Steel Soviet Union

The brief respite did not last long. When Malashenko's joy at Kirill's escape from death temporarily calmed down and gradually came to an end, an urgent message heralding the arrival of a new journey was immediately sent to Malashenko. Rashenko's hands.

Carrying the tin lunch box that Kirill had just finished eating, he was about to find a place with water to wash it. Malashenko raised his hand to open the tent door curtain and saw a one-armed figure running quickly.

"What happened, uncle? Why are you running so fast?"

Compared to Malashenko's confused look, Commissar Petrov, who was holding a telegraph newspaper with a hint of unfinished ink in his hand, looked very anxious.

"I just received a telegram from the Front Army Headquarters. You must read it immediately, Malashenko."

When he saw the telegram handed over by Commissar Petrov and the other party's expression, he realized that something might be wrong. He handed the iron lunch box in his right hand to Malashenko in his left hand and then reached out to take the telegram.

"The Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment? These defeated generals still dare to come to us and cause trouble?"

Malashenko, who was slightly surprised by the content mentioned in the telegram, after reading it quickly at a glance, roughly obtained three key pieces of information from this urgent telegram.

First, the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment of the Wehrmacht under the organization of Guderian's Second Armored Group has moved to the front line. Its leading troops have boarded the few transport vehicles that are still usable. Coe led the team to repulse the German 4th Armored Division to join up.

A new joint defense position is currently being constructed in the garrison area of ​​the 4th Armored Division. This is the result that aerial reconnaissance has revealed.

Second, intelligence pointed out that the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment had just arrived after replenishing a batch of emergency supplies. These supplies were transported by Luftwaffe transport aircraft from the rear using precious air channels for emergency transfer. Grossdeutschland The receiving location of the infantry regiment was at the German frontline field airport where the supplies arrived.

But as for what this batch of materials was, the Soviet guerrillas responsible for the investigation were not able to learn the specific situation. It was only when I reported the situation to my superiors after I came back that I mentioned that the number of German soldiers responsible for escorting and guarding the field airport was much more than what I usually see when investigating the situation, at least about twice as many. In addition, there seemed to be some others. The people in civilian clothes arrived on the same plane.

As for what was in those boxes that four people were carrying lightly, the Soviet guerrillas who did not have clairvoyance powers could only give an answer that shook their heads.

The third and most important point is that aerial reconnaissance intelligence shows that the German Second Armored Group, which originally besieged the city of Tula, has suspended its offensive. The sentry troops stationed on the periphery of the armored group are gathering and reorganizing their troops. They seem to be preparing for some kind of upcoming transfer march, but there is currently no other reliable intelligence to support this argument.

At the end of the telegram, Malashenko requested that Malashenko immediately lead his troops to the forward theater, continue to advance toward the city of Tula together with the attacking Soviet army cluster, and strive to establish a place where the German Fourth Armored Division and the Grossdeutsche Infantry Regiment were completely integrated. In order to reverse the situation before erecting a consolidated defense line, the land channel connecting Moscow to Tula was restored in one fell swoop.

Malashenko, who had already been mentally prepared for another expedition, was not surprised by this.

The only thing that puzzled Malashenko was what was contained in the boxes airlifted by the German army mentioned in the telegram, and those people who arrived on the same plane wearing civilian clothes. Malashenko didn't think Frankfurter Zeitung Reporters would come to the Moscow front lines with office supplies to start reporting on the war situation. This is simply ridiculous.

"A bunch of big wooden boxes and a group of people in civilian clothes? What kind of information is this? It's useless except for making people curious."

He casually folded the telegram in his hand and handed it forward and handed it back to the political commissar Petrov. Malashenko, whose expression could not be said to be happy but not worried, immediately turned around and handed over the lunch box in his hand. The guard behind him, Malashenko, who was in trouble, had no extra time to deal with these trivial matters.

"I heard that you fought against the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment in Yelnya last time before I came here? What did you feel? How was their combat effectiveness?"

Political Commissar Petrov, who was in the battle of Kiev during the Yelnya counterattack, did not know the specific combat effectiveness of the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment. He had only vaguely heard in some rumors that the combat effectiveness of this ace unit of the Wehrmacht far exceeded that of ordinary German troops. And those as many as 14 combat battalions are simply not the super-large combat organization that ordinary regiment-level troops can have.

Faced with the question raised by Commissar Petrov, Malashenko, who still clearly remembers the scene of knocking the dog's brains out during the Yelnya counterattack, couldn't help but frown.

"This group of Nazi lackeys is the most difficult to deal with. When we were in Yelnya, the German general named Guderian only used this regiment plus an armed SS imperial division to defeat more than a dozen of our divisions. The counterattack troops were firmly held in front of the field defense line outside the city for nearly half a month. Although this was the result of the Germans' control of the air, it should not be underestimated. "

Regarding the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment of the Wehrmacht, which has a reputation as fierce as the SS, Malashenko's only impression of this group of lunatics who only have the idea of ​​loyalty to the Führer is that they will fight without fear of death until the last moment or After receiving the order to retreat, they will never give up executing the original combat order, even if the entire company is completely destroyed.

If it weren't for the obvious differences visible to the naked eye in the combat uniforms they were wearing, Malashenko would have even thought that these guys were a group of armed SS elites wearing the skin of the Wehrmacht, just like the Imperial Division who also fought with their lives.

Thinking of these clear past experiences, Malashenko shook his head slightly and quickly gave the final summary to the political commissar Petrov who was waiting for an answer in front of him.

"Not only are these Nazi lackeys willing to fight without their lives, but their combat literacy is also top-notch. The proportion of veterans is much higher than that of ordinary Wehrmacht troops of the same level. Some German prisoners from other units are also These bastards will always be given the most timely priority, even the veterans who are the backbone of the grassroots troops. They can even be transferred from other German troops when necessary. This is rarely the case. "

After hearing the exact answer given by Malashenko, Political Commissar Petrov, who also frowned slightly, was obviously not expecting it.