Intelligence from the reconnaissance battalion that there was probably a battalion of "pathfinders" dispatched by the enemy.

Balzen used the word battalion, and the information was transmitted to the paratrooper brigade, and Tapunov really made a miscalculation.

"Zalasky! This time the commander is to let our brigade directly face 800 people! He has too much confidence in us! ”

Tepunov's words were more of an exclamation, and the deputy brigade commander Zalasky echoed: "The commander also hopes that we can make repeated military exploits!" We are fighting entirely as infantry units, and we have more opportunities than our brother units! This is cause for celebration! ”

"Hey, hey! You're right! ”

The paratrooper brigade dispatched two battalions with a total strength of more than a thousand people. It has to be said that their individual equipment is the best in the entire Soviet army system! The unit has fully achieved semi-automatic firepower, with only a few snipers in the brigade equipped with bolted Mosin Nagant, and many more precision shooters are also equipped with SVT40s.

This kind of firepower can quickly gain the upper hand in the face of the elite German infantry. Now that the strength and firepower are superior, it is easy to defeat a battalion of the invading Luo army.

Rychev led his men and quickly rushed to the predetermined ambush with heavy equipment.

"Everyone, disguise yourself and dress up as a grass ball! No recoilless gun squads, get ready to fire now! ”

Needless to say, the soldiers quickly formed a wide defensive camp.

In this paratrooper battalion, each squad is also composed of three combat groups, each group has three people, and there is a distance of about five meters between each other.

The frontal defensive line of the two battalions was a kilometer long, and their defensive line also formed a huge arc according to the distribution of the forest, and the muzzles were aimed at the ruins!

The morning was peaceful, the sun was shining on the earth, flying insects were buzzing, and many of the highly nervous soldiers were sweating.

For this preparation of the Soviet army, the reconnaissance battalion of the Romanian army did not realize it.

They made a certain amount of vigilance, looking at the surrounding environment every few steps, and the muzzle of the gun was always pointed at the forest on both sides, for fear that suddenly the enemy would suddenly come out and attack!

On the other hand, the three regiments of the main force of the Luo army finally discovered a battlefield when they were arranging the defense area.

Grisescu received this information: "We have found quite a few corpses of our soldiers, and we have also found Russians in the forest. According to the documents, it was determined that it was a soldier of the Bovisescu regiment. As for the corpses of the Russians, they were dressed rather peculiarly! ”

This important discovery was long overdue, and Grisescu was chagrined.

The battlefield he came to did find a lot of soldiers' relics, as well as the corpses of soldiers that had turned gray and white, and the scene was terrifying.

Finding the corpse of the Soviets being carried out of the forest, Grisescu realized that his previous assumptions should have been confirmed.

"It's terrible! Our enemies have changed! The military uniforms of these enemies are too neat, and they still have leggings wrapped around them! They must have been the same people from the swamps on the other side of the river. It's the 284th Division."

The 284th Division has a distinctive feature that its soldiers tie their leggings very retro for some purpose. Among the many regular Soviet troops and partisan units, this unit was the only one doing this.

Grisescu was thus able to make a judgment that convinced him that the 284th Guards Division of the Soviet Army had indeed intervened in the war! Once you engage them, it is simply thankless! At this moment, Grisescu thought of confession.

Do you have to look for the 2,000 missing people? Bah! Now that the main force of the infantry division still exists, it should be done!

However, he can't run away in such a mess, it will take him to court-martial, he will be shot!

Grisescu had no choice but to pray silently: "Reconnaissance battalion, you had better return in vain, so that I will report the missing troops." I really don't want to ignore this than a foolish account! ”

But his wishful thinking is a bubble after all!

The Romanian reconnaissance battalion really did not encounter any attack during the five kilometers they had traveled, and it took them more than an hour to reach Slavdzich, and they were immediately shocked by what they saw.

They immediately reported to their division commander the tragedy before them, that is, the city was gone, and the whole city was wiped out!

Grisescu guessed: "Maybe it was our artillery that blew the city into ruins." ”

The scout considered this impossible: "These 75-mm guns of ours are not powerful and will never be able to raze the city to the ground." There must have been a bloody battle here! ”

The craters from the Luo army's artillery shells were still emitting green smoke visible to the naked eye, and the air was filled with the slightest smell of gunsmoke. They raised their vigilance, and the whole battalion divided into skirmishers and began to advance towards the ruins of the city.

Luo Jun's every move was under the watchful eye of the Soviet army in the dark, the soldiers' index fingers were silently close to the trigger, and the crosshair was aimed at the shaking figures, all of whom were waiting for the battalion commander's order.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Rychev took the lead in firing with a submachine gun, and the battalion fighters took the shot as an order and gently pulled the trigger......

The gunfire was loud, and the bullets rained down, and the middle man was killed instantly.

More than 20 recoilless guns opened fire one after another, and all the artillery squads participating in the battle received orders to fire as many shells as possible in the shortest possible time. These gunners were all trained by Doronin, and they used these recoilless guns as if they were anti-tank guns, and it was their turn to fire efficiently, and the latter was not bad.

The smoke from these guns was not small, and the shells basically exposed the artillery position. At present, the Soviet army has an absolute advantage in the war situation, and the defensive measures are simply omitted!

In the rain of bullets, the reconnaissance battalion of the Romanian army quickly suffered huge casualties, and the bombardment of artillery shells stunned it even more.

In this situation, of course, the first thing they thought of was not to advance towards artillery fire, but to tactically evade, in fact, to retreat.

The battalion commander could no longer estimate the life or death of his wounded subordinates, and shouted at the top of his voice: "All retreat!" Don't be in love! ”

The Romanians retreated as they opened fire, and the Soviets were surprised by their unique resistance - their counter-fire was widely derived from submachine guns.

Perhaps it was the barrage created by the submachine guns that suppressed the ambushed Soviet troops, but in short, more than half of the reconnaissance battalion of the Romanian army withdrew from the battle and ran all the way eastward out of the effective range of the Soviet rifles.

When the troops had settled down a little, the battalion commander again communicated to the division headquarters, and he shouted hoarsely into the telegraph machine: "Division commander! We are encountering the main forces of the Soviet army, and we need fire support! ”

Hearing this, Grisescu got goosebumps all over his body, and secretly cursed: "Oh God! Damn it! I have no reason to retreat this time! ”

He immediately asked, "Where is the enemy's position?" Report quickly! ”

"Just to the northwest of where the shells landed before! I'm sure artillery, a hundred meters to the west! ”

"Okay! Retreat! The shelling is coming! ”

And seeing that the Luo army had escaped from the "trailhead", they had already retreated to the forest road, and the paratrooper brigade routed the enemy. In previous battles, they tried to fight a war of annihilation, just to defeat the enemy, and Tepnov was still a little unhappy.

Next, in accordance with Yang Mingzhi's order, Tepunov ordered: "All battalions participating in the battle should immediately withdraw from their positions and return to their original positions!" ”

The paratroopers did what they ordered, and just four minutes after they retreated, the sky was filled with the whistling of shells. The shells exploded in the previous ambush position, and the soldiers here were relieved.

"If we had been there before, a lot of people would have to die!"

"If we go to the battlefield to pick up loot, we will also be killed by shrapnel!"

The soldiers were more rejoicing, and the officers were angry, and their anger hit the artillery of the Luo army.

This shelling really infuriated Tepunov, and coupled with the enemy's misdemeanor of escaping, he really wanted to lead his troops directly out of the forest to kill the enemy in one go.

Just when he was about to take the initiative to ask for help, the order from the command also arrived: "The paratrooper brigade immediately reunites, advances two kilometers due east, joins forces with the second regiment, and forms a defensive position!" ”