Chapter 1657 Bad News From Far Away

It was another bright morning. It was not too hot near the Belarusian border in June, and the climate was pleasant. At this time, feeling the breeze on the grassland was the most pleasant thing. Comrade Lao Ma, who felt that he had not beaten the German stick for a long time, was enjoying such a comfortable life.

"Hehe——"

A huge yawn showed that Comrade Lao Ma did not sleep well last night. He yawned with his mouth covered early in the morning, which made the political commissar who was correcting documents at the table frown.

"What did you do last night? I remember you went back to rest early? Why do you look like this early in the morning?"

Malachenko, who took out a cigarette box from his pocket while walking, did not answer immediately. He did not answer until he came to the table and pulled out a chair opposite Comrade Yu Zhengwei and sat down. Then he blinked and said with a cigarette that had just been lit in his mouth.

"I don't know what's going on. It feels like I haven't adjusted my schedule. It's been two days since I moved from Ukraine to the Belarusian border, and I still feel like I'm not used to the local climate. The environment and climate here are great, but I just can't adapt. I even wake up several times in the middle of the night. Oh, I woke up with drooling last night. I don't understand what's going on."

Looking at Malashenko's helpless and "I'm telling the truth" expression, the political commissar smiled and stopped exploring the issue. Instead, he pointed to the two unopened cans stacked beside him and asked.

"Have you had breakfast? Fill your stomach first?"

Malashenko, who was not hungry but not full, took a look at the words and asked subconsciously with his smoky eyes.

"What brand? Or those American Spam?"

The political commissar said nothing, but smiled and nodded.

"Forget it, forget it, I'm almost sick of this crap!"

"I've been eating this stuff since I was in Ukraine this year, either for breakfast or as a midnight snack, or when I can't make it to lunch, I just grab a box of this stuff from the tank to make do. Now I feel sick just by smelling it, I'd rather eat a brick of bread than eat this stuff, forget it."

For most of the Red Army soldiers, being able to eat Spam luncheon meat from the United States regularly is definitely a luxury, and if they can eat it every day, it would be heaven.

At first, Malashenko also thought this stuff was very satisfying. Although it was a can of artificial meat mixed with starch, internal organs and a bunch of crap, it was still meat after all, and it felt really good to eat it in big mouthfuls .audience

But any food will eventually vomit after being eaten for a long time, not to mention that Malashenko, who has irregular eating times, often overeats, or is forced to starve, eats this stuff almost every day. It is completely normal and reasonable for him to feel annoyed when looking at this American canned food.

Compared to eating this, Malashenko would rather eat some hot food made by the chef, even canned beef produced by the Soviet Union itself, which tastes much better than the starchy offal meat of the Americans.

Seeing that Malashenko was not interested in the two cans on the table, Political Commissar Petrov, who estimated that if he didn't eat, he would not be hungry, didn't say anything more, but picked up a document at hand and handed it to Malashenko.

"I think you should be very interested in this. I suggest you take a look. It was delivered this morning, and you were still sleeping in."

"Hmm?"

The document handed over by the political commissar was very thin. It was only a few pages thick including the cover. It didn't look like a combat order or deployment arrangement document, but more like a briefing or telegram.

"What is this?"

Malachenko looked curious, took the document and opened the cover.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs has done a very successful job in intelligence work. We can now collect a lot of intelligence from Europe, and this is the latest one sent to the front line."

"Haven't you always been interested in the battle situation after the Allied landings in Normandy? This is the latest news, but um, it can be said that the situation is not good."

"Nominally speaking, we are still allies with those Allied forces. Their current tragic experience is indeed worthy of sympathy. Or who would have thought that those arrogant and domineering British and Americans would be so miserable today."

Accompanied by the explanation of the political commissar, Malashenko, who had already opened the document, began to review it line by line. This was obviously a handwritten version of the first-hand feedback from the intelligence personnel.

"The overall offensive of the Allies is progressing smoothly, but this is based on their strong air force and offshore naval artillery support. In local battlefields, especially in ground confrontations with German armored forces, the Allies' performance and combat effectiveness are unexpectedly poor."

"The German armored forces have an absolute quality advantage over the Allies, especially in heavy armored forces. The Allies lack anti-armor firepower that can deal with the German Tiger King heavy tanks, and almost all types of Allied tanks cannot effectively deal with the German Panthers and Tiger Kings."

"There are unconfirmed news claims that the British Firefly medium tank can effectively deal with the German heavy armored forces, but this lacks the support of real battle examples that can be verified. Information and some performance parameters of the British Firefly medium tank have been collected, and detailed content will be attached in the second half of the report."

"Most of the time, the Allies could only rely on their air power to deal with the German armored forces. The Allied ground forces would even retreat and evade when encountering a small group of German armored forces, waiting for the arrival of strong anti-armor firepower support or the arrival of the aviation force, and then take action again."

"But in general, the anti-armor efficiency of the Allied aviation forces is not high. The number of fighters sent out is not proportional to the number of German tanks destroyed, and the combat efficiency is far lower than that of our Red Army aviation forces. It is just that the total number of Allied fighters is huge, and many can be sent out within a day."

"The Germans have invested in a new type of fully armored anti-aircraft tank, which is believed to have a very good actual combat effect in the front-line air defense operations and has achieved a certain record of shooting down. The specific situation of this tank is still unclear, and only a small number of German elite armored forces have received this equipment. We are trying to collect intelligence as soon as possible, but it still takes some time."

"In addition, there is another German armored ace worth mentioning. His name is Michel Wittmann, the captain and deputy commander of the 101st Independent Heavy Armored Battalion of the Waffen SS."