Two consecutive military parades, one in Moscow and one in Berlin. Can the non-stop running back and forth be considered over?
But Malashenko didn't have time to take a breath and take a good rest. Time was still very tight for Malashenko, and the real big thing he wanted to do had just begun for Malashenko.
Early the next morning after the four-nation joint military parade, Malashenko received a call from Zhukov and was called to his office to talk face to face.
On the way there, Malashenko had a strong premonition that there would be some long-awaited things that had been settled before the trip, and now it was time to talk about the past.
When Malashenko actually entered Zhukov's office and came to the Red Army God of War and his boss, the strong premonition he had along the way came true as Zhukov slowly opened his mouth.
"The previous version of the combat deployment has been released, and I was supposed to go to the General Staff Headquarters in Moscow to receive it in person. However, considering that our army has a long march from Berlin to the Far East and a large amount of heavy equipment, it is necessary to meet the requirements on the road.
It consumes a lot of time, so I try to save as many processes as possible, focusing on military efficiency."
"Vasilevsky found him before he left for Berlin and asked him to transfer the combat deployment to you. The detailed written documents are all in that file bag. I will take them back later and study them myself. What's his side?
First, tell me the general deployment situation of Yidong, so that I can at least have a basic understanding of what to do when I arrive in Dongdong."
Suppressing his external excitement and manic mood, the old leader was willing to reward "Zai Zai" with honor, and Malashenko would definitely have to accept it. How much face would it be for the marshal to personally explain the combat deployment to me one by one?
I can't even ask for it.
Zai took the initiative to get up from the chair behind the desk, and by signaling to follow him, he led Malashenko all the way to the combat map at the other end of the office.
The huge combat map hanging on the wall had been replaced by Zhukov in advance into a style that Malashenko felt was very familiar to him at first sight.
Is it my hometown in my lifetime, the land that I miss so much every night and daydream about—Northeast China?
There are obvious traces of drawing on the map, which at least shows that Zhukov has been studying this thing for a while.
Malashenko guessed what he should do in Jie Donglai and how the leadership army would deploy its operations. Zhukov had already fully deduced it and understood it clearly. What happened in Jie Donglai can be said to be true.
"First of all, this Far East operation was not under his command. He believed that I should have heard the news."
"Moscow asked him by name to stay in Berlin and continue to deal with matters coming from the east. Therefore, this military operation in the Far East will be personally directed by Marshal Vasilevsky."
"I don't know the relationship between the two of them. They are not in-laws. So even if I am under his command for the first time, I don't have to worry too much. He has already said hello to me in advance. That's all.
Just treat Marshal Vasilevsky as wrongly as you wronged him, there is no difference."
At that time, Malashenko and Zhukov were alone in the office, so it was only in that environment that it was convenient for them to say that.
Is it indeed the first time that Malashenko was directly ordered by Vasilevskiy's commander-in-chief to participate in a major strategic military operation? Zhukov would have many benefits if he took care of what should be done in advance.
This is not only due to personal relations and worldly sophistication, but also to allow the generals to have a better run-in and cooperate with each other, so as to better exert the leadership army's earth-shaking offensive capabilities.
Malashenko must be grateful to Zhukov for taking all the precautions in advance.
If a marshal can take the initiative to help me, a lieutenant general, and use personal relationships to do that, it is no longer an ordinary official business.
The grateful Lan Yizhi was about to say something, at least to express his feelings to Zhukov, but he did not expect that Zhukov's words actually contained a bigger surprise.
"Please tell me something. I should be very interested in this. No, to be precise, I should be very happy to hear the news."
"The headquarters decided to appoint Marshal Vatutin as the commander of the First Far Eastern Front. In view of the fact that the two of us have a long-term tacit cooperation and have shown excellent combat experience in previous battles, and the First Far Eastern Front
The battle direction that the Army is responsible for does indeed require a force with great offensive capabilities like the Leader's Army."
"Therefore, I will command the leadership of the 1st Far Eastern Front Army assigned to Vatutin. It will be directly under the command of the front army and responsible for attacking from east to west, and break through all the Lunar defense lines encountered along the way, and quickly advance to
Harbin, cut off the southward retreat route of the Kwantung Army Northern Group, and complete the north-south division of the Kwantung Army Group."
"After the follow-up troops arrive and take over our defense area, they will continue southeast to Changchun, where they will meet up with the Transbaikal Front. In this way, they will have control of the core area of the entire Northeast region, and at the same time cut off the Kanto area.
The army group fled to the direction of the peninsula."
"The entire Kwantung Army group will be unable to connect to the north and south, and unable to care about the east and west. It will be forced to be divided and surrounded into several independent blocks that are not connected to each other, and will be annihilated one by one by the Red Army with absolutely superior strength."
Following the direction pointed by Zhukov's leg, after clearly understanding on the map what he was asking for and how to do it, Malashenko, who still had questions, quietly spoke.
"Then what happens after arriving in Changchun? Comrade Marshal, he doesn't think that the moment they arrive in Changchun, the entire Kwantung Army Group will surrender and immediately surrender. Those stubborn militarists will fight to the end and must be resolute
Destroy them completely."
Zhukov nodded when he heard Malashenko's question. When it came to specific combat plans, Malashenko's guess was indeed correct.
"That's a good question. The headquarters did misunderstand the performance of the leadership army in this operation and set high expectations. It also misunderstood our combat mission planning. Of course, it did not stop at arriving in Changchun."
"If we complete the encirclement after arriving in Changchun and rendezvousing with the Transbaikal Front, and the situation at that time still requires us to continue fighting and complete further combat missions. Continue south, pass through Shenyang all the way to Dalian, and crush all the Moon troops along the way.
obstruction, and then complete all combat missions."
The baton in Zhukov's leg started from Changchun and continued eastward, all the way to Dalian, the southernmost tip of Northeast China.
If the Leader's Army is indeed capable of completing these additional mission objectives, it will mean that the Leader's Army's assault route runs through the entire Northeast, and can it literally split the Kwantung Army in half with a single blow.
Of course, according to Zhukov's additional explanation, the mission objectives after Changchun are not compulsory to complete.
This should have been a combat operation that the Baikal Front requested to be responsible for, but for the purpose of testing the combat capabilities of the Leading Army, an experimental synthetic mechanized army with various arms, the Supreme Command decided to use it as long as actual conditions permitted.
In this case, priority will be given to the leader army.
In other words, it's not a game.
The question is whether the leading army has the ability to get ahead of the Transbaikal Front and use Changchun as the starting point to prepare for the subsequent attack to the south.
If there is, I will accept the combat mission and take it. Every step further south will be regarded as an additional mission, and we can fight wherever we go. We can continue to fight until we wipe out the little Japs entrenched in the direction of Dalian.
If not, it will still be considered that the leading army has completed its set combat mission. As the military chief of the leading army, Malashenko will not be punished in any way for stopping in Changchun.
No one knows what the current combat strength of Ruming's leadership army is, and how far it can go in such ultra-long-distance and high-intensity mechanized march operations. An empty and red test paper has been handed over to Malashenko's lap.
See how many points you can get by picking up Donglai.
A preliminary combat plan has begun to take shape in Malashenko's mind. As for whether it can be implemented and carried out, it depends on the actual situation encountered after arriving there.
It's hard to say whether I'm just talking about military affairs with the wrong map paper at the moment.
After all, the "harsh work" of completely splitting the Kwantung Army in two sounds like a big deal, but if the facts are true, it's really hard to say for sure whether it will lead to a 100% fully mechanized army.
But that job is easy to get rid of.
"How's it going? Do you feel too stressed and can't speak easily?"
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Looking at Zhukov's expression that was clearly not joking, Malashenko, who couldn't help but laugh, responded with the same firm answer as always.
"If you did not deny the leadership of the division before, then what you said is indeed unrealistic; but now it is not the leadership of the division but the leadership of the army. Those Japanese devils will face mistakes that will be many times what the German defenders of Berlin suffered.
A devastating blow, so."
"Malashenko is confident to complete combat missions, Comrade Marshal, including established combat missions and additional combat missions."
"You once killed those Japanese Japs to a complete defeat in the Far East. That time you couldn't go there in person, so let him do it on your behalf. Malashenko will definitely make those Japanese Japs remember 1939 even more intensely.
fear."
The combat order has been officially sent to the East, and Malashenko will immediately lead his troops to set off for the Far East to make initial preparations for the campaign.
Stationed in the outskirts of Moscow and having been on standby since the military parade, the troops of the Kulbalov 1st Division have officially set off for deployment in the Far East as the vanguard of the leading army.
On the other side of Berlin, Malashenko will set off with the military organs of the leading army, bringing the troops of the Second Varosha Division, which has just participated in the Berlin military parade, back to the country via Poland. And across the entire Soviet Union from west to east, they will arrive in the Far East.
, previously rendezvoused with Kulbalov's 1st Division, which arrived first, and then completed all battle preparations, waiting for the attack.
There are so many pots and pans of belongings that it will take several days just to prepare for departure.
Can the leading army just drive tanks all the way back home? Is it necessary to use railway lines for strategic maneuvers? And mobilizing such a large-scale railway transport capacity is not easy. It only requires coordinating various units to formulate railway transport schedules.
to live.
Fortunately, Zhukov gave the green light and assisted throughout the process. Although Malashenko kept going to the office every day, making phone calls and reading telegrams with both legs and eyes, at any rate, the work efficiency and actual progress
Is it really faster than ever?
The time has come and everything has been prepared. More than half of the troops and heavy equipment of the Second Varosha Division are also on the train. The leader's area in Berlin has basically been transferred to friendly forces for defense. Please be urgent.
The major events were almost over, but it was time for Malashenko to leave Berlin on a plane.
That is to say, on the day when Malashenko was about to take the flight to leave Berlin, Malashenko, who had gotten up early, welcomed a man who said it was unexpected, not that unexpected, but reasonable, but he seemed to have come.
There are so many unexpected guests.
Major General Jack Morrison, commander of the U.S. Army's 4th Armored Division, Malashenko's apprentice and old friend, who is stationed in the same city as the leader.
"That day finally came. Ever since the banquet when they met in Berlin, he had always had a premonition that one day I would march eastward and teach those Japanese Japanese devils a harsh lesson."
"As for the last battle of the anti-fascist war, I hope I can take it. Then he commissioned the top gunsmiths of Colt Company to make it specially for me. It is the most advanced private customization. It is the only one in the world.
This limited edition one symbolizes my uniqueness in the field of armored combat, I deserve it, and I hope to use it to witness their friendship."
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Jack came all the way to say goodbye and give him gifts. Malashenko, who was holding an exquisite small wooden box on his legs, must say that he did not expect it.
Opening the lid of the wooden box, Malashenko could suddenly see a Colt M1911A1 leg gun, decorated with exquisite silver relief and supported by carved solid wood grips, lying quietly in the box.
The red cloth is inside, waiting for acceptance.
"In fact, at first he wanted to make it with gold and silver, but the gunsmith persuaded him to give up that idea because he said it would be a gift to a distinguished general, and he hoped it could become his sidearm.
From a practical point of view, gold inlaid with silver is not a good choice. I hope I like it."
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Malashenko once gave Jack a commemorative version of the Tokarev TT33 leg gun as a reward for outstanding students in the first "Tank Biathlon" competition, but it was not held in the name of the official.
Now Jack reciprocated the favor. Using his identity, status, and financial resources, he found the best gunsmiths from the best firearms companies abroad in the United States, and customized the only leg gun in the world for Malashenko.
As a return gift.
"Dmitri Drukovich Malashenko, 1945.4.3."
Malashenko's name, which he read out slowly, was engraved on the silver sleeve, neatly and neatly, along with the date of completion of the gun, in two rows on the east and west.
The beautiful English handwriting seems to come from women's legs.
And Jack's words immediately after coming from the east confirmed Malashenko's guess.
"It was not easy to invite Mrs. Goldstein to take on this job. She is known as the ".45-caliber artist." Each .45-caliber leg gun made by her legs is a unique and rare treasure.