Romanian Eagle

At a time when Lieutenant-General Sam's ambition is to take Deva in one fell swoop and defeat what now appears to be a formidable enemy on the southern front, Deva is already at war.

The three Austrian-Hungarian divisions, who were only 12 hours later than the First Division of the Guard and the Nineteenth Division, launched an offensive on Deva as soon as they arrived, intending to retake this strategic point. This made the Romanian officers and soldiers who had just captured this place too late to breathe felt enormous pressure.

Inside the hastily built trenches, Captain Mizik, who was so dirty that he could not see that he was wearing a military uniform with a beard and a beard, shouted mentally exhausted. "Bombardment, dodge."

Immediately after finishing speaking, he crawled and rolled to an anti-gun position that had just been repaired and hid. Then the other soldiers of the 7th Company nearby also hid in the same embarrassed posture. A group of people listened to the sound of the rumbling cannons and endured the torment in silence with the mud shaking off their heads.

Someone couldn't help but say. "Damn, why didn't our artillery fire back?"

Then a voice explained. "Maybe there are other plans up there."

Soldiers complained about the lack of artillery support, and Mizik knew why. The main reason was that the artillery ammunition in Hartseg was too high, and the loss on the battlefield was not small, so after taking Deva, in the face of the military power of the three Austrian-Hungarian divisions, their artillery was at an absolute disadvantage. Since you are at a disadvantage, you must be aware of your disadvantage. Therefore, when the Austro-Hungarian artillery ravaged his soldiers, he could only endure it and vent his anger when the artillery counterattack was most needed.

"How long do we need to defend, commander?"

This sentence immediately brought Mizkra into the topic, and he opened his mouth, who also endured the torment of the shelling. "This question requires you to ask our teacher, Your Excellency, in person."

Mizke's words enlivened the atmosphere, when someone interjected. "Tokke, maybe the teacher will like you, and maybe he will leave you in the division."

This made the soldiers who were enduring the shelling burst into laughter and relieved their tense spirit. Only Mizik knows that their defense will not be too short, because their commander Delsen told him alone, because there is a threat of three Austrian-Hungarian divisions in Petrosani, so the next goal will be Mainly to repel the enemy to protect their back path. As for the dilemma faced by Deva, they can only focus on defending the Austrian-Hungarian offensive, so it is destined that they need to fight hard before the threat of Petroshani is relieved.

It was hard to endure the shelling, when the observation post left behind shouted. "The enemy is coming."

Mizik roared. "It's our turn."

After he finished speaking, he bent down and rushed out. The soldiers of the 7th Company rushed to the position immediately under the leadership of the company commander.

Next, they will fight with the enemy on the battlefield to fight for their own survival.

Behind the position, a group of senior officers was watching Romanian soldiers fighting for their lives.

A general with a telescope on his shoulder and a star on his shoulder spoke. "Now the Austro-Hungarian army is on the offensive, and our grassroots officers and soldiers are under a lot of pressure."

Another general with the rank of lieutenant general answered casually. "It can still be defended, but the casualties are a little bigger."

As he spoke, he put down the action of raising the telescope, which was Lieutenant General Ankodar, the commander of the First Division of the Imperial Guard. As the main hero of the raid on Deva, Ankodar can now be called a spring breeze. Because three hours ago, Ankodar had just been appointed as the commander of Deva City Defense, commanding all Romanian troops in Deva City. Of course, he was not the only one who received the award, Major General Dotreid also won the post of Deputy Commander.

Ankodar was very satisfied with this confession, because it was not just as simple as commanding the 1st and 19th Divisions of the Imperial Guard, but also meant that the continuous reinforcements would all fight under his command. This would be his seniority, and he became the first general of the same rank to coordinate and command multiple divisions in this war. As long as this battle can be fought well, then everything will have a bright future. Of course, this position is not so simple. The position of city defense commander will also mean that he cannot lose the city. He is very clear about the meaning of a city defense commander who loses the city.

So he was extremely cautious in this battle. Due to his ignorance of the newly occupied city and the distrust of the local residents, he set up defensive positions outside the city, leaving only one regiment in the city to maintain law and order. For now, his decision seemed wise, as there was a commotion in the city with the arrival of the Austro-Hungarian army. In response to this situation, Ankodar immediately declared martial law, prohibiting random walks on the streets, and severely dealt with a group of people who did not obey orders, and the situation was alleviated.

This also made his heart palpitate. Fortunately, he did not covet the convenience of the city's defense and made the decision to resist the Austro-Hungarian army in the city. In the current situation, if defending in the city, this will give the attacking Austro-Hungarian army a home field advantage, and the pressure on their own defense will increase.

Seeing that the defensive front is not too dangerous, Lieutenant General Ankodar said after handing the telescope to the staff next to him. "Let's go back now. At present, it seems that the consumption of weapons and ammunition is too high, and more preparations are needed."

So a group of officers left the observation post.

Just when they returned to the headquarters, a staff officer who stayed behind stepped forward to report. "Report Lieutenant General, the first reinforcements have arrived at the train station, along with the ammunition we urgently need. This is the detailed information sent from Targuriu."

Ankodar took the telegram from the staff officer and checked it carefully. It turned out that the Southern Army had already taken into account their difficulties in the telegram, so they concentrated five trains to rush to transport reinforcements and ammunition materials for them. This time the reinforcements are not much, just one regiment, and it is also an elite regiment from the very capable Second Division, and the rest are urgently needed weapons and ammunition. There are more than 6 million rounds of infantry machine guns and 30,000 rounds of artillery shells, which can alleviate their plight of lack of ammunition. There are also some supplementary field telephones, raincoats, tents, gas masks and other inconspicuous but indispensable military supplies.

After reading these material lists, Ankodar immediately made arrangements for reinforcements. "Let the new Second Division Infantry Regiment be temporarily repaired and wait for the order."

"Yes, I'll send the order right now."

A communications staff officer immediately took note and turned around to convey the order.

"Wait a moment."

Lieutenant General Ankodar stopped the staff officer and continued to speak. "Also hand out the ammunition and call Colonel Mattitzi. Let him do a harassing counterattack, tell the guns to be safe and don't run out of mine."

"Yes, General. I'm going to give orders."

After the staff officer who conveyed his order left, Lieutenant General Ankerdar was planning to discuss future counterattacks with his deputy, Major General Dotrid. At this time, a staff officer broke in directly with a telegram. Before Ankodar had time to ask, the staff officer told them a surprising news.