Chapter 2022 Glorious Mission
"Fuck! This is difficult. Why did these bastards run away? Are they afraid of me? Or are they afraid of the front's large-scale encirclement and suppression? Damn!"
Malachenko also knew that it was useless to think about it here. As for what to do, he should continue to wait for the follow-up intelligence from the front headquarters.
Anyway, for now, the bastards of the SS Division have been running away for more than half an hour, and there is no possibility of any pursuit and annihilation.
So the "one spoonful" hard dish that Malachenko originally prepared can only be regarded as "half-cooked" in the end, lacking a key ingredient and only half done.
The Great German Division was completely destroyed, and the SS Division pretended to be awesome and ran away.
Although this result cannot be said to be very bad, it is definitely not good. At least Malachenko is really not happy here.
In particular, in order to quickly support the battle in the north, Malashenko took out the maximum attack energy for the first time, and pushed all the leaders of the division that had completed the synthesis reorganization in one breath, and attacked the poor last line of defense of the Great German Division, which was already shaky, from three sides.
The result is also seen. Malashenko achieved the result he wanted, compressed the completion time of the annihilation mission to the extreme, and sent the Great German Division on the road in the shortest time.
But there is also a price, and it is very heavy.
More than half of the combat engineer troops were killed and wounded, which made Malashenko feel painful. This elite heavy infantry unit is not easy to form or replenish. On weekdays, the reports and documents about this unit must be sorted out by the political commissar himself. After the preliminary review, they will be given to Malashenko to read and sign for the final review before they can be issued to the troops for execution.
Malashenko can foresee now that it will not be easy to restore the combat effectiveness of the combat engineer troops in the future.
The leader division cannot spare so many experienced veterans and qualified grassroots commanders. If it really does, it can make up for all the combat engineer units, but in this way, the conventional infantry units will be greatly affected, which is really a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul.
It is obviously inappropriate to do so recklessly. What should we do?
There is no other way, we can only ask our commander comrade to help clean up the mess and find ways to replenish manpower from other places.
Thinking of this, Malashenko felt his face burning, a bit too embarrassing.
You said that your leader division has just completed the synthetic reorganization and replenished so many high-quality soldiers and cutting-edge equipment in one go.
It has just fought a battle on the battlefield, and immediately asked the superiors for replenishment.
Let’s not talk about whether this replenishment can be approved, just ask if you are embarrassed?
Even if our old comrade Ma has a thicker face than the city wall, he feels embarrassed when he thinks of this now.
The more elite troops are, the more self-esteem they have, the stronger their sense of collective honor, and the more face they care about. This is not unique to the Soviet army, it is a "common problem" shared by elite troops all over the world.
As the head of a division, Malashenko's face is infinitely equivalent to the collective face of the leader division.
Even if there is a reason, when I think of Vatutin asking "Why are there so many casualties? How did this battle go?!", Comrade Lao Ma now feels speechless and "ashamed to see Jiangdong Lao Va".
But no matter how you think or say it, the matter is just like this, which is not subject to human subjective will and must be faced.
So Malashenko, who has no good solution after thinking hard, can only sigh and give up.
"Hey, what the hell is going on? I give up."
However, this also led to another situation that really happened. In Malashenko's opinion, the "Skull Division" must take the blame for this. Now it is completely hated, and the hatred is even stronger than before.
"Damn it! It's all these bastards who forced me to jump over the wall! Otherwise, why would this war be fought like this!? If it drags on until dusk, all the remaining bastards of the Great German Division will be forced to surrender. These bastards who were forced to surrender in a hurry have no time to consider surrendering. This account must be attributed to these bastards! I'll remember it for you!"
No matter what the reason is, the Skull Division ran away with grease on its feet, playing the German version of "Thousand Miles Away with a Sky Rising". The Leader Division has successfully completed the expected task and can report to the superiors. Of course, it also means that there is nothing to do for a while, so you can take a breath and rest, rest on the spot and wait for further instructions from the superiors.
"How is it? Has the telegram been sent? Has the superior replied?"
Malachenko went to the troops to understand the situation. Not long after, he came back and went into the tent of the field division headquarters, where he rarely stayed, to find the political commissar to understand the situation.
The political commissar, who knew that Malachenko was only thinking about the follow-up orders from his superiors, was straightforward. He took out a piece of paper from a pile of documents at hand and handed it to Malachenko in front of him.
"Just arrived. I was going to give it to you after signing. Since you are back, take a look at it yourself."
The content of the telegram was very brief. The general idea was to learn the latest battle situation of the leader division and express affirmation and encouragement.
The annihilation of the Great German Division again was of great significance. This was an extraordinary victory. Vatutin, in the name of the front headquarters, congratulated and praised Malachenko in the telegram, and also stated that he would report the relevant situation and apply for the honors and awards won by the leader division.
At the end of the telegram, Malashenko found what he wanted, which was the specific action order for the next step.
The great victory of destroying the Great German Division has brought a very positive impact on the entire front. The hundreds of thousands of elite German field groups entrenched in the eastern suburbs of Warsaw are falling into a complete rout.
Now, many assault troops of the First Belarusian Front are advancing to the east bank of the Vistula River. It is expected that they will arrive at the expected position as early as this evening to prepare for the battle to seize the cross-river bridge.
The cross-river bridges on the south and north banks are under the responsibility of friendly troops affiliated with the First Front, and as a "brother unit" temporarily transferred, Malashenko's leader division is currently the Red Army unit that is the most forward and closest to the most important central cross-river bridge.
Moreover, the huge obstacle between the Red Army and the Central Cross-River Bridge, that is, the Great German Division, has been personally sent to the west by Malashenko's leader division.
Now, apart from the pitiful number of German garrisons stationed at the bridgehead, there was no organized group of troops that could stop the advance of the Leader Division.
After taking the Central Cross-River Bridge, the heavy equipment and big guys of the Leader Division would have a passage across the river.
Warsaw, where the whole city was in a state of constant fighting and an uprising had already broken out, would then completely open its doors to the Red Army.
There was no doubt that taking the Central Cross-River Bridge would open the first complete passage to Warsaw for the Red Army and liberate the Polish capital as the first troop to enter the city.
This relatively simple and glorious task, which was naturally somewhat politically colored, fell on the Leader Division named after Comrade Stalin and Comrade Lao Ma, the head of the division.
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