Chapter 453： Battle of Tank Cavalry (Part 1)

August 16th was the launch day of the Piłsudski plan, and the Romanian army commanded by General Feleit was already prepared. With the help of the Poles, he also knew the enemy's position well. After all, this is the inherent advantage of Poland's local intelligence.

According to the information available to him, Admiral Fereit already knew that the 11th and 14th Soviet Army Groups were located on the Demblin-Palchev line, protecting not only the flanks of the Soviet army besieging Warsaw, but also the back roads and supply lines. safety.

In order to target Soviet Russia's deployment, Admiral Feleit made the following arrangements. With the 3rd, 7th, 12th, and 19th Divisions as the left-wing corps, it is personally commanded by it, and is attached to two heavy artillery regiments to target the 14th army on the front line of Palchev.

With the 5th, 9th, 18th and Polish Third Army as the right-wing corps, Lieutenant General Mandiv served as the commander, and General Shimigewi as the deputy commander (commander of the Polish Third Army). It is also attached to a heavy artillery regiment to deal with the 11th army on the front line of Demblin.

As for the remaining cavalry divisions and armored brigades as mobile regiments, they will face new enemies that may appear at any time.

The new enemy mentioned here can only be the Soviet Russian Cavalry First Army. On the vast Polish plains, the role of the cavalry need not be said. That's why Admiral Feleit brought the cavalry division and the armored brigade, and he hoped that this unit could deal a heavy blow to the Russian cavalry.

In fact, after the Romanian military captured the West Ukraine region, it expressed concern about the vast plain terrain of the new territory. Many of them suggested the formation of new cavalry divisions to cope with the pressure of national defense. However, their proposal was suppressed by the leaders of the army such as Prieshan, only to increase the number of cavalry divisions.

At present, the Romanian Cavalry Division adopts a large organization; the Cavalry Division has three cavalry regiments (one of which is a mounted infantry regiment), a cavalry regiment (it is said that the cavalry is actually a towed artillery for vehicle transportation), and a transport regiment (the largest organization The division belongs to the transportation regiment), an engineer battalion, in addition to a division guard company, a communications platoon, a field hospital, a veterinary team, a chaplain with the army, and so on.

The cavalry regiment is equipped with three cavalry battalions and one cannon battalion. Each cavalry battalion has four cavalry companies and one cannon company, and each cavalry company has 114 officers and soldiers. The entire division has a combined staff of more than 13,000, which is comparable to the two half-cavalry divisions of the Soviet Union and Russia.

So even though Romania is a cavalry division, its strength is not weak at all. But not to mention the armored brigade accompanied by cavalry nemesis, enough to deal with the Soviet Russian Cavalry First Army under the command of General Budjoni.

So in the early morning of the 16th, the Romanian army launched a fierce attack on the Soviet Russian army on the Demblin-Palchev line.

Still familiar with the artillery to open the way, the three heavy artillery regiments took the lead as the core of fire support to fire. Perhaps more than a hundred heavy artillery pieces with a caliber of over 150 are not conspicuous on a battle line of more than 30 kilometers, but how could Admiral Ferreit distribute the artillery equally?

He gathered the artillery. Respectively carry out fierce bombardment on several predetermined breakthroughs. At the same time, when the heavy artillery fired to the rear, the artillery of the divisions bombarded it again.

As an old opponent of the Romanian army, the 14th Army also suffered a big loss in the Battle of Vinnytsia. Therefore, under the leadership of the commander Smirga, they made full use of the terrain and fortifications to avoid Romanian artillery. But there are exceptions to everything.

"Don't run around, hide quickly."

A Soviet Russian officer was yelling to a recruit who could not stand the heavy artillery fire.

This Soviet Russian soldier was frightened and panicked by the shelling. He was pale and running around the position like a headless fly. He just wanted to hide in a place where there was no explosion. At this time, a shell exploded near him, and the soldier went down without saying a word.

"Hey"

Seeing the soldier's sacrifice, the officer sighed. Then he turned his head and yelled at the other soldiers: "Seeing that, this is the end of running around. Don't run if you encounter shelling."

Listening to the roar of the officer, the recruits in the team nodded in response.

The 14th Army suffered a huge loss in the Battle of Vinnytsia, and this happened because it had recruited too many new recruits. Therefore, its actual combat capability is much weaker than before.

The shelling always comes to a halt, not to mention that Romania is just a pseudo-power, and shells also cost money. So after three hours of bombardment, the shelling stopped.

When the shelling stopped, the officer of the 14th Army seemed to have been kicked in the **** and immediately jumped up.

"Quickly get out, the enemy is attacking."

Some officers even felt that the soldiers reacted slowly and kicked them in the ass. There is also a reason for these officers to urge the soldiers quickly. They fought with the Romanian army before, and after the shelling was over, their soldiers almost touched their positions. How can such an excellent rifle match not be impressive.

After the soldiers were driven to the position, it turned out that the Romanian attacked was less than 300 meters away from him, which shocked many soldiers who fought with the Romanian army for the first time.

"Hurry up and fire, and don't let the enemy get close to the position."

Following the roar of the officer, the Soviet Russian soldiers on the position immediately fired at the attacking Romanian soldiers with their weapons in their hands, trying to intercept the opponent in front of the position.

Of course, the offensive Romanian army would not let the other side wish, but also exchanged fire with Soviet Russian soldiers with weapons in their hands. At a time, the two armies shot at each other at a distance of two to three hundred meters.

After the first line, Smirgar, the commander of the 14th Army, was observing the situation on the battlefield. I can't help but he doesn't care. He has already tried the attack power of the Romanian army. Facing the Romanian attack this time, Smirga was a little worried about his troops.

In his observation the soldiers on the Soviet Russian position were gradually suppressed by Romanian soldiers. Many soldiers on the positions were hit and fell into the trenches, while the Romanian soldiers were gradually approaching within 100 meters of the position. One hundred meters is a dangerous distance for the defender of the position. This distance is already the distance for the final charge in the Soviet Russian infantry code. According to Soviet Russian practice, everyone needs to straighten up and rush to the position at the fastest speed.

So seeing that there was a danger of being rushed into the position by the Romanians, Smirga immediately issued the order. "Order the 38th Division to send a brigade to immediately reinforce the front line, so that they can move fast."

Soviet Russian reinforcements were fast, and they rushed into the position with shelling all the way. After receiving reinforcements, the firepower density of the first-line positions increased significantly, and the Romanian offensive was beaten back.

Seeing the soldiers on the battlefield cheering for repulsing the enemy, Smirgar felt a little bit of a misfortune. The enemy let himself send reinforcements for the first time, and the next battle will be very difficult. At this time, requesting reinforcements is within his consideration.

At present, only the First Cavalry Army under the command of General Budjoni could provide reinforcements, so Smirga's request for help was sent to General Budjoni.

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