Chapter 2967 The Superior Also Has His Own Considerations

Zhukov was right, the Germans were about to surrender.

This was not a judgment of underestimating the enemy, but a realistic statement based on objective reality.

Malashenko only found out after the battle that the SS had assembled the remaining forces of the two ace armored divisions, "Empire" and "Skull", from the direction of the Crown Prince Bridge, and added all the young men they could collect to launch a "gratitude offensive" that "just thought the Red Army Air Force had not enough people".

It turned out to be the last large-scale counterattack that the German army could launch during the entire Battle of Berlin.

After the end of this battle, there were no German troops above the regiment level in Berlin. The remaining ones were just a few small fish and shrimps that could not even make up the battalion level.

Some German troops looked intimidating, but they were still organized at the battalion level or even the regiment level when they were pulled out separately.

But look at the actual number of people. Forget about the battalion. Anyone who can gather a company can impress the shampooer and can definitely be called the "top warriors of the empire."

As for the other "stormtroopers" armed forces that make up the numbers, look at the composition of those things.

Little brats, old men, disabled people, even mildly mentally ill idiots who have been issued "special discharge permits", and hysterical patients. If you can find a Berlin policeman among these strong men, it's amazing, and it can be regarded as the "high-quality strong men" and "elite among the strong men."

Malashenko thinks that if you let the leadership division deal with these individual gangster-level armed forces, it is hard to say whether it is a real leadership division or a real person.

So even if the battle in Berlin is still going on and fierce fighting continues, the detailed battle reports of various siege troops are compared with the existing pre-war intelligence at hand.

The extent of the casualties of the armed forces of Sandezi, who were blocked in Berlin, and how many soldiers were left, can be basically guessed.

Let's take a look at the current situation of Berlin on the war zone map, which has been torn into pieces by various red arrows and cut into independent areas like cutting a cake.

It is natural to imagine why Zhukov came to the conclusion that "surrender negotiations are coming soon".

Malashenko agreed with Comrade Lao Zhu's judgment that "the Germans are sending it quickly", and he also felt that it was indeed time to prepare for the aftermath of you Sandezi.

Only Comrade Lao Zhu, as the party with absolute initiative on the battlefield, preset the negotiation location in his own jurisdiction, which surprised Malashenko a little.

After all, according to common sense, this kind of battle-level surrender has little to do with the division-level troops, and it is all coordinated and decided by the bigwigs at the front and army levels. But this time Zhukov specifically asked his major general division commander to attend, and he also had to prepare the layout of the venue, which made Malashenko somewhat confused.

"What the hell is this? How can a small major general like me join the game in such a big scene? I don't understand."

"Forget it, just follow the requirements from above, and set up the venue first."

Malashenko put aside the extra questions and took action immediately, organizing the staff of the division to quickly arrange the location and layout of the negotiation venue, so as not to delay and delay Comrade Zhu's important event.

Oh, in addition to this, Zhukov also explained to Malashenko on the phone, which is the follow-up combat order that Comrade Ma is most concerned about.

According to Zhukov's words on the phone, the leader division has no further combat orders for the time being. Defending the existing liberated areas and maintaining the actual control line is the only task of the leader division next. If you simplify it, it is "resting in place".

Neither continue to fight nor withdraw from the city. Such a compromise order seems a bit negative, but the political commissar gave Malashenko a "little reminder" in time.

"Our division has suffered a lot of casualties so far. In the latest casualty report, almost all siege teams have suffered more than 30% casualties, especially the "Volga River" siege team, which has suffered the most casualties, close to 40%."

"Total at the division level, it means that our division's combat forces have lost more than 30%, more than 6,000 comrades."

"Not only you and me, but also the entire division leadership team is responsible for the leadership division, and similar concerns also exist at the superiors. We all know that the leadership division is a force with both strong combat effectiveness and important political influence. , the starting point of how the superiors view and consider the leadership division is never single, but involves comprehensive considerations from many aspects. "

"Now we are asked to take relatively conservative actions. I think political factors account for a larger proportion. Not only the motherland, but the eyes of the whole world are now staring at Berlin and focusing on the leadership division. It is necessary to retain a strong enough combat power to maintain the image and deterrence of the troops. After all, the Reichstag has been conquered by us. "

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In fact, Malashenko really doesn't like to get involved in political matters, but there is no way. As the saying goes, "the military and politics are inseparable." As a powerful means of politics, the military itself is destined to be impossible to be separated from politics, not to mention the top elite of the leadership division, whose political weight far exceeds that of ordinary conventional troops.

"Okay, it's a political consideration again, but since it's an order from the superiors, we'll just do it. But if you think about it from another angle, it's time to let the soldiers have a good rest."

"We who are standing and sitting to command are feeling exhausted and can't hold on any longer. It's conceivable how the soldiers who are fighting and carrying guns in front of us are feeling. Let the heroes of the motherland have a good rest."

Analysis from a political perspective is the specialty of the political commissar, and it is also Malashenko's responsibility to empathize with the soldiers.

A truly qualified general is never qualified to let thousands of soldiers lose their lives for this finger just by pointing at the map.

It is said that "a general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers", so what next?

Malashenko hopes that behind the thousands of bones are not more than hundreds of thousands or millions of bones, but living soldiers who smile happily, return home, hug their families warmly and reunite with their families.

This is what Malashenko asked himself that no matter how high an official he becomes, he should never forget.

With the freed-up division commander personally supervising and directing, the arrangement of the negotiation venue proceeded quickly and smoothly.

Only one combat staff officer who was responsible for placing things on the table suddenly encountered a small problem that he himself could not make up his mind about, so he had to ask for help from the division commander who was not far away and was helping to move things.