Bulgarian Empire

Marshal August von Mackensen, the commander-in-chief of the Allies on the Southern Front, has been in a worse mood recently. As the Allied Powers opened up a new front in Italy and threatened Austria, his pressure was even greater. Know that the reinforcements promised by the Austro-Hungarian Empire will not arrive!

Now he has less than 600,000 combatable soldiers in his hands, and this number is still decreasing as time goes by.

Although the enemy suffered greater losses, it still did not make Marshal August von Mackensen feel the slightest joy. Germany has achieved too many tactical victories, and it is really not worth being happy. In his opinion As long as there is no breakthrough in strategy, this war will be in vain!

August von Mackensen is hesitating whether to tell the country to give up the battle on the southern front and forget about it. After all, there is really no hope of winning on the southern front. A familiar voice came from outside the house, interrupting his contemplation.

"Marshal, good news! Our frontline troops have conquered Salva, and the enemy's defense line in Transylvania has been torn apart by us!"

The person who came was the General Staff Service Colonel Berg-Irma, and it could be seen that he was very excited now! (Remarks: The status of the chief security service colonel in the German army is very special, higher than that of ordinary officers, which is equivalent to the role in the army.)

August von Mackensen was very surprised and asked: "What? The enemy's line of defense has been torn apart?"

After speaking, August von Mackensen came to the map and looked at it carefully.

No wonder he was surprised, the two sides have been fighting for so long, and he has almost grasped the strength of the enemy. The enemy's weakest army is the colonial army, and the war has almost consumed it by now, and the combat effectiveness of the rest of the troops is still good, at least more effective than the troops of the ally Austria-Hungary.

What's more, the opponent has a large number of people and relying on favorable geography to defend. It is almost impossible to tear through the enemy's defense line, but now the enemy's defense line has been torn apart!

Colonel Berg-Irma explained: "It was entirely an accident that we were able to break through the enemy's line of defense. The enemy troops stationed in the Salva area are all colonial troops. Their limited combat effectiveness was torn apart by us, etc. When the enemy reacted, the hole was already very big, and the enemy reinforcements launched a fierce counterattack against us, but they were all repelled!"

After hearing this explanation, Marshal August von Mackensen's mood did not improve, but became more heavy. After fighting for so long, he didn't think the commander on the opposite side was an idiot!

August von Mackensen subconsciously believed that this was a conspiracy by the enemy. Although he couldn't think of any conspiracy by the enemy for a while, relying on the soldier's intuition, August von Mackensen Sen still sticks to his judgment.

August von Mackensen said coldly: "Order the front-line troops to fight steadily, and not to be greedy for success!"

Colonel Berg-Irma asked very excitedly: "Your Excellency, Marshal, now that we have torn apart the enemy's line of defense, it is time for the whole army to press on and expand the results of the war. Why should we slow down the attack speed?

Once we allow the enemy to rebuild their defenses, our efforts will be in vain, which is..."

August von Mackensen gave him a hard look, and said in a serious tone: "Shut up, Mr. Colonel, don't think the enemy is as idiot as you, okay?

Build a new line of defense? After fighting the Bulgarians for so long, when did you find that they only had one line of defense?

Are you sure that our whole army's assault is to expand the results of the battle, rather than getting into the pocket array set up by the enemy?

What should I do once I get stuck? Let me tell you that the country can no longer come up with an army to rescue us! And as long as we lose the battle on the southern front, the Austro-Hungarian Empire will be finished. Can you afford the consequences? "

Obviously Berg-Irma hit the gun, and August von Mackensen, who was in a bad mood, directly took his anger on him.

It's a pity that he is the marshal of the army, he is just a colonel, even though the status of the service colonel of the general staff is very special, he can even command an army group in the army, but he is still just a colonel!

Even though he was very dissatisfied in his heart, thinking that August von Mackensen was too old to take any risks, now he could only listen obediently.

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The cautiousness of the German army made half of Dante Christoph's plan fail. It was impossible to severely damage the German-Austrian coalition forces in Transylvania, but this did not affect the blitz Belgrade.

In fact, the plan to lure the enemy deep this time is very simple, that is, to lure the German army to a specific battlefield, and then concentrate the main force of the air force to launch a strategic bombing to severely damage the enemy army, and finally the two sides will have a decisive battle.

To achieve this goal, the enemy must first be concentrated enough, and the location should preferably be a plain, and the weather must be sunny, and August von Mackensen's caution undoubtedly allowed the German and Austrian coalition forces to escape Doomed!

The enemy was not fooled, but Dante Christophe was still a little bit disappointed. After all, he did a lot of coordination work for this plan, and also seconded the air force that was supposed to go to Italy to establish a base.

Suddenly a combat staff officer ran up to him and asked, "Your Excellency, the Air Force Command has called and asked if we should continue to implement the original plan?"

Dante Christophe said without any hesitation, "The original plan remains the same. Since the main force of the German-Austrian coalition forces has not arrived, we should focus on taking care of the troops that have already arrived at the predetermined location!"

Since preparing for so long and consuming so much manpower and material resources, Dante Christophe is not willing to just waste it.

Even though there were not many German-Austrian coalition troops on the front line, but based on the principle that no matter how small a mosquito is, it is worth the fare to kill these tens of thousands of people!

"Yes!" the officer replied

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The big scene of thousands of bombers taking part in battle is rare even in World War II, and it has never happened now.

Not to mention other things, the construction of the airport alone is a troublesome task. If it weren't for Romania's many plains, this task alone would be devastating.

Second, the coordination of takeoffs from different airports is also a problem, even for the Bulgarian Air Force.

After all, in addition to bombers, escort fighter jets are also indispensable, and this command is even more difficult.

Following Dante Christophe's order, at dawn on January 26, 1917, the Bulgarian Air Force launched a large-scale dispatch, batching 262 bombers and 180 escort fighters to attack Salva, Daij, and Romu respectively. The German-Austrian coalition forces in the Li area launched a strategic bombing.

The German-Austrian coalition forces who had just woken up from their sleep were blinded before they had time to react. Molotov cocktails fell from the sky and ignited tents and warehouses...

The raging fire began to burn, which can be called a modern version of the burning company. Soon billowing smoke rose, and the second batch of bombers who arrived suddenly lost their bombing targets.

They had to go farther to find bombing targets, and the German troops in the Baia Mare area and Borsha area also suffered unwarranted disasters.

The sudden bombing brought heavy losses to the German-Austrian coalition forces. Of course, this loss mainly refers to weapons, equipment and ammunition supplies, and the casualties in personnel are not too great.

After all, the world war has been going on for so long, and everyone still knows how to escape, and they will be safe if they leave the camp.

In fact, this caught the German-Austrian coalition forces by surprise. In normal times, the layout of the camp also considered the threat from the sky, and a certain distance was kept between adjacent tents.

But when marching and fighting, there is no way to make it so standardized. They are all tents set up hastily, and everyone doesn't think so much about the distance.

What's more, they are chasing the enemy and fighting on the southern front for so long, but they haven't encountered a single bombing by the Bulgarian Air Force. Naturally, the officers have ignored this problem!

But this negligence gave the German-Austrian coalition a head-on blow. After the bombing, the Bulgarian infantry immediately launched an attack. The Allied soldiers who avoided the bombing now faced the attacking enemy with bare hands. The ending is self-evident.

In one day, the German-Austrian coalition lost more than 50,000, and lost the initiative on the battlefield, so they had to conduct a comprehensive defense.

Seeing this result, Dante Christophe was not surprised. Even if the enemy commander did not make this mistake, he would still be unable to escape this ending, and the casualties they paid may be even greater.

You must know that in this battle, less than 5,000 people died in the bombing of the Bulgarian Air Force, and the rest of them started running away. The number of soldiers is still more.

If the camps were not connected together, they would probably have to suffer a few more rounds of bombing, and would have to fight against the bombers against the Bulgarian ground forces. This loss of personnel would only be greater.

Dante-Christopher said calmly: "Report the victory to the country, and start the next step at the same time!"

The chief of staff shook his head and said: "We have to wait and see for the next step. Now we can beat a wave of dogs in the water first. The German-Austrian coalition lost more than just personnel this time!

According to the information from our reconnaissance plane, it can be preliminarily judged that the enemy has lost at least 150,000 weapons and equipment this time, as well as a large amount of material losses, which they cannot replenish in the short term.

At least for the next week, their weapons and equipment will not be able to be replenished. Given the poor logistics and transportation system of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they may not be able to replenish their equipment even in half a month.

In other words, in the period of time to come, the enemy we face is only 400,000 German-Austrian allied forces. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! "

Dante Christophe pondered for a moment, and then said: "With 900,000 vs. 400,000, our odds of winning are very high, we can do it!

The battle plan for the raid on Belgrade is cancelled, and the dogs in the water will be beaten first!

Let the air force bomb the enemy's railway line every day. If we are lucky enough, the enemy has not replenished the equipment for ten days and a half months, which is enough for us to severely damage the enemy. Even if August von Mackensen It's too powerful to recover! "

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