Chapter 1424: The Commander Has Always Been There

Chasing an enemy who is fleeing is a deadly pleasure, and Malashenko himself thinks so.

If you think about it carefully, what Ivushkin said is really true. Those Germans who were once so arrogant have now ended up in such a situation. A 40,000-man army was chased by the Red Army of only 20,000 people. It is unknown how many Red Army troops who heard the news are waiting to block them on the road ahead.

It is difficult to fly even with wings is the most appropriate description of the current situation of the Germans. The Cherkassy Battle in history ended with the Germans' successful breakout, which put a not-so-perfect end to the Red Army's victory.

But this time, Malashenko vowed that the situation would be different.

Hill 239, a breakout point in history, has been completely blocked by his own rescue. The Germans who were beaten black and blue and suffered heavy casualties are now like headless flies. After the breakout plan prepared in advance did not work, they could only change their route and move forward. The Germans probably had no idea how to proceed and how to carry out the next breakout plan.

More importantly, Malashenko knew what impact it would have if he had taken the Germans' fuel and supplies before.

The most challenging thing about the long-distance breakout of mobile transfer is the logistics supply of a unit.

Malashenko did not dare to say that he had accidentally taken away all the logistics supplies of the Germans, but judging from the number, at least half of them should be taken away.

The Germans trapped in the encirclement had been cut off from land access for many consecutive days. Without effective supplies, they could only live on the reserves they had previously stockpiled.

Before they ran into this evil star, the 50,000-60,000-man army had to eat and chew horses and drink oil for cars. If they said that the consumption was not large, even ghosts would not believe it. After all this, how much supplies did the Germans have left? Malashenko didn't dare to say it too confidently, but he couldn't keep the remaining 40,000 people on the road for too long.

Otherwise, why did the Germans abandon those vehicles that had run out of fuel on the roadside? Wouldn't it be better to use these precious vehicles to transport the wounded or break through more quickly? In addition to running out of fuel, what other reasons can explain this? The answer is of course no.

Without those vehicles, the Germans will have a hard time moving in the ice, snow and mud. Not to mention the adaptability of the German armored vehicles, the infantry alone will have difficulty moving without vehicles to ride, not to mention the German wounded who dragged down the movement. As long as the Germans don't leave these wounded behind, they will get more and more tired, and one more mouth to eat is one more oil bottle.

Now what Malashenko has to do is to catch up with these Germans and give them a fatal blow from the rear. The expected final battle will not be very difficult, but you still need to be careful of the deadly SS bastards.

Fatigue and fatigue may easily destroy an ordinary army, which is easy, but it is extremely difficult to destroy this fanatical SS.

Past combat experience has made Malashenko understand that these SS lunatics can never be measured by common sense.

The closer it is to the final moment, the more these fanatical lunatics can show amazing explosive power and tenacity, just like a spring that is pressed to the bottom and the more it is pressed down, the more it cannot be pressed. Once you let go, it will burst out with extremely strong recoil, and it may even suddenly fly to your face and smash you into a bloody head.

"Be careful of those SS lunatics, don't treat them as soft persimmons of the Wehrmacht. You must be cautious when facing them, and be careful not to play yourself out of hand."

You can look down on the last group of enemies who are like dogs who have lost their homes, but this kind of underestimation of the enemy must not be passed on to your subordinates and comrades. Malashenko can ensure that his thinking is correct and will not go in the wrong direction, but he cannot guarantee that others have the same idea as him. Sitting in the position of division commander, he must consider everything carefully.

After listening to Malashenko's words, Iushkin on the side thought about it and spoke slowly and thoughtfully.

"Again and again, we fought one battle after another. For three years, we have been fighting or on the way to fight. I really hope that one day when I wake up early in the morning, I can suddenly hear "Congratulations to all the Red Army soldiers on the front line, we have won, the fascist invaders have been defeated, go home to greet your relatives and congratulate", and I am really tired of fighting until now. It's not that the enemy is so powerful, it has nothing to do with this... It's just that I really want to live a quiet life."

If you do something for a long time, you will inevitably get tired, not to mention that fighting is a kind of thing that is physically and mentally exhausted.

Iushkin said that Malashenko could understand it, but it was not appropriate to respond with a serious attitude, which was not appropriate at the moment.

"You just want to say this after all this time. I thought you were a never-tiring war machine, the kind that would never get tired as long as you weren't paralyzed."

Malachenko said this half-jokingly, just to relax Ivushkin and relieve his stress.

It's true that he is the tank commander, but Malachenko doesn't think he has the most pressure in the entire crew.

Malachenko, who retired from the position of gunner, knows how busy this job is. Not only are his hands busy, but his eyes are also busy. Many key actions are not seen with eyes at all, and they rely entirely on the perfect muscle memory to drive his hands to operate.

After a while, Malashenko was worried that Iushkin might get into trouble.

Although Iushkin usually behaved like a chatterbox and a funny guy, and had a cheerful personality, the more cheerful a person was, the more he would try to hide his inner weaknesses. This does not mean that this person is hypocritical and untrustworthy. He just did this to prevent those who care about him from worrying. It is a kind of bravado.

Malashenko was not sure whether Iushkin was like this. Now he had too many things to worry about and consider. He could no longer spend more time with his brothers and comrades to think about it.

It is better to believe it than not to believe it. Malashenko still hoped that Iushkin could maintain a positive and optimistic attitude and continue. No matter what, he had to hold on until the end of the war, just as Iushkin said, he heard the victory broadcast in the early morning.

Similarly, Iushkin, who lived with Malashenko day and night, did not need to say much, and naturally understood the intention of the driver.

"Thank you, comrade commander. Yes, I think that's right. You have always been by our side. Seryosha, Kirill, Artyom, I can all feel it. You have never left."