Chapter 98 Meeting Across Time and Space

As a result, each armored company, which is the core combat force of the armored battalion, will have 11 KV1 heavy tanks and 3 T34 medium tanks.

When the organization is further upgraded to the battalion level, the four armored companies under it will have a total of 44 KV1 heavy tanks and 12 T34 medium tanks.

In addition, the battalion headquarters command vehicle, the improved prototype KV1 heavy tank commanded by Malashenko himself, will also be equipped with two additional battalion escort vehicles.

With this organization, the 1st Heavy Tank Breakthrough Battalion commanded by Malashenko will have a huge combat organization of 47 KV1 heavy tanks and 12 T34 medium tanks, a total of 59 combat tanks.

In addition to the combat units that are the core combat force of the heavy armored battalion, the eternal truth of war that food and grass must be sent before troops move also applies to tank units. In order to serve these huge armored beasts that live on oil and bullets, an auxiliary force that can serve them well is naturally indispensable.

Oil supply company, ammunition supply company, combat and reconnaissance engineering company, battalion communications platoon, field medical platoon, and field repair and maintenance company commanded by Captain Karamov appointed by Rokossovsky himself.

The large-scale organization of 5 combat force companies, 3 logistics supply support companies, and two non-combat platoons directly under the battalion headquarters can not help but make Malashenko, who took over such a large-scale force for the first time, feel a lot of pressure.

The outstanding talent and talent reflected in combat command does not mean that Malashenko can still do the job of the chief steward perfectly. When he thought that he would have to manage so many troops like an old mother in the future, Malashenko, who was only a middle-level manager of a company department before crossing, felt a headache.

"Hey, can't you just let me continue to do my job as a tank commander? You've given me so many random things at once. If I can't handle it well, will I be sent to the Gulag to experience a one-way luxury tour?"

Just as Malashenko was sitting in his temporary battalion office with such thoughts in his heart, feeling overwhelmed, a Soviet captain who walked into Malashenko's battalion office with almost silent steps, after realizing that he was not noticed, stepped forward again and quietly came to Malashenko's side.

"It seems that the tank heroes passed down by word of mouth by our Red Army tank soldiers are not very vigilant, am I right, Comrade Malashenko."

"Hmm?"

Malashenko, who was concentrating on staring at the organization table in front of him and was stunned, did not notice when a stranger came to his side, and was immediately frightened.

"Oh my god, why didn't you report before you came in? Captain! Didn't your superiors teach you how to be a qualified soldier!?"

Looking at Malashenko's slightly angry expression as he stood up from his chair in shock and fear, the captain, who seemed to have no respect for Malashenko, immediately raised his head and smiled again.

"I didn't expect you to be the same after not seeing you for so long, Malashenko. Your nerves haven't changed at all even now."

"You you are"

Looking at the tank captain in front of him slowly raising his head to reveal his true face, Malashenko, who was holding two different identities in his mind at the same time, suddenly felt that the person in front of him seemed familiar.

"Oh, damn! You Lavrinenko! It's you, Lavrinenko!"

Seeing that Malashenko, who was deeply surprised, finally remembered his identity, Lavrinenko, who had said goodbye to Malashenko after the military operation against Poland a year ago, couldn't help but show a sincere smile after a long separation.

"Long time no see, glad to see you're alright, old classmate."

That's right, in the battlefield of the Great Patriotic War in 1941 where Lin Jie inexplicably traveled through time and space, Malashenko in this time and space and Lavrinenko, the Soviet Army's top tank ace in the future, were classmates who attended the Ulyanovsk Tank Academy in 1935.

"Oh my God, this is really the real Lavrinenko! Wait, this means that the person standing in front of me is the great-grandfather of Rosov? This is too much fate, isn't it?"

In that distant future that can never be traveled back, Rosov, Lin Jie's classmate when he was studying at Moscow University, his great-grandfather was Lavrinenko, the Soviet Army's top tank ace during the Great Patriotic War.

The owner of the Soviet Hero Medal that caused Lin Jie to travel to the battlefield of the Great Patriotic War in 1941 was Lavrinenko, who was standing in front of Malashenko in a living posture!

The accidental and complicated relationship between two generations across two different time and space made Malashenko feel a little overwhelmed for a while.

"My head is a little confused, old classmate, please wait a moment, let me slow down, let me slow down"

Looking at Malashenko in front of him, who was covering his forehead with his hands and blinking continuously as if thinking about something, Lavrinenko, who mistakenly thought that his old classmate was frightened by his actions just now, smiled and stood quietly aside, waiting for the moment when Malashenko recovered enough to talk about the past memories with him.

After several minutes of searching memories and figuring out the idea, he finally confirmed that this relationship across two time and space was so real. He saw with his own eyes the great-grandfather of his old classmate Rosov before he traveled through time and the Soviet Union's top tank ace himself, Malashenko, and then turned his head with a rather complicated look.

"All this really surprised me, Lavrinenko. I'm sorry that I was too unexpected and lost my composure just now. I'm really happy to see you again, old classmate."

"Ha, this is what you should be like, Malashenko!"

Snap——

The two big hands that were quite familiar with each other and had a tacit understanding were tightly clasped together in the blink of an eye. Meeting with the great-grandfather of his old classmate as an old classmate and comrade-in-arms across decades of time and space, this indescribable and extremely magical feeling was like the most wonderful magic in the world, which made Malashenko quite sigh.

"I wonder if this guy Rosov knows that his great-grandfather had a classmate and good comrade named Malashenko. If I have the chance, should I leave a letter for this guy decades later? Ha, I guess he won't believe it even if I leave it! This is even more legendary than a fairy tale!"