The time is slowly coming to December, and the Ukrainian region has already entered a snowy winter. In this season of dripping ice, the two armies of Western Ukraine and the Soviet Union are preparing separately dozens of kilometers apart.

In the port city of Nikolaev, close to the front line, a group of Romanian soldiers is pushing a LeFH18 howitzer of the 105 type into position.

"Everyone, do your best."

"Hey."

This is the new 105 howitzer battalion of the 15th division of the Romanian army, which is entering positions (now the Romanian infantry division has four artillery battalions, two 75 mountain artillery battalions, two 105 howitzer battalions).

The cold wind of the great winter did not make the soldiers feel cold, but pushed a lot of artillery and carried ammunition, making everyone look steamy.

Major Tovsk, as the commander of the battalion, was standing on a high ground observing the placement of positions. The lads worked hard, the placement of the artillery was done well, and he was satisfied.

Major Tovsk previously served, deputy commander of another 15 howitzer battalion of the 105 division. This time, in the face of a large expansion of artillery, I was able to stand out from the four deputy battalion commanders, and there was nothing more comforting than this.

While Major Tovsk was rejuvenating and imagining the future, Major General Kledov, commander of the 15th Division, was deploying his forces.

In the headquarters of the 15th Division in Nikolaev, Major General Kledov was giving orders to the heralds. "Order the 1504th Regiment to be deployed in Kostav."

After sending off the heralds, the chief of staff, Colonel Dorke, stepped forward and asked: "We have already deployed the 1501st Regiment and the 1503rd Regiment outside the city, if the 1504th Regiment is also transferred out, only the 1503rd Regiment will be left in the city." If there is a case, is there a little less troops? ”

The Chief of Staff, Colonel Dorke, asked, and Major General Kledov pointed to the military map and replied: "Not a lot." As for those Ukrainian and Russian civilians in the city, do they dare to turn over the flowers? And you see, Nikolaev, which we are deploying, is a battleground for the enemy who wants to seize Odessa. If it weren't for the fact that the city is full of Ukrainians and Russians, I would have wanted to send another battalion to strengthen the defensive line.

For the sake of reassuring the chief of staff, Major Commander Kledov continued: "And there is the Ninth Division behind us, as long as we hold it for two days, it will be able to reinforce us." So what you're worried about, it's not likely to happen. ”

"Besides, we're not the enemy's main attacker here. Didn't the intelligence services already probe it, and the enemy opposite us had only one corps of troops. In Vinnitsa, that's the real big war. ”

After Major-General Kledov finished speaking, he looked at Vinnitsa, and it seemed that he must have longed for the big battle over there.

As a soldier, who doesn't want to expand the territory and make contributions. However, it is a pity that during the battle with Germany and Austria, the 15th Division did not get a brilliant performance. And when it came time to fight the Hungarian revolutionaries, they did not get dazzling results either.

Now that he is at war with the Soviet Russian army again, and he is far away from the place of the big war, it is annoying to think about it.

Major General Kledov's body and mind yearn for Vinnitsa, at present, he has a momentum that is about to come.

In Vinnytsia, in the newly established headquarters of the Ukrainian Army Group, the generals with bright stars were listening to General Fereyt explain the combat mission with a serious face. That's right, Admiral Fereit, who has made great achievements in battle, is the commander this time. (Pity the two generals Priemont and Courtois, who were postponed by the war because the promotion to marshal required solemn preparations)

"According to the battle plan. In Vinnytsia, our army was divided into three routes. Among them, the left flank was dominated by the 12th, 19th, 23rd, and 25th divisions, and four divisions, which were formed as a left flank cluster, with Lieutenant General Ankodar as the commander. And a 150 heavy artillery regiment was allocated, and the combat objective was to prevent the enemy from penetrating and protect the flanks of our army. ”

"On the right flank, there are 7th, 14th, 16th, and 21st divisions...... Eight divisions were the mainstay, for my right flank cluster, and the commander was Lieutenant General Mandif. The main operational objective is to prevent the enemy from turning in on the offensive side, and at the same time to prepare for a sortie. ”

"The middle lane is based on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Janissary Divisions...... Eleven divisions were the main ones, forming the middle road cluster, and I personally served as the commander. The main combat objective is to block the enemy's offensive and wait for the opportunity to encircle the enemy with the right flank cluster, so as to achieve the annihilation of the enemy's living forces. The 1st Cavalry Division and the Armored Brigade served as mobile forces, ready to strike at the interspersed enemy. ”

"Finally, the 1st and 28th Janissaries Divisions remained in Vinnitsa to prepare their fortifications and be ready to reinforce the front at any time."

After Fereit had laid out the battle plan, he looked at the participants in the conference room.

In fact, his battle plan is very simple and easy to understand, as long as you know a little about military affairs, you can understand it. This is an inclined deployment formation, which mainly relies on the middle lane to block the enemy's attack, and then the right side goes around the enemy's rear in a roundabout way to annihilate it.

Of course, this plan is not as simple as it is, but it was actually specially arranged by Fereit according to the terrain of Vinnytsia. The key point was the need to block the enemy's attack in the middle, so he read through the intelligence of all the operations and the organizational structure of the army after the establishment of Soviet Russia, and carefully designed it.

In Fereitt's view, although the morale of the Soviet Russian army was high, it was not afraid of death in battle. But in terms of the organization and management of its army, it is a complete mess. For example, the main reason for the group charge that Soviet Russia likes to use is that the military skills of the officers are not up to par, so it is necessary to use this simple method.

And their battle with the White Guards was more like a worse battle in Fereit's view, and the battles on both sides were full of loopholes, but because of the higher organizational ability of Soviet Russia, Soviet Russia could have the last laugh.

In the case of the Czech Legion, which was famous in the Russian Civil War, it was nothing more than a group of former Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war captured by Tsarist Russia. As a result, this group of about 100,000 prisoners of war actually turned the world upside down in Russia, and one can imagine how big a gap there is between the strength of the two sides.

At the time when Fereit held a military conference to deploy the battle plan, Soviet Russia also held a military mobilization meeting in Berkichev.

That's right, the Soviet Russian conference has been held a long time ago, and now it is a mobilization meeting to prepare for war.

Since this is a mobilization meeting, Comrade Stalin, who is in charge of the army's ideology, can of course stand on the podium and mobilize the commanders at all levels below. "Comrades, the Motherland is watching us. Leader Comrade Lenin, also in Moscow, awaits good news from us. This battle against the neo-imperialists in Romania will open a new chapter in the revolution. Let's fight this battle with Romania with full enthusiasm and an indelible fighting spirit. ”

As Stalin's words fell, the commanders and fighters present shouted together.

"Ulla"

The pre-battle preparations of both sides are almost complete, and the next battle at Vinnytsia is about to begin. Whoever kills the deer needs to look at the performance of both parties.