Chapter 1368: Iron Division

"Yeah, the situation is different from before."

Malachenko meditated for a long time with a cigarette in his mouth, and finally said this to Political Commissar Petrov.

In fact, Comrade Ma has always been thinking in his heart that maybe he has fought too many bad and broken battles in the past two years. Either he was pressed to the ground by the Germans, or he was beaten by the Germans in the air and ground.

After so many thrilling and life-threatening moments, Malachenko felt that he was just a little bit away from death.

In such a hard battle that goes back and forth, Malachenko now understands that he seems to have regarded all this as an ordinary daily life.

It seems that being suppressed by the Germans and being pressed to the ground by the enemy is normal, but if you encounter a smooth battle, it is strange.

In the blink of an eye, it is already 1944, and the most difficult period of the Great Patriotic War has completely gone and turned over.

44 years, what does 44 years mean?

Malashenko, holding a cigarette between his fingers, kept asking himself repeatedly, and the answer that was not difficult to come up with was actually obvious.

From now on, the Germans will enter a normal stage of being beaten by the Red Army. The serious loss of manpower will force the Germans to send more and more young soldiers and child soldiers to the battlefield.

The power of the Allied strategic bombing should not be underestimated, and the number of advanced technical equipment of the Germans will only decrease day by day.

On the other hand, the Soviet Union, which has received blood transfusions from Britain and the United States and has its own strong recovery ability, has long been incomparable to the original strength in 1941.

It is not difficult to understand who will win and what the advantage is in this situation.

Malashenko, who has figured it out, finally realized that all this was caused by his inertial thinking. The casualties of the infantry were so small that he used the previous war losses to measure them at first glance, until he felt it was abnormal.

It sounds a bit ridiculous, right? But even Malashenko, who has been honored as a Soviet hero twice, really thinks so.

When you are used to something and regard it as normal and not surprising, if you can still maintain clear insight and control and analysis of details at this time, this is an extremely rare advantage.

Malashenko, who has already been promoted to major general at a young age, lacks life experience. To be honest, he does not have this skill and ability and is prone to fall into a dead cycle of inertial thinking.

Although there is also the factor of "bystanders are clearer", it is the older age and richer and more diverse life experience of the political commissar that reminds Malashenko at this critical moment of the transition between the old and new eras: the situation is no longer the same as before.

From now on, the combat effectiveness of the Germans will only become more and more poor and go downhill all the way. They have completely become a helpless Adou and a mud that cannot be helped. It is impossible to reproduce the grand occasion of the iron hoof conquering Europe in the past.

Future battles will continue to develop in a direction that is more and more favorable to the Red Army and has greater advantages. The advantages of troops and technical equipment over the enemy will continue to rise and expand.

It is the best time to adjust your mentality, sweep away the past haze, and regard the enemy's defeat as a truly normal situation.

Although the political commissar did not say it explicitly, he did not want Malashenko to be arrogant and underestimate the enemy because of this.

But the truth is that the objective reality cannot be changed by human subjective will. Some things are ironclad facts and there is no doubt about them, no matter from what angle you look at them, whether you are willing to admit them or not.

Malashenko, who has worked with the political commissar for a long time and is both a teacher and a friend, understands this point. Some subtle changes that are difficult to detect with the naked eye have actually made changes in deep breathing.

"To be honest, if you hadn't reminded me, I might have needed some time to come to terms with it and understand everything that's going on now."

"But now, I just want to say that it's a good thing I have you. Every bit of badness and defeat shown by those Germans is the best proof that we have caused them irreparable damage."

"Future battles will seem much easier to fight, but we still need to pay attention to our opponents at the tactical level. The enemy's new equipment is still coming one after another, and its performance cannot be underestimated and is threatening enough. But we have an absolute advantage in fighting will and morale. This is the only thing we should despise those Germans and never lose to them."

"We must use the highest morale and the most tenacious The fighting will, combined with the latest and strongest equipment of our division, will completely and thoroughly wipe out these fascist lunatics in future battles! "

"I can even feel that the war should be very likely to end next year or even earlier! We will recover all the lost territories of the motherland, cross the border, and then go to Europe to liberate every inch of land occupied by the Nazi fascists there. Then we will attack the heart of these evil scums and take Berlin. The final victory will definitely belong to our great Red Army!"

It sounds a bit like a pre-war speech or a mobilization meeting speech

In short, our old comrade Ma became more and more excited as he spoke, and in the end he was in a state of complete selflessness.

It was inevitable that the voices became louder and louder, and the staff and various personnel in the tent of the entire division headquarters could not help but stop their work and cast their eyes on the young and passionate division commander.

Malachenko didn't notice that all these strange eyes were focused on him at first, but when he finished speaking, Comrade Lao Ma finally realized that something was wrong and looked around. His expression was a little embarrassed.

But before Comrade Lao Ma could react, a burst of passionate applause suddenly surged and resounded throughout the division headquarters, making Comrade Lao Ma quite confused for a while.

There was no extra praise or impassioned agreement, only the long-lasting applause that always echoed in the air and was heard.

Seeing this, the political commissar smiled indifferently, and without waiting for Malachenko to say anything, he stood up and came to the division commander who had been his partner for a long time.

"Stalin, this is the greatest honor for this elite unit. Just like the name of the supreme leader, comrade commander, this is an iron-clad unit that cannot be defeated, destroyed, or compromised with the enemy."

"This is the real Red Army, the most elite iron-clad division in our armed forces!"