Cluj in the middle of the night is as mesmerizing as a quiet beauty. It has the most prosperous night scene in Transylvania, and the brightly lit scene of Turuman Street is impossible to see elsewhere.
Now there are two sentries standing guard outside Cluj talking about the prosperity of Tuluman Street.
"Miri, I just went shopping on Tuluman Street the day before yesterday. The night view there is very beautiful. There are many scenes that cannot be seen in other places..."
One of the two sentries was happily describing the scene he saw to his comrades. Just here in the snow came the sound of someone stepping on the snow in Kazikaz.
"Who...come out."
The loud noise made the two sentries immediately nervous.
"it's me."
A young officer wearing a blue military uniform with the rank of captain came out with two soldiers.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?"
Seeing that they were officers whom they did not recognize, the two sentries continued to perform their duties, but their tone was no longer so harsh.
Facing the questioning of the two sentries, the captain officer said, "I am Captain Doss, the staff officer of the 71st Division. When I came here this time, I wanted to see your regiment leader, Lieutenant Colonel Helda. I am his brother."
After finishing speaking, the officer named Doss took out a small notebook from his pocket and continued, "This is my military ID. You can take a look."
The two sentries looked at Officer Doss and the soldiers who followed him. They did not make any dangerous moves, so they took the officer's certificate and planned to check it. But at this moment, the three people who had been harmless before suddenly showed their faces.
Fiercely. He grabbed the two men's necks to stop them from shouting, and then pierced the sentry's chest with a hidden dagger. Soon the two sentries were silent.
At this time, the soldier who was in the background spoke up. "Doss, why do you say you are the regimental leader's brother?"
The staff captain who wiped the blood stains on the sentry's clothes said, "I only know the name of the enemy's commander, so I can only pretend to be it first."
"But this is not subject to investigation."
"It's okay. This mission doesn't require success. We just need to get as far as we can."
After the three of them finished all this, one of them took out a flashlight and flashed it several times in the direction they were coming. After a while, a large number of soldiers wearing Romanian military uniforms came over.
The three of them continued to move forward, but this time they were not so lucky. A hidden whistle exposed their whereabouts.
Faced with the exposed situation, the Romanian army immediately launched a surprise attack, and gunfire rang out in the capital city of Cluj.
"Ding...ding...ding"
Urgent phone calls rang at the city defense headquarters.
A staff officer on duty answered the phone. "Hello, what's going on?"
The staff officer who heard the content of the call clearly woke up all the officers in the headquarters immediately. Soon all the officers in the headquarters were busy, and the calls were coming one after another. At this time, a round figure with no hair on his head but full of hair
The general, sweating profusely and wearing the uniform of a major general, walked in. "How is the situation now?"
This person is clearly Major General Rakoff, who was left behind by Lieutenant General Ver Siteng to defend Cluj. This Major General is also famous for his calmness and calmness, but his current situation is somewhat inconsistent.
A staff officer who knew the situation best answered the major general's question. "Now we have received reports that enemies have attacked the city. There have been multiple reports from the south and east of the city. They are now requesting reinforcements."
"How big is the scale of the attack, where was the earliest attack, and where has the enemy arrived now?"
After listening to the staff officer's answers, Major General Rakoff immediately asked three more questions.
It was obvious that this staff officer was already familiar with the major general's habits, and he continued to tell what he had learned. "According to our current understanding, the scale of the attack was between two and three divisions. The first one to be attacked was the east of the city.
Now the enemy has successively captured Commander Sal's 4th Regiment, the Gendarmerie, and the military hospital."
The staff officer's introduction let Rakoff know how serious the matter was, which made him sweat even more. But even in such a critical situation, he did not forget his responsibilities as the city defense commander.
"Immediately send a telegram to the Lieutenant General, saying that Cluj has been attacked by about three enemy divisions. If there are no reinforcements after dawn, we will be unable to withstand it. Then immediately notify the troops we can still control, and now send
There is also an arsenal assembly at the train station. We need to guard these two places now, otherwise we will be sinners tonight."
Major General Rakoff's words prompted the officers present to take action immediately. They contacted the troops who could still be contacted through telephone, telegraph and other means.
"Retreat quickly, let's retreat backwards."
An Austro-Hungarian officer directed his soldiers to retreat to the rear.
"Company commander, what should I do with this gun?"
An Austro-Hungarian soldier asked, pointing to a short-barreled artillery piece that had made a great contribution to their defense just now.
Faced with the soldier's inquiry, the officer said directly, "Throw it away. There is an order from above, asking us to retreat to the arsenal for defense. You will have more cannons than you can use."
The officer looked at the retreating movements of his soldiers, pointed at a soldier who almost dumped something on the side and alerted the enemy, and whispered, "Be careful, don't let the Romanians on the other side find out, otherwise none of us will be able to leave."
Generally speaking, the retreat went smoothly. Except for the last accidental noise, everything else was perfect.
"No, the enemy escaped."
The Romanian soldiers were belatedly aware of the enemy's escape.
The entire process of the Austro-Hungarian army's withdrawal from the battle was not very smooth, because the lower-level officers would immediately pursue the Austro-Hungarian army when they saw it retreating, and would report their actions to Lieutenant General Andrew, who was commanding the attack.
Lieutenant General Andrew, who was in a good mood because of the successful night attack, immediately understood the enemy's intention. "The enemy wants to retreat to a key point. We cannot give them a chance. We must entangle them immediately. We cannot let the enemy retreat like this."
As the lieutenant general's order was issued, the Romanian army immediately entangled the retreating Austro-Hungarian soldiers. This made the Austro-Hungarian soldiers on the retreat mission very uncomfortable, and they could only stop sniping at the Romanian army.
Therefore, in the exchange of fire between the two sides, the Austro-Hungarian army suffered very heavy casualties. Major General Lakoff, who arrived at the train station first to organize the defense, could only gather three to four thousand troops in the end. This made Lakoff
Major General Kauf was very depressed.
You must know that before the attack, the entire Cluj had more than 10,000 troops, and now only this was left in less than one night. What could he do to block the next Romanian offensive.
