Chapter 545： Helmek conflict (4)

"Machine gun, mortar knocked him out."

In front of the Hermek Mountain position, a Soviet company commander with a face full of gunpowder was directing soldiers to fight. In front of his attack, a Maxim heavy machine gun became his stumbling block.

Following his orders, the two soldiers hurried over from behind, kneeling down. Each of them came carrying a 60mm mortar, and one carrying two boxes of shells.

This 60mm mortar was very familiar to the company commander, and it was specially assigned to them by the battalion commander. The prototype of this mortar is the Stokes 3-inch mortar. This mortar was originally developed for attacking enemies evading in trenches. Its advantage is that it can attack with twists and turns, and its range is not close to the maximum range of 1000 meters. In addition, its total weight is only 197, which can be carried away by one person, so this mortar has been copied by many countries.

The Soviet 60 mortar also inherited these advantages, with a total gun weight of 189, an altitude range of 45, a shell weight of 133, a maximum muzzle velocity of 158s, and a maximum range of 1,050 meters. Suitable for suppressive attacks on trenches and machine guns.

So the two soldiers set up the mortar, adjusted the angle and attacked the heavy machine gun with three consecutive rounds, and the roadblock was dumbfounded. The comrade commander shouted immediately. "Comrades attack."

Soldiers suppressed by machine guns in twos and threes immediately relaunched their offensive.

This Soviet attack was also seen by Mizke who was defending the position. But he is not worried about this at all, because his troops also have 60 mortars, and even better 80 and 120 mortars. Of course, one of the two is in the hands of the battalion commander, and the other is in his own hands.

Sure enough, the position immediately responded to this 60 mortar. I only saw several explosions around the mortar, and the mortar never sounded again.

The Soviet attack was quickly repelled by Romania. Looking at the defeated Soviet army, the soldiers on the ground cheered. They are not only cheering for repulsing the enemy, but also cheering for their survival. Only on the battlefield can people know the value of life and make people cherish it.

And Mizick suddenly asked a topic that had nothing to do with the current battlefield situation.

"Dalton, although this Soviet attack was repelled by us, we also need to see their progress."

Dalton, who also observed the battle, exclaimed. "That's right. I remember that when they fought with them in 19, these Soviet troops had no other tactics except for their high spirits. They were just a brain charge. The firepower at the time caused these Soviets to suffer. By the time the Soviet Union attacked Poland, these Soviet troops already had some simple tactics, although it seemed ridiculous to us at that time."

"And now."

Dalton pointed to the battlefield and said. "The tactics have been done very skillfully, and the coordination is very tacit. It can be seen that they have made hard work in military training."

Listening to Dalton's words, Mizick also said with a sigh. "This is exactly what scares me. These Soviet troops are growing rapidly, and with their high morale, they are bound to be the biggest threat to our country. So in order to ensure that our country can deal with the threat of the Soviet Union, we don't want to. Increase the training of the troops, and at the same time find ways to use new equipment and technology to exercise new tactics to deal with the Soviet Union’s greatest enemy. After all, this country has too much resources, a large population, and a large population. It has the strength to contend."

Mizk's words were also what he thought in his heart. As he gradually promoted to the middle and high level, the level of the problem became higher. Many times I started to think about issues from the perspective of the overall situation, which made me like to read books.

And his words also aroused Dalton's surprise. I didn't want Mizick to see that the problem has risen to this level. It seems that his appointment as deputy is indeed a problem of his lack of ability.

While the two Romanian officers were discussing the terrible speed of the Soviet army's growth, in the Soviet army command, Major General Sornov was also angry at the failure of the attack.

"Damn it, just this point of casualties retreated, and their performance this time put the Soviet Union in shame."

Major General Solnov's words made the 24th Division Commander Andrev feel a little bit poor, and he couldn't help defending his subordinates. "Our soldiers have worked hard enough. You have to see that this terrain is quite detrimental to our attack. On the left is a swamp formed by the water flowing out of the Duolun River, and on the right is also blocked by the high ground. Only the front is available for us to attack. , And with a frontal width of 23 kilometers, only one regiment of troops can be used for the attack at a time. When the troops are not superior, and the equipment is not superior, how can we fight the enemy with our hands and feet tied up."

Solnov knew very well what Andreev complained, but he couldn't complain like this teacher. Because this is an order from Moscow, it is not something he can violate to limit the conflict to Helmek.

Andreev can say that because he is not a commander. It doesn't matter how you say it, he can't. So he can only continue to say. "I know the current difficulties, but this cannot be the reason for our complaints. The central government has its own considerations in doing so. This is not something we can point to. We can only think of ways based on existing conditions. This is an excellent commander. What an officer should do. So I decided to let the artillery brigade carry out shelling on its position for three hours I want these Romanians to have no reliable fortifications."

After Solnov finished the arrangements for the artillery brigade, he continued talking to Andreev. "Then your division carried out uninterrupted attacks. One regiment retreated and another regiment took in. I don't believe these Romanians were beaten with iron. I want them to break the tense string."

Andreev was taken aback when he heard Solnov's plan to make a single vote. He couldn't help but speak. "This will cause too many casualties for my 24th Division."

It may be considered that some people are said to be greedy for life and fear of death, so Andreev started from another aspect. "I'm not afraid to bear casualties, but in this case, our two wings will not be protected. We must know that the other side has enough troops, as long as one wing attacks us, we will collapse across the board."

"You don't have to worry about this."

Solnov didn't worry about this, and saw him speak. "I have sent a telegram to the commander, Comrade Timo Xin Ge. Report to him the difficulties we have encountered, and at the same time request reinforcements. He has agreed to our request and let the nearest 63 and 104 divisions help us see. Live on the two wings. They will arrive on our two wings tomorrow, and then we can start to attack with all our strength."