Chapter 18: Cossacks in Berlin

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5:30 am.

"UUURRRRAAAAA!" the battle cry of a few million Soviet Soldiers could be heard from the other side of the wall. The next second, all bombs were detonated with deafening explosions that could be heard from across the New Reich. The New Berlin Airbase was blown up in a mushroom cloud, the New Berlin Mines collapsed with an impact that shook the ground for miles, and the New Berlin Port was gone in a matter of seconds. The KMS Nishizumi, Pride of an Empire, sinks into the sea just as a second explosion sent its 1000mm guns flying into the already-destroyed port. Hitler and Maho wake up, but it was too late.

The walls of New Berlin were reduced to rubble as thousands of Soviet soldiers rushed past them. A T-34-85 painted in green and white stopped in front of Rommel, and Stalin in Klara's body climbed out. Rommel climbed onto the T-34-85 with Erwin, and the rest of the girls climbed into Katyusha and Nonna's tanks that were behind. The Soviets charged fearlessly through New Berlin, not caring for their own lives but only wanting to kill the enemy. Bodies fell like harvested wheat under the machine gun fire of dark energy bullets that slaughtered many, but there were more soldiers than the Nazis' bullets. With their machine gun fire destroyed, the Nazi tanks appeared as the second wave. Another batch of Soviet soldiers, this time carrying Molotov Cocktails and magnetic grenades, ran straight at the German tanks, with their own Soviet tanks as support fire from the back. The MGs spilled their bullets out like rain, but it did little to stop the wave of Soviet soldiers. Molotov Cocktails were slammed into Nazi tanks' tracks and hatches, and the grenades were wedged into gun barrels. The Soviet tanke fired their shots at such a speed that they were like machine guns. Those who couldn't penetrate Nazi armor would ram themselves into enemy tanks with all their might, killing each other in a mighty explosion. A squad of Nazi aircraft soared through the sky, their bullets breaking through the top armor of tanks and killing even more Soviet soldiers. The Soviets set up their anti-aircraft guns which fired after the aircraft, and some of the infantry hurled their grenades and Molotov cocktails at the enemy aircraft which were flying low. Nazi cars on the street were pushed over and crushed by the Soviet tanks, and the destroyed tanks were pushed past by the wave of Soviet soldiers. The last of the Nazi tanks were soon taken out, and the infantry came out. Despite having stronger weapons, the Nazis couldn't win. Their enemies fought with such a ferocity and strength, grabbing knifes with their bare hands and tearing Nazi bodies apart. The Soviets finally made it to the bottom of the Neuer Berliner Turm, and Stalin ordered them to halt. The rest of their comrades were fighting in the rest of the New Reich, and just like many years ago, the Nazis were losing. However, Hitler had one last plan, an  evil plan to end this for once and for all.

The Führer turned to a button in his room shaped like a Hakenkreuz. Pressing it down, he turned to the Soviets and smiled.

"Auf weidersehen,  Tschüss!"

The top of Neuer Berliner Turm opened, and a strange contraption came out. It gathered energy from it's surroundings, then fired. Bolts of lightning and balls of fire came down onto the Soviet soldiers. Those that were hit were instantly burnt to a charred corpse, and the unfortunate ones nearby screamed in agony as they burnt to death. The Soviet soldiers broke through Neuer Berliner Turm's doors, and they ran up the stairs, but the Schutzstaffel were there. While they all fought, Rommel got past the fighting soldiers and took the hidden lift, which he had previous discovered. He arrived at the top of the tower, and saw the Führer with Maho beside him. Looking through the glass floor below him, he saw Nazi officials lying dead in the meeting room, having committed suicide to prevent capture.

"Erwin Rommel, I challenge you to a duel! We will stand at the edge of this tower with our backs facing each other. Maho here will call out "Fire", and we will turn with our guns and shoot."

"I... agree." The two of them each took a pistol and stepped to the edge of the tower.

"FEUER!" Maho commands and both men turn and pressed hard on the trigger. A bullet rips through Hitler's head and the Führer fell backwards, falling down to his doom. Maho shrieks and ran to the edge. Rommel walks behind her, then points his gun at her head.

"Disgusting Nazi bitch." Rommel fires his gun which blew a bloody hole into Maho's head, and he kicks her body down. By now, Rommel had no emotions. All he wanted to do was to kill. In this fight against evil, he had became the very thing he wanted to destroy: a killer who cared nothing about others' lives.

"R-rommel?" Erwin had reached the top of the tower and called to the figure. Rommel turns around, but Erwin could see in his eyes that he was no longer that Rommel which he used to be.

"Rommel..."

"Erwin..."

"Ah, an emotional moment of two people meeting each other! Sorry to interrupt you, but both of you will die! Hmmm, I think I'll kill the girl first~" Lasagne, the commander of the ALKS, was here. All her subordinates have died in the battle against the Soviets, just like the Würstchen Schutzstaffel. She raised her gun and aimed it at Erwin, but before she could fire, Rommel fired his pistol at her head first. Lasagne looks at him in shock, then she fell down to the bottom, where her dead comrades were.

"I'm sorry, Erwin. I have to go now..." Rommel realises what was the cause of all of this: coming into this timeline had interrupted everything and created gaps in the universe, which resulted in this. "I love you, Riko Matsumoto." Rommel fires his last bullet into his own head, and the deceased general collapsed to the ground. Erwin fell to her knees, looking at Rommel's dead body.

"He's in a better place now..." Stalin and the others had came up here, and they all witnessed Rommel's suicide. The New Reich had fallen, but at the cost of many lives. In the meantime, the Soviets and Allied forces had total victory over the remaining Nazi forces across the world. World War III was over. Hitler was dead. Maho was dead. Soviets had taken New Berlin.

"It's over."

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