Romanian Eagle

In the First Army Headquarters, after Lieutenant General Sirkutinchev received information from Major General Toshewei, he thought about it and told the communications staff. "Send a message to the 1st Division and let them launch an attack on Lule Burgas to test it."

Major General Toshev, the commander of the 1st Division, who received a telegram from Lieutenant General Sirkutinchev, began to prepare for tomorrow's attack.

And Lule Burgas, which is about to be attacked by the First Army, has 27,000 Ottoman troops, and there are 21,000 people behind it ready to support. There were 147,000 Ottomans on the line from Lule Burgas to Budahirsar. Commanding this line of defense is Zampasha, the commander-in-chief of the Ottoman army, and it is his right-hand man Alsa Pasha who defends the main point of Lule Burgas.

The decisive frontier strategy of Zampasha in the Macedonian region has failed, but he also has his difficulties. The local situation in the Ottoman European territories is very turbulent. If they retreat, the people everywhere will no longer obey the Ottoman rule, and European countries will clearly see the weak nature of the Ottoman Empire. Therefore, even if the army is at an absolute disadvantage, he can only expect the army to perform well to save the situation. It is a pity that he underestimated the strength of the Balkan countries and overestimated the quality of the Ottoman army. Even if Macedonia lost, he did not dare to back down on the outside of Western Thrace, the Ottoman capital. Now only he personally commands hope to restore the situation, may Allah bless it.

The next morning, in a small village called Polonica, the 1st Division, 2nd Regiment, 3rd Battalion and 7th Company got up early. After breakfast, they will head to Lule Burgas, 16 kilometers away, under the leadership of company commander Sackdorf. Last night, the battalion headquarters sent a messenger, saying that today the entire regiment will be entrenched. The Ottoman army there attacked.

This made Captain Sackdorf and Second Lieutenant Bodnov, who had long wanted to fight the Ottoman army, happy. So get the soldiers up for breakfast early in the morning, intending to reconcile with these pagan armies. Liberate the oppressed and suffering people of Western Thrace and bathe them in the light of the Lord's mercy.

Captain Sackdorf walked over to Lieutenant Bodnov after breakfast and asked aloud to his deputy. "Lieutenant Bodnov, are you all here?"

Facing the question of his superior, Lieutenant Bodnov also answered loudly. "After deducting the cooking class from the Quanlian, the actual number of people is 258, and the number has reached 258. The Quanlian has already arrived."

Captain Sackdorf was satisfied with his deputy's answer, and after showing the majesty of his company commander, he ordered. "Prepare two columns and set off."

Following Sackdorf's orders, the Seventh Company began its march towards Lule Burgas in two columns. Like them, many of the subordinates of the First Division scattered nearby got up early and marched in neat steps towards the predetermined location, Lule Burgas. Looking down from the sky, the 1st Division followed like a stream joining a river, and the marching route was on the road, approaching Lule Burgas.

As it approached noon,

The 1st Division has reached the outskirts of Lule Burgas. Lule Burgas is located in a gap in the small mountain range of Gaslow, and there is a road leading to Istanbul, which is also the reason why the Ottoman Empire cannot give up.

After the 7th Company joined the large units of the 1st Division and came here, they built their positions first, while the 2nd Regiment, which belonged to the 7th Company, rested. The Ottoman army had no plans to send troops to harass, and they quietly watched the moves of the 1st Division with their little round hats on.

After lunch, the launching position had already been built. The artillerymen belonging to the 1st Division pulled the cannon to the newly constructed gun emplacement, and dug out the fresh soil when the artillery emplacement was full.

The seventh company also entered the launching position with the second regiment. The company commander Sackdorf encouraged his subordinates loudly. "Those Ottoman troops are like quails, as long as you get ahead of them, these people will run away, so now you just have to charge forward to win."

When Captain Sackdorf encouraged his subordinates, Major General Toshewei was also observing the Ottoman positions with a high-powered telescope in the temporary headquarters of the 1st Division.

After observing the opposite Ottoman positions, Major General Toshewei spoke to Donotov, the division chief of staff beside him. "This tentative attack is not easy to fight."

Donotov, the chief of staff who was observing with him, agreed. "Yeah, I see that the number of people in the opposite position is not less than our first division, and our artillery is not dominant, so I suggest that you test the strength of this attack a little bit."

Hearing the suggestion of the chief of staff, the division commander, Major General Toshewei, replied after thinking about it. "fair enough."

After replying to the chief of staff, Commander Toshewei checked the time. It was exactly two o'clock and he ordered the staff around him. "Let the artillery fire first."

Under the order of Major General Toshewei, the 54 artillery pieces brought by the 1st Division launched a fierce artillery attack on the Ottoman front-line positions. For a while, gunpowder smoke filled the position, and Ottoman soldiers could be seen killed on the position from time to time.

Captain Sackdorf, who was in the starting position, saw this scene and shouted loudly. "well played."

This scene of gunpowder smoke, coupled with the excitement of launching an attack, made him emotionally excited.

However, due to the lack of ammunition, the shelling came and went quickly, and it stopped after only half an hour.

At this time, they heard their head shouting loudly. "attack."

Captain Sackdorf rushed out of the trench first and roared in the lead. "follow me."

When the soldiers of the seventh company saw their company commander's actions, they rushed out with great pride, and the other companies of the second regiment also rushed forward.

Major General Toshewei, who was observing the attack in the headquarters, nodded, and was satisfied with the belligerence of his soldiers.

On the battlefield, Sackdorf, who took the lead, led the soldiers of the Second Regiment to the position of the Ottoman army. The defensive artillery fire arrived as scheduled, bombarding the offensive troops of the Second Regiment. From time to time, soldiers were affected by the explosion of artillery shells, and many Bulgarian soldiers fell on the way to charge.

Because the Ottoman artillery aimed at most of the second regiment's follow-up, the seventh company that charged first had few casualties, but the company commander Sackdorf was still alive and well.

Of course, the artillery of the 1st Division would not allow its troops to bear the shelling alone. When the Ottoman artillery appeared to bombard the Bulgarian army, the counter-attack artillery also hit the defenders' gun positions, reminding them not to forget their existence. So the Ottoman artillery divided half of the artillery to counterattack the Bulgarian 1st division artillery, which relieved the pressure of the attacking second regiment a lot.

Along the way, the second regiment was charged up by the Ottoman army shelling, and Captain Sackdorf was still leading the way. After running two hundred and fifty meters away from the Ottoman first-line position, he raised his vigilance, and when he saw the small round cap unique to the Ottoman army appeared in front of him, he became even more vigilant. He shouted after seeing the Ottoman troops in the trenches raising their guns.

"Lie down."

The whole person fell on the low-lying terrain in front of him, and his body was close to the ground. After the subordinates behind him heard him shout, they all fell to the ground.

"Bah~bah~bah"

A burst of gunfire rang out, and many Bulgarian soldiers who were too late to lie down were hit and fell to the ground, unable to get up again. The soldiers behind didn't have time to grieve and continued to charge.

Sackdorf and his subordinates lay on the ground to fight back, while waiting for the follow-up soldiers of the Second Regiment to follow. For a while in front of the position, the soldiers of the two sides fought very lively. Seeing that the follow-up troops were following, Sackdorf quickly got up, holding a pistol in one hand and waving a command knife in the other, and shouted.

"Come on."

The soldiers of the Seventh Company stood up and charged with their heroic company commander. Sackdorf hid left and right like a civet cat, and quickly approached the Ottoman position, surprising the Ottoman soldiers on the position.

Taking advantage of their astonishment, Sackdorf jumped into position. Before they could react, they took a pistol and shot a few Ottoman soldiers beside them. These soldiers were hit by pistols at close range and fell to the ground. Sackdorf threw his unloaded pistol at a soldier who was aiming at him.

"Snapped"

The soldier he interfered with was shot and missed. Of course, Sackdorf would not give him a second chance. He picked up the saber in his hand and rushed in front of him, dodged his thrust sideways, and killed him with a backhand knife. In just a few seconds, he killed a few Ottoman soldiers by himself, and the other Ottoman soldiers were stunned by his heroic performance.

At this time, the soldiers of the Seventh Company and the Second Regiment also rushed into the trenches, and for a while, both sides fought hand to hand. Over time, the Ottoman soldiers gradually lost to the Bulgarian soldiers, and at this time a large number of Ottoman troops came in from the rear of the position. The second regiment commander who followed the soldiers shouted.

"retreat."

The Bulgarian soldiers ran out of the Ottoman trenches that they had finally invaded and ran towards their positions.

Major General Toshewei, who was watching the battle from the rear, commented on the attack to the chief of staff beside him. "The soldiers did a good job."

"indeed."

Hearing what the chief of staff agreed, Major General Toshewei sighed and continued. "However, our strength is still not enough. The Ottoman army's second-line positions are only half used, and the third-line positions are completely unresponsive, indicating that they are full of troops. And I noticed that only half of the gun positions on the positions opened fire, and the other half were completely silent. There was only the sound of rifles and no machine gun movement in the position, and the position was broken by one blow from us. This was tempting me to continue to invest in troops and increase the attack. He underestimated me too much."

Hearing Major General Toshev's analysis, Chief of Staff Donotov asked. "How do we send a message to the lieutenant general?"

"Let's just say that in Lule Burgas, the enemy's troops are strong and strong, and our first army is estimated to be unable to take it down." After Major General Toshewei finished his chief of staff, he planned to return to the command.

But after taking two steps, he turned and spoke. "I admire the commander at the forefront of the attack and run today. You can give me a compliment."

"Okay, I like honoring heroic subordinates the most." Chief of Staff Donotov said with a smile, he also liked this heroic officer a little.

Captain Sackdorf didn't know that his performance like a god of war was seen by the two division-level chief officers, but he would soon find out.

In this probing attack, the 1st Division tested the strength of the Ottoman positions at the cost of 549 casualties. At the cost of 443 people, the Ottoman army failed to lure the 1st Division to continue the attack. I believe that the two sides will have the opportunity to fight again soon.

PS The next chapter is estimated to be late, and the steamed bread has not been saved. I found a problem. The daily update volume is more than 5,000 words, but the recommended votes are still dropping. How can I say this?

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