Chapter 145： Attack the Kingdom Sword (5)

"There is an enemy in the third house on the right."

A Romanian army squad leader yelled to his soldier beside him. After hearing his squad leader's reminder, a bearded soldier saw that someone was aiming at him in the third house that was about to collapse, and he ran to the corner with fright.

"Snapped"

Just when he hid at the foot of the wall, a gun shot hit the wall five centimeters in front of him. He turned pale with fright, and if he slowed down, he might be hit. At this time, his comrades in arms had already spotted the Bulgarian soldier who shot at him. Before he returned, he quickly raised the rifle in his hand.

"Snapped"

After a gunshot, the Bulgarian soldier fell through the window.

"Continue searching."

Seeing that there is no danger, the squad leader said to his soldiers.

Then they continued to search for the remaining Bulgarian soldiers in this area.

Today is two days after the Third Army invaded Varna. Under the full onslaught of the Third Army, Bulgaria's defenders in Varna. It has retreated to a few places with strong fortifications, such as the city hall. The Varna garrison, which used to be more than 30,000, is now less than 8,000. The others were either captured or killed, or they were hiding in their homes.

Just in case, Lieutenant General Salamik ordered. Asked each division to draw out a regiment and began to search the occupied area, and it really found out a lot of remnant soldiers, the largest of which was a company's remnant army.

Yesterday, Lieutenant General Salamik detected an attempt by the defending commander Major General Shaknosv. Taking advantage of his artillery and military strength, he launched a fierce attack and pulled a large number of artillery into the city. A large number of well-arranged fortifications of the Bulgarian garrison were destroyed by the Romanian army with artillery. Later encountering stronger fortifications, the Third Army also pulled 150 heavy artillery into the city. Facing the unreasonable offensive of Lieutenant General Salamik, the commander of the defending army, Major General Shaknosv, had no other way to think of.

Facing the powerful Romanian artillery, Varna had no other artillery except for a few old heavy shore defense artillery. The second independent brigade’s own more than 20 small-caliber artillery pieces were destroyed by the Romanian army because of the fierce Romanian offensive and the critical situation. Major General Shaknosv ordered a counterattack.

Now facing this situation, Major General Shaknosv is also prepared. After all, he has a second-line army and a group of militias who have only been recruited for two days, and they are not dominant in number, so he cannot resist approaching. The 70,000 Romanian armed forces are also understandable.

In a messy room in the city hall, Major General Shaknosev was meeting with an envoy of the Romanian army. This is a person who came to represent the peace talks. It is clear that the intention of the Romanian army is to make them surrender.

"Major General Shaknosev, now that we have the victory or defeat, it is meaningless to continue fighting. This will only cause more casualties to the people in this city. This is undesirable, in order to prevent both of us from continuing to hurt. Our commander, Lieutenant General Salamik, in a humanitarian spirit, hopes that this battle will stop. We guarantee the safety of your lives and property, and will not have any other thoughts about you."

Hearing the words of the peace talk representative, Major General Shaknosv knew that he would continue to resist and it would not last long, but as a Bulgarian officer he was now willing to sacrifice his life for his homeland. So he replied firmly.

"Thank the messenger for his willingness to bring peace. I am willing to drain the last drop of blood for the motherland."

After the messenger of the peace talks heard the major general's words, he decided to make his own efforts again.

"Your Excellency General, I admire your emphasis on honor and your country's enthusiasm. As a noble soldier, I think you should ask the soldiers for their opinions."

Major General Shaknosev knew that the representative of the peace talks was not at ease, if he asked the soldiers' wishes. Then, every soldier will not love his motherland more than he loves life. Among them, there must be those who are not firm, if this will shake the army's will to fight. But knowing that he would die, he couldn't make decisions for the soldiers. In the end he decided to give the soldiers the right to decide whether they would continue to follow him and let them decide for themselves.

After thinking about these things, Major General Shaknosev told the negotiator. "I also hope to give the soldiers the power to choose, so can you wait two hours to launch an attack?"

The negotiator, thinking of the time left by Lieutenant General Salamik for the defenders, spoke to him. "There should be no problem with this."

After hearing this representative's words, Major General Shaknosv said sincerely. "Thank you for your generosity to our soldiers."

Seeing that the major general was determined, the negotiator stood up and said. "Then we won't meet again."

"I don't see each other again."

The envoy strode out of Major General Shaknosv's room, and after walking out of the city government building, he came all the way to the position of his army, and said to Major General Gelasim, the commander of the Eighth Division, who was waiting for news. "The division commander, Major General Shaknosv, is unwilling to come out and surrender, intending to maintain his reputation and loyalty. I gave him two hours, and he intends to let the soldiers decide whether to continue fighting with him."

After hearing the words of the messenger who went to negotiate, Major General Gelasim said nothing. "Then let him show his reputation and loyalty."

After speaking, he turned his head and spoke to an artillery officer whose epaulettes were a lieutenant colonel. "At that time, I need to trouble you heavy artillery regiment to support us."

The officer who was called spoke to Major General Gelasim very politely. "We were meant to support you, where is there any trouble."

Major General Gerasim said with his hands on his chest. "Then let's wait two hours."

Nearly two hours later, a lot of Bulgarian soldiers emerged from the municipal building that was defended by Bulgaria. The leading lieutenant colonel wore a white shirt on a rifle, indicating that they had come out to surrender. Major General Gelasim saw this scene and waved his soldiers to take them away.

After doing all this. Major General Galahim said to the lieutenant colonel just now. "Pull up your heavy artillery and fire at the city hall."

The lieutenant colonel of the heavy artillery regiment told him. "sure no problem."

With a wave of his hand, the four 150 heavy artillery pieces behind the crowd were gradually approaching the municipal building, driven by dozens of soldiers. In the municipal building there was still seven or eight hundred meters away, and they began to stop to load shells.

Seeing that his soldiers were ready the lieutenant colonel yelled. "fire"

"Boom~Boom~Boom"

After a burst of heavy artillery bombardment, the city hall had been turned into ruins, and the Bulgarian soldiers guarding it included the loyal commander. Subsequently, several other strongholds in Varna also fell under the attack of the Romanian army. Since then, Varna has fallen into Romanian hands.

In this battle, the Third Army suffered 4,567 casualties, and the defending Bulgarian army was almost completely destroyed, of which 18,071 were captured and about 12,000 died.

When the Third Army attacked Kvarna, the First Army also captured Suman, then Targovi, and the Second Army also captured Polski. So far, the Romanian Army's first-stage objectives have been completed.

The PS battle scene is not well written, so I still have to keep writing. If there are too many wars, how can it be done without writing? Mantou is not proficient enough now, and it will be better slowly. Thank you for your support to Mantou. Thank you.

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