Chapter 423： Rout (Part 2)

The 14th Army under the command of Smirga, although tragically blocked the Romanian army until the sun went down. However, as the Romanian commander-in-chief General Fereit, he would not just let his prey go. The night battle was born under this circumstance.

A flaming bomb hit the sky and illuminated the ground like daylight. Romanian soldiers continued to fight with Soviet Russian soldiers against the cold wind.

"Offensive, defeat these Russians."

The Romanian officer who led the team shouted loudly for his soldiers to attack the enemy. With his voice, his mouth was full of white gas, and the soldiers followed the direction of his fingers and launched another attack on the position.

"Defensive, everyone waits to defend."

On the other side, the Soviet-Russian army commander was also calling the soldiers to defend.

At the urging of officers from both sides, the exhausted soldiers of the two sides fought again. But overall, Romania occupies an advantage in numbers and weapons. As for Soviet Russian soldiers, they can only use flesh and blood to resist the enemy's attack. But how long this resistance can last, only God knows.

The night's fighting has been going on, and now what is being compared is the physical strength and willpower of the two sides as well as the weapons and equipment. In this case, most of the Soviet Russian army is at a disadvantage.

Endless fights always come to an end, and people who are not afraid of death also die. When Soviet Russian soldiers reached their limits in terms of physical strength and will, a collapse was inevitable.

At the command of the 14th Army, the sound of fighting was getting closer. At this time, an officer with blood on his body broke in, and he shouted loudly as soon as he entered.

"Comrade Smirgar, the enemy has broken through our line of defense and is now attacking here. For the next battle, please move right away."

This is Meletskov, the commander of the 14th Army Guard Company. Smirga has already sent him to the front. And when he comes back now, he has shown that the situation has reached the point where it cannot be reversed.

Looking at Meletskov who had escaped from the enemy’s pursuit, Smirga replied indifferently: "I see, you can run away."

Smilgar's words caused the other officers in the command to look at each other, how could they go without the commander.

Hearing what Smirga said, Meletskov said quickly: "Comrade Smirga, it will be too late if you don't leave."

"I can't give up my soldiers. They all died here. I have no face to go back."

After Smirga finished speaking, he checked and loved his own gun, as if to calmly face the arrival of the Romanians as a Soviet revolutionary.

Seeing the desperate Smirga, Meletskov suddenly said in surprise: "Comrade Egorov, why are you back?"

Hearing Yegorov's return, Smirga suddenly turned his head and looked at him. There was no one in this direction. Only then did he realize that he had been deceived.

But it was too late, when Meletskov stepped forward and slashed Smirgar's neck with a hand knife, and the commander of the 14th Army fainted.

Slowly speaking, in fact, in just a few seconds, Smilgar was overpowered by his guard company commander.

Meretskov's actions stunned the other officers in the command, but someone thought of something and hurriedly stepped forward to support Smirga.

"Now let's go. I remember that there are still horses in the headquarters. We bypassed the road and headed towards Kiev."

What Meretskov said immediately let all officers know his intentions. Many people have to admire the bold guard company commander.

So under the leadership of this company commander Meletkov, the officers of this group of command immediately took the necessary supplies and marched towards Kiev in the dark.

When the Romanian army broke through the 14th Army, Comrade Stalin, political commissar of the Western Front Army, was already mobilizing Catogin’s 200,000 army to respond.

When Yegorov sent a telegram saying that he had been trapped by the enemy, Stalin felt that his whole heart was about to jump out. The first defeat of the Soviet Russian army happened on his own hands. How could he be relieved.

Fortunately, Yegorov said that he intends to lead his troops to retreat and he needs troops to respond. At this time, in order to cover the 6th and 9th Army's sneak attack, the Ukrainian troops became the only straw for the two to save lives.

Therefore, after Stalin received Yegorov's telegram, he immediately rushed from the headquarters to Katogyn. It takes two hours to travel by car on weekdays. Under Stalin's constant urging, this time it was just over an hour.

After arriving in Katokin, Stalin immediately ordered the 200,000 Ukrainian troops to bring weapons and set off with him to rescue the Western Front. However, no matter how you urge, the 200,000 army needs to prepare a lot. You don’t have to eat it, you need to bring weapons and ammunition, and you need to wear winter anti-skid shoes. When the sun is about to set, these Ukrainian troops will be ready.

After seeing the decent Ukrainian army, Stalin and several officers in charge of the command discussed the route of the march and immediately arranged the departure. So in the evening of the same day, the Ukrainian army with torches split into several routes and marched towards Kalinovka.

And following these Ukrainian troops marching to Stalin, the only thought in my mind is, Yegorov, you have to bring more troops to escape.

And Yegorov, whom he missed, is currently being pursued by the Romanian army.

"Comrade Commander, the 8th Army reported that the 4th Army they sent to stop the enemy has been defeated by the enemy. The enemy is now less than 12 kilometers away from us. They asked if they would send another unit to stop it."

Yegorov, lying on his horse, was listening to a messenger reporting the situation. The army that pursued them was the Romanian army on the northern front under the command of Lieutenant General Mandiv. But Yegorov thought of his encounter with this Romanian army, and he exclaimed in his heart.

At that time, Yegorov left the 14th Army and broke off, and he took the defeated Western Front and marched towards Katokin. When crossing a bridge called Karlots, the scout cavalry reported that a unit was coming from the north to the Karlots bridge where they were.

At present, in addition to the 6th and 9th Army in Nemilov, the Western Front also has the 14th Army left in Kalilovka, and the 16th Army repelled to the north. Other troops are here. Then this fast approaching force must be the enemy.

At present, the fighting spirit of the Western Front in their own hands is not high. If they are bitten by the enemy, they can completely escape, so they must leave a unit to defend. In the end, he chose the 4th Army of the 8th Army as a defensive force, and he immediately rushed to Katogyn with other troops.

In fact, Yegorov guessed right This unit is indeed the Romanian army of Lieutenant General Mandiv's Northern Front. After they defeated the 16th Army, they immediately detoured to attack the rear of the Western Front, and the Karlots Bridge was the place he chose.

However, he did not expect Yegorov to see that the situation was not good, and immediately left the troop with tail docked to survive, which made Lieutenant General Mandiv rush to the air. His Excellency Lieutenant General regretted this secretly, and it only took half an hour early that Yegorov and the main force of his Western Front could not run.

So after seeing the opportunity slip away from his hands, he vented all his anger on the 4th Army who blocked him. Within three hours, the 4th Army scattered and fled.

And Lieutenant General Mandiv didn't care about dealing with these defeated troops. In his eyes, only the main force of the Western Front led by Yegorov was in his eyes. So after leaving a division to clear out the remnants of the enemy, immediately took other troops to pursue Yegorov.

Now the report of Lingbing made Yegorov start thinking about drawing that troop to block the enemy. At this time, a panting military officer ran up to him and said loudly: "Commander, the political commissar with reinforcements has come to the village of Wadi, 10 kilometers ahead of us."

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