Chapter 1030 The Germans' New Secret Weapon

People often say that heroes have a kind of mutual admiration. Malashenko felt that he seemed to be able to experience such a feeling at this moment, and was sure that it was not his own fantasy.

As for why, just looking at Vatutin's smiling face as he patted his shoulder, he could get the answer.

"I almost asked everyone I could think of. When the General Staff, Marshal Zhukov, and even Comrade Stalin called me, I mentioned the request. Now it seems that my efforts have not been in vain."

Vatutin, with a smile on his face, did not hide his joy at all. He turned around and spoke loudly to all the people present in the front headquarters.

"Comrades! Warmly welcome Comrade Malashenko, the hero of the Soviet Union and the top heavy tank elite of the motherland, to join us with the heroic Stalin Guards 1st Heavy Tank Brigade! Comrade Malashenko will lead his troops to become a heavy hammer to hammer the armored blades of the German fascists into two parts and completely break them in Kursk!"

Pa pa pa pa pa——

Before Vatutin finished speaking, a thunderous applause instantly resounded throughout the front headquarters.

Malashenko, who was the focus of all attention, felt a little embarrassed. Even if Vatutin was telling the truth, Malashenko had rarely been warmly welcomed with such courtesy.

However, with Vatutin's introduction just now, Malashenko understood a question that had troubled him for a long time: why was he transferred to the Voronezh Front led by Vatutin, instead of fighting with his old superior Zhukov and the German Central Army Group.

Vatutin, who has commanded several tough battles in succession, is now a dazzling star that has quickly risen from the ranks of the Red Army.

Although the Third Battle of Kharkov was not perfect, Vatutin cannot be blamed for this. The order to advance was not issued by him. Vatutin was just a senior frontline general who faithfully implemented the order and tried his best to do everything within his responsibility and strive for the best.

Vatutin, who was appreciated by his father Comrade Stalin, had the opportunity to talk directly with the Soviet supreme leader Comrade.

Vatutin said that he even asked Comrade Stalin to win him over to the Voronezh Front. Malashenko was basically sure that this was the ultimate reason why Comrade Lao Zhu chose to let him go.

Because looking at the entire current Soviet Union, the only one who can suppress Comrade Lao Zhu, who is so popular, and force him to enforce orders is probably Comrade Lao Zhu, who sits on the highest power throne in the Kremlin.

All previous signs showed without exception that all the preparations Zhukov had made before, including using his authority to continuously dispatch additional equipment and troops to Malashenko, were to sharpen the final trump card of Stalin's First Guards Heavy Tank Brigade.

The plan sounded perfect and bold to save it for the most critical moment of the Central Front and throw out a trump card to blow up all the frightened Germans on the opposite side.

Relying on his friendship with Comrade Lao Zhu and his understanding of him, Malashenko did not think that his old superior would be the kind of person who prepared for nearly half a year and ended up giving gifts to others as a wedding dress.

Just the fact that Zhukov could promise him not to dispatch to the Central Front but to the Voronezh Front in the south, Malashenko felt that this was not like Zhukov's usual style.

The final fact was just as Malashenko guessed. It seemed that Comrade Cifu, the supreme leader of the Soviet Union, had intervened and played an important role. However, Malashenko might never have the chance to know what Comrade Cifu said on the phone to Zhukov.

After a brief meeting, they had already arrived at Vatutin's own office.

Before Malashenko arrived, Vatutin, who had been making maps and planning strategic deployments himself, called Malashenko, who was following behind him, to the table and pointed to the traces of his recent drawing on the map and spoke.

"We are now facing an unprecedented crisis, Malashenko. The Germans have gathered an unimaginable dark wave to swallow us up. There is no doubt about it."

"In Kharkov, I lost to Manstein, who had new weapons in his hands, so in Kursk, we have to fight a comeback and regain the honor we lost in the hands of our old rivals!"

"The front headquarters has made detailed considerations on the deployment of your Stalin Guards 1st Heavy Tank Brigade. Your brigade will not be used to directly confront the Germans on the front battlefield, but will be kept as the strategic reserve of the entire front. When the war begins, find the breakthrough point of the main force of the German armored group and rush up. Go, smash the German offensive! "

"Kursk has great strategic depth to play, and we still have sufficient troops to mobilize. Compared with the past, we will have a great strategic advantage in this battle. Of course, don't underestimate the opponent because this strategic advantage is only relative to the strategic situation we have encountered in the past, not relative to the Germans on the opposite side."

"So, don't doubt it, Malashenko, the initiative of the war and the advantage in strength are still in the hands of those Germans. Moscow has agreed with the operational opinions of Marshal Zhukov and Chief of Staff Vasilevsky. We will use a strategic defense to turn into a strategic counterattack to defeat the Germans. The first thing to do is to make full preparations. "

Vatutin's explanation was detailed and thorough. Following the commander's finger, Malashenko easily understood the entire Kursk strategic situation presented on the map.

"So our brigade is the hydraulic forging machine in the factory. When the Germans' heads are deep through the gate and their necks are stretched far enough, we will fall straight down and chop off their most important heads."

Malashenko chose to explain Vatutin's words in his own way, and obviously, this way of understanding was immediately affirmed and appreciated by Vatutin.

"Well understood, that's it!"

"But before that, there are some things you must know and need to understand to tell you. As I said just now, when we were in Kharkov, that bastard Manstein invested his latest secret weapons. These armored monsters with amazing performance are huge, heavy, powerful and very difficult to deal with!"

"And according to the eyewitness reports of the front-line soldiers, the Germans' new secret weapons are obviously more than one, with very obvious appearance differences."