Chapter 546： Helmek conflict (end)

Before dawn on the second day, the Soviet artillery was preparing for the battle in the artillery position at the rear.

"Push this cart away, there can be no other obstacles on the ground."

A Soviet artillery officer is directing the soldiers to prepare for the war. This time their artillery mission is very important. In addition to shelling the position, they also need to suppress the Romanian artillery. But despite such a heavy task, the artillery brigade still has enough confidence. And their confidence comes from the hundreds of artillery brigade artillery pieces of more than 100 mm medium and large caliber artillery.

As the only artillery brigade of the Kiev Military District and even the Soviet Union, its role is mainly set up to target Romania, which poses the greatest threat to it. The Independent Artillery Brigade is equipped with a large number of 107,122,152 three types of artillery, of which the 1910 122mm howitzer is its most important equipment. Its total weight of 1,330 kilograms is quite suitable for Soviet roads, and its power is also good. As the main artillery of Tsarist Russia in World War I, its range of 7,700 meters is also up to standard.

So when it was dawn, the artillery from dozens of positions of the artillery brigade sounded in unison, giving the defensive Romanian army a big surprise.

The violent shelling of three medium and large artillery pieces plunged Hermek Mountain into a sea of ​​flames, and many fortifications on the position were destroyed in this.

As the commander of the position, Mizick had no time to organize his clothes, and immediately rushed to his post to check the damage caused by the shelling.

"Unexpectedly, the bombardment of the Soviet army would be so violent. Moreover, its bombardment level was also quite high, and many ground fortifications were devastated."

In Mizick's eyes, many positions were shrouded by shelling, and various weapon parts were thrown into the air from time to time. He even saw a 75-mountain cannon hit directly by the artillery, and it immediately became torn apart. The deformed barrel flew up into the air and hit the soldier who could not avoid it. The poor soldier immediately saw God.

Seeing the miserable image of the position, Mizick immediately vented some dissatisfaction. "What about our artillery? Why don't you fight back?"

As if waiting for his urging, the sound of counter-attacking artillery rumbling over the mountain, the artillery of both sides turned on fire across Mount Hermek.

Although the Soviet army has the advantage of caliber, Romania is not bad. They have the advantage of high ground. The artillery observation post located on the hill continuously sends the observation information to the artillery positions, and this also allows the Romanian artillery to rely on precise shelling. It's equivalent to the Soviets playing drums.

In particular, the new 105 howitzer can almost be called a cannon, although its high cost is 60 more expensive than the old one. However, he performed exceptionally well in this artillery battle. With its ultra-long range and fierce firepower, it exerted its artillery suppression ability to the extreme.

And the Soviet artillery, who had enjoyed fighting with the Romanian artillery, naturally reduced the intensity of the bombardment of the position by one level.

Although the Romanian 24th Division, both called the 24th Division Artillery, could withstand the Soviet artillery offensive, a helping hand still appeared.

The support from the heavy artillery regiment soon joined the chorus, and the deterrence brought by these 150 heavy artillery could far exceed the artillery of the 24th Division itself. Although there was only one battalion with 12 heavy artillery support, it still gave the Romanian artillery an advantage. Many Soviet artillerymen had to face the cycle of discovery, shelling, and transfer of positions. This situation exacerbated the disadvantages of the Soviet artillery.

The Soviet commander Major General Solnov, who saw that the artillery could not start the situation, had to let the soldiers launch an attack in advance.

So under his order, waves of Soviet soldiers attacked the position.

"Suppressive shots of light machine guns. These Soviets are desperate."

An officer on the position looked at the densely charged Soviet soldiers, did not wait for the enemy to enter the best range, and immediately ordered the machine gun to suppress the opponent's offensive loudly. As for why the more suppressive heavy machine gun fired, look at the heavy machine guns scattered into parts and the shooter lying beside the heavy machine guns.

In fact, he was not the only one who gave such orders, almost the entire line of defense basically did so. So when the Soviet soldiers were still some distance away, the Romanian position was on the ground with full firepower. Everyone knew that this was the real thing this time.

Of course, if Romania’s performance had been yesterday, Solnov would have been very satisfied. Because this exposed all the firepower points of the position, but today is the general offensive launched, and there is no longer an arrow to open the bow, so he can only increase the investment in troops.

The fierce attack caused the consumption of ammunition on the position very quickly, especially the machine gun ammunition was the fastest. Pull the trigger with the finger, and within a few seconds, dozens of bullets were consumed. So when the battle was at its strongest, one could see a spectacle, that is, behind each machine gun position, there were many people squatting down the magazine. This was the result of the machine gun shooting too fast. There are even instances where the cooling water is lighted up and has to pee to cool down.

Although the soldiers in the position resisted very stubbornly, the Soviet army was almost overwhelmed by the entire division this time. After one regiment was defeated, the other was on top, giving the Romanian soldiers no chance to rest. So after two hours of desperate offensive, the Soviet soldiers finally attacked the position.

From a one-point breakthrough to a multi-faceted breakthrough, the first-line position carefully designed by Mizick was thus taken away by the Soviet offensive that did not count the casualties.

Andreev, who was in charge of directing the Soviet offensive, looked at the Romanian army that had retreated to the second-line position, and ordered the soldiers immediately without waiting for the soldiers to rest. "Continue to attack, we will take Mount Hermek in one go."

So the Soviet army, which did not give itself a rest, nor gave the defeated Romanian army a chance, continued to launch an offensive to the second-line position.

As the position commander, Mizk immediately sent reinforcements to the second-line position after seeing the situation of the Soviet army. The battle between the two sides surrounding the second-line position broke out immediately.

After dispatching reinforcements, Mizick didn't hesitate, and immediately picked up the phone. He wanted reinforcements now.

"Commander, now the Soviet offensive is too fierce, we need reinforcements."

Major General Salda's voice came from the microphone. "Now you hold on for a moment. I have been attacked by two enemy divisions on my side, and now I can't provide troops to assist you. Who can tell me why the enemy's reinforcements come from."

Obviously, in the last sentence, Major General Salda was angry with others.

And Mizick ignored the teacher's anger towards others, so he could only plead. "Commander, if you don't send reinforcements, our position is likely to fall. The Soviets who attacked the position this time are fighting for their lives. We have caused them more than 30 casualties But these people will still not retreat. One step, commander, you will send me some reinforcements, at least to let the soldiers see hope, you know the consequences of not seeing hope on the battlefield."

The microphone said after a long silence. "I can only send you a company of troops. If you need reinforcements, I will be the only one."

"Thank you, Master."

Now for Mizick, it is good to reinforce a company.

After putting down the phone, he ordered. "Assemble all the current non-combatants, give them weapons, and let them go to the third-line position. Then let all the lightly wounded personnel go to the third-line position as long as they can hold a gun."

Deputy head Dalton said hesitantly. "Is this too much."

"If the second-line position is lost, you and I need to go to the battlefield."

Mizk, who checked with a gun, answered him without looking up.

Now Mizick is also ready to die, don't think that the Soviets will dare.