Chapter 2123 Comrade Father Is Very Happy

"Oh? There is a commendation telegram from Comrade Leader?"

Malachenko was of course very surprised. In fact, until he left, Konev did not even send a farewell telegram, let alone thank you for the commendation. Malachenko was really upset, as if he had worked for nothing.

Now Vatutin told Malachenko that there was a commendation telegram from Comrade Stalin, which was completely different. His mood was like a roller coaster, with a 360-degree turn, climbing from the bottom of the valley to the top of the mountain.

You Konev can choose to commend or not, but I have the honor of being praised by my kind father. Comparing the two, which one is more enjoyable is like a louse on a bald head - isn't it obvious?

Seeing Malachenko's excitement in his doubts, Vatutin smiled at each other and of course understood the reason, and blurted it out immediately.

"Anyway, the commendation telegram is for you. You can take it back later to inform the whole division and boost morale."

"In short, Comrade Stalin is very satisfied with your division's combat performance in Poland, especially the annihilation of the rebuilt Great German Division and the killing of its commander. This is a great achievement and has a very high political significance. You will understand it after looking at this."

"This is"

Malashenko took the newspaper that was picked up from the table and handed to him by Vatutin, held it in his hand, and opened it to see that it was a newspaper of Pravda that was just published yesterday. The headline on the front page was printed with "The Nazi Great German Division was annihilated again! Victory belongs to the great Stalin leader division!" The title was so eye-catching that it almost took up the entire width of the newspaper. The intention of doing this was obviously obvious.

As Vatutin said, this was a battle with a very high political significance.

If it was an ordinary Red Army unit that completely wiped out the Great German Division with superior forces, then to be honest, its political significance is really far less than the beautiful battle fought by Malashenko.

The key to the problem is that this is a one-on-one challenge between the Leader Division named after the benevolent father Stalin and the Great German Division, which symbolizes the soul of the Wehrmacht and has been rebuilt for the second time. There is almost no intervention from any other troops of the warring parties.

That is, in such a battle, Malashenko commanded the invincible Leader Division, and completed the annihilation of the enemy's Great German Division and killed the enemy's chief division commander at a relatively small cost and a superior battle loss exchange ratio that can be called a great victory.

What does this symbolize?

In short, this can be regarded as a direct symbol of the Leader Stalin's fist, which has the power to easily crush any so-called elite Nazi troops, even the so-called soul of the Wehrmacht, an ace unit that the fascists have worked hard to rebuild. ɱ

The great victory needs words to sublimate and promote.

As long as such an outstanding achievement is slightly polished by the journalists and literary and art workers of the motherland and then promoted, it will definitely be a super victory that can drive the whole motherland to cheer and boost the morale of the whole army. It will be promoted abroad and even to the entire anti-fascist alliance world. This is a matter that will make Comrade Cifu feel proud.

The reason why Vatutin said that "political significance is quite high" is exactly here. This is far more significant than simply destroying a fascist ace unit. As long as you understand these, it is not difficult to understand why Comrade Cifu is so happy that he has to send a special telegram to commend the leader division. If the boss is happy, then the whole company must be notified to praise it?

Malashenko, who simply read the front page headlines of the newspaper, also smiled helplessly, shook his head slowly, and then spoke to Vatutin in front of him again.

"But the enemy division commander was not shot dead directly, he committed suicide, comrade commander, our soldiers had already committed suicide when they got there."

Vatutin, who didn't care about such trivial matters, laughed after hearing this, and patted Malashenko on the shoulder and then said happily.

"Forcing someone to death is also considered shooting, this makes sense no matter where you go. Has anyone said it doesn't count? Have I said it? My dear comrade chief of staff? Comrade political commissar?"

Vatutin not only laughed himself, but also pulled the front-level chief of staff and comrade political commissar in the front headquarters, who were his partners who worked with him day and night and cooperated tacitly, into the topic and laughed. This made the two big guys who were studying the strategic situation at the sand table stop their work and smile at each other.

"Comrade Malashenko, the commander has been grinning from ear to ear since he received the commendation telegram from the leader. He also told us that even if the leader's division is fighting hundreds of kilometers away, it can still win honor for our front. When you come back, we must praise you."

"Yes, there are not many things that can make the commander so happy. I guess he will have a lot to say to you later, Comrade Malashenko."

The two big guys in front of the sand table echoed and agreed, making Comrade Ma feel very embarrassed. He just smiled and scratched his head embarrassedly, like a silly baby.

"Okay, don't stand here anymore. My time is precious. Let's finish the important things first. It's not too late to smile when the time comes. I allow you to stand here and smile for half an hour, just as a reward for you."

Speaking seriously and seriously, he also made jokes and livened up the atmosphere. Otherwise, it would be said that Malashenko and Vatutin would get along very well. Once the personalities of these two men match, it would be really great. If they develop further, they can really be open-hearted. This has nothing to do with the relationship between superiors and subordinates.

Malashenko agreed casually and followed Vatutin into the commander's office in the inner room. After sitting down on two plain sofas and drinking the hot tea brought by the orderly, Vatutin, who spoke first, immediately got straight to the point.

"Tell me about the situation of the troops. I saw in the telegram you sent before departure that the current situation of the leader division seems a little bad?"

The telegram was sent before departure, so the sender was undoubtedly Political Commissar Petrov, at least it was sent under the premise that he was watching and checking it. Malashenko, who knew the Political Commissar very well, was very sure of this.

Since it was the political commissar who sent the message, Malashenko estimated that there was no need for him to say more about the equipment loss of the leader division. Vatutin should have a clearer understanding of it, so he could save a lot of words and directly talk about the most urgent needs.

Thinking of this, Malashenko organized his words a little and then quietly spoke to Vatutin who was waiting for an answer.