Chapter 2598 No Assists, All Assists!

Malachenko, who could no longer wait, was now going to teach those stubborn Nazis a lesson in person, and try to minimize the risk.

For all the comrades present, this was not surprising, and it was even reasonable.

As for stopping Malachenko, this idea had hardly ever occurred to everyone.

After all, for the middle and senior commanders of the leadership division, the idea of ​​"comrade division commander taking the lead" was almost deeply engraved in their minds like a stereotype. When did comrade division commander not personally go to the front line and command the battle during a large-scale attack?

This was the only small-scale street battle that was not convenient for the group's troops to launch, and it was a rare and stable one. He was commanding from the headquarters of the Kurbalov Brigade outside the city. Instead of driving his mighty and domineering No. 177 IS7 heavy tank into the city as a meat grinder, grinding all the German sticks who dared to try to stop the car into meat paste.

So now Malashenko said that he couldn't help it and wanted to lead the charge, as a decisive force to open up the situation and quickly lock in the victory. Then this is also "should be so" in the eyes of the comrades around him, which is in line with the comrades' consistent "stereotype" of the division commander.

After all, in the leader division, "Comrade division commander is with me" is something that every soldier is qualified to shout proudly. This is of course one of the important reasons why the leader division can burst out with extremely strong combat effectiveness and high morale whenever it encounters a battle, regardless of the intensity. Malashenko's IS7 heavy tank, which is dressed like a Christmas tree, is the best battlefield mobile morale amplifier, no one else.

However, although he did not stop the division commander from doing this, it does not mean that he will not say anything else and be dumb. Some things that should be said and reminders that Kurbalov, who was standing next to Malashenko, felt that he still needed to say.

"Three siege troops have been deployed, and the offensive progress of the three troops is almost as smooth as expected. We only need the last bit of time."

"I am not saying that you should not go, comrade division commander. It's just that, considering the density of troops and the optimization of the combat efficiency of reasonable deployment of offensive troops, would it be less necessary to open up a fourth offensive route? If we go up along the offensive route that has been opened, we have to consider the problem that the density of troops on this offensive route exceeds the upper limit, and no matter how many offensive troops are deployed, they may not be able to be deployed."

What Kurbalov said certainly cannot be regarded as stopping Malashenko. At most, it can only be regarded as a reminder to Malashenko: Comrade division commander, if you lead the team up, how should you solve the two problems in front of you?

In this command center, it is the highest official Malashenko who has the final say. Of course, Kurbalov asked Malashenko for instructions.

On the other hand, Malashenko, who was actually thinking about these two problems and these two things in his mind, was also thinking.

As Kurbalov's voice gradually fell, Malashenko, who had already thought of a corresponding solution, blurted out the prepared plan.

"You are right, and we do need to take these two factors into consideration."

"The fastest progress is currently made by the central siege force, am I right?"

Malashenko suddenly asked this question, and Kurbalov, who was standing by his side, glanced at the map to confirm and immediately replied.

"Yes, comrade commander. Five minutes ago, the central siege troops just sent a message that their attack process is halfway through and they are advancing across the central block towards the enemy's last core defense zone. It is expected that they will be able to contact the enemy defenders in the core defense zone in about fifteen minutes. As long as more Nazis don't jump out to cause trouble halfway, there will be no problem."

"Middle route, middle route"

"By the way, is it the route that Alsim is responsible for clearing the periphery?"

Malachenko suddenly remembered that Alsim also volunteered to lead the team to rush forward, doing the work of sweeping the periphery that should not be done by heavy assault infantry such as combat engineers, but by light infantry such as scouts.

Unexpectedly, Alsim not only did this job well, but also did it very well.

The first direction to receive the "mission completed" message was the central route that Alsim was responsible for. Now the offensive is progressing most smoothly and the fastest is also the central route. This inevitably reminded Malashenko of this humanoid war machine whose head was filled with "10,000 ways to kill the German sticks". It was estimated that he was now working hard with his iron men in the middle attack direction.

"Yes, the middle road is indeed the direction where Alsim led the team to clean up the outer guard points. You asked this question..."

Kurbarov was a little reluctant and had not finished speaking when Malashenko had already made the final decision.

"Very good, that's the middle road!"

"Contact the middle road siege troops and tell them that I will bring a heavy assault team to support them. Their black panthers may encounter considerable trouble in the final stage of the attack, and the possibility that the enemy has heavy anti-tank firepower cannot be ruled out. At that time, I will lead the heavy tanks to open the breakthrough in front and position the middle road as the main attack direction. We will win this battle from here."

Speaking of the main attack direction, one surprising thing is that Malashenko did not decide which direction the main attack direction was at the beginning.

As for the reasons, it is quite complex and diverse.

The first problem is that this operation itself is full of uncertainties in advance.

For example, you cannot determine which of the three siege directions can complete the infiltration mission as expected, clear the outer guard points without alerting the Germans in the city, and thus open the first phase of the attack.

If the main attack direction is exposed in advance, attracting all the Germans in that direction in the city to come out, while the supporting feint attack direction successfully solves the outer guard points, which can catch the Germans off guard in their sleep, what should we do then?

What else can we do? Can we replace the troops in the main attack direction with the troops in the feint attack direction? Is it fun to change troops here when the war has already started?

Therefore, there is no so-called main attack direction and feint attack direction in the first phase of the combat plan. Although the three siege troops have different equipment and slightly different force composition, their overall combat power is basically the same, and they can all be regarded as the main force level.

"No assists, just attack me! I'm going to use three methods to smash the teeth of these Nazis today!"

The above is the "bold words" that Malashenko left on the spot after formulating the plan at the combat meeting.