"Machine guns, mortars knock him out."

In front of the position on Mount Hermek, a Soviet company commander with a face full of gunsmoke was directing soldiers to fight. In front of his attack, a Maxim heavy machine gun stood in his way.

Following his order, two soldiers rushed over from the rear. One of them arrived with a 60-mm mortar, and the other with two boxes of shells.

This 60-mm mortar was well known to the company commander, and it was specially assigned to their company by the battalion commander. The mortar was based on the Stoke 3-inch mortar, which was also originally developed to attack enemies hiding in the trenches. Its advantage is the ability to attack in zigzags, and the firing range is not too close (the maximum range is 1000 meters). In addition, its full weight is only 19.7GK, which can be carried away by one person, so this mortar has been copied by many countries.

The Soviet 60 mortar inherited these advantages, with a total gun weight of 18.9GK, a high and low firing range of 45 ° ~ 83 °, a shell weight of 1.33kg, a maximum muzzle velocity of 158 m/s, and a maximum firing range of 1050 meters. Suitable for suppressive attacks on trenches and machine guns.

So I saw that these two soldiers set up this mortar, adjusted the angle, and after three shells in a row attacked this heavy machine gun, this roadblock was dumbfounded. And the comrade company commander immediately shouted. "Comrades attack."

The soldiers, who were suppressed by machine guns, immediately re-attacked.

This Soviet offensive was also seen by Mizk, who was defending his position. However, he is not worried about this at all, because his own army also has 60 mortars, and even better 80 and 120 mortars. Of course, one of these two paragraphs is in the hands of the battalion commander, and the other is in his own hands.

Sure enough, the positions immediately responded to this 60 mortar. Only a few explosions were heard around the mortar, and the mortar never went off again.

And the Soviet attack was quickly repulsed by Romania, and looking at the defeated Soviet troops, the soldiers on the position cheered. They cheered not only for repelling the enemy, but also for their own survival. Only on the battlefield can people know the preciousness of life and cherish it.

At this time, Mizk suddenly asked a topic that had nothing to do with the current situation on the battlefield.

"Dalton, although we have repelled the Soviet attack this time, we also need to see their progress."

Dalton, who was also observing the battle, sighed. "That's right, I remember when I fought against them in 19, these Soviet troops had no other tactics except high morale, they were just a one-brain charge. A tendon is the same, and our firepower at that time made these Soviets suffer. By the time the Soviets attacked Poland, these Soviet troops had some simple tactics, although they seemed ridiculous to us at the time. ”

"And now."

Dalton said, pointing to the battlefield. "The tactical movements have been done very skillfully, and the coordination is also very tacit, and it can be seen that they have worked hard in military training."

Listening to Dalton's words, Mizk also sighed. "That's what scares me. These Soviet troops are growing rapidly, and with their high morale, they will certainly be the greatest threat to our country. Therefore, in order to ensure that our country can cope with the threat of the Soviet Union, we must not only increase the training of our troops, but also find ways to use new equipment and technology to train new tactics in order to deal with the Soviet Union, the greatest enemy. After all, this country is too big, with many resources and a large population, and we don't want to have any other way, and it is almost impossible to compete with it. ”

Mizk's words were also what he thought in his heart, and as he gradually rose to the middle and upper levels, the level of seeing problems also became higher. A lot of times I start to think about the big picture, which makes me like to read books.

And his words also caused Dalton's surprise. I didn't want Mizk to see that the problem had risen to such an extent, and it seemed that his appointment as a deputy was indeed a problem of his own inability.

While the two Romanian officers were discussing the terrible pace of Soviet growth, within the Soviet command, Major General Solnov was also angry about the failure of the attack.

"Damn it, they retreated with just this little casualty, and their performance this time disgraced the Soviet Union."

Major General Solnov's words made Andreev, the commander of the 24th Division on the side, feel a little poor, and he couldn't help but defend his subordinates. "Our fighters have worked hard enough. You have to see that this terrain is quite unfavorable for our attack. On the left is a swamp formed by the overflow of the Doron River, and on the right is also blocked by high ground. The only thing that can be used for our attack is the front, and with a width of 2.3 kilometers from the front, we can only attack with a maximum of one regiment at a time. When we do not have an advantage in troops, and we do not have an advantage in equipment, we are tied up, how can we fight the enemy. ”

Sonov knew very well what Andreev complained, but he couldn't complain like the division commander. Because this is an order from Moscow, to limit the conflict to the surroundings of Hurmek, which is not something he can disobey.

Andreev can say this, because he is not a commander, it doesn't matter what he says, he can't. So he could only continue. "I know the current difficulties, but that doesn't justify our complaints. The central government has its own considerations in doing so, and this is not something we can point fingers at. We can only find a way based on the existing conditions, and this is what a good commander should do. So I decided, let the artillery brigade carry out three hours of shelling of its positions, I would leave these Romanians without reliable fortifications to rely on. ”

Solnov, after finishing talking about the arrangements for the artillery brigade, continued to speak to Andreev. "Then your division will carry out a non-stop attack, one regiment will retreat and the other will take over, I don't believe that these Romanians are iron, I will break the string that they are tain."

Hearing that Solnov was going to go alone and agree, Andreev was taken aback. He couldn't help but say. "This will cause too many casualties for my 24th Division."

Probably considering that some people say that they are greedy for life and afraid of death, Andreev started from another aspect. "I'm not afraid of casualties, but in that case, we won't have protection on either wing. You must know that the other side still has enough troops, and if you attack us on one flank, we will collapse on all fronts. ”

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

Solnov was not worried about this, and saw him speak. "I have already sent a telegram to the commander, Comrade Timoshenko. Report to them on the difficulties we are encountering and ask for reinforcements. He had agreed to our request to let the 63rd and 104th Divisions, which were closest to us, help us keep an eye on the two wings. They will arrive on our flanks tomorrow, and then we can begin to attack with all our might. ”