Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky participated in the First World War and studied at the Frunze Military Academy during the two world wars. He performed well in the defense of Stalingrad and was awarded the rank of Marshal.
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At the beginning of the Second Battle of Kharkov, the Russian army suffered heavy losses. Malinovsky was questioned by the bearded man and was transferred to the Southwest Front. He urgently needed to prove himself.
"What are the people in southern Africa doing? They are all cowards, cowards -" Malinovsky was angry and frightened. If he could not win Budapest as quickly as possible, he would be further questioned by the bearded man. Basically,
Now you can book train tickets to Siberia.
"The main force of the Southern African Expeditionary Force has not yet arrived at its scheduled location. It will take at least a week for them to launch an attack on Buda." Malinovsky's chief of staff, Ivan Ivanovich, was calm and insulted.
Can't solve the problem.
"This is a delay in fighting. Southern Africans always do this, and so do the British and Americans. Their purpose is to make us and the Germans lose both sides, and never consider our situation -" Kudryash, commander of the 47th Tank Division
Furious, the IS-2 tanks lost in this attack were all from the 47th Tank Division.
The IS-2 is a tank named after the bearded man, which has extraordinary significance. If only a few dozen T34s were lost, Kudryas would not take it seriously.
IS-2 must be used with caution. If you win, forget it. Now that you have lost dozens of IS-2s, you have failed to invade Pest or even break the German position. This is impossible to explain.
"Now is not the time to dwell on this issue. Our goal is to defeat the Germans and regain Budapest. This goal must be achieved no matter what!" Marshal Malinovsky does not care about losses, no matter how great the losses are, as long as the strategic goals can be achieved.
That's worth it too.
It is unspeakable to say that even now, the Russian army is advancing vigorously and the German army is retreating steadily, but on specific battlefields, the Russian army's losses are still far greater than the German army.
To put it bluntly, the German army was pushed to death by the Russians who took advantage of their military superiority.
Since this year, Russia has launched seven large-scale attacks, wiping out nearly 1.2 million German troops and incurring its own losses of around 2.4 million.
During Operation Bagration, the German army lost 270,000 people and the Russian army lost 310,000 people.
In the earlier Battle of the Dnieper River, the German army lost 1.2 million people and the Russian army lost 2.6 million people.
Even in the Battle of Kursk, where Russia won a complete victory, the German army lost 500,000 people and the Russian army lost 700,000 people.
Therefore, Malinovsky did not care at all that the Second Army and the Third Army lost three and a half million men in Budapest, as long as they could win.
"Ivan, go to the other side of the river and urge the Southern Africans to launch an attack on Buda immediately." Malinovsky hoped that the Southern African Expeditionary Force could play a greater diversionary role.
Of course, it would be even better if the Southern African Expeditionary Force attracted the main force of the German army to the other side of the river.
"Okay, I'll go right away -" Ivanovich also knew that this battle was of great significance. If the task could not be completed, both Ivanovich and Malinovsky would pay a heavy price.
Later, Ivanovich took a ferry to the 6th Tank Corps camp in Southern Africa on the west bank of the Danube River.
The 6th Tank Army has not yet been assembled. Chen Cang and Black are contacting the Air Force to conduct more reconnaissance on Buda, hoping to get more information about the German army.
"We will not launch an attack on Buda until we get more detailed information from the defenders. As you know, it is winter and the dispatch of armored forces is greatly restricted. I have to be responsible for my soldiers." Chen Cang refused decisively, not wanting to
Fight city offensive and defensive battles with the German army.
The Germans conducted many brutal urban offensive and defensive battles with the Russian army in Russia, such as St. Petersburg, Moscow, Volgograd, and so on. Each city carried out brutal and desperate battles, and accumulated rich experience in urban offensive and defensive battles.
Relatively speaking, the southern African army has extremely little experience in this area and may suffer heavy losses.
Russia has now assembled nearly 1.6 million troops in Budapest.
The combined southern African and slave armies amounted to less than 200,000 people.
"Chen, the Russians are already trapped beasts. They have no reinforcements and no strategic space. The pressure you face is very small. They are all German servants. You can do it all at once!" Ivanovich said earnestly. He and Malinovsky
I hope to win Budapest before Christmas as a holiday gift to the bearded man.
I can't say this clearly, but the big beard likes this. He is a person who is extremely happy with success. To a certain extent, he is just like the little beard. He only wants to hear news of victory and absolutely cannot tolerate any setbacks or failures.
"General Ivan, that's not the case. Our troops haven't been assembled yet. Even if they all arrive, we will have to wait at least a week before we can launch an attack on Buda." Black told the truth and explained the truth. Rock is not a person who enjoys success.
There are also secret orders for Chen Cang and Blake.
Taking into account the virtues of his allies, Rock also had to be on guard. Just like in the first world war, Rock also gave secret orders to frontline commanders. When necessary, preserving strength was the top priority.
The situation is now clear. Even if the Allies on the Western Front stand aside, Russia has the ability to defeat Germany alone.
With both Britain and France deliberately conserving their strength, Southern Africa cannot take on the task of defeating Germany alone. The Europeans themselves lack the motivation to defeat the Germans, and Southern Africa will not take the lead.
Taking a step back, if Russia defeats Germany and controls Eastern and Northern Europe, then Britain and France, as well as Italy and Greece, must rely more on southern Africa to resist the Russian threat.
If you look at it this way, you have to stand back when it comes to atomic bombs and V2 missiles. Even if you don't get the relevant technologies from Germany, Southern Africa is still far ahead in these fields.
So Chen Cang and Black are really not in a hurry. The situation is obvious now. As long as the Russian army on the other side defeats the German army, the Buda defenders will collapse without a fight.
If Russia cannot take Pest, then even if the 6th Tank Army goes all out, it will have to pay a heavy price to take Buda.
This is also not a multiple choice question.
"Before December, we must win Budapest, no matter what the cost!" Ivanovic said fiercely, 1 million against 200,000, there is no reason to fail.
Simply counting paper data, the Russian army does have an advantage.
But when it comes to fighting, the calculation is not that way. Russia has a military advantage, but it cannot be fully reflected on the battlefield. It can only invest about one division in an attack, and the Germans are fully capable of dealing with it.
The Bulgarian First Division knew how to set up a circular position on the west bank of the Danube, and the Germans were not stupid either.
Relying on the terrain, the German army deployed an arc-shaped position with a depth of ten kilometers in front of Pest. Even if Malinowski broke through the first position, Frisner did not panic at all and could calmly organize the defense.
In July this year, Russia organized Operation Greenbank Spring Dawn in Moscow.
Spring Dawn on Cuidi is actually a prisoner of war parade. About 60,000 German prisoners of war paraded in Moscow, including 19 German generals.
After the parade, these German prisoners of war were sent to prisoner of war camps, where their lives and deaths were unknown.
The German side made a big deal, claiming that all the German prisoners of war who participated in Operation Cuidi Spring Dawn were executed after the parade.
This greatly deepened the fear of Russia by the German army and the Axis servants.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to describe the defenders of Budapest as united, because they knew very well that as long as they fell into the hands of the Russians, they would be dead.
Under this circumstance, the Russian army's attack can really be described as "tragic".
On November 19th, 21st, and 24th, the Russian army organized three consecutive large-scale attacks on Pest. A total of 600,000 Russian soldiers participated in the attacks. The battle lasted for a full week without making any progress. Russia lost nearly 200,000 people.
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The "Overlord" operation of the Allied forces on the Western Front lasted for nearly four months and resulted in a loss of approximately 200,000 men.
Russia lost 200,000 people in just one week. Malinovsky didn't care at all. If he could, he was willing to take Pest at the cost of half of the casualties of the 2nd Army and the 3rd Army.
On November 25, the Southern African Expeditionary Force, which had been assembled and fully rested, finally launched an attack on Buda.
At this time, it had been more than a month since the Bulgarian First Division camped on the bank of the Danube River.
In the past month, the Southern African Air Force has conducted multiple reconnaissance and bombing raids on Buda. Frisner deployed four divisions on the west coast, setting up positions with a depth of 6 kilometers as on the east coast.
However, the deep positions did not have much effect on the Southern African Expeditionary Force. On the first day of the offensive operation, the Bulgarian 1st Division broke through the defensive positions of the Hungarian 1st Division.
The Hungarian First Division is a light infantry division. Although it is a division in name, it actually has only about 8,000 people. After the "Leopard" tanks of the First Division rushed into the position, the officers and soldiers of the Hungarian First Division raised their hands and surrendered.
Axis forces almost never surrendered when facing Russian troops.
But when facing the Southern African Expeditionary Force, they only offered symbolic resistance and then quickly surrendered without any psychological barriers.
Including the German army, as long as they surrender to the Southern African Expeditionary Force, although hard labor is unavoidable, at least they will not be tortured and killed for no reason.
The Hungarian army was indeed unmotivated to fight. Second Lieutenant Yankov of the Second Regiment of the First Bulgarian Division and four soldiers captured about 120 people.
Five people captured 120 people. How to take care of them was a big problem. If the prisoners escaped, there was no way to stop them.
"Dead Hungarians are the best Hungarians. Kill them all and you won't have to worry about them escaping -" Private Malenov was ruthless, and massacring prisoners of war was not uncommon on the battlefield.
It can't be said to be a massacre. At most, it was execution. Anyway, the reason was very sufficient.
"First disarm all their weapons, including their belts -" Yankov was also worried. He was an officer and was equipped with an automatic rifle, while the other four soldiers were equipped with semi-automatic rifles.
With five guns guarding 120 people, the task is arduous.
The prisoners did not know what kind of fate they were about to face. They were extremely frightened. Although they had an absolute advantage in numbers, they had no other ideas and discarded their equipment one after another in accordance with the requirements of the Bulgarian soldiers.
Taking off the belt is a good idea. It's too cold in winter and you can only hold on to your pants with your hands, so you can't run fast, not to mention that no matter how fast you go, you can't run faster than a bullet.
"Take off your shoelaces as well, as well as anything on your body, such as rings, necklaces, watches, etc." The Bulgarian soldier held a helmet in his hand and searched them one by one.
"Sir, this is my wedding ring, please, don't take it away -" a Hungarian soldier begged.
The Bulgarian soldier hit the prisoner hard on the head with the butt of his rifle, knocking the prisoner to the ground, then stepped on the prisoner's hand with his foot and pulled off his ring.
"Please don't take away my ring, I'm willing to use everything I have in exchange-" The prisoner resisted desperately, but still couldn't keep his ring.
At this time, Mark passed by in an off-road vehicle. After seeing this scene, Mark jumped off the off-road vehicle.
"Give him the ring back, don't deprive him of his last hope." Mark stepped forward in time, but the Bulgarian soldiers were too much and didn't pay attention to the expressions of the Hungarian prisoners around them.
Hungary, like Bulgaria, was once part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Hungarians may be afraid of southern Africans, but they are definitely not afraid of Bulgarians.
Just when the Bulgarian soldiers snatched away the wedding rings of the Hungarian prisoners, the faces of the surrounding Hungarian prisoners turned red and subconsciously approached the Bulgarian soldiers. If someone took action at this time, the situation would be out of control.
The stupid Bulgarian soldier didn't notice this scene at all, and Yankov didn't care either. He had just found a diamond watch from a Hungarian officer and was wiping it carefully.
This is understandable. It is the privilege of the victor. When Hungarian soldiers followed the German army to conquer Europe, they also treated prisoners in this way.
"Yes sir -" the Bulgarian soldier reluctantly threw the ring to the ground.
"Thank you, thank you sir -" The prisoner crawled over and cried bitterly, clutching the ring tightly. This may be his only spiritual sustenance.
"That's about it, don't go too far." Mark reminded Yankov.
In the past few years since the Germans conquered Europe, the Hungarians have also gained a lot from following the Germans. The helmets of several Bulgarian soldiers were filled with rings, watches, necklaces, and even earrings, as well as various cash, gold coins, etc.
Rings, watches, etc. are all understandable. Many necklaces and earrings are obviously women's jewelry, and you don't know their origins.
Therefore, it is also the way of heaven that reincarnation is easy, and there is nothing worthy of mercy.
"Please send someone to deal with these prisoners, we are going to continue to attack -" Yankov made a windfall and was satisfied.
At this time, the battle was not over yet. The Bulgarian First Division had broken through two positions in a row and was attacking the city of Buda.
Of course the difficulty is getting higher and higher.
