Romanian Eagle

In the days that followed, the offensive of the Romanian army made the Bulgarians miserable. Every Romanian tentative attack would turn into a real storm if the position did not use machine guns and artillery, and the Tsarewicz position was forced to use suppressive fire and was destroyed by its artillery.

The First Army, which was now defending the position on Mount Tsarewicz, had been replenished three times with weapons, equipment and manpower, and was now exhausted by the actions of the attacking Romanian army. Now Lieutenant General Kudinchev, the commander of the First Army, felt a lot of pressure, and he had to ask Lieutenant General Savov, the Minister of War, for help.

Lieutenant General Savov, the Minister of the Army who received the telegram asking for help from Lieutenant General Kudinchev, looked at the telegram in his hand and went back and forth in the office, thinking about how to deal with such a situation. But in the end, he still has no good way. Romania is better than them in all aspects, and he has nothing to do. At this time, King Ferdinand I pushed open the door of his office with a blank expression.

"Lieutenant General Savov, I heard that Lieutenant General Kudinchev of the First Army asked you for help, what are you going to do?"

It is quite rare for Ferdinand I to ask such an unceremonious question, and he was almost asked to come up with a solution immediately. Lieutenant General Savov has no good way to do this, he can only talk about it. "Your Majesty, I am now thinking about the countermeasures."

Lieutenant General Savov's answer obviously could not satisfy Ferdinand I, and he asked unceremoniously. "Then what are your measures?"

Lieutenant General Savov heard the King's suppressed emotions and tried to explain. "Your Majesty, our army is indeed fighting very hard now, but because Romanian artillery far exceeds us, I think we can find a way on the supply line."

After hearing Lieutenant General Savov's explanation, Ferdinand I softened his expression and continued to ask. "Can you beat them?"

Facing the king's question, Lieutenant General Savov answered truthfully. "No, you can only let them retreat a certain distance, and they will attack after connecting to the supply again."

"This is not possible at all." After Ferdinand I rejected the plan first, he whispered a shocking news to him. "The army in East Thrace is reporting that the Ottoman army is starting to build up. We must find a way to defeat the Romanians as soon as possible, or the Ottoman army will attack."

Lieutenant General Savov, who heard this amazing news, was stunned. If the Ottoman army fought again, God would not be able to defeat the siege from all sides. No wonder King Ferdinand I couldn't sit still today. Lieutenant General Savov, who heard the news, was also anxious. In a state of anxiety, Lieutenant General Savov made a decision that he would regret for life. "Your Majesty, there is only one way we want to defeat the Romanians in a short time."

Hearing that his Minister of War had a solution, Ferdinand I asked eagerly. "What is the way to beat the Romanians in a short period of time"

"That is to prepare for a raid at night."

Hearing the words of Lieutenant General Savov, the Minister of War, Ferdinand I fell into contemplation. Now the battle is only halfway through, but everyone can see the huge disadvantage of the Bulgarian army. As a monarch who knew the army very well, Ferdinand I also knew that there was little hope for his army to win in a frontal battle. Then only think of other ways, and now night surprise attack is a good choice in front of him. Of course, he also knew the consequences of a failed surprise attack, but the temptation of success was too great for Ferdinand I to refuse this temptation. In the end he decided to take a gamble, and after he figured it out, he told his war minister.

"Lieutenant General Savov, you come up with a plan first."

As Lieutenant General Savov, who has been with the king for many years, knows that the king is moved, he is not happy because of Ferdinand I's agreement, and still speaks calmly. "Your Majesty, I need two days to prepare."

Ferdinand I, who received the answer from the Minister of War, knew that this was the plan with the shortest preparation time.

It is also said generously. "It's okay I can wait."

After speaking, Ferdinand I left the office of Lieutenant General Savov, Minister of War. Seeing the departing king, Lieutenant General Savov secretly grieved that the current situation had pushed Bulgaria into a corner, and he could only fight hard.

For the next two days, Lieutenant General Savov paid no attention to the situation at the Tsarewicz Mountain position, and just told Lieutenant General Kudinchev to hold the position. Therefore, the offensive of the Romanian army in the past two days can be found. The defending Bulgarian army completely disregarded its own losses and desperately resisted their attack. This situation was quickly reported to the rear headquarters, but the top leaders of the headquarters did not know the reason, they just sent planes to investigate, and the Bulgarian army showed no sign of retreating, which made them puzzled.

After two days of preparation, on the morning of the third day, Lieutenant General Savov was in the presence of King Ferdinand I, the commander of the Fourth Army, General Podotiv, and the commander of the Fourth Division, General Vidic.

Among them, the Fourth Army is composed of the Ninth Division drawn from the Second Army, the Sixth Division drawn from the Third Army, and the newly formed fifteenth Division. The largest is only 75 field guns and 127 light and heavy machine guns, which are not bad in the Bulgarian army. The spearhead of this night attack was still the Fourth Division, because they had the most experience in large-scale night raids, so they were selected by Lieutenant General Savov, the Minister of War, as the key to this mission.

"For this night attack, I intend to open a breach in Romania's left flank line, first by the 4th Division, and then by the 4th Army to follow. The first objective of this attack is to break down the Romanian army's Chaos, destroying the enemy if it can't be done is heavy artillery. The time for this night attack starts at 2am tomorrow."

Lieutenant General Savov continued to ask questions after he finished speaking about the goal. "Do you have any problems?"

After hearing the question from the Minister of War, Major General Vidic, the commander of the 4th Division, expressed his difficulties. "Our fourth division is currently lacking firepower support, and is the time so tight?"

After hearing the words of Major General Vidic, Lieutenant General Savov told him on the spot. "The firepower problem, I will send other troops to support you. We can't do anything about the time constraints. The first army is about to be unable to bear it. Apart from you, we only have two newly formed divisions, and they can't stand up to Romania. s attack·."

After hearing the words of Lieutenant General Savov, Major General Vidic did not continue to speak, as he acquiesced to the proposal of the Minister of War.

After seeing that there were no comments, Lieutenant General Savov spoke to them. "You are ready to go."

Looking at the two generals leaving, Ferdinand I walked in front of him and asked with concern. "How sure are you?"

Lieutenant General Savov, seeing that no one else was present, whispered his reasoning to the king. "Less than two layers of grasp."

After hearing the words of his war minister, Ferdinand I patted him on the shoulder and left without saying a word.

After the departure of the two generals, both the 4th Army and the 4th Division began to prepare for the night attack, and they were busy preparing weapons and ammunition and the battle plan distributed to the troops below. It was busy until 9:00 pm, and then the troops rested for the night attack at 2:00 am.

PS There is a chapter to make up for yesterday's evening, one chapter can't be finished, it can only be divided into two chapters.