Steel Soviet Union

It’s just that it’s a bit far-fetched to laugh at future generations of Chinese melon-eating people from today’s perspective. Malashenko, who also treats canned Spam luncheon meat as a delicious meal, is really embarrassed to say that other people’s junk food is unpalatable.

Let’s forget about such shameless things as “picking up the bowl to eat meat and putting down the chopsticks to curse.”

"Comrade Hiccup, those Americans are indeed not lying. Those capitalists will sell anything in order to make money, and they will sell whatever sells well. It is the same in the United States. As long as you can afford this kind of food in the United States, you will definitely be able to eat it. It’s ordinary food without identity restrictions.”

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Commander Leonid was somewhat speechless at the answer given by Malashenko. From his core, he was a staunch communist who scorned and was extremely disgusted with the ugly face of capitalism in the Western world.

But sometimes the superiority of the Western capitalist world in front of him makes him feel a little speechless. For example, the canned food in front of him can be easily obtained in the United States. For the Soviet Union, which has very underdeveloped light industry, It's almost like a fantasy.

Commander Leonid, who had spoken out of embarrassment, didn't know how to continue the conversation. In the end, Malashenko forcibly changed the subject and chatted for a few words before they went back to rest and sleep. The two were not good at lying. It's so embarrassing for people to discuss the matter before them.

The night without a sound sleep passed quickly after a hasty rest and dawn ushered in.

What surprised Malashenko a little was that the first roar of artillery fire in the morning was not caused by the German army that arrived near the village last night, but by Soviet field artillery coming from both sides of the east side of the village. A swarm of deafening, devastating and covering blasts.

Timoshenko's plan sounds very simple: use the village of Nibotrikaya, which was captured by Malashenko, as a bait to attract and disrupt the deployment of German troops on the front, causing the Germans to misjudge the Soviet attack. The strategic intention of the all-out offensive was unclear about the direction of the main attack, and then the German army was caught off guard in the subsequent full-line counterattack.

Taking advantage of Malashenko's success in capturing the whole village, he made a temporary change in strategic deployment. Early the next morning, the Soviet front-line troops, who launched a fierce shelling across the board, rushed out of the trenches, shouting "Ula!" The German army group in the direction of Kharkov pounced.

The roar of Soviet aircraft overhead continued to spread death to the ground, knocking the sleepy German soldiers off their backs. The Soviet tank clusters on the ground rolled forward like a torrent of steel, and the Soviet infantry shouted like a sea of ​​deafening hurrahs. It almost scared the German soldiers who were so shocked that they peed to death!

"Shouldn't we launch an attack? Why did Ivan rush over first!?"

Not only the ordinary German infantrymen on the front line thought so, but the German bosses at the frontline command post in the rear were also similarly shocked.

A 250-kilogram aerial bomb that fell straight from the dome almost failed to collapse the command post. Even the near-miss bomb that failed to hit caused considerable damage and was deafening.

The floating soil on the ceiling above his head fell like rain, and there was a crisp sound of pushing the door open, followed by a series of footsteps and then running straight in.

"General Paulus! The Russians are coming! They launched a full-front counterattack. Emergency telegrams were sent to the command posts of each division on the front line. The telephone lines were all occupied. Countless Russian tanks were rushing towards us. !”

The German general of the Wehrmacht, who shook the dust off his hat and shoulders, looked extremely embarrassed. Paulus did not expect that the Soviet army, which he expected to be in a defensive posture, would attack first!

"Inform all the troops on the front line not to retreat! If we withdraw, everything will be in chaos! This is the order of the head of state! Hold the position and wait for support. We will soon eat all these daring Russians!"

The adjutant, Colonel Adam, did not know and was not qualified to know the specific deployment of the German troops on the Kharkov front and seemed a little panicked. However, General Paulus, the commander of the Sixth Army of the Wehrmacht, who remained calm at the moment, seemed extremely calm.

Paulus, who had participated in many pre-war meetings, knew clearly that in order to finalize the summer offensive, the German army had dispatched many elite troops from Army Group Center and Army Group North to Army Group South to increase its strength.

At present, the German army in the direction of Kharkov is amassing a huge force of more than 100 divisions with a total of millions of people. Paulus does not believe that the German army can be defeated by the Russians with such a huge offensive energy.

Even though he was a little panicked now that he was caught off guard by the attack, Paulus was still convinced that his side could turn defeat into victory in the shortest possible time and eat up all these daring Soviet troops in one go!

"With this army, you can attack the sky!"

Recalling that when he was transferred from the General Staff Headquarters to the front line as the commander of the Sixth Group Army in January this year, the head of state gave him this personal farewell message before leaving, confident that he had in his hands the most elite army in the country's defense forces. The Sixth Army was absolutely capable of defeating the Russians with a backhand. Paulus, whose eyes were full of gloom, almost gritted his teeth and said harsh words.

"These stupid Russians will pay!"

Encountering a sudden onslaught by the Soviet army, the German army tried in embarrassment to block the surging torrent of steel. However, the Soviet army's counterattack on the German defense was completely reversed on the focused local battlefield, and they were ordered to hold on to Nibotrika. Malashenko from the sub-village was working with Division Commander Leonid to resist the powerful attack just launched by the German troops outside the village.

call out--

boom--

A roaring German 105mm howitzer shell landed directly in the yard, barely destroying Malashenko's temporary regiment headquarters command post.

Malashenko, who had just put the tank cap on his head, was unsteady on his feet and almost stumbled to the ground. Malashenko, who was annoyed by the fickle bombardment of his opponent, the German army, immediately faced the table in front of him. Commander Leonid, who was standing next to him, asked.

"Comrade division commander, where is your divisional artillery regiment!? Hurry up and get rid of those Germans who don't know how to live or die!"

The divisional artillery regiment assigned to Division Commander Leonid has a total of 12 152 howitzers and 12 122 howitzers as the main firepower. At the same time, it was also equipped with a miscellaneous mix of other small-caliber artillery, which was "better than nothing". It was considered a relatively abundant firepower among the artillery regiments of the Soviet infantry division in 1942, and was fully capable of suppressing German artillery of the same level.