Romanian Eagle

Helmek Mountain is located six kilometers east of Khmelnik, which is the dividing line between the two countries. On weekdays, the place is sparsely populated. After all, no one wants to be arrested by patrol officers and soldiers for questioning.

However, today the mountain is very lively, and thousands of people have made this Helmek Mountain a buzz. They chop down trees and dig ditches, as if they want to live here.

That's right, this is the leading force of the 24th Division occupying this mountain, intending to build fortifications on it, and the commander of them is its head Mizik.

Right now, Mizke is tasking his subordinates in a shack. From the green tree trunks and the still green grass cover on the shack, it can be seen that this shack has only recently been built.

The 12 mountain artillery in your artillery battalion needs to be placed in the mountain nest behind the position, which is conducive to providing firepower for the first-line positions. While other field artillery can be placed on the back of the mountain, as long as an observation post is arranged on the top of the mountain, it will have the advantage of counter-artillery. The engineer company helps you build artillery positions, and we can help you when we're done.

Mizik was in the shack, telling his own requirements to the artillery battalion commander who was assigned to him. Behind him, a soldier is hanging a precise map of the area, and on the other side, another officer and soldier is busy laying field telephone lines.

The artillery battalion commander, who was listening carefully to Mizick's story, nodded and replied. No problem, just do as you say.

After Mizke sent away the artillery battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Dalton, who was sweating profusely after walking around the position, walked in. Mizke asked quickly.

What was the result of the inspection round?

Forget it.

Lieutenant Colonel Dalton, who was thirsty and took two sips of water, sat down and said. I just went for a walk around. The first battalion that is building the front is fine. The soil quality there is good, and the tunnel has been built to a height of half a meter. The second battalion on the right is uncomfortable. There is a section below them. Rock, completely repair the troops. Dig hard enough to break a hole in your shovel, and the second battalion commander asked me to tell you if you can move that section of fortification 200 meters back.

Hearing the words of Dalton, the deputy commander, Mizke couldn't help but ask. Which part is it?

It's the part of the 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion. I looked at the terrain, and it just happened to be a lot higher than other places. If you move back 200 meters, it will make this a breakthrough point for the flank, which will give the enemy a favorable opportunity. .

Hearing Dalton's words, Mizke couldn't sit still, he picked up his military cap and said. Then I'll go take a look.

Mizke came here to observe the second battalion and found that,

Indeed, as the deputy commander said, this section of the bulge is a tiny mountain bunker, and a soil pit can no longer be dug halfway, and the bottom is full of stones.

If it is abandoned here, it will cause great damage to the defense line of the second battalion. Seeing the battalion commander beside him who was hesitating to speak, Mizke said. Come to the regiment to pick up some explosives later, and I will ask the engineer company to teach you how to use it and blow it out of a trench.

No way, the danger of retreating 200 meters is too great, only the use of explosives will do. Mizick had to make a choice at this time, and he chose to use the few explosives in the regiment.

And his words surprised the second battalion commander. Using explosives, how much explosives do you need?

Don't worry about it so much, I'll let you use it. According to my estimation, 100 kilograms of explosives are enough to blow up a line of defense.

There is no way, and now I can only use some of the materials in my own reserves.

The move of the Romanian army to occupy Helmek Mountain was quickly learned by the Soviet army. There was no way so many people were on Helmek Mountain.

When the Soviet patrol discovered Romania's actions, they immediately demanded it to withdraw from the Helmek Mountains. However, the Romanian side, who wanted to find fault, rejected it on the spot. Seeing Romanian people wanting to stay here, the Soviet soldiers immediately retreated.

Mizke led someone to witness the withdrawal of the Soviet patrol.

Seeing the Soviet troops leaving on horseback, Mizke turned his head and asked Dalton beside him. See any difference between them?

This unit should belong to the Border Guard of the General Administration of Political Defense of the State. If I am not bad, it should be attached to the 22nd Tomir Border Guard Corps of the Border Guard.

Dalton was right, this was indeed a patrol subordinate to the Tomir Frontier Corps on the 22nd. After the October Revolution, the Russian Border Guard Independent Army, which originally guarded the border, disintegrated and was abolished by the Soviet regime. After the formation of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, the task of border guarding was temporarily undertaken by the Red Army. After the Treaty of Brest was signed, the Soviet-Russian Revolutionary Military Committee decided to set up two groups of escorts in the north and west, responsible for guarding the western border and performing customs duties at the same time.

After the end of the Soviet-Russian Civil War, the Tomir Frontier Corps was established on the 22nd day. Considering the tense relationship with Romania, the corps has eight independent border battalions, each of which has three companies and attached cavalry detachments, serving as border patrols. Apparently this was one of the company patrols.

After the patrol captain saw that Romania occupied Mount Helmek with great fanfare and ignored his request, he knew that it was not easy. So after the request was rejected, he immediately reported to his superiors non-stop. So it didn't take long for news of the Romanian provocation to reach Zhytomyr.

The commander of the detachment also knew that this matter should not be neglected, and immediately reported the news to the superior. After being passed on layer by layer, the news fell into the hands of Mainesky, the director of the General Administration of Political Defense of the State.

This Mainesky took over from Dzerzhinsky, and this one is also a tough character. The expulsion of Trotsky from the Soviet Union was the act of the General Administration of Political Defense under his leadership. Although it was instructed by Stalin, it can also be seen that Stalin attached great importance to him.

In 1927-1928, all well-known opposition figures, about 150 people in total, were all expelled from Moscow to remote cities under the supervision of representatives of the General Administration of Political Defense of the State.

In addition to this, he has launched several trial cases. Shakhtin case The case of destructive organization of bourgeois experts in the Shakhtin mining area of ​​Donbas in 1928, a series of cases of Industrial Party Case of sabotage in the industrial sector in 1930, Party of working peasants Case The Agricultural Sector Sabotage Case of 1930.

This man can be described as unscrupulous in engaging in political struggles.

On one occasion, a man approached one of Trotsky's close associates and said he had the means to get an offset scribe to copy their documents for the opposition. But at this moment, people from the Political Security Bureau came to search and determined that the person who came was Wrangel's old officer. Therefore, it was announced to the whole country that the opposition was associated with the Belarusian counter-revolutionaries living abroad. Only later did people know that the so-called old officer was a spy sent by the General Administration of Political Defense of the State.

Trotsky was subsequently expelled from the Soviet Union under the surveillance of the General Directorate of Political Defense of the State.

So when he got the report of the incident in Romania, he immediately set off for the Kremlin. Now he needs to let the great Comrade Stalin decide, the attitude towards the Romanians.