Romanian Eagle

Chapter 357: Drinking the Matisa River (Part 2)

The afterglow of the sun shines on the earth, and the small town of Sol is no longer the same as it used to be. Diffuse smoke and choking gunpowder shrouded the place, making the town a bit like a desolate atmosphere in a fairy tale. On the other side of the town, Austro-Hungarian soldiers were retreating. But as you can see from their terrified expressions, they just want to run for their lives now.

These terrified soldiers could only lighten their load as much as possible in order to escape from this hell to them. Therefore, discarded weapons and supplies can be seen along the way, ranging from small guns and ammunition to heavy artillery armored vehicles were abandoned on the roads and in the wilderness.

In fact, these actions of theirs can only strengthen the belief of chasing soldiers behind them. So a larger pursuit was underway, with soldiers from the Romanian cavalry division galloping on horseback, approaching quickly from the flanks, driving the Austro-Hungarian soldiers. It's like a pack of wolves ready to hunt, picking the best prey.

Hoffman sticks his upper body out of a jackal tank to watch the harvest. For him, this battle was really enjoyable, fully exerting the power of his armored troops.

Three days ago, when they arrived at the small town of Sol, the Austro-Hungarian army had already been stationed here. However, due to the lack of time, there is a lack of fortifications, especially the anti-tank trenches that require a lot of work.

Lieutenant General Mandif, who was their interim commander, was also experienced and immediately spotted the flaw. He immediately used his third division as a fist, coupled with the armored brigade to strengthen the attack, and attacked the enemy's main position. The seventh division is responsible for containing the flank positions and preventing the enemy from drawing troops, while the cavalry division is responsible for the interception of the battlefield and the oppression of the enemy's rear.

Lieutenant General Mandive's set is to bully you with unreasonable tactics with few troops and supporting weapons, which will make the defenders feel uncomfortable. After three days of resistance, the military's morale finally collapsed, and they scattered and fled to the rear. Now Adela is the ripe fruit in front of them, and they can pick it as long as they reach out.

Romania tasted the sweet fruit of victory, then the Austro-Hungarian army only tasted the bad fruit of defeat. In the city of Adela, Lieutenant General Sam, the commander of the Tenth Army, slumped weakly on a chair in the battle hall. Around him were people busy preparing to evacuate. They loaded the items they needed to take away into the car, and the black smoke that burned the documents that could not be taken away had filled the sky. Everyone looked more or less frightened, and the atmosphere at the headquarters was quite dull.

As his partner, Major General Hans was directing the evacuation of the personnel.

After arranging things properly, Major General Hans came to his partner. Looking at His Excellency Lieutenant General with a distressed face, Hans said, "Sam, now we need to evacuate."

In the face of the chief of staff's words, Lieutenant General Sam did not answer, but asked him in confusion. "This battle should not have ended like this,

Did I command wrong, Hans, tell me, is it my fault? "

Seeing his partner's disheartened appearance, Hans replied with some reluctance: "Sam, this is not your problem. None of us expected that the combat effectiveness of the troops below would diminish so quickly, these are all those Rumors spread by goddamn politicians."

Major General Hans's words also represented his inner thoughts. In his view, these politicians are self-serving guys, at a time when the empire is going through a difficult time, when everyone needs to work together. They cooperated with the enemy for their own selfish desires, which made the empire suffer even more. If I had the chance, I would definitely send all these people to the gallows. In fact, Hans's ideas are very marketable in the middle and high-level military, but now the soldiers are encouraged by these people, but they are tied.

Hans's words did not make Sam recover. Instead, he said: "Hans, please stop comforting me. I know very well about this battle, and I have a great responsibility for not finding out the situation of the army. I hope you can bring it with you. Leave the rest of the soldiers out, I'm tired and don't want to endure this anymore."

As soon as Hans heard the secret message, "No," his old partner was determined to die. After turning his head quickly, he immediately said: "Sam, I can't do what you asked. You also know my abilities, and you can't do what you want. Now I need you to get the rest of the tenth army. Soldiers led out of danger. Don't forget, there are tens of thousands of people on the front line who failed to evacuate, and I can't come up with this evacuation plan. You don't want these bloody soldiers to suffer more losses. "

Perhaps it was Major General Hans's persuasion that had an effect, or perhaps because he thought of the tens of thousands of soldiers still on the front lines, Sam's eyes finally got some brilliance.

"You really can't help it?"

"Really, the evacuation of the headquarters has already made me devastated. I haven't been able to come up with a way to retreat from the front line."

Facing Sam's question, Hans told a small white lie.

"Indeed, these bloody soldiers should not accept this result."

After Lieutenant General Sam said this, he immediately came to the military map that had not been taken down. He looked at the map in front of him and said to the chief of staff beside him: "Let the troops on the left flank immediately withdraw in the direction of the Ninth Army. Send a report to Lieutenant General Fan Siteng of the Ninth Army, requesting him to send troops to respond. The troops on the right flank go to Serbia. Internal evacuation. As long as you withdraw across the Mure River into Serbia, I believe the Romanians will not be pursuing. As for the three divisions in the middle..."

Lieutenant General Sam said that he was stuck here. With the withdrawal of both the left and right flanks, their outcome was already doomed. Lieutenant General Sam thought for a while and then said, "Let them evacuate on their own."

Now it will be seen how many of them are left to retreat to the territory controlled by Austria-Hungary, which only God knows.

"Also, send a report to the Sixteenth Army to inform them of our decision."

The Sixteenth Army did not want to be attacked by the defeated soldiers, so they would definitely retreat. At present, only the Tisza River line can be used as a line of defense. I believe they will know these basic common sense.

Lieutenant General Sam said this, and after thinking about it, he said: "Leave the guard regiment, try to collect the defeated soldiers, and we retreat to the west of the Tisza River to defend."

In the face of Lieutenant General Sam's series of orders, Major General Hans immediately asked a staff officer to record and send the report.

Looking at the recovered Sam, Hans stretched out his hand and said, "Let's evacuate now, don't give the enemy the honor of capturing the commander of the Imperial Army."

"Okay, I'll go now."

The two walked out of the headquarters and left the city that was about to fall under the escort of a few soldiers. And the Austro-Hungarian people who fled on the streets all swarmed away. This has saved Romania a lot of trouble in the future.

The Romanian soldiers who were chasing the vanquished finally entered the city hours after Lieutenant General Sam left.

The cavalry division, which was the vanguard, did not stay here for long. After leaving a regiment to await the arrival of the infantry, they immediately resumed the pursuit. Because their task is not to let these defeated soldiers gather to delay the pace of the Romanian army, this time they will drink horses in the Tiza River.

And Lieutenant Colonel Antonescu was unfortunately selected to wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops. Looking at the brigade of cavalry walking away, the lieutenant colonel spat fiercely to the ground, and then he roared at his subordinates. "Keep me in order in the city, don't let me find you lazy."

Army Transylvania defeated Lieutenant General Sam's Tenth Army and occupied Adela. The Austro-Hungarian Ninth Army, located on the northern front, was afraid of being outflanked, and immediately gave up its position and retreated to the front line of the Tisza River defense. And a large area east of the vast Tisza River was occupied by the Romanians.

For this battle, the Allies were surprised by the drop in morale and morale of the Austro-Hungarian army, in addition to their praise for the combat effectiveness of the Romanian army. Many of its newspapers trumpeted that Austria-Hungary could no longer hold on, and victory was at hand. Austria-Hungary naturally refuted the remarks of these Allied countries. However, for the defeat in Hungary, many people in Austria-Hungary have other thoughts. Let this dualistic country become more crumbling like a broken house.

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