It is very possible that the information has become true, and the treasure that has been stolen for three years has reappeared in front of his eyes, returning to the embrace of the motherland. How can such a scene in front of him not make Vatutin feel unprecedentedly excited?
"The Amber Room, it's really the Amber Room! I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it! The lost treasure has returned to the embrace of the motherland. What an unexpected joy! I want to personally report to Comrade Stalin to call him to inform him of the good news. Comrade Stalin will definitely
Very happy!" You have made a great contribution this time, Malashenko!
Compared to Vatutin's expression of excitement, which could almost lead to singing a song, Malashenko's face looked uncomfortable and slightly hesitant. After careful consideration, he finally decided to tell the truth.
"Comrade Commander, what you have seen is good news, but I also have bad news to tell you. I hope you can be mentally prepared."
"Hmm? Bad news?"
Vatutin, who is far less tall than Malashenko, has a relatively horizontal figure, and his round face makes him look fatter. He stands next to the wooden box and raises his head, which was originally looking at the amber room in the box, to ask questions.
With his eyes on Malashenko, Vatutin couldn't understand what could be called bad news when there were so many good things.
"Tell me about the bad news, I'm ready."
"..."
Malashenko took a deep breath and figured it out. It doesn't make much difference if you finish talking about some things earlier. Anyway, Vatutin will have to know sooner or later. He didn't ask for much reward for doing this job.
And honor, I never thought about it that way in the beginning.
If you want to talk about mission rewards, Malashenko actually feels that he has already obtained them. More than thirty brand-new Black Panther 2s are undoubtedly earned as mission rewards. This means that the shortcomings of the medium tank unit will be eliminated.
A lot of it was made up for in one go.
So even if saying this means you won't get any awards and honors, it doesn't matter, as long as there is no punishment. You can't give a big penalty to a hero who took the treasure back from the Germans for the motherland, right? Think about it.
Malashenko, who thought this was true, then faced Vatutin and spoke again.
"Comrade Commander, I'm sorry! The amber room we recaptured from the enemy this time was not complete. After checking all the cut amber boards I got, I found that it was only half at most, and it was impossible to piece together a complete room."
"I ordered a search of the entire train station. Although time was tight, I searched all the places where large items could be hidden. In the end, I found nothing, not even any other treasures. All the treasures in the station were hidden.
The Krauts are gathered in the train ready to rush away, and everything they can find is here."
"..."
The situation described by Malashenko was indeed "unexpected" for Vatutin. Vatutin, who frowned and said nothing, needed some time to sort out the thoughts in his mind and make a decision.
Malashenko, who dared to interrupt Vatutin's train of thought, just watched silently.
It was not until about half a minute later that Vatutin, who was holding the edge of the box with both hands and remained silent, slowly spoke again as if he had finally figured out what was going on.
"The matter is of great importance, and it is beyond my scope of authority. I will report the matter directly to Comrade Stalin for handling, but I believe you will still get the credit, Malashenko."
"Even in the worst case scenario, we can only leave this half of the Amber Room to future generations to witness history. But you are still the one who got this half of the Amber Room, and this will never change. Superfluous words
I won’t say any more. You should know that I will personally explain all this to Comrade Stalin. If you have any unnecessary worries, you can put them away now and stop thinking about them.”
During the long period of working together with Malashenko, Vatutin gradually mastered a "skill" that even Zhukov did not master, and he could generally guess what Malashenko was thinking.
Malashenko has a very deep inner city that is not available to people of his age. Although he looks careless on the surface, as long as he has known Malashenko for a long time, he can basically reach a consensus among smart people.
Consensus: No one knows how many and what kind of secrets Malashenko hides behind him. He is by no means as simple a person as he seems on the surface.
But it's not a good thing to randomly inquire into other people's secrets. Who can keep some secrets in their hearts these days?
This is exactly what Vatutin did. He knew that Malashenko must have many things in his heart that he was unwilling to tell others easily, but on the other hand, he never took the initiative to ask. This is Vatutin's habit of dealing with others.
One of the operations is not only true for Malashenko, but also for many people who are close to him.
Over time, Vatutin, who has been with Malashenko like this for a long time, can more or less guess some simple things, but he just doesn't say them on weekdays. After all, when you get along with such a special person, you always
We will pay more attention to him, think more, and study more, and Malashenko is just such a special person for Vatutin.
Seeing that Vatutin guessed what he was thinking about Xiao Jiujiu, Malashenko, who was a little embarrassed, just smiled awkwardly at Vatutin. Before he could say anything, it was Vatutin who took the lead to speak.
Tu Jing.
"That's it for the time being. I'll arrange for someone to take the things away and transport them. You've done a great job, Malashenko!"
"in addition......"
Vatutin, who walked around from behind the box and walked to Malashenko, suddenly stopped and then pointed in a direction not far away with a mysterious air and asked questions.
"Where did those things come from? Did you get them from the station too?"
The thing Vatutin pointed at was none other than the more than thirty brand-new Black Panther 2s that Malashenko had obtained from the station.
Since it is a new batch of standard equipment that is to be delivered to the Skeleton Division for front-line operations, these Black Panther 2s that have just been captured and parked in the ranks of the Red Army are indeed a bit "eye-catching".
Not to mention the German call sign numbers and the Iron Cross logo painted on the side of the turret, even the iconic division emblem of the Skeleton Division bastards was painted on the front of the car body. Although the logo is not big, it is still famous.
Be conspicuous.
In addition, the latest three-color summer camouflage paint of the 44-year Eastern Front used by these Panther 2s seems to be incompatible with the standard summer camouflage paint of Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division. There is a big gap.
Such a group of Black Panther 2s were parked openly in the leader's tank formation. They were either surrounded by IS6s or T-43s. They were surrounded by Red Army tanks. To be honest, they looked very out of place. Plus
There were many soldiers and tank soldiers who came all the way to watch and join in the fun. The scene suddenly became more lively. No wonder it attracted Vatutin's attention.
Faced with Vatutin's inquiry, Malashenko could only tell the truth as usual, but he had already thought about how to tell Vatutin this matter according to the result he wanted, using language skills.
It seems that this art has come in handy again.
"As you said, it was indeed obtained from the station. This is equipment that the bastards of the Skeleton Master had no time to take away and were forced to abandon it. It is not easy to get these oil-drinking monsters back, but at the same time they are very valuable to capture!
To be honest with you, Comrade Commander, I also want to make a small request to you, and it is also because of this."