"What a fool! This is going to be difficult. Why did these bastards run away? Are they afraid of me? Or are they afraid of the encirclement and suppression by the large forces of the front army? Damn it!"
Malashenko also knew that it was useless to just sit here and think about it. As for what to do, he should continue to wait for any follow-up information from the front army headquarters.
Anyway, for now, the Skeleton Division's bastards have been running away for more than half an hour, and there is no longer any possibility of pursuit and annihilation.
Therefore, the "one-spoon stew" hard dish that Malashenko originally prepared could only be considered "half-cooked" in the end. It was missing a key ingredient and was only half cooked.
The Grossdeutschland Division was completely wiped out, and the Skeleton Division pretended to be a force and ran away.
Although this result cannot be said to be bad, it is definitely not good. At least Malashenko is really not happy about it.
In particular, in order to quickly support the battle in the north, Malashenko also used the maximum attack energy for the first time, pressing all the leading divisions that had completed the synthesis and adaptation at one go, and attacked the already shaky Grossdeutschland Division from three sides.
Poor last line of defense.
The results have all been seen. Malashenko achieved the result he wanted, compressed the completion time of the annihilation mission to the extreme, and sent the Grossdeutschland Division on the road in the shortest possible time.
But there is a price, and it is very heavy.
More than half of the casualties in the combat engineer unit were very painful for Malashenko. It is not easy to form or replenish this elite heavy infantry unit. On a normal day, reports and documents about this unit must be handed over to Comrade Political Commissar
After sorting out the preliminary review in person, I will show it to Malashenko to see and sign for final review before it can be issued to the troops for execution.
Malashenko can now foresee that it will not be easy to restore the combat effectiveness of the combat engineer troops in the future.
The leader division itself cannot draw out so many experienced veterans and qualified grassroots commanders. If it is forced to draw out, it can also make up all the combat engineer units, but this will greatly affect the conventional infantry units.
Wall, make up for the Western Wall.
It's obviously inappropriate to act so recklessly, so what should we do?
There is no other way but to ask our comrade, the commander, to help wipe the mess and find a way to add manpower from other places.
Thinking of this, Malashenko felt his face burning up, it was a bit too embarrassing.
You said that your leadership division has just completed its synthetic reorganization and added so many high-quality soldiers and cutting-edge equipment in one go.
After just one battle on the battlefield, he immediately reached out to his superiors for supplements.
Let’s not talk about whether this supplement can be approved. I just want to ask you whether you are ashamed or not?
Even though our Comrade Ma has a thicker skin than the city wall, I still feel ashamed when I think of this.
The more elite the troops are, the more self-esteem they have, the stronger the sense of collective honor, and the better their reputation. This is not unique to the Soviet army, it is a "common problem" shared by elite troops all over the world.
As the leader of a division, Malashenko's face is infinitely equal to the face of the collective leader of the division.
Even if there is a reason for the incident, when he thinks of Vatugin asking, "How could the casualties be so heavy? How was this battle fought!?" Comrade Lao Ma feels speechless now, "I have no face to see Jiangdong Laowa."
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But no matter what you think or say, things are just like this. They are not based on people's subjective will and must be faced.
Therefore, Malashenko, who had tried his best to find no good solution, could only give up with a long sigh.
"Hey, what are you talking about? I'm convinced..."
However, this also led to another subsequent situation that actually happened. This is the "skeleton master" who must take the blame for this in Malashenko's view. Now he is completely resented, even more than before.
The grudge is even stronger.
"Damn it! It's all because of these bastards who forced me to jump over the wall! Otherwise, why would this battle be fought like this!? By dragging it until dusk and dark, we can force all the remaining bastards of the Grossdeutschland Division to surrender. We're in a hurry.
These bastards who fought hard didn't even have the time to consider surrendering, so the blame must be placed on these bastards! I'll mark it down for you!"
No matter what the reason was, after the Skeleton Division ran away like this and played the German version of "Thousands of Miles Away, There is a Sky", the leader division successfully completed the expected task and was able to report to his superiors. Of course, this also meant that
There is nothing much to do for a while, so you can take a breather and rest in place, waiting for further instructions from your superiors.
"How's it going? Has the telegram been sent? Has your superiors responded?"
Malashenko, who went down to the troops and walked around to understand the situation, came back not long after, and continued to get into the tent of the field division headquarters, where he did not often stay, to find out about the situation from his political commissar comrades.
The political commissar who understood that Malashenko's thoughts were only on the follow-up orders from his superiors simply took out a document from the pile of documents at hand and handed it to Malashenko in front of him.
"I just arrived. I was planning to deliver this thing to you right after I signed it. Now that you're back, let's take a look for yourself."
The content of the telegram was very brief, and the main idea was to learn about the latest battle situation of the leading division and to express affirmation and encouragement.
It was of great significance to once again annihilate the Grossdeutschland Division. This was an extraordinary victory. In the name of the Front Army Headquarters, Vatutin congratulated and praised Malashenko in the telegram, and jointly stated that he would
Report relevant situations and apply for honors and awards won by the leader.
At the end of the telegram, Malashenko found what he wanted, which was the next specific action order.
The huge victory in annihilating the Grossdeutschland Division had a very positive impact on the entire front. The elite field group of hundreds of thousands of German troops entrenched in the eastern suburbs of Warsaw was falling into a complete rout.
Now, multiple assault troops of the 1st Belarusian Front are advancing in an all-round way towards the east bank of the Vistula River. They are expected to arrive at the expected location as soon as this evening to prepare for the battle to seize the cross-river bridge.
The cross-river bridges on the south and north banks are in charge of friendly troops affiliated with the First Army. As a temporarily seconded "brotherly unit", Malashenko's leader division is currently in the forefront and is also closest to the most important.
A Red Army unit on the central bridge across the river.
Moreover, the huge obstacle between the Red Army and the Central Cross-River Bridge, that is, the Grossdeutschland Division, had been sent to the west by Malashenko's leading division.
Now, except for the pitifully small German garrison entrenched at the bridgehead, there is no longer any organized group force that can stop the leader's division from advancing.
By taking down the central bridge across the river, the heavy equipment of the leading division and the big guys will have a way to cross the river.
The whole city is crackling with fighting, and the uprising has broken out in Warsaw, which will then completely open its doors to the Red Army.
Without any suspense, he captured the central cross-river bridge, opened the first complete passage to Warsaw for the Red Army, and liberated the Polish capital as the first force to enter the city.
This task, which is relatively simple to say and very glorious at the same time, naturally has a bit of political overtones and falls on the leadership division named after Comrade Stalin and Comrade Ma, who is the leader of the division.