Chapter 2107 Forever

Some things are not as simple as just talking and bragging. Malashenko never brags about key matters.

On the issue of how to deal with Konev, Malashenko did prepare a whole set of reasons. Based on how to explain and say in various situations, he basically prepared advance plans in place. All the points that can be thought of have been thought of by Comrade Political Commissar. There are almost no problems to be solved.

Also looking at the small office in the room, there is no one except himself and Malashenko. He glanced at Comrade Political Commissar, whose door was also closed, and then temporarily put down the telegram in his hand.

"Maybe it's not appropriate to ask this, but um, do you have any opinion on Comrade Commander?"

Konev and Vatutin went to Stalin, the father, for the command of the leader division, and finally made them both very unhappy. Malashenko did not mention this matter to Comrade Political Commissar, so Comrade Political Commissar did not know the details of the origin at all.

This is not to say that this matter cannot be told or mentioned to Comrade Political Commissar. It is simply that Malashenko was a little busy at the time, and after Zhukov told him about it, he forgot about it and put it behind his mind. At the moment, it seems that it is not very necessary to explain the whole story to Comrade Political Commissar in detail.

After all, the Battle of Cherkasy has been over for so long, and it will probably take a while to think about it now. The struggle between Vatutin and Konev for the command of the leader division started from that time.

"Opinion? How can I have any opinion? I am just a small major general. How dare I have any opinion on the marshal commander."

After drinking a jar of water, Malashenko still felt a little thirsty. He picked up the kettle on the table and poured water into the jar and filled it up while continuing to speak.

"I'm just doing what I think is right, that's all."

"Since I know that so many of our comrades are imprisoned in this hellhole of Auschwitz, I can't just stand by and watch them die."

"Maybe some of them are living in disobedience and surrendering to the enemy without authorization, but I believe that most of our Red Army soldiers and our comrades love their motherland and are willing to fight for it. We can't deny everything about them just because they are prisoners of war."

"Imagine that a patriot is not understood by his motherland and is regarded as a traitor. How sad and sad it would be. We can't let this happen, let alone abandon them and let the fascists torture them at will."

Malachenko has always felt that in the existing history, the Red Army's treatment of its own prisoners was too harsh and unreasonable. Even the great man who stole a tank from a German prisoner-of-war camp and drove it back could be labeled as a suspected traitor and suffered doubts and indifference. It was not until many years later that his reputation was restored and justice was given. This was a bit excessive anyway.

There are more than one similar incidents, and Malashenko cannot say that he can completely prevent such incidents from happening. In fact, Malashenko also clearly knows that he does not have this ability.

However, as long as he can do it within his ability, Malashenko always feels that it is worth doing and quite meaningful. After all, it is not a small kindness to do nothing.

Malashenko does not expect that the people he personally led the team to rescue day and night will be grateful to him for the rest of their lives and will never forget it. This is not the purpose of doing this.

If there is any purpose, then let these patriotic warriors who could have survived this war and witnessed the victory, but were brutally killed by the fascists in the existing history, usher in the ending that really belongs to them in this timeline under his influence: live to welcome the victory, this is Malashenko's only purpose.

As for other things, such as properly handling the problems with Konev and various possible subsequent troubles, Malashenko felt that this was what he should do. After all, it was his own choice. It had nothing to do with his opinion of Konev. Even if the commander was replaced by someone else, Malashenko would still do the same and would not change at all.

The only difference is that Malashenko is not very familiar with Konev. He has not really met him until now. He is just a small worker who has just started working under him, or a small contractor who leads his construction team to work for the big boss. You can say whatever you want.

For this reason, Malashenko chose to bypass Konev and act without permission to raid and liberate Auschwitz. To put it bluntly, it was because he was not sure about the unfamiliar Konev and did not dare to guarantee that Konev would agree to his combat plan. If he reported it, it might be rejected, and then the matter would be more difficult.

But if Vatutin was the commander, Malashenko would have a completely different approach.

At least Malashenko could be sure that, based on my understanding of my old leader, Vatutin would never sit back and watch the lives of more than 10,000 Red Army prisoners of war. Since he and I can urinate in the same pot, he must understand my ideas. I can be sure that Vatutin will agree with my battle plan.

By the same token, the political commissar who can urinate in the same pot with Malashenko can also understand Malashenko's thoughts and feelings after hearing these words, and nodded in agreement.

"Of course it makes sense for you to do this. I believe that the motherland and history will give you a fair evaluation and leave your name in history."

"But now, one thing you need to understand is that some things cannot be solved just by rescuing people. We can only ensure that the captured comrades will not die at the hands of fascist thugs , As for the future, maybe you can fight for them, but at least it’s not something you can decide alone.”

Comrade Political Commissar is both an idealist and a down-to-earth pragmatist.

He was willing to devote everything he had to pursuing the seemingly unattainable great ideal and fighting for the revolutionary cause throughout his life. But at the same time, we can clearly realize that many imperfections in reality cannot be easily changed overnight, and we still face them with a positive attitude. Comrade Political Commissar now only hopes that Malashenko can also understand all of these.

"Of course I understand what you said, but we achieved the best result within our capabilities, and that is enough. At least when I am about to die one day in the future, I will not say with regret and tears, "I I'm sorry for the more than 10,000 comrades who lost their lives at the hands of the Fascists." My demands are not high, and this is enough for me."

"And I always firmly believe that they will create and build a better future for this great cause. Everything they have done in the past and now is sowing the seeds of hope for tomorrow. The future revolutionary cause and Everything we strive for will belong to the young generation who believe in justice as red as blood, forever."