Steel Soviet Union

"These Japanese bandits are almost destroyed by the bombing. With planes in the sky and heavy artillery on the ground, will they really be able to hit them when we drive up later?"

"That is better than more comrades dying. No matter how the battle is fought, it is always a good thing to defeat the Japanese with as few casualties as possible. Ye Yan"

He spoke to the soldiers beside him who were sighing. He was lying on the edge of the trench holding a telescope, admiring the scene of the Japanese troops being sent into the sky one by one by a huge amount of artillery shells. Sulovchenko, who estimated that the time was almost up, then turned and left.

After walking through the trenches and traffic trenches, they came to Alsim who was pulling ammunition out of the infantry fighting vehicle and arming himself. Sulovechenko raised his hand and glanced at the time on his watch and said immediately.

"There are still 10 minutes left. The last position is ready. Are you ready?"

"Of course, I can't wait to send those Japanese devils away, but have you heard? Comrade Division Commander is coming, and he will personally lead and direct the final general attack."

Sitting at the back of the infantry fighting vehicle with the hatch wide open, with a freshly loaded magazine inserted into the chest strap of his jacket, Sulovechenko was quite surprised to hear what Alsim said casually. .

"What? Comrade division commander? Lead the attack personally?"

"Shouldn't we stay behind and command? Why all of a sudden?"

He knocked the last magazine in his hand that was filled with bullets towards the floor of the car, loosened the spring, and ensured that the chain would not fall off when needed at the critical moment. He inserted it into the chest strap, and then Alsim spoke. replied.

"Have you forgotten, Comrade Commander, when you commanded a division? The division commander took the lead in the charge. This is our army tradition."

""

Indeed, Alsim was right.

Since Malashenko was the acting company commander, personally leading the attack has always been a "glorious tradition", and it remains unchanged even when he leads the division.

Other division commanders and generals sat in the headquarters poking maps and issuing orders, while Malashenko sat in the tank and led the charge and also served as the commander.

This difference should not be too big. It has reached the point where the commanders of other Red Army divisions felt that it was somewhat outrageous.

That is to say, it was during the current leadership period that Malashenko began to involve operational-level command, and the width of the battlefield he was responsible for was several times larger than that of the previous division commander. Only then did Malashenko stop his "wild move" of "division commander taking the lead" , and it did not further evolve into "the military commander takes the lead."

However, this "glorious tradition" has been passed down.

Malashenko, who is now the commander of the army, is no longer in charge, but Kulbalov, who was promoted from brigade commander to division commander, began to assume the position that Malashenko used to hold. However, he took over the baton left by the comrade commander, and wanted to continue to carry forward the "division commander takes the lead".

Kulbalov, who attached great importance to the expected final battle today, made such a decision. Sulovechenko, who was slightly surprised, was only surprised for a moment, and soon returned to normal and understood the meaning of it. The reason was that he was not too surprised, just like Alsim was when he heard the news not long ago.

"So, pack your things and get ready! Comrade Commander will be here soon, let the bunch of bow-legged monkeys opposite see our full strength!"

Alsim's words soon came true.

Kulbalov, who personally led the reinforcements, arrived at the position not long after. A whole guard company of IS7 heavy tanks were fully loaded with ammunition and fuel.

The soldiers who knew what was about to happen saw the division commander and his team arriving, and bursts of cheers erupted from the position they had just captured from the Japanese army.

Just as Malashenko had done many times before when he served as division commander, the morale on the position reached a climax for a while.

They did not care at all that the Japanese troops on the opposite side were still bombarded with artillery fire and bombings. The surviving Japanese troops could only hide in the bomb-proof caves, shivering, praying to the God Amaterasu for protection, and in their hearts they could only cry for their fathers and mothers.

That's probably why people's happiness is not the same.

"Look at this. Kulbalov actually ran to the starting position of the attack, preparing to personally lead the attack. Before leaving, he did not forget to send a telegram to the military headquarters to report his determination."

"Huh? Oh, that's it, then that's it."

""

Comrade Political Commissar, who had already arrived at the table with a telegraph newspaper in his hand, was speechless. He was just complaining about the reaction of our comrade commander.

"You are the commander of the army, don't you mean something?"

On the other hand, Malashenko's response was to sit behind his desk and spread his hands.

"Indicate? What does it mean? I don't have to guess what Kurbalov will say. The excuses are all ready. How I fought before, how he fights now, what do you want me to say then? Should I deny myself? What I did is still my privilege, Malashenko, and others are not allowed to imitate it. This is unjustifiable.”

"It turns out you know this is unreasonable. I thought you didn't know."

The political commissar who put the telegram on the table was speechless and a little want to laugh. Of course, he did not come to Malashenko to talk about this seriously. He was just curious about how Malashenko would react. Now that he knew That’s all.

"There were nearly 50,000 Japanese soldiers in three divisions. It took him only one day, but with less than half the enemy's strength, Kurbalov was about to completely defeat and approach total annihilation."

"Even if 50,000 pigs are running around, if you ask Kurbalov to lead people to catch them personally, he may not be able to catch them all in three days, let alone one day."

"If it were me who commanded the former leader division to fight today's battle, the best outcome would be nothing more than this."

"I really feel that he is now able to take charge of his own business. If Lavery and I make changes in our schedule in the future, I plan to promote him to the military level."

"Putting the Leader's Army in the hands of someone who is proficient in the integration of various arms, I can rest assured even if I leave the Leader's Army, I will be contributing to the Red Army and the motherland, and selecting and training the next qualified commander for the Leader's Army."

"So this is your test for him? If so, what grade are you going to give him?"

After hearing this, Malashenko smiled, then stared at the blue Japanese defense line surrounded by red circles on the map, and spoke slowly.

"I think it should be a perfect score. At least no one I know can perform better than this, even if it were me."

When Malashenko, who was far away at the military headquarters of the leading army, had not finished speaking, Kulbalov on the battlefield had already personally led his team to launch the attack.

Looking in the periscope at the remaining Japanese troops between the two formations, which had been covered by fierce artillery fire for more than half an hour and blasted to the point of being out of body, they barely had the strength to escape and were as soft as mud.

Next to him came a brigade of IS7 heavy tanks galloping, roaring and roaring. Kulbalov, wearing a tank cap and sitting in the tank commander's position, immediately gave an order.

"Charge forward and crush the enemy! Drown these militaristic fanatics in their own blood pit. Victory belongs to the leading army, Ula!!!"

I've been quite busy at home these past two days, so I'll add more updates once I'm done with that. I'm sorry that I have to make everyone wait a little longer. Corgi will apologize to everyone first.