Chapter 2707 Steel Rose

Malachenko was very curious for a while, wondering what Yekakina's real combat experience was like.

Although the leadership division never had an official ranking of performance, the military has always been a place that respects the strong and competes in terms of military strength. Even though Malachenko has never organized any official ranking, there are still many ace tankers in private, especially the competition between tank commanders and gunners is the most intense.

As the division commander, Malachenko did hear about this matter, and his attitude was that of turning a blind eye, neither advocating nor stopping it. Otherwise, it would be fine to do it privately.

After Yekakina's incident, Malachenko, who was curious about the ranking, specifically inquired about it, but the result was really unexpected.

In the gunner performance ranking, Yekakina, a young girl, actually ranked sixth on the list! With a total of 78 enemy tanks destroyed, countless armored vehicles, cars, fixed defense points and infantry destroyed, she defeated a lot of men and became the only female gunner in the top ten of the division's record ranking.

What does 78 mean?

Let's put it this way, in the existing historical timeline without the existence of Malashenko, the Soviet Red Army's top ace gunner (and tank commander) was our current deputy division commander Comrade Lavrinenko, and the record of destruction that can be confirmed is only a little over 50.

Of course, this is mainly related to the fact that Lavrinenko in the existing history stepped on a mine and died in 1941. But Lavrinenko's record of destroying more than 50 tanks in 1941 was not broken until 1945 when the Soviet Red Army won the Great Patriotic War, which also shows its high gold content and the difficulty of destroying more than 50 German tanks.

Now, a girl in her twenties, in this timeline that has been tampered with beyond recognition, has achieved a record that is even more amazing than the Soviet Red Army's top tank ace in existing history, even surpassing it by more than 20 tanks in one go.

What is women holding up half the sky?

This is called women holding up half the sky, how can it be so amazing?

Of course, it is not just Malashenko who is surprised by this record, Comrade Lao Ma just realized it later.

Because this is almost an amazing record, Ekakina's comrades - other tankmen of the Leader Division gave her a code name "White Rose of the Leader Division".

What about Ekakina herself?

She also likes the new name given to her by her comrades very much, and even found a comrade with better skills to paint a white rose mark on the tank's turret with white paint. This was specially authorized by the tank commander, and even Ekakina's tank commander thought it was a pretty good idea.

After learning about these stories, Malashenko felt that Ekakina was a talented girl. If she just packed her bags and ended up lonely because of her blindness, Malashenko felt that such a result would be too cruel for Ekakina.

Especially after knowing that this little girl was from Kharkov, Ukraine, and her whole family died in the Nazi bombing on the way to escape in the year of the Nazi invasion, and she was the only one who survived because she was still studying in the military academy.

Malashenko, who felt a great sense of responsibility, could easily guess what kind of bleak future life and final result Ekakina would face if she retired hastily and returned to her hometown without any relatives and home with a blind eye.

If it was better, it would be nothing more than an inspirational story, in which the female hero of the Soviet Red Army was disabled but strong-willed, and accomplished some achievements with her only remaining eye.

If it was worse, or in the worst case, she would not joke with you about hanging herself, or simply commit suicide by swallowing a gun.

The fear of loneliness is a weakness that most people in the world have. As social animals, the most difficult thing for humans to overcome and defeat is that everything that used to accompany them day and night and was familiar to them is no longer the same.

Malashenko is not an omnipotent savior, but if he encounters something that he can do and help, then Malashenko will never refuse.

Physical injuries can be healed by medical means, but mental injuries must be treated with spiritual means.

Malashenko does not want emotional fluctuations to have an irreversible impact on Ekakina. Once her eyes recover and she maintains a high spirit, her future in the army is still immeasurable. The big family of the leader division is her only remaining home, and every comrade and comrade around her is her family and friend.

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Malashenko, who gently closed the door as he entered the room, stood at the door, looking at the beautiful girl lying flat on the bed not far away.

Following Karachev's doctor's advice, Yekakina lay flat and rested for the time being. She still had a bandage on her nose bridge, below her forehead, and at the level of her eyes, but she had not yet recovered. It would still take about half a month to recover from the wound that might burst again due to violent movements and collisions, and then endanger her vision.

Yekakina, whose eyes were already wrapped up by the bandages around her head, could not see anything at this moment. She just lay quietly on the bed and kept breathing with her chest rising and falling. Malashenko, who came to sit on the chair beside the bed, did not speak immediately, but just kept watching her quietly beside her.

"Hello, are you a doctor? Or are you looking for someone?"

"Hmm?"

Malachenko thought his movements were gentle enough, but he didn't expect the girl to notice them. He didn't know whether it was through hearing or some other way.

In short, there was really no need for Malachenko to hide his identity. After hearing this, he changed his tone to a gentle one and spoke slowly.

"It's me, Malachenko. Just like we agreed at the beginning, I came to see how you are recovering. Do you remember that agreement?"

"Comrade division commander? How are you?"

"Be gentle, don't move."

Seeing that Ekakina, whose emotions were suddenly aroused, subconsciously wanted to get up, Malachenko quickly got up, raised his hand to hold her shoulder, and gently pressed Ekakina back to the bed and continued to speak.

"Lie down and have a good rest. You don't need to get up. This is an order. I came here to visit the wounded, not to ask the wounded comrades to salute me and report their work. You lie down and I'll sit. We can just chat like this. I'll be by your side, don't worry."