Chapter 2073 The Order Comes Again

According to what the political commissar said, Malashenko could indeed understand the most realistic situation of the German army group in Poland by looking at the map and explaining it. It was indeed the point where they had to withdraw. If they didn't withdraw, they would be beheaded.

From the map, all the German heavy troops from Bialystok to East Prussia north of Warsaw had been swept away.

Left at the doorstep of East Prussia, the so-called "German Dragon's Birthplace", were only the hundreds of thousands of troops and thousands of tanks of the Belarusian Third Front, which had come all the way. There was no organized German army group that could resist this tyrannical force. The next step for the Germans was to prepare for a desperate battle on their own land.

In the central offensive direction from Mazovia to Warsaw, the German corps that had been entrenched in the suburbs of Warsaw have now been swept away and completely crushed. The leader division that was temporarily transferred from the Third Belorussian Front to the First Front is the "culprit" of all this.

The complete clearing of the northern and central routes has put the German army group on the southern route, which is still fighting desperately and fighting to the death, in a very dangerous state.

Originally, the German army group on the southern route was fighting fiercely with the Soviet army group that was killing all the way from Sandomierz.

Now that Warsaw has fallen and the northern and central routes have fallen almost at the same time, this means that the Soviet army group on the central route can immediately march south after freeing up its hands, and cooperate with friendly forces to attack the remaining German army group on the southern route from north to south.

The German army group in the south had not been doing well in the Battle of the Sandomierz Salient. Konev commanded the extremely powerful First Ukrainian Front, which had a million soldiers, and rushed over like a mad bull, running rampant all the way. The German army invested a full 17 divisions in the south, but still had little effect, and could not stop the mad Konev and his troops at all.

The battle here was in a mess, and the friendly forces in the north were suddenly destroyed without knowing what was going on.

If I have to make a specific description, the emoticon that the German army group in the south wants to send the most now is probably the "black question mark".

The German army group in the south, which is at risk of being attacked from both sides at any time, has no other choice. In the battle against the enemy in front of them, that is, Konev's First Ukrainian Front, it has been delayed in opening the situation and even more unable to win. The German army group in the south, which has no time to waste, can only retreat, at least to a place where it can reorganize an effective defense line on the front battlefield before making plans.

At this point in the war, from the map, about 60% of the territory of Poland has been liberated by the Red Army or is about to be liberated.

The largest area left occupied by the German army is the area of ​​Lesser Poland Province in southern Poland.

On the central side, the German siege troops withdrawing westward from Warsaw can be regarded as a relatively large-scale heavy force group, note that it is only "relatively".

After the backbone of the Great German Division was completely wiped out, the defeated German Central Group had its back broken and could not become a force. The possibility that the remaining shrimp soldiers and crabs could withstand the fierce attack of driver Luo was almost zero.

The Northern Skeleton Division was also beaten and suffered heavy losses. After being hit on the head by a wave of air strike ammunition from an entire aviation division, it is estimated that these bastards will need some time and more replenishment to recover.

Not to mention that other German troops in the north were also beaten to pieces by Vatutin. What can a broken skeleton division do?

If Malashenko were to make an action prediction, the next strategic focus of the Red Army must be in southern Poland. The German heavy troops remaining in this ghost place are the strongest and most capable.

However, the Red Army heavy troops in the south are also the strongest.

That is the First Ukrainian Front commanded by Konev, with a strength of one million. It is a combination of the two strategic heavy troops of the First Ukrainian Front and the Second Ukrainian Front during the Cherkassy Campaign. Except for the leader division that Vatutin wanted to take away, there are no other troops missing. It is the most powerful front-level unit in the entire Soviet Army.

So Malashenko was not worried about any problems in the battle on the southern route. Konev had a million troops and technical weapons and heavy equipment of the same level. Even if he didn't talk about tactics and only used strength, he could beat the Germans into a pulp. It was just a matter of time.

Then the question came. The German troops in the north and the middle had been beaten to a pulp and were insignificant. Konev on the south was so strong that he didn't need help from others. Which direction would he be sent to fight next? Would he go back to his old unit to continue looking for Vatutin, and then prepare to violently bombard East Prussia?

Well, this job sounds good, and I like to do this! Kick the Germans' ass to pieces in their proud hometown. Just thinking about this kind of thing is very exciting.

"I still hope we can return to our old unit as soon as possible. I've had enough of this crappy place. I feel like I'm more like a county magistrate working for the Polish devils than a division commander. I spend all day thinking about how to deal with these Polish refugees. I don't like doing this. What I want is to kick down the door of East Prussia. This is what a division leader should do."

There was no need to be hypocritical in front of the political commissar. Malashenko spoke directly and expressed his desire to return to the old unit of the Third Belarusian Front, to continue working under Vatutin, and to prepare for the violent bombardment of East Prussia.

The political commissar could of course guess what Malashenko would say. The person who knew Malashenko best in the entire leadership division was him. But just when the political commissar was about to say something to Malashenko, a communications staff officer who ran out of the communications room next to him interrupted the rhythm.

"Comrade division commander, comrade political commissar, there is a call from the front headquarters."

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Malashenko did not go forward to answer, because the political commissar was closer, and the communications staff officer who understood the meaning from his eyes immediately handed the telegram to the political commissar.

"What? Is there an urgent matter at the front headquarters?"

Before Malashenko, who wanted to come over to take a look, had time to stand still, the political commissar's words had already been blurted out.

"The order has come, but it's probably not what you think. We have to continue to go south, not back to the old unit."

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