Steel Soviet Union

Chapter 2219 Collapse (Part 2)

Therefore, since the war has reached this point, the situation is so clear and obvious.

No matter how the possible battle situation is deduced, as long as the Red Army troops participating in the battle on all fronts can be level and perform normally, and they do not make any big mistakes or mistakes, then the next battle cannot be guaranteed, at least 90% The above assurance will basically continue to progress according to this situation. Even if there is a slight deviation, it is still very different.

The remaining 10% possibility is completely within the controllable and acceptable range of the Red Army. As a macro controller, Vatutin asks himself that he is confident and more capable to deal with any possibility that may arise under the current situation. emergencies.

To sum up, this is the overall strategic situation. Why can Vatutin be so bold to let Malashenko go to fight? The answer is natural: Completed a fully mechanized upgrade and adaptation, and has the The synthesized leader division with corps-level independent combat capabilities should be the best choice to turn the Germans' empty defense rear area upside down.

This is Vatutin's idea and layout. Malashenko, who can urinate in the same pot with Vatutin and have worked together for a long time, can certainly understand the leader's thoughts and is even more grateful to Vatutin for setting up such a gorgeous place in East Prussia. A smooth stage for you to express yourself and show off your own war art and the leader's powerful and powerful ultimate combat power. perform

It is no exaggeration to say that the strategic play that Vatutin is currently implementing is based on the entire Belarusian Third Front centered around the leader division.

It is said that other fraternal units under the front army are cooperating with the leader's division to carry out frontal containment and follow-up reinforcement operations. It is okay to say and understand it this way. No one can deny it, because this is the reality that is happening. It's just that we have different understandings based on different starting points for looking at the problem. It's just that simple.

His eyes jumped to the battlefield. After chasing and beating the leading German troops who were anxious to escape for their lives, Malashenko, who was waiting for the arrival of subsequent reinforcements and defense replacement troops, still had to defend his front. He must not let the 41st Armored Corps, which has lost half of its life, slip away from under his nose and escape.

Otherwise, the Leader Division will have to waste time and effort in field operations to clear out the remaining forces of the 41st Armored Corps. This is not to say that Malashenko deliberately seeks a fight and must fight, but that he realizes that the Leader Division is so fast. After the heinous fully mechanized roundabout operation, the German army will inevitably dispatch the remnants of the 41st Armored Corps, the closest field group with a certain amount of remaining armor strength, to intercept the leader's division and try to defeat the leader at all costs. be prevented.

Moreover, all kinds of follow-up German reinforcements that can be mobilized will also come in a steady stream like tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall. By then, it may not be possible to quickly kill Malashenko, the remnant of the 41st Armored Corps, but he can leave even if he wants to. If you can't walk, your legs and feet are completely stuck, the follow-up deep penetration operations will also come to nothing. Such a result is unacceptable to Comrade Ma anyway.

Because of this, Malashenko, who came with all the main combat troops of the leadership division, has already made up his mind. Today's matter is "I opened this road and planted this tree." You said you have thought about it? This way?

I'm sorry, let alone the money to buy roads, you are just a leader who chops off your head and presents it, uses your life to buy roads, engages in flexible defense in the field, and gives full play to the characteristics of fully mechanized and strong tactical mobility. I will never let you pass, it’s just that simple.

Malashenko, who does what he says, is of course not just talking about it, but his actual actions are also progressing at a rapid pace.

The follow-up main force of the Leader's Division, which arrived quickly with a steady stream of fully mechanized marches, quickly centered on the tactical node that Malashenko had laid down and stood firm, expanded to both sides, and moved the troops according to the pre-planned combat plan. , one by one, filled the entire width of the battlefield, assuming a complete posture of the leader stretching out and going all out, ready to fight at any time.

On the other hand, the performance of the German army was not satisfactory. Although it seemed that the response was slow, it was reasonable and normal.

A handful of remnants of an infantry division were beaten until their butts were wet and corpses were strewn across the fields. Even the mobile division headquarters, together with the division commander and chief of staff, did not know whether they were alive or dead and "missed" during the battle. After that, I can’t even find anyone.

Realizing that on the battlefield not far away, there might be an unimaginably powerful Soviet field group waiting for them to pass, the 41st Armored Corps, which had almost completely lost the ability to judge the battlefield situation, should have He didn't dare to continue running forward rashly, for fear that he would fall into the tiger's mouth if he drove past in such a swaggering manner.

It is indeed very appropriate to describe the current 41st Armored Corps as being surrounded on all sides and frightened.

The command of the 41st Armored Corps still does not understand one thing: how much force the Russians used, and what a powerful group of heavy troops they used to attack frontally, stab them in the waist, and finally cut off their retreat to pursue and intercept them.

Of course, the command of the 41st Armored Corps, which does not yet have a clear understanding of the new concept of a fully mechanized combined arms corps, let alone its true combat capabilities, would not have thought of it.

The Soviet troops who stabbed themselves in the waist yesterday and ate alive a main reinforced armored division from the junction of the flanks are actually the same group of enemies as the Soviet troops who cut off their retreat and beat an infantry division crying for their mothers today. They are "unable to stand". The "Iron Butcher" Malashenko, who changed his name but not his surname, and the "Stalin Guards" he commanded.

The command of the 41st Armored Corps, which was unaware of this situation, even mistakenly thought that the Russians had mobilized at least one from the front, and one more from the side and back, totaling two tank armies, to pursue and intercept them before they could attack them. Such a sensational tactical effect.

Although based on the wrong judgment of the battlefield situation, a judgment result that is very outrageous compared with the truth does not mean that the 41st Armored Corps will just sit back and wait for death. After all, this group of German troops still has a main armored division in their hands, as well as multiple arms and associated combat forces that are enough to cooperate with the actions of this armored force.

I don’t dare to say that I can definitely win, but at least I have the capital to try to make a comeback in adversity. Maybe I can really break through and rush out some people, but it’s hard to say.

To take a step back, you still have the capital to make a comeback. If you just surrender without doing anything, that would be a bit unreasonable, right?

Therefore, when Malashenko commanded his main force to fill the frontal battlefield and actively prepare for war, he no longer conducted rapid marches, but instead assembled troops and gathered offensive energy. The German army was also doing what it thought it was doing at the same time. It is the preparation to go all out and give it a final try.

No one on either side of the war wasted time, everyone was seizing the opportunity.

A fierce collision between steel and flesh in this world of ice and snow is inevitable and is about to come.