As soldiers from both sides gradually approached, the company commander immediately shouted, "Fire."
The soldiers who had been waiting on the position immediately followed the three-point and one-line shooting requirements and aimed at the enemy rushing towards them. Then intensive gunfire rang out, and nearly ten German troops who were attacking the position fell down.
The company commander who was observing the position immediately shouted happily when he saw the results. "It's a good fight. Keep shooting like this to suppress the enemy."
However, the ensuing battle allowed the defenders to see the enemy's combat effectiveness. After being attacked by the defenders, the attacking German troops immediately began to use craters, earth bags, trees and other obstacles to approach them. During their march, they basically
It ducks and walks in curves, and it will also fight back when it can use obstacles as cover.
The German counterattack firepower was not as intensive as theirs, but the accuracy was much higher, and they often hit the vital points of the defenders with one shot. This made the Romanian soldiers guarding the position feel fearful, and they felt that in order to ensure their own safety, they had to shrink as much as possible.
In the trenches, the risk of being discovered and hit by the enemy is reduced, so many soldiers dodge and shoot at the enemy.
It's just that this kind of shooting reduces the interception firepower, allowing more enemies to attack calmly.
When the young company commander in the defensive position saw that something was wrong, he immediately commanded, regardless of the consequences of the hidden firepower being exposed. "Open fire with the machine gun to suppress the enemy's offensive momentum."
As the voice fell, the only machine gun on this position roared. With the suppression of the machine gun, it was really different. Faced with the continuous output of firepower from the machine gun, the German offensive stalled, which made the soldiers angry.
It has been improved, and even the shooting efficiency has improved a lot.
However, only the company commander himself knew that this was only a temporary advantage. His exposed firepower would immediately attract a counterattack from the German army. As expected, the machine gun did not suppress the enemy for too long. With the bombardment of the German artillery, several 57 and 75 artillery shells fell.
On the machine gun position, the machine gun that had previously given the defenders a huge advantage was destroyed.
Faced with a good opportunity to weaken the firepower of the defenders, the attackers, who have many years of experience in combat, will certainly not let it go. A large number of German soldiers who used natural bunkers on the battlefield to advance interactively accelerated their movements, which immediately accelerated their advance a lot, and also allowed the defenders to
One side felt a lot of pressure. Many defensive soldiers involuntarily accelerated their shooting movements, and some even closed their eyes and fired without aiming.
This made Major General Antic, who was watching the battle at the back, feel a bit uneasy. He immediately ordered the division commander who was defending the outer position. "Arrange your people to come up with reinforcements immediately. The front line will be unstoppable."
The division commander who was defending this position replied nervously and ashamedly. "I will go up with the reserve team right now."
Facing the first German attack, his position was crumbling. This situation made the colonel and division commander feel embarrassed to see others, so this time he planned to go to the front line to see it in person.
Major General Antic casually ordered the division commander, "Then you go."
After finishing speaking, he immediately took the field phone. "Get me the 33rd Division and 45th Division headquarters immediately."
The reason why Major General Antich called the two divisions was that according to observations, the strength and artillery of the German offensive were far higher than he had previously estimated, and the performance of his soldiers on the front line did not meet expectations, so he used reserve forces in advance.
That is a last resort action.
Some people may ask, is it not possible to abandon the outer positions and retreat to the strong fortifications in the city? Major General Antic’s answer is of course not. The reason is very simple, because most of the defenders are recruits who lack training. If the outer positions are abandoned at the first time,
If the position is destroyed, the impact will make the soldiers doubt the next battle, and it is absolutely impossible to hold the position without morale. Therefore, Major General Antic would rather suffer some losses in the early stage, but also send additional troops to block it first.
The German offensive is talking.
Soon there were calls from two divisions on the other end of the phone, and Major General Antic immediately ordered the two divisions to reinforce the outer positions.
With the arrival of Romanian reinforcements, the defenses on the outer positions gradually stabilized. There were many positions that were invaded by the Germans, and the enemy was driven back by the strength of the reinforcements. There was even a section of positions that had been captured by the enemy.
It was abandoned because it faced the siege of the superior strength of the defenders.
Looking at the German soldiers who reluctantly gave up their hard work to seize the position and retreated, the Romanian soldiers who endured huge casualties cheered heartily. Even if it was only a defense against a German attack, this was worthy of joy for the Romanian soldiers who were defending their homeland.
After all, after experiencing a life-and-death battle, everyone who survived had reason to cheer for themselves.
Soldiers can temporarily forget their sorrow and pain and cheer for themselves, while commanders need to prepare for the next battle, because they know that there are more difficult battles waiting for them.
As for Major General Antic, who commanded the defense, he realized only now that his knowledge of the German army was insufficient.
"Is this the number of casualties reported incorrectly?"
Looking at the statistical casualty report in his hand, Antiqi questioned the chief of staff who sent the report.
"That's right. This is the result of my personal statistics, and I have repeatedly compared it with the frontline commanders. It can't be wrong."
After hearing the chief of staff's explanation, Antici felt that his head was as big as a bucket. Of course he knew that this was not a miscalculation by his chief of staff, but the red casualty report showed a total of 14,764 casualties, which made him feel too dazzling.
He lost one division in just one battle (the establishment of a mobilized division). How could he accept such a result? However, the statistical report showed that the three divisions defending the outer positions suffered casualties of 3961, 3684, and 3781 respectively, and there were also
There were more than 3,000 casualties among the two reinforced divisions, which fully demonstrated the enemy's tenacity.
Looking at Major General Antic's disbelieving eyes, the chief of staff couldn't help but suggest. "Such casualties are too great. Should we withdraw the city defense first?"
The chief of staff's suggestion made Antici ignore the number of casualties. He immediately stopped it. "We can't do it now. We have to withdraw from the outer positions now."
"Why?"
Antiqi's words made the chief of staff very puzzled.
Faced with the question from the Chief of Staff, Antici explained. "Chief of Staff, I know you are distressed by the casualty figures, but we cannot withdraw now. Because if we withdraw into the city now, the enemy will immediately know that we cannot bear the casualties.
If we retreat, then the next attack is expected to be larger in scale, which is a result we cannot bear at present, so we need to give the illusion that the casualties are still within the acceptable range, so we cannot do it by withdrawing from the outer positions."
Major General Antic took a picture of the casualty statistics report and continued. "I'm telling you, according to your statistics, the German casualties have reached four thousand. I believe this number will be uncomfortable even for the other side."
