The brief respite did not last long. When Malashenko's joy at Kirill's escape from death temporarily calmed down and gradually came to an end, an urgent message heralding the arrival of a new journey was immediately sent to Malashenko.
In the hands of Rashenko.
Carrying the iron lunch box that Kirill had just finished, he was about to find a place with water to wash it. Malashenko raised his hand to open the tent door curtain and saw a one-armed figure running quickly.
"What happened, uncle? Why are you running so fast?"
Compared to Malashenko's confused look, Commissar Petrov, who was holding a telegraph newspaper with a hint of unfinished ink in his hand, looked very anxious.
"I just received a telegram from the Front Army Headquarters. You must read it immediately, Malashenko."
When he saw the telegram handed over by Commissar Petrov and the other party's expression, he realized that something might be wrong. He handed the iron lunch box in his right hand to Malashenko in his left hand and then reached out to take the telegram.
"...The Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment? These defeated generals still dare to come and cause trouble for us?"
Malashenko, who was slightly surprised by the content mentioned in the telegram, after reading it quickly at a glance, roughly obtained three key pieces of information from this urgent telegram.
First, the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment of the Wehrmacht under the organization of Guderian's 2nd Armored Group has moved to the front line. Its leading troops have boarded a few usable transport vehicles and were transported to the front line by Marashen.
Coe led the team to repulse the German 4th Armored Division to join up.
A new joint defense position is currently being constructed in the garrison area of the 4th Armored Division. This is the result that aerial reconnaissance has revealed.
Second, intelligence pointed out that the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment had just arrived after replenishing a batch of emergency supplies. These supplies were transported by Luftwaffe transport aircraft from the rear using precious air channels for emergency transfer. Grossdeutschland
The receiving location for the infantry regiment was at the German frontline field airport where the supplies arrived.
But as to what this batch of supplies was, the Soviet guerrillas in charge of the investigation were not able to learn the specific situation. When they reported the situation to their superiors after returning, they mentioned that the German soldiers who were responsible for escorting the guards at the field airport were better than what they usually did when investigating the situation.
The number of people I saw was much larger, at least twice as many. In addition, there seemed to be some people in civilian clothes who arrived on the same plane.
As for what was in those boxes that four people were carrying lightly, the Soviet guerrillas who did not have clairvoyance powers could only give an answer that shook their heads.
The third and most important point is that aerial reconnaissance intelligence shows that the German Second Armored Group, which originally besieged the city of Tula, has suspended its offensive. The sentinel troops stationed on the periphery of the armored group are gathering and preparing troops. It looks like they are in
To prepare for some kind of upcoming transfer march, but there is currently no other reliable information to support this argument.
At the end of the telegram, Malashenko requested that Malashenko immediately lead his troops to the forward theater, continue to advance toward the city of Tula together with the attacking Soviet army cluster, and strive to establish a place where the German Fourth Armored Division and the Grossdeutsche Infantry Regiment were completely integrated.
To reverse the situation before erecting a consolidated defense line, the land channel connecting Moscow to Tula was restored in one fell swoop.
Malashenko, who had already been mentally prepared for another expedition, was not surprised by this.
The only thing that puzzled Malashenko was what was contained in the boxes airlifted by the German army mentioned in the telegram, and those people who arrived on the same plane wearing civilian clothes. Malashenko didn't think Frankfurter Zeitung
Reporters would come to the Moscow front lines with office supplies to start reporting on the war situation. This is simply ridiculous.
"A bunch of big wooden boxes and a group of people wearing civilian clothes? What kind of information is this? It's useless except for making people curious."
He casually folded the telegram in his hand and handed it forward and handed it back to the political commissar Petrov. His expression could not be said to be happy but not worried, and Malashenko immediately turned around and handed over the lunch box in his hand.
With the guards behind him, Malashenko, who was in trouble, had no extra time to deal with these trivial matters.
"I heard that you fought against the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment in Yelnya last time before I came here. What did you feel? How was their combat effectiveness?"
Political Commissar Petrov, who was in the battle of Kiev during the Yelniya counterattack, did not know the specific combat effectiveness of the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment. He had only vaguely heard in some rumors that the combat effectiveness of this ace unit of the Wehrmacht far exceeded that of ordinary German troops.
And those as many as 14 combat battalions are simply not the super-large combat organization that ordinary regiment-level troops can have.
Faced with the question raised by Commissar Petrov, Malashenko, who still clearly remembers the scene that knocked the dog's brains out during the Yelnya counterattack, couldn't help but frown.
"This group of Nazi lackeys is the most difficult to deal with. When we were in Yelnya, the German general named Guderian only used this regiment plus an armed SS imperial division to defeat more than a dozen of our divisions.
The counterattack force firmly resisted in front of the field defense line outside the city for nearly half a month. Although this is the result of the Germans' control of the air, it still cannot be underestimated."
Regarding the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment of the Wehrmacht, which has a reputation for being as ferocious as the SS, Malashenko's only impression of this group of lunatics who only have the idea of loyalty to the Führer is that they will fight without fear of death until the last moment or
After receiving the order to retreat, he will never give up executing the original combat order, even if the entire company is completely destroyed.
If it weren't for the obvious differences visible to the naked eye in the combat uniforms they were wearing, Malashenko would have even thought that these guys were a group of armed SS elites wearing the skin of the Wehrmacht, just like the Imperial Divisions who were equally desperate to fight with their lives.
Thinking of these clear past experiences, Malashenko shook his head slightly and quickly gave the final summary to the political commissar Petrov who was waiting for an answer in front of him.
"Not only are these Nazi lackeys willing to fight without their lives, but their combat literacy is also top-notch. The proportion of veterans is much higher than that of ordinary Wehrmacht troops of the same level. Some German prisoners from other units are also
These bastards will always be given the most timely priority to be replenished. Even the veterans who are the backbone of the grassroots units can be recruited from other German units when necessary. This is rarely the case."
After hearing the exact answer given by Malashenko, Political Commissar Petrov, who also frowned slightly, was obviously not expecting it.