Romanian Eagle

? As the soldiers from both sides 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 there was the sound of dense gunfire, and nearly ten German troops attacking the position fell.

The company commander, who was observing the position, immediately shouted with joy when he saw the result. "Good fight, keep shooting like this to suppress the enemy."

However, the ensuing battle gave the defenders a glimpse of the enemy's combat effectiveness. After being attacked by the defenders, the attacking Germans immediately began to approach them using obstacles such as craters, earthbags, and trees. During its march, it is basically a cat waist and a curve, and it will fight back when it can use obstacles as cover.

The German counter-attack firepower is not as dense as theirs, but the accuracy is much higher than theirs, and it is often the key to hit the defenders with one shot. This made the Romanian soldiers who were defending the position feel jealous, and felt that in order to ensure their own safety, they should try to shrink in the trenches to reduce the danger of being found and hit by the enemy, so many soldiers dodged and shot at the enemy.

It's just that this kind of shooting leads to a drop in interception firepower, allowing more enemies to attack calmly.

When the young company commander in the defensive position saw that the situation was wrong, he immediately commanded the command line regardless of the result of the exposure of the hidden firepower. "Machine gun fire to suppress the momentum of the enemy's attack."

As the voice fell, the only machine gun on the position roared furiously. With the suppression of the machine guns, it is really different. In the face of the continuous output of the machine guns, the German offensive was stagnant. This time, the soldiers' mood was improved, and even the shooting efficiency was improved a lot.

However, only the company commander himself knew that this was only a temporary advantage, and his exposed firepower would immediately attract a German counterattack. Sure enough, the machine gun did not suppress the enemy for too long. With the bombardment of the accompanying artillery by the German army, several 57 and 75 shells fell on the machine gun position. The machine gun that had previously given the defenders a huge advantage was destroyed in this way.

In the face of a good opportunity to weaken the firepower of the defenders, of course, the attackers who have fought for many years will not miss it. A large number of German soldiers who used the natural bunkers on the battlefield to advance interactively accelerated their movements, which immediately accelerated their advance a lot, and also put a lot of pressure on the defending side. The shooting action of many defending soldiers involuntarily accelerated, and there were even soldiers who closed their eyes and shot without aiming.

This made Major General Antic, who stayed behind to watch the game, feel a little uncomfortable, and he immediately instructed the division commander who was defending the peripheral positions. "Immediately arrange for your reinforcements to come up, the front line will be unstoppable."

The division commander defending this position replied nervously and ashamed. "I'll take the reserve team up here."

In the face of the first German attack, his position was crumbling,

This situation made the colonel feel ashamed, so this time he planned to go to the front line to see it himself.

Major General Antich instructed the teacher casually. "Then you go"

After speaking, he immediately took the field phone. "Get me the headquarters of the 33rd and 45th divisions immediately."

The reason for letting Major General Antic call the two divisions is that according to observation, the strength and artillery of the German attack was far higher than his previous estimates, and the performance of his front-line soldiers also did not meet expectations, so the reserve forces were used in advance. That is a last resort.

Some people may ask, can't we give up the outer positions and retreat to the fortifications in the city? Major General Antic's answer is of course no. The reason is very simple, because most of the soldiers in the defending army are recruits who lack training. If the peripheral positions are abandoned at the first time, the impact of the photo will make the soldiers doubt the next battle, and it is absolutely impossible when there is no morale army. Hold your ground. So this is also what Major General Antic would rather suffer some losses in the early stage, and also send troops to block the German attack first.

Soon two divisions were connected to 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 were gradually stabilized. There were many positions that were attacked by the Germans, and the enemy was driven back by the strength of the reinforcements. There was even a section of positions that had already been taken by the enemy, but were abandoned because of the siege of the superior force of the defenders.

Seeing the German soldiers who were reluctant to give up their hard work to seize positions and retreat, the Romanian soldiers who endured huge casualties cheered heartily. Even if this is only a defense against a German attack, this is a happy thing for Romanian soldiers to defend their homeland. After all, after a life-and-death battle, everyone who survives has a reason to defend himself. cheer.

Soldiers can forget their grief and pain and cheer for themselves, while commanders need to prepare for the next battle, knowing that a tougher battle awaits them.

As for Major General Antic, who was commanding the defense, he only realized now that he did not know enough about the German army.

"Is this the number of casualties reported incorrectly?"

Looking at the casualty report in his hand, Antich questioned the chief of staff who sent the report.

"That's right. This is the result of the statistics that I am personally responsible for, and I have repeatedly compared it with the front-line commander, so I can't be wrong."

Hearing the explanation from the chief of staff, Antic felt his head was as big as a bucket. Of course, he knew that it would not be his chief of staff miscalculating the number, but the red casualty report showed a total of 14,764 casualties, which made him feel too dazzling. He lost a division formation (conscription and mobilization division formation) in just one battle. How could he accept such a result. However, the statistical report showed that the three divisions defending the peripheral positions suffered 3,961, 3,684, and 3,781 casualties respectively, and more than 3,000 casualties were still incurred by the two reinforcements, which fully demonstrated the tenacity of the enemy.

Looking at Major General Antic's unbelievable eyes, the chief of staff couldn't help but suggest. "Such casualties are too high, should we withdraw the city defense first?"

The chief of staff's suggestion made Antic unable to care about the number of casualties, so he stopped immediately. "Not now, we can't withdraw from the outer positions now."

"why?"

The chief of staff was very puzzled by Antic's words.

In the face of the chief of staff's question, Antic explained. "Chief of Staff, I know you feel distressed about the number of casualties, but we can't withdraw yet. Because if we withdraw to the city now, the enemy will immediately know that we can't bear the casualties and retreat back, so the next attack is expected to be even larger. , This is a result that we cannot bear at present, so we need to make the illusion that the casualties are still within the acceptable range, then withdrawing from the outer positions cannot be done."

Major General Antic patted the casualty statistics report and continued. "You're talking about, according to your statistics, the German casualties also reached 4,000. I believe that this number is not too bad for the folio."