Time slowly came to December, and the Ukrainian region had already entered the winter with thousands of miles of snow falling. In this season of dripping water turning into ice, in western Ukraine, the Soviet and Soviet armies were dozens of kilometers apart and were preparing for each other.
In the port city of Nikolaev near the front line, a group of Romanian soldiers are pushing a LeFH18 105 howitzer into the position.
"Everyone, please work harder."
"Hey."
This is the newly formed 105th Howitzer Battalion of the 15th Division of the Romanian Army, entering the position (now the Romanian Infantry Division has four artillery battalions, two 75th Mountain Field Artillery Battalions, and two 105th Howitzer Battalions).
The cold wind of winter did not make the soldiers feel cold. Instead, the heavy work of pushing artillery and moving ammunition made everyone seem steaming.
As the battalion commander, Major Tovsk was standing at a high place observing the placement of the positions. The boys worked hard and the artillery placement was well done, and he was very satisfied.
Major Tovsk previously served as the deputy battalion commander of another 105 howitzer battalion of the 15th Division. This time when encountering a major expansion of artillery, he was able to stand out among the four deputy battalion commanders. There is nothing more satisfying than this.
While Major Tovsk was full of energy and thinking about the future, Major General Kledov, commander of the 15th Division, was deploying his troops.
In the headquarters of the 15th Division in Nikolayev City, Major General Kledov was giving orders to the messengers. "Order the 1504th Regiment to deploy defenses in Kostav."
After sending off the messenger, Colonel Dork, the chief of staff, stepped forward and asked: "We have already deployed the 1501st and 1503rd regiments outside the city. If the 1504th regiment is also transferred out, only the 1503rd regiment will be left in the city.
If there is an emergency, will the number of troops be a little less?"
Chief of Staff Colonel Dork asked, and Major General Kledov pointed to the military map and replied: "It's quite a lot. As for the Ukrainian and Russian civilians in the city, do they dare to dig out the flowers? And you see, the Nepalese we have deployed are
Gulayev is a battleground for the enemy who wants to capture Odessa. If it weren't for the fact that the city is full of Ukrainians and Russians, I would like to send another battalion to strengthen the defense line.
In order to reassure the chief of staff, Major General Kledov continued: "And there is the Ninth Division behind us. As long as we hold on for two days, we will be reinforced. So what you are worried about will not happen."
"Besides, we are not the enemy's main attack force here. Haven't the intelligence agencies already investigated it? The enemy opposite us only has one army. The real battle will be in Vinnitsa."
After Major General Kledov finished speaking, he looked at Vinnitsa. It seemed that he must be yearning for the battle there.
As a soldier, who doesn't want to expand the territory and make achievements. But unfortunately, during the war with Germany and Austria, the 15th Division did not achieve outstanding performance. And when they fought against the Hungarian revolutionaries, they also did not achieve dazzling results.
Now we are fighting against the Soviet and Russian troops, and I am far away from the scene of the battle. It is irritating to think about it.
Vinnitsa, which Major General Kledov longed for physically and mentally, is currently in a state of imminent disaster.
In the city of Vinnytsia, in the newly established Ukrainian Army Command Headquarters, all the generals with bright stars are listening to General Fereit explaining this combat mission with serious faces. Yes, Ferei, who has great military achievements.
The special general is the commander this time. (I have pity on the two generals, Preshan and Courtois, who were postponed by the war because their promotion to marshal required grand preparations.)
"According to the battle plan, our army is divided into three groups in Vinnitsa. Among them, the left group is dominated by the 12th, 19th, 23rd, 25th, and four divisions, forming a left-wing cluster.
Lieutenant General Ankodar is the commander and is assigned a 150 heavy artillery regiment. The combat objectives are to prevent the enemy from penetrating and protect our army's flanks."
"The right wing is dominated by the Seventh Division, the Fourteenth Division, the Sixteenth Division, the Twenty-first Division... eight divisions, which form our right wing group. The commander is Lieutenant General Mandif. The main combat goal is to prevent the enemy's offensive direction from turning in.
, and at the same time be prepared to attack.”
"The middle road is dominated by the 1st Guards Division, the 3rd Guards Division, the 5th Division... eleven divisions, forming a center cluster. I personally serve as the commander. The main combat objective is to block the enemy's offensive and wait for opportunities to encircle the enemy with the right cluster.
, with the main aim of annihilating the enemy’s effective forces. The First Cavalry Division and the Armored Brigade serve as mobile forces and are ready to attack intervening enemies at any time.”
"Finally, the 1st Guards Division and the 28th Guards Division stayed in Vinnytsia to build defenses and be ready to reinforce the front line at any time."
After Freit laid out the battle plan, he looked at the participants in the conference room.
In fact, his combat plan is very simple and easy to understand. Anyone who knows a little bit about military affairs can understand it. This is an oblique deployment formation, which mainly relies on the center to block the enemy's attack, and then uses a roundabout attack on the right to go around to the enemy's rear.
A plan to annihilate it.
Of course, although this plan is simple, it was actually specially arranged by Freit based on the terrain of Vinnitsa. The key point is that the middle road needs to block the enemy's attack. For this reason, he read through the records of previous battles after the establishment of Soviet Russia.
The organizational structure of the intelligence and its military was carefully designed.
In Freit's view, although the Soviet Russian army has high morale and is fearless in battle, its army's organization and management are a complete mess. Take the Soviet Union's favorite group charge, which
The main reason is that the officer's military skills are not up to par, so this simple method must be used.
The battle between them and the White Guards was more like a bad battle in Freit's opinion. Both sides fought with open arms and full of loopholes. However, because the Soviet Union's organizational ability was higher, the Soviet Union was able to laugh.
to the end.
Take the Czech Legion, which was famous in the Russian Civil War. It was just a group of former Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war captured by Tsarist Russia. As a result, this group of about 100,000 prisoners of war actually caused an uproar in Russia. One can imagine the conflict between the two sides.
What a big difference in strength.
When a military meeting was held in Freit to deploy combat plans, Soviet Russia also held a military mobilization meeting in Berdichev.
Yes, the Soviet-Russian war-making meeting has been held long ago, and now it is time to hold a mobilization meeting to prepare for war.
Since it is a mobilization meeting, Comrade Stalin, who is in charge of military thinking, of course has no choice but to stand on the podium and mobilize the commanders at all levels below. "Comrades, the motherland is watching us. Leader Comrade Lenin,
There is also good news waiting for us in Moscow. This battle against the new imperialist Romania will open a new chapter in the revolution. Let us fight this battle with Romania with full enthusiasm and an undying fighting spirit.
Let’s have a fight.”
As Stalin finished speaking, all the commanders and fighters present shouted together.
"Ula"
Both sides are almost ready for the war, and the next battle in Vinnitsa is about to begin. Who will win depends on the performance of both sides.
