Steel Soviet Union

Chapter 2244 Want to chat?

It cannot be said that Malashenko despises and insults Lieutenant General Dritz. This is obviously inappropriate.

Malashenko asked the reason for this question as soon as he came up. He was really curious at first. After all, whenever the leader division received a combat mission, almost without exception, it was against the elites of the Wehrmacht and SS who were extremely difficult to deal with. , this is basically the case whether it is offensive or defensive operations in the past.

When fighting against such an enemy, you should not even think about capturing too many prisoners in an organized manner. The fighting will of those elite German soldiers is definitely as worthy of their name as their written numbers. Don’t even think that you can defeat ordinary German soldiers with simple numerical numbers. The troops will also come to deal with them. Capturing tens of thousands of prisoners at once has never been done before.

As for the 41st Armored Corps, although it is not an elite division-level unit with a literal title, it is still a solid first-level main field group. Zooming into the military-level units under the National Defense Forces structure, this is a main force elite that plays a leading role. Its importance can be seen just from being placed on the front line of the border to directly face the Red Army's strategic offensive. Marashen Coe was indeed very interested in why the remaining more than 10,000 elite members of the National Defense Force did not continue to fight to the death, but chose to surrender.

Furthermore, Malashenko also heard some information from the prisoners about the reasons behind the seemingly bizarre and unbelievable actions of the 41st Armored Corps, but the words from the little major's mouth were still lacking. Authenticity, because he only heard it through hearsay.

Only by obtaining confirmation from the more senior commander of the 41st Armored Corps, who holds the core power, can Malashenko determine the authenticity of some situations. And it would be best if these news came from the mouth of Lieutenant General Dritz, who is the commander of the army. Malashenko also wanted to see if he could open up the conversation with a question first, so as to open up the next conversation. continue.

"Do you have a better place to talk? The conversation we are going to have is not something that just anyone can listen to, right?"

Compared to Malashenko's joking and asking questions, Lieutenant General Dritz's response was bland, just like chatting with friends and colleagues every day. The indifferent look on his face coupled with the words he said, it seemed that It really has nothing to do with adjectives like "arrogant and domineering".

Coincidentally, Malashenko, who had just won a great victory and captured over 10,000 enemies, was also in a good mood. He smiled easily and nodded in agreement with Lieutenant General Dritz's suggestion.

"Follow me and I'll take you to a place you think is suitable for talking."

The forward field division commanded by Comrade Political Commissar has been closely following Malashenko's large army, so the actual location of the division is not far from the front-line battlefield. Malashenko's convoy soon followed the escorted troops. Lieutenant General Dritz and his team arrived at the field division headquarters and pulled over.

After getting out of the car, Malashenko immediately faced Deritz, who had also just stepped out of another car under the supervision of the soldiers accompanying the car, and raised his hand to point to a small tent not far away. Then he spoke.

"How about this place? It's a field communication station. I can clear out the people inside. If you don't have any problems, this is the place."

Although Malashenko's words sounded very polite, he seemed to mean "if you are not satisfied, we can change it again".

But Dritz knew how powerful this seemingly young and harmless Russian kid was, and he was one of those super ruthless people who could say ruthless words and even implement ruthless words. How could he not make him angry? The best choice. Moreover, Deritz just wanted a relatively quiet place to talk without an ear around him. He didn't mean to cause trouble, so he naturally followed Malashenko's wishes and slipped away.

"I have no objection. In other words, I should listen to your orders now."

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Malashenko seemed a little surprised when he heard this, but soon his stagnant face turned into a smile. He smiled and patted Deritz on the shoulder without caring about the huge age gap, and said.

"Okay, very good! On this point, you are much better than that idiot named Paulus. That stupid donkey surrendered and still put on airs in front of me, trying to take away some dignity from me. It was simply A joke."

Deritz, who was smiling and patting his shoulders as if he was being praised by his subordinates, didn't care about it at all. He was just surprised by what Malashenko just said.

"Paulus? You mean Marshal Paulus? You mean, was he also captured by you???"

The annihilation of the Sixth Army in Stalingrad was an eternal pain point for the whole of Germany.

Well, at least it was until Santoku was destroyed.

This incident was publicized by Little Huang Goebbels' propaganda machine as a heroic German soldier who died on the battlefield loyal to his country and obeyed the orders of the Führer. His death was heroic, glorious, and great.

Any news related to the Sixth Army was, without exception, turned into positive news in a window-dressing manner. Anyone who dares to question or "publicly spread rumors" will be scrutinized, warned, and even arrested and detained by the Gestapo. Depending on the seriousness of the case, it is not impossible to be shot and executed. German traitors will only die.

Based on this general background, even front-line senior generals like Lieutenant General Dritz have difficulty in obtaining channels to understand the truth, and there is no need to cause trouble for themselves due to excessive curiosity and inquiring about information. Sometimes knowing too much is not a good thing, and Dritz, who has reached the rank of lieutenant general, can still understand this basic truth.

Therefore, he only knows that Paulus surrendered against the orders of the head of state, but he does not know the specific details of the matter, let alone who Paulus was captured and to whom he surrendered. He originally even guessed that it might be a famous Soviet general like Chuikov or even Zhukov, but he never expected that it would be the "Steel Butcher" so close to him.

Compared to Deritz's surprise and disbelief, Malashenko, who didn't think this was something worth bragging about, just smiled as usual.

"After you are sent to the Soviet Union, find an opportunity to see if you can meet Paulus. You can apply. I think there is hope. Then you can ask him in person, just say Namalashenko He was the one who captured you alive. See if he admits it. I guess there is no chance of lying. This guy has been quite cooperative with our work so far. "

"Oh, by the way, he also wrote an open letter to the German soldiers held in the prisoner of war camp, exposing the truth that your head of state deceived the soldiers and asked those poor soldiers to die for his ambitions. I guess you don't know this, huh? You can have a good talk with him then, and maybe he can persuade you and let you know what the bad things in Berlin are like. "