The news told by the staff was so shocking that both generals stood up.
"This is a telegram, sent from the General Staff Headquarters."
After receiving the telegram from his staff, Ankodar immediately checked it.
This is a telegram personally sent by the Chief of the General Staff, General Pleishan. The telegram details a piece of news. That is, the Austro-Hungarian Tenth Army, which is defending Transylvania, has been angered by you and plans to use internal lines to fight.
advantage, first recapture Deva and then repel the offensive of Army Group South.
As evidence of recapturing Deva and repelling Army Group South, Lieutenant General Sam, as the commander of the Tenth Austro-Hungarian Army, assembled eight divisions for this purpose. Including the attached troops, this amounted to 140,000 troops.
The number of troops already fighting them is 250,000.
According to the previously formulated plan, the Southern Group Army will be equipped with a total of 15 divisions, with a strength of up to 240,000. However, one thing to note is that this is the configuration after the second batch of mobilization troops is completed. In other words, at least
It won't be available until a month later, but now the Southern Group Army only has 5 standing troops, and there are 3 reserve divisions newly formed by the militia. Together with other units assigned to the group army, the total strength is now only 120,000.
And the most critical thing is that half of the Southern Army's troops are still in the country. Intelligence shows that Lieutenant General Sam will not give them much time, and his Tenth Army's mobile forces are gathering. According to the analysis of the General Staff, they only have one
Weeks of preparation time, and then we will face the situation of overwhelming troops.
The two commanders-in-chief and deputy commanders of the Deva City Defense felt very bad when they saw this telegram.
Major General Dotred couldn't bear it and complained. "Damn it, why is the situation so bad?"
Listening to the complaints of his temporary partner, Major General Dotred, Lieutenant General Ankodar began to advise. "Look more broadly, this might also be an opportunity for us."
Hearing Ankodar's words, Dortred asked. "Opportunity? So please tell me what opportunity is this? We are about to be besieged by at least ten divisions within a week, and (Army Commander) Salami
General Ke can only send up to 5 divisions to defend. Our task is very arduous. And now there are three divisions that are constantly consuming our energy, which gives us no chance to even improve our defenses. Without complete defenses, defense
Fight, you know very well what the result will be."
Faced with the question from Major General Dotred, Ankodar could only say with a wry smile. "It is indeed a bit difficult, but it is not that we have no chance, it is just that the cost is higher."
The Lieutenant General's words made Dotred very curious, so he asked, "How much is the price?"
"It will probably make everyone in Deva dislike us."
Ankodar's hint was obvious, and Dotrid immediately guessed what he was thinking.
"Are you planning to fight in scorched earth?"
Faced with Major General Dotrid's inquiry, Ankodar immediately admitted. "Yes, this is the only way I can think of at the moment. We are under too much defensive pressure and can only use the houses in the city as defensive fulcrums."
"So you will drive out all the residents of Deva?"
"Yes, this is for their consideration."
Ankodar's straightforward words made Dotred sigh with emotion. "It seems that the two of us will become the most hated people by the residents of Deva."
"So you should feel honored."
"Hahaha, it's such an honor to be true."
While the two commanders in Deva were having fun, General Salamik, the commander of the Southern Army Group who had just arrived in Targuzyu, also felt bad. However, the reason for the general's bad mood was not only that he was about to face Austria-Hungary.
In addition to the counterattack of the Tenth Army, there were also two city defense commanders in Deva.
The general's mood is understandable. Any of his subordinates who act recklessly without reporting would feel the same as him. It's just that the general's inner feeling is worse because they have a bigger problem and have completely changed their battle plan.
As a commander who has been serving in the military since the establishment of Romania, because he did not obey orders and changed the target privately, the entire plan was completely disrupted, and there were not too many examples of failure. Therefore, the general had long been dissatisfied in his heart.
The two thorn-headed generals were dissatisfied. It was just because Deva was too important that they escaped punishment.
But the consequences of the two men's change in the battle plan came, which accelerated the progress of the Southern Army Group and had no coordination with the other two armies. This allowed the defending Austro-Hungarian army to find an opportunity. Now the Southern Army Group will face Austria-Hungary alone.
The Tenth Army, General Salamik is very aware of the pressure.
"Where are the 35th, 38th, and 39th Divisions now?"
His Excellency the General, who had just arrived in Targuzyu, immediately asked his chief of staff, regardless of the fatigue from the long journey.
"The news we have just received is that the 35th Division has just boarded the train in Giuliju, and it is expected that all members will arrive here the day after tomorrow. The 38th Division is currently on the march, so they will arrive in Targuzhiu in three days. As for the 39th Division,
The division has just been assembled and is still waiting for the transportation department to arrange train transportation."
As the chief of staff of the Southern Army Group, when faced with the general's inquiry, he immediately informed him of the current situation.
General Salamik frowned at his chief of staff's answer. It seemed that the general was a little dissatisfied with it. "Why hasn't the 39th Division determined the train transportation? Isn't it priority to protect us?"
When asked by the general, the chief of staff explained, "The response from the Transportation Department is that because our ammunition and artillery take up too much transportation on the wagons, the 39th Division currently does not have enough transportation capacity."
As the commander-in-chief of the group army, General Salamik has always attached great importance to firepower superiority. He complained to his chief of staff about this. "These are all excuses from the traffic department. We are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, and if we have inferior equipment, this battle will be difficult."
There is no way to fight, this is not okay."
After complaining, the general said his own solution. "Let the 39th Division carry only light weapons and march towards Targuzhiu in a marching posture. As for the heavy equipment of their division, let the Transportation Department find a way to arrange truck transportation. In this way, they should not be able to
Just looking for an excuse."
Admiral Salamik's method is to put the transportation department in mid-air. You said that the transportation capacity is not enough, so I won't need you to transport people, just transport the equipment.
Faced with the general's rogue approach, the chief of staff said, "Okay, I'll do it right now."
After seeing his chief of staff leave, General Salamik also rushed to the army headquarters temporarily located at the train station. There was not much time left for him. He still needed to keep an eye on coordinating the various departments of the army, and the surrounding Deva
The fight also required a lot of effort on his part, and it seemed like tonight was going to be another sleepless night.
