Romanian Eagle

The reinforced Lebato position was not able to hold for long. After two hours, the commander Zhutorov, who was unable to fight, retreated to Ukrainian Ka with his few remaining troops.

After completing the first armored division that pulled out the surrounding strongholds, it is even more impossible to give the enemy time to rest immediately to keep up. The Ukrainian card battle started immediately.

Unlike the positional fighting, however, the fighting in Ukraine was less intense. The main reason is that the morale of the defeated soldiers is not high. Although there are street fighting bonuses, the strength and low morale of the soldiers greatly reduce the effectiveness of street fighting. And the veterans lost too much before, which is also the main reason.

So at four o'clock in the afternoon, the 35th Division was expelled from the Ukrainian card.

When the news of the fall of Ukrainian Ka reached the headquarters in Alexandria, Timoshenko, the commander, slapped the table with anger.

"How did Dobarev become a division commander, and he didn't even block the enemy for a day. Does he know that he is giving the enemy a chance, this is a crime."

In his plan, Timoshenko only needed the 35th Division to block the enemy for a day, and then reinforcements from Kirovograd could arrive, enough to block the Romanian attack. Then he will launch a pincer attack on the new Bouguer on the left flank to restrain the enemy, forcing the enemy to confront him head-on. At this time, he will rely on the advantages of troops and artillery to let the Romanians taste the power of the iron fist.

And now with the retreat of the 35th Division, Kirovograd in the rear is exposed to the Romanians' peak. The more important thing is to put the 17th and 51st divisions of the reinforcements into a situation where they cannot advance or retreat.

Although he has not personally experienced the power of the armored division on the battlefield, during the Soviet-Polish war, the first cavalry army he was in was attacked by the armored brigade, and he still remembers its power freshly.

The retreat of the 35th Division was to the detriment of its own reinforcements.

Timoshenko was not optimistic at all as to whether the two divisions could block the attack of the enemy armored divisions in the field. Although he has a battalion 1 tank in his hand, how could this imitation of Renault 17 be an opponent of the opponent's more than ten-ton tanks? The gap between the two in firepower protection can be seen by individuals.

"Then what do we do now? Know that Moscow is still waiting for good news from us."

The political commissar couldn't help but ask about Timoshen, but this battle was closely watched. If the two messed up, no one would have the confidence to face Stalin's stern gaze.

"Now we can only find a way to remedy it."

When Timoshenko faced the political commissar,

Now only think of remedies. "Send a message to the 17th and 51st divisions and tell them to stand in place against the imminent Romanian offensive."

Hearing what Brother Timoshen said, the political commissar felt a little unbearable. "It's too casual for them to keep them on guard in this way."

"Otherwise? Let them go back to Kirovograd, can they run over the wheels of the wheel on two legs. Rather than being raided by enemy tanks in the field, it is better to let them arm them like this. At least help Kirovograd first. Block it."

Brother Timoshen knew the true meaning of being kind and not controlling the army, and he immediately made a choice when he saw that something was wrong. Although this is not good for the reinforcements of the two divisions, it is the best way at present. They are all their subordinates, it is not impossible that no one wants them to sacrifice in vain.

"In addition, the 29th and 37th divisions were ordered to reinforce Kirovograd immediately, and they must arrive before sunset tomorrow."

Timoshenko is now starting to think about Kirovograd's defense. The 29th and 37th divisions were the closest units to Kirovograd, and he originally planned to use the two divisions as flanking forces. But now with the fall of Ukrainian Ka, Kirovograd is threatened by the enemy, and now he can only devote it to Kirovograd to defend this strategically important city.

And Kirovograd must not be occupied by the enemy, otherwise his command will be under the threat of the Romanians. At the same time the enemy will cut off the railway line from Kyiv to the front.

And his own troops will also be divided into two parts that are not connected. Then there is no need to fight this battle, and there is no other way but to retreat.

When the time comes to live up to Moscow's expectations, his own fate will be unpredictable.

"In addition, I ordered the troops on the front line of Brinatz to send the 11th Division back to Alexandria, and ordered the XIX Corps and the 23rd Corps to select two divisions to form a fast force, and let them rush to Kirovog at night. Le."

Listening to Brother Timoshen's words, the political commissar on the side couldn't help but say. "Are you afraid that Kirovogler won't be able to hold on?"

The sad-faced Timoshen didn't deny it either. "Yes."

As a qualified commander-in-chief, Timoshen naturally knew the truth of losing before winning. And this time the 35th Division failed to block the enemy for even a day, so how terrifying the opponent's attack power would be. Now he lacks confidence in Kirovogler's defensive ability. Although after adding the two divisions of the 29th and 37th divisions, there are as many as three divisions defending here, but he still has no confidence.

Following Timoshenko's order, the Soviet army also adjusted with the fall of Ukrainian Ka.

As for Lieutenant General Hoffman in Ukraine, he is also melancholy for a piece of news.

"More than 30 tanks were destroyed in this battle. It seems that the armored division's local attack capability is still a lot worse."

Hoffman took the loss list and sighed.

"There's nothing we can do about it. We've actually done a good job. If we switch to an infantry division, we need to fight for at least a day."

Guderian, who was on the side, interjected.

At this moment, a staff officer boarded the command car with a note. "Report, information just received. Our plane found Soviet troops 25 kilometers east of Ukraine, with a strength of about 20,000."

As soon as he heard the situation, Hoffman immediately took the note. This is an intelligence found by a reconnaissance plane, showing that a large number of enemy troops were found to be around 20,000 between Ukrainian Ka and Kirovograd. The reconnaissance plane that found the enemy, hovered over its head for a while and flew to Ukraine to drop the news with a barrel. So the staff who got the news quickly informed Lieutenant General Hoffman of the information.

And Hoffman couldn't help laughing when he saw this information. "This group of enemies should want to reinforce the Ukrainian card, but I didn't expect that we won this place so quickly, so that these people can't advance or retreat."

Guderian also asked with a smile. "Then accept this gift or not?"

"Why not accept it, since Brother Timoshen is so polite, I can't waste the kindness of the other party."

Lieutenant General Hoffman turned his head and ordered. "Immediately order everyone to end their rest and march to Kirovogler. Let's go eat this enemy. In addition, send a message to Major General Fergus, the commander of the Fifth Division, asking him to send two regiments of troops to follow our division. Act together."

"Yes."

Thanks to Hoffman's blessing this time, the fifth division got on a car and followed the armored division, and made a lot of contributions in the battle to conquer the Ukrainian card. And the matter of eating meat this time, naturally can not forget each other.

Following Hoffman's order, the armored division, who had a short rest, took part of the 5th division and rushed towards the 17th and 51st divisions of the Soviet troops. I believe this will be an enjoyable battle. .