Steel Soviet Union

Malashenko still has no intention of taking action against the Germans now. To be precise, Malashenko feels that the current support forces gathered by the Germans are still not enough for him to take action quickly and do a big job.

What Malashenko wants to kill is not the Germans who are half a regiment and one division. Under the premise that his own subsequent reinforcements are also arriving in a steady stream, Malashenko's plan is to take action for the first time, and he must kill at least The Germans from the two armored divisions fought to death.

Once the combat intention is exposed, the surprise effect is lost. Judging from the current situation, the Germans still know nothing about the danger they are facing and what a terrible opponent they are fighting, or they have only a little knowledge and do not know themselves. current situation.

Once Malashenko's plan begins to be implemented, this means that it will be a battle led by the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division, assisted by multiple Red Army infantry divisions and reinforced artillery divisions, against at least two fully-organized German armored divisions. Massive battles.

Calculated in this way, even if it is conservatively estimated, there will be at least a total of more than 500 armored vehicles of various types, launching a steel stranglehold on this small area. If calculated based on regional density, the intensity of such a large-scale tank battle is not even lower than that of Prokhorovka.

If the combat objective can be achieved, this means that the German armored forces in the area will suffer serious losses, and it is possible that a vacuum will occur in a local area and no armored forces are available.

On a larger scale, this is extremely beneficial to the entire Bagration operation.

To put it mildly, Malashenko can just step on the accelerator and advance wildly in the rest of the battle. There is basically no need to worry about the evenly matched German armored units cutting in, blocking or even flanking him and causing trouble for himself. .

If we talk about Malashenko personally, it is also a huge temptation to kill the Grossdeutschland Panzer Division and mobilize an elite and powerful beam of the Wehrmacht.

Therefore, no matter what happens in this battle, Malashenko must fight, and he must fight brilliantly and beautifully.

In Comrade Lao Ma's own words, I have such a huge advantage and still play passive defense. What's the difference between that and eating shit at home? Even if I don't have a big vote, I can't help my soldiers who are eager to fight.

I went to the division headquarters located in the underground vegetable cellar in the village and had a brief chat to learn about the latest telegrams and various aspects of the situation.

Holding in his hand the short and concise telegram "Hold on, comrades, we'll be there soon!" that the artillery division brought in for reinforcements from Vatutin had just sent, Malashenko, who was planning to joke around with his political commissar comrades, also Before he could speak, the sound of shells falling from the sky to the west had already reached his ears.

Woo——

boom--

"Shell attack! Everyone, take cover!"

"These fascist bastards! It sounds like even conventional artillery has joined in, not just the rocket army. How is the artillery position of the infantry division? Ask them if they can fire in retaliation. They are getting beaten just for being so passive. Until when?”

Different from the hasty rocket attack during the first wave of attacks earlier, the German bombardment now roared again with the addition of more large-caliber conventional artillery. The artillery barrage of rockets mixed with whistling artillery shells became more accurate than the previous wave of artillery bombardment. It was obvious that the coordinates of the artillery bombardment were revised to be more accurate after the first wave of attacks.

A defensive position outside the village with relatively complete field fortifications was built overnight. In addition, the shelling formation of the Germans was at best a division-level artillery unit, and it was incomparable to the Red Army in terms of firepower projection density and artillery caliber. Rashenko was not worried about how many chunks of flesh this round of shelling would cut off from his body.

But this does not mean that Malashenko is willing to let the Germans ride on his head. Whether the loss is big and whether he can fight back are two different things. Malashenko very much hoped that the divisional artillery units of the friendly infantry divisions that were cooperating with his actions could immediately give a taste of color to the idiot German guys opposite who were showing off their swords in front of Guan Gong.

"We have contacted you just now. The divisional artillery of the two infantry divisions closest to us have just arrived and are deploying artillery positions. The artillery range covers the entire combat area. It can accommodate the German artillery positions with only a little Just wait. As soon as they are ready, the retaliatory bombardment will begin, they have promised it! The Germans are seeking death if they dare to expose their artillery positions like this, don't worry."

Jingle Bell--

As soon as Comrade Political Commissar finished speaking, before he could finish his words, the urgent ringing of the phone came. The phone line that the communications team had just sent out to connect urgently this morning finally came into use.

"Hello? Yes, this is the 1st Stalin Guards Tank Division! Is the artillery ready? Of course we must fire immediately! Yes! The target is the enemy's artillery position, and they are shelling us! Can you find the location of their artillery position? ? Already informed? Very good! I’ll leave it all to you, for now!”

As soon as he put down the phone in his hand, the political commissar who turned around immediately looked at Malashenko with an excited expression on his face.

"You heard it all, just wait and see the fireworks! Those German guys who dare to disturb the "Tai Sui" are dead!"

Hearing this special wording, he turned around and glanced at the political commissar who had walked to the observation post and was standing next to him, also holding a telescope and looking out. Malashenko, who was quite puzzled, couldn't help but speak. Ask questions.

"I said, how much Chinese have you learned? It feels weird to say it in Russian."

"You know this is Chinese?"

The telescope in Comrade Political Commissar's hand tilted downward slightly, he glanced at Comrade Ma and asked with some surprise.

"Of course I know. Do you think I don't learn anything?"

Malashenko naturally took it for granted and explained the reason why he knew very well.

"Well, there are more. I have a good memory when I'm young, so I learned a lot at that time. It's interesting to actually say it, and the description is appropriate, isn't it?"

"as long as you are happy."

"Of course I'm happy. The German guy is about to be blown up to the sky, how can he not be happy?"

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It's hard to believe that such an optimistic old man actually has terminal pancreatic cancer, but Malashenko is happy to see this situation despite being unexpected. People's subjective emotional factors are indispensable and important factors in the later stages of cancer. A positive, optimistic and joking attitude towards life is stronger than any specific medicine.

Soon, the overwhelming bombardment as promised on the phone came to the battlefield.

The large-caliber projectile, whose flight speed had been severely attenuated by air friction, whizzed past the village with a standard subsonic parabolic trajectory and hit the distance. The best way to describe this is that the artillery shells arrived before the roaring sound, which together with the roar of artillery fire from the rear artillery positions resounded throughout the earth.

In an instant, the heavy hammer-like death bombardment hit the head of the happy German guy, triggering a chain reaction of violent shocks and loud impacts that shook the earth.