Chapter 2822 Pressure Offensive

"Just right?"

Now it was Lavrinenko's turn to be confused. This old tank soldier ace, who had been awarded the Soviet Hero Award under Malashenko's recommendation, really couldn't understand why his old friend and old classmate would say such a thing at this time.

"Wait, do you have any other plans next? It's not over yet?"

Malashenko, who was standing next to Lavrinenko, stopped looking up at the sky and smiled slightly.

"Correct."

"What should we do now?"

Lavrinenko asked immediately.

"Now? Now it's time to put a little Slavic pressure on the Nazis, let them know that the time they have to live is like something in an hourglass, which is constantly passing and counting down."

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There was no need for Lavrinenko to ask again, Malashenko's next deployment was quickly revealed in full.

The leader division will launch an attack again, which surprised Lavrinenko a little. He thought Malashenko didn't plan to take action today.

"After lunch, the troops on the actual contact lines resumed their offensive. We've let the Germans linger all morning, and now it's time to urge them to stand up and stretch their bodies."

"But there is one thing to note, the next offensive has no clear actual tactical goals, it is a pure pressure offensive.

"The troops should continue to fight as they usually do, and push forward as much as they can, without forcing the speed and results. The important thing is to make the Germans feel the pressure. If they don't make a choice, we will force them to make a choice, so that they know that they have little time left to answer the questions. "

"If nothing unexpected happens, we will be able to start further actions soon. This wave of pressure offensive should not last too long. Be prepared to break contact with the enemy at any time, and don't get too entangled. "

To be honest, at this point, Lavrinenko is no longer clear about what Malashenko's next "mysterious plan" is.

Although he can guess that it may be to achieve a certain purpose by putting pressure on the Nazis, that's all. Lavrinenko can't think of the specific purpose.

On the surface, it seems that this kind of pressure offensive is urging the Germans to consider the surrender leaflets carefully and surrender quickly.

But, it is precisely because he is very familiar with Malashenko that Lavrinenko feels that Malashenko's purpose cannot be so simple.

If you simply look at Malashenko's way of dealing with people and the plans he has conceived in a superficial way, then it is almost certain that there is a high probability of failure.

This is the experience conclusion that Lavrinenko has drawn after getting along with Malashenko for so long, and Lavrinenko finally believes that it will still be applicable this time.

War is dynamic and military is uncertain .

So Lavrinenko didn't intend to ask questions like a curious baby. He just needed to know that he still trusted his good brother unconditionally and was willing to do anything to cooperate with his plan. He firmly believed that the efforts he made would be rewarded and lead to victory. That was enough.

With the order issued by Malashenko, soon after lunch, the participating troops of the leader division resumed their swift and fierce offensive on the contact line with roaring artillery fire and billowing smoke, attacking the German soldiers who didn't know what they were thinking.

The battle had been going on for more than an hour. Malashenko, who had been accustomed to commanding in recent days, felt a little itchy and wanted to kill a few Nazis to relieve his addiction.

Of course, it was not just Malashenko who was addicted to killing.

The entire 177 crew, including all the crew members including the commander Malashenko, were in a state of "I feel uncomfortable if I don't do German sticks for a day! ".

With nothing to do and no way to act without the driver, Ivushkin was so bored that he had already maintained IS7 No. 177 for the fifth time. He couldn't find anything else to do, so he ran to the headquarters and chatted with the driver comrade who "I missed him so much after not seeing him for so many days."

"When are we going to fight the Nazis? Suka is so depressed."

Malachenko, who was looking at the map and eating sunflower seeds, responded without thinking when he heard this.

"What's the hurry? Wait until I finish this thing at hand. If the situation goes well, I will take you to the Capitol directly."

"? ? ? "

"Damn! Are you serious?"

Turning his head to look at Ivushkin's face full of disbelief and astonishment, Malachenko shook his head and continued.

"Didn't I say it? If the situation is going well, isn't it still unknown whether it is going well or not? "

"

Iushkin, who was confused, thought that there must be something wrong here, whether he needed to ask more questions, but he didn't have time to speak.

Malashenko, who was standing next to him, had already stood up and walked to the window, raised his telescope to look at the location of the smoke and artillery fire in the city in the distance, then turned back to the table to compare it with the map, roughly calculated the current advancement distance of each siege team and looked at the time on the watch.

After a slight nod, Kurbalov, who walked into the room holding a newly-made telegram, appeared.

"The battle is going well, comrade division commander. There are no problems with the battle situation feedback from several major blocks. The Neva River siege team, which is progressing the best, has advanced more than one kilometer. On average, they can advance 200 meters into the enemy-occupied area every 10 minutes, which is faster than expected."

Holding his hands on the table and staring at the map, he listened to the battle briefing given by Kurbalov while pointing at the map.

Malashenko, who was more concerned about some specific details, spoke quietly.

"So the enemy's fighting will has changed? The resistance is not as resolute as before? Is that what you mean?"

Advancing 200 meters every 10 minutes on average sounds like a snail crawling, but you have to know that this is a street battle fought house by house.

In this kind of environment, if you tell any commander that his troops can advance more than one kilometer into the enemy's densely defended area in an hour, then everyone will be happy, including Malashenko and a strong unit like the Leader Division.

"Yes, that's true."

"After we dropped leaflets and destroyed the zoo's air defense tower earlier, the enemy's mentality and fighting spirit seemed to have changed. Some soldiers at the front said they even heard the enemy arguing."

"The soldiers captured the first floor and heard German arguments on the second floor. The more pressure there was, the more intense the arguments became. The sounds on the battlefield were too mixed to be heard clearly, but several key words were the same, such as "meaningless", "you'll die if you keep going like this", and "why can't you live" all appeared repeatedly."