Chapter 13
Downfall
April 30th 1945:
Reznov: "When the flag of the motherland flies, all of Berlin will know that the evil of the fascist Reich has been wiped from the face of the Earth"
Reznov (Chernov's diary): "April 30th 1945: when he first spoke of Dimitri, Reznov told tales of a hero. Someone we should all aspire to be like. At times, I have seen him show mercy, and others complete brutality. I do not understand him. Perhaps heroes need not question their actions".
The Russian squad were getting ready to take Berlin, inside Reichstag
Reznov: "come men, the final battle is here, today we take Berlin!"
They ran through to the main lobby, there were German soldiers lined up on stairs with MP40s, the Russians used PPSh machine guns to take out the German, they outnumbered the Russian, a huge firefight began, Reznov gave Dimitri a mosin-nagant.
Reznov: "do what you do best Dimitri, we're bringing the storm, with an iron fist"
He sniped their heads one by one.
They pushed forward up the stairs, and along a corridor, into a theatre, there were more Russian soldiers lined up around the balcony of the theatre, more Russians came in at the bottom of the theatre near some chairs, the Germans were on the stage, some near the chairs with flamethrowers, Dimitri sniped the flamethrowers, causing them to explode, one German had a MG42 machine gun, that tore the chairs up, killing some of the Russians, Reznov picked up a Panzerschreck and fired it at the gunner, he then handed it to Dimitri
Reznov: "fire this at their fascist symbol!"
He pointed to the gold Nazi symbol, Dimitri fired it and the symbol fell on some German soldiers. The Russians continued to some stairs up, once they got up there the Germans setup defences and towers with more machine guns on, the Russians had to find cover.
Reznov: "come on men keep fighting it's nearly over, the motherland will have its revenge!"
They threw grenades at the towers making them fall, they ran to the left as there was a huge hole in the floor leading back to the theatre, more Germans were shooting them but a big pipe was in the way, Reznov, pulled out a grenade and threw it through a small gap it blew the Germans and the pipe up, the Russians came to the balcony of Reichstag Reznov handed Dimitri the soviet flag
Reznov: "you Dimitri are the hero of the motherland you must let her flag fly over the enemy!"
Dimitri and Reznov, ran toward the Nazi flag, and the Russians were cheering, as Dimitri went to put the flag in, a German soldier shot Dimitri in the chest with a pistol
Reznov: "NO!"
Reznov stabbed the soldier with his knife, then ran to Dimitri, he helped him up
Reznov: "come on, you cheat death many times, do not let now be when you run out of luck, let the flag fly"
Reznov, cut the Nazi flag down and Dimitri stabbed the soviet flag into some sandbags, it waved in the breeze, the Russians had won, they took Berlin the remainder of the Germans were surrendering, the Russians cheered.
The Russians went back home to Russia and rebuilt Stalingrad, Dimitri went into a hospital, and recovered really quickly he was promoted to Sargent, Reznov was promoted to captain, Reznov was assigned to a mission with Dimitri under the command of Nikita Dragovich…