Romanian Eagle

? Admiral Courtois, who set up his headquarters in Bacau, has been very anxious recently, and the reason for his anxiety is the telegram for help sent by Major General Antich of Suceava's defensive operations. Major General Antic, who had high hopes for him, sent a rescue telegram on the ninth day of Suceava's defense.

In the telegram, Major General Antic reported his results to His Excellency the General. Within nine days of the defensive operation, the Suceava defenders gave the attacking Germans 24,000 casualties at the expense of their own casualties of 56,000. In this telegram, which was full of reports of his own victory, Antich put his own casualties in the most conspicuous position, obviously hoping that His Excellency the Admiral would notice the huge casualties of the Suceava defenders.

The experienced Admiral Courtois could not see Major General Antic's intentions, but Antic's desire to retreat would disrupt the Admiral's plan. And Major General Antic still sent this telegram even though he knew the admiral's intentions. It was obvious that he really couldn't stand it, but he was smart enough to use the telegram to report the results of the battle to propose a retreat plan, which made His Excellency the admiral very difficult. Therefore, for the sake of prudence, Admiral Courtois expressed his views to others, and Lieutenant General Andrew, who had just been transferred to himself as his deputy, was obviously a suitable person.

"Anticy can't stand it anymore in Suceava, I want to ask your opinion."

In his office, the white-haired and somewhat tired Admiral asked Lieutenant General Anderson, who was sitting across from him.

Seeing the tired admiral asking his own question, Lieutenant General Anderson was a little embarrassed. Because he had only arrived at Bacau with the train of the Sixth Division for a day, and only had a preliminary understanding of the basic situation, Admiral Courtois now asked himself his opinion on the battle situation, which made him answer, so...

Lieutenant-General Anderson, who has thought about it again and again, expresses his opinion. "Admiral, I think it is necessary to know whether Major General Antic can continue to fight defensively. If not, then we need to consider the issue of retreating there, and the issue of the enemy's pursuit."

Speaking of which, the figure of Marshal Mackensen appeared in Lieutenant General Anderson's mind, and he also had some careful consideration for this prestigious Marshal Anderson.

Anderson's words did not give the admiral much hints, only the old admiral said with a smile. "Antic sent me a telegram and kept saying that the German attack had put a lot of pressure on him, obviously wanting reinforcements or allowing him to retreat. However, it can be seen from the battle at Suceava that we have newly formed a unit. In the face of the German attack, the casualties were very high, and it was difficult to get reinforcements."

The admiral said it very euphemistically. In fact, it is difficult to reinforce the past, but it is impossible to do so. Because according to the intelligence, Suceava hides other troops besides the German troops who are attacking the city. If reinforcements are added, the troops are likely to be defeated halfway. You must know that your opponent is a master of mobile warfare. What about retreating? This is also a problem. Where to withdraw, whether to withdraw, and how to arrange the support troops are all problems. If there is no support for the troops, it will be difficult for the Suceava defenders to escape the German pursuit.

If you want to respond, then it becomes the same problem as before.

This passive situation was caused by the underestimation of the combat effectiveness of the German army and the overestimation of the combat effectiveness of the mobilization division. This can be seen from his previous battle plan. At the beginning, in order to reduce losses, Admiral Courtois arranged a defender of 100,000 troops in Suceava, trying to make it a fortress city against the German army.

But this city, which is equipped with troops and commanders he approves, is now complaining to him in less than ten days of defense, hoping to evacuate. How can this not make the admiral panic. According to his plan, the city can be held for a month, and then when the attacking German army is exhausted, he leads the assembled army to force the enemy to evacuate and relieve the siege, or to fight them here.

The premise of completing his plan is that the Suceava defenders need to make the enemy tired. But at present, it seems that let alone the enemy is tired, the defenders don't collapse because of too many casualties, don't think about the tired enemy, so the admiral is helpless in the face of this situation.

Lieutenant General Anderson thought about it. "In this case, it is estimated that the only option is to evacuate."

"Evacuate?"

Hearing Anderson's words, Admiral Courtois said with a bitter smile. "There is no problem with the evacuation of the defenders in Suceava, but Homan and Iasi, who will face the German attack next, are still a little underprepared."

The admiral asked Lieutenant General Anderson puzzled. "How is this going?"

As the deputy chief of staff, Anderson still had an image of the allocated materials. I remember that it seemed to be distributed in full. Could it be that there are materials from the transportation department that have not been delivered?

In the face of Anderson's inquiry, Admiral Courtois said the reason. In fact, the materials originally allocated have already arrived, and it was the Admiral who made a new allocation in it.

Because of Suceava's important position in the admiral's plan, many military supplies and weapons that should have been allocated to Homan and Iasi were secretly assigned to Suceava's defenders by the admiral. Therefore, when the Suceava defenders could not stop the enemy's offensive, now His Excellency the Admiral realized that he had done a stupid thing.

After listening to the reason given by Admiral Courtois, Anderson also had a headache. At this moment, he suddenly felt that the admiral in front of him was getting old, and his thinking couldn't keep up, but this idea just flashed in his mind. This problem is too involved, and it is not something he can talk nonsense as a little lieutenant general. It is what he should do to care about the development of the war situation.

Lieutenant General Anderson spoke after thinking about the gains and losses. "Admiral, we can only let Major General Antic evacuate with Suceava's defenders."

"why?"

In the face of Admiral Courtois' question, Anderson explained patiently. "According to the Suceava battle report you showed me, I found that the defenders suffered too many casualties. Now we can't mobilize troops to rescue them. In order to prevent a collapse, they can only be evacuated."

Hearing Anderson's words, Courtois spoke out about his long-standing anxiety. "In this case, the defenders have no way to escape the enemy's pursuit."

As a retreating defender, it is basic common sense to be caught up and annihilated by the enemy without any support troops and still in the plain terrain. Obviously Lieutenant General Anderson must have this common sense, and he must have his own considerations for making such a decision.

"My reason for this is to have the Suceava defenders withdraw to Iasi."

"Yasi?"

"That's right, it's Iasi." Anderson said his reason to the combat map. "It is now obvious that the Suceava defenders can only withdraw in the west and south directions. The west is the Carpathian Mountains and there are still supply points that have not been repaired. The retreat here is basically to bid the defenders farewell to this battle. Take. Then there is the evacuation south, where there are two evacuation points, Homan and Iasi. Two of them are about the same distance, and Homan is the closest to us and can get our support. And Iasi will need to rely on themselves.”

Anderson's words prompted General Courtois, who took over the words of the lieutenant general. "So the Suceava defenders can't evacuate to us, because Mackensen's target is us, and if they evacuate to us, they will be overtaken. It is much better to evacuate to Iasi, because if they are not in line with them, the enemy will We have to divide our troops. In addition, Iasi is the center of our defense against Russia, and there are not many fortifications at all. It is not easy to capture, so evacuation to Iasi is the best result. "

"Yes, Your Excellency."

In the face of Admiral Courtois expressing his thoughts, Lieutenant General Anderson recognized it. "Actually, I think more about this idea. The enemy attaches great importance to our Bakuwu troops. If they don't pay attention, then they can only rely on the command ability of Major General Antic."

"But we're going to take a gamble."

The telegram allowing the evacuation was soon sent to Suceava, and the defenders of Suceava, who were exhausted from defending the German attack, were relieved. The huge casualties had long overwhelmed the defenders, and now they could finally evacuate.

So after ten days of defending Suceava, the defenders withdrew in the direction of Iasi under the leadership of Major General Antic. The Germans who captured Suceava immediately reported to Marshal Mackensen whether to allow the pursuit of the defeated enemy.

"There is no need to chase. After this period of battle, the enemy's mobilizers are not a big threat to us. As long as they dare to leave the turtle shell, they can be cleaned up by us like fallen leaves."

Marshal Mackenson said while looking at the location of Bakuu on the map. "On the contrary, the troops assembled here are the elite of the Romanians. Only by defeating them can the enemy's will to fight be defeated."

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