Steel Soviet Union

Malashenko not only wanted the lives of the Japanese, but also wanted to disgust the Japanese to death, and he had to be punished.

How disgusting it is that the devil is a technical job, and Malashenko, who is responsible for one person's work and one person's responsibility, feels that it is necessary to follow up on this matter. It's not impossible to turn away the boss and leave it to the superiors, but it will miss the opportunity to humiliate the Japanese.

For this reason, Malashenko even made a special trip to the Far East Military District Headquarters, met with Marshal Vasilevsky who was taking command, and went to resolve the matter personally.

As Zhukov's old comrade-in-arms and in-laws, Vasilevsky received a greeting from Zhukov very early, out of personal relationship rather than official business.

I hope that if conditions permit, Malashenko can be "slightly taken care of". If Malashenko fails to do any details well, please bear with me.

What Zhukov did was more like being prepared. After all, considering that this was Malashenko's first time working under Vasilevskiy, it would never go wrong to be more prepared.

Regarding Zhukov's request for help, Vasilevsky naturally agreed with a smile. He also bluntly said that he had never seen Zhukov take such good care of his generals and actually use his personal relationships to ask for help.

But Zhukov said that Malashenko was different from other generals and was definitely worth doing.

As for the specific differences, Zhukov smiled and dismissed it, saying that he would understand it after Vasilevsky saw it with his own eyes and worked together.

Well, what Zhukov said is true, Vasilevsky does understand now.

I deeply understand that Malashenko is not only an expert in fighting, but also engages in intrigues and non-physical confrontations with the enemy on the battlefield. He is definitely a first-rate expert, which is quite surprising.

"Malashenko, do you know how angry the leaders of the Kwantung Army will be once your telegram is sent out?"

Looking at Vasilevsky's dumbfounded smile behind his desk, Malashenko, who never cared about the Japanese's feelings, answered directly.

"I don't know, and I don't care. It's best if these heartless bastards die of anger."

"But Comrade Marshal, the real purpose of my sending this telegram is actually to provoke those bastards of the Kwantung Army again and to find out their background."

"The Kwantung Army is now as afraid of us as a tiger and is desperately trying to delay time. Judging from the intelligence collected by comrades in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and lurking Chinese comrades, there are even quite a few people at the top of the Kwantung Army Group. It is advocated that we can actively cede our interests when necessary in exchange for not sending our troops south to launch an attack, so as to continue to delay preparations for war."

"We might as well take advantage of this opportunity, Comrade Marshal. If the Kwantung Army cannot control its subordinates, the idiots below will engage in "subjugation" and retaliate against us without authorization."

"Then we can not only teach these beasts a lesson, but also take this opportunity to give the Kwantung Army a hard blow. But there are many things to ask for, and the price is whatever we want. The initiative and the advantage of force are in our hands. , the enemy is afraid of us, so just put pressure on the Kwantung Army when the time comes,"

"Um"

Vasilevsky, who was holding the draft of Malashenko's telegram, nodded after hearing this. Malashenko's strategic vision is indeed quite high. This also made Vasilevsky even more interested in the second half of Malashenko's unfinished plan.

"Then what if the Kwantung Army can hold back and suppress the hot-headed officers below, but is not stimulated by your telegram to take any substantive action?"

After hearing this, Malashenko smiled directly. The question was obviously not difficult to answer, and he was already confident.

"That would be even simpler, Comrade Marshal, so simple that we don't even have to do anything, we just need to watch the show with peace of mind."

"Oh? This is interesting, tell me about it."

The meaning of "interested" could be clearly seen in Vasilevsky's expression, and Malashenko, who was not trying to hide his lies, continued to talk.

"Whether it's beheading those dozens of Japs, or the fact that the Colonel's commander is alive and dead but not his body. Everything we have done so far has caused trouble to the Kwantung Army that is comparable to an earthquake."

"This trouble is not external but internal. The biggest headache the Kwantung Army needs now is how to explain this matter internally and downwards, to the young grassroots officers and top soldiers, and how to calm the morale of the army and appease morale."

"It is true that although this problem is thorny and troublesome at this stage, it is not unsolvable. But what if we continue to add fuel to the fire? Continue to target the young grassroots officers and soldiers of the Kwantung Army? Continue to give the Kwantung Army's What about the top management creating more internal trouble?”

"Then the Kwantung Army will inevitably expend more energy to deal with this matter internally. This is inevitable. Military management costs are also costs, and they are huge costs. The enemy has constant internal troubles and continues to increase management costs in order to solve the troubles. This is our advantage. Even if it is invisible and intangible, it is real.”

"I want to see how the leaders of the Kwantung Army can explain to these reckless idiots below us when they face such humiliation, and how they can explain it well. There are many ways to continue to stimulate these idiots with shit in their heads. We just need to With a negligible investment, the enemy can continue to suffer internal friction, and this is when we see the good news.”

"If the top brass of the Kwantung Army can handle it well and suppress the reckless fools below, it will also consume huge management costs, increase internal friction, and further distract the Kwantung Army's energy that could have been focused on military preparations; but if The incompetence of the Kwantung Army's top leadership has allowed the classic show of "lower to overcome superior" to be performed again. Then we will return to the first situation, that is, how to take advantage of their weakness to delay time at all costs. , to achieve our interests.”

"In this way, no matter what the Kwantung Army chooses or does, or what the final result is, our Red Army will be the winner."

"That's not counting the Colonel Captain who was kidnapped across the river. There should be a lot of things in this guy's belly. I have ordered people to seize the time and find a way to take them all out. The information he knows will be very important to our next stage. military operations should be very useful."

""

Holding the draft of the telegram drafted by Malashenko himself, he listened to Malashenko’s overall plan with an attitude of almost enjoyment.

Snap—pop—pop—

Vasilevskiy suddenly applauded without any warning. This situation shocked Malashenko and made him somewhat confused.

Before Malashenko could speak, Vasilevskiy's admiring words blurted out.

"Do you know? Malashenko, if you are not the commander of the leading army now, I very much hope that you can come to my side as a combat staff officer immediately, or at least the deputy chief of staff."

"Zhukov often mentioned you to me in the past, but most of the time he talked about how brave and resolute you were, how you withstood unbearable battlefield pressure, turned the tide and defeated the enemy. I also often see news that supports Zhukov's comments in various battle reports. "

"But do you know how I evaluate you now?"

""

Vasilevsky, who continued talking to himself without waiting for Malashenko to speak, patted the draft telegram on the table beside his hand, and then faced Malashenko again.

"Not only do I fully agree with Zhukov's evaluation of you, but I also have to add another layer on top of it. Even though we have changed our opponents and enemies, your understanding of the enemy still surpasses that of most comrades."

"I can receive all kinds of plans here, but your plan is the first to consume the enemy from within and make the enemy unable to take care of itself, and it is quite thorough and rigorous. Based on this alone, I already want to transfer you here I am here to serve, but unfortunately you have more important things to do now, and there is a bigger stage waiting for you to perform. I am very much looking forward to seeing your next performance."

""

Malashenko does understand the Japanese, their characteristics, and their weaknesses.

It is not difficult to deal with these idiots who have the imprint of "fearing strength but not fearing virtue" engraved in their bones. All it takes is a little trick.

But he didn't expect that his few words would receive such high recognition and evaluation from Vasilevsky. This was completely unexpected.

Vasilevskiy who is that?

That was one of the best chiefs of general staff in the history of the Red Army, and a top commander who could keep pace with Zhukov.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Malashenko is deeply honored to receive such evaluation from Vasilevsky.

However, compared to these empty words, Malashenko cared more about what was actually to be done at the moment. The principle of talking less and doing more was always practical. His eyes naturally fell on the draft telegram in Vasilevsky's hand.

"Comrade Marshal, please read this telegram."

"Send it, send it immediately! I don't have any suggestions that need to be changed, so just send it out as you drafted it, and let's see how the leaders of the Kwantung Army respond."

"In addition, I think you can also start preparing your next backup plan. The greater the trouble within the Kwantung Army, the better it will be for us. Your idea is completely correct."

Vasilevsky approved the telegram he drafted himself, and incidentally approved the action plan for the next stage.

Malashenko, who could be called a "double happiness", was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately nodded to Vasilevsky with excitement and accepted the order.

"Yes, Comrade Marshal, I will prepare immediately! I will make sure it is executed correctly."

Malashenko is happy, and Vasilevskiy is also looking forward to it.

But some people were neither happy nor looking forward to anything, such as Yamada Otsuzo, the commander of the Kwantung Army who was so angry that smoke was pouring from his head and his scalp was numb.

I had anticipated all the possible replies from the Russians, but I never expected that the Russians would eventually reply with such a "shameless" and "humiliating and threatening" telegram.

Faced with the scolding telegram sent by the Kwantung Army headquarters, which "severely reprimanded the Soviet army for massacre of imperial warriors," Malashenko personally drafted a reply with only one simple core content.

Don't admit it, don't admit it at all.

You say I did it, okay, then you show me the evidence. If you don’t have evidence, how can you accuse someone of being innocent? Don’t you understand that you can eat nonsense, but you can’t talk nonsense?

In the subconscious minds of the leaders of the Kwantung Army, my patrol and your Russian army were massacred just across the river.

Who has a reason to do this? Who has the ability to do this? Who finally did it?

So isn't this just a lice on a bald man's head - a thing that's obvious?

This is also the reason why the Kwantung Army Headquarters, which was suddenly and furious after the incident, sent a direct telegram to support the military's self-respect and not to offend the military headquarters, which captured the Red Army's Far East Military District Headquarters reprimanding and questioning them.

At least once this telegram is sent out, there will be a preliminary explanation, not externally, but internally, within the Kwantung Army Group.

If the top brass of the Kwantung Army were treated like this and they didn't even dare to fart, and if they were chopped off by the Russians and still didn't even dare to show their anger, then those young men and women who "drink wine and transform themselves into Lu Bu" would be like that. It's weird if you can sit still. If Bao Qi doesn't do it, I'll recognize you as the commander of the Kwantung Army as my adoptive father.

But the telegram was sent, and the initial internal explanation was finally made, but I didn't expect that the Russians would have more serious work coming directly.

Yamada Otsuzo, the commander of the Kwantung Army who suddenly reacted, realized that so far he had no evidence that the Russians had done this.

There were no Red Army corpses at the scene, only Japanese ones. The Alsim commandos who had not fired a single shot did not even leave a single shell casing behind.

They came without a trace and left without a trace. All that was left for the Japanese reinforcements was the corpses of Japanese soldiers and heads rolling all over the ground.

The Japanese army didn't even have any witnesses who could identify and testify.

From top to bottom, all members of the patrol team, except for Colonel Koki Nakamura, who was neither alive nor dead, had their heads chopped off and their bodies separated.

Faced with the Russians' refusal to admit it, the Kwantung Army really couldn't produce any evidence at all. They didn't even know the details of the attack and could only rely on their imagination. They couldn't even forge evidence. It is difficult to reach the sky.

What made Yamada Otsuzo, who was trembling with anger, feel his blood pressure rising even more was that the relentless Russians not only refused to admit it, but also humiliated the Kwantung Army in a weird way in the second half of the telegram.

The content of the second half of the telegram directly pointed out the justice of the Chinese soldiers and civilians who were persecuted by the Japanese invaders and dared to take up arms, bravely resisted the Japanese invaders, and dealt them a heavy blow. The Red Army responded to this spirit by High praise and affirmation.

The implication is that you, the Kwantung Army, don't even know who did this. When you ask three questions, you just rely on your brain to make blind guesses. Don't leave it here to embarrass yourself and bring humiliation to yourself.

By the way, the telegram did not forget to give a circumstantial warning to the Kwantung Army.

It is pointed out that any evil persecution of anti-invasion martyrs will eventually lead to justice with an iron fist.

So who's going to deliver the punch? Where exactly is Judgment of Justice now? How far away?

The telegram didn't say anything, so you little devil might as well weigh it up and take a guess.

The whole telegram did not mention any threats from beginning to end, but it was full of threats throughout the text. Every line of the telegram was full of threats.

At least that's how it seems to the leaders of the Kwantung Army.

"Baga! The Russians slaughtered my imperial warriors and yet they dared to threaten them arrogantly. These pig heads are so brave!"

Malashenko did not admit that he had done this, but he did not forget to warn the Kwantung Army not to blame others and to find scapegoats in order to find an explanation for internal compensation.

The Red Army can pay attention to this matter now and take it seriously. When the time comes when the Red Army's iron fist hits your forehead twice and your brain bursts, don't blame me for not warning you.

The Kwantung Army can ignore many warnings and threats, even the high-ranking red deer in the military headquarters can ignore them, but the Russian warnings with their fists hanging on the top of their foreheads must not be ignored.

"Absolute and unreasonable! How arrogant! How dare these Russian gangsters do this!?"

They yelled and cursed in anger, but not a single truly constructive speech was made. Not one of the dozens of Kwantung Army generals in the room said what to do about this matter.

After circulating the telegram, it was returned to his own hands. Yamada Otsuzo, who pinched his eyebrows and felt a pain in his head, had no idea that the Russians on the opposite side were so unorganized and even more difficult to deal with.

What can you do if you don’t accept it? So what if I'm annoyed or angry?

The situation is stronger than the people. Is it possible for you to fight across the river and fight the Russians? The Russians may not be asking for it.

"Block the news, for the time being. This telegram must not be transmitted below the division level, otherwise something big will happen. You all should know what to do."

Really unable to think of any good solution, Yamada Otozo, whose head ached from thinking about it, could only say this and gave a solution that was not even a solution.

They couldn't beat him at all, and they had their heads pressed to the ground and rubbed and humiliated repeatedly. The group of Kwantung Army division commanders present at the meeting were really "filled with righteous indignation". They may have never experienced such cowardice in their lives.

Even though they knew that there was nothing they could do about what the Commander said, the division commanders had no other choice but to do it.

Yamada Otsuzo, who was just counting on blocking the news to temporarily cover up the fire, thought of another expedient to solve the problem before the paper could no longer contain the fire.

The group of Russians on the opposite side were going to do the hard work next, and they didn't even intend to leave him a moment's breath.

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