For Lavrinenko at this moment, there is no news that is more inspiring than Malashenko yelling that I have arrived.
Listening to Malashenko's shouts on the other end of the radio, Lavrinenko, who couldn't restrain his excitement, immediately pressed the call button in his hand and replied loudly.
"The situation is urgent! The Germans are attacking the village from the east and west. You'd better bring people up quickly to support!"
Malashenko had roughly guessed that the situation was not optimistic, but Lavrinenko's shouts on the other end of the radio were obviously more critical than expected, and the situation had reached the final critical moment where no delay was necessary.
"Hold on! Reinforcements will be here soon. We must not let the Germans rush into the village!"
On the way here, Malashenko was already holding a map of the war zone and roughly studied the operational outline and situation based on the situation described by political commissar Petrov on the radio.
This small village that is entrenched directly ahead and is being attacked by Lavrinenko and his men does exist and is marked on the map.
But what puzzled Malashenko was that the annotation marked on the map of this village stated that this village should have been abandoned and evacuated before the outbreak of the Battle of Kursk. Moreover, not only was there no one living here, it was also deserted.
Said that on the first day of the Battle of Kursk, it was attacked by the Luftwaffe.
Although the reason is unclear, it can be roughly guessed that the Germans probably regarded this place as a transit point for the Red Army, or a material reserve point, a troop garrison point, etc. After all, there is only such a village within a radius of more than ten kilometers.
If we really need to reserve supplies and gather troops, we can only do it here. A sudden wave of bombings can really be considered as preparedness.
However, since the village was abandoned and bombed to pieces, why would the SS, who was unaware of this, gather madly at this barren place?
Malashenko turned on the flashlight in the turret and stared at the map for a long time. In the end, he came to only one conclusion: this was basically the final closing point of the encirclement of the SS Skeleton Division and the Reich Division.
If this were not the case, there would be no way to explain everything that has happened so far.
The huge Prokhorovka grassland can accommodate thousands of tanks and hundreds of thousands of troops galloping freely, but they met an enemy in such a small place? The Germans did not follow their own possible retreat routes, and then
Having finalized the final encirclement point, he rushed in from both wings and outflanked the enemy. Malashenko himself didn't believe it.
But now that the matter has come to an end, Malashenko, who has been faced with the worst-case scenario, has no other choice but to forcibly withstand this wave of premeditated and organized encirclement and interception, and show his greatest courage
It is a choice to lead the troops to meet the enemy with courage and courage.
The is6 heavy tank with the accelerator depressed was like a giant beast running at full speed on the grassland. Malashenko, who was anxious and worried that he would not be able to catch up, had just commanded his car to drive outside the village. The guns and guns were exploding like a thunderstorm.
A loud sound soon reached my ears.
"Malashenko is calling! Political Commissar please answer!"
The tanks have arrived at the outskirts of the village. Corpses of both sides lying scattered everywhere can be seen almost everywhere, and the burning wreckage of the German tanks is emitting black smoke, but the only thing that Malashenko has been worried about is missing.
The figure of Comrade Political Commissar, logically speaking, should not have accompanied the troops in the battle.
Fortunately, Malashenko, who was anxious to get angry, did not wait too long, and the voice of that nature came from the other end of the radio.
"I have led people into the village and are supporting the battle to the west of the village! Lavry is in charge of the battlefield to the east of the village. Now both sides are in urgent need of support! It seems that the Germans have mobilized all their main forces. Through the telescope,
Countless SS tanks and soldiers are moving towards us!"
Political Commissar Petrov did not ask Malashenko whether he planned to retreat, but instead responded with an affirmative sentence such as "Both sides need support."
In fact, there is nothing to say about the battle so far. The control of this village will be directly related to the development of the next battle situation and situation, and even the final victory or defeat.
If you lose your village, you will be forcibly driven out by those vicious SS soldiers.
Stalin's 1st Guards Heavy Tank Brigade, paired with the 9th Guards Airborne Division, would not only lose their last hope, but also watch the pocket of the encirclement close and be completely surrounded.
However, the field defensive positions of "something is better than nothing" were also lost.
The troops in a marching state with no position to defend are attacked by an enemy with far superior strength. The infantry and tanks, mainly armored units, are engaged in a coordinated offensive in an encounter on the unobstructed grassland. As long as the brain is not broken,
You can definitely guess what the final outcome of this battle will be.
Not to mention that Malashenko is Stalin's 1st Guards Heavy Tank Brigade in a semi-disabled state. Right now, Malashenko must immediately replenish the troops to a fully reorganized state, and then tie up the 9th Guards Airborne Division.
Counting them all together. Faced with three elite divisions of the armed SS, one in front and one in back, there is absolutely no chance of winning.
Even a fool knows that it is only a matter of time before the temporarily deflated Guardsmen Division makes a comeback and catches up from behind.
But if he can capture and defend the village, Malashenko will at least have the capital to reverse the situation.
Even if the SS troops once again relied on their strength to outflank the outside, they were blocked back and surrounded in the village. But as long as there is this preset position, coupled with the blessing of heavy tanks as anti-armor mobile barriers, it is powerful.
It is not impossible to hold the position with fire support, and the probability is at least much greater than fighting three enemy divisions in an unobstructed open space.
After hearing Commissar Petrov's answer to him, Malashenko did not dare to be negligent, and made a decision immediately after a brief thought in the blink of an eye.
"The 1st Tank Battalion and the 9th Guards Airborne Division will go to support the east side of the village. The remaining tanks will follow me to support the west side of the village! Varosha, bring your people and follow me!"
Malashenko did not want to divide the troops. To divide the troops would mean that the already depleted combat strength would be further dismantled and compressed.
But now there is no other way. The SS with superior strength can squander the power in their hands wantonly, and can even attack at the same time by flanking the east and west fronts.