Mount Helmek is located six kilometres east of Khmelnik, which is the dividing line between the two countries. On weekdays, it is sparsely populated, after all, no one wants to be arrested and interrogated by patrol officers and soldiers.

Today, however, the mountain is bustling with activity, with thousands of figures bringing the Hurmek mountain to life. They cut down trees, cut down trees, dig ditches, and look like they want to live here forever.

That's right, it was the vanguard of the 24th Division that occupied the hill and planned to build fortifications on it to hold it, and it was its regimental commander Mizik who commanded them.

Mizik is now working on the task of assigning subordinates to his subordinates in a shack, which has only only recently been erected, as can be seen from the green tree trunks and the still green grass cover.

"The 12 mountain guns in your artillery battalion need to be placed in the position of the mountain nest behind the position, which is conducive to providing firepower for the front-line position. Other field artillery can be placed on the back of the mountain, and as long as an observation post is arranged on the top of the mountain, there is an advantage in counter-shelling. I can ask the attached engineer company to help you build an artillery position, and we can help you when we're done. ”

Mizik was in his shack, telling the commander of his artillery battalion about his requirements. Behind him, soldiers were hanging up a precise map of the area, and on the other side, officers and soldiers were busy laying field telephone lines.

The commander of the artillery battalion, who was listening carefully to Mizik's account, nodded and replied. "No problem, just do as you say."

After Mizik saw off the commander of the artillery battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Dalton, who was sweating profusely, walked in after walking around the position. Mizik hurriedly asked.

"What were the results of the inspection?"

"Don't mention it."

Lieutenant Colonel Dalton, who was thirsty and poured two mouthfuls of water, sat down and said. "I just went to take a walk, and the first battalion that has built a position in front of it is fine, the soil is okay there, and the tunnel has been repaired half a meter high. The second battalion on the right was uncomfortable, and there was a section of them that had a rock underneath, and it was completely repaired. Dig hard to break your shovel, and the second battalion commander asked me to tell you if I can move that section of the fortification back two hundred meters. ”

Hearing the words of Deputy Regiment Commander Dalton, Mizik couldn't help but ask. "Which paragraph?"

"It's the section of the 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion. I took a look at the terrain and it was just a lot higher than the rest of the place. If you move back two hundred meters, it will make this a breakthrough on the flank, and it will give the enemy an advantageous opportunity. ”

Hearing Dalton's words, Mizik couldn't sit still, he picked up his military hat and said. "Then I'll take a look."

After Mizik came to the position of the second battalion here to observe on the spot, he found that, as the deputy regiment commander said, this section was raised with a tiny mountain bag, and a dirt pit could not be dug again halfway through, and there were stones underneath.

If this place is abandoned, it will cause great damage to the defense line of the next 2nd Battalion. Mizik saw the battalion commander beside him who wanted to stop talking, and spoke. "I'll come to the regiment later to get some explosives, and I'll let the people from the engineer company teach you how to use it and blow it out of a trench."

There is no way, it is too harmful to retreat two hundred meters, and only explosives can be used. Mizik had to make a trade-off, and he chose to use the few explosives in the regiment.

And his words surprised the second battalion commander a little. "With explosives, how much explosives do you need?"

"Don't worry so much, I'll use it if you want to. According to my estimates, a hundred kilograms of explosives were enough to blow up a line of defense. ”

There is no way, and now I can only take out some of the materials I have in reserve.

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The occupation of Mount Helmec by the Romanian army was soon known to the Soviets, and it was strange that there were so many people in Mount Helmec, and it was strange that they were opening the mountain and firing artillery without being discovered.

When the Soviet patrol found out about Romania's move, they immediately demanded that it withdraw from Mount Hermek. However, it was rejected on the spot by the Romanian side, who were looking for faults. Seeing that Romania made people look like they wanted to stay here, the Soviet soldiers immediately retreated.

Mizik led people to witness the withdrawal of the Soviet patrol.

Looking at the Soviet troops who were riding away, Mizik turned his head to Dalton beside him and asked. "See what's different between them?"

"This unit should be subordinate to the border guards of the General Directorate of State Political Protection. If I expected it to be correct, it should be attached to the 22nd Tomyr Border Guard Corps of the Border Guards. ”

Dalton was right, this was indeed a patrol subordinate to the 22nd Tomyr Border Guard. After the October Revolution, the Russian Border Guard Independence Army, which had been guarding the border, was dissolved and abolished by the Soviet regime. After the formation of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, the task of guarding the borders was temporarily assumed by the Red Army. After the signing of the Peace of Brest, the Revolutionary Military Council of Soviet Russia decided to set up two convoys in the north and west to guard the western borders and simultaneously carry out customs duties.

After the end of the Soviet-Russian Civil War, on the 22nd day the Tomir Frontier Corps was formed. In view of the tensions with Romania, the corps was subordinate to eight independent border battalions, each with three companies and a cavalry detachment, to patrol the border. It is clear that this is one of the company-sized patrols.

The patrol leader knew that this was not an easy matter when he saw that the Romanians were occupying Mount Hermek with great fanfare, and that they were ignoring their own demands. So after the request was refused, he immediately asked people to report to their superiors non-stop. So it didn't take long for the news about the Romanian provocation to reach Zhytomyr.

The commander of the detachment also knew that this matter should not be neglected, and immediately reported the news to his superiors. And after passing through the layers, the news fell into the hands of Mainesky, the head of the General Directorate of State Political Defense.

This Mainsky took over from Dzerzhinsky, and this one is also a ruthless character. The expulsion of Trotsky from the Soviet Union was the work of the General Directorate of Political Protection of the State, which he headed, and although it was instructed by Stalin, it can also be seen that Stalin attached great importance to him.

In 1927-1928, all prominent opposition figures, probably about 150 in number, were expelled from Moscow to remote cities under the supervision of representatives of the General Directorate of State Political Protection.

In addition to this, he initiated several trial cases. The "Shakhtin case" (the "case of the sabotage of the bourgeois experts in the Shakhtin mining area of Donbass" in 1928), the series of cases of the "industrial party" (the "sabotage of the industrial sector" in 1930), the case of the "working peasants' party" (the "sabotage of the agricultural sector" in 1930).

This person is unscrupulous in engaging in political struggle.

On one occasion a man approached one of Trotsky's cronies and said that he had the means to get an offset transcriber to make copies of their documents for the opposition. But at this moment, people from the Political Security Bureau came to search and determined that the person who came was Wrangel's old officer. It was then announced to the whole country that the opposition was connected with the White Russian counter-revolutionaries living abroad. Later, it became known that the so-called old officer was a spy sent by the State Political Security Bureau.

Trotsky was then expelled from the Soviet Union under the watchful eye of the General Directorate of State Political Protection.

So when he got the report of the Romanian stirrry, he immediately left for the Kremlin. Now he needs to let the great Comrade Stalin decide, the attitude towards the Romanians.