Romanian Eagle

While Bulgaria was trying to kill for its own country, the Romanian army was also preparing for an attack.

On July 11, after the 11th Heavy Artillery Regiment arrived at the front, Eder was also holding a military conference in Romania after seeing all the troops involved in the battle.

Our goal in this campaign is to defeat the main force of the Bulgarian army in Tarnovo and break their confidence. The focus of this attack is on the Tsarevits Hill positions outside the city.

Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Prossi stood on the podium in the conference room of the headquarters and explained the main points of the battle to the generals who were much higher in rank than his own. Under the circumstance that the commander-in-chief, Crown Prince Eder, did not know much about military affairs, and the chief of staff, General Courtois, was unwilling to intervene, he, the deputy chief of staff, took on the task of explaining the battle.

We launched an attack on the defenders stationed in Tsarewicz Mountain two days later, at 10:20 a.m. on the 13th. However, before launching the attack, we must make full use of our largest artillery. Before the attack is launched, This time, the four heavy artillery regiments will launch a three-hour artillery bombardment on the Tsarewicz Mountain. The main target is the enemy's various fortresses and firepower points on the position. Among them, the Second Army will take the lead in attacking, and the Third Army will dispatch the 14th Division to defend the left flank. The 12th Division of the First Army was dispatched to guard the right flank to prevent the enemy from attacking from the flank.

The deputy chief of staff, Prossi, asked a question after explaining. What's your problem?

Hearing Major General Prossi's question, the generals present had nothing to say. They all know that this plan was drafted by Lieutenant General Preshan, who is now the commander of the First Army, and has also been approved by the Crown Prince. Now the deputy chief of staff, Major General Procy's inquiry is just a routine. Besides, as long as you look at the terrain of Tarnovo, everyone knows that the city can only be occupied by capturing the Tsarevits Mountain position outside the city of Tarnovo.

Seeing that there was no problem with the generals present, Major General Prossi looked at Crown Prince Eder sitting next to him and said loudly after seeing Eder's gesture. Dismiss.

After the generals were gone, Edel stood up and patted Major General Prossi on the shoulder.

Well said.

After he finished speaking, Edel also left the conference room. He knew that he was not good at commanding the battle, so he planned to inspect the troops below and boost the morale of the troops by the way.

While Romania and Bulgaria were making preparations for each other, the early reconnaissance began first. The new thing of the aircraft has shown its practicality in reconnaissance, and of course it is also within the consideration of both parties.

Hurry up and push the plane over here.

In a village in Tsifno, 10 kilometers away from the front line, in a flattened farmland, Lieutenant Colonel Ankerdra watched as an officer commanded the soldiers under the command of a Navigator II, which was only equipped by the Romanian army. The plane was pushed out. The new type of aircraft has one more seat than the previous Navigator model, which was difficult to produce during the inspection of Crown Prince Eder. In addition, a steel ring is welded on this seat. In terms of performance, it is no different from what the Crown Prince introduced before.

Looking at the busy green scene at the airport, Lieutenant Colonel Anchorage was very satisfied. He is now the commander of the Romanian Flying Corps, with 32 planes under his command. This time he brought 22 planes to participate in this war. This time, he plans to show his face in the battle and let the top of the army see his abilities. . Try to let them see the role of the aircraft so that they can expand their fleet.

I would like to say here that the shaft-rotating radial air-cooled engine that Coanda and Feraiku worked on is still difficult to produce. However, they also knew the urgency of the matter. Before their unreliable engine failed, they installed the latest Land God engine in the new aircraft. This Land God engine is the latest masterpiece of the Seguin brothers. The 140-horsepower engine gave the plane a speed of 178km/h,

In terms of maneuverability, this aircraft is also world-class.

This engine is an improvement made by the Seguin brothers in combination with the user's situation. They canceled the oil inlet valve on the top of the piston that is not easy to maintain, and only retained the intake and exhaust valves, so this improvement is also called a single-valve engine. This kind of engine draws on the working principle of part of the two-stroke diesel engine. The hole is opened in the lower part of the cylinder, so that gasoline gas can be injected directly into the cylinder, but the exhaust valve must be opened early to reduce the pressure in the cylinder and prevent the backflow of exhaust gas.

The aerial reconnaissance was carried out by Captain Irascu after seeing the most advanced Romanian aircraft being pushed up. The captain, who can be more handsome than Leonardo, appeared in front of everyone in a leather cap, a flight jacket and goggles. Behind him was his partner on the plane, Brollcu, who held the tool for today's reconnaissance, a new Kodak compact camera with Zeiss lenses. However, it was rebuilt, they strengthened the structure, and also enhanced the clarity of the lens when shooting on the move. It worked fine in previous shots.

Behind them were two soldiers with a Madsen machine gun and some magazines. This Madsen machine gun has also been modified, the barrel has been lengthened, and the original 584mm long barrel has been lengthened to 780mm, which has greatly improved the accuracy of this machine gun. Moreover, the tripod of this machine gun is also moved from the front of the barrel to the back to connect with the receiver, which can make the operator in the rear seat more comfortable.

Lieutenant Colonel Anchorage saw his favorite general, stepped forward and patted Captain Irascu on the shoulder. Captain Erascu, I wish you good luck this time.

Captain Erascu knew what the lieutenant colonel was talking about, he joked about it. It also takes Bulgaria to cooperate.

After saying this, the handsome captain said narcissistically. I've never had bad luck.

Okay Captain Erascu, everyone on the flight team knows you're a good hooker with girls.

Hearing that there was a strong sense of jealousy in Lieutenant Colonel Anchorella's words, Captain Irascu felt that it was better not to answer, after all, appearance was completely innate. He talked about the topic. Sir, we are now ready to go.

Seeing Captain Erascu's sly talk, Lieutenant Colonel Anchorage didn't want to continue to entangle on the sad issue of picking up girls, and waved them away.

Go ahead. Better get down a Bulgarian plane and come back.

After obtaining the consent of the lieutenant colonel, the two people who carried out this reconnaissance mission gave a military salute to the superior, and the soldiers who boarded the plane also installed the modified machine gun on the back seat, and the two flew the plane into the sky. Fly towards the Bulgarian positions in the southwest.

At the same time, in the airfield opened by the Bulgarian army, Lieutenant Bebkov was going to board his plane to go to the Romanian army for reconnaissance. He had full confidence in this because he had flown several reconnaissance missions while fighting the Ottoman army. The Ottoman army's lack of countermeasures in the face of reconnaissance from the sky made him as easy as wandering his own back garden.

In this war, he also scouted Serbian positions, but he couldn't do anything about himself. Once when he was on a reconnaissance mission, he encountered a Serbian plane. He also made international gestures that required the use of the middle finger in the air. By the way, he used words beginning with F and ending in K to provoke their battle. Words and loud voices won. For this reason, Bebkov was very happy. This time he planned to investigate the Romanian planes and let them know the power of Bebkov's air knights.

Ready to take off.

The maintenance soldier who had just inspected the plane next to him told him.

Bebkov drove his love plane into the sky and flew to the Romanian position. His car is a French-made Nickel tug with a maximum speed of 161km/h. This was purchased by Bulgaria in August last year to fight the Ottoman army. Now it is worth the money for the Romanian army.

Captain Irascu and his partner Brolku drove the plane to the Bulgarian position. They came to the Bulgarian position on Tsarewicz Mountain and took pictures of the firepower and artillery of the Bulgarian army. At present, the armies of European countries have not experienced the First World War, and they have not much experience in the reconnaissance of incoming air. The artillery positions and the fire points composed of machine guns have almost no sense of concealment, and they are generously allowed them to see clearly. However, for the arrival of the uninvited, Bulgarian officers on the position welcomed them with rifle and machine gun fire. However, there are no full-time air defense weapons now. These part-time firepower have only a few hundred meters of air-to-air range. As long as the two of them are reconnaissance above 1,000 meters, they are unlikely to be hit.

Just after they had been scouting for a while, Captain Irascu saw a plane approaching them.

Today only one of their Romanian planes came to investigate, so this plane should be the Bulgarian army. Captain Erascu was secretly happy for his good luck, and he shouted excitedly to his partner behind him. There is an enemy plane ahead, let's kill him.

Without waiting for his partner to answer, he greeted the Bulgarian plane.

The plane was indeed piloted by Lieutenant Bebkov, who was planning to go to the Romanian position for reconnaissance. After seeing the Romanian plane being photographed in the sky above his own position, he planned to scold the peeping guy. When the two planes quickly approached a distance of 400 meters, the sharp-eyed Lieutenant Bebkov saw that there were two people in the Romanian plane. Before he could comment on the two-person plane, he saw the Romanian plane. There appears to be a machine gun in the back seat of the plane. He was so frightened by this discovery that he quickly turned the nose and flew backwards.

Wherever Captain Erascu would let his prey run away, he also accelerated to catch up. At this time, the performance of the two planes showed a difference. The Romanian Pilot 2 was 17 kilometers faster than the French plane purchased by Bulgaria. Seeing that the distance of 300 meters was slowly approaching, Brolku, the partner sitting in the back, operated the machine gun impatiently and shot at the plane driven by Lieutenant Bebkov through the huge gap between the two wings.

Startled by the sound of the machine gun, Lieutenant Bebkov turned his head to see the bullet holes in the tail. As soon as he gritted his teeth, as if he had made a huge determination, he pressed the joystick down and dived towards the ground at an angle of 55 degrees. The current planes are still mainly made of wood skins and cannot withstand too high dives. Even the best-skilled Captain Irascu in the Romanian flight team only dares to make a 45-degree dive. No matter how many planes It will lose control and hit the ground.

When Captain Irascu saw the actions of the unknown Bulgarian pilot, he could only scold him as a lunatic, and continued to see the end of the plane in the air of one thousand meters.

In fact, the plane piloted by Lieutenant Bebkov was out of control, and he is now completely out of control. However, he was unwilling to continue pulling the lever to try to save his life, but he did not have the luck of the protagonist in the movie, and several attempts to pull up the plane failed. Seeing that he was getting closer to the ground, he couldn't help screaming in fear, and eventually the plane he was driving hit the ground at a speed of 213 kilometers per hour, and he died on the spot.

The two people in the air saw that the Bulgarian plane they were chasing lost control and hit the ground, so they could only sigh and continue their investigation.

The three were recorded in the annals of history for their first aerial combat, but Lieutenant Bebkov never saw this record again.

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