Romanian Eagle

After hearing that Stalin was not far from him with reinforcements, Yegorov immediately regained his energy. He said loudly to the officer: "Inform everyone of this good news immediately. Let everyone speed up, we are saved."

The news that reinforcements were just ahead greatly encouraged the soldiers of the Western Front. Everyone had a look of hope on their faces, and their footsteps became much lighter. After a fiasco, anyone can feel better with reinforcements to help them.

When the chasing Romanian troops on the northern front chased after Wadri, he encountered the Soviet Russian army, which had combined more than 300,000 troops.

Lieutenant General Mandive looked at the Soviet Russian troops who were ready to fight and had an absolute advantage in numbers.

Lieutenant General Mandive was a little shy in his heart because of the huge disparity in troops and the increase in uncertainty about field operations. For the sake of stability, he could only order to retreat first.

Watching the Romanian soldiers slowly retreat into the darkness, the Soviet and Russian soldiers present cheered, as if they had won a battle. Stalin and Yegorov, who were watching the Romanian army on the front line, also eased their worries.

"Fortunately, the opposing commander was cautious and did not attack."

Stalin saw the retreating Romanian army, and his nervousness was mostly relieved. If you mainly attack on the opposite side, you will find that you are all Xibei goods here, the kind that will collapse after a hit. Only God knows how much combat power an army composed of recruits and defeated soldiers can have.

Yegorov, who was chasing after retreating and letting his burden fall, immediately remembered the Soviet Russian soldiers who were sacrificed because of his wrong decision, especially the abandoned 14th Army. Unable to bear the grief in his heart, he shed tears at Stalin, the political commissar.

"Comrade political commissar, I have failed the expectations of the motherland and the central government, and I am sorry to the party and the people. The responsibility for this defeat is all my fault, and I failed to discover the other party's intentions."

The commander, who was in his thirties, cried sadly like a child in front of the political commissar.

Seeing his partner burst into tears, of course Stalin would not let him cry just like that, and quickly comforted: "Comrade Commander, the responsibility for defeat is not only on you, but also on our entire Western Front. At present, our priority is The task is to return to Kyiv first to ensure that the enemy will not take the opportunity to seize the most important city in Ukraine. As for the future responsibility, we will talk about it in the future.”

Stalin spoke words of comfort to Yegorov, among which, in his opinion, the two leaders of the Western Front were not the most responsible parties. The biggest problem is the order given to them at the center, or the wrong order caused by the overestimation of their own strength,

They are nothing more than victims of this misguided order. Of course, these words can only stay in his heart, blaming the central government's decision, not everyone has the courage to do it.

Under Stalin's persuasion, Yegorov reorganized his mentality. After confirming that the Romanian army had retreated, they hurriedly retreated to Zhytomyr, Kyiv and other cities along the Dnieper River with the army overnight.

The retreating Romanian army on the northern front was at the Kalots Bridge, and encountered the commander of the 14th Army in the middle of the army to pursue Admiral Fereit.

After hearing the news that a large number of enemy reinforcements had responded to the pursuit of the target and withdrawn, Admiral Fereit threw the military cap in his hand to the ground.

"Damn it, let this guy go in vain. Lieutenant General Mandive is too cautious, why not entangle him."

The irritable Admiral could not help but complain. Seeing that he was about to get full power, he didn't expect that the duck he got flew halfway away. No one complains about anyone else.

Hearing Freiette's complaint, Chief of Staff Andrew stepped forward to explain: "It may be that Lieutenant General Mandif wanted to avoid too many casualties. You heard him just now. There were about 300,000 enemies at that time. And the night is not conducive to fighting. And when he chased, he didn't bring a lot of equipment, and he didn't know when we would arrive."

Andrew's explanation made Feleit feel a little better, and he was indeed responsible for failing to wipe out the enemy. That damned enemy, the 14th Army, dragged itself down for too long, causing them to miss the time to pursue.

Seeing that Fereit's complexion improved a lot, Andrew asked again, "Are we still chasing it now?"

Hearing Andrew's question, Feleit said angrily: "What are you chasing. After a delay of one night, the enemy has already retreated. Since only half of the ducks are left, they cannot be allowed to fly away. "

The half-duck that Admiral Fereit was talking about was obviously referring to the 6th and 9th Army in Nemirov. And what about the army that attacked Nemirov?

When Yegorov telegraphed to Sklev that the plan had failed and that he needed to evacuate. The 6th and 9th Army had already attacked the second Romanian line of defense on the southern front, and when his telegram arrived, it caused a heated quarrel in the headquarters.

At that time, one side thought that since the plan failed, it needed to retreat immediately, and could not wait for the other two Romanian troops to encircle it.

On the other hand, they said that if they go back now, the rolling mountains and forests will also become their biggest obstacle, and there cannot be too many soldiers who can return to the motherland. Because Romania is very likely to set up a blockade outside this mountain forest, as long as they go out, they will throw themselves into the net. It is better to take a gamble and turn southeast immediately after taking Nemirov, pass through Uman, where the enemy has fewer troops, and return to Cherkasy under the rule of Ukraine.

Each of these two schemes has its own advantages. As long as the first scheme runs fast, there is a great chance of escaping part of the army. After all, it will take time for the other two Romanian troops to come around. But the difficulty is that a considerable part of the army will be wiped out by the enemy.

The second plan, as long as they can quickly defeat the enemy in front of them, they can escape before the other two enemy forces come around. But the difficulty is that if you can't defeat Nemirov's enemies, they will face the end of being wiped out.

And these two options must be chosen as soon as possible, they can't delay the time, otherwise they will just wait for the enemy to encircle and destroy them.

Sklev, who was their commander, was in a dilemma at this time. Both options were so difficult for people to choose. In the end, out of safety considerations, Sklev chose the first plan and retreated backward through the mountains and forests.

Just do what he said, after making up his mind, Sklev immediately ordered the troops to withdraw, and everyone only brought sidearms and other daily necessities such as food. As for the artillery and machine guns and other equipment brought over by the shoulder-to-shoulder people, all of them were thrown away. Within two hours, the Soviet Russian 6th and 9th Army entered the nearby mountains and forests again.

This made the First Division of the Imperial Guard and the 28th Division sigh in vain.

And Lieutenant General Ankodar immediately retreated the enemy to the mountains and planned to retreat, and informed General Fereit, who was still besieging and destroying the 14th Army at the time. That's why the admiral himself said that the remaining half of the duck can't let it fly.

So when the other two fronts of Romania came around, the 6th and 9th Army was already doomed to lose most of its fate. Sure enough, at the beginning of the 6th and 9th Army, when the encirclement was not completed, all but 50,000 people escaped from the encirclement, and all the others behind did not escape.

When these cold and hungry Soviet Russian soldiers appeared in the field, they were faced with Romanian soldiers who had been waiting for a long time. Faced with this desperate situation, most Soviet Russian soldiers wisely chose to surrender. A small number of diehards were wiped out on the spot. Over the next ten days, 110,000 Soviet and Russian troops were captured by Romania one after another.

I would like to say here that during this siege, a young Soviet Russian soldier named Dofusko stayed in the forest for three months. After the final calm between Romania and the Soviet-Russian border, they returned to their homeland. At that time, the Soviet-Russian newspapers reported on the soldier who persisted in desperation, and pushed his reputation to a very high level.

In the battle of Vinnitsa, the final official statistics. The two sides sent a total of one million troops to fight for the ownership of Western Ukraine, and Romania won in the end.

But as the price of victory, the Romanian army suffered more than 65,000 casualties. Among them, 21,573 people were killed, 43,872 people were injured, and 1,876 people were missing.

As the defeated side, the Soviet Russian army lost a total of 265,401 people this time. Among them, 67,341 people were killed, 46,243 people were injured, 134,516 people were captured, and the remaining 10,000 people were all missing persons.