It was already the early morning of May 19 when Commander Luo Corps received this order! By then Yang Mingzhi had already issued the order for the guerrilla brigade to evacuate and made all preparations for the evacuation! Therefore, the Soviet army had the upper hand in preparing for war.
Luo Jun had prepared for more than ten hours!
With these dozen hours, the Soviet army was ready for battle!
As time entered the afternoon, Balzen established a temporary battalion headquarters on the edge of the forest. He only left the battalion's direct platoon, and the other infantry platoons scattered for reconnaissance.
Tokov's four infantry platoons were divided into four groups, forming a search surface with a width of two kilometers, heading north along the forest and the church out of the plain.
There were two platoons marching in the wilderness. The half-meter-high green weeds seriously slowed down their speed and also provided good protection. These scouts had camouflaged their helmets with hemp rope.
The net cover is now covered with weeds.
Seen from a distance, these scouts are submerged in the grass, and only by careful observation can they see their traces.
They left the camp and headed farther and farther north, and Tokov became increasingly nervous.
"Everyone remains vigilant, we may suddenly encounter the enemy!"
This warning can be described as the same, and the soldiers have long been tired of hearing it. Needless to say, the grassroots soldiers will not relax their vigilance because of this.
But the grass was really tall. How could they quickly discover what was in the grass pit in the distance?
Suddenly, a sudden gunshot completely ended Tokov's search!
Everyone immediately squatted down, and Tokov shouted nervously: "Who is it? Who is on fire?"
Just as the live sound fell, two more gunshots rang out. This time Tokov said nothing more. He saw with his own eyes three people getting out of the grass pit. They were wearing obviously German helmets and were heading towards them.
Running wildly in the northeast direction.
The scouts immediately started shooting, and the precise bullets easily knocked down the three men. Then the soldiers swarmed up and controlled the "German soldiers". When they got closer, they discovered that all the enemies had died.
These three "German soldiers" were extraordinary. They did wear the unique German steel helmets, and the clothes on their bodies were not the gray German uniforms, but khaki. Therefore, the scouts who came over immediately made a judgment - these people
It's the Romanian Army.
Tokov hurried over in person and asked the soldiers who were examining the dead bodies: "Who are these people?"
"Must be Romanian!" one soldier replied.
"Romanians? They are wearing German helmets! What else did you find?"
After some exploration by the scouts, they found an atlas, a compass, a pen, and a very useful military telescope from the corpse. Similarly, the enemy was also equipped with submachine guns. Tokov quickly understood that these submachine guns were definitely
It is not equipped by the German army! It is very similar to the German MP38 in shape.
Tokov raised his head warily and looked around, and he immediately decided: "Brothers, take away all the usable things from the dead body, and let's secretly observe from a distance to see if there are any enemies coming!"
These dead people were quickly determined to be Romanian soldiers, not only because they were unique in their clothing and weapons and equipment from the German army, but also because the soldiers' IDs found on their bodies clearly marked ROMANIA in Latin letters, making it no longer necessary to speculate on their identities.
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Tokov's company headquarters withdrew to the forest and immediately ordered the company's telegraph operator to send an emergency telegram to the battalion headquarters.
At the same time, the gunshots were heard far away, and Balzen could faintly hear them. He couldn't help but feel worried. A few minutes later, he received a telegram from Tokov.
Tokov spent a short time analyzing the captured atlas. He was pleasantly surprised to find that the enemy seemed to have marked their positions, with pencil-outlined arrows and hand-drawn circles. They even marked the time! This is
What? They almost outlined a complete marching route! Tokov also saw the number "5.19" marked on a circle. What does this mean? Isn't this the exact location of the Roman Army?
He immediately informed Balzen of this information.
"They are the scouts of the Romanian army? So the enemy has not entered the forest yet!" Balzen calmed down and relied on Tokov's description to mark the approximate location of the Romanian army on his map. At the same time, he also ordered Tokov
Continue to observe, do not fire, and stay hidden.
The guide accompanying the army gave a different opinion: "Comrade Battalion Commander, the enemy has always been behind our guerrilla brigade! So our army can fire at it and announce our presence. In this way, the Romanian army will mistakenly think that it is the guerrilla brigade that is firing at it.
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Balzen thought for a while and realized that this made sense. He really wanted to practice with the Roman army. After some weighing, he modified the order to authorize Tokov to fire on the exposed enemy.
The order was passed, and Tokov was filled with joy. He and the soldiers were eager to fight and kill the enemy and get medals. This was simply an important reason for them soldiers to live!
The infantry company immediately gathered its team, inserting grass into the gaps in their clothes one by one, making each soldier look like a ball of green grass. They hid under the uncle at the junction of the forest and the plain, and the black holes of the gun muzzles came one after another.
Pointing to the east, just waiting for the enemy to appear.
At the same time, the scouts who searched south also brought back information about the "outpost". It was indeed an outpost, but strangely empty. The scouts went straight to investigate. They didn't even find a single person, but they found it.
Radio and folders, and also saw the deep ruts on the ground. They also found the German flag on the wooden wall, pried open the locked table, and found some personal belongings.
The scouts took away useful things, especially the documents, and turned back north.
A series of reconnaissance intelligence made Balzen increasingly nervous. This was not a peaceful afternoon at all. The crisis was gradually approaching in this comfortable and warm south!
After receiving Tokov's reconnaissance information, he immediately sent a telegram to Slavdzic.
According to Balzen's description of the dead enemies, Yang Mingzhi asked Miroshniko and got a very definite answer: "They must be scouts of the Romanian army! These Romanian soldiers have their own military uniforms, but they all wear
The steel helmet of the German army. These scouts must be in front of their large forces, and the main body of the enemy must also be in the wilderness!"
It was just the afternoon, and the Soviet soldiers who had completed their deployment were enjoying their lunch break in their new camp. Yang Mingzhi also squinted for a while. After receiving the urgent call from Balzen, he had to take action immediately.
As soon as the enemy appeared, he immediately ordered all battalion commanders to come to the headquarters for a meeting.
Without saying much, Yang Mingzhi announced the appearance of the enemy and ordered all troops to prepare their armaments immediately.
He also made this decision: "I will let Balzen take the initiative to attack the invading Romanian army and lure them to the correct path of attacking Slavdzic. The Romanian army will not attack rashly if they mobilize a large number of troops.
The general attack is likely to be tomorrow morning. We also have to consider the possibility that the enemy is stupid, that is, attacking with all their strength as soon as they engage us. In this way, we will fight them on a large scale in the evening!"
The battle situation changed so fast that most of the soldiers had not had a good rest in the past few days to recharge their batteries. Yang Mingzhi was very helpless and had to order the soldiers to stop taking a lunch break and be fully prepared for the upcoming war!
However, his military meeting had just ended and he was about to send an "active induction" order to Balzen. Balzen took the lead and sent information about the exchange of fire between the reconnaissance battalion and the enemy.
This message is very explicit. He is communicating in plain language. The value of the communication is not what Balzen said, but the background, which is full of gunshots!