Chapter 317： German offensive (part 2)

? When Major General Antiche was distressed by his soldiers' casualties, some people were distressed just like him.

"The casualties of this attack are too great."

In the German headquarters outside the city, the chief of staff who handed the casualty statistics report to Lieutenant General Gustav couldn't help talking.

After receiving the report, he glanced at the total number of casualties, and Lieutenant General Gustav nodded with satisfaction. "Such casualties are still within my expectations and acceptable."

His Excellency Lieutenant General's satisfactory tone made the Chief of Staff somewhat dissatisfied. "Are you satisfied with this report of casualties? 2,468 people were killed and 2501 injured, of which 1541 were unrecoverable and severely disabled. Are you satisfied with this report of more than 5,000 casualties?"

Faced with the emotional outburst of his Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Gustav continued to speak in his plain and calm tone. "You also need to see the number of casualties of the defensive enemy. As the defensive side, the casualties are around 13,000, which is not a good number. You must know that they are defensive operations and have fortifications as support, but the casualties are still so large. The army deployed outside the city is not very effective."

The level of Lieutenant General Gustav Crooked House was good, which immediately made the Chief of Staff look away from the casualty report. "It seems that you are right, so will you continue this kind of offense next?"

Faced with the topic that the Chief of Staff was concerned about, Gustav smiled and shook his head. He waved his hand and said the casualty report. "Such casualties are enough to make the offensive soldiers nervous today, and this needs to be slowed down. And if we continue to maintain such a strong offensive, it will scare the commander of the defending army, if he takes into account that the casualties are too large and not defending the outer positions, Should we soldiers go to fight in the street?"

After speaking, Lieutenant General Gustav looked at several photos on his desk. The fortresses and fortifications built by Major General Antichi in the city of Suceava were impressive. It seems that the Germans have known Suceava for a long time, and they have sufficient knowledge of the degree of fortification of Suceava, so being able to kill defenders on the periphery is also good for the Germans on the offensive side. select.

In the following two days, the German attack on Suceava has been suppressed, and the daily casualties of nearly seven or eight thousand people made Major General Antichi very uncomfortable, and he was about to run out of his hair.

"So many casualties today?"

Looking at the number of casualties for two consecutive days, Major General Antich felt like he had been caught in the enemy's trap.

The chief of staff, who was even more ugly than Antioch, vented at the casualty figures. "Now we have suffered 30,000 casualties in three days, so we won't have anyone for a week."

The Chief of Staff's words made Antich, who had been watching the German offensive, a bit taken aback. Thinking back to some of the actions of the German offensive in the past two days, an idea flashed in his mind. After realizing it, he slapped his head and rebuked himself loudly.

"Damn, Antichy, you are an idiot, you have been used by the enemy."

The chief of staff was not slow, he said directly. "You mean the enemy did this deliberately in the past two days."

"should be."

Major General Antiche continued to talk about the difference he thought of. "It's no wonder that the German army had a chance to take our outer positions in the past two days, but it was finally a step late in reinforcements. Now it seems that the enemy did it deliberately. Before, I was surprised that the enemy had no brains. Now it seems that they have no brains. it's me."

Hearing Antiche's analysis, the chief of staff interjected. "Then what do we do now, are we going to withdraw to the city immediately?"

Faced with the Chief of Staff's proposal, Antić waved to stop it. "No, it's too cheap for us to evacuate them like this. Since they set a trap for us to consume our troops, then I also want to teach them a lesson."

Facing Major General Antichi, the chief of staff asked directly. "What are you going to do?"

"Now I'm just an idea, I need a good idea."

There was no word for a night, and the early morning of the fourth day arrived, and the Germans began to prepare for the offensive again. As usual, the artillery bombarded first, and the Romanian counter-attack artillery fired as expected. The artillery of the two sides cannot be exchanged between you and me. Under the order of Lieutenant General Gustav, the Germans continued to attack the defensive Romanian positions.

"Hurry up."

The German offensive was under the command of officers, and the soldiers rushed to the Romanian positions like a tide, and the counterattack from the position was still so strong.

"Watch out for the enemy's defense machine gun."

"Look at the enemy's movements on the ground."

The attacking German soldiers, under the command of the officer, advanced into the position with skill.

"The resistance of the enemy's position is declining?"

A low-level officer looked at the firepower of the counterattack on the ground and said with some surprise.

The feeling of attacking the German troops was also seen by Lieutenant General Gustav who was watching the battle from the rear. However, unlike what was observed in the front, he could accurately observe through the telescope that this was a decline in firepower on the ground.

Faced with this situation, the chief of staff who was watching the battle together asked a little curiously. "What are these Romanians doing and why is there a gap in firepower?"

The Chief of Staff's words made Lieutenant General Gustav a little confused. If he was going to resist and retreat, then the firepower of the position would decrease, and this is the first time I saw the decrease in firepower density of this position.

Facing the unclear situation, Lieutenant General Gustav could only point to that section of the formation to give orders. "Let the commander in the middle of the offensive pay attention. Just pay more attention during the offensive. The rest will continue as planned."

The situation is still not bright, and Gustav, as the commander, cannot abandon the attack because of some abnormal actions of the enemy. This will be irresponsible to the attacking soldiers. For now, I can only make the frontline commanders pay more attention.

Just as the German attacking this position approached, the counterattack firepower suddenly increased. Gustav, who observed this, nodded and said. "It turns out that I want to use firepower density tactics, which doesn't take us seriously."

As Lieutenant General Gustav's voice just fell, the commander in charge of this attack immediately increased the intensity of the attack. For a time, the intensity of the firefight in this position was far more intense than in other areas.

However, the duration of such a firefight will not be too long, mainly because the defending soldiers cannot compare with the offensive Germans, so after a period of fierce firefight, some unsupported defenders began to retreat.

"Hey, the enemy didn't send reinforcements this time?"

Lieutenant General Gustav was a little surprised when he saw his soldiers attacked the position.

"Maybe the garrison commander has already sensed our intentions."

The Chief of Staff who also observed this situation said uncertainly.

The chief of staff's words made Gustav mumble. "Then the defenders continue to resist here, what's the point?"

An idea flashed through his mind, and Lieutenant General Gustav's expression changed drastically. "not good."

"what's happenin?"

"This position is dangerous, and the commander of the garrison wants to pit us."

It was a pity that the two men's conversation was not heard by the frontline soldiers in time. Just as they were talking, there was a burst of deafening explosions from this position.

I saw this section of the position exploded violently, and the German soldiers who had just entered the position were basically killed and injured by the explosion. At this time, the defending army suddenly burst out fierce artillery fire, bombarding the attacking Germans, which made the German soldiers who have been used to artillery suppressed by their own inexplicable panic. The defending soldiers took this opportunity to immediately take up their weapons and move away from contact with the Germans.

Seeing this situation, Lieutenant General Gustav's heart rushed directly to the top of his head. At this time, he didn't know that he was overshadowed by his opponent. However, after fighting for many years, Lieutenant General Gustav stabilized his body and suffered a boring loss. If he was angry again, he would probably make his opponent laugh out loud.

After recovering, Lieutenant General Gustav said to his Chief of Staff with a smile as usual. "Very well, it seems that I am sure of this loss."

In his right hand, Lieutenant General Gustav, who was not noticed, had already squeezed out a big hole in a report in his hand.

And as Major General Antichi, who had pitted the German army, was checking his own gains and losses.

"In order to prepare for this explosion, we have used 60% of our stock of explosives. And in order to ensure the withdrawal of our troops, all our artillery counterattacked the enemy, causing us to lose fourteen. This time the casualties were not large, only the loss. More than a thousand people."

After talking about the battle damage, the chief of staff continued to report the results of the battle. "This time we wiped out at least three thousand German troops. This result is completely acceptable. Moreover, the German troops suffered a boring performance this time, which made our soldiers feel a lot more stable. The next battle will be much easier."

"No, you are wrong with the chief of staff."

Major General Antichi interrupted the Chief of Staff. "To be precise, the enemy was angered. Our next battle will be much harder. I don't know how many soldiers will hate me after the fight."

The situation of the German losses in Suceava this time also reached its commander Marshal Markenson, but after a glance at the report, he asked his Chief of Staff Major General Max Hoffman. "Are there signs of reinforcements coming from the Romanian army?"

The planning genius of the Battle of Tannenberg and many other battles repliedWe know that the situation is not yet, but their main force in Transylvania is constantly being transferred back, part of it It was arranged to be assembled in Bacau, and the other part was assembled on the former Bulgarian territory. "

Major General Hoffman’s words allowed Marshal Mackensen to find Bacau’s position on the map. He looked at Bacau, who was separated from Horman and Iasi, from left to right by the German army in Suceava, Mackensen said plainly. . "It seems that our opponent, General Courtois, is a little afraid of our surprise attack."

Markenson's words made Hoffman nodded in agreement. "Yes, the marshal, our opponent is very cautious, this is to put his fist behind him."

"Then now, only by taking Suceava first can we force the opponent to make a move."

"Marshal, I will give Lieutenant General Gustav an order for him to take this city as soon as possible."

"There is no need to give an order. He is already angered. I can smell his anger from the report. We just need to wait now."

"as you wish."