Romanian Eagle

August 16 was the launch day of the Piłsudski plan, and the Romanian army under the command of Admiral Fereit was already ready. With the help of the Poles, he also knew the enemy's position very well. After all, this is the innate advantage of Poland's local intelligence.

According to the information available, Admiral Fereit already knew that the Soviet Russian 11th and 14th armies were located on the Demblin-Parchev line, protecting not only the flanks of the Soviet Russian army besieging Warsaw, but also its rear and supply lines. safety.

In order to deal with the deployment of Soviet Russia, Admiral Freiit made the following arrangements. The 3rd, 7th, 12th, and 19th divisions were the left-wing corps under his personal command, and two heavy artillery regiments were attached to target the enemy 14th Army on the front line of Parchev.

The 5th, 9th, 18th and Polish 3rd Corps are the right-wing corps, with Lieutenant General Mandive as the commander and General Smigwi as the deputy commander (the Polish 3rd Corps commander). And is assigned a heavy artillery regiment to deal with the enemy's 11th Army in the Demblin line.

As for the remaining cavalry divisions and armored brigades as mobile corps, they will face new enemies that may appear at any time.

The new enemy mentioned here can only be the First Army of the Russian Cavalry. On the vast plains of Poland, the role of cavalry need not be said. That's why Admiral Fereit brought the cavalry division and the armored brigade. He hoped that this unit would be able to deal heavy damage to the cavalry of the Soviet Union.

In fact, after the Romanian military seized Western Ukraine, they expressed concern about the vast plain terrain of the new territory, and many of them suggested the formation of new cavalry divisions to deal with national defense pressure. However, their proposal was suppressed by Pu Lieshan and other military leaders, but the number of cavalry divisions was expanded.

At present, the Romanian cavalry division adopts a large organization; the cavalry division has three cavalry regiments (one of which is a mounted infantry regiment), a cavalry regiment (it is said that the cavalry artillery is actually a towed artillery transported by vehicles), and a transport regiment (the largest organization) The Division Transport Regiment), an engineer battalion, in addition to a divisional guard company, a communications platoon, a field hospital, a veterinary team, a chaplain, etc.

The cavalry regiment consisted of three cavalry battalions and one cannon battalion. Each cavalry battalion has four cavalry companies and one machine gun company, and each cavalry company has 114 officers and soldiers. The entire division has a staff of more than 13,000 people, which is comparable to the two half-cavalry divisions of Soviet Russia.

So don't look at Romania as a cavalry division, its strength is not weak at all. But not to mention the armored brigade accompanied by the cavalry nemesis, which is enough to deal with the first Soviet-Russian cavalry army commanded by General Budyonny.

So in the early morning of the 16th, the Romanian army launched a fierce attack on the Soviet Russian army on the Demblin-Parchev line.

Still familiar with the artillery opening, the three heavy artillery regiments took the lead in firing as the core of fire support.

Maybe more than 100 heavy artillery with a caliber of 150 or more are not conspicuous on the front line of more than 30 kilometers, but how can Admiral Freiite distribute the artillery equally?

He concentrated the artillery. They bombarded several predetermined breaches violently. At the same time, when the heavy artillery extended to the rear, the artillery attached to each division bombarded it again.

As an old opponent of the Romanian army, the 14th Army also suffered great losses in the Battle of Vinnitsa. So they, led by Commander Smirga, took full advantage of the terrain and fortifications to avoid Romanian artillery. But there are exceptions to everything.

"Don't run around, hurry up and hide."

A Soviet Russian officer was yelling at a recruit who couldn't stand the heavy artillery fire.

The Soviet-Russian soldier was panic-stricken by the shelling, his face was pale and he ran around the field like a headless fly. He just wanted to find a place where there was no explosion to hide. At this time, a shell exploded near him, and the soldier arrived without a word.

"Hey"

Seeing the soldier's sacrifice, the officer sighed. Then he turned his head and yelled at the other soldiers: "If you see it, this is the end of running around. If you encounter shelling, don't run."

Listening to the officer's roar, the recruits in the team nodded to indicate that they knew.

The 14th Army, which suffered huge losses in the Battle of Vinnitsa, had such a situation because too many new recruits were replenished. Therefore, its actual combat capability is much weaker than before.

There is always a time to stop the shelling, not to mention that Romania is just a pseudo-power, and the shells also cost money. So after three hours of bombardment, the shelling stopped.

When the shelling stopped, the officers of the 14th Army jumped up as if they had been kicked in the buttocks.

"Hurry up and go out, the enemy is attacking."

Some officers even thought the soldiers were slow to respond, and even kicked them in the buttocks. There is also a reason for these officers to rush the soldiers quickly. They fought with the Romanian army before, and their soldiers were almost touching their positions after the shelling ended. How can such an excellent combination of infantry and artillery not be impressive.

After the soldiers were driven to the position, it turned out that the Romanian who was attacking was less than 300 meters away from him, which surprised many soldiers who were fighting with the Romanian army for the first time.

"Fire quickly, don't let the enemy get close to the position."

With the roar of the officer, the Soviet Russian soldiers on the position immediately shot at the attacking Romanian soldiers with their weapons, trying to intercept the opponent in front of the position.

Of course, the attacking Romanian army would not let the other party do as he wished, and exchanged fire with the Soviet Russian soldiers with the weapons in their hands. For a time, the two armies shot at a distance of two or three hundred meters.

Behind the front line, the commander of the 14th Army, Smilgar, was observing the situation on the battlefield. He couldn't help but care, he had already tried the attack power of the Romanian army. And this time facing the Romanian attack, Smilgar was a little worried about his troops.

In his observation, the soldiers on the Soviet-Russian positions were gradually suppressed by the Romanian soldiers. Many soldiers on the position were hit and fell into the trenches, and the Romanian soldiers were gradually approaching the position within 100 meters. One hundred meters is a dangerous distance for the positional defender. This distance is already the final charge distance in the Soviet-Russian Infantry Code of Practice. According to Soviet-Russian practice, at this time everyone needs to stand up and rush to the position at the fastest speed.

So seeing the danger of being dashed into the position by the Romanians, Smilgar immediately gave the order. "Order the 38th Division to send a brigade to reinforce the front-line positions immediately, and make them move faster."

The Soviet reinforcements were quick, and they rushed into the position against the artillery fire. After receiving reinforcements, the firepower density of the first-line positions increased greatly, and the Romanian offensive was beaten back.

Seeing the soldiers cheering for repulsing the enemy, Smilgar felt a little uncomfortable. The enemy let himself send reinforcements for the first time, and the next battle will be very difficult. At this time, requesting reinforcements is within his consideration.

At present, only the First Army of Cavalry under the command of General Budyonny can provide reinforcements, so Smirga's telegram for assistance was sent to General Budyonny.

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