The Romanian army responsible for reinforcing the Imperial Division was the vanguard motorized division. An armored regiment was temporarily placed in this unit.
Romanian Marshal Antonescu made such arrangements just to show off his strength in front of the Germans, but he never thought that the Germans had already fought a battle with the Soviet army that broke out of the forest, and achieved very significant results.
The armored regiment comes from the Romanian 1st Armored Division, which is a very elite force in the country. A Romanian armored regiment has two battalions, each with three tank companies and a maintenance company, and each company has fifteen tanks. Therefore, the entire regiment only has 90 tanks, which is indeed much less than the 152 tanks of the German armored regiment.
This is also what the scouts reported. This attacking enemy is not equipped with many tanks.
The Soviet army still regards these guys as Panzer III or Panzer IV tanks. In fact, the Renault R35 tank they will face is equivalent to, or even inferior to, the T-26. In this regard, the Soviet army seems to be too Give the Romanians face.
Of course, we should treat our opponents with strategic contempt and tactical attention.
The Soviet army could no longer bear larger losses, so Kuznetsov decided to take a gamble and try to delay or defeat the enemy to provide enough time for the evacuation of the large forces. He also knew that Mozyr was a German soldier It was a material transfer station. When the Germans discovered that a node in the logistics line was interrupted, they would definitely take it back. Therefore, the Soviet army was not given much time. Even if they defeated the Romanians, they had to fight quickly.
War preparations were in full swing. The soldiers quickly dug trenches and gradually formed foxholes. More than a dozen "skirmisher" troops who broke away from their positions lay in wait for an opportunity to attack the Romanian army's advancing infantry array.
Yang Mingzhi led the troops to dig trenches, and he ordered the soldiers to be mentally prepared. "Our anti-tank weapons are already very limited, and the last secret weapon is a drop in the bucket and we cannot use it. Now we can only rely on anti-tank guns and grenades."
The soldiers have no complaints. The troops' weapons have been replenished and they don't have to worry about having guns in hand. Furthermore, they are standing here today to protect the large evacuating troops, as well as a large number of civilians and wounded soldiers.
The army organized a huge circular defense system, and there was no time to dig deep trenches. The soldiers lay on the ground, with thatch wrapped around their helmets, waiting for the enemy to appear.
Kuznetsov was also interested in the captured mortars. He heard Yang Mingzhi's suggestion of concentrated use of such weapons. Faced with the pressure of enemy forces, concentrated use was indeed correct.
In this way, the Romanians lined up in order and advanced towards Mozyr step by step. They did not even know that the city had been recaptured by the Soviets.
Commander Luo Jun was not convinced by the newly incorporated armored regiment. The First Armored Division thought very highly of itself. They were incorporated into such a motorized division to conquer the remnants of the Soviet army. They thought they were seriously undervalued. Discord had become a foregone conclusion. Commander Luo Jun I was very helpless. Perhaps this group of very arrogant guys could still maintain their courage when confronting the Soviet army head-on.
The armored regiment equipped with Renault tanks is at the forefront of the team. The tank weighs ten tons. The fastest speed of this kind of light tank can only reach 20 yards. After all, they can run faster than a pair of human feet. Tanks first appeared in the Soviet Union. In the military telescope.
"They are coming! Comrades, prepare to fight!" Yang Mingzhi shouted.
He himself is on the front line of the battlefield, and his wife will undoubtedly follow him. The special anti-tank battalion must maintain its glorious tradition. The troops have added new soldiers and their morale is high. Some militiamen have joined, and they are eager for war to avenge the deaths of their families.
Naturally, Yang Mingzhi did not have much hope for these novices, and only gave one key piece of advice: "I forbid you to stay in one place and shoot more than five times. Once a magazine is used up, you must change positions, otherwise you will become a key target.
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He was more concerned about the situation of anti-tank hot spots. At the same time, he also called on all the soldiers to aim at the enemy's armored targets and hit the enemy's driver's window first. In this way, if a blind cat encounters a dead mouse, the enemy's tank will become "" due to the driver's eye injury.
blind".
Obviously, Yang Mingzhi overestimated the Romanians. The frontal armor of their tanks was okay, but the sides were simply unsightly. Its firepower, a 37mm gun, was very limited. This French tank was hampered by the French war concept.
They are more like auxiliaries for infantry attacks. Used as armored groups to break through positions, it is simply an insult to blitzkrieg.
The armored regiment marched carelessly along the road, with ninety tanks lined up at a time. There were many trucks and armored vehicles following behind them. They were maintenance troops.
Kuznetsov sat in the city and listened to reports from various investigators.
"The enemy's tank troops have separated from their main force, with a distance of one kilometer, and they are about to enter our position."
A large group of enemies was approaching. Kuznetsov and the officers and staff gathered urgently at the map cannon. A confident smile appeared on his face, "It seems that I too overestimated our enemies. They marched along the road.
So far we have no idea that this city has been occupied by us."
"So we must attack quickly. If we defeat the enemy tank troops with one sentence, our biggest threat will no longer exist." An officer said.
Kuznetsov looked around and said, "You can each command your troops. The battle is about to begin. I order the artillery to shoot the enemy tanks levelly, trying to destroy one with one shot."
The German 88 gun later served as the tank gun of the Tiger tank, and was sometimes converted into an anti-aircraft gun or anti-tank gun. This type of howitzer was very lethal, and the Tiger tank could destroy a Special 3485 with one shot.
Now use his cannon to bombard the light tanks, and the next second will be massacre.
The commander of the Romanian tank regiment did not send a reconnaissance force at all. He ordered his subordinates to send a radio signal to Mozyr, saying that friendly forces had arrived and asking for refueling of the tanks. As a result, there was no news from the tank regiment. The tank commander gave up bitterly, "Germans
They were too arrogant, and as a result they suffered a defeat and asked us for reinforcements. They are not good people who treat their allies in such a stingy manner."
The tank troops advanced along the road, which was actually just a dirt road. The autumn rain season had not yet come, and the road was crushed enough to make the tank troops advance at a speed of ten kilometers per hour.
They walked through some woods and did not realize that there was an ambush of Soviet soldiers here. The ambush soldiers were ordered to let go of this armored force. After the start of the war, their follow-up troops would move in quickly. When the enemy's main force was halfway gone,
, fired wildly at its marching column.
The commander of the Romanian tank regiment stood at the commander's podium. He looked at Mozyr in the distance with a telescope. It was just a little strange that the city seemed quiet. Where were the German troops?
Suddenly he saw a bright light, the next second there was a roar, and then nothing more.
Suddenly! Very suddenly! The commander of this armored regiment was hit by a sudden artillery shell even before he could see the enemy's face clearly.
Yang Mingzhi held up his binoculars and saw that the ambushed artillery had opened fire and hit directly with the first shot. He never expected that the commander of the Luo Army would be turned into a pile of fragments along with his "mount".
The Romanians were shocked, they were stunned.
Then, all the artillery fired fiercely, and the enemy tank column became a complete target. In the first round of shelling, the Romanian army lost five tanks.
What I want to mention is that an 88-meter gun is hidden in the woods. It is concealed enough and can get out of position.
The tank troops, who had regained their composure, prioritized solving the immediate troubles, so many tanks were preparing to turn around. At this moment, Yang Mingzhi realized that the opportunity had arrived. "The enemy began to turn! Anti-tank troops attacked their side armor!
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Anti-tank guns attacked the weak points of the Romanian army. The side armor of many tanks was shot through, and one tank even exploded.
The Roman army began to fire at the somewhat isolated artillery position. The power of the 37-gun was very limited, and the Soviet soldiers were still loading the artillery under pressure.
Kuznetsov only wanted a quick victory, and the Romanian tank troops were only 400 meters away from the position. From such a long distance, a single charge could quickly control the Romanian army, and then use grenades to blow up these tanks, but it would also cost a lot of money.
Big price.
He had an idea, "Order the mortars to fire now. The target enemy tank column has begun to disperse."
Among the mortars captured by the Soviet army, more than a dozen were large-caliber, Gr.W.34 model 80mm mortars. This thing was relatively heavy, but its range was two kilometers away. It was powerful enough to give the Roman army an extremely powerful blow.
Massive damage. And if the shell hits the top of the tank, it will definitely cause a devastating blow.
Ammunition was sufficient, the mortar position quickly adjusted its firing angle, and each element was ordered to fire ten rounds of artillery shells rapidly.
At the same time, other artillery positions were still firing at the Romanian army. Anyone hit by 88 shells would definitely be a shattering explosion. Actual combat proved that the Romanians were not about to collapse as Yang Mingzhi thought. Their fighting will was pretty good, but now they have
The trapped beast still fights.
A large number of mortar shells were already flying towards them, and a "feast" of 400 projectiles was used to intensively bomb an area. Many Romanian tanks suffered this disaster. Some tracks were broken, and some were actually attacked.
He was killed by the explosion, and some tank members were knocked unconscious.
After the smoke, the Romanian tank troops were in a mess, and even so, the Soviet artillery fire did not stop. The tanks that survived were called out by the artillery one by one. Only a few tank crews escaped from the tanks and evacuated frantically towards the direction of the large army.
Two kilometers is not far away, and the Romanian Army Motorized Division has already seen what is happening ahead!
"The Soviets have obviously occupied the supply depot Mozyr. We must capture this city. The battle is unavoidable! Soldiers, attack!" the division commander gave the order, and the infantry formation quickly turned into a skirmish line.