Steel Soviet Union

Malashenko didn't care whether the wave of German troops just now was specially sent to stop him, or whether it was just an accidental encounter. Of course, he had no interest in knowing. This was not important to Malashenko.

The only thing Malashenko cares about and wants to do at the moment is to pluck Paulus, the bastard, out of his headquarters where he lives quietly as quickly as possible, and make him a prisoner of the Red Army.

Only in this way can this war, which has no meaning at all and already has a winner, come to an end. Malashenko, who has fought a tough New Year's Eve battle, can also have a chance to take a good rest and take a breather.

As long as this bastard Paulus is not eliminated, Malashenko vows that he will not even be able to sleep peacefully. Ending all this as soon as possible is what must be done now.

The road to final victory was not easy, and the winding path was more complicated than Malashenko expected.

The large amounts of masonry debris collapsed and dumped on the road is annoying. The stop-and-go tank queue sometimes even needs to use its main gun to clear the way and load high-explosive bombs to blast away the large pieces of rubble blocking the road, so that it can barely open up a path. A road that the IS1 heavy tank can crush through.

A full two hours had passed since the moment he set foot on this dilapidated road. The more anxious he was, the slower he found himself. Malashenko kept rolling up his sleeves and looking at his watch, looking like an ant on a hot pot. Even Iushkin, who was familiar with Malashenko, couldn't help but shake his head after seeing it.

"There is still enough time before dark. According to your description, I think we only need one charge to scare that old bastard Paulus to shit and surrender. I don't think you need to be so anxious. Time will come to us. That’s enough.”

Although Iushkin's words were reasonable, they were not enough to offset Malashenko's deep anxiety.

"I'm not a master of prophecy. Don't take my words as a 100% truth that will come true. No one is sure whether this bastard Paulus will fight to the end. You have to know how many enemies we still have in front of us and around Paulus. How many guards don't know! And we have no retreat and no reinforcements. If the Germans launch a counterattack, our end will not be good. "

Yes, even with the support of absolute prophecies from later generations, Malashenko's heart is still full of doubts and unconfidence.

Malashenko, who had just entered the Great Patriotic War, once happily thought that with the foresight he had brought from later generations, it would be easy to survive the Great Patriotic War.

But as the situation continued to develop, Malashenko gradually began to realize that he was wrong, and that he was wrong in a very outrageous and naive way.

The gear of time is not static. It is the most sophisticated machine in history that can be adjusted and can be affected at will by very small things.

Whoever changes the past will forever change the future.

The unconscious teasing and pointless moaning of those idle philosophers, Malashenko never thought that one day it would become a reality for him.

To put it bluntly, the interference and man-made changes I made that seriously deviated from the existing history because I was afraid of death and wanted to survive have forever changed the distant future.

The timeline that I know well, the future that can be accurately predicted, has long since said goodbye to me, never to return.

Even if the known butterfly effect only affects some tactical details at the moment, it stands to reason that Malashenko can still predict the general historical trend without too much deviation.

But once human beings have uneasiness based on objective reality, then this uneasiness will continue and repeat over and over again, and it will be difficult to dissipate.

According to the original direction of history, Malashenko knew that Paulus should not have surrendered today.

And the person who captured Paulus alive and recorded his name in the annals of history should not be him.

But everything has changed so far, and this unpredictable fog of war has always lingered in Malashenko's mind.

Did Paulus change his mind and decide to fight to the end? There are only three or two kittens and puppies around him now? Or is there a large group of fanatical Nazis who are ready to die generously and fight for their last lives with the Soviet Red Army?

No one knows the answers to these things, including Malashenko himself.

The unpredictable future has been spreading from the darkness, lingering around Malashenko, using the facts of the past to peel away the originally rock-solid self-confidence bit by bit.

"Whatever, people who have died once are still afraid of this? At worst, just pretend that nothing happened, just pretend that I died in the hotel for no reason! Anyway, this life is just picked up for free!"

The actual effect of self-deception and self-comfort is quite limited.

Malashenko, who was holding the periscope in his hand, might have been too deeply stimulated on his nerves. He suddenly remembered the unexplained words that the mysterious being he met once told him in a world that seemed like an ethereal dream.

"If you receive strong mental stimulation, your eyes will see the scene before your death that may be from this timeline. That is the only compensation and opportunity for you to call out the injustice of reality, provided that you are really about to die. ”

Thinking of this, Malashenko suddenly realized that if his anxiety was real, he would really encounter an accident and die in the upcoming raid to capture Paulus alive.

With my current active thinking, should I see something?

But now I don't see anything, and everything is normal with my injured right eye without any problems. Can this be regarded as that I have not encountered any danger, and can I guarantee that I will be fine?

"Hey, hehe, I'm over-worrying. Everything is going to be fine. How could there be a problem? I'm going to kick this bastard Paulus in the ass!"

If it were normal times, Malashenko would definitely feel from the perspective of a bystander that he was talking softly to himself at the moment and that it was abnormal.

But this is not normal. Malashenko, who has a highly active brain, cannot notice his current abnormal state. The only fact he can recognize is that he will not die.

It is easy for people with abnormal brains in peacetime to draw conclusions, but the more brutal the war, the more difficult it is for people to determine whether this person's brain is normal or not.

Those who can come back alive from the cruel battlefield are madmen, those who stay alive are those who give up their dignity, and those who stand at the highest position are those who dare to issue orders to bury millions of young people.

You mean normal people?

For the most part, only the bones buried in mass graves may be of serious, normal people.