Chapter 4 Turn the tide (4) [Decisive battle
(The decisive battle with Junker and the emperor has begun! Also, I was slapped in the face by book fans in Lin Hai. Alas, we shamelessly ask for a subscription.)
The Germans love Heidi Silem so much that they care about every news about Heidi Silem.
In the early morning of May 29, 1917, before the Germans had digested the news that Heidi Sileme had successfully persuaded the Baltic rebel fleet to open the lock of Holtenau, they were shocked by the rumors that Admiral Heidi Sileme was surrounded by the rebels and their lives were unknown.
How Berlin learned that Silame was besieged by the rebels is no longer verified. The Supreme Command suspected that the Eastern Front Command led by Max Hoffman deliberately destroyed the situation, the Charlottemberg Palace and the Imperial Prime Minister suspected that it was Heidi Silame deliberately forced the palace, and the right-wing members of the Social Democratic Party and some Juncker forces firmly believed that it was Germany's conspiracy. In short, that night, all kinds of exaggerated and contradictory rumors spread across Berlin.
Some say that Heidi Silem advances rashly and leads more than 2,000 Marines deep into the center of Kiel, which is occupied by rebels, to lift the siege of the city hall, and is then surrounded by thousands of workers. Some say that the Supreme Command deliberately refused to rescue him and ordered several counter-rebellion troops deployed outside Kiel to remain in control, causing Heidi Silem to go deeper and be surrounded by thousands of workers. Some say that Heidi Silem is still fighting, defending and waiting for assistance like Kiel City Hall, and some predict that Heidi Silem is defeated and captured and forced to join Germany**, and Germany will cause greater riots. Some say that Heidi Silem has been killed and the empire has lost one of its best naval commanders in history.
No matter which remarks are closer to the facts, it is an indisputable fact that a German admiral with great military achievements and a famous naval general who is famous all over the world was surrounded by the rebel forces of Kiel. Although the Supreme Command and Charlottemberg Palace were all sinister indifferent to the life and death of Heidi Sileme. However, in the early morning of the 29th, after the news of being strictly blocked was exposed, the owners of the Supreme Command and Charlottemberg Palace had to cheer up and order reinforcements of Kiel and rescue Heidi Sileme in a hypocritical manner.
It was not that the Supreme Command and Charlottemberg Palace suddenly changed, but that they could not afford to bear the result of Heidi Sileme being killed or captured by the rebels.
Heidi Sileme is the spiritual leader of the Imperial Navy and has a wide influence within the empire and among allies. They are worried that allowing Heidi Sileme to go to a desperate situation will trigger the navy's disenchantment of the empire, attack the morale of the empire and allies, and make the rebellious forces in the empire even more rampant!
New combat orders were issued: the Hanover Grenadier Regiment southeast of Kiel was ordered to reinforce Kiel quickly, although the unit had approached the periphery of Kiel under the leadership of Colonel Heinteilmann. The Mecklenburg Reserve Division was asked to arrive at Kiel before 10 a.m. on the 29th. Sweep and eliminate the rebels and thugs entrenched on the periphery of Kiel. Berlin reinforcements were on the road again and all arrived at Kiel the day after tomorrow.
News of Heidi Sileme being surrounded also reached the Baltic Uprising Fleet anchored at the Holtenau lock.
Strathus, commander-in-chief of the uprising fleet, saw the opportunity. The sailors developed by Germany released rumors within the uprising fleet, slandering Heidi Silem's hatred of the revolution. He mocked him for being "the lackey of Juncker and the big bourgeoisie". Strathus even went barefootball and incited a group of sailors to attack Heidi Silem's liaison officers who remained within the uprising fleet.
Strathor's plan was successful, and there were indeed many sailors within the uprising fleet sympathizing with the revolution. They were sympathetic to the workers and were dissatisfied with everything that Junker and the great bourgeoisie controlled the country. However, the proud Strathor also forgot that many sailors had limited their attitude towards the Kiel uprising to be sympathetic or blind obedience at the beginning. Compared with nihilistic socialism and **, they wanted fair treatment, bread, salary and peace. They were tired of the unrealistic advocacy of the German Communist Party members. Heidi Sileme was always down-to-earth.
The uprising fleet soon split, and the sailors who were not interested in socialism came over from a blind obedience. They stood with the liaison officers who remained in the uprising fleet. If they were not for the equal strength of both sides, they would have been afraid that the conflict would have broken out long ago.
Strathus completely lost control of the fleet. Although he concentrated his supportive forces on the warships of the uprising fleet and left the sailors who gradually tended to "surrender" at the Holtenau lock, everyone knew that Strathus, who had lost most of the low-level officers and some sailors, could not drive the uprising fleet out of the Holtenau lock anchorage.
In this case, Strather could only wait for news from Kiel. As long as Germany gained a foothold in Kiel and re-controlled the uprising fleet, there would be hope. Strather knew that Kiel's rebellion was just the tip of the iceberg of Germany's strength. The Spartan League had combat power in Schleswig-Helstein, Berlin, Munich and Bremen, and Bremen's extreme left forces were also their natural alliance. As for the Social Democratic Party, it was a stronger existence than the Spartan League. Although their attitude was milder than the Spartan League, it was undeniable that the Social Democratic Party had been pulled into the water by their Spartan League.
On May 29, 1917, the sky was just dawning and new combat power arrived in Kiel.
The naval landing fleet that arrived from Danze Bay slowly sailed into Kiel Harbor under the escort of several light warships. The troop transport ship lowered its gangway, and soldiers in black uniforms walked off the troop transport ship under the leadership of the officers, and lined up on the spacious dock. The small and medium-sized cranes of the troop transport ship operated at full load, unloading the Marines' light and heavy weapons at Kiel Harbor.
In fact, the Zewan Marines were already very tired when they arrived at Keel Harbor, but they did not dare to rest at all. Although the Keel Naval Base was safe, as long as these young young men who had not experienced war looked up, they could see the fire and smoke in the center of Keel. Moreover, their spiritual leader Heidi Silem was in the center of Keel, in the center of Keel, with the strong smell of death and blood, in the center of Keel, where the sound of gunfire was deafening!
After less than half an hour of rest, reinforcements, composed of Danze Bay Marines, the Second Reconnaissance Fleet Sailors, and the Baltic Fleet Sailors, and the more than 3,600 men, set off.
The road to the city center has been swept by Marines led by Heidi Sileme. The war in Keel Town Hall and the war in Hallsten Street attracted and involved the full energy of the Kiel workers' armed forces. The reinforcements of Keel Port only encountered some villains who took the opportunity to make trouble along the way, and simply dispersed them. The reinforcements of Keel Port went deep into the center of Keel and were close to Stenzel Street to encounter the Shalinden workers' pickets trying to detour from the north of Hallsten Street.
The Xialinden workers' picket team had about 900 troops. After hitting the reinforcements of Kiel Port, the experienced Xialinden workers' picket team did not let him go easily, but instead put all his troops into battle and fought a cruel defensive battle.
The captain of the workers' pickets knew that the war on Hallsten Street was about to end. At the last moment, he had to withstand reinforcements from the direction of Keel Harbor and buy time for Commissioner Blunt and the comrades of the workers' pickets.
The reinforcements of Keel Port also knew that there was not much time left for them. From the intensity of the resistance of the workers' pickets in the Shalinden worker, we can know the current situation of General Heidi Sileme. After the close contact, the two sides showed their unique skills and fought life and death in a narrow space.
"Marines, charge!" The low-level officers and non-commissioned officers drew their combat knives, wielding pistols, leading their subordinates to the bullets of the Xialinden workers' pickets. They launched a fierce charge and used cruel hand-to-hand combat to drill through the hurried defense line set up by the Xialinden workers' pickets.
The reinforcements from Kiel Port had no time to count the damage, leaving behind a team to clean the war. The Marines continued to advance and rushed towards Hallsten Street, the center of the battlefield.
Due to the destruction of the railway line, the Hanover Grenadier Regiment was forced to get off the train fifteen kilometers away from Kiel.
The staff gathered together in groups of three and three, analyzed the location of Heidi Silem in accordance with the telegram sent by the Kir Rebellion Command, and discussed the route of advance. The low-level officer was roaring and greeted his soldiers in line. Checked weapons, equipment, artillery and baggage soldiers were moving their big guys. He moved boxes of ammunition from the train carriage to the baggage carriage.
"The Supreme Command's emergency telegram: The Hannover Grenadiers must arrive in Kiel before 9:00 am on the 29th to rescue Heidi Silem. This telegram is extremely urgent. If any delays military law is involved, Supreme Command, May 29, 1917."
The Chief of Staff of the Grenadier Regiment was sympathetic to read the latest "urgent telegram" from the Supreme Command, and couldn't help but shake his head and said:
"Col. Your decision is right. In terms of decisiveness, our General Rudendolf is far worse than Heidi Sileme of the Navy..."
"It's not that General Rudendolf is not capable enough, but that he is thinking too much, not as exclusive as Heidi Sileme of the Navy." Hein Teterman weighed a thick stack of telegrams from the Supreme Command and Charlottemberg Palace, or the Eastern Command and the Kill Rebellion Command, and mocked: "I want to resolve the Kiel rebellion as soon as possible to avoid the deterioration of the frontline war, and want to use the Kiel rebellion to gain more rights from the Charlottemberg Palace and the Imperial Government, and also use excuses to attack the navy. How can such a perfect thing be in this world?!"
Colonel Hein Tetermann no longer struggled with the chaos and change in the high-level leaders of the empire and ordered an march to Kiel.
After the Kiel rebellion, the German Communist Party quickly mastered most of Kiel, the central and southern part of Schleswig and the northern part of Helstein. However, except for Kiel, the German Communist Party was not strong enough in other areas, so the combat office of the Supreme Command would hand over the mission of sweeping the periphery of Kiel to the Mecklenburg Reserve Division, which had not strong combat power and had only more than 7,000 troops.
As an elite army tempered on the Eastern Front battlefield, the Hanover Grenadier Regiment quickly dispersed some of the scattered soldiers entrenched in the southeast of Kiel, and then advanced towards the center of Kiel under the guidance of the map.
On the third day after the Kiel rebellion, army reinforcements set foot in Kiel for the first time. When the soldiers of the Hanover Grenadier Regiment entered Kiel, they were stunned. On their way forward, traces of government forces and rebels fighting were everywhere.
The beautiful environment of Kielfu area was filled with fire, and the defeated rogue soldiers from the battlefield burned and killed and plundered here. The bustling areas of the streets were almost ruined, the shop windows were broken, the signs were hanging in the air, street lamp poles and broken wires were everywhere, and there were also many gray buildings full of bullet craters of all sizes.
Colonel Hein Tedelman finally knew why Heidi Silem demanded such an urgent request to end the Kiel rebellion. Even though he knew that he might die, he had to go deep into Kiel, forcing the army and the government to untie the army and quell the Kiel rebellion.
"Silem is a hero!" Colonel Hein Teterman sincerely praised Heindi Silem, not because he is an outstanding naval commander, but because of his character, he deserves respect!
The Hannover Grenadier Regiment approached the block with the most intense gunfire of Keel. The resistance encountered along the way became more and more intense. After entering the Upper Linden neighborhood, Colonel Hein Teterman encountered a blocking force of about a thousand men.
After the firefight, the colonel was surprised to find that the latest rebels' combat qualities were not the same as their regular army, and their fighting will was far superior to them. The Hannover Grenadiers spent a lot of energy to defeat the difficult force on the opposite side.
"Reactionary reinforcements appeared in both the Hallsten neighborhood and the Upper Linden neighborhood, and the pressure on Commissioner Blunt was quite high. Since the war on the Town Hall was coming to an end, we might as well add troops to Hallsten neighborhood!"
In Keel City Hall, more than 5,000 former Imperial regular troops were clearing out the resistance forces that were relying on the room to resist. These elite army soldiers were not reckless. They smashed the doors of each room and threw the grenades that pinched the time delay in the time, creating rounds of bloody storms.
The German Communist military committee member who commanded the workers outside the Keel City Hall was in charge of the armed forces of the revolutionary figure Albert and reminded carefully.
"Inspector Blunt has nine thousand workers and picket soldiers, and nearly five thousand workers are working together. Nearly half of Keel's revolutionary forces are in his hands. Although there are small reinforcements to break through the defense line on our periphery, I believe that Executive Blunt can handle it!"
Albert did not look back at the military commissioner who was worried about the war in Hallsten Street. Instead, he looked extremely calmly at the window of the last room in Keel Town Hall that was still resisting, a cloud of smoke with a cold air suddenly burst out from the window of the window of the cold room in which he was still resisting.
"And isn't it our initial plan to show our enemy as weak?"
The military commissioner suddenly figured out something. He took a step back unconsciously and pointed at Albert, the General Secretary of the German Communist Party who was not angry and powerful. His eyes kept shrinking, and his lips trembled for a long time but could not make any sound.
Accompanied by dazzling light and the thick smoke, the battle in the city hall was over. The Kiel Revolutionary Armed Forces finally captured Kiel City Hall after three days, marking the complete change of control of Kiel.
The revolutionary armed forces and workers cheered, and they fired guns to the sky to release their emotions. They climbed up the dome of the Kiel Town Hall, took off the national flag and trampled on the eagle emblem. They held up the rifle in their hands high to celebrate the great victory.
At this moment, the sky of Kiel was completely brightened, and the first ray of sunshine lazily spread on Kiel's land, so warm, so cozy, so pure.
Yes, the sun came out, and the rising sun tried hard to release its light and heat, piercing through the smoke swaying over the battlefield, hitting Wang Heidi's face, so warm, so warm, so pure.
Wang Heidi held a cigarette that was not lit in her mouth, grabbed the extremely ugly but majestic mirror box, leaning behind a fortification covered with bullet marks, and occasionally shot back with two guns like Li Xiangyang.
The bullet hit the fortifications that Wang Heidi relied on, splashing countless small stones and dust, making Wang Heidi, who was wearing the uniform of the Admiral, look dirty. Wang Heidi patted her head, which was stained with dust, raised her right arm, which was scraped a large hole by the direct shell of 37, and tightened the bandage wrapped around her arm and probed the trigger again.
The pistol bullet was quickly emptied, and the trigger made a "crack" sound. Wang Heidi was too lazy to confirm whether he had achieved the results, but instead held a cigarette in her arms and leaned against the fortifications to rest.
"General, do you regret it?" There were fewer and fewer Marine soldiers around him, and the position was compressed within a range of less than a thousand meters. Colonel Lauren asked with a big gasp covering his bloody abdomen and grinning.
"Repent?" Wang Heidi pulled out the empty magazine of his pistol, took out the last bullet from his shirt pocket and pressed it into the magazine. He smiled in a daze: "Why don't you regret it?! I overestimated myself, thinking that I could break into the Kiel Town Hall, catch the rebels off guard, and meet with the Town Hall. I thought I could use my life to force the empire to stop tangling those political struggles and keep Kiel away from the war earlier, but now, I am still a few streets away from the Town Hall and seven or eight kilometers away from my home. Not only did I fail to save Kiel, I also failed to rush to protect my family!"
Colonel Lauren knew that the Admiral was talking about all kinds of regrets, but in fact he was calm inside. He knew that the last bullet that the Imperial Navy God had taken out of his shirt pocket was actually left to him. He might have expected this moment long ago.
On the battlefield where bullets flew around, Lauren found a layer of wet mist suddenly in his eyes.
"General, you are a hero! It is my honor to work with you!"
"Hero..." Wang Heidi repeatedly savored this word that was said badly by others, holding a cigarette that she couldn't light when she was lost, and the scenes that had long been forgotten, just forgotten and now experienced flashed into his mind like slides.
I remember a long time ago, there was a young student who did not want to be bound by his young steps by his father, husband, and son-in-law. I remember a long time ago, there was a young soldier who always used some pretentious reasons to make a fuss about his superiors because he was afraid of death. When did I start to look at my obligations and responsibilities as majestic as a man?
Wang Heidi was fumbled into the matchbox while thinking about it.
"Silem, let's negotiate..."
On the battlefield, the gunshot suddenly stopped. The Marine soldiers poked out half of their heads in surprise to look at the battlefield that was suddenly in a dead quiet place. Then they saw a worker leader who was facing the sun and hiding his face in the darkness came out from behind a bunker, stepping on broken stones, crackling and igniting branches, and the remaining blood plasma of the soldier slowly walked over.
Chapter completed!