.  From this point of view, I obviously think that in the hands of such a general, one can save one's life.

    Eisenhower believed that the defeat of the German army was only a matter of time, and the nature of the war had changed from simply eliminating German fascism to a contest between the Eastern and Western camps.  Due to lack of fuel, the production of fighter planes and tanks is significantly reduced, and even the quality of the products produced is much worse than before.  However, the German army still maintained its bravery and fighting qualities.  The Allies insisted that Germany surrender unconditionally in exchange for time for the refugees to escape to the West before Soviet troops arrived.  On the other hand, the German army invisibly cooperated with the Allies and tried its best to block the Soviet army on the Eastern Front.

    Stalin was ruthless enough. In order to deal with the armed forces in Berlin, he mobilized nearly 2.5 million Soviet troops; 6,000 tanks; nearly 8 aircraft; 40,000 artillery and mortars of various types; 3,000  The rocket launch vehicle nicknamed "Stalin Organ" equipped with Katyusha rocket launcher and nearly 100,000 mechanized vehicles, of course many are made in the United States.

    When John and others saw the strength invested by the Soviets, we couldn't help but curl our lips. While John thought he was proud of the U.S. military's firepower, he didn't know that the Soviets' firepower was not inferior to that of the Allies.  John said: "With such firepower against a small Berlin, is there any problem?"

    "Ha, I believe that as long as the Soviet devils use artillery and aircraft to attack Berlin for a few days, the infantry will easily occupy it!"

    "Maybe not necessarily, but don't forget the determination of the Germans to resist!" I, who know more or less the real history, will never agree with them. Hundreds of thousands of Soviets died in the capture of Berlin.  (To be continued.)#x4eba;The Soviet Army; 6,000 tanks; nearly eight aircraft; 40,000 artillery and mortars of various types; 3,000 rocket launchers nicknamed "Stalin Organs" equipped with Katyusha rocket launchers and  There are nearly 100,000 mechanized vehicles, many of which are made in the United States.

    When John and others saw the strength invested by the Soviets, we couldn't help but curl our lips. While John thought he was proud of the U.S. military's firepower, he didn't know that the Soviets' firepower was not inferior to that of the Allies.  John said: "With such firepower against a small Berlin, is there any problem?"

    "Ha, I believe that as long as the Soviet devils use artillery and aircraft to attack Berlin for a few days, the infantry will easily occupy it!"

    "Maybe not necessarily, but don't forget the determination of the Germans to resist!" I, who know more or less the real history, will never agree with them. Hundreds of thousands of Soviets died in the capture of Berlin.  (To be continued.)
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