Steel Soviet Union

Malashenko knew what kind of enemy he was about to face, just as he knew that the sun would rise as usual tomorrow morning, illuminating the scorched land that had been burned by the war until it was scorched and smoking.

The air was filled with the smell of death and destruction, and the cool breeze in the early morning brought the smell of death and blood.

Malashenko, who only slept for less than four hours last night, poured cold water into his head, found a dry towel and wiped it casually. He didn't care that his hair was not completely dry yet, and picked up the old black leather tank on the table. He buckled his hat on his head, put on his hatband, took off the armed belt hanging on the wall along with the holster and side gun, wrapped it around his waist and walked straight out.

When he came out of the fortifications and into the trenches, he first looked up at the sky. The rising sun should have emitted golden morning light, but in Malashenko's eyes, it only reflected the color of blood. scene.

"Game time is over, you bastards. If I don't beat you all up today, I'll change my name to Golashenko."

After a whole day of fighting and moving upwards yesterday, the troop movement was basically completed until late at night.

The Leader's Division, which had an unusually large total force, basically sent all the combat troops needed in Malashenko's plan to the top of the high ground, entered the preset attack positions, and took up their positions.

In other words, yesterday's battle that lasted all day and seemed to have tortured the Germans was just an appetizer for the leader's failure to use his full strength due to objective conditions.

The Germans' core defensive position may be very strong, but today's leading division cannot be the same as yesterday.

Is it because the Germans' Tianling Gai are numerous and hard, or is it because the leader's mace is big and strong enough? The answer will be revealed soon, and Malashenko does not think that his leader's division will lose this "Tianling Gai vs. Wolf" battle. In the battle of "Tooth Stick", the leader will use the most solemn funeral ceremony to send these nemesis to heaven.

"How is the situation? How are the preparations going?"

Not half a minute after Malashenko left the house, Lavrinenko, who had gone down early to check the situation of the troops and make corresponding deployment instructions, had already turned back and happened to bump into Malashenko head-on, so there was no need to look for anyone anymore. Yes, what needs to be said can be said immediately.

"Everything is ready. According to your request, our own artillery will not participate in this round of fire preparations. Only the Katyusha and Andlyusa rocket launcher clusters will conduct a round of fire coverage towards the key breakthrough."

"The artillery coordinates have been reported to the artillery group of the group army below the high ground. The main artillery preparations will be completed by them. There will be a wave of aviation support that has been promised to us later. The liaison officer confirmed that they are on standby at the airport. . First the artillery fire coverage, then the aircraft's follow-up attack, and finally the frontal attack with follow-up support from self-propelled artillery."

"Everything I can think of has been done. I don't think it should exist. All the units and technical equipment in the organization are basically used. The first wave of assaults will fully demonstrate their strength. Infantry, tank troops, and artillery will all be used. If you get involved, you’ll be able to blow the shit out of those naughty bitches.”

"Um"

Malashenko simply responded without saying any more words. He led Lavrinenko beside him out of the trench and walked into an observation post near the front of the position. It was a battalion-level command post. So, after briefly greeting the comrades inside, he raised the telescope in his hand.

"There are a lot of hard bones within the range that can be seen with the naked eye. Look, there are a lot of gray bulges crossing the horizon at the eleven o'clock direction. They are the turtle shells of the Germans, one after another. The concrete structure is always equipped with fortifications, and 80% of them can only make a hole in the wall if hit by 152 shells.”

"And directly ahead, there is something not right about those bomb craters in front of the German position. Have you noticed? Some of them look like they have been smoothed out. I guess mines were laid again last night. If you don't pay attention to these, you will be in trouble later."

There is no night vision equipment these days, and you can't use a big light to go around and check the battlefield at night. Regardless of whether it is the leader's division or the Germans not far away from the opposite side, they can only guard their respective positions and open their eyes. With big eyes, be on guard against the enemy from making sneak attacks in the middle of the night or from touching the whistle and grabbing tongues.

There was no big movement. The German guy who was dealt a terrible blow during the day yesterday was quite honest at night, and everything was fine all night long.

But being honest to the leader division does not mean that the Germans will be honest to their own defense line. It is still necessary to seize the time to strengthen the defense on the newly formed contact line between the enemy and ourselves. It is still necessary to send engineers to quietly lay some mines in the middle of the night.

But the problem is that the strike firepower of the leading division yesterday was so intense that on the way to the Germans' third line of defense, which is the core defensive position, there was almost no complete piece of land, and they were all filled with large-caliber bomb craters. It was densely covered, which caused a lot of trouble for the German engineers to lay mines.

You must have a complete ground layout for laying mines, right? Are there any eggs you can use to mine the crater? What tank driver doesn't know how to avoid bomb craters whenever possible? Not to mention that if the car breaks down and you can't get it out of the pit, even climbing into the pit will waste time, right? The attack speed with a slight detour is much faster than climbing pit after pit.

So the German engineers could only spend the night in the dark, leveling some relatively shallow craters and low-lying areas to lay mines, and created some traps that seemed difficult to see through, hoping that these traps would lure enough Russians. The tank takes the bait and gets more results.

Regarding the German guy's behavior, which was almost looking for trouble, taking off his pants and farting, Malashenko, who was angry and funny, just wanted to say one thing: Your horse's eggs are useful.

Malashenko, who glanced at his watch with a grin on his face, estimated that the time was almost up, and then greeted Lavrinenko to get in the car and prepare to copy the guy.

That is to say, when Malashenko and Lavrinenko parted ways and had just returned to their car, they saw almost at a glance the Iushkin brothers who had finished their work with paint buckets and brushes. There were lots of smiles and chatter.

"Don't tell me, it looks really good! Well done!"

"That's right, if you don't see who I am, I used to be regarded as a role model when I was in school because of my beautiful homework."

"Come on, stop bragging. Will this thing work? The fight is about to begin. It would be bad if it fails to work and damages the car later."

"Don't worry, it's no problem. I went to Karamov specifically to ask for it. He and I know each other and have some friendship. He has to sell me this vehicle to save his face. He promised me that this is the one he can find to dry. The fastest paint, it dries quickly after being brushed on and blown twice by the wind. I heard that they used it to repaint battle-damaged recovery vehicles. It dries quickly so that they can return the vehicles to restore their combat effectiveness as soon as possible. I think It’s definitely no problem and we can catch up.”

This kid Iushkin was very proud of himself and showed off the "homework" he had just completed. He also came to disturb Malashenko's dream early in the morning when it was still dark, saying that he wanted to refresh the slogan on the car. , brush "Leningrad Avenger", just paint the only empty space behind the leader's division emblem on the armor on the left side of the turret, just enough.

Malashenko, who was still in a daze, thought about it over and over again. It seemed that it was not a big deal, and the slogan itself was not a problem. Then he yawned and nodded sleepily in response.

At that moment, Iushkin, who was so happy that he grinned like a lotus flower, ran away on the spot. He probably told his brothers to start working and start brushing work.

Malashenko, who was recalling this incident now, stood behind the Iushkin brothers who had not noticed his arrival at all, and silently stared at the newly painted "Avengers of Leningrad" slogan on the turret. A series of spontaneous thoughts lingered in my mind, outlining the memories that had been deep in my heart for a long time, and once again strengthened my already determined will.

"We still have a general ledger to settle, nazi. The blood debts owed to Kirill, to Leningrad, and to all my comrades, I will let you repay them double, with interest."