Romanian Eagle

Before dawn the next day, in the rear artillery positions, the Soviet artillerymen were preparing for the battle.

"Hurry up and push this cart away. There can be no other obstructions on the position."

A Soviet artillery officer is directing the soldiers to prepare for the battle. This time their artillery mission is very important. In addition to launching artillery fire on the ground, they also need to suppress the Romanians' artillery. However, despite such a heavy task, the artillery brigade still has enough confidence. And their confidence comes from the hundreds of medium and large caliber artillery of more than 100 mm in the artillery brigade.

As the only artillery brigade of the Kyiv Military District and even the Soviet Union, its role is mainly set up to target Romania, which is the most threatening to it. The Independent Artillery Brigade is equipped with a large number of 107122152 three types of artillery, of which the 1910-style 122mm howitzer is its most important equipment. Its total weight of 1,330 kilograms is quite suitable for Soviet roads, and its power is also good. As the main artillery of Tsarist Russia during World War I, its range of 7700 meters is also up to the standard.

So when it was dawn, the artillery of dozens of positions of the artillery brigade rang in unison, giving the defending Romanian army a big surprise.

The violent shelling of the three medium and large artillery pieces caused Mount Helmek to fall into a sea of ​​fire, and many fortifications on the position were destroyed.

As the commander of the position, Mizke didn't have time to organize his clothes, and immediately rushed to his post to check the damage caused by the shelling.

"I didn't expect that the artillery shelling of the Soviet army would be so violent. And its shelling level is quite high, and many ground fortifications have been devastated."

In Mizke's eyes, many positions were shrouded in shelling, and from time to time various weapon parts were thrown into the air. He even saw that a 75 mountain gun was directly hit by the artillery, and it immediately became torn apart. The deformed gun barrel flew into the air and smashed on the soldier he couldn't avoid. The poor soldier saw God immediately.

Seeing the tragic image of the position, Mizke immediately vented his dissatisfaction. "Where's our artillery? Why don't we fight back?"

As if waiting for his urging, the sound of counter-attacking artillery rumbled over the mountain, and the artillery of the two sides exchanged fire across Helmek Mountain.

Although the Soviet army has the advantage of caliber, Romania is not bad. They have the advantage of high ground. The artillery observation posts located on the hilltop continuously send the observation information to the artillery positions, which also allows the Romanian artillery to rely on accurate artillery fire. It is comparable to the Soviet army playing a drum.

In particular, the new 105 howitzer can almost be called a cannon, although the cost is 60 more expensive than the old one. However, it performed exceptionally well in this artillery battle. With its ultra-long range and fierce firepower,

It also maximizes the suppression ability of its artillery.

And the Soviet artillery, who had a great time fighting with the Romanian artillery, naturally lowered their shelling intensity to the position by a grade.

Although both the Romanian 24th Division called the 24th Division artillery to resist the offensive of the Soviet artillery, but a helping hand still appeared.

Support from the heavy artillery regiment soon joined the chorus, and the deterrent effect of these 150 heavy artillery can far exceed the artillery of the 24th Division itself. Although there was only one battalion of 12 heavy artillery support, it still gave the Romanian artillery an advantage. Many Soviet artillerymen had to face a cycle of discovery, shelling, and relocation, which aggravated the disadvantage of the Soviet artillery.

Seeing that the artillery could not open the situation, Major General Solnov, the Soviet commander, had to let the soldiers attack in advance.

So under his order, waves of Soviet soldiers attacked the position.

"Suppressive light machine gun fire. These Soviets are dying."

An officer on the position looked at the densely charged Soviet soldiers, and without waiting for the enemy to enter the best range, he immediately ordered the machine gun loudly to suppress the opponent's offensive. As for why the heavy machine guns with better suppression were not fired, you can see the heavy machine guns scattered into parts and the shooters who fell next to the heavy machine guns.

In fact, he was not the only one who issued such an order, almost the entire line of defense basically did this. So when the Soviet soldiers were still some distance away, the Romanian positions on the position were full of fire, and everyone knew that this was the real deal this time.

Of course, if Romania performed like this yesterday, Solnov would be very satisfied. Because this exposed all the firepower of the position, but today is the general attack launched, and he has already opened the bow and has no turning back, so he can only increase the investment in troops.

The fierce attack caused the ammunition of the position to be consumed very quickly, especially the machine gun ammunition. So when the battle is at its most intense, you can see a spectacle, that is, after each machine gun position, there are many people squatting pressing the magazine, which is the result of the machine gun shooting too fast. There are even examples of the cooling water being burnt out and having to pee to cool down.

Although the soldiers on the position resisted very stubbornly, this time the Soviet army was almost overwhelmed by the entire division. After one regiment was defeated, the other was on the top, giving the Romanian soldiers no chance to rest at all. So after two hours of desperate attack, the Soviet soldiers finally took the position.

From a one-point breakthrough to a multi-faceted breakthrough, Mizik's carefully designed first-line positions were thus captured by the Soviet army's offensive without recording casualties.

Andreev, who was in charge of commanding the Soviet offensive, looked at the Romanian army who had retreated to the second-line position, and immediately ordered without waiting for the soldiers to rest. "Continue to attack, we want to capture Helmek Mountain in one breath."

So the Soviet army, which did not give itself a rest, did not give the defeated Romanian army a chance, and continued to attack the second-line positions.

As the position commander, Mizik immediately sent reinforcements to the second-line position after seeing the situation of the Soviet army. The battle between the two sides around the second-line positions broke out immediately.

After sending reinforcements, Mizke did not hesitate, and immediately picked up the phone, he wanted reinforcements now.

"Commander, now the Soviet offensive is too fierce, we need reinforcements."

The voice of the division commander, Major General Salda, came through the microphone. "Now hold on for a while. I was attacked by two enemy divisions on my side, and now I can't get any troops to help you. Who can tell me why the reinforcements from the enemy appeared from where?"

It was clear that the last sentence Major General Zelda was mad at the others.

And Mizke ignored the teacher's anger at others, and could only beg. "Master, if you don't send reinforcements, our position is likely to fall. The Soviet troops who attacked the position this time are fighting for their lives. We have caused more than 30 casualties to them, but these people still don't take a step back. Send me some reinforcements, at least let the soldiers see hope, you know the consequences of not seeing hope on the battlefield."

After a long silence over the microphone, he said. "I can only send you one company of troops. If you need reinforcements, then I will be the only one."

"Thank you teacher."

For Mizik now, it is also good to reinforce a company of troops.

After putting down the phone, he ordered. "Gather all the current non-combatants, give them weapons, and let them go to the third-line positions. Then let all the lightly wounded go to the third-line positions as long as they can carry guns."

Deputy Head Dalton said hesitantly. "Is this too much?"

"If the second-line position is lost, both you and I need to go to the position."

Mizick, who checked with a gun, answered him without raising his head.

Now Mizke is also ready to die, don't think that the Soviet army dares.