The Soviet advance on the first hill was hampered by accurate Romanian fire that was helped by a Romanian Capitan with a combat modifier and a battery of 81mm mortars but the combination of Soviet mortars, OBA and DF from the two T-26 platoons helped eliminate the first objective, but it took 6 turns to do so. This delay allowed the rest of the Romanian Reservists to dig in on the second and third hill. Being dug in gave the Romanian forces a slight advantage on the second hill objective especially in assault as they used first fire to break up several Soviet attacks, further delaying the Soviets, which they could ill afford. In the end the Russians only achieved two objectives, they needed at least three to win a minor victory.