"Deva was captured by the 1st Guards Division and the 19th Division."
Within the General Staff Headquarters, a staff officer eagerly announced the shocking good news loudly.
Sure enough, this news made the general staff excited.
"Is this true?"
"impossible."
"It's incredible."
This news caused the staff officers of the General Staff to raise various questions.
It's no wonder that they would raise questions. As those who know Romania's combat plan best, they know the current Southern Army Group quite well. There are only three Romanian divisions that invaded Transylvania from the southern front, with less than 60,000 troops.
Now, at least eight Austro-Hungarian divisions have appeared around them, with a strength of no less than 100,000.
Faced with this situation, these staff officers are busy trying to find ways to get more Romanian soldiers to Petrosani to facilitate the upcoming Austro-Hungarian counterattack. As a result, someone now tells them that there is no need, and they should prepare in the middle
Deva, which took a month to capture, was already captured on the third day. It would be strange if these staff officers were still calm. It would be great if they did not immediately press for detailed information.
Facing colleagues who gathered from all directions to inquire, the staff officer spoke up. "We will have to wait for the battle report to know the specific situation. Right now I only know that the 19th Division and the 1st Guards Division captured Deva early this morning."
While the staff members were puzzled that the 19th Division and the 1st Guards Division could capture Deva in one fell swoop, General Pulje, as the Chief of General Staff, was equally interested. However, his wish was immediately fulfilled because a document about capturing Deva
Deva's detailed battle report was now in front of him.
This is a battle report jointly issued by Lieutenant General Ankodar and Major General Dotred. It describes in detail the combat operation of the two divisions. The only exception is that the battle plan was concealed at the beginning because the telegraph machine used by the two men broke down and the fighter plane was slightly
It was briefly mentioned. Faced with the real situation, Pulishan saw it at a glance. However, in the face of winning the military exploits of Deva, the Chief of General Staff turned a blind eye. Of course, the two of them also gave him the impression of being bold and reckless.
But I don't know if this should make the two of them happy.
After reading the battle report in detail, Pulishan said to himself in front of the military map in the room. "Now it seems that I need to fill in the loopholes."
Pulishan needs to solve the hidden danger left by the Southern Army Group because the 1st Guard Division and the 19th Guard Division suddenly captured Deva. This hidden danger is the good news brought by the 1st Guard Division and the 19th Guard Division. They captured Deva and allowed themselves to form
A rash advance. Now, as long as the Austro-Hungarian military reacts, they will immediately press the border with a large army, and three Austro-Hungarian divisions will soon arrive in Deva. According to the current transport speed of the army, the Southern Group Army will fall into a refueling tactic. This
This is a taboo for military strategists.
Because Deva is too important, Pleshan can only think of quickly increasing its troops to make up for the gap with the Austro-Hungarian military strength.
Plesan called his secretary and said, "Go to the Traffic Department to see Director Torres and tell him that I have something to do with him."
The Romanian General Staff, which has a strong German style, of course also has a transportation department like its German counterpart. And their functions are the same, which is to ensure the transportation of troops during wartime and take over the country's main transportation capacity, so as the entrustment of its director
Reese's importance in it has also increased. Therefore, even Plesan now rarely treats his subordinate with a commanding tone.
There is a very interesting little episode here, that is, Director Torres was not born as a soldier, and he never attended a military school. This authoritative person who is now responsible for the mobilization of the Romanian army is from the University of Iasi, and he studied mathematics before.
Professional. But there is something related to transportation. His family has a father who is engaged in transportation. While helping his father, he wrote an article "On the Changes brought about by New Transportation".
In it, he made a plan for the existing automobile transportation, and also put forward his own opinions on improving railway and ship transportation. This article fell into the eyes of General Pulie, and the Chief of General Staff was extremely sensitive to the military's transportation.
, so after consulting Torres, this transportation management talent who had never attended a military academy for a day was specially recruited to the Transportation Department. Torres quickly stood out in the Transportation Department and made several national military transportation plans.
Plesan was very satisfied. So before the war broke out, in order to maximize the ability of this transportation management talent, Plesan promoted him to the position of director, and Torres lived up to his expectations and managed the transportation department.
Well organized.
"Admiral, are you looking for me?"
Without letting Presanto wait any longer, Torres appeared in front of him after a while.
Looking at Colonel Torres who looked like a scholar with his eyes in front of him, Pleshan smiled and asked with concern. "How is the work of your traffic department now?"
Faced with the concern of the Chief of General Staff, Torres, who was a little confused, answered truthfully. "Thanks to the general for your concern, the transportation department is currently operating normally and everything is proceeding in an orderly manner according to the plan."
"That's good." Puleshan first spoke as a compliment, and then immediately said, "I have a task that you need to do immediately."
As soon as Toris heard that there was a task, or a task that needed to be done immediately, he subconsciously asked, "What task?"
Faced with Torres' inquiry, Plesan directly stated his request. "Now I need you to immediately increase the transportation capacity of the Southern Army Group. I need you to transport the Southern Army Group to Deva within a week."
Faced with Plesan's request, Torres said after thinking for a while. "Our Transportation Department can do this, but the price is that the reserve forces need to be delayed for one day, and the advancement of Army Group Center will be affected. In addition, the Bulgarian campaign will
It took about five days to complete the preparations."
Torres is indeed a genius in logistics and transportation, and he immediately showed the impact.
After pondering for a while in his office, Pleshan said, "It is acceptable for the reserves to be delayed by one day, and I am also acceptable for the slowdown of Army Group Center's attack speed. However, the Bulgarian campaign was delayed for five days, which is too long. Can we not delay it?"
It's a pity that Plesan's wish came to nothing, and Torres directly shattered the expectations of the Chief of General Staff. "This is not possible. I can shorten the time by at most one day by going back and supplementing it. Because your request requires half of our trains, so we
There is no other way. This is the result of my plan to recruit a large number of civilian ships for transportation."
When facing Torres, Pleshan thought twice, but still felt that he needed to maintain his advantage in Transylvania first. "Then you go ahead and do it."
After sending Torres away, Plesan looked at the military map in his room and pointed at Deva and said to himself. "You two have disrupted my battle plan. If I lose Deva, get out of here."
Become a sailor."
Letting two army generals serve as sailors, it seems that Deva's status in the hearts of the generals on Mount Pule.
