Romanian Eagle

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

When the casualty figures on the first day were reported to the Western Front headquarters, Stalin, who received the telegram, couldn't believe his eyes.

"Have you checked with the 14th Army?"

His Excellency the future kind father, with a grim expression, asked the officer who sent the telegram. The officer, shrouded in the majesty of his loving father, said in a trembling voice: "Comrade Political Commissar, I have checked with the 14th Army, and the numbers are correct."

"Then go out."

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

After the officer fled, Stalin looked at the casualty figures in the battle report in front of him, and his heart burst into anger. He planned to ask Commander Yegorov to discuss countermeasures. It seemed that the previous tactics against the White Bandit Army would not work.

He pushed open the door of the war room and saw that Yegorov was studying a combat map.

Egorov, who was disturbed by the sound of the door being pushed, asked in surprise, "Comrade Stalin, what's wrong with you, your face is so bad?"

Egorov's inquiry made Stalin's face soften a lot. After all, he was more in line with his temper. So the political commissar took out the battle report in his hand and said, "It's all the result of this battle report."

"Let me see."

Curious about what was written in the battle report to make his political commissar so angry, Yegorov took the telegram from Stalin.

At first glance, Yegorov looked worse than Stalin. "Will this Smilgar still fight? Let him test the attack. How could there be so many casualties?"

The Smirga that Yegorov referred to was the commander of the 14th Army. Considering that his combat style is relatively stable, the two let his 14th Army take the lead and test the strength of the Romanians first. Unexpectedly, he lost more than 10,000 in one day, which is a rare phenomenon in the history of Soviet-Russian warfare.

That's right, in this battle report, the 14th Army killed 6,487 people, wounded 6,781 people, and lost 637 people in one day. There were almost as many wounded and killed.

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

Seeing that Yegorov was more angry than himself,

Instead, Stalin persuaded him.

Maybe it was how he explained this half sentence to the central government that woke him up, and Yegorov suppressed his anger. Stalin was right. If such casualties continue, they will not be able to withstand long consumption with an army of 500,000.

"What do you think about this matter?"

As soon as Yegorov asked this question, he knew it was not good. He was the military chief, but instead asked the political commissar about military matters.

But Stalin didn't pay attention to this. He replied: "We don't know the specific situation at the moment. I think that Comrade Smilga will send a detailed battle report first, and we will study it first. Of course, it is best to be able to observe carefully on the front line. it is good."

"I think it works."

Both of them agreed to let Smirgar send a detailed battle report first to understand the situation. Therefore, Stalin called a communications officer and asked him to send a report to the 14th Army and ask Smirga to send a detailed battle report. At the same time, he demanded that he stop the offensive until the front command agreed.

Before Yegorov and Stalin waited 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 Smilgar made, although not the best response, was not wrong.

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

A thought popped into the minds of the two of them.

"I think you have to scare the front line to see it for yourself."

In the end, it was Stalin who came up with the solution. A little problem could not suffocate the steel comrade.

"I think so too."

Egorov also agreed with Stalin's words.

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

"I think I, as the commander, should take a look at the problems encountered by the 14th Army."

Yegorov, the military chief, felt that he should go down and see for himself.

After thinking about it, Stalin replied: "Alright, I'm in charge 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 every day. If the two of them left together, there would be no one able to take charge of such a large front army headquarters.

"when are we leaving?"

"I can't wait any longer. I'm leaving early tomorrow morning."

...

Compared with the somewhat frowning faces in the west, the atmosphere in the middle group headquarters is much more harmonious. Admiral Fereit looked at the casualty report in his hand, smiled and said to Lieutenant General Andrew next to him: "As expected, Yegorov, who is expected to be hit by this stick, has a toothache."

Lieutenant-General Andrew, who was also the chief of staff as his deputy, immediately said: "If they hurt the Western Front of Soviet Russia, what should they do if they retreat? You must know that we have assembled almost all of our troops here, and Tran, who is currently being recovered from Hungary. In Sylvania and other places, there is only one 29th Division stationed. I am a little worried that there will be troubles with the locals."

What Lieutenant General Andrew was worried about, General Freiit was not afraid at all. "If they dare, we can fight Hungary without any effort. If we dare to make trouble, let them know the majesty of the kingdom."

"And I'm sure that the Soviet and Russian troops will not retreat, otherwise their so-called Soviet government will lose face. Isn't it about liberating all mankind? I'm afraid of such a small casualty. How can I have the courage to say such a big thing."

Freyte's words dispelled Andrew's worries. Instead, he said with interest: "Since the Soviet Union will not retreat, do you think it is possible for them to increase their troops?"

Fereit judged: "It's unlikely at the moment. According to information, there are currently only 2.3 million people in Soviet Russia, and they are still increasing their troops when they are surrounded by enemies. Don't they want to end the internal station?"

"Since we can't retreat, is there any reinforcements? If the commander on the other side is not a fool, then he can only use his troops to make extraordinary moves."

Hearing Andrew's words, Feleit said with a smile: "I'll just wait for their soldiers to make a surprise move. Otherwise, there will be a chance to hurt the Soviet Union. These Russians are better than you, and they don't have a long memory."

"I forgot, you are a master at this."

Now the two Romanian commanders are waiting for Yegorov's means. But before that, he needs to go to the front to see Romania's strength for himself.

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