Chapter 152

When the Bulgarian First Army was preparing to protect the Zarevec Mountain to the death, the Romanian army was still marching slowly in Popovo, 37 kilometers away. This time the Romanian army's advancement rate was 2o kilometers per day. The reason for the slow marching rate was because of the general population. General Lieshan strongly demanded. He planned to defeat the main force of the Bulgarian army in Tarnovo, which was also supported by Edel.

"His Royal Highness, we will arrive in Tarnovo the day after tomorrow."

Admiral Courtois, Minister of the Sixth Army, who is now the chief of staff of the Romanian offensive army, said to Crown Prince Edel who was sitting in the same car with him.

Edel complimented the Admiral Courtois who was sitting opposite him. "This time you still need the command of your admiral to defeat the Bulgarians and let them recognize the facts."

In the face of the crown prince's compliment, Admiral Courtois dared not accept it. He knew that this was the crown prince showing his favor to the officers of King Carol's faction. Although they have old arms and legs, their influence is still there. As the king's spokesperson in the army, he also knew that the old king was very physically broken, and in his heart he already had the idea of ​​retiring after the new king ascended the throne. Therefore, in a war, as long as there is no major mistake, he will be a good husband.

After thinking about this, Admiral Courtois said. "His Royal Highness, the war now is no more than before. If I knew how to fight ten years ago. Now, I don't know what to do."

Crown Prince Edel has no good way to deal with this minister of the 6th Army, which is slippery than the loach. Since he does not want to do this, he has to ask Deputy Chief of Staff Prossi to advise him for a good life. It is estimated that this is also the election of Puleshan. The reason for this admiral.

Two days later, the Romanian army came to the outskirts of Tarnovo. When the Romanian army arrived, the garrison resisted a little bit and retreated to the Tsarevets position outside the city of Tarnovo. Seeing the dense fortifications on the mountain, on the suggestion of the Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Prosi, Edel also ordered the Romanian army to rectify first, waiting for the 11th heavy artillery regiment protected by the 12th Division.

This heavy artillery regiment is Romania's 36 21o heavy artillery. This big guy, weighing nearly 9 tons, was towed by ten Dongfeng trucks in front, and there was also a special engineer group to pave the way for it. Even with such a guarantee, these big guys can only walk 17 or 18 kilometers a day. The Chief of General Staff of Preeshan took it into consideration when formulating the plan. These artillery have been on the march from the beginning of the war to the present. There has not been a single shot, and there is no complaint in the army. Because they all know that such a big killer can only be used in major battles. Its 12 okg shells and a long range of 118 oo meters will make everyone who uses it think that it is worth the money.

After the Romanian army arrived at the outskirts of Tarnovo, the main force of the Bulgarian army led by the Bulgarian King Ferdinand I also arrived here. After arriving here, Lieutenant General Savov, the Minister of the Sixth Army, who had arrived here in advance, explained the defense plan this time.

"Now that the Romanian army has arrived outside Tarnovo, I believe they will attack in two days at most. According to my plan, the focus of this operation is to guard the Tsarevets Mountain, the commanding heights outside Tarnovo. "

Speaking of this, Lieutenant General Salvo took a baton and tapped Mount Tsarevets on the military map to show how much he liked it. The Bulgarian generals listened meticulously to Lieutenant General Salvo's explanation in the combat meeting room, as did King Ferdinand I.

Now they all know that Bulgaria is besieged on three sides, and it can be sustained in the front line of Sehi, but this is the mentality of the three countries of Serbia, Greece and Montenegro that want to let Bulgaria and Romania fight for a while, so they can go forward and pick up the bargain. Here we need to say that after Montenegro declared war on Romania, it also declared war on Bulgaria. Then they sent 20,000 troops to help Serbia defend Skopje, the largest city in Macedonia. In addition, Romania has already captured a third of Bulgaria. Every general sitting here knows that Bulgaria has reached its most dangerous moment after independence. Now they still have the slightest chance of letting go, and all of them are fighting a vital battle.

Lieutenant General Salvo saw the generals who listened carefully to his explanation, sighed in his heart, and continued. "Because the Mount Tsarevets is not too big, it is enough to put seventy to eighty thousand people to defend the key point. I plan to let the 7th Division defend the position opposite the Yantra River to the east, because our army has occupied Tsarevets. Mountain, I believe the 7th Division will not be under too much pressure. The 4th Division defends the northern line from Mount Tsarevets to the town of Livar. The 11th Division defends Hebia from the west and guarantees our back. The third. The Independent Brigade defended the south to prevent Romania from sneaking on us. The rest of the divisions are ready to reinforce their departments.

After listening to the arrangement of Lieutenant General Salvo, careful people will find that this Minister of the Sixth Army can only be quite satisfactory. Tsarevets Mountain, which is inevitably subject to a key attack by the Romanian army, will be heavily defended. At the same time, a main division will be placed on each side, and a good division will be sent to protect its back. A newly formed independent brigade was placed in the south near the defense line where the Balkan Mountains were least likely to be attacked, and the remaining divisions were placed in the city to prepare for support. The previous wonderful surprise attack on the two countries of Sehi is completely two extremes.

After the explanation, Lieutenant General Salvo asked the generals if they understood.

Based on Lieutenant General Salvo's past record and the prestige of managing the army in peacetime, everyone answered in unison. "understood."

Seeing that many generals still had some doubts about themselves this time, Lieutenant General Salvo didn't want to explain too much, so he told them. "Now that you understand everything, then the meeting will be adjourned."

At this time, a group of generals left the combat meeting room one by one after class like elementary school students. At this time, Lieutenant General Salvo shouted to Lieutenant General Kudingchev, commander of the First Army. "Lieutenant-General Kudinchev, please stay."

Lieutenant-General Kudinchev heard the words of Lieutenant General Salvo, Minister of the Sixth Army, and turned to ask him. "Your Excellency Salvo, is there anything else?"

Hearing Lieutenant General Kudinchev's question, Lieutenant General Salvo rubbed his hands a little embarrassedly. "Lieutenant General Kudinchev, because the Romanian army is estimated to attack in the next two days, and the First Army is our absolute main force, and you are also familiar with the Tsarevic Mountain position, it is estimated that this time it cannot be changed. You are down."

Hearing that the Minister of the Sixth Army asked himself to change the defense before, Lieutenant General Kudingchev said graciously. "Isn't this a promise based on Romania's offensive situation. Now we are not under attack, and there is indeed no better defense than ours, so let's try the strength of the Romanian army."

Hearing Lieutenant General Kudinchev's careless words, Lieutenant General Salvo was also very happy to say. "Then I will give you the key points of the battle of Mount Tsarevets. I hope your Excellency can turn it into a nail and nail it into our hands."

"Don't worry, I will."

After Lieutenant-General Kudinchev finished speaking, he strode out of the door. He could see that Ferdinand I was still waiting beside him. It seemed that he had important discussions with the Minister of the Sixth Army.

Sure enough, after Lieutenant General Kudinchev left, Ferdinand I couldn't wait to ask. "General Salvo, why can't we raid the Romanian army this time like last time?"

Looking at King Ferdinand whose face was full of reasons, Lieutenant General Salvo said helplessly why he didn't want to. "Your Majesty, we were able to attack the Seich armies because their training and morale were not as good as ours, and we were better than them in machine guns and artillery. When we concentrated all our firepower and attacked one point, they were prepared. I don't expect us to have such great courage. The Romanian army is different. They are a mobilization system like us from time to time, but a standing army. This makes them much higher than ours in terms of battlefield responsiveness and adaptability. And in terms of weapons. We can't compare them. I understand them carefully. There are more than two hundred machine guns in a division in Romania. We all know the power of this weapon on defense and offense. We can only use this method once before. If we use it again, we can only use it once. Cause huge losses, then this battle is basically impossible to win. And I previously calculated that if the raid, the success rate is only 5%, which is too low I can not take this risk."

After listening to Lieutenant General Salvo's explanation, Ferdinand I expressed his worries. "But we are much worse than Romania in artillery. They have almost 900 artillery, while we have less than 800 artillery. There is no way to compare in terms of caliber. We mainly focus on small-caliber artillery, and they all It is a medium and large caliber. This time they also brought a 36 21o caliber heavy artillery regiment. You also know the power of this heavy artillery. Every one of our current fortifications can withstand its blow."

Hearing the king's words~www.mtlnovel.com~ Lieutenant General Salvo knew what the king meant. This is the difference between slow death and early death. But he has no other way now, after all, the gap between the two armies can be seen by everyone.

Lieutenant General Salvo sighed. "Then we can only defend Tarnovo with the determination to die."

Hearing that his Minister of the Sixth Army plans to defend with human lives, this Bulgarian city cannot be abandoned.

Ferdinand I also knew that this was the last resort, and he regretted not pulling Romania into his camp.

But if he knew the Romanian price, he would probably dispel this idea.