Chapter 2203: Stewing Meat

Chapter 2208 Stewed Meat

The platoon leader, anxious to find the enemy, looked in the direction Alsim pointed out, and then saw through the telescope a small group of staggering German soldiers, stepping deep and shallow on the snow towards their direction. Although no big targets were seen, it was still worth cheering up.

"Finally here! I thought these Germans had gone to Berlin."

"Wait, there are more! Look, there are quite a few trucks and half-tracks! It should be a large group of Germans!"

As Alsim said, a large group of Germans had appeared on the snowy horizon in the distance.

Those German soldiers who looked dejected and staggering were obviously not in high spirits. They were wearing white winter camouflage uniforms and white helmets and walking in the snow. Their condition might not be very good, but the camouflage was quite in place. If Alsim had not looked carefully just now, they might have missed it.

Along with them were trucks and half-track vehicles commonly seen in German infantry divisions. These were relatively easy targets to deal with. There were no German tank units with a higher threat level, and of course no self-propelled artillery. They looked like a group of enemies that were relatively easy to bully.

Even if the Germans were numerous and powerful, they could still fight and run away. The fully mechanized Alsim reconnaissance team had this ability. Alsim, who had figured out the situation, couldn't help but start to make plans in his mind.

"What should we do? Should we fight or not?"

The platoon leader on the side asked about the next action plan. Alsim, who had already made a decision in his heart, naturally answered directly.

"Fight, of course we have to fight, why not? It's worth fighting if we can slow down their marching speed."

"But first we have to inform the division commander. If we fight, the main force of the Germans will be alarmed. There are too many of these bastards, and the main force of the division has to eat them. And I always feel that there are countless Germans coming behind. This should be the vanguard of the German retreat group."

Fighting is fighting, but Alsim still did not forget his mission of this trip. After confirming the movements of the Germans, it is the first priority to report to the division commander.

In this way, these fascist bandits who don't know they are about to die can be truly and completely destroyed, and Alsim is such a destroyer.

Soon, along with the intelligence from Alsim, Malashenko, who was commanding the large troops to gallop forward and march forward in a fully mechanized manner, also received news of the enemy's confirmation.

"Yes, confirmed. We have found the location of the retreating Germans and their route, which is on the route we expected in advance.

"Plane? How long will it take? Okay, I see. I know. Let's hold off the Germans before I lead the team to arrive. That's it for now. I'll send them on their way. End of call."

Needless to say, judging from the tone, the person who was talking to Malashenko on the other end of the radio must be Political Commissar Petrov. Iushkin on the side could certainly guess it.

"What plane did you just say? Have we found those Germans? Where are they?"

Iushkin, who was happy to hear about the war, was eager to use the 130 cannon to conquer the Germans. The pleasure of every shot must be that the Germans died, which was indescribable. In contrast, Malashenko, who had just put down the transmitter in his hand, had already picked up the map.

"Here, not far from the southwest of the town."

"We continue to move forward in the current direction and will reach the battlefield in less than 20 minutes. But before that, someone will help us deal with those fascists. The first wave of air strikes will arrive soon. "

After confirming that the two enemy army-level units in the main combat direction had begun to retreat and flee, Vatutin, who was always paying attention to the battlefield situation, responded in time. The bomber and attack aircraft units had taken off urgently and rushed towards the direction of the German retreat. In any case, they had to try their best to delay the enemy's escape speed and create opportunities for the ground forces to complete the encirclement.

And there is no doubt that as the strongest, most technical weapons and the most threatening of the two German army-level units, the 41st Armored Corps, that is, the group of German troops that Malashenko was responsible for intercepting, naturally became the top priority of the Red Army Air Force's current round of ground attacks.

The Leader Division's roundabout and fully mechanized marching speed is already quite fast, but the speed of those Red Army pilots soaring in the sky is even faster. They will throw the first round of ruthless death on the top of the Germans' foreheads, bringing pain and destruction to these fascists, and then the Leader Division will raise the beheading blade and kill them with the last knife to end everything.

"What happens after the bombing? How do we fight? Should we launch a direct frontal attack on the Germans? "

Iushkin wanted to prove to the Germans that a head-on decisive battle was the way a man should fight. Malashenko could also feel the expectation from his tone, and of course he would not let Iushkin down this time.

"Yesterday, we had already eaten up one of their main armored divisions and some supporting troops. We have already taken out a major part of the 41st Armored Corps. The captured German major general told us that there was another armored division like the one he commanded, and the situation was similar to theirs. The rest was an armored grenadier division and two ordinary infantry divisions, but none of them were full. "

"One armored division plus three infantry divisions, this pot of stew is enough for us to eat. "

"But first, we have to block the Germans' retreat. Killing their manpower is secondary, and the key is not to let any organized Germans break through successfully and slip away from us. Therefore, there is no way to attack immediately before the main force arrives and deploys. The main thing is to suppress the momentum of the Germans' crazy escape. We cannot launch a full-scale attack for the time being."

The leader division, which is actually a division, has a strong and independent combat capability that is equal to or even exceeds that of an ordinary Red Army army-level field unit.

Once the main force arrives and fully deploys on the front battlefield, it will not be a problem to focus on intercepting and repelling this half-crippled German armored army with greatly damaged strength. Especially after gaining the command of an infantry division as a supplement to the infantry, Malashenko, whose only weakness of "lack of infantry" has been solved, is even more confident and sure of victory.

That is, when Malashenko was making ambitious plans to swallow the whole pot of "German stew" in one go, at the same time, on the other side, Arsim led his team to prepare to delay the enemy on the battlefield.

Following the direction of the reconnaissance plane in the air, the Red Army bombers and attack aircraft, which were rushing straight ahead with the throttles fully pushed, were already fully loaded with various types of ammunition under the belly and wings. They lined up in formation and flew to the top of the Germans' heads with a roar, ready to pour out death under the terrified gaze of the fascist ants below.