Steel Soviet Union

After Malashenko's command of the troops is ready, specific combat tasks and possible backup plans within the planned scope that can be expected in the first phase will be dispatched.

The political commissar comrades at the division headquarters also completed the final finishing work at the same time. The mobile deployment of the forward division headquarters is ready and can move forward with the large troops at any time.

After learning the news, Malashenko immediately ordered the troops to set off, facing the vast night and infinite starry sky above their heads, driving under the cold moonlight on this land that had been scorched by war and the smoke of gunpowder still lingered, and began to march toward Heading towards the final destination which is not far away.

"The moonlight is so beautiful. How nice would it be if there was a girl sitting on the grass with my arms around me and chatting in the breeze?"

The majestic steel dragon was composed of various types of tracked and wheeled mechanized equipment, traveling towards its destination on a land that had just been ravaged by war not long ago.

As usual, Malashenko leaned half of his body out of the turret, holding a cigarette in his mouth and looking at the surrounding "scenery" as if he were just watching. Iushkin also ran outside the turret to get some fresh air with Marashenko. During the chat, Comrade Iushkin, who is still single, quickly got an answer from Malashenko after some emotion.

"Last time, I remember Anya said that she would introduce someone to you and let you go to the field hospital, but your kid ran back less than half an hour after going there. Now I am saying this here. What? Which girl regrets that she missed it? "

If there is any place where there are many girls in a place where big men like the army gather, it can only be said that there are many girls in the field hospital. The young nurses are very juicy and have a large amount of food. Logically speaking, there is no need to worry about it. But this is what Malashenko is puzzled about. He just can't figure out how Iushkin, a bitch like me, can mess up things even if his sister-in-law introduces him.

When Malashenko mentioned this matter, Iushkin let out a long sigh and just looked downcast.

"It's too much. I can't get used to seeing so many of them at once. I don't know why, but I stutter when I speak. I just feel like I can't say what I'm thinking. I can't control my mouth. I'm a bunch of little girls. Everyone was laughing at me, I felt like an animal being watched, I blushed so much, and then I just..."

"You just fucking ran away? What a Sukka! Don't tell me that you were the soldier I brought out, I'm embarrassed!"

""

Being scolded by Malashenko, Iushkin suddenly withered like an eggplant beaten by frost and fell silent.

On the other hand, Malashenko, who "fights with kisses and scolds with love", was smoking with a cigarette in his mouth. He began to think that if he could continue like this, the leaders would have to step in and help in a caring way until the battle was over and won. After Berlin, I have to arrange a marriage for Iushkin and find a wife. Is it like that the most capable ace gunner in the world does not have a beautiful woman to accompany him?

Very outrageous, very outrageous!

Malashenko truly felt that as a leader, he must be considerate of his subordinates and care about the lives of his comrades. A leader who only leads troops to fight and ignores other things is definitely not a good leader.

"Just wait, I'll find a good girl for you after this battle."

As soon as Malashenko opened his mouth, Iushkin immediately became energetic like a Pikachu full of electricity, and his eyes widened.

"real?"

Malashenko was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned dark.

"What's the benefit of lying to you?"

"Well, I was overthinking it, so I'll thank you in advance! Thank you, comrade commander, thank you, commander!"

""

Malashenko, who was speechless and shook his head, could only use the excuse that "no matter how smart a person is when it comes to emotions, he may turn into a fool", he just dismissed the matter and put it to an end. .

Time was passed away bit by bit in the awkward chat between Malashenko and Iushkin, and passed quietly.

The road along this road was relatively easy to walk except for the section past the Küstrin Bridgehead at the beginning. The rest of the road was really an eye-opener for Malashenko.

The first step was to cross the canal. Although irrelevant troops and low-priority troops had already been notified to get out of the way, all three bridges on the canal were freed up to allow the leading division to pass through first. The bridges had been inspected and reinforced by engineers and repaired. , and it can indeed withstand the pressure of a huge 70-ton object like the IS7.

But this general feeling of "thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge" still makes Comrade Ma scratch his head.

When they arrived with a large force, even the leading troops who had set off to cross the river first to avoid causing a traffic jam had not yet finished crossing the river.

It wasn’t even just about walking on the bridge. In order to speed up the crossing of the river, Kulbalov, who was responsible for commanding the actions of the vanguard, began to order equipment to walk across the bridge and people to walk across the river, or to requisition or borrow land to obtain large and small equipment. Nearly a hundred vessels such as sampans and small freighters.

Heavy equipment walked from the bridge, and everyone who could leave the equipment went to the riverbed pier to wait for the boat. The dual river crossings on the bridge and on the water went hand in hand to ensure the maximum efficiency of crossing the river.

What Malashenko saw with his naked eyes was that both sides of the canal, on the river, and on the bridge were all crowded with leaders and equipment, as if they were being poured into a pot on New Year's Eve. The dumpling-like scene was so crowded that it was difficult to breathe just by looking at it.

Fortunately, due to the blackout in the middle of the night, the Germans on the highlands were also suppressed by repeated air strikes and artillery bombardments. Their arrogance was greatly reduced, especially the long-range heavy artillery group suffered serious losses. Otherwise, if there was a round of artillery fire at this time, it would be great fun. Malashenko would not be so angry that he jumped on the ground because of the huge loss. That would not be called Malashenko.

"How is the situation? How many troops have passed?"

"About 3,000 combat troops and more than half a brigade of technical equipment have completed crossing the river. Three canal bridges, the entire river bed, and all available river crossing tools have been used, leaving only the soldiers carrying guns on their backs to swim in the river. Well, we can’t really let the soldiers go down and splash in the water, can we?”

So far, only half the brigade's strength has been passed. Calculated according to this calculation, not counting the direct support troops of the division headquarters, there are still about two-thirds of the combat troops of the two main combined brigades waiting to cross the river.

This kind of efficiency is obviously not up to the expectations of our Comrade Lao Ma. The action of rolling up his sleeves and looking at his watch was followed by the command without thinking.

"Speed ​​up the crossing of the river! I don't care what method you use, even if the tanks crossing the bridge are full of people, you have to speed up the progress! Prioritize sending combat troops across the river, logistics baggage and non-frontline combat units, etc. In addition, the deputy division commander He will be there in a moment. He is directing the third wave of troops to rush here. You stay here and take command and wait to meet him. "

"how about you?"

Kurbalov subconsciously asked this question, and immediately regretted it. The teacher and comrade had already talked about this. Didn't he pretend to be confused and ask nonsense questions in vain?

"Me? I'll take my car and go there first. I'll take command of the troops that have crossed the river. Then I'll take a look at the situation on the front line and prepare to start fighting."

"Keep in touch and report to me anytime if anything happens. That's it for now."