Chapter 1895 Nightmare Sign

Kalvus knew that he was in big trouble after he heard that the enemies he attacked were the troops of the notorious "Iron Butcher".

At least when he gave the order to do this, Calvus had no idea that the village across the street was stationed with such a fierce force that could scare the shit out of rookies and recruits just by hearing its name.

Don't get me wrong, Kalvus never thought that he had killed a company of the rumored Iron Butcher. This would be something worthy of bragging and glory.

After all, the Iron Butcher was so terrifying that from 1941 to now, the German troops who had fought against him rarely ended well. From Guderian to Paulus to Manstein to the current Model, are there not many famous German generals who have been harmed by him?

This guy is not a senior Soviet general who can be compared with these famous generals of our own, but the vital tactical and strategic role he and his troops played on the battlefield have repeatedly failed to defeat the famous German generals who saw success just around the corner. Return and suffer defeat again and again.

At first, everyone thought they were not encountering the same person or the same troop. However, as time went by and intelligence collection became more and more perfect, everyone began to gradually realize a very serious and alarming problem.

The troublesome enemy everyone is complaining about may actually be the same unit commanded by the same person, that is, the notorious "Iron Butcher" Malashenko, and the so-called Stalin pro-army guard led by him The "1st Stalin Guards Tank Division" of the troops.

After determining the identity of the enemy and the seriousness of the incident, the German General Staff and front-line senior officials immediately began to "combine the investigation" of various clues. Soon, as the comprehensive investigation continued to deepen, they came to a very terrifying truth. in conclusion.

This Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division is not an ordinary Soviet unit, and even the ordinary elite Guards Tank Division is far from comparable to it.

First of all, the German top brass were surprised to find that the Soviet ace heavy armored force had a very special organizational structure. Below the division level, there were three tank regiments, below the regiment level there were three battalions, and below the battalion level there were three companies, and even the company. Three rows back.

Each platoon starts with 2 tanks, and the strengthened elite company even has 3 tanks per platoon. After taking into account the company-level and battalion-level command vehicles and the guard support platoon directly under the battalion commander, the top German army officials were surprised to find that The most common tank company of the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division starts with 8 heavy tanks, and the elite company can even have 11-12 subordinate tanks. 6⃞ 9⃞ s⃞ h⃞ u⃞ x⃞ .⃞ c⃞ o⃞ m⃞

The numbers are even more terrifying when calculated further up. An ordinary tank battalion has more than 20 and close to 30 battle tanks. If it is an elite tank battalion, about ten more tanks will be added to this number, which can basically match the number of tanks. The independent heavy tanks on the German side are equally matched.

If we take into account that the heavy tanks in the hands of the Russians still have a quality advantage, it is no longer necessary to say who has the real strength advantage in this comprehensive comparison.

As for the troop strength figures calculated at a higher level of organization, they are even more frightening. A group of German staff officers took the scratch paper and you calculated and calibrated it for a long time, and I compared it with you, and finally came to a unanimous conclusion that this was The strength of a tank regiment of Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division is at least 80 tanks of various types, excluding other combat auxiliary vehicles.

As for such tank regiments, there are a total of three in the hands of the notorious "Iron Butcher" Malashenko.

"Are you crazy or am I stupid? A Russian tank division has more than 240 tanks, and heavy tanks account for at least 70%? Do you know what 240 or even 150 heavy tanks means? The entire Army Group Center doesn’t have that many heavy tanks combined. Are you kidding me?”

Major Schwerner still remembers the scene when he was talking to the staff officer who came to deliver information, the words he said at the beginning, and the major's ghostly expression with a cigarette in his mouth.

"You don't have to believe it, but you can also think about it with your head."

"This Iron Butcher was already severely overstaffed when he led a brigade. We have collected enough intelligence and evidence to support this. At that time, he was able to use this brigade to withstand the SS III in Prokhorovka. A division has been besieging for a day and a night. Do you think that an ordinary brigade can do all this? The same is true now when it is upgraded to a division-level unit. You know what I mean. "

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"What are you thinking about?"

Calvus on the hospital bed suddenly spoke, which suddenly pulled Major Schwerner's soul out of the clouds and back to reality, followed by a wry smile that shook his head.

"It's nothing, it's just that what you just said reminded me of something. I have to admit, I really can't say that I can ignore the anger of that "Iron Butcher". If we can know that the opponent is them, what will happen to them? It’s the same thing, I guess that “Iron Butcher” must have chewed up the three numbers 502 in his mouth.”

The Soviet army's tactical and strategic intelligence capabilities are far superior to the German army. This has been confirmed by the long battle time and has to be admitted.

So Major Schwerner was right about at least one thing: when the German army can figure out the opponent's unit number, the Soviet army on the opposite side must also be able to do the same thing. This is an inevitable result.

Major Schwerner's words were like a bucket of ice water being poured on them, instantly chilling the atmosphere where the conversation was fine.

Calvus, who was lying on the hospital bed and leaning against the pillow, frowned. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the "Iron Butcher" might not let this matter end so easily. There are various signs that this is definitely a very vindictive guy. Those German troops who have had an advantage over him in previous battles will almost without exception have no good results when they meet him again on the battlefield.

Unless this steel butcher is not strong enough and has temporarily insufficient troops to do anything to you, otherwise it would be almost delusional to even walk around without being able to eat. If there's even the slightest chance, this murderous steel butcher will make it impossible for you to leave.

"There is no other way. Things have already happened, and there is no use in escaping. I can only say to be cautious, be vigilant, and think in advance about how to deal with this group of people again."

Looking at Schwerner's helpless expression, Kalvus, who was also unable to come up with any good ideas, could only speak with worry on his face.

"If it is really necessary, surrender, Schwaner, you must have such awareness and mental preparation. Because that steel butcher will really kill you and everyone under you on the battlefield until no one is left. , He can definitely do this kind of thing.”