The fact is that there is simply no need to replenish too many mills, because the German sappers did not mine as fast as they thought.

It should be said that the speed of laying mines could have been faster, but the Germans estimated that the Soviet 9th Army would march much slower than them......

This is certain, minelaying only needs to dig a pit in the ground and bury it and make some camouflage, while demining needs to be found slowly in every part of the road, and even tested with military assassins, which is of course much slower than minelaying.

Under this premise, the Germans retreated step by step.

In fact, it was mainly the Romanians, and the current position of the line of communication between the enemy and us was the defense area of the Romanian 3rd Army, and the German sappers had to wait for the Romanian troops to withdraw from this area before they could continue to lay mines.

But the Romanians ...... They seemed to have played arrogantly in the previous battles, especially the 3rd Army, which had advanced behind the Germans.

Although it was advancing behind the German army, it also encountered several large-scale Soviet troops on the road, so they won several battles.

In this case, the 3rd Army was somewhat inflated.

The commander of the 3rd Army was Colonel-General Dumitrescu, who immediately called Lundstetättner as soon as he received the order to retreat.

"Your Excellency, Marshal!" Dumitrescu said on the phone: "The 3rd Army has two divisions in the Bershad area, plus an artillery regiment, why don't we organize a defense?" ”

"Your courage is admirable, General!" Rundstedt replied: "But I don't think it's any use......"

"But that's our supply line, Marshal!" "If they are allowed to occupy this section of the railway and road, our troops on the front line will be in a supply dilemma!" ”

"No, they won't!" Rundstedt replied: "As long as Odessa is still in our hands!" ”

"I think ......"

"You don't need to think, General!" Rundstedt impatiently interrupted Dumitrescu's words: "What you need to know is to obey the order to retreat!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency Marshal!" Dumitrescu replied helplessly.

After putting down the phone, Rundstedt shook his head with a wry smile.

Two divisions, plus an artillery regiment...... Just want to block the Russians with a mechanized army?

You must know that this Russian mechanized army defeated the defense of the Romanian 1st Panzer Division and the German 198th Infantry Division one after another, and it may not be appropriate to say defeat, and it is more appropriate to describe it as a rout.

The Romanian two infantry divisions, lacking combat experience and equipment, could not even slow down the advance of the Russian army, and using them to stop the Russian army would only bring more trouble to themselves...... Because when they were besieged, they had to squeeze out troops to save them, otherwise it would affect the alliance between Germany and Romania and the trust between them.

What's more, if the Russians drove the Romanian rout all the way south, the German sappers would not even be able to lay mines.

With these in mind, Rundstedt preferred to ignore the two infantry divisions.

As for that artillery regiment...... The artillery regiments that used mules and horses to maneuver, Rundstedt really did not dare to use, because they were very likely to fall into the hands of the Russians.

Admiral Dumitrescu did carry out this order, but his subordinates, because of their victory, were unhurried in their retreat, and many even laughed at the nervous German engineers.

"These idiots!" Major Luca, commander of the German engineer battalion, couldn't help but scold.

"They think they can defeat the Russians!" The adjutant said, "I wish I could let the Russians go over and teach them a hard lesson!" ”

"No, Koch!" Major Luca said, "That will get us into trouble!" ”

"I'm just talking, Major!" The adjutant laughed.

But what they don't know is that this statement will soon become a reality......

Just as Major Luca was directing his subordinates to lay mines and assist the Romanian army in retreating, there was a faint "bang" explosion at the other end of the road.

"What's going on?" Major Luca, as commander of the engineer battalion, certainly knew that it was the explosion of a landmine.

"Maybe it's some kind of animal!" The adjutant said, "You know, horses or something, they ran into our minefield!" ”

The adjutant's words reassured Major Luka, but Luka soon dismissed the claim, as the explosions were uninterrupted and there was a faint "rumble" of tanks.

"It can't be!" Major Luca said, and then ordered the adjutant: "Let them be quiet!" ”

"They" were referring to the retreating Romanian army.

"Quiet, quiet!" The adjutant shouted loudly for a while, and the people nearby fell silent.

Major Luca listened carefully, and this time he could hear clearly, there was indeed the sound of a tank motor in the explosion.

"It's a tank!" Major Luca said: "Russians! ”

"How did they do it?" The adjutant was somewhat helpless.

"I don't know, but they're coming!" Then Major Luca shouted: "Prepare for battle!" ”

The German sappers immediately took out their weapons and prepared them for battle, and even a few sappers spontaneously laid several anti-tank mines in the middle of the road...... A well-trained unit does not know what to do when it hears orders, but has the initiative to know what to do and when.

The Romanian army remained unresponsive.

This is how they differed from the Germans...... The Romanian army received orders to retreat, so they did not know whether to retreat or stay and fight.

Their stupid appearance made Major Luca cry out angrily: "Didn't you say that you want to fight the Russians? Now here's your chance, good luck to you! ”

The adjutant, of course, knew that Major Luca was angry, and immediately ordered the Romanian army to be as ready for battle as they did.

The rain had been lighter, but it had already begun to fall into the evening, and it was too gray and hazy for Major Luca to see what was going on, even with his binoculars in hand.

He only knew that the "rumble" was getting louder and louder, the explosion of the mines was getting closer and closer, and soon even the "rattling" of the tracks could be heard.

Major Luca was puzzled: the Russians demined with tanks?

This was impossible, because there was even the sound of explosions of anti-tank mines, but this did not stop the enemy from continuing to advance!

Getting closer, getting closer......

Then Major Luca finally saw clearly, they installed a roller in front of the tank, and the mine was detonated by these rollers.

"Fuck it!" Major Luca couldn't help but curse, and he realized that this time it was more than lucky.