Chapter 542： Helmek conflict (1)

September is the harvest season, and the hard-working farmers need to count the results of this year's labor, so there are busy scenes everywhere.

In the small town of Khmelnik, it is another scene. The town is full of soldiers in military uniforms, who patronize the few shops in the town in twos and threes.

In the barracks outside the town, Major General Salda, the commander of the 24th Division, is giving orders. "When will the artillery arrive? They are one of the main forces next. Commander Tolk promised me that they arrived at the scheduled time. What are they doing? The day after tomorrow is the scheduled time, but they are still there. Kamenets."

Looking at the furious Major General Zelda, the Chief of Staff Colonel Bodalko couldn't help but said. "At present, it seems that the artillery regiment can no longer arrive at the specified time, so do we need to consider borrowing some equipment from friendly forces? At least 105 howitzers need to be borrowed. These heavy artillery cannot arrive within the specified time."

The Chief of Staff's words made Major General Zelda think for a while and refused.

"Chief of Staff, don't mention this proposal. You must know that the election of our troops this time has caused dissatisfaction among many colleagues. If the friendly forces are allowed to support because of the delay of artillery, it will not cause a violent response. So this proposal is Needless to say."

Major General Salda's categorical refusal made Colonel Bodalko couldn't help but say. "But without artillery support, the next battle will not be so easy to fight."

"That's not necessarily."

"How to say?"

Major General Zelda explained by pointing to the battle map. "Look. Hermek is at 749 meters above sea level, which is not much higher than the surroundings. Our division uses a 75mm caliber field gun, which is sufficient to target the Soviet Union's current large-scale division-level 762mm field gun. I believe it will wait until the Soviet Union. When the troops behind the army arrived in Helmek, our 105 howitzer should have arrived early. And after the start, we can still get part of the support from the Fourth Heavy Artillery Regiment, which is enough to ensure that our army is invincible."

That's right, Major General Salda made a compromise after full consideration, so that after the conflict, the speed of the Soviet army's assembly and the line of advancement were fully considered. According to his estimates, after learning that Mount Hermek was occupied by our side, it would take two days for the Soviet army to make a decision just by submitting a report, and then it would take another three days for the assembly of troops to come over. Five days, even if it is pushed by hand, it should be pushed.

In the early stage of combat, the 762mm division field guns used by the Soviet army were many of the new 190230 type. This new type of artillery has been extended from the original 30-diameter barrel to 40-diameter. The muzzle velocity is 662s, the angle is 1737 degrees, and the maximum range is increased from 8,500 meters to 13,290 meters.

The Soviet artillery is strong, and Romania is not bad. At present, a large number of new 75mm field guns have been installed in the Romanian army. The new 75mm field gun is called Type 190629. Its diameter has been increased from 32 times to 43 times, and the maximum range has been increased from 8,400 meters to 13520. Meter. Not inferior to the current Soviet Union’s new 762-caliber wild artillery.

Not to mention that the 24th Division is currently equipped with Romania's latest 105 caliber howitzer. Its 35 times the barrel can hit the shells to a distance of 14,180 meters. Moreover, the newly developed muzzle brake can also reduce the recoil of 36, so that thicker tires can also be installed on this howitzer, which in turn increases the maneuverability of the gun.

Had it not been for the flood that broke down the railway bridge and forced the artillery to diverge for road transport, then the Soviets could feel its power when the conflict began.

Now that Major General Salda has considered the plan to deal with it, Colonel Bodalko can only continue to ask the next question. "Then sir, have you considered which regiment to send first to occupy Mount Hermek?"

"I've considered almost everything. Let Lieutenant Colonel Mizick lead his three regiments to take down Helmek Mountain first. For this reason, I plan to equip him with a 75 mountain artillery battalion, an engineer company, and give him four more. 127 anti-aircraft machine gun. Let it bring enough ammunition to hold this high point for me. And I took the rest of the division as a back-up, and when the Soviets came up, I gave them a slam."

Obviously, Major General Salda intends to put Mizk's regiment on a key point. As a battlefield-ready general, Major General Zelda knew where the key points of future conflicts were, and put the most elite cards in his hands there from the beginning.

And the Third Regiment really deserves his entrustment. In the past two years of in-division tactical exercises, the Third Regiment has repeatedly won first results. As the trust and expectation of his subordinates, Major General Salda is obviously willing to use it as a core defensive force.

After hearing the words of the division commander, the chief of staff thought of the usual performance of the three regiments, and said in agreement. "This arrangement is reasonable."

When the two divisional commanders were discussing, the trustworthy Lieutenant Colonel Mizick was also writing a letter from his family, which was addressed to his wife. As a qualified soldier, he certainly can't write about things in the army, mainly because his lovely son is in school. In order to let that son get a full education, he asked someone to find a good school for him, and this time he wrote to talk about going to school.

"I have done everything about Karls's schooling. It is the No. 1 National Primary School in Galati. I entrusted Lieutenant Colonel Kerley with this matter. You will take your son to visit and thank you. Remember not to Bring expensive gifts, just the usual ones, but the Kerley family is too expensive to be brought by the nobles."

Just as Mizick was writing a letter, an officer wearing the rank of lieutenant colonel pushed in.

He saw Mizick lying on the table writing a letter and said with a smile. "Mizick, you have only been on vacation for less than two months, and do you miss your family again?"

Mizick knew who it was without looking up and listening to the voice, so he spoke more casually.

"Isn't this the help of Lieutenant Colonel Kerley, who retired before, to find a school for my son? Now that I have found it, I naturally need to thank him."

"This matter is easy to solve. If you are in my hometown, I will help you with one sentence."

Seal the completed letterMizick just said it. "That is, who didn't know that Major Dalton's family is very powerful in Buzau."

The one who laughed with him was Lieutenant Colonel Dalton, cousin of the same discipline, Stig, who now teamed up with Mizick to manage the third regiment, but he was the deputy commander.

And Mizick continued after he made a joke. "How is the situation in the camps?"

"You didn't even let me take a sip of water, so you started asking about the troops."

Lieutenant Colonel Dalton, who was pouring water by himself, gave a reply after a laugh. "What else? Many soldiers went out to relax. The commanders of the battalions were decompressing the soldiers. After all, this is the first battle of our division, so we can't mess it up."

In fact, Lieutenant Colonel Dalton was wrong. This is their second time on the battlefield. However, in the last Soviet-Polish war, their division did not get a chance to perform in it. The task assigned to them at that time was to protect the transportation line. The cavalry group army that was harassing the transportation line by the Soviet army was caught by the armored brigade and the cavalry division. The 24th division was disappointed.

But now their division is facing the first battle of the Soviet army, can you not be careful?