Chapter 2471 Marshal Calls
It is true as Comrade Political Commissar said, if such a loss happened to the Leader Division two or three more times, it would be "quite a big deal", and it would really affect the Leader Division's next stage of the Berlin Campaign.
If it were the past, such combat losses would not be considered a serious injury to the Leader Division.
As long as there is a little time to recover and rebuild combat power, combined with the super priority replenishment and equipment selection rights of the Leader Division's "Guards of the Guards", the Leader Division can return to its peak in at most a week.
But now is different from the past. The biggest problem for Malashenko or the Leader Division is "lack of time".
According to what Malashenko got from Zhukov, or what Zhukov revealed to Malashenko in advance, in order to make him mentally prepared and plan the battle.
From the moment the Leader Division rushed out at full throttle under the Zelo Heights, until the fall of Berlin as the final victory of this great Patriotic War, Malashenko and his comrades would no longer have any opportunity to be called "rest and recuperation".
If you understand it as "take the Zelo Heights, and immediately rush to Berlin, which is close at hand, to start siege and street fighting", there is indeed nothing wrong, because that is Zhukov's or Moscow's original intention.
Taking Berlin as quickly as possible has become a hard-core political task that must be completed, and the leader division must play a core and key role in this task, which can perfectly meet the expectations and plans of the Supreme Command.
Zhukov may give Malashenko some supplements to reinforce the battle in Berlin, but it is destined not to be too much. If too much is given, it will be difficult for Malashenko to form combat effectiveness in a short time. Everyone knows that the leader division's synthetic stuff is exclusive content. No time for learning is given, and a huge amount of supplementary soldiers are directly stuffed into the leader division.
This is like throwing a group of rookies who are used to the trench warfare of World War I into the elite mechanized troops of World War II to play infantry-tank coordination. If we put it in the existing history, it is such a situation. Malashenko simply cannot digest and absorb a large number of supplementary soldiers to achieve perfect combat effectiveness without "rest time".
If the tactical coordination is not done well, not only will these supplementary troops themselves have problems, but it is also possible to affect other friendly troops with normal combat power and cause a tragic chain reaction. After all, synthesis is about the coordination of multiple arms, which everyone knows.
Therefore, the leader division that has suffered a lot of losses is supplemented with a huge number of supplementary troops who have not been exposed to the theory of synthesis, and Malashenko is not given a certain amount of rest time to study basic theories and drill troops. If such a leader division full of a large number of "synthesis illiterates" is directly thrown into a cruel street battle battlefield like Berlin.
This itself is a kind of "performance art" that deliberately gathers up the numbers of troops on paper, without considering the actual results and respecting military science.
Malashenko had discussed this issue with Zhukov when he went to the front headquarters last time, and they reached a consensus: the leading division of the Berlin Campaign must not be filled with a large number of supplementary soldiers, otherwise it would be walking on the tightrope of the "chain collapse effect".
So the real difficulties are in front of Malashenko, and they are very real.
The Germans' core defense position has only eaten the outer layer, just like a cabbage bigger than a head has only peeled off two or three layers of the outer layer, and the really hard and difficult part is still in the core of the cabbage.
If there is no breakthrough tactical change and a large amount of new fire support equipment, Malashenko will inevitably encounter the problem of "losses are unbearable at this stage".
But if he doesn't fight at this point, it's even more nonsense. Malashenko doesn't have the power to say that he will give up.
If you dare to quit now, Malashenko can guarantee that Zhukov will call you in less than two minutes, and directly send our old comrade Ma to the field kitchen to carry a rice bucket, or to the clothing factory in the rear to sew clothes and embroider. It is very likely that he will be sent to Siberia to guard German prisoners of war and grow potatoes.
It is very uncomfortable to continue fighting, and it is absolutely impossible not to fight.
"Fuck you, what a disgusting stinking shit war situation, stupid German sticks are learning to crawl on the feet of toads, which is disgusting, right?"
Malashenko's temples on both sides were throbbing, and his left and right eyebrows were trembling as they jumped up and down, and his mouth corners were twitching with anger.
Now it seems that if we don't take some strong medicine that we were worried about and unwilling to take earlier, we can't cure the self-righteous brain disease of these fascists.
"I propose that the Rocket Assault Battalion participate in the battle. We have already put all the heavy direct-aiming support firepower we can mobilize into the battle. The only thing left is the Rocket Assault Battalion of the division. My view is that if the trump card is kept unused, it will lose its meaning."
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Several "core executives" of the leadership division, including Lavrinenko and Kurbalov and Valosha, who were responsible for the main attack, looked at each other with confusion and puzzlement when they heard what "Boss Ma" said. The words that Malashenko said before were completely opposite to what they said now, but they still remembered it clearly.
"But Malashenko, didn't you say before that the TOS-1's fragile ammunition rack protection was not suitable for attacking the enemy's strong positions with long-range heavy anti-tank firepower?"
"The Germans' permanent fortifications are enough to withstand most of the indirect hit blast damage, and in order to increase the probability of direct hits, the TOS-1 must be driven to a very dangerous distance. The exposed ammunition rack weakness is likely to be targeted by the Germans, resulting in huge losses. Moreover, the open field terrain and open environment are not conducive to the TOS-1, a tall and powerful vehicle, to engage in close-range assaults. These are what you told everyone before. Do you think of any way to solve these problems?"
Yes, Malashenko did say this, and you can see it just by looking at his expression that does not deny it, but this does not mean that Malashenko is still holding on to the old views and there is nothing new.
"I did say these things before, but that was based on the fact that the battle could be solved by the heavy direct fire support firepower of the brigade alone without the involvement of the rocket assault battalion."
"The problems we are facing now are different from the past and were not expected at the beginning."
"For this reason, I will not only invest in TOS-1, but I will also apply to my superiors for more powerful air strikes to kick the butts of these Germans. I always believe that if we can't handle this kind of offensive battle against the enemy's solid positions based on non-absolutely favorable terrain, it must be due to insufficient firepower. If one wave of firepower is not enough, we will continue to increase the code. There is no defense that cannot be handled by stronger firepower."
"In addition, I have"
Dinglingling——
Dinglingling——
"Hello? Leader Division Headquarters."
"Okay, yes, I understand, please wait"
Malachenko, who felt that there was something wrong with the phone call just by looking at it, soon had his intuition come true. The communications staff who ran to the front of him quickly brought "heart-worrying" news to Malachenko.
"Comrade Division Commander, Marshal Zhukov called. He is waiting for you on the line and wants you to answer the phone in person now."