Steel Soviet Union

"This is 218, call number 218! We have broken through the outer positions, are destroying the enemy, and are ready to move forward!"

"Covering fire! Let those 152 fire, aim at Fasis's bunker and blow it up directly, covering fire!"

"Follow everyone and get into the trenches! Hurry!"

The IS6 heavy tanks at the vanguard of the formation rolled their wide tracks to crush the German edge defense line and rushed into the position. The BMP43 infantry fighting vehicles that followed closely followed the ISU152\\A self-propelled artillery to maximize their firepower output. Direct fire suppresses any target that can be called a "threat" within the field of view.

Countless infantry soldiers who jumped out of the infantry fighting vehicles and carried various light weapons in their hands immediately jumped into the trenches. Without saying a word, they picked up the weapons in their hands and began to fight with those in the trenches who were not dead, or who were still planning to fight. The Fascist fanatics who were fighting to the death fought fiercely together, with cold light flashing in the rain of bullets.

Opening the gap in the enemy's frontal defense line and sending the first wave of troops into position is only the first step for Malashenko or the entire leadership division.

Malashenko clearly knew that the enemy group entrenched here in front of him was definitely not that easy to deal with. If he did not use all his strength and go all out, he would probably suffer the consequences in the end. Even if everything went well with the current situation, he would never be able to do so. Just take it lightly.

"Pay attention to the rhythm of the attack! Don't be greedy for the speed of the assault! All units should follow up in an orderly manner and take turns to cover the advance. Don't let those nemesis seize the loophole!"

Knowing that his troops are eager to fight and have a stronger desire to survive, Malashenko is always worried about the rhythm of the troops' offensive, and downgrades the synthetic battle to a single-arms assault battle. He never forgets to remind his commanders at all levels to pay more attention to the battlefield. Situation changes and careful command.

But even so, the unexpected situation still reached Malashenko's ears quickly through the radio, and he was quite caught off guard.

"Something's not right. The enemy's resistance was very slight. We encountered almost no resistance, not even many corpses and wreckage."

""

The position was not that far forward, but slightly further back. Malashenko, who led his guard tank company in the center and followed the forward troops, frowned. It was extremely abnormal that the enemy resisted very little. The situation was indeed something he didn't expect.

The artillery plowed the ground for a round, and the aviation force carried out horizontal bombing followed by a wave of follow-up strikes. These preset combat strikes have indeed been put in place and executed.

But this seemingly powerful preparation for a double fire strike is definitely not enough to be a reason or excuse for "all the German soldiers are dead, so the resistance is light". Malashenko is far from being so naive.

"Remain vigilant and continue to advance! Effectively control the positions that have been captured, and all units must strictly guard against possible enemy counterattacks."

When something goes wrong, there must be a monster. However, Malashenko is still unable to determine what kind of medicine the German guy is selling in the gourd, but this does not mean that Malashenko does not know the solution.

"Let me see what you plan to do to meet your strength, Fasis."

Strength is the capital of self-confidence, and confidence is the driving force for the continued progress of the offense.

Rather than being anxious and wary about the unknown conspiracy, it is better to say that Malashenko is now looking forward to it, looking forward to what kind of conspiracy the Germans have prepared to counter their own strength, and what tricks they can use.

The intensity of the battle was already fierce, but it was only fierce on one side of the leader's division. The "violent" side of the Germans could not be ignited. The limited and negligible resistance soon fell under the powerful synthetic offensive. They were crushed one by one by the leader.

The defensive positions that had been destroyed to pieces by artillery fire and bombing and were almost unable to be effectively used were also being rapidly eroded and captured. From a high-altitude bird's-eye view, they were becoming the actual control point of the leader's steel torrent at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The seemingly calm and orderly battle continued until the radio signal came. It was only then that Malashenko, who was holding the transmitter and pricking his ears, finally realized that the strange behavior of those Germans had caused him The reason for confusion.

"The returning frontline bombing aviation reported that they did not see any obvious signs of a large number of enemies on the position during the bombing, but they still dropped bombs to bomb the target as scheduled. How is the situation over there? Did you encounter anything unusual? ?”

Listening to the familiar voice of Comrade Political Commissar on the radio, Malashenko suddenly realized that a certain guess in his mind was basically a fact.

"I know where the problem lies, and there are indeed abnormalities, but everything is under control and left to me to handle."

""

When Comrade Comrade Political Commissar, who was standing in front of the radio station at the division headquarters and holding a microphone in his hand, heard this, he couldn't say anything more at the moment. If you can talk as little nonsense as possible in radio communication, this is not what you want to do with your boudoir. The close friend talked on the phone for two hours and believed that Malashenko could handle the political commissar comrade with just a brief word.

"Be careful and stay in touch."

"receive!"

Snapped--

There is a rumor that a skilled old steel mill worker will not put his head under the steel gate for inspection. He will put his head in a safe place to work, even if the work is not smooth or unfavorable. He would not risk his life to do the job.

The Krauts knew this well and actually put it into practice.

Until the outermost defensive positions were almost completely captured, the imaginary German ambush that might appear at any time, or the German reinforcements that might come at any time, did not appear. This is enough to explain a problem.

The answer is already very obvious, just as Malashenko thought.

These German guys, who had suffered heavy losses from artillery fire in yesterday's battle, were smarter today.

Even at the risk of losing an already precious and scarce defensive position, the troops deployed on the first outermost position were still withdrawn, leaving only a small number of troops to nominally "control the position." ".

Perhaps what the Germans imagined was to wait for the artillery preparations to end before returning to the defense, and then send the temporarily withdrawn troops back to defend the position, and first use the small number of dispersed troops staying in the position to delay for a while to buy time.

This is theoretically possible, but this is for ordinary Red Army troops.

The attack speed possessed by the leader division, which was completely mechanized and initially synthesized, and today still uses all its strength at will, is unimaginable by any old-style army that has never seen the world.

Seeing that there is no hope of returning reinforcements, you may just give up. Or you may simply abandon the outermost position from the beginning and have no intention of returning reinforcements for defense.

Malashenko, who had no intention of stopping after finishing off the first wave of Germans, knew that the real bloody battle was just beginning on the next defensive position.