Chapter 1349 The Real Red Army

Malachenko, who was extremely bold, jumped out of the car, ignoring the loud shouting and dissuasion of Iushkin and others in the car, leaving only the words "You wait for me in the car, and you are not allowed to follow without my order."

There were only a few IS4 heavy tanks in the entire Stalin Guards First Tank Division, all of which were prototypes. Malachenko's communication and command-enhanced division commander's car was even more conspicuous and easy to identify. The huge, long and thick communication antenna on the rear of the car was the most prominent feature of the appearance, so the "horn car" that Malachenko called on the battlefield arrived at the destination accurately after a while.

"Is the power on?"

There were two people driving, an ordinary soldier in the driver's seat and a lieutenant in the co-pilot seat. The one who answered Malachenko was the lieutenant comrade who had already gotten off the car and worked for a while.

"It's connected, everything is ready, comrade commander! The transmitter is here, it can be used immediately!"

Using the existing ready-made materials at hand, Karamov ingeniously changed this "horn car" into a unique design that uses a wired microphone to sound, and then uses the car-mounted loudspeaker to amplify the sound for broadcasting.

This was originally done so that Malashenko could speak at a sufficiently far distance, so as not to damage his ears because he was too close to the car. But now this long wire connection is still just as useful when it is placed on the battlefield where the war is still raging.

What happened later was the "battlefield preaching" that Malashenko mentioned earlier.

This was the first time that Malashenko directly asked the enemy to lay down their weapons and surrender. In the past, Malashenko would only use a more powerful offensive to completely crush and eliminate those Germans who were as smelly and hard as stones in the toilet. In other words, if you don't surrender, I will beat you to death! Until you surrender!

Special situations naturally require special treatment, and Malashenko does not mind setting this precedent for the first time.

Moreover, there will inevitably be more and more German troops that can surrender in the future, and the entire war situation after 44 years will be foreseeably fundamentally changed. Malashenko did this out of consideration for the long-term future.

After seeing huge casualties again and again, Malashenko, who can now see the dawn of final victory, sincerely hopes that the casualties of his troops can be reduced.

They are not only the best soldiers, the elite of the Red Army, but also the irreplaceable only in the lives of their parents, wives, children, brothers and sisters.

Malashenko regards his life and death comrades as the same as his own life, and he never wants to lose any of them in this war.

From the perspective of exchanging positions, isn't it the same for every soldier with heart and feelings and flesh and blood?

A general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers. A general must have the courage and determination to coordinate the overall situation and victory, and even be cold-blooded and ruthless when necessary. Those who are indecisive and procrastinate are never qualified generals.

But do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you. Generals who only regard casualties as a cold number can hardly be called flesh-and-blood soldiers. They are more like politicians who sit behind their desks and talk about strategy.

Malashenko learned a lot from Political Commissar Petrov. This old Red Army soldier and old Communist Party member who is like a father and a teacher taught Malashenko something that is always worth remembering.

No matter what position you hold or what rank you have, before you are a high-ranking general, you are first a glorious Red Army soldier. Don't forget the initial years and things worth remembering. Don't let this war turn a living person into a cold-blooded monster.

Distorted and deformed things have no faith and spirit, let alone a true communist fighter.

The voice from Malashenko was amplified by the loudspeaker and adjusted to the maximum volume, enough to temporarily cover the fierce sound of the war on the battlefield and resound through the sky, so that the German armored soldiers fighting in the steel body could hear it clearly.

"Armored soldiers of the Wehrmacht, stop fighting and stop resisting and struggling in vain! I am Malashenko, the major general commander of the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division. I promise you a chance to survive because of your heroic fight! But there will be no second time, this is your ultimatum!"

"For the lives of soldiers on both sides, please consider my proposal carefully, Mr. Commander of the German Armored Forces! You have fulfilled your duties and fulfilled your oath to your motherland and the military flag. I look forward to you giving the right orders."

Malashenko is familiar with German, and has already mastered it and can speak it fluently.

When hearing this sudden battlefield sound, many German armored soldiers who were fighting desperately like machines stopped their actions at the same time.

The Red Army soldiers, familiar with the tone of the division commander, stopped attacking, and the huge IS6 heavy tanks, which were almost indestructible to the German army, temporarily stopped advancing. The soldiers and tanks were quietly waiting for the final moment to come. Whether it was the resumption of the war or the surrender of the enemy, they could accept it calmly.

During World War I, there was an incredible "Christmas ceasefire" incident on the Western Front. There was no prior agreement between the two military leaders and no communication between them. It was completely a spontaneous action by the frontline soldiers, and the response was unanimous. Many historians in later generations expressed their confusion and did not know how to explain it. In the end, they could only say it was a miracle.

Some people say that such a miracle only happened in World War I. It was impossible to happen in the unprecedentedly bloody World War II, especially in the Eastern Front, which was a life-and-death battle between two different ideologies.

But impossible judgments are often used to break them.

Now is not Christmas, nor is it a special day worth celebrating between two completely different ideologies, but the two elite armies that run in opposite directions have chosen to temporarily cease fire and look at each other because of the same words and different reasons. All the soldiers are waiting for the final result to happen and arrive.

Finally, on the turret of the Tiger King tank with a thick star-shaped antenna erected on the rear of the vehicle, the heavy hatch was rotated and slowly opened and moved aside. A lieutenant colonel wearing a Wehrmacht armored uniform and a radio headset on his head got out of the car and stuck his upper body out.

After a brief hesitation and silence of two or three seconds, he finally raised the object in his hand and raised his arm in the air.

"Unbelievable! It worked, these Germans really surrendered! Artyom! Is it just because of these words?!"