The light artillery fired fiercely at the cavalry division position, and the artillery on the position also launched a counterattack.
The artillery on both sides is much smaller than that on the Denblin-Palchev line, but the lethality is quite high. Here Romania shot down a Soviet artillery piece, causing a lot of casualties among the surrounding soldiers.
, the Soviet artillery over there killed a Romanian artillery, letting the wild explosions spread across the gun emplacement.
While the artillery from both sides aimed at their opponents, the dismounted Soviet soldiers rushed towards the position with weapons in hand. They were determined to seize the Romanian position and open the door to victory.
"Machine gun fire"
The Romanian soldiers did not bring the Soviet soldiers closer this time. When they were still five or six hundred meters away, the defensive machine guns fired at these soldiers.
The attacking Soviet soldiers were also unambiguous. They took out their cart machine guns and fired at the position. This arrangement of mounting machine guns on carts was originally used by the Cossacks to facilitate maneuvers with the cavalry. The Soviet Russia
The cavalry also learned this trick, and also developed the tactic of using large vehicles with machine guns to cover the soldiers' attacks.
First, a strong cart is needed, and an iron plate is set up on it as a bunker. Then the machine gun is set up on it, and it is pushed forward by manpower or stored power as a covering fire. One advantage of this design is that it does not need to be carried
To follow the attacking troops with a machine gun, you not only need to re-set it up but also need to find a bunker. This kind of large machine gun comes with a bunker, and the bunker is specially reinforced.
However, there are also disadvantages, that is, the large area is easy to be targeted by the opponent's artillery, and it is not suitable for battles with complex terrain. Obviously in the current battle, it can be said that the terrain is very suitable for the use of such large vehicle machine guns.
The cracks in the machine guns of such large vehicles attracted some Romanian artillery fire, and many large vehicles were named. Faced with this loss, Budyonny was not angry but happy. This shows that the Romanian position has no extra artillery.
So what are you waiting for if you don't increase the investment of troops at this time? Following his order, two more regiments of Soviet soldiers attacked the position with weapons.
Facing the Soviet Union's increased troops, the pressure on the front-line positions immediately increased.
Lieutenant General Wedschi, who was watching all this, did not increase his troops. He wanted the Soviet Union to see the hope of victory in order to receive the arrival of the armored brigade and achieve a greater victory.
However, this was a hardship for the Romanian soldiers on the front line. They withstood the attack of several times the number of Soviet soldiers and struggled to counterattack their opponents.
Soldiers from both sides fall every moment, and this is the time to test the frontline soldiers.
"You guys go to the row on the left to support us."
A Romanian officer shouted orders to several soldiers.
"We'll go right away."
The soldiers who had just fired bullets at the enemy immediately took their weapons and hunched over to the left.
"Platoon leader, we are here to reinforce you."
The soldiers who rushed to the left position said loudly to a non-commissioned officer with the rank of sergeant.
The leader of a platoon who was holding a gun and shooting at the enemy ordered them without looking back: "You each find a position to shoot."
Just as he was talking, a soldier next to him covered his neck and fell in the position. The platoon leader immediately leaned over and looked over. The soldier couldn't cover it up and let blood pour out. The platoon leader took out gauze and rushed him
Let him hold it down, and then continue to use his hands filled with the blood of his comrades to pick up weapons and shoot at the attacking enemies.
He knew the name of this soldier and how many people there were in his family. But now he was just an injured soldier. Whether he could survive until the arrival of the medics could only depend on his luck. There would be no crying and fighting.
Sad expressions and tears, this is war, it is so ruthless.
Scenes like this happen all the time on the battlefield. Every soldier is not only fighting for the country, but also fighting for his own survival. In the hands of Edel or Preshan, they are one of the numbers on the report, just like
Lenin and others looked at the Soviet casualty report the same way.
Although the soldiers in the position were fighting fiercely, the Soviet Russian soldiers still had the upper hand with their superiority in numbers and firepower. They slowly but surely attacked the Romanian position. After being almost a hundred meters away, these Soviet Russian soldiers jumped away
They got up and shouted the slogan "Ula" and launched a charge towards the position. Relying on the terrain, the Romanian soldiers immediately mounted their bayonets and faced the ensuing hand-to-hand combat.
After seeing his soldiers attack the position, Budyonni immediately sent a third wave of reinforcements.
Facing the fierce attack of Soviet Russia, Lieutenant General Widersch deployed the second-line position on the one hand, and prayed in his heart that Hoffman should come as soon as possible, otherwise he would suffer great losses.
However, Hoffman, who was worried about Lieutenant General Widerski, was actually close to the battlefield, and even the sound of gunfire on the battlefield could be heard. However, Hoffman did not intend to go straight to the battlefield. Instead, he planned to bypass the battlefield.
Hit the enemy hard from behind.
For this reason, he also went to Antonescu to discuss his idea, and Antonescu was also a bold guy. After hearing that this would maximize the results, he did not care about his immediate boss, Lieutenant General Videschi.
Instead, he fully supported Hoffman's plan.
So while Lieutenant General Videzchi was struggling to resist the Budyonny offensive, the two men were driving around the battlefield to the rear with reinforcements. Among them, Antonescu's cavalry was responsible for driving away the nearby Soviet outposts.
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Soon the news that a Romanian cavalry was approaching behind them reached Budyonni's ears. When he learned from the messenger that this was a cavalry unit with less than two thousand people, he thought it was a cavalry unit with less than 2,000 soldiers.
Lieutenant General Siqi's troops were in danger, and Budyonny, who was planning to fight to the death, immediately called Timoshenko. (This future Soviet Russian marshal was serving as the cavalry division commander)
"You lead your troops to kill these Romanian cavalry who have retreated."
"As ordered, Comrade Commander."
Facing Budyonny's order, Timoshenko immediately took the troops on the road after receiving it.
In order to prevent accidents, Budyonny not only asked Timoshenko to lead his own cavalry division, but also mobilized an additional cavalry regiment. In this way, he would have nearly 8,000 cavalry against about 2,000 Romanian cavalry. Even if the reconnaissance figures were slightly different,
A small intrusion is enough to defeat the enemy.
Therefore, Timoshenko was full of confidence in defeating this Romanian cavalry.
After Budyonny ordered Timoshenko, he immediately stepped up his attack on the defending Romanian cavalry division. This time, in order to avoid a long night, he devoted 20,000 troops to attack the enemy's second-line positions. Because he always
It felt that if the battle lasted longer, the opponent would probably have reinforcements arrive. So shortly after seizing the first line of position, the battle started again. This time Budyonny wanted to defeat the opponent in one battle and not give him any chance.
As for the cavalry commanded by Timoshenko, they quickly found the Romanian cavalry that was circling. Seeing that the opponent only had 2,000 cavalry, Timoshenko immediately commanded the troops to entangle the opponent. Nearly 8,000 Soviet and Russian cavalry were overwhelming.
He pounced on the opponent he had just discovered. Facing the large-scale Soviet cavalry, Antonescu was not hesitant and immediately turned his horse around and retreated quickly with his own cavalry.
Seeing that his opponent wanted to run away, Timoshenko immediately ordered him to follow his opponent. The cavalry from both sides chased and escaped along the field. It was so spectacular.
After running like this for nearly three kilometers, a mound appeared. Antonescu immediately ran towards the mound.
Seeing his opponent rushing towards the mound, Timoshenko felt a little strange. Just as he was about to give the order to stop and take a look, he heard the sound of gunfire coming from all directions. His cavalry fell in pieces, which made Timoshenko panic.
He was stunned. At this time, he could only order: "Rush over, rush over as fast as possible."
As a qualified cavalry general, Timoshenko had no problem coping with it. The cavalry is no better than the infantry. The charging cavalry cannot stop like this. Therefore, the response to the charging cavalry when encountering an attack is to speed up and pass. If they stop, they will be killed.
If the cavalry behind you is knocked down, it will cause even greater chaos.
Following Timoshenko's order, the cavalry bravely charged forward. They planned to rush over and give these sneak attack guys a hard blow.
At this moment, rumbling sounds came from all around, and these firepower points began to move.
"Armored vehicle, tank?"
Looking at the camouflaged tracked vehicle, these two words flashed into Timoshenko's mind.
No matter which one it was, Timoshenko knew at this moment that he had been fooled. At this time, he had an idea that he must rush back and report to the commander that this was an enemy trap.
However, with more than 80 tanks in action, it is difficult to say whether they can be given a chance. Under the command of Hoffman, these monsters fired guns and guns, constantly harvesting the lives of the Soviet Russian cavalry. In the face of these risky
Many frightened cavalrymen forced their horses to turn around due to the monsters' firepower. The result was tragic. They were knocked off their horses by the cavalrymen behind them, and they were trampled over by the cavalrymen behind them before they even had time to scream.
With a look of grief and anger, Timoshenko's eyes were red as he watched his men continue to fall under the attack of enemy tanks. Many of them had followed him and made great achievements in fighting against the White Army, and died in this unknown place.
However, there has been no shortage of bloody men in the army since ancient times. Some people watched their comrades being knocked down repeatedly. With red eyes, they took out grenades and rushed towards these monsters. They planned to use their own lives to hold back these monsters that were killing their comrades.
Under the influence of these warriors, many cavalrymen also rushed towards these tank monsters in a learned manner. However, the actions of these people were objectively very useful. Many tanks aimed their guns at the cavalrymen rushing towards them.
These dead soldiers.
Groups of Soviet dead soldiers fell under the guns, but some people still continued to charge fearlessly. Finally, someone broke through the blockade and threw entangled grenades at these tanks, and violent explosions exploded on the tanks.
"good."
Many Soviet and Russian cavalrymen saw this scene and cheered loudly for their comrades. However, when the smoke cleared, the attacked tanks were unscathed, which made many cavalrymen feel discouraged.
At this time, an officer shouted loudly: "Don't throw it around, blow up the tracks."
Then another cavalryman who broke through threw bundles of grenades in his hands towards the tracks.
"boom"
After an explosion, the tank could only spin in place.
After seeing that the attack was effective, many cavalry broke through the blockade and threw grenades on the tracks, damaging the tracks of several tanks. Facing the tanks spinning in place, many cavalry climbed on these tanks to rush through the observation holes and attack
Throw a grenade into the hatch to completely destroy these monsters that killed your comrades.
However, this move had no other effect besides boosting the morale of the cavalry who was on the verge of collapse.
After seeing what happened to their teammates' crews, many tanks began to move closer to each other, and the infantry also began to pay attention to these suicide cavalry. As a result, many cavalrymen who were determined to die failed to break through the fire blockade and fight with their beloved.
The war horses fell together in a pool of blood.
At the same time, Antonescu also returned to the battlefield with his cavalry troops.
Under the pressure of tanks and cavalry, nearly 5,000 cavalrymen led by Timoshenko were unable to see the sun tomorrow.
Faced with this situation, Timoshenko shouted to rush to the tank and die with the opponent. However, under the desperate interception of his men, he could only retreat to the rear.
Hoffman and Antonescu, who defeated Timoshenko's cavalry, rushed to the battlefield non-stop. At this time, they had been exposed and needed to rush to the battlefield as quickly as possible.
"What are you talking about? The cavalry commanded by Timoshenko was defeated by enemy tanks."
When Budyonny received the news, his hands and feet felt cold. Then he was so angry that he grabbed the collar of the cavalry who reported the news and roared: "What you said can't be true. You are lying to me."
The messenger cavalry covered in blood was caught by Budyonny and was about to collapse. He said in a voice that was about to cry: "Commander, what I said is true. When we were chasing the enemy cavalry, we encountered an ambush by enemy tanks, and our comrades suffered a massacre. We
There was nothing we could do with those monsters. My company commander was dead, my platoon leader was dead, and my squad leader was also dead. I dragged them behind, and when I saw something was wrong, I ran back to report the news."
After hearing his explanation, Budyonni continued to yell: "I will kill you, a deserter, for abandoning your comrades."
The political commissar Voroshilov on the side quickly stopped him and said: "Commander, now is not the time to dwell on this. We need to organize an evacuation immediately."
As he was talking, he suddenly heard a roaring sound, and then his expression changed.
At this time, Budyonni's expression also changed drastically.
The two people hurriedly walked out of the tent of the temporary headquarters and saw enemy tanks and cavalry appearing on the outside of the battlefield.
"Order the troops to evacuate immediately."
Voroshilov yelled at Budyonny eagerly. But Budyonny, who was stunned by this scene, said with a wry smile: "It's too late."
Sure enough, seeing the appearance of their own reinforcements, the Romanian soldiers in the defensive position rushed out of the position and got entangled with the demoralized Soviet soldiers. Now the soldiers on the front line were completely unable to withdraw, and a collapse was just around the corner.
At this time, Voroshilov suddenly ordered the guards, "Take the commander away immediately, and we will evacuate here immediately."
Budyonny, who was caught between two guards, reacted at this time. He struggled and shouted: "I can't leave. My soldiers are still fighting the enemy. I can't leave them behind. Let me go quickly."
Facing the guard's questioning eyes, Voroshilov immediately shouted: "Execute the order."
Then two strong guards forcibly took Budyonny away. Voroshilov immediately issued an order. "Order the troops to evacuate immediately."
In his heart, the troops on the front line can only leave it to fate. They can run as much as they can. Everything depends on God's will.
With the withdrawal of Budyonny, Voroshilov and others, the situation of the First Cavalry Army collapsed. Almost everyone was running to the rear. What made them uncomfortable was that because they were attacking on foot, all their horses were behind.
And Hoffman led his armored brigade across a big mountain between them and the horses.
Facing the enemy's fire-breathing tank monsters, these soldiers were completely helpless. They organized several attacks but were beaten back. Without horses, they were destined to be prisoners of Romania.
And Antonescu, with their cavalry troops, was responsible for chasing the remaining Soviet troops who were escaping. These troops, who were far superior in number and frightened, could only fight hard to move forward when they saw his pursuit. And Antonescu
Donescu followed the fleeing cavalry all the way to Fevodava. Considering that he had few troops and was afraid of the enemy's reaction, he stopped at Fevodava.
In the end, the largest cavalry battle between Soviet Russia and Romania ended with Romania winning. In this battle, Romania lost 6,247 people (3,154 dead, 3,093 injured) and 17 tanks (which broke down and could not be repaired).
, and achieved a great victory, wiping out 22,000 enemies (including 14,200 prisoners).
This great victory also marked the annihilation of the last mobile force on the Soviet-Russian battlefield. Currently, on the Polish battlefield, the role of cavalry is simply irreplaceable.
With the disastrous defeat of the First Cavalry Group, the Denblin-Palchev line could no longer hold out. On the 19th, the 14th Army on the Parchev line was the first to be broken through. Then in the afternoon, the 11th Army learned that
After Parchev was broken through, he could only retreat to the rear, but Lieutenant General Mandev, who seized the opportunity, attacked fiercely and turned into a rout.
The Soviet Russian army on the southern front had been defeated by Romania. They could only retreat along the road to Belarus. General Freit commanded the Romanian army to pursue them. From time to time, news of the annihilation of the Soviet Russian army reached him.
in hand.
The first phase of Romania's mission was completed, and his next goal was the traffic artery city of Brest.
