Chapter 2103 Mission Completed
There are many more tragic scenes in Camp No. 3 or the entire Auschwitz than the scene in front of us, but Malashenko did not have time to take Iushkin to visit them one by one.
As the top elite field group of the entire Soviet Army, the most realistic description of the leadership division is "either in the attack or on the way to attack the enemy."
The time for rest is always extremely short. Although he is somewhat reluctant to obey Konev's command temporarily, Malashenko, as a soldier, still knows very clearly what he should do and what he will face next.
The assault on Auschwitz was originally an action plan taken by the leadership division headed by himself. In the short term, Malashenko can use excuses such as "lost" or "accidentally rushed over" to perfunctorily deal with his superiors, that is, the First Ukrainian Front Command on Konev's side.
But if the time drags on for a long time, such an elite main force cannot be dispatched according to orders and cannot appear in the position where it should appear, even a "big boss with a deep background" like Malashenko cannot bear the pressure. It should be noted that Konev is a newly promoted marshal who is very popular at the moment, while Malashenko is just a small major general. The gap is too big.
Therefore, Malashenko must end the operation in Auschwitz as quickly as possible this morning, and finish what should be done as quickly as possible with the highest efficiency, and end everything before Konev gets angry because the leader division did not appear in the position he wanted to appear. This is Malashenko's current plan, and he must hurry up for this.
"Yes, this is Malashenko. Ask Comrade Political Commissar to answer the radio immediately."
"Hello? Comrade Political Commissar? Yes, everything is going well on my side. Camp No. 3 is already ours. The Nazis only have corpses or prisoners, and no one escaped alive. How is the situation on your side?"
Auschwitz is not a place where you can simply build a row of wooden houses. As a purgatory where more than four million people were systematically massacred in history, Auschwitz is built on a set of highly efficient oppression and collective killing operation systems covering an extremely large area. The Camp No. 3 captured by Malashenko is just a part of it, the tip of the iceberg.
At the same time, on the other side, another force planned and commanded by Political Commissar Petrov and Deputy Division Commander Lavrinenko was divided into two groups to encircle and capture Camp No. 1 and Camp No. 2 of Auschwitz concentration camp at the same time.
The large and powerful Leader Division divided its troops into three groups in this operation, and launched a siege and liberation operation against the three camps under the Auschwitz concentration camp at the same time, with the aim of not letting any Nazi bastards escape as much as possible.
In the words of Malashenko at the pre-war propaganda mobilization meeting, that is, "every bastard among these fascist bastards must pay the price for their heinous crimes." Malashenko could never tolerate such things as attacking one of the camps, disturbing the other two camps and causing a large number of fascists to flee in fear, and he must do his best to avoid it.
Fortunately, the Leader Division not only has sufficient troops to carry out this task, but also has good hardware conditions in terms of technical equipment because it has already completed a full mechanization upgrade.
Things like high-speed penetration and surprise attack to surround the concentration camp are completely easy for the Leader Division.
I can even surround the ace divisions of the Waffen SS and swallow them in one bite, so why should a bunch of chicken jailers in the concentration camp play with me? All of you, clean your necks and wait for death!
Malashenko was so confident when he deployed the battle plan before the war, and he is still confident now.
"Everything is going well on our side. The encirclement and suppression operations of Battalions 1 and 2 have been fully completed."
"The No. 1 Battalion is going relatively smoothly, and it was led by Lavrinenko himself. There were some problems with the No. 2 Battalion. The number of SS troops inside was a bit beyond imagination, and these bastards also put up a desperate resistance without fear of death. It took some time to get rid of them."
"But Kurbalov just sent a report saying that the battle is basically over, and the troops are comprehensively clearing and capturing the remaining SS troops in Battalion 2. So far, it can be said with certainty that this operation has achieved a relatively complete success. All three camps were seized and controlled within the specified time according to the combat plan. We won this battle, Comrade Division Commander."
Malachenko and Lavrinenko, the two brothers, are not usually at the division headquarters. Anyway, don't ask where the two comrades are. If you ask, it's "Comrade Division Commander is on the front line."
Therefore, the command work at the division headquarters was naturally handed over to the political commissar who was at the same level as Lavrinenko and was the deputy political commander of the division.
To be precise, the political commissar, who was both civil and military, was really capable of doing this job. This was the main reason why he was entrusted with the important task by Malashenko. After all, the proverb "You can always trust the political commissar" that was widely circulated in the leadership division by the division commander was well known and widely recognized.
Malashenko, who had taken care of most of the affairs on his side, received the battlefield victory report he wanted from the division headquarters where the political commissar was in charge. Malashenko, who seemed quite satisfied with this and showed the first smile on his face since today, nodded in approval and spoke.
"Well done. Intelligence shows that Camp No. 2 is the place where the Germans have the strongest garrison. If Kulbarov can gnaw down this hard bone for me within the specified time, it will be a great achievement and worthy of praise. Tell this kid that I will personally ask for credit from my superiors. Oh, by the way, there is one more thing. How is the rescue work of Camps 1 and 2? How many people have been rescued in total?"
The liberation day of Auschwitz in history came much later. The belated Red Army faced only the ruins of a concentration camp that had been ravaged and destroyed by the fascist thugs. There were very few prisoners who could be rescued, only a few thousand people.
This time, Malashenko relied on a high-speed surprise attack to catch the Germans off guard. When the main force of the German army on the southern front was beaten and suspicious, and had no time to take care of other things, it took less than one morning to break through all three camps by force and complete the actual capture and occupation.
Malashenko hoped that the result this time would be different from the existing history, and that he would save as many people as possible. The answer from the political commissar that followed made Malashenko instantly happy.