Chapter 148： Battle of Tarnovo (3)

While Bulgaria is planning to use life for a good ending for its own country, the Romanian army is also preparing for the attack.

On July 11, the 11th Heavy Artillery Regiment arrived at the front line. After seeing all the participating troops arrived, Edel was also holding a Romanian military meeting.

"Our goal of this battle is to defeat the main force of the Bulgarian army in Tarnovo and destroy their confidence. The focus of this attack is the position on Mount Tsarevets outside the city."

Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Prossi stood on the podium in the conference room of the command headquarters and explained the main points of the battle to the generals below who had a much higher rank than his own. When the commander-in-chief Crown Prince Edel didn't know much about military affairs and the chief of staff General Courtois was unwilling to intervene, he, the deputy chief of staff, was responsible for the explanation of the battle.

"Two days later, at 10:20 on the 13th, we launched an offensive against the defenders stationed on Mount Tsarevets. However, before launching an attack, we must make full use of our biggest advantage artillery. Before launching an attack, This time the four heavy artillery regiments will launch a three-hour bombardment of Mount Tsarevets. The main targets are the enemy’s various fortresses and firepower points. Among them, the Second Army took the lead in attacking, and the Third Army deployed the 14th Division to defend the left flank. The 1st Army deployed the 12th Division to defend the right flank to prevent the enemy's surprise attack from the flank."

Deputy Chief of Staff Prossi asked after the explanation. "Do you have any questions?"

Hearing Major General Prosi’s question, the generals present had nothing to say. They all knew that this plan was drafted by Lieutenant General Prieshan, who is now the commander of the First Army, and was approved by the Crown Prince. Now Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Prosi's inquiry is just a routine matter. Besides, as long as you look at the terrain of Tarnovo, everyone knows that only by occupying the position of Mount Tsarevets outside Tarnovo can this city be occupied.

There is no problem seeing the generals present. Major General Prossi looked at Crown Prince Edel who was sitting next to him. After seeing Edel's signal, he said loudly. "The meeting is over."

After these generals had left, Edel stood up and patted Major General Prosi on the shoulder.

"Good point."

After finishing talking, 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.

When Romania and Bulgaria were preparing for each other, the preliminary investigation started first. The new thing of airplanes has shown its practicality in investigation, and of course it is also within the consideration of both parties.

"Hurry up and push the plane over."

In a village of Tsverno 10 kilometers away from the front line, in a flattened farmland, Lieutenant Colonel Ankerdra watched an officer command the soldiers and put a Pilot II equipped only by the Romanian army. The type plane was pushed out. The new aircraft also has one more seat than the Navigator I, which was difficult to give birth during the inspection by Prince Edel, and steel rims are also 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 Ankerdra was very satisfied. He is now the commander of the Romanian Air Force. He has 32 aircraft under his hand. This time he brought 22 aircraft to participate in the war. This time he intends to show his face in the battle and let the military leaders see his abilities. . Strive to allow them to see the role of the aircraft in order to expand their flying team.

I want to say here that the shaft-rotating star air-cooled engine developed by Coanda and Firaicu is still in labor. However, they also knew the urgency of the matter. Before their unreliable engine failed, they installed the latest land **** engine in the new aircraft. This land **** engine is the latest masterpiece of the Seguin brothers. The 140-horsepower engine gives the aircraft a speed of 178km per hour. In terms of maneuverability, this aircraft is also world-class.

This engine is an improvement made by the Seguin brothers based on the user's situation. They eliminated the difficult-to-maintain oil inlet valve at the top of the piston and only retained the inlet and exhaust valves. Therefore, this improvement is also called a single-valve engine. This engine draws on the working principle of part of the two-stroke diesel engine. A hole is opened in the lower part of the cylinder so that gasoline gas can be directly injected into the cylinder. However, the exhaust valve must be opened early to reduce the pressure in the cylinder and prevent exhaust gas from backflowing.

After seeing the most advanced aircraft in Romania being pushed up, this aerial reconnaissance was carried out by Captain Ilascu. This captain, who can be more handsome than Leonardo, appeared in front of everyone wearing a leather cap, flight jacket and goggles. Behind him was his partner Brolku, who was on the same plane with him. In his hand, he held the tools of today's investigation, a new Kodak compact camera with Zeiss lenses. However, they have been remodeled, they have strengthened the structure, and also enhanced the sharpness of the lens while shooting. The effect was pretty good in the previous shooting.

There are two soldiers behind them with a Madsen machine gun and some magazines. This Madsen machine gun has also been modified. The barrel has been lengthened. The original 584mm barrel has been lengthened to 780mm, which greatly improves the accuracy of this machine gun. And 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 Ankerdra saw his beloved general, stepped forward and patted Captain Ilascu on the shoulder. "Captain Ilascu, I hope you can have good luck this time."

Captain Ilascu knew what the lieutenant colonel said about luck, he joked about it. "It will take Bulgaria to cooperate."

After saying this, the handsome captain said narcissistically. "My luck has never been bad."

"Okay, Captain Ilascu, everyone in the flight team knows that you are a good way to hook up girls."

Hearing the words of Lieutenant Colonel Ankerdra, there was a strong feeling of jealousy, and Captain Ilascu felt that he had better not answer, after all, looks are completely natural. He talked about the topic. "Sir, we are now ready to go."

Seeing that Captain Ilascu slicked the topic, Lieutenant Colonel Ankerdra did not want to continue to entangle the sad question of picking up girls and waved them away.

"Go. It's better to get back from a Bulgarian plane."

After obtaining the consent of the lieutenant colonel, the two men who performed this investigation paid a military salute to their superiors. The soldiers boarded the plane and mounted the modified machine gun on the back seat. The two men flew the plane into the sky. Flew to the Bulgarian position to the southwest.

At the same time, in the flight field opened by the Bulgarian army, Lieutenant Bebkov was preparing to board his plane and go to the Romanian army for investigation. He had full confidence in this, because he had flew a plane to do several reconnaissance missions when fighting the Ottoman army before. The Ottoman army lacked counterattacks in the face of reconnaissance from the sky, making him as easy as visiting his back garden.

In this war, he also surveyed Serbian positions, and he couldn’t help himself. Once he encountered a Serbian plane during a reconnaissance mission. He also made an international gesture that requires the **** in the air. By the way, he provoked their battle with words beginning with F and ending with K. Finally, he relied on his richness. Words and loud voice won the victory. For this reason, Bebkov was extremely happy. During the investigation, he planned to let them know how good Bebkov Air Knights are if he encounters Romanian planes.

"Ready to take off."

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

Bebkov drove his love plane into the sky and flew towards the Romanian position. His car is a French-made Nick tow aircraft with a maximum speed of 161㎞. This was purchased by Bulgaria in August last year to fight the Ottoman army. It is now worth the money for the Romanian army.

Captain Ilascu and his partner Broerku drove the plane towards the Bulgarian position. They came to the Bulgarian position on Tsarevets Mountain and took photos of the Bulgarian firepower and artillery. At present, the European armies have not experienced World War I, and they have not had much experience in reconnaissance in the air. The firepower points composed of artillery positions and machine guns have almost no awareness of covering them, and they are generous in allowing them to see clearly. However, for the arrival of uninvited guests, the Bulgarian officers on the position organized rifle and machine gun shooting to welcome them. But now there are no full-time air defense weapons, these part-time firepower only has a range of a few hundred meters against the air, and the two of them are unlikely to be hit as long as they are surveyed in the sky over a thousand meters.

Just after they were investigating for a while, Captain Ilascu saw a plane flying towards them.

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

He greeted the Bulgarian plane without waiting for his partner to answer.

This plane was indeed piloted by Lieutenant Bebkov, and he planned to go to Romania for investigation. After seeing the Romanian plane shot over his own position, he planned to scold the voyeur. 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 seems to be a machine gun in the back seat of the plane. He was so frightened by this discovery that he quickly turned his head and flew back.

Where Captain Ilascu would let his prey run away, he also speeded up to catch up. At this time, the performance of the two aircraft showed a difference. uukahnshu.com Romania’s Navigator II is 17 kilometers faster than the French aircraft purchased by Bulgaria. Seeing that the distance was slowly approaching 300 meters, the partner Brolku sitting behind was operating the machine gun impatiently, shooting at the plane driven by Lieutenant Bebkov through the huge gap between the two wings.

Lieutenant Bebkov, who was startled by the sound of the machine gun, turned his head and saw the bullet hole in the tail. He gritted his teeth, as if he had made some huge determination, and pressed down the joystick to dive toward the ground at an angle of 55 degrees. Today’s airplanes are mainly made of wood skins and cannot withstand too high dives. Even the best-skilled Captain Ilascu in the Romanian flight team now only dared to make a 45-degree dive, no matter how many airplanes there are. Will lose control and crash into the ground.

Captain Ilascu saw the actions of the unknown Bulgarian pilot, he could only curse a lunatic, and continued to see the end of the plane from a thousand meters in the air.

In fact, the plane piloted by Lieutenant Bebkov has lost control, and he can't control the plane at all now. However, he was unwilling to continue pulling the joystick to try to save his life, but he did not have the luck of the protagonist in the movie, and several attempts to lift the plane failed. Seeing getting closer and closer to the ground, he couldn't help screaming in terror. In the end, the plane he was driving crashed into the ground at a speed of 213 kilometers per hour, and he died on the spot.

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

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

PS, do you think it’s the same now?