Chapter 1690

Trekov didn't speak, but just looked at each other with his eyes until they seemed a little at a loss. Then he asked, "general matron, I want to ask, is this condition proposed by you, or by major general gunnel, the commander of the fortress?"

Because trakov bit the words "Fortress commander" and "SS major general" very hard, the commanders sitting around realized that he tried to understand the sincerity of the German negotiations in this way.

"It's general gonel's offer." After listening to the translation, Matten respectfully replied, "I have been ordered to come to negotiate with your army for a truce."

"Where is gonel and why didn't he come?" Trekov asked faintly.

"He committed suicide!" Matron took a note out of his pocket and handed it to the staff officer who came by, adding, "he shot himself after signing the authorization to let me take charge of the negotiation."

After standing for a while, I saw the bloated general matron, who looked a little tired. When trakov read the note, I said to him, "general matron, you've been standing for a long time. Please sit down!"

Matron looked at me with some surprise, probably surprised that someone could give orders in the room before trekov spoke. But when he saw my epaulets clearly, his face was immediately full of smiles, and he asked, "are you general o'shanina, please?"

"Yes, I am o'shanina." I reached out and pointed to the empty chair beside him. I repeated what I had just said: "please sit down!"

After matron sat down, he took out a white handkerchief from his pocket, took off his military cap, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked nervously at trakov, who was reading the note, waiting for him to announce his fate.

After reading the note, trakov handed it to me and asked matron, "Mr. general, if I don't get it wrong, are you going to surrender to us because gonel committed suicide?"

"No, it's not like that." Matten shook his head and said: "in fact, we have long wanted to surrender. We all know that in the face of your strong offensive, resistance is meaningless. Hitler is almost finished."

After listening to the translation, semenkov couldn't help asking: "general maten, since you have long wanted to surrender, why are your resistance so tenacious when our army launched an attack?"

Matten shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "there is no way. Since Himmler appointed gonel as the commander of the fortress, he has arranged SS officers in every unit of the fortress. If any wavering elements are found, they will be executed on the spot immediately and without hesitation."

After reading the note with both Russian and German army, I asked, "general Matten, what's the purpose of this note written by gonel for us?"

"In the underground Hospital of the fortress, there are five or six hundred wounded soldiers and medical staff." Matten solemnly replied, "gonel is worried that you will execute all the sick and wounded after you capture the fortress. Therefore, after careful consideration, he wrote down this note and asked me to come out and negotiate with you. "

Trikov turned to look at the left and right commanders and said with a smile, "it's ridiculous that a SS officer who was so devoted to * * actually offered to surrender to us because he was worried about us killing the captured German wounded and sick. This is the funniest joke I've ever heard."

"Then why did he commit suicide?" I asked, looking at matron.

Matten thought for a moment, then replied, "he heard that you usually shoot captured * * officers on the spot. As a fortress commander, he caused great casualties to you when fighting against your attack. Once captured by you, he must be shot. Even if he gets away with it, Himmler won't get around him, or he will die because he lost his fortress. Anyway, it's hard to escape death, so after he has done what he should do, he's done it by himself. "

After listening to matron's story, I felt that what he said was very close to the truth, so after a little thought, I told trakov, "general trakov, after the enemy of the core Fort surrender, you should send someone to find gonel's body, bury it in a coffin and bury it well."

"What, a coffin for his body?" After listening to this, a commander nearby said a little unconvinced: "for such a stubborn * *, we should pour gasoline on his body, burn it to ashes, and then scatter it in the river."

Instead of looking at the grumbling commander immediately, I looked at matron and asked, "general matron, how many troops do you have left?"

"There are about 12000 people left in the core fort," maten said cautiously, frowning. "There should be about 10000 people left in the fortress and residential areas."

After listening to the data that mattern gave me, I nodded and then said to all the commanders present, "comrades, you have just heard that there are still more than 20000 German troops. If we want to wipe out so many enemies, what price will we pay? "

When I say this, I want to pause to see your reaction. The commanders, listening to me, immediately began to whisper, as if they were studying the price they would pay if they really wanted to take the whole Poznan.

Seeing that no one raised any objection, I went on to say, "if you don't say anything else, you can't take down the core Fort just in front of us. There are no casualties of 20000 or 30000 people, right?" Seeing that most of the people were nodding in agreement with me, I continued, "but because of goner, the German army was ready to stop resisting and lay down its arms and surrender to our army, which greatly reduced our casualties. Although gonel is our enemy and a diehard * *, his action has avoided tens of thousands of people's bloodshed. Just by this, I think it's justifiable to bury his body properly. " As soon as I finished, trakov immediately echoed: "I agree with Comrade deputy commander of the front army. It is precisely because gonel made the right choice before he committed suicide that tens of thousands of our commanders and fighters avoided bloodshed. Therefore, it is also our duty to properly arrange his body." With these words, seeing that no one raised any objection, he began to give orders: "general semenkov, the surrender of the core fort is in the charge of the Fourth Army of the guards. Comrade Pronin, you immediately draft a speech to tell the remaining German officers and soldiers in the fortress area and residential area that the fortress commander General maten has declared surrender and asked them to stop resisting immediately. " After listening to trekov's words, military commissar Pronin immediately stood up and said, "well, comrade commander, I'm going to draft a speech and persuade the German soldiers in the fortress and residential areas to surrender." Then he turned to matron and asked, "general matron, are you willing to cooperate with us to finish the persuasion work in Poznan?" Matron quickly got up from his seat and replied respectfully, "Mr. general, it's my pleasure to be of service to you. I'm at your command." When Pronin and semenkov left one after another, trakov turned to me and said, "Rita, let's go back to the headquarters of the group army. The news of the German surrender needs to be reported to Marshal Zhukov at the first time. " Zhukov, after listening to the report from trakov on the phone, asked in surprise: "what, the German army of Poznan laid down their arms and surrendered to our army? Is that true? "“ Yes, Marshal Zhukov Trikov understood the reason why Zhukov asked, and quickly explained to him: "the reason why the garrison of Poznan resisted tenaciously was that their fortress commander was a SS officer appointed by Himmler. He was a stubborn * * element. In addition to resolutely resisting the attack of our army, he also wanted to break away from the * * for those officers and men who were awakened, There was also a merciless massacre. " When Zhukov heard what trakov said, he was puzzled and asked, "since he is such a stubborn * * member, how can he let his deputy come out to negotiate surrender with you?"“ Marshal, the reason is very simple. " Trekov continued to explain: "we attacked the troops in the core fort and surrounded an underground Hospital of the German army. There were five or six hundred wounded and sick people and medical staff in it. He worried that if he continued to resist, these people would be slaughtered by our army."“ It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. " When Zhukov heard this, he said angrily on the phone, "do you think our commanders and fighters, like them, are two legged animals, and will mercilessly kill the unarmed wounded?"“ I also think it's just an excuse. " Trekov analyzed: "it may be our army's fierce attack in recent days that made him realize that it is an impossible task to continue to stick to Poznan. If we continue to fight, we can only burn the stone and the jade.". Therefore, in order to let the remaining officers and soldiers live, he can only come up with such a poor reason. "“ Well, comrade trakov, whatever the reason the enemy used, Poznan is now in our hands. " Seeing that Poznan's problem had been solved, Zhukov began to assign tasks for the next stage: "in addition to leaving the necessary forces to maintain law and order in the city, you should immediately mobilize the main force of the group army to advance westward, join forces with katukov's troops on the Oder River, and cooperate with them to continue to advance to Berlin."“ I see, comrade marshal. " When he heard that he was going to command the troops to march towards Berlin, trakov suddenly became excited: "I suggest that the 91st infantry of the 69th group army should be left behind, while the whole army of our group army should move westward. Do you think that's all right? "