August 16 was the day of the launch of the Pilsudski Plan, and the Romanian army under the command of General Fereit had already been prepared. With the help of the Poles, he also knew the enemy's position well, after all, this was Poland's own innate advantage in intelligence.

According to the information available, General Fereit already knew that the 11th and 14th armies of Soviet Russia were located on the Dembling-Palchev line, which not only protected the flank of the Soviet Russian troops besieging Warsaw, but also protected the safety of their rear roads and supply lines.

In order to target the deployment of Soviet Russia, Admiral Fereit made the following arrangements. The 3rd, 7th, 12th, and 19th Divisions were the left flank corps under his personal command, and two heavy artillery regiments were attached to the enemy's 14th Army on the front line of Palchev.

The 5th, 9th, 18th Divisions and the Polish 3rd Army Corps were the right flank corps, with Lieutenant General Mandev as commander and General Shimigvi as deputy commander (commander of the Polish 3rd Army Corps). and attached to a heavy artillery regiment to deal with the enemy's 11th Army on the front line of Demblin.

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

The new enemy mentioned here can only be the 1st Cavalry Army of Soviet Russia. On the vast Polish plains, the role of cavalry does not need to be said. That's why Admiral Fereit brought the cavalry division and armored brigade with him, hoping that this force would inflict heavy losses on the Russian cavalry.

In fact, after the Romanian military seized the western Ukrainian region, it expressed concern about the vast plains of the new territory, and 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 bigwigs in the army such as Pureshan, but the number of cavalry divisions was expanded a little.

At present, the Romanian cavalry divisions are in large formations; The cavalry division is subordinate to three cavalry regiments (one of which is an mounted infantry regiment), a cavalry artillery regiment (said to be a cavalry artillery is actually a towed artillery for vehicle transportation), a transport regiment (the largest division transport regiment), an engineer battalion, in addition to a divisional guard company, a communications platoon, a field hospital, a veterinary team, a chaplain, and so on.

The cavalry regiment was equipped with three cavalry battalions and one machine gun battalion. Each cavalry battalion had four cavalry companies and one machine gun company, and each cavalry company had 114 officers and enlisted men. The total strength of the division is more than 13,000 people, which is comparable to two and a half cavalry divisions of Soviet Russia.

So don't look at Romania as a cavalry division, its strength is not weak at all. Not to mention the armored brigade with a cavalry nemesis, which was enough to deal with the 1st Soviet Russian Cavalry Army, commanded by General Budyonny.

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

Still familiar with the artillery to open the way, three heavy artillery regiments as the core of fire support took the lead in firing. Probably, more than a hundred heavy guns of more than 150 caliber are not conspicuous on a front of more than thirty kilometers, but how could Admiral Fereit distribute the artillery evenly?

He concentrated the artillery. Fierce bombardment was carried out on several predetermined breakthroughs. At the same time, when the heavy artillery extended to the rear, it was bombarded again with the artillery of each division.

As an old rival of the Romanian army, the 14th Army also suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Vinnitsa. So they, led by their commander Smirga, made full use of the terrain and fortifications to hide from the Romanian artillery. But there are exceptions.

"Don't run around, hide quickly."

A Russian officer was shouting at a recruit who could not stand the heavy artillery fire.

The Russian soldier, frightened by the shelling, ran around the position with a pale face like a headless fly, and he just wanted to find a place to hide without explosions. At this time, a shell exploded near him, and the soldier arrived without saying a word.

"Hey"

Seeing the soldier's sacrifice, the officer sighed. Then he turned to the other soldiers and yelled, "See, this is what happens when you run around." If you're under shelling, don't run. ”

Listening to the officer's roar, the recruits in the team nodded their heads to indicate that they understood.

The 14th Army, which suffered huge losses in the Battle of Vinnitsa, was replenished with too many new troops. Therefore, its actual combat ability is much weaker than before.

There is always a time when the shelling will stop, not to mention that Romania is nothing more than a puppet power, and shells also cost money. So after three hours of shelling, the shelling stopped.

When the shelling stopped, the officers of the 14th Army, as if they had been kicked in the ass, immediately jumped up.

"Hurry up and get out, the enemy is attacking."

Some officers even thought the soldiers were slow to react and kicked them in the ass. There was also a reason why these officers were rushing to urge their soldiers, who had fought with the Romanian army before, and whose soldiers were almost touching their positions after the shelling. With such an excellent infantry cannon coordination, how can it not be impressive.

By the time the soldiers were driven to their positions, they were already less than 300 meters away from Romania, which frightened many of the soldiers who had fought with the Romanian army for the first time.

"Open fire quickly, don't let the enemy approach the position."

With the roar of the officer, the Soviet and Russian soldiers on the position immediately used the weapons in their hands to shoot at the attacking Romanian soldiers, trying to intercept the opponent in front of the position.

And the attacking Romanian army, of course, would not let the other side get its wish, and also exchanged fire with the Soviet and Russian soldiers with the weapons in their hands. For a while, the armies of the two sides fired at each other from a distance of two or three hundred meters.

Behind the front-line positions, the commander of the 14th Army, Smirga, was observing the situation on the battlefield. He couldn't help but care, he had already tried the attack power of the Romanian army. And this time in the face of the Romanian attack, Smirgar was a little worried about his troops.

And in his observations, the soldiers on the Soviet and Russian positions were gradually suppressed by the Romanian soldiers. Many of the soldiers on the positions were hit and fell in the trenches, and the Romanian soldiers were gradually approaching within 100 meters of the position. 100 meters is a dangerous distance for the defenders of the position. This distance is already the last distance to charge in the Soviet Russian infantry drill, and according to the practice of Soviet Russia, at this time everyone needs to straighten up and rush to the position as quickly as possible.

So seeing the danger of being pushed into the position by the Romanians, Smirga immediately gave the order. "Order the 38th Division to send a brigade to immediately reinforce the front-line positions, so that they can move quickly."

Soviet Russian reinforcements were quick, and they rushed all the way into positions under artillery bombardment. After receiving reinforcements, the density of fire in the front-line positions increased significantly, and the Romanian offensive was pushed back.

Looking at the soldiers on the battlefield cheering for the repulsion of the enemy, Smirga felt a little uncomfortable. The enemy had sent reinforcements the first time, and the battle would be very difficult, so requesting reinforcements was on his radar.

At present, the only force that can provide reinforcements is the First Cavalry Army under the command of General Budyonny, so Smirga's telegram for help was sent to General Budyonny.

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