After seeing the Romanian soldiers approaching, a Bulgarian officer loudly ordered his soldiers to evacuate.
"Long live."
Seeing the retreating figures of the Bulgarian soldiers, the Romanian soldiers who rushed up and just occupied the enemy's position cheered loudly. It was a happy thing that the enemy retreated and everyone was less hurt. The soldiers cheering to vent can also relieve the tension of the previous battle.
Different from the excitement of the soldiers, the officer in charge of leading the team felt something different. "What happened to these Bulgarians that they retreated again?"
Officers, unlike soldiers, feel the difference in combat.
"There is indeed something different. Compared with the performance of the Balkan War a few years ago, the Bulgarian soldiers here are not tenacious enough."
An officer who participated in the Balkan War said differently.
The officers can feel the differences in the Bulgarian army, and Lieutenant General Freit, who commands them, can certainly feel it too.
Standing in Veliko Tarnovo, which was once again captured by Romania, he immediately felt something different. When the list of seizures was counted, he confirmed his thoughts. Looking at the few list of seizures, Freit smiled.
He said to himself, "This is a plan to resist and lengthen our supply line. Kudinchev, are you looking down on me too much?"
After Ferreit finished speaking, he called a staff officer. "Send a telegram to Lieutenant General Mandif, Major General Dolimitu, and Major General Fokto, asking them to lead their troops into battle lightly and attack immediately to entangle the retreating enemy.
I will keep the Bulgarian army from getting away."
"Okay, Commander."
Looking at the staff officer who was leaving to send a telegram, Freit observed the battle map again. "I'll let three divisions pester you to see how you can evacuate calmly. If you want to take advantage of me, I want you to stay.
Drop some stuff."
As Lieutenant General Freit's order was conveyed, the 2nd, 3rd, and 7th Guards Divisions immediately speeded up. They put down their heavy packages and only carried weapons, ammunition and a few days' rations to pursue the evacuating Bulgarian soldiers.
Faced with a lightly-armed pursuit, the effect was very obvious. It only took one day for a slower-retreating Bulgarian army responsible for evacuating the people to be overtaken.
"No, the Romanians are coming."
A soldier in charge of reconnaissance hurriedly caught up with the huge retreating team and informed the team commander of the bad news.
The commander who served as the head of the regiment and was responsible for protecting the people from evacuating immediately asked, "How many enemies are there?"
Faced with the regimental leader's inquiry, the reconnaissance soldier told the results of his observations. "I saw a mass of darkness from a distance, at least five thousand people."
The soldier's words made the regiment leader's heart skip a beat. The enemy was coming by at least one brigade.
"I heard there are enemies approaching?"
At this time, the regiment chief of staff who got the news also rushed over.
"Yes."
The regimental commander informed him of the results of the investigation, and the chief of staff was startled when he heard that at least one brigade of enemies was approaching.
"Then what should we do? Should we stay on defense immediately, or hide with the people."
"It's useless to hide. There are tens of thousands of people here. It's impossible to hide. Now we can only resist or evacuate." Faced with the regiment leader's rebuttal, the chief of staff was also a little surprised.
If they were to resist, it would be difficult for them to fight as a regiment against the enemy's brigade attack. Not to mention that the enemy was very likely to have reinforcements, but they only had these soldiers in front of them. If they evacuated, it could be said that the people in front of them would basically be abandoned.
, after all, if they evacuated at full speed, no one would care about them. As a soldier abandoning the people he was protecting, this was hard for the two of them to accept.
Just when the two were entangled and uneasy, another news came.
"The enemy has arrived at the village of Wadran, five kilometers away."
A panting soldier came back with even worse news.
This news made the chief of staff jump a little anxiously. "We can't wait any longer. We must make a decision immediately whether to leave or stay."
Faced with the urging of the chief of staff, the regiment leader's rationality finally prevailed. "Immediately ordered the troops to advance at full speed and told the people who could not keep up with the troops to find a small road to advance."
As the leader's order was conveyed, the people who followed became commotion. Women and children were everywhere wailing, because at this moment they knew that they had been abandoned. Facing the coming "brutal" Romanians, most of the old and weak women and children turned to
Running on both sides, they planned to break away from the large army to give themselves a chance to avoid encountering the brutal enemy.
At this time, it could be seen from a distance that the people gathered together were divided into many groups, and nearly half of them were leaving the large army. Only the young and middle-aged people were still following the army.
More than ten minutes later, the Romanian pursuers arrived here. They looked at items thrown everywhere due to panic, and the figures of people running away in the distance were still vague. The officer leading the team directly ordered. "No matter what."
These Bulgarian people, we are chasing enemy deserters."
This kind of situation happened more than once. In fact, on the road from Veliko Tarnovo to Norwich and Pleven, the troops leading the evacuation of the people encountered this situation. What happened to the Bulgarian soldiers who led the evacuation of the people?
They may have been able to escape the lightly-armed pursuit of the Romanian army. Several retreating Bulgarian soldiers were overtaken by the Romanian army. The clever ones were lucky enough to escape, while the unlucky ones were annihilated on the spot.
Faced with this situation, Lieutenant General Kudinchev, the commander, was very angry. "These damn Romanians, who are they looking down on?"
Facing the lieutenant general's anger, the chief of staff, who also knew the situation, asked, "What should we do now?"
"What else can we do, of course, let the army withdraw first. The previous decision of letting the army lead the people to retreat was simply terrible."
Although Lieutenant General Kudinchev was very angry, he did have a very thorough understanding of the situation. Even though there were only three Romanian divisions entangled with him now, as long as he wanted to take action against them, the Romanian troops behind him would immediately pounce.
Come up. And these three divisions will try their best to hold him back. This is a trap set for him, so he is not so stupid to jump into it.
Soon Lieutenant General Kudinchev's order was conveyed to the retreating divisions. Except for the troops approaching Pleven, the other divisions gave up retreating with the people and evacuated alone. Such a decision may seem inhumane, but it is true.
It is the best choice for the Bulgarian army. As the Bulgarian soldiers speed up, there are fewer and fewer news of being overtaken by Romania. Moreover, in many cases, the Bulgarian soldiers who put down their burdens can reinforce their teammates, leaving them no chance to take advantage.
In the end, the Romanian soldiers could not find a chance and could only watch the Bulgarian soldiers retreat to their destination. However, both parties knew that this was just a warm-up before the war. At some point in the future, they would both fight for the future of their motherland.
