Chapter 2008 There Are Also Germans! ?

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"Is there an emergency?"

Malachenko could not guess what the political commissar wanted to find him for, but since it was the political commissar who was looking for him, it must be something urgent. Otherwise, he would not have sent a radio call when he knew that he was commanding the troops and fighting the Germans. The political commissar was not a person who did not know his limits. He knew that this would inevitably affect Malachenko's command of the battle and distract his attention.

It was precisely because he was aware of this that Malachenko knew very well what he should do next.

"I know, I will contact you later, wait for me for two minutes."

After saying that, Malachenko hung up the radio without waiting for a reply from the other side, and turned sideways to adjust the radio station to connect to another channel.

"Lavri, you take charge of the overall command. I need to leave the battle for a while. The political commissar called urgently."

At this moment, Lavrinenko was with Kurbalov's central group, responsible for the main front battlefield battle, and was attacking the German defense position in depth.

Hearing Malashenko's call, Lavrinenko, who had no time to ask more questions, responded without thinking too much.

"Got it, be careful, and contact me if you have any questions."

"Received, call ended."

Putting down the radio transmitter in his hand, Malashenko immediately began to command his car to retreat, and the guard company that was guarding the division commander's command car on the left and right to coordinate the attack also followed Malashenko and retreated as required by the usual battlefield regulations.

This has nothing to do with whether the battle is going smoothly or not. It's just that the division's direct guard tank company accompanying Malashenko on the left and right is the last layer of protection barrier that the division commander relies on to command the battle on the front line.

As long as Malashenko goes to the battlefield, sits in his command vehicle and appears on the front line, directly participates in the battle and commands the battle, then the guard company must always follow him closely, like a shadow.

This is not only indicated in the combat regulations, but also personally requested by the political commissar. It is a matter of principle that cannot be lost. If it cannot be done, or Malashenko disagrees with this, then the political commissar must report to his superiors on whether the division commander should command from the rear or lead the army to charge the front line.

Other things can be discounted, but this one cannot.

Malashenko also understands the reason for this. In the final analysis, it is all because of himself, so he did not dwell on it too much and followed the political commissar's meaning.

However, what Malashenko, who did not think too much, did not expect was that the dozen heavy tanks led by his command vehicle suddenly stopped and retreated at the last distance of the German position, which instantly attracted the attention of someone on the opposite position who happened to see this scene.

"General, the Russians are retreating! They suddenly withdrew a batch of heavy tanks, and there are quite a few of them!"

Although the first line of defense was already shaky, it had not yet been truly breached.

There were only a few anti-tank firepower points left on the left wing of the position, and they had almost no resistance to the mechanized cluster of Russians rushing at full speed. Especially those highly mobile IS6 heavy tank clusters that were wearing heavy armor and stepped on the accelerator to rush to the front. The shabby anti-tank weapons in the hands of the Germans on the position were completely useless.

It stands to reason that this should be a great time to take advantage of the troops, rush to the enemy's position in one go, and then completely win the victory? Or are the Russians so confident that they think it is a waste to use so many troops to push forward at once, and want to save some diesel and mechanized marching hours, so that these withdrawn tanks can stay behind and watch the scenery?

The chief of staff, who was inevitably a little surprised, couldn't figure it out, but his speech was soon answered by Manteuffel, who was standing nearby and had retreated to the front command post of the second line of defense. He also saw the abnormality of the Soviet mechanized cluster on the left wing.

"I saw it. The Russians are in a very abnormal situation."

"Their losses are not great. It is not time to retreat at all. The remaining large forces are still charging and attacking, and now is the time to concentrate their forces."

"If we withdraw a highly mobile heavy tank unit now, the Russians may be planning some new conspiracy. Notify all troops to prepare. The Russians may soon rush to our lateral defense. I have a hunch that a certain commander on the opposite side should be impatient for victory."

Based on his own experience, Manteuffel believed that this was the Soviet commander on the opposite side who planned to start the attack in advance, at least to find out the weaknesses on the second line of defense first. In order to prepare for the large follow-up forces that were about to attack the first line of defense and rush over, this small Soviet heavy tank unit should soon head for the second line of defense.

So this can at least explain two things.

First, the Soviet army did not intend to take a short break after the victory of the first stage of the offensive. It was likely that they would rush directly to the second line of defense and pursue the victory. Otherwise, they would not be so impatient to start dividing their troops to prepare for a tentative attack.

Secondly, this also means that the time left for me to fight for is more urgent. Don't expect the Russians to take a short break to strengthen their defenses. The possibility of waiting for the reinforcements of the Skeleton Division to arrive is a little higher.

Following this line of thought, Manteuffel, who is sure that his conclusion should be almost certain, naturally has to make some adjustments to the subsequent tactical arrangements and defense deployments, which will directly affect the success or failure of the battle and must be flexible.

At the same time, Malashenko, who had just retreated a few hundred meters to a relatively safe area, didn't know what the German division commander on the opposite side was thinking about in his muddled head, and didn't know that the simple retreat that he didn't care about would make the other side think so much, and it was impossible for him to realize that this would have a direct impact on the next battle.

Malashenko, who was holding a radio transmitter in his hand, was still busy communicating with the political commissar urgently, so he didn't have time to think about the Germans on the opposite side.

"What did you say? There are Germans!? The bastards of the Death's Head Division are coming from the north too???"

I thought it was good luck to catch the bastards of the Great German Division and beat them up, but Malashenko didn't expect that there would be idiots who would take the initiative to come to his door at this time. On the other end of the radio, the answer given by the political commissar who was holding an online meeting with Lao Ma was very sure.

"No mistake, the comrades in the intelligence have just confirmed the latest situation. The group of SS troops rushing south from the north is the Death's Head Division. They are now less than 20 kilometers away from the battlefield where you are."

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