Chapter 424： ending

After hearing that Stalin was not far away with reinforcements, Yegorov immediately regained his energy. He said loudly to the officer: "I will tell everyone the good news immediately. Let everyone speed up, we are saved."

The news that reinforcements are just ahead greatly encouraged the soldiers of the Western Front. Everyone's face was filled with hope, and their steps became a lot lighter. After a fiasco, anyone with reinforcements to help them feel better.

When the pursuing northern Romanian army chased Wadley, he encountered the Soviet Russian army, which had a combined force of more than 300,000 troops.

Lieutenant General Mandiv looked at the Soviet Russian troops who were waiting and had an absolute advantage in numbers. He cursed secretly: "Damn it, let these Soviet troops run away."

Regarding the large gap in military strength, and because of the increase in uncertain factors in the field, Lieutenant General Mandiv withdrew a little. Out of consideration for stability, he could only order to retreat first.

Seeing the Romanian soldiers slowly retreating into the night, all the Soviet soldiers present cheered, as if they had won a battle. Stalin and Yegorov, who were observing the Romanian army on the front line, also eased their inner worries.

"Fortunately, the opposing commander was cautious and did not attack."

When Stalin saw the retreating Romanian army, most of his nervousness was relieved. When the main opponent launches an offensive, you will find that they are all Xibei goods, the kind that collapses in one hit. Only God knows how powerful a troop composed of recruits and defeated troops can have.

Yegorov, who was pursuing troops and retreating behind his shoulders, immediately remembered the Soviet Russian soldiers who had been sacrificed because of his wrong decision, especially the abandoned 14th Army. He couldn't help his grief anymore, and shed tears at political commissar Stalin.

"Comrade political commissar, I have failed the expectations of the motherland and the central government. I am sorry to the party and the people. The responsibility for this defeat is to blame for me. I failed to discover the other party's intentions.

The commander in his thirties began to cry like a child in front of the political commissar.

Seeing his partner burst into tears, Stalin certainly wouldn't let him cry like this, and quickly comforted: "Comrade Commander, the responsibility for defeat lies not only with you, but the entire Western Army is responsible. At present, our priority is The task is to return to Kiev first, to ensure that the enemy will not take the opportunity to seize the most important city in Ukraine. As for future responsibilities, let’s wait until the future."

Stalin said to comfort Yegorov, among them, in his opinion, the two leaders of the Western Front were not the most responsible parties. The biggest problem is the order given to them by the central government, or the wrong order of overestimation of their own strength, they are just the victims of this wrong order. Of course, these words can only stay in his heart and blame the Central Committee for the decision, not everyone has the courage to make it.

Under Stalin's persuasion, Yegorov regained his mentality. After confirming that the Romanian army had retreated, they led the army to retreat to Zhytomyr, Kiev and other cities along the Dnieper River in a hurry.

The retreating Romanian army on the northern front line was at the Carlos Bridge and encountered the 14th army commander in the middle of the road army chasing Admiral Feleit.

After hearing the news that a large number of enemy reinforcements had taken up the pursuit of the target and withdrew, Admiral Feleit threw his military cap to the ground angrily.

"Damn it, let go of this guy for nothing. Lieutenant General Mandiv is too cautious, why not entangle him."

Your Excellency, who was a little irritable, couldn't help complaining. Seeing that he was about to gain full power, he didn't expect that the duck in his hand flew away halfway. No one complains about anyone.

Hearing Fereit’s complaint, Chief of Staff Andrew stepped forward to explain: "It may be Lieutenant General Mandiv in order to avoid too much casualties. You also heard him just now. There were about 300,000 enemies at the time. Moreover, the night is not conducive to combat. Moreover, when he pursued, he did not bring a lot of equipment, plus he didn't know when we could arrive."

Andrew's explanation made Fereit a little better, and indeed he was also responsible for failing to wipe out the enemy. That **** enemy 14th Army, dragged his footsteps for too long, so that they missed the pursuit time.

Seeing that Fereit's complexion improved a lot, Andrew asked again: "Are we still chasing?"

Hearing Andrew's question, Feleit said angrily: "What are you going to chase after? The enemy has already retreated after one night's delay. Since there are only half of the ducks left, they can't be allowed to fly away." "

The remaining half duck referred to by General Fereit obviously refers to the 6th and 9th Army in Nemilov. And how is this army that attacked Nemilov now?

When Yegorov telegraphed to Skrev that the plan had failed and he needed to evacuate. The 6th and 9th Army had already attacked the second line of defense of the Romanian Army on the southern front, and when his telegram arrived here, it caused a fierce quarrel in the command headquarters.

At that time, one party thought that since the plan failed, it needed to go back immediately, and could not wait for the other two lines of Romanian troops to encircle itself.

On the other side, they said that when they retreat now, the stretch of mountains and forests will become their biggest obstacle, and there are not too many soldiers who can return to the motherland. Because Romania is very likely to set up a blockade outside this mountain forest, as long as they go out, they will throw themselves into the net. It is better to take a gamble and immediately turn to the southeast after taking Nemilov, passing through Uman, where the enemy is less powerful, and returning to Cherkasy under Ukrainian rule.

These two plans have their own advantages. As long as the first plan runs fast, there is a great hope to escape part of the army. After all, it will take time for the other two lines of Romanian troops to surround themselves. But the difficulty is that a considerable part of the army will be annihilated by the enemy.

The second plan, as long as they can quickly defeat the enemy in front of them, they will be able to escape before the other two enemy forces come around. But the difficulty is that if they cannot defeat Nemilov's enemies, they will face annihilation.

And these two plans must be chosen as soon as possible. They can't afford to delay, or they just wait for the enemy to encircle and wipe out.

Skrev, who was their commander, was in a dilemma at this time, and both plans were so difficult for people to choose. In the end, out of prudent considerations, Skrev chose the first plan, retreating backwards through the mountains and forests.

Do whatever it takes. After making up his mind, Skrev immediately ordered the troops to withdraw. Everyone only brought their weapons, food and other daily necessities. As for the artillery, machine guns and other equipment that were carried by the people to resist the transportation, all of them were thrown away. Within two hours, the 6th and 9th Soviet Russian Army entered the nearby mountains and forests.

This sighed in vain for the first and twenty-eighth divisions who came one step late.

The news that Lieutenant General Ankodar immediately retreated the enemy to the forest and planned to retreat, and informed Admiral Feleit who was still besieging the 14th Army at the time. That's why the admiral himself said that the remaining half of the duck can't let it fly.

So when the other two lines of Romania came around, the 6th and 9th Army was doomed to lose most of its fate. Sure enough, at the beginning, the 6th and 9th Army took advantage of the encirclement and broke through with more than 50,000 people, but none of them escaped.

When these cold and hungry Soviet Russian soldiers appeared in the wilderness Romanian soldiers who had been waiting for a long time faced them. After facing this desperate situation, most Soviet Russian soldiers wisely chose to surrender. A small number of diehards were wiped out on the spot. In the following ten days, 110,000 Soviet Russian troops were captured by Romania.

Here is what I want to say, in this encirclement and suppression, a young Soviet Russian soldier named Dofosko stayed in the mountains and forests for three months. After the Romanian and Soviet-Russian borders finally calmed down, he returned to his country. At that time, the Soviet Russian newspapers reported on this desperate soldier who was still insisting, and pushed his reputation to a very high level.

In Vinnytsia this battle, the final official statistics. The two sides sent a million troops to fight for the ownership of Western Ukraine, and Romania won in the end.

However, as the price of victory, the Romanian army suffered more than 65,000 casualties. Among them, 21,573 people were killed, 43,872 people were injured, and 1,876 people were missing, which is not a small price.

As the defeated Soviet Russian army, this time a total of 265,401 people were lost. Among them, 67,341 were killed, 46,243 were injured, 134,516 were captured, and the remaining more than 10,000 were all missing.