"I want to ask you for someone, but he is not a middle-level commander and combatant, but a grassroots comrade."
"oh?"
Malashenko's answer was indeed unexpected. Zhukov thought that once Malashenko opened his mouth, he would at least ask for a colonel, or even worse, a lieutenant colonel, and directly ask for a grassroots commander.
It's unexpected.
However, this suddenly made Zhukov interested.
What kind of grassroots commanders and fighters can Malashenko, who has already become a major general, name and recruit?
Zhukov doesn't know the answer yet, but he is really looking forward to it, and is even a little eager to know what kind of answer Malashenko will give him.
Malashenko did not let Zhukov wait too long, and immediately blurted out his answer without thinking.
"He should be a member of the 3rd Guards Tank Army, and further down is the 53rd Tank Brigade of the 6th Tank Army. His name is Oskin, Alexander Povrovik Oskin. If I remember correctly, he should be a
Lieutenant, but maybe my news is delayed and he has now been promoted to a higher rank."
"As far as I know about him, he is an outstanding grassroots commander and combatant in the command of medium tank troops. It stands to reason that our division has the most experienced grassroots commanders and combatants, but, Comrade Marshal, you also know that our division is a heavy tank unit.
It is adapted from the foundation of the tank force. In fact, there has always been a lack of suitable professional commanders and combatants in the medium tank force."
"I have been paying attention to Comrade Oskin for some time. From his resume to his actual combat performance, I am very optimistic about it. I think it may be a good choice for him to come to our division and give him good results.
, so I would like to trouble you to help me with this matter."
Alexander Povlovik Oskin, this is a name that is very impressive to Malashenko in the memory of later generations.
In the existing history of the Great Patriotic War, the well-known Soviet tank aces are very few and far between, and they are far less outstanding than the armored aces of the Germans.
On the one hand, this is because the Krauts have fewer people and more enemies. If they fight with a weak number against a large number of enemy tanks, they will indeed have more opportunities to "boost the record." Another point is that the Kraut tanks in the existing history
The quality is dominant. Most of the armored aces of the German army were born in the tiger and leopard zoo. It would be weird to bully the T34 with this kind of thing without ace.
In contrast, the Soviet army pursued the steel torrent tactic of winning with quantity, and this became more and more the case in the later stages of the war. From the perspective of a loving comrade, Hitler said, "My T34s are endless."
Like the vast ocean, your tiger and leopard zoo is losing casualties every minute, so what suspense is there in this war?"
The size of the tank corps is huge, so there are naturally fewer opportunities to improve the performance evenly distributed to each Soviet crew. In addition, the number of tanks of the Germans is not dominant. It is really difficult to achieve a record as abnormal as the Germans.
But nothing is absolute. You may not find an ace like the Germans who destroyed more than a hundred vehicles at every turn, but you can still find an ace who carries dozens of German tanks on his head, and there are quite a few of them, Malashenko named them.
Lieutenant Oskin is such a talented person.
Malashenko still remembers this brother’s battle to become famous.
There is no other reason, because if we talk about this matter alone, the record achieved by this buddy in the battle to become famous is really awesome.
How awesome is he? This guy drove a T3485 and killed 3 King Tigers in a duel. Although he achieved this result through a black gun ambush, you can't deny that he is awesome if he can achieve this result in a duel.
, setting up ambush with a black gun is called tactics, and tactics are also part of strength.
What's more important is that this guy's resume is even better than his record.
Since the outbreak of the Patriotic War in 1941, Oskin has been the commander of a T34 medium tank. During this period, he has changed his vehicle countless times, upgraded from a 76 main gun to an 85 main gun, and from the 1941 T34 to the current
Today's Model 1944 T34.
From the initial defeat of the Soviet Western Front to the walls of Moscow, and then to the subsequent counterattack, stalemate, and counterattack again, until now the end of Operation Bagration. This guy drove a T34 that was easy to kill and fought the whole game.
There was nothing wrong with him, but the Germans couldn't even scratch his skin.
From then on, he fought all the way to the end of the Patriotic War, captured Berlin, and lived until the peaceful era of the Cold War before passing away peacefully at the end of his life.
There were many Soviet tank commanders who lived to see the victory of the Great Patriotic War, but if you want to say that the T34 commander who could fight from the beginning of the war in 1941 to 1945 lived to see the victory of the war, he is definitely a rare person.
None.
To be able to fight on the extremely cruel battlefield of the Patriotic War from the beginning of the war to the end of the war and still survive is no longer considered awesome. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a legend. The young Red Army tank soldiers fought one after another.
, sacrificed batch after batch, but failed to wipe out the ace commander Oskin.
Even the troops commanded by Malashenko himself experienced heavy casualties in which the entire army was almost annihilated several times. Comrade Ma, who was protected by his comrades, almost went to see Lenin to report on his work.
Sijin can stay alive and fight tenaciously, and he becomes more and more courageous as he fights, constantly refreshing his record. If you really want to talk about it, this is what Malashenko admires the most.
As a future time traveler, it is normal for Malashenko to know these things, but as the commander-in-chief of thousands of troops, it is impossible and unnecessary for Comrade Lao Zhu to understand the deeds of a little lieutenant in detail, at least
It takes Malashenko's level to get Zhukov to ask questions and get interested.
Although he doesn’t know much about the person Malashenko is talking about, this does not mean that Zhukov will keep asking for the results. As long as Malashenko makes a request for some things that are not too important, out of respect for
Zhukov did not intend to understand Malashenko's understanding and trust one by one in detail.
He is nothing more than a lieutenant. He is just a low-level commander who can't survive to be promoted to captain or captain. After returning, he can arrange personnel transfer and let him report to the leadership division. As for whether Malashenko can make good use of this person and how to use him, this is not the case.
This is what Zhukov is currently concerned about. If he still remembers this matter in the future, it will not be too late to ask Malashenko.
"What about the two brigade commanders? Do you want your division to decide internally?"
Zhukov, who had not forgotten the business, continued to ask, and Malashenko nodded without hesitation.
"Yes, Comrade Marshal. I have already thought about the candidates. I will promote them from the current three tank regiment commanders, and then I will also draft the candidates for other positions vacated by the expansion and expansion.