Chapter 3233 Malashenko's Armored Hound

Malachenko was surprised to hear Wittmann say this, but he didn't wait too long and smiled and asked back.

"So you should be confident?"

Faced with Malachenko's tentative question, Wittmann did not hesitate and smiled.

"Comrade Commander, only those who have both courage and confidence can lead to victory. Victory will favor the brave, not the cowards who have no confidence."

"Well, that's right, very good!"

Today, Wittmann is over 50 years old, older than Malachenko, who is about to enter the threshold of 50, but the confidence of an armored elite is still on his face.

Recalling the war years, Malachenko really sighed that it was not easy to transform Wittmann into what he is now.

Wittmann's transformation went through several stages.

At first, he just realized that the Nazis who committed various crimes against humanity were just a pile of shit, and everything he trusted in the past was a lie.

But at that time, Wittmann was still unwilling to accept Krause's repeated good advice, and was unwilling to "fight for General Malashenko" like his big brother.

The good news is that although he didn't accept it, at least he didn't scold Krause so much during this period.

Malashenko, who learned about this situation from Krause's report, was not in a hurry, and signaled Krause to stop at the moment and not to rush. Since he really wanted to keep Wittmann and make him play a role, he had to do it slowly. Too much haste would only backfire.

Krause understood and followed the order. The real turning point of the matter was not long after Malashenko officially took office as the commander of the East German cluster and was promoted to the rank of general.

Krause, who was good at intelligence work, was transferred to the Stasi by Malashenko to do the work he loved and was good at, and continued to serve "General Malashenko, who was as kind as a mountain" in another place.

Wittmann, who had already been doing well in the East German army, also saw it with his own eyes and took the initiative to come to Malashenko shortly after he officially took office. For the first time in his life, he took the initiative to speak and personally expressed his gratitude to Malashenko for what happened that year.

Malashenko, who didn't care about these details, was very generous. He waved his hand casually to indicate that these empty words didn't matter. He told Wittmann that as long as he could work well in the Germans' own East German troops, it would be the greatest reward for himself. That's all.

"Comrade Commander, you are distracted."

"Hmm? Ah, yes, a little bit, um-"

Malashenko, who was still recalling those things in his mind, was "awakened" by Wittmann. He sat on the reception sofa in his office and reached out to take the magazine next to him. He raised the cover to signal Wittmann, then handed it to him and spoke at the same time.

"Look at this, the latest issue of Time magazine from the Americans. Not only me, but you are also written in it. Just like before, a dog can't say a good word."

He took the magazine handed over by Malashenko and carefully observed the portrait of the commander on the cover.

Wittmann, who found the painting quite "lifelike", raised his hand and opened the magazine again. He was shocked to find that the first special report in the magazine was about Malashenko, and he quickly found his name in the content.

And as Malashenko said, the description and description in the report were really not nice.

It used eye-catching descriptions such as "Malashenko's armored hound" and "the transformed Red SS killing machine" to describe it, and exaggerated Wittmann's record in the past, intending to point out that even the most fierce Nazi would lose his mind and become a double slave of body and spirit in the hands of Malashenko, and this is the most terrifying thing about the "Iron Butcher".

"What do you think after reading it?"

Before putting down the magazine in his hand, Malashenko asked a question in fluent German.

Wittmann, who slowly shook his head while closing the magazine, was not too surprised.

"I've seen a lot of this kind of nonsense, comrade commander. The enemy is afraid of you and every comrade who unites around you, and they don't hesitate to use long speeches to slander and insult you, but I think this is precisely because of this that they can expose the fear that they can't hide in their hearts."

"If they really don't care about the enemy, it shouldn't be like this. Just like a lion will not pay attention to a stray dog ​​on the roadside, but the stray dog ​​on the roadside barks at the lion."

"Yeah"

After hearing this, Malashenko didn't comment, just nodded, and then changed the subject to get back on track.

"You just mentioned that if we defeat the Leader Army, there is actually no bad impact on this matter."

"The war years have been away from us for a long time. Although we don't want it to come back again, we must always be prepared when it comes back again."

"The Leader Army has not fought for a long time. Now, from grassroots commanders to soldiers, most of them are a generation that has never been on the battlefield. I hope to effectively test the current strength of the Leader Army. Since the best way is to practice live-fire confrontation exercises on the training ground, it is reasonable to find an "opponent" that is equal to the strength of the Leader Army, but preferably not very familiar with the Leader Army. "

"After thinking about it, I think the most suitable person is you, Wittmann. Your Seventh Tank Division is strong enough and relatively unfamiliar to the Leader Army. Your systems, tactics, battle tactics and military doctrines are different."

After saying this, Malashenko paused for a moment, determined to see which of the two elite troops was the strongest, and then continued.

"If you can really defeat the leader army on the exercise field, then this is your ability and your strength, and there will be nothing inappropriate about it."

"As the commander of the directorate of this exercise, I will be present to observe the exercise throughout. I am also preparing the annual report on the development of the East German troops. The performance of your division in this exercise will be crucial, so remember to perform well and show your true ability, how about it?"

Upon hearing that the performance of this exercise will involve the annual report of the entire East German troops, Wittmann had to pay more attention to it, and after Malashenko reconfirmed his request, he immediately replied.

"I understand, comrade commander, I will definitely go all out."

"But I have another question, what is the scale of the participating troops? I mean, is the leader army fully committed to this exercise?"

The answer is obviously not the case, Malashenko shook his head and laughed quietly replied.

"How is that possible? If the entire Leader's Army were to attack your division, this exercise would lose its meaning."

"Our goal is to find deficiencies in the exercise and improve them, find problems and errors and solve them. So the Leader's Army troops actually participating in the exercise are the same size as your division, but you still can't take it lightly."

"Iushkin will personally command the Leader's Army's most elite troops to attack your defense zone. The strength and technical equipment of both sides are 1:1, and the strength is evenly matched."

"Go all out, Comrade Wittmann, I am looking forward to seeing what the final result will be."