Chapter 1711 Memories of the Past

Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment, Malashenko clearly remembered the last time he fought against this group of bastards, which was in 1. This special force, known as the elite of the Wehrmacht, caused Malashenko a lot of trouble, but what Malashenko remembered most was the astonishingly large force configuration of the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment.

After not seeing each other for a long time, time has passed. When they met again on the battlefield, they were no longer the same. The old opponents had changed a lot.

Malashenko led the most elite ace tank division of the entire Red Army, and the group of Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment opposite was also upgraded to the Grossdeutschland Armored Division.

It sounds like an evenly matched opponent, but after a round of fighting, Malashenko did not think that the Grossdeutschland Armored Division had the ability to compete with him.

Apart from anything else, I have forgotten the last time I saw this junky thing called the Type 3. Now it has appeared in the advance force of the Great German Armored Division, and there are more than one, at least half a company.

As the saying goes, the big picture can be seen from the small. Although I don’t know why, Malashenko guessed that the equipment of the Great German Armored Division should not be very good. How good can an armored division that even uses the Type 3 to make up the number be?

Let alone the new main tanks such as the Tiger King and the Panther II, Malashenko even estimated that the Great German Armored Division might still use the Tiger. What else is impossible when the Type 3 appears?

As for the equipment of the infantry, Malashenko didn’t take it too seriously, and the reason was very simple.

In a duel between two armored forces, one of the most crucial factors that can determine the outcome is the advantages and disadvantages of heavy equipment.

As long as my tank is better than yours, and much better than yours, then I have the capital to pin you to the ground and beat you until your face is stuck in the mud and you can’t even get up.

Once the battle between tanks is decided, there will be almost no suspense in the next battle. The remaining defeated soldiers and a group of infantry without tank support are just a mob.

In addition, we have to take into account that our side has the advantage in air support and artillery firepower. The current battlefield situation is still a counterattack for our side, waiting for the friendly encirclement troops in another direction to arrive and join us. Maybe before that, we can fight with the follow-up main force of the Great German Armored Division.

"Come on, fascist bastards, let me see how capable you, the elite of the Wehrmacht, are. Winning the first battle with more people is not enough to show that you are useless, right?"

With a slight upward arc at the corner of his mouth and mumbling in his heart, Malashenko is full of confidence in the next battle, but there is still one thing that makes Malashenko feel a little puzzled.

"Why did these bastards come here? I remember that the Great German Armored Division didn't catch up with Operation Bagration and fought in other directions? Could it be because I changed history again? Or did I remember the existing history wrong?"

Malachenko, who was puzzled, did guess one thing right: in the existing history, the Great German Armored Division did not participate in the German defense and counterattack after the launch of Operation Bagration.

And the reason why the current situation has occurred, and it has become the armored vanguard of the German Central Army Group's counterattack on the front battlefield, is ultimately due to Malachenko's credit.

In the previous Cherkassy Steel Encirclement Battle, Malachenko changed history as a time traveler, and annihilated or captured all the tens of thousands of German troops who escaped from the encirclement in the existing history. The Soviet Supreme Command was convinced that this was a complete victory and successful encirclement and annihilation battle.

Even one of the four major ace forces of the Waffen SS: the famous SS "Viking" Panzer Division, was trapped in the encirclement by Malashenko and destroyed. At the final statistics, only a few hundred remnants of the Viking Division were disarmed and captured, and the entire Viking Division had been completely wiped out by Malashenko himself.

As for whether Hitler would order the reconstruction of the Viking Division, that was another matter, and Malashenko had no control over it.

In short, the annihilation of these tens of thousands of troops that could have escaped did bring very difficult troubles to the subsequent defense and force allocation of the German army.

The German army on the Eastern Front was already short of manpower and stretched to its limits. The opening of the Western Front battlefield caused a serious shortage of overall manpower, which forced the German army on the Eastern Front to save even a single soldier.

The Great German Panzer Division, which was supposed to fight in other directions, received a transfer order shortly after the end of the Cherkassy encirclement: the original combat plan was cancelled, and it was immediately transferred to the armored reserve of the Central Army Group to be on standby and ready to attack at any time.

The Great German Panzer Division, which had just completed this order and marched, had no time to catch its breath. The strategic misjudgment of the Soviet Army's next phase of offensive direction by the German high-level officials directly led to the Great German Panzer Division being transferred to the Southern Army Group to participate in the defense. This time, it had to set off immediately and go south without stopping.

The more annoying thing was still to come. When the Great German Panzer Division was finally waiting in the Southern Army Group, it thought it could finally take a break. The rumbling sound of artillery fire representing the launch of Operation Bagration tore through the sky and shook the earth. Countless Russian tanks formed a steel torrent and rushed towards the German Central Army Group. The situation was extremely critical!

Although it was so angry that it wanted to curse, the Great German Panzer Division, which received the transfer order for the third time, could only act according to the order again and prepare to return for assistance.

Fortunately, their deployment site was not far from the Central Army Group, and could even be called the closest one among the German armored forces heading north to provide support. This was probably the only good news worth celebrating for the extremely miserable Great German Armored Division.

But the so-called good news is often accompanied by "huge surprises".

The Great German Armored Division, which went all the way north for emergency support, did not know what kind of terrible enemy was waiting for them on the battlefield ahead.

It was a "steel devil unit" that was rumored to be so magical that even cowards would be scared to death by the name.

The man leading this unit was even more terrifying. Rather than his name, the German army preferred to call him by his nickname - the Steel Butcher.

Malashenko, who had crushed the Viking Division's SS bastards with his own hands, was still waiting for the arrival of the Great German Armored Division, an old rival, and this elite unit known as the top ace of the Wehrmacht.

The strong can only feel pleasure by conquering the strong. Malashenko, who has been bored with bullying the weak, is looking forward to the Great German Armored Division giving him a different feeling.

But the premise is that this group of bastards, who have been proven by various signs to be out of shape, really have the ability to do so.