Chapter 1077 The reconnaissance battalion arrives at the edge of the forest
The main purpose of the reconnaissance battalion is to find traces of the enemy and launch reconnaissance immediately.
Miroshniko's description of the enemy was very detailed, but Yang Mingzhi did not completely believe it. Could it be that the enemy's vanguard was really just an infantry regiment equipped with only light weapons? He believed in his own reconnaissance report, and the heavy burden fell on him.
On Balzen's body.
The reconnaissance battalion received this order in the morning, and all the soldiers in the battalion immediately made simple preparations. This time it was not an armed reconnaissance. Hundreds of people were mainly used as scouts. The soldiers temporarily abandoned a lot of heavy equipment and only brought one day's rations and two
With a basic amount of ammunition, we headed straight to the edge of the forest.
The troops knew only a fraction of this forest, but fortunately Miroshniko happily sent several officers to serve as guides for the reconnaissance camp.
For Balzen, this reconnaissance mission is related to whether the ambush can proceed as planned. Obviously, it is out of the commander's trust that he entrusts such an arduous task to him. He also feels a little guilty.
The shrewd and capable soldiers actually did such a dirty thing, which brought shame to the Red Army soldiers! Although the reconnaissance battalion sentenced the criminal soldiers to death in the end, this still could not undo the negative impact of this incident on the army.
The only thing that can restore the image is victory!
Excluding the soldiers who were killed or wounded in the battle, Balzen's troops were reduced to just over 500. With the help of three guerrilla brigade guides, they followed the forest on the north side of the road and groped their way toward the east.
The guerrilla brigade inherited their usual high speed and marched steadily through the dense forest at a speed of five kilometers per hour.
The straight-line distance to move from Slavdich to the eastern border of the forest was at most six kilometers, so Balzen arrived at the edge of the forest at 12:30 in the morning and saw a large open area.
In front of them was the vast Ukrainian plain, and the nearest large city to the east, Chernihiv, was only more than thirty kilometers away.
Balzen sighed: "There should be no dense forests going forward, and some must be just sporadic small woods. This environment is really suitable for the overall advancement of the tank corps!"
The guide affirmed: "Yes! After we withdrew from the Latiz Forest, we walked in the wilderness for three full days! If we were traveling through the forest, Luo Jun would not chase us so closely!"
"You are still moving very slowly! Look at you, you are not following our team!"
"Of course!" the guide shook his head helplessly, "Of course elite troops can move quickly. But if you lack supplies, have to protect a large number of non-combatants, and also block the enemies who are following you, your marching speed will definitely not be improved!"
"That's true! Our high mobility is also based on the soldiers having enough food!"
Balzen said no more. He ordered several soldiers under his command to climb up a big tree and hold up a telescope to investigate. He himself stood on the ground, looking at the horizon of the land covered with weeds.
The sky is blue, the earth is green, and the horizon is really a straight line.
He shook his head: "It seems that the enemy is not in this direction, maybe they have not reached the forest yet!"
The guide was immediately panicked, and he immediately objected: "No! Comrade Battalion Commander, the enemy not only exists, but must have moved to the edge of the forest! We had a small-scale encounter with them yesterday. The enemy knew that we had entered the forest, and they
He will never watch us escape! We..."
"I know! So we have to continue the investigation!" Balzen asked impatiently and loudly: "From which direction did you enter the forest yesterday? I have forgotten it!"
"It's the north!"
Looking along the calloused hands raised by the guide, Balzen immediately squatted down to check the map. The troops were very close to the road, and it was confirmed that the road was more than one kilometer away from the forests on both sides! This was a road with a width of up to two meters.
A plain sandwiched between kilometers of forest, the plain extends towards the forest and gradually becomes narrower.
Balzen looked at the map here and marked his position with a pencil. The scout in the tree discovered the situation south of the current position.
The scout quickly climbed down and reported that he had found several wooden houses and even other facilities about two kilometers to the south. Various signs indicated that it was a checkpoint or outpost.
Balzen was shocked. He knew that the soldiers' reconnaissance information was correct. The military telescopes equipped by the soldiers were "whistle scopes" with a magnification of an astonishing fifteen times! Only the entire reconnaissance battalion has such high-end and excellent optical equipment.
Five. Good steel is used on the blade, coupled with the clear air that is not polluted in this era, it is not surprising that the scouts with excellent eyesight can detect the enemy two kilometers away.
However, such reports also made Balzen suspicious. There were many signs that the Romanian army did exist. The scouts climbing on the treetops searched an area with a radius of at least two kilometers, but found nothing except the enemy's "checkpoints."
Furthermore, the checkpoint was full of anomalies. The scouts could clearly see the buildings and even the roadblocks, but they didn't even find a single figure! This is so strange!
With the heavy burden still on his shoulders, Balzen knew that he had to find the enemy! He had to consider the worst case scenario, that is, the enemy had entered the forest and moved towards Slavdzic. Wouldn't the commander's wishful thinking be ruined!
He immediately called the platoon leader to the battalion headquarters and marked out reconnaissance targets for them on the map one by one.
Because the enemy may appear in the north, the most difficult reconnaissance task was handed over to Tokov's company.
Reconnaissance platoons, like reconnaissance planes released by aircraft carriers, rushed in their own directions, except for the ones heading east. Because the scouts climbing on the tops of the red pine trees were already holding the special telescopes for sentries, searching for the big enemy.
Dark shadow on the ground.
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So, is the Romanian Sixth Division really moving towards the forest? The answer is yes!
The reconnaissance battalion does have very good reconnaissance equipment, but the distance between them is still too far!
The leading infantry regiment of the Romanian army is five kilometers northeast of Balzen's current position! Because it was exactly noon, a large number of Romanian soldiers stopped for a picnic.
The sun is shining brightly today, there are not many clouds in the sky, but the warm south wind is not so gentle. The wind rustles the forest and blows away the smoke from the kitchen immediately. Therefore, if there is no wind today, the keen scouts can
Look clearly at the rising smoke. The one who emits these smoke is none other than the enemy!
It can be said that the south wind delayed the major events of the reconnaissance camp and also pushed Tokov's people into a dangerous situation.
On the whole, the Romanian army is lagging behind. The firepower level of its army is equivalent to that of the Japanese army, but in terms of combat will, the Romanian army is really bad.
Since the majority of Romanian soldiers are soldiers, they must obey orders. The majority of soldiers first swear an oath to the king and then to the country. However, the Antonescu Group controls national affairs, and the Royal Romanian Army has become Antonescu's private army.
During the talks between Antonescu and Hitler, Hitler promised that Romania would not only regain the Bessarabia region in the northeast, but also obtain a large area of Ukrainian territory. This promise was actually welcomed by the majority of Romanians, after all, western Ukraine
The Bessarabia region was originally Romanian territory! Romania had their reasons for regaining their homeland, but their troops advanced to Donbass and Crimea. The fact of aggression can no longer be refuted.
As the war continued, the hundreds of thousands of Romanian troops who invaded the Soviet Union became increasingly exhausted. They faced increasingly strong resistance from the Soviet army, as well as unprecedented consumption of materials and personnel on their own side! Of course, the Sixth Infantry Division gained
Although they had a good rest, their strength never recovered. Only more than 8,000 people in the dignified infantry division devoted themselves to the encirclement and suppression of the Soviet 17th Guerrilla Brigade. This liquidation operation was regarded as boring by the Romanian army.
After being slapped in the face, they also became serious.
The new casualties were real, and what was even worse was the hasty pursuit. It was difficult for the dispersed infantry divisions to complete the tactical change from defense to pursuit in just three days.
Fortunately, there was an infantry regiment that ran the fastest, but their logistics problems became more and more serious. After two days of pursuit, they successfully caught up with Miroshniko. After several fierce battles, the Romanian army did not take advantage at all.
.The casualties on both sides were very small, and the guerrilla brigade successfully took advantage of the darkness to greatly widen the distance between the two armies.
At this point, Luo Jun really had to slow down. Why? They had almost finished their dry food, and their logistical supplies were still far behind, especially since other troops were still splitting up and heading west. Even if they reported the battle early,
Depending on the situation, it will take a lot of time for them to change their route and come over. By then, the enemies will have fled into the forest!
Do we expect Slavdzic’s friendly forces of Ukrainians to defeat them? Don’t be kidding! There are no less than 2,000 Soviets. Isn’t it easy for them to deal with a few hundred people?!
Therefore, it is not surprising that the commander of this Romanian infantry regiment received a new combat goal from his superiors: "Based on the fact that the city of Slavtich has been occupied by the Russians, you must rush there immediately to regain this city!"