Chapter 1833: Chase or Not?

There is an obvious and simple truth that those Russians outside are obviously coming for the treasures in the station, not for him.

Hermann was very confident that he could say with certainty that he had just arrived at the train station and had not yet had a chance to catch his breath when a highly mechanized elite heavy armored force of Russians came to kill him. This must not be coming for him.

The SS Division has been fighting on the battlefield in the south and has never moved closer to the north in recent days.

Even after the troops and technical equipment were severely damaged due to continuous firefighting and were forced to retreat, the SS Division's retreat route was to go straight through the defense zones of its own friendly forces in the southern theater. Even though the Russians behind them were still chasing them and pressing hard, fortunately everything was safe.

Fortunately, the other friendly forces defending the rear were quite powerful. The Russian pursuers from the south were unable to penetrate the German strategic deep defense in the first time and catch up with the SS Division, which was retreating in a hurry. This was confirmed in the latest telegram.

The reason why Hermann placed the main armored forces of the division in the south was that he considered that if the Russian pursuers in the south broke through the friendly defense and attacked him, the existing troops at hand could make timely adjustments and emergency responses.

Since there was no actual contact with the Russians, the Russians in the south had no way of knowing their specific movements at present, and it was impossible to inform the Russians in other directions to make a special trip to attack their own Skeleton Division.

However, the actions and actual combat power of the Russians outside the station did not seem to be aimless and accidental. Both the tactical performance and the offensive route seemed to be highly targeted. The Russians seemed to want to rush into the station at all costs, and all the actions were carried out around this center point.

Including intercepting and blocking the armored forces of their own side that came to support the north from the south, and dividing and annihilating the infantry units outside the station that had no defenses. If you think about it carefully, it seems that these actions can be equated with the purpose of "making the upcoming station assault smoother."

So what did the Russians want to do by rushing into the station?

Hermann, standing at the window of the hidden observation point with a telescope in his hand, held his breath and stared at the battlefield so close. The final answer was obviously about to come out.

"These Russians are coming for the treasures in the station, I bet! Their target is not us, but to take back the treasures that belong to them."

The young adjutant who had been accompanying Hermann was stunned when he heard this, and then blurted out words that seemed to understand but unbelievable.

"Isn't it? I thought the Russians came to intercept us specifically, taking advantage of our just arrived at the station and being unprepared and not fully prepared. This is simply the best opportunity."

The words from the adjutant's mouth did represent another possibility of reality. Hermann nodded without hesitation and admitted this.

"At first I thought the same as you, but soon I realized that the real situation might not be like this."

"The Russians in the south have no way of knowing our movements. We had already lost contact with them and retreated dozens of kilometers yesterday. In this case, it is even more impossible for the Russians in the north to know our first-hand dynamics. They lack key battlefield information, and it is even more impossible for them to come to intercept us based on this non-existent intelligence key point. This assumption is not valid from the beginning."

"The problem is very simple. Since it is not us, why did the Russians specially dispatch such an elite heavy armored force to attack the station like crazy? The answer is already in front of us. The two battalions of the third-rate Wehrmacht garrison in the station are not worthy of being dealt with by these Russians. The only thing they care about is the treasure in the station."

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The young adjutant does not have Hermann's powerful imagination and imagination. It is very difficult to understand this mess of nonsense, and it is almost impossible to figure out the deep meaning.

Of course, Hermann didn't expect the adjutant to understand what he meant immediately. The key was to execute the orders he had given. It was enough to do that.

"The battle outside the station is basically over, and all the infantry units that can be withdrawn have withdrawn back to the station."

"Go and inform Frick to adjust the direction of action. Don't get entangled with the Russian armored units that are responsible for blocking the mission. Turn around and penetrate the outer periphery of the station from the west to support us. There are no Russians there yet."

"Once the armored units that support our retreat are ready, all infantry units will immediately evacuate the station in an orderly manner and retreat to the west. As long as we leave the things we want to these Russians, they will not chase us again. I guess it is their subsequent task to guard the treasures and take them away as soon as possible after getting them. We just need to grasp this point and make corresponding tactical deployments."

"Before that, tell all the troops retreating into the station to resist the offensive of the Russians and never let the Russian infantry break through the defense line and rush into the station. If this happens, we may not be able to withdraw even if we want to!"

"If the situation permits, the Russians will not mind taking the treasures and killing us at the same time. They have the strength, but they just lack time."

Apart from the battlefield hostility between the enemy and us, if Malashenko heard Hermann's analysis and guesses and the words he said, Comrade Ma would probably pat Hermann on the shoulder and say something from the bottom of his heart: Hey, you are really a genius!

Although he didn't guess it completely, Hermann did guess the current situation to be almost right, and there was only a little difference from the complete truth, which was almost negligible.

The latest deployment based on this undoubted guess was quickly implemented and executed.

The armored forces of the Skeleton Division, which had just been madly charging from south to north and wanted to rescue their own infantry who were attacked, suddenly changed their minds and retreated at the speed of light like a tide, leaving all the officers and soldiers of the Third Regiment who were facing each other and bombarding each other, and who were responsible for the blocking mission, confused and confused.

"Comrade Division Commander, it's strange. The German armored forces that rushed over from the south have all retreated! They have suffered heavy losses but have not yet collapsed. They have voluntarily given up the attack and retreated in an orderly manner. They have already gone west. Do we need to pursue them?"