Romanian Eagle

Dewa's importance cannot be doubted in being able to arouse the anger of the Admiral Puleshan.

On the same day, the news of the Romanians' capture of Deva also spread within the Allied Powers. Among them, Romania's request to start the Battle of Thessaloniki as soon as possible to contain Bulgaria's request was also reached. In view of Romania's astonishing combat effectiveness in the past few days of the war, Britain and France also negotiated the matter. Both sides expressed their willingness to speed up the preparations before the war, and they could not let their allies face the surrounding alliance ** teams alone. The United States, as the new Big Three of the Allied Powers, expressed its willingness to do its bit for pre-war supplies.

While the Allies offered various rewards for Romania's capture of Deva, it was also criticized within the Allies.

After the Bulgarian King Ferdinand I heard the news, he said to his confidant in surprise. "God, the Austro-Hungarian army is so fragile, fortunately they fought Transylvania. If Romania came from behind us first, I guess we have nowhere to go except defeat."

In Vienna, the news that Deva fell into the hands of Romania also made Karl I angry. He completely ignored the image of the monarch and cursed at his brother-in-law, King Eder I of Romania. "This hellish villain, shameless liar, they took Deva from us, this is unforgivable, and now our Ninth Army is not ready?"

Facing the wrath of Emperor Karl I, Friedrich explained it openly. "Now they are not ready, the weapons and ammunition are still lacking, and the personnel have not been replenished."

However, Archduke Friedrich's explanation did not make the young emperor feel better, and he gestured with three fingers. "Tell the Ninth Army that I will only give them three days, and once the three days are up, they must immediately set off to reinforce Transylvania."

After speaking of reinforcements, Carl I said with a disgusted expression on his face. "Send a telegram to Lieutenant General Sam and ask him what's going on and when the Tenth Army will be able to counterattack and retake Deva."

Carr was justifiably angry about the tenth Army's unbearable performance in the Romanians' offensive. In the face of the attack of three Romanian divisions in the past few days, the poor performance of the eight divisions of the Tenth Army under Sam's command made Karl wonder if this was still the commander who performed well on the Eastern Front and trusted him?

In the face of the emperor's anger towards Sam, Archduke Friedrich, who had been maintaining the relationship between the Habsburgs and the army, did not want to persuade Karl I any more. Because even he felt that Lieutenant General Sam, who was in command of the 10th Army, had behaved very poorly and did not play the role of a commander at all.

However, although he was very dissatisfied with Lieutenant General Sam's performance during this period, Karl I still knew the importance, and he would not do such a thing as a general replacement. It just depends on the performance of the lieutenant general. If the table is so unbearable, then replacing the commander to reduce losses is also under consideration.

It was just that Archduke Friedrich, as the Minister of War, felt that he still needed to do something, so he said to the emperor. "Your Majesty, I think we should send a telegram to the Tenth Army to reprimand them, at least so that they can know the attitude of the Empire."

Archduke Friedrich's words made Karl feel reasonable. He was not suitable to replace the commander because of the war situation, but he couldn't let them let them betray his trust in vain. So he said to the Archduke.

"That's a good suggestion."

After speaking, Karl I looked at Archduke Friedrich and said. "If we continue to ask Germany for reinforcements to help us push back the Romanians in Transylvania, what do you think of this proposal?"

In the face of the emperor's inquiry, the grand duke said it again and again after deliberation. "Your Majesty, is it too hasty for us to request German support now?"

Carl understood what the Archduke meant. It has only been less than a week since the Romanians declared war. If Austria-Hungary asked Germany for help twice, it would be too self-respecting. Moreover, if the army gets the news, it will be considered that it is not trusted by the emperor and its morale will drop, so it will not be worth the loss.

After persuading Emperor Karl I, a telegram of rebuke was sent from Vienna to the headquarters of the Tenth Army.

"General, this is... this is a telegram from Vienna."

In the command headquarters on the outskirts of Cluj, a staff officer carefully placed the rebuke telegram drafted by Archduke Friedrich in front of Lieutenant General Sam. He knew that the lieutenant general was not in a good mood recently, so it would be better for him not to provoke him, but the telegram from Vienna in his hand became a hot potato.

"Let me see, what did Vienna send me?"

Lieutenant General Sam borrowed the telegram to read it, but unexpectedly, the Lieutenant General didn't seem to care too much about it, and there was no ups and downs in his face, which made the secretly observing staff members only leave in confusion.

Looking at the rebuke telegram sent from Vienna in his hand, Lieutenant General Sam was not angry, it was impossible. But as a soldier, especially a senior officer, he couldn't be angry because it was indeed his dereliction of duty to lose Deva this time. Here he also had to admit that the Romanians did impress him. Compared with the Russians he encountered on the Eastern Front, the Romanians were less rude and rude, and more rigorous and bold.

Take this operation in Deva as an example, as a soldier with many years of experience in the army, Lieutenant General Sam believes that he still has no problem in command. At the beginning, he was raided to take Petrosani by taking advantage of the time difference between the declaration of war and the sneak attack, and he immediately arranged for five divisions to approach. No one can say that he has dealt with mistakes if he does not talk about the results and only talks about the process.

But the Romanians, taking advantage of their well-trained weapons, forced their forces to the limit and broke through the defenders of the two Dewa divisions. Take advantage of rail transport to grab a division and block three flanking divisions. Then, taking advantage of the time difference, he grabbed Deva before reinforcements from his three divisions arrived. This series of operations fully demonstrated the opponent's superb commanding art, making his opponent also applaud him. But now his shortcomings are also exposed, that is, the lack of troops in a short period of time. Although the other side can get a steady stream of reinforcements through the railway, there are limits. And he will use the force far beyond the opponent's limit to crush the opponent with the momentum of Mount Tai. This is a gift he prepared for the opponent, and this is also a conspiracy.

Just then an officer knocked on the door and came in. "Your Excellency Lieutenant General, the generals have all arrived."

"Okay, I know."