Red Moscow

After dark, the troops of the tank brigade quietly entered the ambush position without being discovered by the enemy.

Ruhlie stood on a tree stump, held up the binoculars and looked towards the opposite side, and saw a lot of oil barrels for heating in the forest in the distance, and the firelight clearly illuminated the direction of the nearby trenches. Around each oil barrel, there are two or three warming soldiers in military coats. They put their hands on the fire and stamp their feet from time to time to drive away the cold on their bodies.

"Comrade Brigadier," the chief of staff came to Ruhlie's side, and said in a low voice, "why haven't you launched an attack yet?"

"Don't worry, wait a little longer." Ruhlie jumped down from the stump and said to the chief of staff: "Although the enemy hasn't found us yet, it's not time for them to sleep. Once the gunshots sound, the enemy will They can enter their respective positions in the shortest possible time."

"Then when can we go to war?" the chief of staff asked anxiously.

"I think we need to lurk for another four hours. It won't be too late to launch a sneak attack after midnight." After speaking, Ruhlie was a little worried about the commanders and fighters lurking in the snow, so he tentatively asked: "The chief of staff , Can the bodies of the soldiers hold it up?"

"It should be fine." The chief of staff replied, "I ordered people to distribute the remaining vodka to the soldiers. If you feel cold while lurking, you can drink two sips to keep warm."

"You can drink to keep warm." Knowing that the chief of staff had distributed vodka to the soldiers, Ruhlie couldn't help frowning, and he told the other party: "But tell the soldiers, don't drink too much. If you drink enough Drunk, who will go to war?"

"Don't worry, Comrade Brigadier Commander." The chief of staff said confidently: "Everyone knows what kind of environment they are in now, and they will definitely not make mistakes by drinking."

While the two were talking, they suddenly heard an anxious voice not far away asking: "Which one of you saw the brigade commander and the chief of staff? Did any of you see the brigade commander and the chief of staff?"

Hearing the original voice in the distance, Ruhlie thought that some soldier had drunk too much wine and was making a scene there. Then he straightened his face and said in a stern tone: "Chief of staff, go over and see who is yelling there, aren't you afraid of alarming the enemy on the other side?" Run in the direction you came.

Not long after, the chief of staff returned with a soldier in white camouflage. As soon as he saw the soldiers following the chief of staff, Ruhle asked with a straight face: "What's going on, who allowed you to shout, do you want to expose our target?"

"Comrade Brigadier, don't be angry, this is the scout who just came back from the front." After saying this with a smile on his face, the chief of staff urged the scout: "Comrade scout, hurry up and report the information you have scouted, Report to the brigade commander and make him happy too."

Knowing that the opponent is a scout who came back from the front, Ruhlie slowed down and asked, "Tell me, what is the good news?"

"Reporting to Comrade Brigadier, our reconnaissance team went deep into the rear of the enemy's rear and accidentally discovered a secret." The scout said excitedly: "Although the enemy has about a battalion of troops, they are not Germans, but the Romanian army." .”

"What, is it the Romanian army?" Ruhlie couldn't help being shocked when he heard the news. He grabbed the soldier and asked nervously, "Is everything you said true?"

"Yes, Comrade Brigadier." The scout replied: "In order to find out what was going on, a soldier and I even mixed into the enemy's position. After careful observation, we found that the position was basically all Romanians. Only a few armored vehicles were driven by Germans."

"Comrade Brigadier, if the enemy on the other side is the Romanian army, then our attack will be much easier." The chief of staff said from the side: "Can you order the troops to attack earlier?"

Ruhlie knew that in the Romanian army, there were a few divisions that were particularly capable of fighting, and the Soviet troops that had once fought outnumbered were defeated. However, these troops were finally annihilated together with Paulus' Sixth Army in Stalingrad. Once the strongest troops are killed, the remaining troops are nothing to worry about.

However, for the sake of safety, Ruhlie did not immediately give an order to attack. Instead, he stood on the tree stump again and raised his binoculars to look at the enemy's position in the distance. Looking at it, he really saw the problem. The uniforms and helmets worn by the soldiers surrounded by oil barrels to keep warm were indeed different from those of the common German army.

"The scouts are right." After confirming that the enemy on the opposite side was not German, Ruhlie also heaved a sigh of relief. After getting off the tree stump, he said to the chief of staff: "Chief of staff, since the enemy in front is not German People, then our original attack time can be advanced."

"Comrade Brigadier, do you think the battle plan should be adjusted?" The chief of staff said enthusiastically: "The Romanian army's combat effectiveness is not strong. I think we can consider completely annihilating them. It's better to attack from the front with the first battalion, and the second and third battalions." The battalion turned around from the two wings and tried to wipe out this group of enemies."

"There is no need for this." Ruhlie waved his hand and said: "The combat effectiveness of the Romanian army is not good, but after all, they have a battalion of troops and fortifications. If they find themselves trapped in our siege, they will definitely fight to the death. At the same time, we asked the nearby Germans for help. Maybe in the end, we failed to eat this enemy, but put ourselves all in."

The chief of staff was about to say a few words of persuasion, when suddenly dense gunshots came from the Romanian army positions in the distance. Since the sound could be heard far away at night, Ruhlie could easily tell that it was the German MG34 machine gun firing. He turned his head and asked the chief of staff: "Chief of staff, what's going on, why are the enemies shooting, did they find our troops?"

"Probably not." The chief of staff also had a confused expression when he heard the sudden gunfire: "Our troops are all lurking at a distance of seven or eight hundred meters from the enemy's position, and the gunshots came from the enemy's position. It came from the middle of the position. Could it be that our scouts exchanged fire with the enemy." After saying this, he turned his suspicious eyes to the scout who reported the news.

The scout quickly shook his head, and replied: "No, definitely not a member of our scouting team. Because it was only me and another comrade-in-arms who went deep into the enemy's position for reconnaissance, and both of us withdrew safely."

In order to find out what was going on, the chief of staff stood on the tree stump with a telescope, and raised the telescope to observe the movement in the direction of the enemy's position. After a while, he exclaimed: "Comrade Brigadier, I can see clearly that the armored vehicles on the enemy's position are shooting at the Romanian army, and the two sides have already started fighting."