The battle on the distant positions started with only the shooting sound of machine guns, rifles, and submachine guns, but soon the explosion of grenades came, and the screams of dying soldiers could be heard.
Not only Ruhlie and others were shocked, but even the commanders and fighters who were lying in the snow on their lurking missions were confused. They didn't understand why the Germans and the Romanian army fought for no reason?
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Seeing the enemy's internal strife, battalion commanders also asked Luhre to fight: "The enemy is now in chaos, and I think we should attack immediately."
"Okay, I understand the troops attack." When Ruchlei issued this order, he added: "Your targets are mainly Romanian troops. As for those Germans, they do not attack us actively, so don't exchange fire with them easily."
Although the battalion commanders of each battalion were puzzled by the order not to exchange fire with the Germans, the Soviet commanders and fighters were always good at obeying the orders of superiors. Since it was the orders issued by Ruh, everyone would naturally implement them unconditionally.
Without artillery preparations before the attack, nor the common signal flares, the officers and soldiers got up from the snow, held weapons, and took big steps towards the enemy's positions.
The Romanian officers and soldiers who had already fallen into chaos did not even expect why the German armored vehicles that had just arrived at the camp during the day would shoot at their own people after dark. But since the other party had already opened fire, they naturally would not sit still and wait for death, so they ignored everything and took up weapons to fight the Germans.
In the night, the officers and soldiers of the Tank Brigade successfully approached the enemy's first defensive position with the sound of gunfire and explosions from afar. The Romanian Taiwan Army, who was dazed, were all attentive to the point of being attracted by the Germans hiding in the armored vehicles. No one was able to take a closer look at the Soviet troops approaching the position.
As soon as the Soviet commanders and soldiers jumped into the trenches, they fought with the Romanian officers and soldiers hiding inside. Seeing the Soviet commanders and soldiers coming from the sky, the Romanian officers and soldiers resisted for a moment, and then with the help of the cover of night, they began to flee in all directions. When the German machine guns that were shooting wildly on this side saw the Soviet army jump into the trenches and started a melee with the Romanians, they immediately turned the guns and shot at the positions where other Romanian troops gathered.
Seeing these German armored vehicles, Soviet commanders and fighters all showed puzzled expressions on their faces: "Why don't the Germans shoot at us? What's going on?"
Fortunately, Ruhlei had the foresight. Before the troops attacked, he ordered the commanders and soldiers to avoid flooding with the German armored vehicles. During the battle, many soldiers approached the German armored vehicles. The machine guns inside not only did not shoot at them, but also turned the guns and fired at other places.
"Hey!" Kegoll rushed to an armored vehicle, shouted loudly at the machine gun that was shooting in other directions: "Which part of you are?"
Soon, the armored vehicle stopped shooting, and a voice came from inside and asked, "Which part of you are?"
"We are from the 19th Independent Tank Brigade, which part of you are?"
"We are from the 67th Guards Division and are ordered to carry out our mission here."
After listening to the other party's answer, Kogoll immediately understood what was going on. He felt that the Germans in these armored vehicles were disguised by friendly comrades. No wonder they shot at the Romanian army. Kogoll turned around and took a flag from a flag bearer, walked to the armored vehicle, and slashed the steel plate of the armored vehicle with his fists.
A soldier wearing a steel helmet pushed open the car door and asked at Kogoll who was standing outside: "Comrade Captain, is there anything wrong?"
Kegol handed over the red flag in his hand and said, "Put this red flag on the roof of your car so as not to have misunderstandings with his own people."
The soldiers of the Guard Division also felt the same way. They quickly took the red flag from Kegoll's hand and inserted it next to the armored vehicle. Seeing the red flag rising next to the armored vehicle, the soldiers who were rushing towards them immediately realized that the emotional armored vehicles were all disguised by their own people. Could they open fire at the Germans?
The trees burning everywhere in the distance illuminated the entire position like daytime. Lukhle, who was far behind, could clearly see what was happening. Especially when he saw the red flag rising beside the armored vehicle, his question was finally answered. He turned his head and smiled at the chief of staff beside him, saying, "Chief of Staff, Colonel Sokov, the commander of the 41st Guard Division stationed in Luhansk, liked to let his enemy's squad disguised as Germans. Maybe this small team that exchanged fire with the Romanian army was his subordinates."
"I have also heard of this Colonel Sokov." The chief of staff nodded and said, "It is said that he has a good way of fighting. The Germans paid a huge price to the Mamayev hill where his troops stood, but they still failed to seize it. Now seeing this small team that was mixed into the enemy's positions, I finally understand why his troops have always won battles. Colonel Sokov is indeed very good in commanding the troops and tactical use."
The gunshots and explosions on the distant positions gradually became sparse. Luhrey felt that it was almost done, so he took the members of the brigade department to go over and join his troops.
There was fire everywhere on the battlefield, and the air was filled with the smell of bloody smoke, which could not be dissipated for a long time. Under this situation, Ruhlei arrived at the battlefield where the battle had just ended.
Seeing the brigade commander appear, Kogoll came over with a man wearing the uniform of a German lieutenant and introduced to Ruhle: "Comrade Brigade Commander, this is Lieutenant Sasha."
"Hello, Comrade Lieutenant." Before Kogore finished introducing, Ruhlei stepped forward and held Sasha's hand, and said enthusiastically: "If I'm not wrong, you must be a subordinate of Colonel Sokov, the 41st Division of the Guards."
"Comrade Colonel," Sasha replied politely after seeing Rukhle's rank, "I am indeed a subordinate of Colonel Sokov, but I am from the 67th Guards Division, not the 41st Guards Division."
After hearing Sasha's answer, Rukhlei was a little confused: "What's going on? Since you are a subordinate of Colonel Sokov, why are you not from the 41st Guard Division? Could it be that Sokov was transferred to other divisions as division commanders?"
Seeing that Rukhre didn't seem to know much about the situation in Luhansk's direction, Sasha explained to him: "Now the defenders of Luhansk are a combat cluster, and Colonel Sokov is the commander of the cluster, so it's right that I am his subordinate. There are several infantry divisions in the cluster, and I am just one of them."
"Oh, so that's the case." After hearing Sasha's explanation, Ruhre finally understood what was going on: "Comrade Lieutenant, I still want to ask, why do you appear in the middle of the enemy?"
"A few days ago, the Cluster Command issued an order to us to put on German uniforms and pretend to be Germans to carry out sabotage behind enemy lines." Sasha explained again: "Especially the troops of these servant countries, they have a natural sense of fear of the Germans. When we appeared in the German army, they did not even dare to check our identities, so they placed us in the safest place in the middle of the position. But they did not know that the entire enemy position was under our firepower coverage.
I originally wanted to use firepower to eliminate some of the Romanian troops and immediately command armored vehicles to escape from here. In this way, the conflict was transferred to the Germans, making the Romanians think that the Germans attacked them. They would definitely have conflicts with the Germans at that time."