The tentative offensive of the first day of Soviet Russia finally stopped when the sun was about to set.

When the casualties figures of the first day were reported to the command of the Western Front, Stalin, who received the telegram, was somewhat unconvinced by his eyes.

"Have you checked with the 14th Army?"

His Excellency, the future father, with a grim face, asked the officer who delivered the telegram. The officer, who was shrouded in the majesty of his loving father, said in a somewhat trembling voice: "Comrade Political Commissar, I have already verified with the 14th Group Army, and the numbers are correct. ”

"Then you get out."

As Stalin's words fell, the officer hurriedly fled. He had never seen Comrade Political Commissar look at himself with such a serious expression, he felt like he was looking at a criminal.

After the officer fled, Stalin looked at the casualty figures in front of him and felt a pang of fire in his heart. He planned to consult with Commander Yegorov about countermeasures, but it seemed that the previous tactics against the White Bandit Army would not work.

He pushed open the door to the war room and saw Egorov working on the operational map.

Yegorov, who was disturbed by the sound of pushing the door, asked with some surprise: "Comrade Stalin, what's wrong with you, your face is so bad?" ”

Yegorov's inquiry softened Stalin's face a lot, after all, he was still more in tune with his temper. Therefore, the political commissar took out the battle report in his hand and said: "It is all the result of this war report." ”

"I'll see."

Curious about what was written in the war report to make his commissar so angry, Yegorov took the telegram from Stalin's hand.

At first glance, Yegorov's complexion was worse than Stalin's. "Will this Smirga still fight, let him test the attack, how can there be so many casualties."

Smirga, spoken of by Yegorov, was the commander of the 14 Army. Because of his relatively steady combat style, the two let his 14th Army take the lead and test the strength of the Romanians first. Unexpectedly, he actually lost more than 10,000 yuan in one day, which is a rare phenomenon in the history of Soviet and Russian operations.

True, in this battle report, the 14th Army lost 6,487 killed, 6,781 wounded, and 637 missing in one day. There were almost as many wounded and killed as there were.

"Let's think about how we will fight next, and if it continues to be this kind of casualty, how will we explain it to the central government."

Seeing that Yegorov was even angrier than himself, Stalin instead opened his mouth to persuade him.

It may be that how to explain to the Central Committee This half sentence woke him up, and Yegorov suppressed his anger. Stalin was right. If such casualties continue, they with an army of 500,000 will not be able to withstand the attrition for long.

"What do you think about this?"

As soon as Yegorov asked this, he knew that it was not good. He was the military commander-in-chief, but he asked the political commissar about military issues.

However, Stalin did not care about this, and he replied: "At the moment we do not know the specifics. I think that Comrade Smirga will first send a detailed report on the battle, and we will study it first. Of course, it is best to go to the front line and take a closer look. ”

"I think it's doable."

Both agreed to ask Smir to send a detailed report to find out the situation. Therefore, Stalin called a communications officer and asked him to send a telegram to the 14th Army, asking Smirga to send a detailed battle report. At the same time, he was asked to stop the offensive until he received the consent of the Front Command.

Without making Yegorov and Stalin wait long, the communications officer walked in with a telegram.

"Commander, political commissar, this is a call back from the 14th Army."

"Okay, you go down."

After receiving the telegram and sending the communications officer away, the two began to study the contents of the telegram carefully. After an hour of two-person research. Judging from this telegram, every decision Smirgar makes, although not the best response, has not made any mistakes.

"Could it be that the enemy is too strong?"

A thought crossed the minds of the two of them.

"I think you have to be scared to see it for yourself."

In the end, it was Stalin who came up with the solution, and the slightest problem could not be difficult for this comrade of steel.

"I think so, too."

Stalin's words, Egorov also agreed.

So the next question is, who is going to see first?

"The problems encountered by the 14th Army, I think it should be me as the commander to take a look."

As a military commander, Egorov felt that he should go down and see for himself.

Stalin thought for a moment and replied: "It's okay, I'll take care of other things at home." ”

The reason why Stalin gave up going to the front was that the front army had a lot of things to do every day. If the two of them left together, the headquarters of a huge front army would have no one who could take charge of the matter at all.

"When are you leaving?"

"I can't wait, I'll leave early tomorrow morning."

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Compared with the somewhat sad faces on the western side, the atmosphere in the middle lane cluster headquarters is much more harmonious. Admiral Fereit looked at the casualty report in his hand, smiled and said to Lieutenant General Andrew beside him: "As I expected, this stick is estimated to hit the opposite Yegorov with a toothache." ”

Lieutenant General Andrew, who is also the deputy and chief of staff, immediately said: "What if the Western Front of Soviet Russia hurts and they retreat?" You know, we have gathered almost all of our forces here, and only one 29th Division is stationed in Transylvania and other places that have been recovered from Hungary. I'm a little worried about whether the locals will cause trouble. ”

What Lieutenant General Andrew was worried about, Admiral Fereit was not afraid of at all. "They dare, we don't have to fight Hungary with any effort, and if they dare to make trouble, let them know the majesty of the kingdom."

"And I am sure that the Russian troops will not retreat, otherwise where will their so-called Soviet government be left in face. Isn't it to liberate all mankind, this little casualty is afraid, where do you have the courage to say such a big thing. ”

Fereitt's words dispelled Andrew's worries, and he instead said with interest: "Since Soviet Russia does not withdraw its troops, do you think it is possible for them to increase their troops?" ”

Fereit judged: "It is unlikely at the moment. According to intelligence, there are only 2.3 million people in Soviet Russia at present, and they have increased their troops when they are facing enemies on all sides. Don't they want to end the inner station? ”

"Since you can't retreat, are there any reinforcements. If the opposing commander is not stupid, then he can only use his pawns to make surprise moves. ”

Hearing Andrew's words, Fereit smiled and said, "I'll just wait for them to make a surprise move." Otherwise, where will the opportunity come from to hurt Soviet Russia. These Russians are better than giving points, they don't have a long memory. ”

"I forgot, you're a master at this."

Now the two Romanian commanders, just waiting for the means of Yegorov. But before that, he needs to go to the front line to see for himself what Romania is capable of.

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