Chapter 3230: Gain and Loss

Vatutin already knew about Malashenko's previous accident.

He also knew that the KGB's most popular "famous figure" had just visited the East German cluster not long ago, just to find Malashenko and do one thing.

He also knew that this matter was not finally accomplished and was sternly rejected by Malashenko, just as he rejected Zhukov at the beginning.

Lavrinenko, who was worried about his good brother and hoped that the commander comrade could help, told Vatutin everything at the first time after the incident.

Although Vatutin, who was "limited in ability", could not really help much, it was good for people of that status not to cause trouble and could not interfere with others at all, but the final result was obviously good.

No matter what the reason was, at least it was worth celebrating and rejoicing.

"I think the final decision of Moscow is more practical and pragmatic, Malashenko, this is the reason."

""

Seeing that Malashenko was still thinking, Vatutin, who took this time to continue speaking, just finished what he was going to say.

"But I suggest that you don't go home in the short term. My friends in Moscow told me that Natalia and the children's activities are still under close surveillance, which is obviously far beyond the level of protection."

"Although the details are unclear, there must be a reason for it. It can be said that this is a kind of explicit indication and notification. You should understand the meaning."

""

Malashenko, who thought everything was over, was stunned when he heard the words, but he could understand some of the reasons, and said a little lonely words quietly.

"Some people want me to stay here and fulfill my new mission."

"I'm afraid that's true, but I think this situation won't last too long, most likely. Comrade Zhukov's matter has just ended, and some follow-up effects will inevitably continue for a while. You can only be patient until all this is over. This is the best choice, Malashenko."

Knowing that the facts are just as Vatutin said, Malashenko nodded. There is no better way to do it now.

But in any case, Malashenko knew that he was indeed as Malokov predicted, and he was inevitably standing at the new peak of his military career, and he had no say in it.

"Oh~ I knew that you would be the owner of this office sooner or later."

"Look how long it has been, and you are already a general. I wonder if I will have another chance in this life. I guess it is unlikely, but you will definitely be more than that. In a few years, I should call you Comrade Marshal."

Lavrinenko, who came to the cluster headquarters to congratulate Malashenko in person, walked around and found that after Malashenko became the new owner of this office, it seemed that there was not much difference from the previous Vatutin period.

I was planning to turn around and ask our new general commander Comrade Lao Ma if there was any need to buy some new items, and I could help with the staff and give some advice.

But I didn't expect that Malashenko, who didn't care about these red tape, was not very happy at the moment.

"To be honest, I would rather remain as the general, or even the deputy position, as long as I can go home normally."

"What's the result now? The cluster commander and the general are like a chain that ties me to East Germany. I just want to go home, which is human nature, but I can't even do this."

He knew that the most important thing he needed to do now was to persuade his good brother to think more positively, rather than "Ah, you are right, right, right" or something like that.

Lavrinenko waved his hand and just leaned against the edge of the desk, jokingly speaking to Malashenko, who had transformed himself into his immediate superior again, just like in the war years.

"After going through so much, I understand that everything we do has a price, but sometimes it's not obvious or we don't know it."

"You rejected the invitation and got promoted, but the price is that you still have to stay away from the political center."

"Then think about it from another angle. What if you agreed at the beginning? Maybe you can go home, but I guess you won't be able to get the position of cluster commander. This is an extremely important and pure position. People with impure thoughts can't sit here, you know."

Unlike Kurbalov, who is completely ignorant of politics, Lavrinenko is actually a good adviser to Malashenko in many things. Although he doesn't take the initiative to touch that line, it doesn't mean that he doesn't understand it. After all, how can someone who can sit in the position of commander of the Guards Tank Army be an ordinary person.

Hearing this, Malashenko once again remembered the original incident. His thoughts couldn't help but drift back and he sighed and spoke.

"Hey, as you said, sometimes I don't know whether my choice was right or wrong."

"Maybe I should have agreed at the beginning. Maybe it's not bad to be sent home like Marshal Zhukov. No matter how they scold or say, I'm fed up with it when I get annoyed."

"In 1944, I told you that I wanted to live a peaceful life after the war, but what happened? I'm busy all the time and it's like a roller coaster. Now I can't even go home. My former comrades have turned against me and are leading people to monitor my wife and children. What kind of peaceful life is this?"

"Then you might as well think about it from another angle. For example, people like us may not be suitable for your so-called "quiet life" at all. We are so wild and uninhibited, as magnificent as an epic legend. Is it still to be verified? But at least you are, absolutely, I’m sure.”

Malashenko, who knew that Lavrinenko was deliberately regulating his emotions and cheering himself up, did not want his good brother's work to be in vain.

Regardless of whether it was true or not, in short, I laughed first and then talked about it. It is true that my mood improved a lot after I said what I felt in my heart.

At the same time, thousands of miles away in Moscow, in a Volga car not far from the Malashenko family apartment.

Malokov, who was leaning on the passenger seat and dressed in casual clothes, watched with his own eyes as Natalia led the two children into the building just now, but continued to smoke a cigarette without saying a word.

"You lost the friendship of General Malashenko, and were misunderstood by him because of this incident. Now you continue to do this kind of thing that is actually meaningless. I don't know if it is worth it."

The driver in the driver's seat next to him obviously had an extraordinary relationship, and Malokov's answer to this was just a simple sentence of blowing out the last puff of smoke.

"People who misunderstood me can line up from Lubyanka Street to Red Square, and he is not the only one missing."

"It would be better to let him continue to misunderstand. At least it can keep him away from this quagmire. There is no need to let him fall into it again."

There are too many twists and turns. This plot is really difficult to write, but it is finally over and the transition to the next stage begins. The Kaiser is here!