In the early hours of the next morning, when the sky was just getting dark, the whistling of shells began over Feodosia.

Shells rained down on the city's buildings, and German warplanes and bombers flew over the city to drop bombs and gasoline cans downwards, and in a matter of moments Feodosia was filled with smoke and flames.

The bombardment lasted for half an hour, and Agapia gave the order into the walkie-talkie: "Attack!" ”

Then the troops of a regiment advanced towards Feodosia under the cover of several light tanks.

Major General Agapia was somewhat apprehensive because his troops were better at field mountain warfare than at urban warfare.

In this regard, the Romanian army should switch guards with the German 46th Infantry Division and let the 46th Infantry Division attack...... The German 46th Infantry Division still had at least the "Three" tanks, while the Romanian Mountain Brigade had only a few R2 and FT light tanks, which were arguably vulnerable to the anti-tank equipment of the Russians.

Agapia also made this suggestion to Manstein.

"General!" Agapia said: "I wonder if you are considering letting us for an exchange with the 46th Infantry Division?" I think it's more appropriate to let them attack! ”

"I told you too!" Manstein ordered: "Attack immediately, we will have a lot of reinforcements in the future, don't worry about equipment and troops!" ”

"Yes, General!" Agapia was a little helpless.

It was not unthinkable for Manstein to think of this plan, but as soon as Manstein contacted Sponek about it, Lieutenant General Sponek's voice of opposition and protest would immediately ring on the other end of the phone.

"General, I think it's irrational! We don't have enough strength to drive the Russians into the sea! ”

"I think they've landed at least some of their heavy equipment, and there's a good chance that the information you're getting is just an illusion!"

"We should wait for more reinforcements to make more preparations, otherwise it will give the enemy a chance!"

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Manstein had reason to believe that if Sponek was forced to attack Feodosia, Sponech would likely disobey again.

So Manstein had only two options: either immediately remove Sponek from command, or temporarily accommodate Sponek and keep the 46th Division on the line.

In the end, Manstein chose the latter.

The reason for this is that changing generals before the battle is taboo, even if Spenek disobeys military orders.

Another reason is that Manstein is worried that if the Russian army has landed enough equipment in Feodosia, as Spinek said, a rash attack will not only be a matter of failure, but also a danger to the defensive line.

However, if the 46th Division was to garrison the defensive line, Manstein would be more relieved...... Although Sponek disobeyed orders, Manstein believed in the fighting strength of the 46th Division.

As a result, it was the Romanian troops that finally attacked, which may also be said to be a test of the strength of the Russian army in Feodosia.

Manstein certainly did not expect that the Soviet troops stationed in Feodosia were waiting for this moment.

Major General Agapia raised his binoculars and looked ahead, as his soldiers were attacking Feodosia in the rising sun...... This can be said to be a weakness of the attacking forces, in the harsh sunlight they are difficult to spot and target the enemy on the dark side, while themselves are clearly exposed to the enemy's sight under the sunlight.

However, this could not be avoided, because they needed air force and artillery support, so they had to attack during the day.

But soon, Major General Agapia realized that something was wrong, because in the aperture of his telescope, a row of black shadows appeared in the sky in the distance, like a flock of geese flying together.

But of course it won't be geese, it's airplanes.

"The planes of the Russians!" Major General Agapia turned to the staff officer and said, "Tell the Luftwaffe immediately!" ”

"Yes, General!"

Agapia was stunned for a moment, and then quickly realized that it was not the Luftwaffe that had to be careful, but himself.

The Luftwaffe has always had the upper hand, even if they are few in number...... This is a well-known thing.

Why, then, did the Russians send their air forces to fight when the Luftwaffe was clearly superior? They won't do this unless they have to, or under special circumstances, because it often means losing a considerable number of fighters!

That is, now it is a special situation, and the appearance of these Russian planes means that the Russians have something to do!

What actions will be taken?

Don't think about it, counterattack, the Russians will counterattack!

They have the strength to counterattack!

Even originally planned!

Thinking of this, Agapia hurriedly shouted to the staff officer who was on the phone: "Retreat, let them retreat!" Right away! ”

But it was already too late.

The whistling sound of artillery shells suddenly sounded in the air, as well as the eerie "whining" of rocket artillery, and in the blink of an eye, several German artillery positions were destroyed...... The reason why I say "several" is because the artillery often shifts positions after firing, so there are many shells that do not hit the target.

One of the terrifying things is the opponent's large-caliber naval guns, and a few shells came over as if there was an earthquake and shook the ground.

During the artillery bombardment, the fighters of the enemy and us also engaged in fierce battles in the air...... The speed of the air battle was much faster than expected, and as soon as the fighters of the two sides came into contact, one plane after another fell from the sky with black smoke, and some of them were still on fire in the air and then exploded and disintegrated.

Major General Agapia was not concerned about this, the casualties of the air force and artillery had nothing to do with him, and most of them were Germans.

He crawled on the ground for some distance, then leaned out from behind a rock and raised his telescope again to look at the battlefield ahead.

A terrifying thing appeared in his sight, he saw a Russian tank "drilling" out of the building by smashing through the wall, it was a "T34".

And then another, and another.

"Damn it!" Major General Agapia shouted: "We have fallen into the trap of the Russians!" ”

Major General Agapia was right, they had fallen into the trap of the Russians, but they should have been glad that the Russians were not trying to annihilate them, they were just trying to crush them.

"Forward!" Shulka gave the order, and then drove out of the city with his men behind the tank.

The first to come across was the Romanian light tank.

These tanks were like toys in front of the "T34", and they did not even dare to turn around and run away without even firing...... In fact, this is correct, because everyone knows that the armor of the "T34" can only penetrate at close range even the "three" tank.

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