Chapter 2135 "The Advantage Is Mine"

The written part does not contain much content, which is basically consistent with the brief description of the political commissar. However, this unexpected emergency really made our old comrade Ma laugh on the spot. Google search reading

"Ha, these fascist bastards, do you think you are not dying fast enough or what? They are surrounded by the sea on three sides and still want to attack first? Well, your courage is commendable, indeed your courage is commendable, but I guess there is a lot of water in your head, and"

He hesitated to take off the cigarette butt in his mouth and put it out in the ashtray, and then Malashenko, who exhaled a puff of old smoke, continued to "admire".

"Let me bet that this irrelevant and brain-dead plan was probably made by that lousy shampooer. Only such an idiot can order an active attack at this time."

"The road to the west has been cut off and occupied by us. The south and east are surrounded by us from land. The Baltic Fleet is waiting to serve it with naval guns by the sea in the north. How can a broken chess piece that can't fly even with wings be able to move like this? I can only say it's brilliant, it's really brilliant."

The joke, neither cold nor hot, fully expressed what Malashenko was thinking at the moment. The political commissar, who also thought it was an outrageous and bad move, also laughed after hearing it. It seems that the division commander really thought the same as himself.

"But if you think about it from another angle, you can understand some of the reasons. The German troops in the encirclement who have been identified add up to more than 800,000. If you count other auxiliary troops and coerced lackeys, the total strength of the entire East Prussian group is estimated to be 900,000. To some people in Berlin, that might be a million soldiers."

"I have a million soldiers in my hands, why can't I take the initiative? Offense is the best defense. Isn't that what the German fascists always do?"

After listening to such follow-up analysis, the division commander and political commissar, who "think alike", laughed at the same time.

"Okay, that being said, the principle of despising the enemy strategically and respecting the enemy tactically cannot be changed. We have to study how to fight this war."

"Fight? What kind of war? You want to fight without calling me? How can you be the division commander, Malashenko, and forget me?"

Before Malashenko finished speaking, a rough and strong voice came in through the tent curtain.

Malashenko is becoming more and more convinced by Lavrinenko, his deputy, old classmate, old comrade and good brother. He is becoming more and more "Iushkin" and irrelevant. He looks more like a shirtless rough man selling pork in the vegetable market than a deputy division commander. But now is obviously not the time to complain about this.

"I was planning to send someone to find you. It just so happens that since you are here, there is no need to bother. Come over and study together."

Before he finished speaking, Malashenko, who had stood up from his chair, had come to the war zone map hanging on the side with the political commissar and stood there. When Lavrinenko came to him, he spoke quietly.

"You just came, let me tell you the situation first. Wait a minute, is there still someone missing? Where is our chief of staff?"

All the leadership team of the division headquarters were present except for the chief of staff. Malashenko turned around and scanned the division headquarters but saw no one. Lavrinenko, who had just returned from the troops below, immediately spoke up at the right time.

"He is still in a meeting with Kurbarov. A brigade-level meeting must have someone from the divisional headquarters there. I thought the meeting was troublesome, so I came back after seeing the situation of the troops. He probably has to have dinner there after the meeting before coming back. How about calling him back now?"

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Although this meeting is not at the right time, there is no other good way at the moment. Malashenko shook his head and rejected Lavrinenko's proposal.

"No need, wait for him to come back and let Comrade Political Commissar talk to him alone. The three of us will meet first. Time waits for no one."

The short episode came to an end, and Malashenko, who fixed his sight on the war zone map, spoke again.

"Just received new intelligence, the Germans want to play a big game, and they will attack us first. It is not clear whether they want to disrupt our offensive deployment or simply want to annihilate our counterattack. It doesn't matter. In either case, they will not succeed. As long as we crush their offensive and beat these bastards back, it doesn't matter what purpose they launched the attack for."

"The front headquarters judges that the attack may come at any time, most likely in the early morning of tonight or early tomorrow morning, of course, it may be later, or it may be postponed for 24 hours at the same time the next day, but we all need to be prepared in advance. This is the order of the commander comrade."

"Be prepared? This is a bit problematic, Malashenko."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lavrynenko, who had just finished inspecting the troops below, spoke up.

Lavry, who had just returned from the troops below, was undoubtedly the one who knew the specific situation of the troops best among the three. Malashenko knew about this situation and chose to listen to what his good brother would say next.

"As you know, the main force of our division is still on the road of strategic maneuver. Most of the troops are either on the train or waiting for the train in Auschwitz. The strategic maneuver was supposed to take at least two days to complete, but now it's less than 24 hours. Only half of the troops of the Kurbalov Brigade that arrived first have gotten off the train."

"A large amount of equipment still needs to be maintained and repaired, and personnel and supplies also need to be replenished. I am not saying that our leading division is timid, but the reality is that we are indeed not ready at all. If the process continues at the current speed, the Germans will If we call in early in the morning, it will be a miracle that our division can gather half of its full combat power, which is not good. "

Vatutin originally gave Malashenko three days to prepare, but the reality is that the plan cannot keep up with the changes.

The self-righteous "I have the advantage" from the German side disrupted the rhythm. Malashenko must put the troops into combat readiness now and prepare to fight the enemy. No matter what difficulties they have, they must overcome them. This is the pressure on him. The heaviest burden on the shoulders of a major general and division commander.

"Why don't I know about these problems? The bunch of big guys I just brought back are still being thrown there. They didn't even give me any time to get started with training. They are doing these fascist bastards whose mothers are standing on the street. !”

"But no matter what, we have to fight this battle whether we can or not. Even if we only have less than half of our troops, we still have to fight hard."

"Our state is not good, and the state of the Germans is not necessarily much better. A bunch of dogs were driven out of the Soviet Union and then out of Poland like pigs. Where are they going with the massive losses of technical equipment and personnel? Supplement? We are determined to suppress the arrogance of these bastards who have gathered together. Besides, we are not fighting alone. This time, we have many friendly forces from the entire front to cooperate with us. The Germans dare to open their mouths and bite. Just remove all the teeth from it! It will save us a lot of trouble later!”