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Chapter 1823 Two braces

Chapter 1823 Scored twice

Malashenko expected that he would perform many kinds of missions, and he also knew that he might encounter all kinds of unexpected opponents in this largest ground conflict battlefield in human history, which would be more complex and difficult than before.

But Malashenko never imagined that one day he would command a tank to hijack a train and do something like a train robber. It was exciting enough just to hear it, let alone even think about it.

Moreover, this is still robbing a train protected by elite SS troops. Such additional conditions alone are enough to deter ordinary troops. The madness of this group of SS elite fanatics far exceeds that of most German armed forces.

, whether it is the Wehrmacht or the SS, after all, the names of the four elites are not for nothing.

However, this is exactly what Malashenko wants.

He had already fought against all the four elite elites of the SS, and even killed one of them completely. Even the organization and troops were wiped clean in one go.

Now, in the narrow road between enemies, he encountered another old opponent who had climbed down in the past. After the initial surprise, this reality actually made Malashenko feel a little excited.

Yes, he was excited. Malashenko, who knew himself well, was very convinced of this now, and immediately spoke to the political commissar.

"So... what did the front army headquarters say? In addition to hijacking the train, is it necessary to annihilate all the bastards like the Skeleton Division?"

Malashenko's words seemed to be just as the political commissar had expected, and the following answers came out without much thought.

"I guessed that you would come up with this idea. Comrade Commander must have also expected it."

Having discovered his thoughts, Malashenko smiled sheepishly. People who knew him well seemed to have guessed that he would have such thoughts. Malashenko could only say "You said so."

"That's right" expression, and by the way, he quietly waited for Comrade Political Commissar's next words that he would definitely continue to say.

"Although this is a good opportunity, the Skeleton Division suffered a lot in the battle not long ago and lost a lot of combat power."

"But we must remember the premise of our current priority mission. The battle to encircle and suppress the northern protrusion is on the line, and everything is ready. The arrival of our division will sound the clarion call for this battle. Our division is to attack the northern protrusion.

The protagonist of the encirclement and suppression battle is unique and irreplaceable. This is the mission goal with the highest priority and remains unchanged."

At this point, Malashenko had actually heard some clues. He hesitated to say something but hesitated. It seemed that he wanted to see whether the next words of Comrade Political Commissar would confirm him.

speculation.

"I think you have probably guessed it. Yes, this is a division of troops. Under the current situation, we can only do this and have no other choice."

"...."

Sure enough, what Comrade Political Commissar said in his mouth was consistent with what he expected. Malashenko guessed immediately that the current embarrassing situation would definitely lead to separate operations. Otherwise, why would Comrade Political Commissar emphasize that again?

The problem of fighting in the northern salient? This is already very illustrative.

"Regarding the battle on the northern protrusion, the leading troops of the Baltic Front have now arrived, exchanging fire with the German infantry on the periphery, and a small-scale battle broke out."

"The current battle is still limited to a small scale. The Germans also know that the real storm has not yet come, so they are hiding their strength or exercising restraint. But the longer it drags on, the worse it will be for us. The Germans can mobilize more troops towards the salient.

The more reinforcements you have, the longer you delay fighting this battle, the worse it will be, you know this."

The political commissar spread out the map of the war zone on a corner of the armor plate of the tank and explained the map in detail. Malashenko, who was holding on to the side skirt of his vehicle, listened clearly and nodded in approval.

There are some things that he does not need to do personally. The political commissar will summarize all the key information in advance and report to the division commander. Malashenko only needs to make the final decision and issue the order. This was the case many times in the past, and today

The current situation remains the same as before.

"The first phase of the combat mission must first clear out the Germans' peripheral positions and scattered infantry defenses, further compress the Germans' activity space, and cover as much of the final encirclement and annihilation battle area as possible within our artillery support range. In addition,

The smaller the Germans' defense in depth, the more advantageous it will be for our tank group's breakthrough operations. Maybe an attack can end everything before the energy is exhausted."

"The Front Army Headquarters requires us to send at least part of the advance troops to the northern protrusion to cooperate with the Baltic Front's advance forces in the same theater to conduct the first phase of clearing operations."

"Considering the enemy's huge accumulation of armored troops in the area, the support of tank troops is crucial. Otherwise, a pure infantry attack may suffer a failure like the previous Kharkov battle. Comrade Commander clearly emphasized this

One point, and requires us to fully realize the necessity and importance of it, I think you should be able to understand."

If someone else were to evaluate the quality of the Battle of Kharkov, they might really be evaluating it from the perspective of a third-party bystander, but Vatutin was different.

The failure of the Kharkov counterattack was essentially the result of Vatutin's command. Vatutin did not expect that the German army in front of the enemy had accumulated a powerful armor force that far exceeded anything in the past, maintaining both quality and quantity.

The Germans' powerful zoo cluster and the latest scrap iron men attacked together, and the unreliable black panthers and a lot of miscellaneous German iron bastards overran the counterattack force commanded by Vatutin, which had only a few tanks.

They were all scattered and suffered heavy casualties. In the end, they were helplessly defeated and gave over to the Germans a large area of ​​territory that had been recovered before.

Few famous generals have maintained a glorious record of never losing a battle in their lifetime. Even a Red Army war god like Zhukov had a humiliating and major defeat like Operation Mars.

You can't use too perfect standards to judge a person too much. Vatutin is not the kind of fairy who never suffers losses in a lifetime of winning battles. He can learn from the failure of the Kharkov counterattack and make corrective judgments based on the current situation.

, and then issue the order.

At least in the eyes of Comrade Lao Ma, Vatutin did an impeccable job.

If I had had a similar experience and was still sitting in the position of commander of the front army, I would probably do the same thing. Because whether it is hijacking a train or the encirclement and suppression of the northern protrusion, we cannot delay it. No matter which one is important,

, must not be left behind, even if it is a separate operation, it must be completed.

(End of chapter)


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