Camp No. 3, or the whole of Auschwitz, had many scenes that were even more tragic than what was before the eyes, but Malashenko did not have time to lead Iushkin to visit them one by one.
As the most elite field group of the entire Soviet Army, the most realistic description of the Leader Division is that it is "either in the middle of an attack or on the way to attack the enemy."
The time for rest is always extremely short. Although he is somewhat reluctant to temporarily take orders from Konev, as a soldier, Malashenko still knows very clearly what he should do, and he also knows what he will face next.
What.
The storming of Auschwitz was a self-initiated plan of action by the leadership division headed by himself. In the short term, Malashenko could still use the excuses of "lost" or "he came over by accident."
, to prevaricate and perfunctory the superior, that is, the headquarters of the 1st Ukrainian Front on Konev's side.
But if it continues to drag on for a long time, and such an elite main force is still unable to act according to orders and never appears where it should appear, even a "big man with a profound background" like Malashenko will not be able to carry it.
Resist the pressure. It should be noted that Konev is a newly promoted marshal who is currently very popular, while Malashenko is only a minor general. The gap is too huge.
Therefore, Malashenko must end the operation in Auschwitz as quickly as possible this morning, complete what needs to be done as quickly as possible with the highest efficiency, and rush to Konev because the leader of the division did not appear when he wanted to.
This is Malashenko's immediate plan to end everything before getting angry. To do this, he must seize the time.
"Yes, I am Malashenko. Let Comrade Political Commissar answer the radio immediately."
"Hello? Comrade Political Commissar? Yes, everything is going well here. Camp No. 3 is already ours. There are only corpses or prisoners, and no one escaped alive. How is the situation on your side?"
The hellish place of Auschwitz is not just a row of wooden houses. As a place of purgatory where more than four million people were systematically massacred in history, Auschwitz was built on
The No. 3 Battalion captured by Malashenko's team was just a part of a highly efficient oppression and collective killing system that covered an extremely large area, the tip of the iceberg.
At the same time, on the other side, another group of troops, planned and commanded by Commissar Petrov and Deputy Division Commander Lavrinenko, were once again divided into two groups to encircle and capture Auschwitz Concentration Camp No. 1 and
Camp No. 2.
The leader's division, which had a large establishment and abundant strength, was divided into three groups during this operation. At the same time, it launched an encirclement, suppression and liberation operation against the three camps under the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. The purpose was to not let any Nazi escape as much as possible.
hybrid.
In the words of Malashenko at the mobilization meeting before the war, "Every bastard in this bunch of fascist bastards must pay the price for the heinous crimes they committed." It's like beating one of them.
Camp, disturbing the other two camps and causing a large number of Fascists to run away in fright, Malashenko absolutely cannot bear it and must do his best to avoid it.
Fortunately, the Leader Division not only has sufficient troops to carry out this task, but also has good hardware conditions in terms of technical equipment because it has already completed a complete mechanization upgrade.
Such things as high-speed penetration and surprise attack to surround the concentration camp were completely easy for the leader division.
I can even surround a few ace divisions of the Waffen SS and still eat them in one bite. Why should a bunch of noob prison guards in a concentration camp play with me? Just wash my neck and wait for death!
Malashenko was already so confident when he deployed the combat plan before the war, and he is still no exception now.
"Everything is going well on our side. The encirclement and suppression operations of the 1st and 2nd Battalions have been fully completed."
"One of the No. 1 battalions went relatively smoothly, and it was led by Lavrinenko himself. There was a slight problem with the No. 2 battalion. The number of SS soldiers inside was a bit beyond imagination, and this gang
The bastards also put up a desperate resistance without fear of death, and it took some time to get rid of them."
"However, Kulbalov has just received a report that the battle has basically ended, and the troops are clearing and capturing the remaining SS troops everywhere in the No. 2 Battalion. So so far, it can be said with certainty that this operation has achieved
It was a relatively complete success. All three camps were captured and controlled within the specified time according to the combat plan. We have won this battle, Comrade Division Commander."
Malashenko and Lavrinenko, the chief and deputy division commanders, are not at the division headquarters on a daily basis. Anyway, don’t ask where the two division commanders are. If you ask, it means “the division commanders are on the front line.”
Therefore, the command work at the division headquarters was naturally handed over to the political commissar who was at the same level as Lavrinenko and was the deputy political commander at the division level.
To be precise, the political commissar who is both civil and military is really qualified for this job. This is the main reason why Malashenko entrusted him with the important task. After all, it was through the mouth of the division commander and the widely circulated saying in the leadership division: "You
The proverb "You can always trust your political commissar comrades" is well known and widely recognized.
Malashenko, who had taken care of most of the matters on his side, received the battlefield victory report he wanted from the division headquarters commanded by Comrade Political Commissar. He seemed quite satisfied with it, and his face showed his first smile today.
Malashenko then nodded in approval and spoke.
"Well done. Intelligence shows that the No. 2 Battalion is where the Germans have the strongest defense. Kurbalov was able to break this tough nut for me within the stipulated time. That is a great achievement and deserves praise. Here.
This guy said, I will personally ask for credit from my superiors. Oh, by the way, one more thing, how was the rescue work of Battalion 1 and 2? How many people were rescued in total?"
The liberation day of Auschwitz in existing history came much later. What the belated Red Army faced was the ruins of a concentration camp that had been ravaged by fascist thugs and whose corpses had been destroyed.
There are also very few detainees, only a handful of thousands.
This time, Malashenko relied on a high-speed interspersed surprise attack to catch the Germans off guard. When the main German army on the southern front was beaten so suspiciously that they had no time to care about anything, it only took less than a morning.
All three camps were captured by force and the actual capture and occupation was completed.
Malashenko hoped that the outcome this time would be different from the previous ones. He would save as many people as possible. The immediate reply from Comrade Political Commissar made Malashenko's heart instantly.