Romanian Eagle

"The Ninth Army is retreating to Hungary, what should we do?"

Major General Hans seemed to have understood the situation before, and as soon as he came up, he asked the most important question of the 10th Army.

In the face of the chief of staff's inquiry, Lieutenant General Sam did not express his thoughts, but asked instead. "Then what's your advice?"

Regarding Lieutenant General Sam's request to let him make suggestions, Major General Hans said what he thought of. "I think in the current situation, we have to evacuate."

Major General Hans continued to talk about Deva's location on the map. "I think after the ninth army retreats, the enemy's target must be us. At that time, whether it is troops or weapons, we will not be opponents. At that time, the offense and defense will change positions, and the taste will be unpleasant. So I think it needs to be done sooner. Decide."

"And we can retreat directly to Adela while the enemy is still on the front line of Cluj and entangled with the Ninth Army."

Of course, Lieutenant General Adrasam knew what the Chief of Staff said. This is the main line of traffic on the Hungary-Romania railway line, and there is a southern line to Belgrade. And its origin is the Murray River in the Transylvanian Plateau, and it turns back to the Danube River through here. Arguably the strongest point of the city to defend against a possible Romanian attack.

The method of his chief of staff, Lieutenant General Sam also admitted that this is the best defensive plan at present. However, retreating like this made Lieutenant General Sam very unwilling. "You're right, Hans, but I don't think we can just go on like this at the moment."

Seeing that his chief of staff wanted to ask what he meant because he heard this sentence, Lieutenant General Sam directly stated his considerations. "Hans, I know that your consideration is to reduce the losses of our army, but you only consider military issues. This is not comprehensive. We also need to consider the political and diplomatic influence."

Having said that, Sam asked rhetorically. "Chief of Staff, what would happen if we lost Transylvania in a month?"

In the face of Sam's inquiry, Major General Hans expressed his consideration. "The already bad domestic environment will be more difficult, and diplomatically, the allies will also have different views on the Empire, and it will affect the Italian campaign prepared by His Majesty."

In the face of the chief of staff's answer, Lieutenant General Sam nodded. "I know what you're talking about, but I think the most important thing at the moment is to pay attention to the mood of the soldiers. A quarter of the soldiers of our tenth army are from this land. If they retreat like this, they will be discouraged. It's not good for future battles."

Lieutenant General Sam actually didn't say a word here, so he would be reluctant to attach the heavy artillery brigade. This third independent heavy artillery brigade of the Austro-Hungarian Army, commanded by Major General Clos, cost the efforts of the Imperial Army.

The heavy artillery brigade composed of nearly a hundred 150, 180, 210, and 240 caliber grenades and cannons is a treasure that the armies of all countries are jealous of.

The Austro-Hungarian Army had only six brigades in total, and Lieutenant General Sam used it carefully for fear that it would suffer heavy losses. And if you retreat according to what Major General Hans said, then it will be difficult for this heavy artillery brigade to return to Adela. Because Deva is hundreds of kilometers away from Adela, at the slow speed of the heavy artillery brigade, it will take at least five days, but the Romanians don't need that much time to surround them.

Therefore, whether Lieutenant General Sam is to stabilize the Transylvanian soldiers or to keep the 3rd Heavy Artillery Brigade, he needs to fight the Romanians. Lieutenant General Sam, through Dewa's battle, felt that the Romanians were not too short or too strong, and he still had hope of keeping the heavy artillery and stabilizing the army by the way.

"Hans, we can't just walk away like this."

Looking at the map in front of him, Lieutenant General Sam quickly searched for a suitable location for combat, and soon a place name in Deva and Adela appeared in front of him. "We played against them in Misio, and these Romanians can't be allowed to be too presumptuous. But if Salamik in front of us dares to come out of the tortoise shell, give him a hard taste."

Following Lieutenant General Sam's order, the Austro-Hungarian Tenth Army began preparations for its withdrawal. The changes in the Austro-Hungarian army immediately caught the attention of the Deva defenders.

In the headquarters of Army Group South in Deva, General Salamik was considering the withdrawal of the Austro-Hungarian army.

"Admiral, we can't just let them evacuate, otherwise this defensive operation will be too much for our entire army."

The one who is giving a generous speech is Lieutenant General Ankodar, the mentally retarded, of the first division of the Imperial Guard. Of course, he is not only speaking to the general alone, but to every division commander who participated in the Battle of Dewa.

Lieutenant General Ankodar's speech embarrassed General Salamick. Originally, he planned to announce the good news that Cluj had been captured. Who knew that after hearing that Cluj had been captured, these division commanders immediately talked about how to expand the results of the war. And Admiral Salamick didn't think much at first, and the topics discussed by these division leaders were unified. The topic also changed from how to expand the results of the campaign to how to hold back the Austro-Hungarian Tenth Army, until Lieutenant General Freiit brought reinforcements to destroy the enemy's heavy corps in one fell swoop.

And Admiral Salamik, who was watching all this, knew that this was a division belonging to Army Group South. field.

However, not everyone agrees with Lieutenant General Ankerdar, and he also intends to be more stable. "But now our troops are not strong enough to hold back the enemy, so let's wait until the friendly forces of Cluj arrive."

However, the speaker was quickly turned back. "Colonel Antonescu, let's do your division's work well, and don't have deserters, otherwise it will be a joke."

After saying this, Antonescu obviously heard laughter coming out, which was someone who couldn't help laughing. However, Antonescu was very unwilling in the face of this situation, but there was no way, who let the division he led was only a division that was only mobilized. And he is only a deputy, if the division commander had not let him take over the army due to a sudden illness, he would not even have the qualifications to sit here.

After seeing the other voices that were emerging to be suppressed, Admiral Salamick knew that this was the unanimous decision of the main division commanders of his subordinates. In fact, Admiral Salamick himself felt very aggrieved in this Deva battle, and after seeing that everyone agreed, he was also willing to be a favored man. After all, the group army is only a temporary establishment, and it will not be seen in the future, and the danger of delaying the Austro-Hungarian army this time is not too great.

"Since everyone agrees, then I decided to dispatch the 1st, 15th, and 18th divisions of the Imperial Guard to attack and entangle the enemy, so that they cannot leave in such a comfortable way. The other divisions continue to be on alert to guard against possible sudden attacks by the enemy. ." At this point, Salamick paused and continued. "However, the troops you attack should pay attention, and they must withdraw when they find that the enemy has a reflexive attack."

"As ordered."

All the division commanders present could understand what Admiral Salamick said. It would be too embarrassing to make a big somersault before the end of the battle.

Sure enough, after the containment attack launched by the Southern Army, it was immediately counterattacked by the Austro-Hungarian Tenth Army. However, this was only a reflection of the Tenth Army. After Freyte hurriedly arrived with the elites of the Center Army and the North Army, Lieutenant General Sam's Tenth Army finally couldn't stand it. Facing an attack of nearly 300,000 Romanian elites, the Tenth Army was defeated like a mountain. However, after the Romanian army drove it out of Transylvania, it did not continue to pursue it, because Romania was the biggest threat, and the German army on the eastern front had reached the border and the test had just begun.

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