"There are enemies in the third house on the right."
A Romanian army squad leader shouted to the soldiers next to him. After hearing the reminder from his squad leader, a bearded soldier saw that someone was aiming at him in the third house that was about to collapse. He was so frightened that he quickly
He ran to the corner.
"Snapped"
Just as he was hiding at the foot of the wall, a gunshot hit the wall five centimeters in front of him. He turned pale with fright. If he had been slower, he might have been hit. At this time, his comrade-in-arms
, had discovered the Bulgarian soldier who shot at him. Before he could retreat, he quickly raised the rifle in his hand.
"Snapped"
After a gunshot, the Bulgarian soldier fell from the window.
"Continue searching."
The squad leader said this to his soldiers when he saw that there was no danger.
Then they continued to search for remaining Bulgarian soldiers in the area.
Today is the second day since the Third Army invaded Varna. Under the full force of the Third Army's attack, the Bulgarian defenders in Varna have retreated to a few locations with solid fortifications such as the city hall. The number of Varna soldiers who were previously as high as 30,000
The Na garrison now numbered less than 8,000 people. The others were either captured or killed, or else they hid back in their homes.
Just in case, Lieutenant General Salamik ordered each division to detach a regiment and start a search of the occupied area. They found a lot of remnants, the largest of which was the remnants of a company.
Yesterday, after Lieutenant General Salamik discovered the intentions of the garrison commander Major General Shaknosov, he took advantage of his superiority in artillery and troops to launch a fierce attack and pulled a large number of artillery into the city.
A large number of carefully laid out fortifications by the Bulgarian defenders were destroyed by the Romanian army's direct artillery fire. Later, when encountering stronger fortifications, the Third Army also pulled 150 heavy artillery into the city. Faced with Lieutenant General Salamik, he did not say anything
For the sake of the offensive, the garrison commander Major General Shaknosov had no other options to think of.
Facing the powerful artillery of Romania, Varna had no other artillery except a few old and heavy coastal defense guns. The more than 20 small-caliber artillery owned by the 2nd Independent Brigade were destroyed in the afternoon of the first day because of the Romanian offensive.
In a fierce and critical situation, Major General Shaknosov ordered a counterattack and was destroyed by the Romanian army.
Now faced with this situation, Major General Shaknosov is mentally prepared. After all, he has a second-line army and a group of militiamen who have only been recruited for two days, and he is not numerically superior. He cannot resist the approach.
The 70,000 Romanian troops are well-equipped, which is understandable.
In a messy room in the city hall, Major General Shaknosov was meeting with an envoy from the Romanian army. This was an envoy who came to represent peace negotiations. It was obvious that the Romanian army wanted them to surrender.
"Major General Shaknosov, now that our victory has been decided, there is no point in continuing to fight. It will only cause greater casualties to the people of this city. This is not advisable, in order to avoid further harm to both of us.
Our commander, Lieutenant General Salamik, in a humanitarian spirit, hopes that this fighting can stop. We guarantee the safety of your lives and property and will not have any other thoughts about you."
After hearing the words of the peace negotiator, Major General Shaknosov knew that he could not continue to resist for long, but as a Bulgarian officer, he was now willing to sacrifice his life for his motherland. So he answered firmly.
"Thanks to the envoy for his willingness to bring peace, I am willing to shed the last drop of my blood for the motherland."
After hearing the major general's words, the peace envoy decided to make another effort.
"Your Majesty General, I admire your emphasis on honor and your enthusiasm for the motherland. As a soldier of noble character, I think you should ask the soldiers for their opinions."
Major General Shaknosov knew that the representative of the peace talks had no good intentions. If he asked the soldiers about their wishes, then every soldier would not love the motherland more than life like himself. There must be some who are not firm-willed. If this is the case,
It would shake the army's will to fight. But knowing that they would die, he could not make the decision for the soldiers. In the end, he decided to leave the decision to the soldiers whether they were willing to continue to follow him and let them decide for themselves.
After thinking about this, Major General Shaknosov said to the negotiator, "I also hope to give the soldiers the power to make their own choices, so can you wait two hours before launching an attack?"
After thinking about the time Lieutenant General Salamik left for the defenders, the negotiator said to him, "There should be no problem with this."
After hearing the representative's words, Major General Shaknosov said sincerely, "Thank you for your generosity to our soldiers."
Seeing that the major general had made up his mind, the negotiator stood up and said, "Then we will never meet again."
"We won't meet again."
The envoy strode out of Major General Shaknosov's room. After walking out of the city hall building, he walked all the way to his army's position and spoke to Major General Gerasim, commander of the 8th Division, who was waiting for news.
"The division commander, Major General Shaknosov, is unwilling to surrender and intends to protect his honor and loyalty. I gave him two hours and he intends to let the soldiers decide whether to follow him and continue fighting."
After hearing the words of the envoy who went to negotiate, Major General Gerasim said nonchalantly, "Then let him show his honor and loyalty."
After finishing speaking, he turned to an artillery officer whose shoulder badge was a lieutenant colonel and said, "Then we need to trouble your heavy artillery regiment to support us."
The officer who was called said to Major General Gerasim very politely, "We are here to support you, so there is no trouble."
Major General Gerasim put his hands on his chest and said, "Then let's wait for two hours."
At nearly two hours, many Bulgarian soldiers poured out of the municipal building defended by Bulgaria. The leading lieutenant colonel officer wore a white shirt on a rifle to indicate that they were out to surrender.
Their clothes were in tatters and they were dejected. Seeing this scene, Major General Gerasim waved his hands and asked his soldiers to take them away.
After doing all this, Major General Gerasim said to the lieutenant colonel just now, "Pull up your heavy artillery and bombard the city hall."
The lieutenant colonel of the heavy artillery regiment said to him, "Okay, no problem."
I saw him wave his hand, and the four 150-meter heavy artillery behind the crowd, pushed hard by dozens of soldiers, gradually approached the municipal building. When the municipal building was still 700 to 800 meters away, they began to stop to load the shells.
Seeing that his soldiers were ready, the lieutenant colonel shouted, "Fire!"
"Boom~boom~boom"
After a burst of heavy artillery bombardment, the city hall had been reduced to ruins. The Bulgarian soldiers guarding it included the loyal commander. Subsequently, several other strongholds in Varna also fell one after another under the attack of the Romanian army.
Varna fell to Romania.
In this battle, the Third Army suffered 4,567 casualties, and the defending Bulgarian army was almost completely destroyed. Among them, 18,071 people were captured and about 12,000 people died.
When the Third Army captured Varna, the First Army also captured Suman, then Targovi, and the Second Army also captured Polski. At this point, the first phase of the Romanian Army's goals was completed.
PS The battle scenes are not well written, so I still have to keep writing. Otherwise, how can I do it without writing if there are too many wars happening later. Mantou is not proficient enough now, but he will get better gradually. Thank you everyone for your support of Mantou. Thank you.
