Romanian Eagle

Bulgarian aerial reconnaissance was subsequently disrupted after Captain Irascu forced the crash of Bulgarian Lieutenant Bebkov's plane. After no Bulgarian planes took off, the Romanian flying team headed by Captain Irascu, with the advantage of machine guns on their own planes, not only observed the Bulgarian positions clearly, but also observed the hot air balloons on the positions. Swept away, now the Bulgarian army can only rely on sending soldiers to reconnaissance.

At 5:00 a.m. on the 3rd, the artillery support group consisting of three 50 heavy artillery regiments and one 20 heavy artillery regiment was ready. They were scattered over six artillery positions, which had been prepared, and platoons of trucks transporting ammunition. Especially the 20-heavy artillery, the current Romanian big gun has 20kg of shells, and a Dongfeng truck can only transport 2 such shells at a time. According to the rate of fire of three rounds per minute, a Dongfeng truck can be transported in four minutes. The 36 heavy artillery pieces of the 20 heavy artillery regiments alone require a one-time transport capacity of more than 600 trucks. Not to mention the ammunition consumption of the three 50 artillery regiments, as well as the large number of 05 howitzers and 75 artillery guns, so modern warfare is all about money and national strength.

When the hour hand reached 8:30, there was a rumbling sound of artillery behind the Romanian position. Nearly 200 heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 50 caliber shot violently at the soldiers of the Bulgarian First Army stationed in the position on the Tsarewicz Mountains. fire. A large number of positions built on the Tsarewicz Mountains were destroyed by heavy artillery. Bulgarian soldiers hiding in the trenches were hit by heavy artillery from time to time. Without even a chance to scream, they turned into a pool of blood and penetrated into the soil.

Especially the shells of the 20-caliber cannon weighing 20kg, even if they are not hit, as long as they are within ten meters, they will be shocked to death. Therefore, in the positions of the Bulgarian First Army, you often see rows of soldiers in the trenches. Silently lying motionless in the trenches, they had no scars all over their bodies, as if they had fallen asleep in the trenches, and experienced veterans knew that they were killed by shock.

Faced with such a scene, I can only pray to God that the cannonballs don't fall into my trench. As for leaving the trenches and retreating to the rear, several unbearable recruits have already made a good demonstration. They all turned into dust under the attack of heavy artillery and stayed on the Zarewicz Mountain.

During the three-hour heavy artillery bombardment, the First Army, who had felt the treatment of the artillery on the Western Front of World War I in advance, suffered heavy casualties, at least 5,000 people were lost, but the greater loss was that most of the fortifications on the position were destroyed, especially the layout. The fire points were almost destroyed. There is no green at all on the Zarevitz Mountain where they are stationed now. There are huge craters everywhere, which look like the surface of the moon, and the whole position is filled with the choking smell of gunpowder smoke.

Lieutenant General Kudinchev, the commander of the Bulgarian First Army, who was defending the position, just let his soldiers bear the blow of the artillery alone, and did not order the artillery to counterattack. On the one hand, there are few Bulgarian large-caliber artillery, coupled with insufficient range, and Romanian planes are hovering over their positions like annoying flies this morning. So he decided to save the precious artillery for a critical moment, and only sacrifice the soldiers.

In a hidden observation post in the rear, Eder took the chief of staff, General Courtois, the secretary of the army, and the deputy chief of staff, Major General Procy, to observe the effect of the shelling.

After watching the shelling, Edel said with emotion. "This is the power of heavy artillery bombardment!"

"Yes, Your Highness, but not many countries can use such an attack effect."

The chief of staff, General Courtois, also spoke with emotion. This three-hour shelling knocked out more than 3,000 Romanian shells, of course it will be spectacular.

"But we can't afford to use it many times."

Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Prossi will speak of such an attack from an economic point of view, and Romania will not be able to use it many times.

In the face of Major General Prossi's truth, Edel couldn't refute and had to change the subject. "Let's keep watching."

After the heavy artillery bombardment, it was the Fifth Division of the Second Army who launched the attack this time. Crown Prince Eder and the others saw in the telescope that the first division of the Fifth Division took advantage of the fact that the heavy artillery had just subsided. Halfway through their run, Bulgarian artillery fire fell on their heads.

The soldiers of these five divisions completely ignored the shells that were about to fall on their heads, and continued to bend down and rush towards the position. After the defender's artillery opened fire, the Romanian army's 05 howitzer relied on the advantage of its own hand length and launched a counterattack on the discovered Bulgarian artillery positions. Sure enough, these Bulgarian artillerymen no longer had time to take care of the Romanian soldiers, and they were all driven to move positions by the Romanian artillery. When they entered the first-line position at a distance of 500 meters, the soldiers of the fifth division lay on the ground and began to crawl forward.

This made Lieutenant General Kudinchev, the commander of the Bulgarian First Army, frown in the observation post behind the defensive position. Seeing the wrinkles on his partner Lieutenant General Kudinchev's face that could trap mosquitoes, the chief of staff, Major General Kazdev, also said with an ugly face. "Now we're in trouble."

Hearing his partner's words, Lieutenant General Kudinchev, who knew what his partner was thinking, said without raising his head. "Hopefully what we expected was an illusion."

The soldiers on both sides fighting fiercely around the frontline had no time to consider the thoughts of the upper-level commanders. Now it is the key for them to kill each other and save themselves.

A Bulgarian soldier aimed his rifle at a Romanian soldier, only to hear a "pop" and the Romanian soldier he aimed at fell down. Before he was in a hurry to be happy, he felt that his eyes were darkened, and he couldn't wake up again, and a gun hole appeared on his forehead. None of the soldiers around him gave him a second look. All of them raised their weapons and shot at the attacking Romanian soldiers.

The two sides fought fiercely in front of the position, and the artillery of both sides also joined in. However, Romania gained a huge advantage with a large number of artillery, and a large number of Bulgarian machine guns and small artillery were destroyed on the position. Seeing this, Lieutenant General Kudinchev at the rear of the position said to a staff officer beside him. "Tell Major General Sarafov to stop using machine guns and small artillery."

When the staff officer went to call Major General Sarafov to inform Lieutenant General Kudinchev of his decision, the attacking Romanian soldiers began to retreat. After the gunfire had completely ceased, Chief of Staff Major General Kazdyuv spoke to Lieutenant General Kudinchev with the list of losses. "We lost a lot of technical equipment. 34 machine guns were destroyed, and 27 57 and 75 guns were destroyed. The casualties of the soldiers in this counter-fire were not large, but we won't have to fight a few more times. "

Hearing the words of his chief of staff, Lieutenant General Kudinchev frowned even deeper.

Behind the Romanian position, the commander of the 5th Division of the attack was being praised by Eder. "General Ankodar, you fought well this time. If you come a few more times, the Bulgarians will fall in one battle."

Major General Ankodar said in a group of generals, in the face of the crown prince's praise. "We just caught the Bulgarians by surprise this time, and we shouldn't have such luck next time."

Hearing the words of Major General Ankodar, the Minister of War, General Courtois, said it with disapproval. "Then you will turn the temptation into an attack and see if these Bulgarians still have their money."

Eder nodded when he heard the words of Admiral Courtois, indicating that he agreed. Now the Romanian army has to show an unreasonable momentum to overwhelm the Bulgarian. You can't be preoccupied with the gains and losses, so the words of the Minister of War made him very agree with him.

In the end, it was Crown Prince Eder who said it definitively. "Just do as the Admiral said. I also want to see how long the Bulgarian army can endure."