Romanian Eagle

After the Romanian army captured Bretts, the Polish army led by Piłsudski finally rushed to the Soviet 4th and 15th armies to take Ostrov and Mechnets on the East Prussian border. At this point, his plan was successfully completed, and the five army groups of up to 400,000 Soviet troops were surrounded by him on the Mazoshev field.

And when the news reached Minsk, Tukhachevsky was stunned. Lenin and others, who had been following the war in Moscow, immediately sent him a telegram when they heard the news, demanding that the besieged Soviet troops be rescued at all costs.

So Tukhachevsky immediately dispatched troops to prepare to rescue the besieged Soviet troops. The 3rd, 7th, 9th, and 17th armies were forced to gather in Minsk in just three days to advance towards Bretts. The besieged Soviet troops also organized troops to prepare to break out of the siege. A final battle will inevitably be avoided.

On August 21, the Romanian army that had already entered Bretts was standing by in the fortifications, and the Soviet rescue troops outside the city had already made preparations for the war.

This time, the Soviet army was able to come to the rescue so quickly, thanks to commander Tukhachevsky's battlefield intuition. When he got the news of the counterattack of the Robo coalition, he immediately realized the harm to the Soviet army in Poland. In addition to issuing orders to withdraw immediately, he also ordered the Soviet troops in the rear to assemble to Minsk immediately. And his reaction is not unpleasant, but the speed of Luo Bo's army is faster. The Soviet army in Poland failed to withdraw due to the delay of the Polish defenders, so the rescue he prepared had to act.

That's why it took only one day for Romania to capture Bretts, and Soviet and Russian reinforcements arrived.

Looking at this key city that was captured by Romania one step later, Tukhachevsky immediately ordered an attack regardless of the exhaustion of the troops marching. Because he knew that if he rested for one more minute, he would give his opponent one more minute to prepare.

"Boom, boom, boom"

Violent artillery to open the way is the characteristic of this era, no one will be an exception.

Of course, the defending Romania would not let the Soviet artillery perform a one-man show, and immediately launched a counterattack against the looting Soviet artillery. The artillery of the two sides will fight you and I at the beginning of the game, which is very lively.

When the artillery focused their attention on the other side, the Soviet Russian soldiers, under the command of the leading officer, jumped up and charged the position. Tukhachevsky was also a generous man. There was neither fire reconnaissance nor tentative attack. As soon as he came up, the Soviet army of a division launched a full-scale attack. This is not to blame for him, who can't afford to save soldiers like putting out a fire.

In the face of the fierce attack of the Soviet army as soon as it came up, the commander of the front-line defenders also responded.

"Order the machine guns to fire,

Intercept the enemy into two parts. "

The Romanian officers on the position saw the menacing Soviet troops and immediately gave orders.

At present, in the Romanian Infantry Code of Practice, the tactics of the grass-roots squad and platoon are all developed around the machine gun, especially the role of the machine gun on both offense and defense. The evaluation of the squad leader's performance is all about commanding his subordinates to conduct offensive and defensive drills under the cover of machine guns. By the way, this tactic was created by Marshal Prieshan and then supplemented by Admiral Freyte.

With the firing of machine guns on the position, it was obvious that the attacking Soviet army had broken up. This is not because the attacking soldiers are slow, but the interception firepower at this distance is significantly increased. This is also the skill Romania learned from the Germans. In the Somme, the Germans used the shooting skills to cross the top of the British soldiers in the front row, causing the British to lose 60,000 people in one day. And after the war, Romania learned their skills from Germany.

So the charging Soviet troops tasted the power of this combat skill, and the projectile machine gun bullets fell from the sky and smashed into the middle of the charging team, forcibly intercepting the formation into two sections. Even worse, the Soviet army did not use metal helmets, which made the power of the machine gun projectiles even greater. Many Soviet soldiers fell on the battlefield under the silent blow of this blow.

However, the Soviet Army deserved to inherit the tradition of Russia. In the face of the increasing casualties, they insisted on gritting their teeth, completely ignoring the casualties of their comrades around them.

The Soviet army's desperate charge put a lot of pressure on the front-line positions. As a commander, Feleit, of course, saw it in his eyes, but he was completely unable to care about the front-line positions, because the 11th and 14th armies of the previously defeated enemy could be approaching Bretts. The 7th, 11th, and 17th divisions intercepted each other in an unknown area 15 kilometers away from Bretts.

In addition, the Soviet First Army, which suffered heavy casualties, also collected the remnants and tied up some supplements, and made a roundabout attack to the rear of Bretts, but they were stopped by the mobile corps composed of cavalry divisions and armored brigade. . The two sides fought a battle near the Bouguer River, and the fighters of the Soviet First Army were currently repelled.

However, Lieutenant General Weidesiqi did not dare to relax their vigilance, for fear that the supply line would be intercepted by the Soviet cavalry, which would be really fatal. Be aware that the Romanian army is very dependent on supply lines.

However, while Admiral Fereit was dealing with intelligence on other fronts, the attacking Soviet troops finally rushed to the position despite the casualties.

"Quick, rush in."

A Soviet army officer, waving a pistol, shouted loudly to his soldiers.

"Kick them out."

Likewise, the Romanian officers on the position were also commanding the soldiers, intending to drive them away.

So the two soldiers fought together.

"kill"

A Romanian soldier in the position, holding a rifle with a bayonet, charged at a Soviet soldier who had just jumped into the position.

On the other side, several Soviet soldiers jumped into the position and immediately greeted the Romanian soldiers who came.

Soldiers from the two sides confronted each other in the narrow trenches, and bayonets, daggers, shovels, stones, etc. became weapons. They don't mind using it as long as it can cause fatal damage to the opponent.

A Soviet soldier here took the bayonet out of a Romanian soldier's belly, and a Romanian soldier over there directly swung a shovel to knock a Soviet soldier down.

In the trenches, the soldiers of the two sides gathered together, and each cleaned his own section of the trench with the advantage of the number of people.

But at this time, a standing tool in Romania became a big killer in the trenches. As a tool for digging trenches to reinforce positions, the engineer shovel is particularly useful in trenches, and many Soviet soldiers fell on this inconspicuous tool. In addition, the MP18 submachine guns and shotguns in the Romanian army were even more powerful in the trenches, defeating the Soviet soldiers.

These two weapons, which were born with the United States and Germany, were specially introduced by Romania after seeing the good results in the First World War. At present, I can see that they are worth the money. With the sound of bang, bang, bang, and the sound of submachine guns, the Soviet troops that rushed into the position for a while were retreating. Many soldiers were squeezed out of the trenches, which made the leading Soviet officers jump, but there was nothing they could do.

The Mosin-Nagant rifle they used had a bayonet with a length of 1.7 meters and could not be used at all in the trenches. So in front of Romania's various trench killers, the Soviet soldiers were driven out of the trenches one after another.

The Soviet commander who was in charge of commanding the battle saw this situation and had absolutely no choice. The angry general's hat fell to the ground.

So the Soviet army's first attack ended hastily under such circumstances.