At the Romanian Prime Minister's Office, Andrei is waiting for his leader outside the Prime Minister's door. As a top student who graduated from the University of Bucharest less than ten years ago, his current job is simply a dream.
Yes, Andrei, who is in his early thirties, is working as a secretary for someone, but he is working as a secretary for Prime Minister Bretianu, the top figure in the government. In addition to his excellent personal ability, Andrei got this position because of his family's
Having a good relationship with the Prime Minister also has a lot to do with it. Otherwise, apart from serving as the king's captain of the bodyguard, why could he get this position that is considered the second shortest way?
At this time Andre saw Industry Minister Karaturi walking out of the Prime Minister's Office. He immediately knocked on the door and walked in. Seeing the slightly tired Prime Minister, Andre asked softly. "Prime Minister, Interior Minister Wendy
Le is already waiting, do you need to ask him to wait?"
After hearing what his secretary said, Prime Minister Bretianu rubbed his cheek and said to him, "Andre, please ask Wen Tile to come in. There are still a lot of things that need to be handled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
After hearing the Prime Minister's instructions, Andrei immediately went out and planned to invite Wendile Bretianu, who also belonged to the Bretianu family.
Watching Andrei, who had served as his secretary for two years, leave, Prime Minister Bretianu was thinking about where his secretary would go. This was not because the Prime Minister was dissatisfied with his secretary. In fact, Andrei had been working for him as his secretary for two years.
, as the Prime Minister, Brutianu is also very satisfied with his serious and close-knit performance. However, as the Prime Minister, Brutianu is taking precautions, because the Brutianu family is currently in an embarrassing situation.
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Except for him and his cousin Ventiler, the family's reserve talents are in short supply. Faced with the shortage of talents, Bretianu, as the prime minister, is not unaware of the harmfulness of a political family. Therefore, in addition to looking for outstanding talents
In addition to talent marriage, it is also a good way to use your position to create good relationships. That's why Andre was able to serve as the Prime Minister's Secretary for two years. This was also the Prime Minister's recognition. And before that, the Prime Minister had arranged two secretaries.
Taking up an official position has achieved good results, and the Prime Minister plans to continue.
Andre had no idea what the Prime Minister was thinking at all, but he looked at the Minister of the Interior who walked into the Prime Minister's office and felt the difference in his heart these past few days. The Prime Minister has become more and more busy at work since he returned from a meeting at the palace a few days ago.
They were busy until after ten o'clock, and they had frequently convened meetings with various cabinet members in the past few days. The information discussed was also very secret, and even he, the Prime Minister's secretary, could not pry into it, so Andre became more and more aware that something was going to happen.
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While Andrei, as the Prime Minister's Secretary, was somewhat confused, he was also extremely busy within the General Staff.
"This is completely impossible. Lupeni's defenders cannot be bypassed at all, and you have not considered the consequences if the raid fails. There is a lack of transportation facilities and the follow-up troops will not be able to keep up. This plan can be killed directly."
"But we can raid the defenders of Lupeni. If we are fully prepared, we can capture this place. And as long as we succeed, we can capture Petroshani without any effort, and then attack Deva to the north.
Blocking the reinforcements from Hungary or moving east to cooperate with Sibiu will be of great benefit."
In the Operations Department of the General Staff Headquarters, the most elite staff officers from across the entire army were having a fierce argument. As the director of the department, Colonel Stout watched the arguments among his subordinate staff officers and did not intend to disturb them too much.
It seemed to Colonel Stout that the truth was getting clearer with each argument, and the same was true for the battle plan. A battle plan without explanation was incomplete. Now he was watching sadly as his subordinate staff argued and defended the matter.
But at this moment, a staff officer broke into the combat office and said loudly. "You don't have to argue. I just got the news that two more Austro-Hungarian troops have stationed in Transylvania, and one of them is
The division is stationed in Petroshani."
The staff member's words caused an uproar on the scene.
"Damn it, now the plan at hand has to be redone."
"It's over. Three days of hard work have been wasted."
At this time, a clever staff officer stepped forward and asked the staff officer who brought the bad news. "Then there is another division? Where is it stationed?"
The staff officer who was questioned said truthfully, "Just... stationed at Sebes."
"What?"
The staff officer's words caused another uproar at the scene.
"So the Austro-Hungarian army on the southern front has five divisions. How can we break through quickly?"
"This tells us how to break through. Sebes is 24 kilometers away from Petrosani and 20 kilometers away from Sibiu. No matter where we attack first, reinforcements will arrive within a day."
Obviously, the arrangement of the second Austro-Hungarian division made this group of staff members feel a little downcast. At this time, Colonel Stout, as the director of the division, needed to come on the stage to encourage his subordinates. I saw him walking up to the group of staff officers and shouting.
"Everyone is quiet."
Faced with his boss's roar, all the staff members stopped arguing and looked at him quietly.
Colonel Stout, who was satisfied with the effect of his words, continued to speak in a passionate tone. "Look at what you still look like. Isn't it just that Austria-Hungary has reinforced two divisions? It looks like the sky is falling. Remember what we did before?"
Have you ever made any inferences? The worst outcome is that Austria-Hungary has assembled 500,000 troops in Transylvania. Why are you panicking when there are less than 200,000 troops now?"
Colonel Stout's words made the staff members quiet down. They thought that what they had just done was indeed a bit too panicked and did not have the confidence to be an elite staff officer at all. After seeing that the situation was stabilized, Colonel Stout planned to return to his own position.
He was thinking about the response plan in the office. At this time, the adjutant of the general on Mount Pulie found him. "Colonel, the general wants to see you for something."
"Okay, I know. I'll go right away."
Colonel Stout knew that General Priest, who was the Chief of General Staff, wanted something from him, which was to ask him to come up with a battle plan against Transylvania. It is funny to say that Romania has decided to declare war on the Allied Powers.
However, the Battle of Transylvania, which used the largest number of troops, has yet to come up with a final battle plan. This makes Colonel Stout, who is the director of the operations division who formulated the battle plan, ashamed.
But this cannot be blamed on him. Who allowed the Austro-Hungarian troops in Transylvania to continue to grow. From the initial 60,000 troops, it has now reached 180,000 in a month and a half. This rapid growth has made
The battle plan was changed again and again, and Colonel Stout himself was very old-fashioned.
"Stout, how is your work lately? Do you need to ask other departments to cooperate?"
As soon as Colonel Stout entered the office, Chief of General Staff Pleshan asked with a concerned look on his face, but through the red eyes of the general himself, it could be seen that he was worried.
Facing the General's concerned inquiry, Colonel Stout knew that this was urging him to come up with a plan as soon as possible. As the director of the Operations Division, he also knew the time when Romania declared war. There was not much time left for him now.
, now he also needs a plan to give an explanation to the admiral.
At this moment, Colonel Stout suddenly thought of a plan that he had shelved. This plan itself was very good, but one drawback was that it was very bold and whimsical. Colonel Stout shelved it at the first sight.
.However, because of the bold and careful side of it, Colonel Stout now plans to tell it for His Majesty the Admiral’s reference.
"I have a plan here, but it's too bold. I don't know if the admiral is interested."
Faced with Colonel Stout's words, General Pulie suddenly became interested. "Let's talk and listen."
Colonel Stott whispered to the general, and Pleshan had various expressions when he heard the colonel's words. Even though he has been the chief of general staff for many years and has seen many novel plans, he is still unconvinced by this novel and bold plan.
I felt surprised. However, after letting go of my surprise, Puliesan thought carefully and felt that the feasibility of this plan was still very high.
"This plan is still good. You can improve it while continuing to work on other plans. However, I will give you at most half a month. Go and prepare."
General Pugliese finally spoke. At this point, he looked at today's wall calendar. It showed that the time was October 3, and there was not much time left for Romania.
