A Romanian officer waved his hand to the soldiers behind him and shouted, "Attack."
After seeing the Romanians attacking, the Ukrainian officer repelled a wave of attacks and shouted to the soldiers behind him whose faces were covered in gunpowder smoke. "Fight back and repel these Romanian bandits."
On the battlefield of Khovrov, soldiers from both sides were fighting fiercely.
"Ta~ta~ta"
"Boom~boom~boom"
The fierce sound of gunfire injected the music of death into the soldiers from both sides who were fighting desperately, making them more involved in the battle. And the corpses that fell due to the battle became the best sacrifices to the god of death.
Behind the battlefield, as the commander who initiated this battle, Admiral Courtois was paying close attention to the trend of the battle.
After observing the situation, General Courtois put down his telescope and immediately ordered the communications staff around him. "Strengthen the left artillery to the center and give priority to the center breakthrough. In addition, transfer two divisions from the reserve to increase the attack intensity in the center.
, I want to see the progress tomorrow."
After recording the general's order, the staff officer immediately replied: "Yes, I will issue the order right away."
The battle with the Ukrainian army near Woliv was the result of joint deliberations between General Courtois and the staff. The reason was entirely to destroy the Ukrainian army's will to resist and make the Ukrainian government realize that fighting against the powerful Romanian army would be a threat to them.
There is no benefit.
In order to induce the Ukrainian government to transfer troops to Voliv, he has been patiently and carefully launching an offensive against the Ukrainian Second Army. It is a technical job to not only make them arrive at the critical situation of the battle, but also to make them feel that they can resist.
.This is also the reason why the Romanian army has still not captured Woliv more than half a month after the war started.
However, judging from the current war situation, Ukraine knows that its actions are completely in line with General Courtois's ideas.
In fact, after Romania declared war, the Ukrainian government quickly reached an agreement after a brief dispute. In just one week, they recruited 230,000 soldiers and formed 15 Ukrainian divisions. These were completely patriotic.
The enthusiastic Ukrainian soldiers received little training and were sent to Lviv and Odessa respectively. Of course, the main force sent to General Courtois was 170,000, and the remaining 80,000
, except for the 10,000 left to strengthen Kiev's defense force, they were all sent to Odessa.
After these new soldiers arrived in Lviv, General Courtois immediately launched a fierce attack. He successively captured Ivano Frank, Kalushi and Stre, and directly forced them to the vicinity of Lviv.
Lieutenant General Ryumidko, who had just been promoted to the 1st Ukrainian Army, was forced to have no way out. He could only fight the Romanian army near Voliv, trying to take advantage of the terrain and internal operations to block the Romanian army. So in
At Khovrov, a key point on Woliv's eastern front, the two sides set up a battle formation.
From the current point of view, despite the heavy casualties, the Ukrainian army has been able to block the Romanian offensive.
However, General Courtois would not let them get what they wanted. According to the situation on the battlefield, he planned to let these Ukrainians taste the true strength of Romania. Let them know why the Bulgarian army was beaten to surrender and why the Austro-Hungarian army was beaten.
He was retreating steadily, and why he was evenly matched with the German army? He had not yet come up with these methods to deal with the Allied forces.
In the afternoon, with the adjustment of His Excellency the General, the central offensive that hit more artillery and troops immediately showed its power. The continuous sound of artillery fire echoed in the sky, making the Ukrainian soldiers complain, and the continuous infantry offensive made these defending Ukrainian soldiers
I can only support it hard.
These completely untrained Ukrainian soldiers have been brutally killed on the battlefield, and their little patriotic enthusiasm has been worn away. The injured screams of their comrades around them, and the explosions of artillery around them from time to time, make them fearful that they will be beaten again.
To magnify, if it were not for the constraints of military discipline and battlefield discipline, they would have run back to their warm homes long ago, but even they themselves did not know whether they would collapse in the next attack.
Facing Romania's fierce offensive, the Ukrainian officers on the front line could only ask for reinforcements from the rear. As their commander, Lieutenant General Ryumitko now felt very regretful. However, it is not that simple to retreat on the battlefield.
, to evaluate the eliteness of an army, the performance of retreat has always been a very important indicator. And the current quality of the Ukrainian army is such that even if they are asked to withdraw from the battlefield, they would not dare to withdraw, because these people may disperse halfway.
.So Lieutenant General Ryumidko could only let them hold on, no matter how heavy the casualties were, they could not retreat.
It’s just that human will still has its limits, and this limit will always come sooner or later. When the sun sets, the Ukrainian soldiers defending in the center can no longer face the fear of the battlefield. They completely ignore the officers’ scoldings and the military police’s complaints.
Threatened, they all got up from the trenches and ran towards the open fields behind them. They wanted to find a place without the smell of gunpowder smoke to soothe their inner fear of war. From a small number of deserters, they expanded the entire battalion and regiment in a short period of time.
's escape.
This rapidly expanding phenomenon of battlefield deserters stunned everyone, but the attacking Romanian soldiers were ecstatic, while other Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield felt their hands and feet were cold.
When General Courtois learned of this situation, he suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and immediately ordered: "Immediately order the reserves to go into battle, and expand the crack opened in the center to the two wings. I want to enter Wariv before sunset tomorrow."
city."
Behind the Ukrainian front, Lieutenant General Ryumidko, who was in charge of the command, had another scene.
"It's over, it's all over."
Lieutenant General Ryumidko, who was in a depressed mood, murmured that he regretted that he had easily been fooled by General Courtois.
When Chief of Staff Nomichov saw Ryumidko looking helpless, he immediately walked to him and shouted loudly: "Wake up, Ryumidko. Now we should think of a way, should we retreat? Or should we retreat?"
Send troops to reinforce? Make up your mind quickly now before it's too late."
The words of the chief of staff made Ryumidko gradually come to his senses. He still had three divisions in reserve, and he really needed to find a way now.
"Let the troops withdraw, let us return to Shepetovka immediately and rely on the Dnieper Highlands to defend. And immediately report to Kiev that we require reinforcements, no less than 300,000 reinforcements, otherwise I cannot guarantee to stop these Romanians.
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However, Ryumidko's order was still too late. As General Courtois issued the general offensive order, Romania's general offensive began, and the Ukrainian army, which had already been shaken by deserters, retreated steadily.
However, the Romanian army, which was eager to win, had no intention of letting them go, and immediately launched a non-stop pursuit of the retreating Ukrainian army. However, these retreating Ukrainian armies were dispersed without reinforcements. There were everywhere in the wilderness.
It was the defeat of the Ukrainian troops, which frustrated Ryumidko's wish to gather them and return to Shepetovka.
At noon the next day, Woliv, a historic Polish city, fell into the hands of the Romanians. The satisfied Admiral Courtois said to his staff: "Send a report to Bucharest immediately and tell them,
We have defeated the enemy and captured Woliv, and will next sweep the nearby cities and bring them into the embrace of the Kingdom of Romania."
When General Kuttuva's good news reached Bucharest, General Edel, who had been waiting for the news, said to General Edel, who had received the telegram: "Your Majesty, we have eliminated the organized resistance in Ukraine and captured the city of Lviv.
Next we have to look at Lieutenant General Freit."
Faced with the words of Admiral Pleshan, Eder replied with satisfaction: "Admiral Courtois has done a great job, and I believe Lieutenant General Freit will not let us down."
As Edel was talking, a burst of noise suddenly came from the door, and someone said loudly, "Odessa was captured by Lieutenant General Freit, and the enemy was defeated and defeated."
"Now those Ukrainians know how powerful we are."
When the two people in the room heard what was said outside, they both looked at each other and smiled. Now they can wait with peace of mind for the next move of the Ukrainian government. Whether it is war or peace, Romania has the confidence to take it.
