Romanian Eagle

After a period of preparation, the Romanian army was finally ready for the war.

On June 1, the joyous festival of the children of later generations, Romania began its military campaign against the Great Hungarian Plain.

Early in the morning, the bright red sun appeared in mid-air, pouring light and heat on the earth. When the light shone on the heavy artillery, a long shadow was drawn. The officers and soldiers on the artillery position are busy preparing for the battle, checking the status of the artillery for the last time. Because next, these howitzers and cannons above 150 calibers will become the opening of the battle, allowing the Austro-Hungarian army to taste the power of Romania.

Behind the front line, the soldiers preparing for the first wave of the offensive were resting before the battle.

They slept and slept, chatted and smoked, smoked cigarettes, and some prayed to priests, all of which were using various methods to relax themselves. From their demeanor, it can be seen that they are all elite soldiers who have experienced the smoke of the battlefield and know how to arrange their own work and rest rules reasonably.

In fact, in the operational plan of the Transylvanian Army, the first attack was to test the strength of the Austro-Hungarian defense line and provide a reference for the next large-scale battle. Therefore, the first wave of attacks is basically composed of veterans of hundreds of battles. Moreover, in order to confuse the enemy, this attack was still a test on the whole line, and the weakness of the Austro-Hungarian army was tested on the 150-kilometer defense line. Since it is a comprehensive test, the ammunition is also quite sufficient. Up to 170,000 tons of ammunition from the country allowed the soldiers to fight openly. From here, you can see the greatness of this attack.

At this moment, the rumbling sound of gunfire sounded from the rear, followed by a screeching and crisp whistling noise over their heads, and then a violent explosion sounded from the enemy's position in front. Some curious soldiers stood up and wanted to see the situation of the enemy's position from a distance, but their position was still a little far away to see the details of the enemy's position.

At this time, someone bored listening to the whistling of the cannonball and guessed the caliber of its cannon.

Whoo~

Some stubby sounds came from the sky.

The soldier showed off to his comrades beside him: This is the sound of a 150 howitzer, you will know it when you hear it.

Howl~

It's a 210-caliber cannon and it's screaming, I know that.

Woo~

At this time, there was a sound like a train, and the soldier didn't know what to say.

A voice came from behind them.

This is a 280-caliber train gun, I don't know now.

The soldier and his companions immediately looked back and found that their company commander was standing behind them, startled.

Hello company commander.

Seeing the restrained expressions of his soldiers, the company commander walked up to the soldier who analyzed the differences in the sound of the shells and said. Thomas, you're not the only one who likes chatting with artillerymen, I like it too.

Obviously, the company commander's level of chatting is higher than the soldier's, and Thomas, who was exposed, can only stand here innocently with an embarrassed look.

After piercing the opponent's hide, the company commander looked at the somewhat restrained soldiers and left without taking a cloud.

After the company commander left, the others immediately surrounded him.

It's good for Thomas to be punctured by the company commander, hahahaha.

A cheerful atmosphere pervaded for a while.

...

After three hours of heavy artillery shelling, the Austro-Hungarian front line appeared to be riddled with holes. And the soldiers who were ready to attack at this time had been preparing for a long time. At this time, the artillery fire began to spread in depth, and the time to attack had come.

Attack, it's our turn.

Following the orders of the leading officers, the soldiers immediately rushed out of the position and charged towards the enemy positions under the enemy's artillery fire.

The Austro-Hungarian soldiers, who had just recovered from the artillery fire, immediately began to fight back when they saw the enemy attack. For a while, the two sides turned into a hail of bullets, but the Romanian soldiers who attacked this time immediately felt that the enemy's resistance was wrong.

An officer who led the team hid behind a stone and said strangely: Strange, we haven't gotten too close to the enemy, how can the firepower of their counterattack on their positions respond so much?

In fact, not only the leading officers felt it, but also the generals who were observing the position. When the Romanian soldiers were still five or six hundred meters away from the first-line positions, the Austrian-Hungarian positions were full of fire. This is obviously quite unreasonable. Indiscriminate exposure of firepower can only lead to artillery counterattacks from the attackers. Sure enough, within a few minutes, a large number of 75 shells fell on these fire points, swept away the suppression of Romanian soldiers. This in turn brought the Romanian soldiers closer to their positions.

In a secret observation post, Lieutenant General Ankodar of the First Division of the Imperial Guard just looked away from a pair of high-powered telescopes. With a puzzled expression, he said to the chief of staff beside him: The enemy's positional response is much worse than when he fought in Deva before.

Really? Let me see what's going on.

Hearing Lieutenant General Ankerdar's words, the chief of staff leaned over to the telescope to observe.

After observing for a while, the chief of staff said in surprise: It's true, the enemy's resistance is much worse than before.

Having said this, he couldn't help but ask: Is it possible that this is a trap set by the enemy?

Facing the words of the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Ankodar thought for a while and said, It's possible, but it's unlikely. Where did they get the information to know where our main attack is.

The chief of staff also put this idea behind him. The main attack location can be informed to them two days in advance, and there is little possibility of leaking. So he came up with a reliable solution. Would you like to ask other brothers on the front line. If they are in the same situation as us, then this is a good opportunity.

Can.

After obtaining the consent of Lieutenant General Ankodar, the chief of staff immediately replied: I'm going to do it.

After about a quarter of an hour, the chief of staff happily returned with a telegram. Commander, this is not just the case of one of our divisions. Other divisions have responded that the enemy's resistance is declining this time. And the group army headquarters has just sent a telegram, let us take advantage of this good opportunity.

Hearing the words of his chief of staff, Lieutenant General Ankodar stepped forward to receive the telegram. After reading it, Lieutenant General Ankodar shouted in his heart that God help me, and he immediately picked up the phone and said to him. Transfer me to 2 brigade.

Within two minutes, the phone was connected to the second brigade headquarters. Hey, the teacher is me, what instructions do you have?

The familiar voice of Colonel Zoltan, the brigade commander of the Second Brigade, came from the microphone, and Lieutenant General Ankodar immediately said: Colonel Zoltan, have you understood the current situation of the enemy's front line?

I have observed that the resistance is not strong.

Hearing Colonel Zoltan's answer, Anchordar spoke again. Okay, now that you understand the situation. Now I order that your brigade immediately launch a full-scale attack on the enemy's front-line positions, and do not give the enemy a chance to breathe.

I understand the teacher, I will organize an offensive.

After Lieutenant General Ankerdar put down the phone, he immediately leaned over to the high-powered telescope to observe the battle on the front line.

The attack of the Second Brigade came quickly. After ten minutes, the scene of the attack of thousands of soldiers appeared before us, which made the resistance of the Austro-Hungarian soldiers on the position even more difficult. At two o'clock in the afternoon, Ankerdar received a call from Colonel Zoltan. It is informed that the first-line position has been won, and the subsequent positions can be attacked.

At this time, Ankodar knew that the time had come, and immediately put the brigade in his hand into the battle. After a not too fierce battle, at 11:45 noon the next day, the guard division commander had completed the task assigned to him by the group army. The 19th Division also broke through the defense line at 1:30 in the afternoon. Now a gap as wide as eight kilometers has appeared in front of them.

The first step of the army's plan has been reached, and it is suitable for the assault group to go into battle.