Steel Soviet Union

Faced with Malashenko's question, Dudabovsky, who had just read the telegram sent to the front army headquarters as chief of staff, quickly realized what Malashenko said. Condition.

The judgment and true thoughts that had been prepared for a long time blurted out.

"I basically agree with your point of view, Comrade Commander."

"I have a summary of the telegrams sent by the front army headquarters and other friendly units. The enemy's armored forces have been struggling since the beginning of the war and suffered heavy casualties. There are gaps in the defense line waiting to be filled. The Germans can only frequently It is impossible to mobilize armored troops to act as fire brigade without high casualties. "

"Including the two new armored forces that we just killed, after discussing and analyzing it with several other staff officers, we agreed that the enemy's armored forces must have suffered heavy losses. Even if there are still remaining forces on hand, it is estimated that they will be like As you said, there is only a negligible amount of troops left and they are not organized, so there is no way to organize an offensive like the one just now. "

"There is just one problem, Comrade Commander. This problem is easy to overlook, but it must be paid attention to."

Dudabovsky seemed to be a bit of a show-off. He stopped before he finished speaking and handed over the right to speak to Malashenko. However, he might also want to hear Malashenko's judgment and what he would say. What. 【】

All in all, Comrade Ma's curiosity was indeed aroused all of a sudden. It doesn't matter whether Dudabovsky is selling things or not. After all, he is a comrade and subordinate of his own, so what's the harm if he's just trying to sell things off? It's okay to adjust the tense atmosphere just after the war.

"I think I probably don't know the important point you mentioned. It seems that I need you to add more knowledge to me. Come and listen."

With Dudabovsky's betrayal first, Malashenko's tone became much more relaxed.

Comrade Chief of Staff has been with Political Commissar Petrov for a long time, and he has indeed learned a little bit of Comrade Political Commissar's exquisite way of life and language skills.

"It's very simple. Comrade division commander, including our staff group, habitually forgot an important existence during the discussion just now: the SS Viking Armored Division and the tanks in their hands."

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If punctuation marks could be used to describe Malashenko's expression, these three exclamation marks would be perfect at this moment. For a moment, no more words came out of his mouth, and his slightly dull expression gave Chief of Staff Dudabovsky the opportunity to continue.

"You must have noticed it, Comrade Commander, after my reminder."

"That's right, we have only eliminated enemy tanks, assault guns, armored vehicles, and infantry with the Wehrmacht logo and painting from beginning to end. Ever since we eliminated the small force of the Viking Division on the encirclement road, we have I have never seen a single figure of these SS soldiers, let alone their tanks and heavy equipment.”

"I don't know much about this SS division-level unit, only combat intelligence. I know that they are a foreign legion that is fanatically loyal to the Nazis. They are very tenacious in combat and have defeated many of our friendly forces in the past. They are also well-equipped and well-trained. Well-trained, the combat performance is even higher than that of the German SS troops themselves, and they must be careful to attract attention. "

"So since we eliminated all the armored units of the Wehrmacht, where were the armored units of the Viking Division placed? The contact telegram sent from Highland 239 did mention that the SS had launched an attack on them. But after checking the approximate number of enemies they destroyed, it was not to the extent of severely damaging the Viking division's armored units, and at most it only scratched the surface."

"You need to be careful, Comrade Division Commander. I personally think this may be a trap, at least this possibility cannot be ruled out. Maybe these SS troops are waiting for us somewhere, and their behavior is too abnormal. Other possibilities Although it cannot be ruled out that, for example, they are already retreating, we still have to pay attention to the possibility that poses the greatest threat.”

There is a saying that Dudabovsky can indeed bring surprises to Comrade Ma again and again.

His logical thinking and meticulousness are fully qualified to serve as chief of staff at the division level. Malashenko even thinks that it is a piece of cake for this guy to become chief of staff at the corps level.

But happiness is happiness, and surprise is surprise.

Malashenko, who had been feeling a little uneasy at first, suddenly felt even more furious when he heard this.

I was so damned blinded by this bad war. How could I have forgotten about the SS, a bunch of scum that was independent of the Wehrmacht?

The armored troops of the Viking Division have not appeared until now. In the summary of various battles in the past, I have never heard of any strong man blocking the Viking Division in the Cherkasy encirclement and severely damaging it. On the other hand, there was a story about a certain infantry regiment that unfortunately ran into a Viking division that was on the way to support, and was directly smashed to pieces by hundreds of iron bastards.

Who knows how the division-level unit above this infantry regiment was so blindly commanded that they actually stuffed a regiment they had separated under the tracks of the Viking division for nothing.

In this case, the current state of the Viking division, which is still strong, is worthy of careful consideration.

"Very good! Dudabovsky, this situation is very important. I did forget about it for a while. Thank you for reminding me."

Malashenko's truthful words did not bring any fluctuations in Dudabovsky's expression or emotion. Dudabovsky, who had the poker face of a chief of staff as usual, remained serious, waiting for Malashenko to take over. Words and commands come down.

"Let me think about it, let me think about it. Can you contact the aviation force? There is no sign of these guys until now. There is no hope of ground attack. How come there is no aerial reconnaissance? Can you send a report and let them try? Find the Viking scumbag."

It is always faster to find things from the sky than on the ground. Even if it is not a high-resolution optical reconnaissance satellite of the 21st century, a propeller photo-reconnaissance aircraft will do. It is better than nothing.

"Of course, Comrade Division Commander, I tried to contact the Aviation Corps, just twenty minutes ago, and this is just their reply."

Dudabovsky was just in the middle of what he was saying, but before he finished speaking, a communications staff officer not far away who had been busy at his post in front of the table suddenly stood up without warning and walked quickly. He came to Malashenko and spoke loudly.

"Comrade Division Commander, there is an urgent call from the Front Army Headquarters!"