Smirga's 14th Army, although tragically held the Romanian army at sunset. However, as the Romanian commander-in-chief, General Fereit, he will not let go of his prey like this. The night battle was born in this situation.

A rose flare hit the sky and illuminated the land as if it were day, and the Romanian soldiers continued to fight the Russian soldiers in the cold wind.

"Attack, crush these Russians."

The Romanian officer, who led the team, shouted loudly for his soldiers to attack the enemy. As he spoke, his mouth was filled with white gas, and the soldiers followed the direction of his finger and attacked the position again.

"Defend, everyone waits to defend."

On the other side, the commander of the Soviet and Russian troops was also calling the soldiers to defend.

At the urging of the officers on both sides, the tired soldiers of the two sides fought again. Overall, however, Romania had the advantage in numbers and weapons. As for the Soviet Russian soldiers, they could only use their flesh and blood to resist the enemy's attack. But how long this resistance will last, only God knows.

The night's fighting continued, and now it was the physical strength and willpower of both sides, as well as weapons and equipment, that were contested. And in this case, the Soviet Russian army was for the most part at a disadvantage.

There is always a time when the endless fight will come to an end, and there will be a time when those who are not afraid of death will die. When the Russian soldiers reached the limit of both physical strength and will, collapse was inevitable.

At the command of the 14th Army, the sound of fighting was getting closer. At this moment an officer with blood stains on his body burst in, and as soon as he entered, he shouted loudly.

"Comrade Smirga, the enemy has broken through our line of defense and is now coming here. For the rest of the battle, please move immediately. ”

This is the commander of the 14 Army Guards Company, Meretskov, who had already been sent to the front by Smirga. And his return now shows that the situation has reached a point where it cannot be reversed.

Looking at Meretskov, who had escaped from the enemy's pursuit, Smirga replied lightly: "I know, you can escape." ”

Smirga's words caused the other officers in the command to look at each other, how could they go if the commander didn't leave.

Hearing Smirga's words, Meretskov hurriedly said: "Comrade Smirga, it's too late if you don't leave." ”

"I can't give up my soldiers, they're all dying here, I don't have the face to go back."

After Smirga finished speaking, he checked the matching gun with his favorite, as if he was going to calmly face the arrival of the Romanians as a Soviet revolutionary.

Seeing Smirga, who was determined to die, Meretskov suddenly said in surprise: "Comrade Commander Yegorov, why did you come back." ”

As soon as he heard that Egorov had returned, Smirga suddenly turned his head to see that there was no one in this direction, and only then did he realize that he had been deceived.

However, it was too late, Meretskov stepped forward and slashed Smirga in the neck with a knife, and the commander of the 14th Army fainted.

It was slow to say, but in fact, in just a few seconds, Smirgar was subdued by his guard company commander.

Meretskov's actions stunned the other officers in the command, but someone thought of something and hurriedly stepped forward to support Smirga.

"Now we go, I remember that there are still horses at the command, and we will bypass the main road and go directly to Kyiv."

What Meretskov said, immediately made all the officers aware of his intentions. Many people had to admire this bold guard company commander.

So under the leadership of this Meretskov company commander, the officers of this group of command immediately took the necessary supplies and marched in the direction of Kyiv in the dark.

When the Romanian army broke through the blockade of the 14th Army, Comrade Stalin, the political commissar of the Western Front, had already mobilized 200,000 troops from Katotin to meet him.

When Yegorov sent a telegram saying that he had fallen into the trap of the enemy, Stalin felt that his whole heart was about to jump out. The first big defeat of the Soviet Russian army happened on his own, how could he be reassured.

But fortunately, Yegorov said that he planned to lead the troops to retreat and needed troops to respond. And at this time, in order to cover the sneak attack of the 6th and 9th armies, the Ukrainian troops became the only life-saving straw for the two.

So Stalin, having received a telegram from Egorov, immediately rushed from the command to Katotin. It would normally take two hours by car, but at Stalin's constant urging, this time it was just over an hour.

And after coming to Katotin, Stalin immediately ordered the 200,000 Ukrainian troops to bring weapons and set off with him to rescue the Western Front. But no matter how much you urge, the 200,000 army needs to prepare a lot of things. It's not about eating, or you have to bring weapons and ammunition, and you have to wear winter clothes and non-slip shoes. When the sun is about to set, these Ukrainian troops are ready.

Seeing that the preparations had been completed, the decent Ukrainian army, Stalin and several officers in charge of the command discussed the route of the marching army and immediately arranged to set off. So in the evening of the same day, the Ukrainian troops, armed with torches, divided into several ways and advanced towards Kalinovka.

And the only thought in Stalin's mind when marching with these Ukrainian troops was, Yegorov, you have to take more troops to escape.

And Yegorov, whom he missed, is currently being pursued by the Romanian army.

"Comrade Commander, the 8th Army reports that the 4th Army, which they sent to block the enemy, has been routed by the enemy. At the moment the enemy is less than 12 kilometers away from us. They asked if they could send another force to stop it. ”

Yegorov, crouched on horseback, was listening to a herald's report. The army that pursued them was the Romanian army on the Northern Front under the command of Lieutenant General Mandev. And when Yegorov remembered the encounter with this Romanian army, he shouted in his heart that he was lucky.

At that time, after leaving the 14th Army behind, Yegorov himself led the defeated Western Front to Katotin. While crossing a bridge called Kalots, the Scout Cavalry reported that a force was rapidly approaching the Kalots bridge from the north.

At present, in addition to the 6th and 9th armies of the Western Front, which were far away in Nemilov, there were also the 14th Army, which was left in Kalilovka by itself, and the 16th Army, which was repulsed in the north, and other units were here. Then this rapidly approaching force must be the enemy.

At present, the fighting spirit of the various units of the Western Front Army in their hands is not high, and if they are bitten by the enemy, they will be completely able to get out, so they must leave a force to defend. In the end, he chose the 8th Army of the 4th Army as the defensive force, and he immediately rushed to Katotin with the rest of his troops.

In fact, Yegorov guessed correctly, this force was indeed the Romanian army of Lieutenant General Mandev on the Northern Front. Immediately after the defeat of the 16th Army, they made a detour to attack the rear of the Western Front, and the Kalotz Bridge was the location he chose.

However, after seeing that the situation was not good, Yegorov immediately decided to leave the troops with broken tails to survive, which made Lieutenant General Mandiv pounce. For this reason, His Excellency the Lieutenant General secretly regretted that it only took half an hour to arrive, and Yegorov and the main forces of his Western Front could not run.

So after seeing the opportunity slipping out of his hands, he vented all his anger on the 4th Army that blocked him. In less than three hours, the 4th Army was scattered and fled.

And Lieutenant General Mandev did not care about dealing with these defeated troops, he only had the main forces of the Western Front led by Yegorov in his eyes. So after leaving a division to clear the remnants of the enemy, immediately take other troops in pursuit of Yegorov.

Now the report of the herald made Yegorov start to think about transferring that force to stop the enemy. At this time, a panting officer ran up to him and said loudly: "Commander, the commissar with reinforcements has come to the village of Wadri, 10 kilometers ahead of us. ”

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