Chapter 525 "Let Her Fight the Plosson Devils"

West bank, landing site No. 1.

Navy infantry private Zaitsev suddenly patted the shoulder of the old petty officer Malov who had been accompanying him: "Look! A group of girls are coming on the pontoon, and one is wearing a maid uniform."

"What, there are people wearing maid uniforms?" Malouf obviously had never seen anyone wearing maid uniforms on the front line. He stopped digging and turned to take a closer look, "It's really a maid uniform. What's wrong with a girl who hasn't graduated from the tenth grade?" Going to the front line?"

Ant's tenth grade school uniform, girls are maid uniforms. If you see a lot of maids taking a group photo on the street, it's not some master's servants doing team building, but the tenth grade students on a spring outing.

While they were talking, the girl in the maid outfit had already arrived at the west bank. The engineers and soldiers on the pontoon looked at each other, and finally their eyes fell on the officer leading the team. The officer shouted something to the girl in the maid outfit and kept waving. It seemed that she was Want her back.

I don’t know what the girl dressed as a maid replied, but the officer suddenly stood at attention and saluted her.

Malouf pushed up his military hat: "This is too strange. Let's go and take a look."

After all, it was still rest time, and the naval infantry volunteered to help repair the fortifications.

Malov said hello to the company commander and took Zaitsev to the beach.

At this time, the naval infantrymen who learned that girls were crossing the river gathered together. The field nurses of the naval infantry unit were all male nurses. Because they had not suffered major losses, the gap in male nurses was not large and there was no replacement for a large number of female nurses.

If you were in another army, you might have become accustomed to female nurses or even female snipers.

Maloof heard a young man shouting: "Girls, you are in the wrong place, you can't dance here!"

Then an old nun with the rank of captain shouted: "You'd better keep your mouth shut, young man, otherwise if you get hurt, my girls will be the last to carry you!"

This statement immediately aroused a roar of cheers:

"Did you hear that? I'll be the last one to carry you!"

"After the fight starts, hide behind Alyosha, because you will be the last one to carry him!"

The young man named Alyosha retorted: "Humph, look at the size of these girls. I'm so heavy that they can't even carry it. It's better that Andre from our team carry me!"

"How about I lie on a stretcher?"

At this time, Malouf finally arrived in front of the nurses and glanced at the marks on their bodies: "Well, they are all qualified field nurses, which is no problem. But Mammy, what happened to the little girl at the back of your team? She She’s still wearing her tenth grade school uniform!”

Maloof really used the maid outfit as a school uniform.

Just as Grandma was about to speak, the "tenth grade girl" stepped forward and looked at Malov: "My name is Neli, I am General Rokosov's playmate since childhood, and I am also his current personal orderly. I am replacing the original Lady Lyudmila Vasilyevna Rokosovna came to cross the river.

"Ms. Rokosovna received a temporary appointment to join the Arrow Squad as a prayer hand to cover the supply center across the river, so she can't come over and fight side by side with you guys.

"As her representative, my mission is to tell everyone that you have not been abandoned, and General Rokossov will not abandon anyone."

Everyone looked at each other.

Malov asked on behalf of everyone: "Are you really General Rokosov's playmate?"

"Yes, my family has been serving the general's family before the civil war. Of course, my whole family is now a worker hired by the general. As long as I can remember, I have been living with the general and his wife." Nellie said loudly.

Maloof took a deep breath, turned around and shouted to the gathered naval infantry: "Okay, now the situation is clear. The general was originally going to send his wife here, but she has a more important military mission, to protect our supply depot!

"So Madam sent the general's playmate from the same year! She will fight with us! So those who gossip can shut up! The general has not abandoned us!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a chaplain from the naval infantry unit stood next to Malov and refuted: "What you said is wrong. We are not fighting for the general. Of course, we must admit that General Rokossov is a very charming general, but We are here because Mother Ant needs it, and we are here to win in the end!”

The priest's words were approved by everyone. Then he turned around and stretched out his hand to Nellie: "Please go back and tell the general and his wife that we do not feel abandoned. We are fighting for Ant's mother."

Nelly: "I am also fighting for Ant's mother. I am already eighteen years old. You cannot deprive me of my rights."

The priest looked at Nellie again: "But what can you do? You are not as tall as Mosin Nagant!"

Nellie: "I have also learned field rescue. I can also throw grenades and shoot machine guns. I can also use a rifle. When the general and the former crown prince hunted, I actually shot the rabbits and then secretly carried them back to the hounds. ”

The whole place suddenly fell silent.

The priest was so confused that he held back his words for a long time: "But you are not as tall as a shotgun!"

"That's not important." Nellie frowned, clearly showing her displeasure.

Sergeant Malouf patted the priest on the shoulder: "Then let's do this. Since the gun is so accurate, give her a Mosin Nagant and let her shoot the Prosen Japs!"

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At the same time, the Ninth Army Headquarters of Prosen Army Group Center.

Because of the offensive launched by the Western Front on the 25th, the atmosphere in the entire headquarters was very tense, with staff officers everywhere shouting "I can't hear you" into the microphone.

In order to receive the telegram as soon as possible, the Army Communications Battalion simply opened the door to the telegram mail and reception room, and the rapid beeping sound poured into the headquarters from there.

Commander General Walter Mendel asked sternly: "So now do you know how many breakthroughs the enemy has made?"

Chief of Staff of the Group Army: "Six have been identified. The most deadly of them is the landing site north of Shostka. The Ant troops landing from here are outflanking the rear of Shostka and can cut off the railway line at any time."

Walter Mendel asked: "Where are the armored units closest to this breach?"

"In Movka, the 8th Armored Division is resting here. Their number of tanks is only half of the normal establishment, because the other half of the tanks have been sent to the factory for long-term repairs. As of this morning, they reported that there are still 67 Panzer III and 31 Vehicle No. 4 is ready for combat.”

Mendel: "Movka..."

Mendel pushed up his monocle, found the village, and then slid his finger eastward along the road that passed through the village, finally stopping at Shostka.

Mendel: "Let the 8th Armored Division move out immediately and advance toward Shostka along the road through Movka, destroying all Ant troops they encounter."

The chief of staff hesitated: "Is it... really okay to give such a vague order? At least tell the 8th Armored Division what troops it may encounter, right?"

"Do you know what troops came ashore from the north of Shostka?" General Mendel asked.

The chief of staff shut up.

No one knows that due to the unreasonable full-line offensive of the Western Front and the fact that every enemy unit below is desperately exaggerating the attacks it has suffered, the Ninth Army Headquarters now does not even know how many Ant troops it is being attacked by. , let alone figuring out the numbers and organization of these troops.

Admiral Mendel clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the map: "This kind of attack is against the art of war! Military common sense is to concentrate troops in key areas to make a breakthrough, and then set up an auxiliary attack direction on the other side of the front to implement a pincer shape offensive.

"It's so unartistic to launch an all-out attack like this and spread our troops meaninglessly across the entire front."

Mendel was silent for a few seconds and cursed: "The key is that it works."

As soon as he finished speaking, the staff officer rushed over with a telegram from the telegraph mailroom: "Report, Ante troops were found in the direction of Kalinka!"

"What?" Mendel exclaimed, "Isn't that our rear area? Why are there troops there?"

The chief of staff of the group army was very calm: "It may have been a breakthrough from the 48th Army's defense line. The Ant people attacked across the entire line and were familiar with the terrain. They opened many small breakthroughs at the junctions of our different units."

Mendel: "Where are our rear combat divisions?"

"The telegram was sent by the rear combat division." The staff officer who brought the telegram said, "They can't stop Ant's troops, and the railway line is in danger."

Mendel: "Where is the nearest armored unit?"

"There are no armored units nearby," the chief of staff said.

Mendel: "Are there any Panzergrenadiers nearby? There must be some troops resting, right?"

"The 15th Panzergrenadier Division is resting."

"All troops from the 31st Armored Corps?" Mendel frowned.

"Yes, the 31st Armored Corps entered a state of rest half a month ago. In addition, the Sixth Armored Corps on the front line was also attacked, but they held the frontline position and were one of the few areas that was not broken through by the enemy. . Let me see, let the Sixth Armored Corps also move?"

Mendel thought for a few seconds and said: "Let the Sixth Armored Corps extend their defense lines to both wings and block the gaps next to them as much as possible. Let the 15th Panzergrenadier Division end its rest and move toward Kalinka. Attack and drive away the Ant troops that broke through there.

"Finally, is the phone line to the Eagle's Nest open?"

"It works, General."

Mendel: "I want to speak to His Majesty!"

The chief of staff was shocked and looked at the time: "Now? Your Majesty may be asleep!"

"Don't worry about it, just hit him!"

The chief of staff could only pick up the receiver: "Pick up the eagle's nest for me."

He waited for a few seconds and then handed the receiver to Mendel: "It's connected."

Mendel took the receiver and happened to hear a familiar voice coming from the other side: "Hello?"

"This is Mendel from the Ninth Army. Siegfried, I want to talk to His Majesty!" Mendel was quite familiar with the red-haired kid. After all, when the kid attacked Shostka last year, he borrowed the Ninth Army. Some units of the Army Group.

"His Majesty just took sleeping pills and has already fallen asleep. He has not been sleeping well recently because of the Allied Forces' actions in Africa." Siegfried Giles said.

Mendel: "Then I have good news. He won't be able to sleep well. I'm about to be broken through by the Western Front."

Siegfried: "You can discuss this with the Central Army Group Headquarters first. The purpose of setting up a dedicated line at your headquarters is to show that His Majesty attaches great importance to your defense area. It is not for you to report casually."

Mendel held it in for a few seconds and sighed: "Okay, I understand. I wish your majesty a good sleep."

"I thank you on his behalf."

Mendel hung up the phone and cursed: "Damn the emperor's prostitutes! Sooner or later, the empire will be destroyed by these traitors!"