Chapter 460: Brits Offensive and Defensive Battle Part 2
Unlike the generals who commanded the battle on the front line, Tukhachevsky had completely expected the failure of the first attack. And he did not hesitate. After the attacking soldiers retreated, the second wave of troops was ready.
And this time it was no longer one division, but two divisions commanded by the commander of the 19th Army, General Volnov. And after seeing that the first wave of attacks was not going smoothly, he specially collected a lot of short rifles
, sharp axes and other sharp weapons suitable for trench use. In addition, four grenades were also issued to each soldier. It seems that General Volnov fully considered the shortcomings of the previous battle.
So when the Soviet army launched another attack, the defending Romanian army could clearly feel the difference. Fortunately, the current Soviet attack was still a group charge, which allowed the defenders on the position to harvest a wave of leeks.
This is not to say that the Soviet commander will only use the tactic of group charge, but the conditions do not allow it. Firstly, due to limited time, the Soviet army cannot and cannot bypass the key point of Brittus. Secondly, it has only been established for two years.
The Soviet army that could not reach the enemy lacked grassroots troops using other tactics.
You must know the famous infiltration assault prototype "Hutil" tactic, but it requires veterans. There are only a few people in the German army who can use this tactic, let alone the Soviet army, which was recruited for three months and went to the battlefield.
.As for the French Xu Jin barrage tactic, it has very high requirements on artillery and is very technical. Moreover, this tactic requires a large number of artillery and ammunition, and the Soviet army cannot afford it at present.
Therefore, at present, the Soviet army can only continue to rely on its abundant human resources and compete with its opponents. Even if three or four people can defeat one opponent, this is acceptable to the Soviet army.
This is also one of the reasons why Edel has always been unwilling to participate in the Russian Civil War. How could Romania dare to compete with the Soviet Union with a population of more than 20 million. If there were really 300,000 or 400,000 casualties, it would seriously damage Romania's vitality. You must know that currently the Romanian people only
It occupies a little more than the sixth level of the domestic population. The three to four hundred thousand young male population can account for 2-3% of the domestic male population. Taking into account the children and the elderly, this is close to the number of the same age group. This is 18-35 years old
I don’t know how much contribution the core labor force will make if it is placed in China.
Not to mention that the current main force of the army is still the Romanian ethnic group, which is the foundation of its own governance. If it loses, the country will be in turmoil. If it were not for the alliance with Poland this time, plus the opening of the domestic market to Romania, Romania would have to face the Soviet army alone.
No amount of benefits can move his heart.
This is why even if the big Eastern countries are so poor, no one dares to ignore its role. Just putting 40 million people there would require others to think about it for a long time. So before the nuclear bomb appeared, population was the main component of national power.
Part one.
This was also a good time for Edel to seize the opportunity. The neighboring powers collapsed, changed colors, and were defeated. There were no tigers in the mountains overnight, so of course a monkey was needed to act as the king. Unfortunately, Romania was the biggest one.
When the Soviet army launched another offensive without giving the defenders a rest, Ferreit, who was watching the battle from behind, also changed his expression.
"This Soviet army is really going crazy."
Seeing that something was not right, Freit immediately ordered: "Let the 5th Division reinforce the frontline positions and let the Soviet Union calm down their anger."
Following his order, the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Division immediately sent reinforcements. The effect on the front-line positions that received reinforcements was different. As the Fifth Division, which has fought all Romania's foreign wars for more than ten years, its combat effectiveness needs no mention.
When we went up, we met the Soviet army preparing to attack the position. The fifth division was also brave and highly skilled, so they directly launched a countercharge against them.
When the soldiers from the two sides were stalemate on the front line, the Soviet soldiers immediately felt the difference in the Fifth Division. Whether it was cooperation or the combat skills and will of the soldiers, they were much higher than the defenders of the original battlefield.
These reinforced soldiers from the Fifth Division joined the battlefield in groups of three and three groups in a squad. This tactic is very similar to the famous three-three tactical movement of Rabbit in later generations. However, the Romanian army combined its own actual
Among the changes made, they mainly combined the use of machine guns. After all, one Madsen can hold up several guns. But even so, this mutated lead tactic is enough to make the Romanian army stand out from the crowd in squad battles.
This close-coordinated and fresh tactic immediately caused the Soviet soldiers to suffer heavy losses. The Fifth Division used its advantages in weapons and coordination to make the two Soviet divisions attacking the position miserable.
Tukhachevsky, who was also watching the battle from behind, had a headache. After all, he was only 27 years old. No matter how talented he was, he would not be able to immediately come up with a solution to this tactic. But one thing he knew very well, no matter what tactic it was, it would be
This can only be achieved if there are excellent junior officers. But in the current Soviet army, it is difficult for such junior officers to appear.
Because they are all inherited from the Imperial Russian era, and in the old era, grassroots tactics were not paid enough attention to. Even if there are excellent officers who take the lead, they will be troubled by the quality of the soldiers.
However, no matter what Tukhachevsky did, he could not help the Soviet soldiers on the front line who were currently at a disadvantage. With the help of the Fifth Division, the Soviet troops were squeezed out bit by bit in the front-line positions. This is obvious to Tuha
Chevsky shook his head. It seemed that the next offensive strategy needed to be modified.
At this moment, a staff officer ran in and reported: "Reporting to Comrade Commander, the 11th and 14th Group Armies requested us to send reinforcements to assist them in attacking the blocking Romanian army."
"What are Smirga and the others doing and how are they fighting?"
When Tukhachevsky heard the news, he immediately felt a burst of anger. There were some things in this that he was not successful in attacking, and only he knew.
Faced with Tukhachevsky's anger, the staff officers were afraid of getting angry.
Looking at the staff officer who was as frightened as a quail, Tukhachevsky took the telegram and read it himself.
It turned out that it was Smilga who was complaining. They said in the telegram that they had suffered too much loss in their previous blocking troops, especially in technical weapons such as artillery and machine guns. However, the Romanian troops who blocked them were fully equipped with weapons and equipment, and they could not attack them at all. So
They wanted to find Tukhachevsky to support them with some technical weapons. Of course, it would be best if they had fresh troops.
Tukhachevsky looked at Smilga's request for help on the telegram and fell into deep thought. It was definitely impossible not to give. After all, they had suffered heavy losses in previous battles, and if they gave too much, they would be short of it. After all, artillery, machine guns and other weapons
, the military configuration is not large. Even in the Imperial Russian era, the Russian army was not known for its technical arms.
In the end, he mobilized two artillery regiments for them, and also collected a batch of machine guns and other weapons from the army and sent them over. As for reinforcements, forget it, he was short of them.
While Tukhachevski was thinking of ways to rescue the besieged Soviet troops, the Polish army commanded by Piłsudski was also racing against time to encircle and annihilate them.
Among them, the 3, 12, and 16th armies, which were besieged from Warsaw to Sedelce, were the first to be attacked by the superior strength of the Polish army. Piłsudski would remove the 5th Army and the attack corps that besieged the Soviet 4th and 15th armies.
Other troops were invested in it. The Polish army, numbering 400,000, launched a fierce attack on these three armies.
The Soviet army, which was out of ammunition and food and surrounded, completely collapsed in less than three days. As many as 180,000 Soviet soldiers were taken prisoners, and many more Soviet soldiers fled in all directions.
At this time, the Polish people were not polite to these lone Soviet soldiers and organized personnel to arrest the lone Soviet soldiers.
As for the 4th and 15th Group Armies, seeing that the situation was not good, they immediately retreated to East Prussia. They were also disarmed by the German side and temporarily detained. At this point, the Soviet army in Poland no longer had an organized unit, which made Lenin and others in Moscow
Extremely disappointed.
At this time, it was impossible to continue the fight, and the proposal for negotiation was sent from Moscow to Warsaw. The Polish army, which had suffered heavy losses, could not continue the fight at this time, so it accepted Moscow's proposal.
The next negotiation will resolve the dispute between the two parties.
