In the following days, the Romanian army's offensive made the Bulgarians miserable. Every time Romania tried to attack, if the position did not use machine guns and artillery, it would turn into a real strong attack. The Tsarevets Mountain position was forced to use suppressive firepower again.
will be destroyed by its artillery.
Now the First Army defending the position on Tsarevets Mountain has replenished weapons, equipment and manpower three times, and is now exhausted by the actions of the attacking Romanian army. Now the commander of the First Army, Lieutenant General Kudinchev, feels a lot of pressure
, he had no choice but to ask Lieutenant General Savov, Minister of War, for help.
Lieutenant General Savov, the Minister of War, who received the telegram from Lieutenant General Kudinchev asking for help, looked at the telegram in his hand and went back and forth in the office, thinking about how to deal with such a situation. But in the end, he still had no good way. All aspects of Romania were
Being stronger than them, there was nothing he could do about it. At this time, King Ferdinand I opened the door of his office with an expressionless face.
"Lieutenant General Savov, I heard that Lieutenant General Kudinchev of the First Army asked you for help. I wonder what you are going to do?"
It was quite rare for Ferdinand I to ask such an unceremonious question, and he had to come up with a solution immediately. Lieutenant General Savov had no good solution for this, so he could only say: "Your Majesty, I am thinking about how to deal with it now.
measure."
Lieutenant General Savov's answer obviously did not satisfy Ferdinand I. He asked unceremoniously, "So what are your measures?"
Lieutenant General Savov heard the king's suppressed emotions and tried to explain. "Your Majesty, our army is indeed having a hard time fighting now, but it's just because Romania's various artillery far exceeds ours. I think we can think about it on the supply line.
Method."
After hearing Lieutenant General Savov's explanation, Ferdinand I softened his expression and continued to ask, "Can they be defeated?"
Faced with the king's inquiry, Lieutenant General Savov answered truthfully. "No, we can only let them retreat a certain distance. They will attack after the supplies are connected again."
"This is simply not possible." After Ferdinand I first vetoed the plan, he whispered a shocking news to him. "The army in East Thrace reported that the Ottoman army is beginning to gather. We must find a way as soon as possible.
Defeat the Romanians or the Ottoman attack is imminent."
When Lieutenant General Savov heard this shocking news, his face was full of astonishment. If the Ottoman army participated in the war again, God would not be able to defeat the siege from all sides. No wonder King Ferdinand I was so restless today. Savov heard the news
The Lieutenant General was also anxious. In his anxious state, Lieutenant General Savov made a decision that he would regret for the rest of his life. "Your Majesty, there is only one way for us to defeat the Romanians in a short time."
Hearing that his Minister of War had a solution, Ferdinand I asked eagerly, "What method can be used to defeat the Romanians in a short time?"
"Then we are preparing for a surprise attack at night."
Hearing the words of Lieutenant General Savov, Minister of War, Ferdinand I fell into deep thought. This battle has only been fought for less than half of the time, but everyone can see the huge disadvantage of the Bulgarian army. As a monarch who knows the army very well, Ferdinand I
Dinant I also knew that the hope of his army winning in a frontal battle was slim. So he could only think of other ways. Now a night surprise attack was a good choice in front of him. Of course, he also knew the consequences of a failed surprise attack, but the temptation of success was too great.
It was so big that it was difficult for Ferdinand I to refuse this temptation. In the end, he decided to take a gamble, and after thinking about it, he told his minister of war.
"Lieutenant General Savov, please make a plan first."
Lieutenant General Savov, who had been with the king for many years, knew that the king was moved. He was not happy because of Ferdinand I's agreement. He still said calmly, "Your Majesty, I need two days to prepare."
Ferdinand I, who received the answer from the Minister of War, knew that this was the plan with the shortest preparation time, so he said it magnanimously. "It doesn't matter, I can wait."
After finishing speaking, Ferdinand I left the office of Lieutenant General Savov, Minister of War. Seeing the leaving king, Lieutenant General Savov was secretly sad. The current situation has pushed Bulgaria into a desperate situation, and it can only fight hard.
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In the next two days, Lieutenant General Savov paid no attention to the situation at the Tsarevets Mountain position, and just told Lieutenant General Kudinchev to hold the position. Therefore, the Romanian army's offensive in these two days could detect the defensive Bulgarian army.
Completely ignoring their own losses, they desperately resisted their attack. This situation was quickly reported to the rear headquarters, but the senior leaders of the headquarters did not know the reason. They only sent planes for reconnaissance, and the Bulgarian army showed no signs of retreat.
This left them confused.
After two days of preparation, on the morning of the third day, Lieutenant General Savov met in front of King Ferdinand I, Commander of the Fourth Army General Pododiev, and Commander of the Fourth Division General Vidic.
Among them, the Fourth Army is composed of the 9th Division drawn from the Second Army, the 6th Division drawn from the Third Army, and the newly formed 15th Division locally. The whole army has 89,000 people and 214 artillery pieces. However,
The largest number is 75 field guns and 127 light and heavy machine guns, which is pretty good among the Bulgarian army. The vanguard of this night attack is still the 4th Division, because they are the most experienced in large-scale night attacks, so they were selected by the Minister of War
Lieutenant General Savov was selected as the key to undertake this mission.
"For this night attack, I plan to open a gap in Romania's left defense line. The fourth division will launch a night attack first, and then the fourth army will follow up. The primary goal of this attack is to defeat the organization of the Romanian army and let them
Chaos, if you can't do it, destroy the enemy with heavy artillery. The time for this night attack is to start at 2 o'clock tomorrow morning."
After Lieutenant General Savov finished talking about the goals, he continued to ask, "Do you have any questions?"
After hearing the inquiry from the Minister of War, Major General Vidic, commander of the Fourth Division, expressed his difficulties. "Our Fourth Division currently lacks fire support, and time is so tight. Can we do it in time?"
After hearing what Major General Vidic said, Lieutenant General Savov told him on the spot. "As for firepower, I will deploy other troops to support you. We have no way to deal with the tight time issue. The First Army is about to be unable to bear it.
Apart from you, we only have two newly formed divisions, and they cannot withstand the Romanian attack..."
After hearing Lieutenant General Savov's words, Major General Vidic did not continue speaking, which was regarded as acquiescence to the proposal of the Minister of War.
After seeing that there was no suggestion, Lieutenant General Savov told them, "Get ready to go."
Looking at the two generals leaving, Ferdinand I walked up to them and asked with concern, "How sure are you?"
Seeing that no one else was present, Lieutenant General Savov whispered his conclusion to the king. "It's less than two levels of certainty."
After hearing what his Minister of War said, Ferdinand I patted him on the shoulder and left without saying a word.
After the two generals left, the Fourth Army and the Fourth Division began to prepare for the night attack. They were busy preparing weapons and ammunition and distributing combat plans to the troops below. They were busy until 9 o'clock in the evening before they subsided, and then each
The troops rested and prepared for the night attack at 2 a.m.
PS I have another chapter tonight to make up for yesterday’s chapter, but I can’t finish one chapter and can only divide it into two chapters.
