Steel Soviet Union

It is very possible that the information has become true, and the treasure that has been stolen for three years has reappeared before his eyes, returning to the embrace of the motherland. How can such a scene in front of him not make Vatutin feel unprecedentedly excited?

"The Amber Room, it's really the Amber Room! I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it! The lost treasure has returned to the embrace of the motherland. What an unexpected joy! I will personally report to Comrade Stalin to call him to inform him of the good news. Comrade Stalin will definitely Very happy! "You have made a great contribution this time, Malashenko!

Compared to Vatutin's excited expression, which could almost sing a song, Malashenko's expression was a little hesitant, but after careful consideration, he finally decided to tell the truth. ReadМ

"Comrade Commander, what you saw is good news, but I also have bad news to tell you. I hope you can be mentally prepared."

"Huh? Bad news?"

Vatutin, who was far less tall than Malashenko, with a relatively horizontal figure and a round face that made him look fatter, stood beside the wooden box and raised his head, which was originally looking at the amber room in the box, to question. With his eyes set on Malashenko, Vatutin couldn't figure out what could be called bad news when there were such good things.

"Tell me what the bad news is, I'm ready.

""

Malashenko took a deep breath and figured it out. It doesn't make much difference if you finish talking about some things earlier. Anyway, Vatutin will have to know sooner or later. I didn't ask for any big awards or honors when I did this errand, and I never thought about it that way from the beginning.

If you want to talk about mission rewards, Malashenko actually feels that he has already obtained them. More than thirty brand-new Panther 2s are counted as mission rewards, so there is no doubt that he has earned them. This means that the shortcomings of the medium tank unit will be A lot of it was made up for in one fell swoop.

So even if saying this means you won't get any awards and honors, it doesn't matter, as long as there is no punishment. You can't give a heavy penalty to a hero who took the treasure back from the Germans for the motherland, right? After thinking about it for a while, Malashenko thought that this was true, then faced Vatutin and spoke again.

"Comrade Commander, I'm sorry! The amber room we recaptured from the enemy this time was not complete. After checking all the cut amber boards I got, I found that it was only half at most, and it was impossible to piece together a complete room."

"I ordered a search of the entire train station. Although time was tight, I searched all the places where large items could be hidden. In the end, I found nothing, not even any other treasures. All the treasures in the station were The Germans are gathered in the train ready to rush away, everything they can find is here."

""

The situation described by Malashenko was indeed "unexpected" for Vatutin. Vatutin, who frowned and said nothing, needed some time to sort out the thoughts in his mind and make a decision. Malashenko, who dared to interrupt Vatutin's train of thought, just watched silently.

It wasn't until about half a minute later that Vatutin, who was holding the edge of the box with both hands and remained silent, slowly spoke again as if he finally figured out what was going on.

"The matter is of great importance, and it is beyond my scope of authority. I will report the matter directly to Comrade Stalin for handling, but I believe you will still get the credit, Malashenko."

"Even in the worst case scenario, we can only leave this half of the Amber Room to future generations to witness history. But you are still the one who got this half of the Amber Room, and this will never change. Superfluous words I won’t say anything anymore, you should know that I will explain all this to Comrade Stalin personally. If you have any unnecessary worries, you can put it away now and stop thinking about it.”

During the long period of working together with Malashenko, Vatutin gradually mastered a "skill" that even Zhukov did not master, and he could roughly guess what Malashenko was thinking.

Malashenko has an extremely deep palace that is not available to people of his age. Although he looks carefree on the surface, as long as he has known Malashenko for a long time, he can basically reach a consensus with each other. Consensus: No one knows how many and what kind of secrets are hidden behind Malashenko. This is a man who is by no means as simple as he seems on the surface.

But it's not a good thing to randomly inquire into other people's secrets. Who can keep some secrets in their hearts these days?

Vatutin did exactly this, knowing that Malashenko must have a lot of things in his heart that he was unwilling to tell others easily, but on the other hand, he never took the initiative to ask. This is one of Vatutin's habitual ways of dealing with people, not only with Malashenko, but also with many people who are close to him.

As time went by, Vatutin, who had been with Malashenko like this for a long time, could more or less guess some simple things, but he just didn't say them on weekdays. After all, when you get along with such a special person, you will always pay more attention, think more, and study more about him, and Malashenko is exactly such a special person for Vatutin.

Seeing that Vatutin guessed what he was thinking about Xiao Jiujiu, Malashenko, who was a little embarrassed, just smiled awkwardly at Vatutin, and before he could say anything, it was Vatutin who took the lead to speak. Tujin.

"That's it for the time being, baby. I will arrange for someone to take the things away and transport them. Your mission has been completed very well, Malashenko!"

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Vatutin, who walked around from behind the box and walked to Malashenko, suddenly stopped. Then he pointed in a direction not far away with a mysterious air and asked questions.

"Where did those things come from? Did you get them from the station too?"

The thing Vatutin was pointing at was none other than the more than thirty brand-new Black Panther 2s that Malashenko had obtained from the station.

Since it is a new batch of standard equipment that is to be delivered to the Skeleton Division for front-line combat, these Black Panther 2s that have just been captured and parked in the Red Army are really a bit "eye-catching".

Not to mention the German call sign numbers and Iron Cross logo painted on the side of the turret, even the iconic division emblem of the Skeleton Division bastards was painted on the front of the car body. Although the logo is not big, it is still famous. Be conspicuous.

In addition, the 44-year Eastern Front three-color summer camouflage paint used by the latest batch of Panther 2 appears to be incompatible with the standard summer camouflage paint of the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division.

Such a group of Black Panther 2s were parked openly in the leader's division's tanks. They were either surrounded by IS6s or T-43s. They were surrounded by Red Army tanks. To be honest, they looked very out of place. In addition, there were many soldiers and tank soldiers around who came specially to watch and join in the fun, and the scene suddenly became more lively. No wonder it attracted Vatutin's attention.

Faced with Vatutin's inquiry, Malashenko could only tell the truth as usual, but he had already thought about how to tell Vatutin this matter according to the result he wanted, using language skills. This art seems to have come in handy again.

"As you said, it was indeed obtained from the station. This is the equipment that the bastards of the Skeleton Master had no time to take away and were forced to abandon it. It is not easy to get these oil-drinking monsters back, but at the same time they are very valuable to capture! To be honest with you, Comrade Commander, I also want to make a small request to you, and it’s because of this.”