From a rational point of view, Grisescu really didn't want the entire division to fight with the Soviet 284th Division. This was simply an act of seeking death!
However, his men showed amazing determination to fight.
Although Giobanu didn't treat his infantry subordinates that way, he himself suffered a sneak attack. The deceptive sneak attack made the Roman soldiers sick to the extreme. In the long battle, the soldiers encountered too many attacks from the enemy.
The Soviet resistance organization carried out sneak attacks, so whenever guerrillas or suspected elements were found, men would be killed without mercy, while women would often be humiliated and then shot.
These soldiers have not yet degenerated into cowards who bully the weak and fear the strong. Now the soldiers' resentment has reached its limit, and they really need someone to vent to! "It's those enemies that have caused us pain for so long! Now that they have appeared, let's kill them!"
This militant mentality brought considerable strength to the troops.
At this moment, what did Grisescu do to protect the main body of the army, and how could the soldiers buy it? He also knew that if he stood still, the morale that had only been built up after an enemy attack would collapse! The collapsed morale would be condensed again.
It’s simply a fantasy!
This is true for soldiers, and it is true for officers as well.
Based on the current situation, Grisescu immediately issued a combat order, and the main decisive battle was ultimately initiated by the Roman army.
Two infantry regiments were responsible for the main attack, with a total strength of 4,000 men. They were arranged in a wide formation, like a giant comb, vowing to comb the forest.
Its artillery regiment and a small number of baggage troops stayed in the barracks. They were responsible for fire support and taking care of a large number of carriages and baggage. When necessary, they would also serve as infantry as a reserve force.
Seventy percent of the combat strength of the Romanian Sixth Infantry Division faced off against the one brigade and two regiments of the Soviet Sixty-third Group Army.
The actual combat strength of the Romanian army was more than 7,000, while the Soviet army was as high as 8,000. In terms of strength and weapons and equipment, the Romanian army was at a disadvantage. They even took the initiative to attack. They did not know that a regiment of the Soviet army had already deployed a firepower that could not be suppressed.
It can be said that the line of defense is not strong, and a hasty attack is bound to cause serious losses!
These Romanian soldiers, who were armed with weak Czech style, formed a skirmish line and groped their way through the forest.
Balzen had noticed these enemies who were attacking in a large scale. After receiving the order from the headquarters, he chose to retreat quietly without firing a shot. After all, now was not the time for a surprise attack. Only when a large number of enemies arrived at the forest defense line and all kinds of machine guns and artillery opened fire.
Maximize damage.
…
The cannons were firing, the birds were fleeing, and the little beasts were hiding in caves and shivering. The whole forest was extremely quiet, so quiet that it was suffocating.
It was in this tense and suffocating situation that Luo Jun searched vigilantly.
The two infantry regiments used the road as a boundary and each searched their own area. Perhaps it was fate that Vladescu, who replaced the seriously injured Captain Chobanu, led the entire regiment to search on the north side of the road. He himself
I was afraid of the Soviet troops who were said to have great military exploits, but I never imagined that this time I would be fighting one against two!
Just three kilometers directly in front of them, the Soviet army equivalent to two reorganized regiments was waiting for work.
Yang Mingzhi has truly moved the frontline headquarters to the front line! This can be regarded as the closest he has been to the battlefield in several months.
The commander's personal presence on the battlefield itself gives a huge morale boost to the officers and soldiers, but his presence is also worrying.
This war is ruthless. What will happen if the commander is accidentally injured?
Yang Mingzhi didn't have such worries. He believed that he had his own destiny! He changed into a soldier's outfit, picked up the sand and put it on top of a Soviet soldier's steel helmet with serious paint peeling off, as if everything was fine.
Back to a year ago.
He was still sitting in the defense zone of Lavrenti's regiment, chatting and laughing with two close comrades.
"It's so nostalgic! I feel like the commander of your special anti-tank battalion again!"
Lavrenti instantly resonated: "Commander! You really look like you! It's just that you won't take the lead in the charge this time! We are still very worried about you! After the war begins, this will be the front line!"
"Of course I won't charge! Brothers, don't charge this time either. As long as the enemy is defeated, our third regiment and cavalry ambushing in the north will help us!"
"North? Third Regiment?" Yevgeny answered: "Commander, there are many female soldiers in the Third Regiment! What tasks do you give them? Are those women?"
"Yevgeny, you are discriminating against women!" Yang Mingzhi joked: "If Yelentina finds out, you will have to write a written examination!"
"I...I'm not discriminating! I'm still worried! Did you really assign the job of chasing the enemy to women? They! They are women after all!"
"Yes! They are women after all!" Yang Mingzhi sighed, "It doesn't make any sense now, I have already issued an order! Maybe this is the boldest order I have issued in this battle! The third regiment and the cavalry
The battalion has reached the edge of the forest in the north, and they are only about nine kilometers away from the enemy. Once we exchange fire with the enemy, I order them to move south. Once we are sure that the enemy's main force is exhausted, they will attack the enemy's weakly defended military camp!
"
The troops of Anatoly and Volmansky have become a rare force that cannot be underestimated. There are also three female battalions among them. No matter how much prejudice the male soldiers have against female soldiers, they will finally have the opportunity to prove themselves in battle!
Joshua was very ambitious this time. After receiving the combat order, she immediately excitedly addressed the girls in the battalion: "Girls! This is our chance to prove ourselves to those men! For a long time, we have been executing peace and harmony.
With the same intensity of training as men, we can walk as fast as flying, we can hit the target with perfect accuracy, and we can hit the target with a stab of a rifle!..."
These words caused the girls to shout "Ula". Almost all of them voluntarily joined the army. Every girl had a deep hatred for the invaders. Thinking about the relatives who died and the burning homes, they had been suffering from no way to take revenge for a long time. Now they have the opportunity to take revenge.
Here they come! Although those Romanians are not Germans, they are the same as the Germans in terms of aggression and destruction.
The third regiment took action immediately after receiving the order. The troops, totaling 2,700 people, adopted a rapid march mode. In the end, it only took 40 minutes to pass through the five-kilometer-long virgin forest and reach its edge. They were at
Rest here and wait for the commander's order to go south.
This extraordinary force must be used to win unexpectedly when necessary. The current battlefield environment is still unclear. Yang Mingzhi is really waiting anxiously and expectantly.
With the addition of the paratrooper brigade, the entire front became two large triangles bordering each other, with a frontal defense line as high as three kilometers.
Just arranging infantry is purely a passive defense, and Yang Mingzhi must also consider the harassment of enemy artillery.
Due to the continuous retreat of the Romanian army's reconnaissance battalion, the Soviet rocket artillery team was able to openly launch false rocket launchers in the city. According to the reconnaissance battalion's report, the approximate location of the enemy's artillery position had been determined, and then the rocket launchers were aimed in that direction.
That's it. Considering that the enemy's military camp must be quite large, the artillery bombardment will definitely cover an area with firepower, and the possibility of concentrating the ammunition boxes to trigger explosions causing greater damage is not small.
The above layout benefited from the large number of radio stations equipped by the Soviet army and the high degree of organization and initiative that each unit had developed over a long period of time. It was already 10:30 in the morning, and the Roman infantry had not yet appeared, so the Soviet army's layout was completed!
Balzen's reconnaissance battalion was transformed into multiple reconnaissance teams, and they paid special attention to the enemy's every move.
What is supposed to come will eventually come, and the scouts finally saw those steel helmets shining in the sun. They were German-made steel helmets! The enemy finally appeared, and their strength was not outnumbered!
The scouts retreated one after another, creating some commotion in the process and alerting the Roman army. It was too late for them to be careful because they had already touched the Soviet defense line.