On the railway from Wilhelmshaven to Berlin, military trains passed by. More than 18,000 officers and soldiers of 1st Marine Division of the Imperial Navy took five special trains and rushed from Wilhelmshaven to Berlin with their equipment.
The order they received was that Berlin had rebelled and His Majesty the Emperor's life was threatened. Their mission is to block the traffic arteries around Berlin after arriving at Berlin, capture the train station, and wait for the troops transferred from 9th Army Corps.
In the first-class carriage of a military column, a young general was studying the Operations Department deployment. He is 1st Marine Division commander Alexander? Major General Lin Xingen.
As the first Marine Division formed by the Navy, 1st Marine Division has the best equipment and the most arduous training. This makes 1st Marine Division's combat effectiveness the most powerful among the five Marine Division. Although they are Marine Corps, their equipment is comparable to the army's main force Infantry Division. There is even Division Headquarters and Armored Battalion, which has more than twenty tanks.
"General, according to the intelligence we have received, Rebel Army has obviously completely controlled Berlin. The palace and other important transportation areas in the city have fallen into the Rebel Army's control. The most important thing is that His Majesty the Emperor and other important figures may have become hostages in the Rebel Army's control at this moment. If we launch an attack rashly, we are afraid that Rebel Army will be detrimental to Your Majesty and other hostages." A staff officer said.
"Right now, we know nothing about the Rebel Army's situation. Whether they will do that is still unknown. Crown Prince will rush back to Berlin as soon as possible. When the time comes, I We just need to follow Crown Prince's orders. Before that, we just need to capture Berlin's peripheral strongholds and the train station," said Major General Alexander Lin Xingen.
He was also full of respect for Oscar, who proposed to form Marine Corps. Otherwise, he would probably still be Regimental Commander now. It was precisely because of the formation of Marine Corps that he received an exceptional promotion. Originally, he thought that after the landing in Britain war was over, he would be promoted again. But I didn't expect that the opportunity would come so quickly. Before landing in Britain, you will be able to obtain another military exploit immediately.
Major General Lin Xingen is not worried at all about the Rebel Army, Alexander who occupy Berlin. Although, Imperial Guard is known as the most elite unit in the army. But in fact, Imperial Guard has not fought a war for many years. What kind of elite troops are they without the experience of war? What's more, Imperial Guard's equipment is also very old. In the absence of actual combat missions, the upgrading of their equipment is naturally inferior to that of the main combat forces.
Thanks to the development of the railway network, 1st Marine Division arrived at Berlin in just one day. Because Imperial Guard has set up a level, they have no way to directly enter Berlin. The train stopped at a small station more than ten kilometers away from Berlin.,
"Get off the vehicle immediately, complete preparations within an hour, and head towards Berlin!" Major General Alexander? Lin Xingen ordered.
"Yes, General." 1st Marine Division's various departments began to get out of the car. The soldiers got out of the carriage and began to line up. All kinds of equipment were also loaded and unloaded from the train. Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz, a large number of Truck have been mobilized from other places and are on standby here.
At 7 o'clock in the morning, 1st Marine Division began to attack Berlin.
Although, Berlin has a lot of Imperial Guard. However, they are scattered everywhere. Facing 1st Marine Division's attack, they were in a hurry and unable to resist.
The real fierce battle broke out around the Berlin train station. Imperial Guard Two battalions are deployed here. They knew that if the train station was lost, the troops loyal to Oscar would be able to take the train and rush to Berlin quickly.
In order to avoid damaging the train station as much as possible, 1st Marine Division did not use heavy artillery when attacking. After all, Berlin was occupied by the Rebel Army. But a large number of people in the city are innocent.
In fact, when the gunfire sounded, the people in Berlin the city became very Panic.
"Da da da!"
Heavy Machine Gun began to fire, and Imperial Guard set up Heavy Machine Gun on the barricade outside the train station, using intensive firepower to block 1st Marine Division's attack.
However, when Major General Alexander? Linsingen threw Armored Battalion into the attack without hesitation. Imperial Guard collapsed immediately. Imperial Guard is not equipped with tanks, let alone weapons to deal with tanks. After all, if Berlin in the hinterland of the Empire is attacked by the enemy's Armored Forces, then Germany is not far away from defeat, right? In that case, there would be no need to equip those anti-tank weapons.
However, this is undoubtedly bad news for those who launched the mutiny.
Imperial Guard, who was stationed at the train station, failed after only holding on for half an hour under the attack of Marine Corps 1st Infantry Division. Most of the officers and soldiers of the two battalions surrendered to 1st Marine Division. Others ran away.
On the railway from Königsberg to Berlin, civilian trains have stopped running. All that is passing are military trains. German Army 9th Army Corps Commander General Hindenburg is leading a Infantry Division and a Armored Division to Berlin.
At this moment, General Hindenburg looked serious. Berlin actually rebelled at this juncture, which greatly exceeded his expectation. However, now he can be regarded as Oscar. His honor and disgrace are all tied to Oscar. Therefore, he absolutely cannot sit back and watch the rebellion succeed and Oscar's position as Crown Prince be threatened. Therefore, after receiving the order from Oscar, he immediately summoned his troops and prepared to rush to Berlin.
"Your Excellency Commander, 1st Marine Division is calling. They have occupied the train station and cleared the obstacles along the line. We can enter the train station directly." A staff officer reported.
General Hindenburg nodded. "Well, let all the troops get ready!"
"By the way, when will Crown Prince return to Berlin?" General Hindenburg asked.
"Your Excellency Commander, Crown Prince has already departed from France. It is expected to return to Berlin tomorrow."
"Okay, after we arrive at Berlin, we will surround Berlin first, and wait until Crown Prince arrives before obeying his orders." Marshal Hindenburg said.
"Yes, Your Excellency Commander."
After 9th Army Corps's 8th Armored Division and 101st Infantry Division arrived at Berlin, they joined forces with 1st Marine Division to surround Berlin. All Rebel Army are surrounded inside.