Thanks for the kind comments and your interest.
Splitting squads is not permitted as written.
BUT I strongly encourage you to do it!
Option 1: P.72 "Drop Team 2 for – 70 points." Done
Option 2: Just split them as you you like but keep P. 10
"3.3 Unit Coherency and Leadership Distance
Every unit in a game of „Victory Decision: World War II“ has a leader. The leader is the model with the highest Leadership Characteristic. If all models have the same Leadership Characteristic, just choose one in the initiative segment."
in mind! Not much of a difference since the Unteroffizier and Obergefreiter both have a Ld of 5!