Chapter 306： Target Cluj (1)

When the war broke out in Deva, the other two armies attacking Transylvania finally captured their respective targets.

In Brasov City, the Central Army finally won here. Looking at the ruins everywhere, Lieutenant General Andrew, the commander-in-chief of the group army, showed a gloomy look.

It was all these Austro-Hungarian troops who should go to **** that made him show this expression. They fight to the death, use themselves to be familiar with this place, and keep resisting so that they spend too much time on them. Therefore, when the other two roads have achieved victory, he revealed his embarrassment.

Of course, because the General Staff drew their supply and transportation capabilities to meet the Southern Army first, this is one of the reasons, but this cannot be said because the Northern Army is also affected, but others can successfully complete the task according to the plan. Fortunately, now that the goal is finally won can ease it, but it is still not worth Andrew to ease his emotions. Because in the telegram sent by the General Staff, his Central Army needs to rejoin the Northern Army immediately, and the next commander of this super-large Army is the commander of the Northern Army, Lieutenant General Fereit.

This made Andrew feel uncomfortable. You must know that he was the commander of the Second Army during the Balkan War, and Feleit was only a division commander. It was only after the war that Fereit was appreciated by His Majesty Edel, who was still the crown prince, and his status in the army rose sharply, becoming the chief of general staff and the chief of education director of the army. Every time Andrew thinks about this, he feels that his fate is uncertain, but now he must reunite with Feleit.

At this time, a communications staff came in to report. "Your Excellency Commander, a telegram from the Northern Army."

"It seems that Lieutenant-General Fereit is really anxious."

After making a mockery of himself, Andrew took the telegram. But when he got it, Andrew was obviously taken aback. This was an encrypted telegram that he needed to untie himself. Regarding this code, Andrew remembers that it was personally handed over to the three commanders of the army by the Chief of General Staff before departure, and it also showed that it was used for sending some important telegrams. Andrew thought he wouldn't use it anymore, but he didn't expect Ferreit to be the first to use it. What happened?

With the doubts in his mind, after Andrew dismissed the communications staff, he took out the decryption book from the lockbox and began to decrypt it word by word. However, as he decoded it, the content of the telegram surprised him, but the generous rewards included even his lieutenant admiral.

Andrew didn't think about it for too long. He didn't have much time to think about it during the war, and he felt that he was just like a soldier. So he called the communications staff directly.

"Record my orders now."

Amid the rustle of the staff's pencil and paper, Andrew continued to order. "Except for the 14th Division leaving a brigade to take care of the security and maintain the logistics supply line, all the other units of the entire group army are ready to set off. Our destination is Sonat, and the Northern Army is waiting for us here."

Sonat is a small town forty kilometers east of Cluj, and it is just right as a meeting point for the two armies. It's just far away from the attack of the enemy army entrenched in Cluj, but the only drawback is that it is too far from the Central Army and needs to hurry up. (Sonat is 208 kilometers from the city of Brasov, and 145 kilometers from Odosessk, where the Army of the North is located.)

Facing Lieutenant General Andrew's order, the communications staff replied loudly. "Yes, I'm going to give orders now."

"and many more……"

Andrew stopped him at this time. "Send a telegram to the Army of the North, saying that it will be carried out according to the plan."

In the face of his own commander's thoughtless sentence, the communications staff knew that there must be some connection, but this was not a problem he should be concerned about, he only needed to implement it.

The radio waves from the Central Army quickly reached Odosessk, where the Northern Army is currently located. When the report was received, Fereit was studying the terrain of Sonat on the battle map.

When he heard Andrew's call back to implement the plan, he put down the pen in his hand and issued an order to the staff. "Now I order that in addition to the Eighth Division of the Northern Army, leave a brigade to cover the way, and the other troops will immediately prepare to march. Our destination is Sonat. Let the comrades of the Central Army know that our Northern Army will wait there. Let them come for supper."

Soon after the order was issued, the Northern Army began to move towards Sonat. Among them, Lieutenant General Fereit's words about preparing supper for the Brothers of the Central Army were also inadvertently spread throughout the Northern Army. So this also caused the speed of the Northern Army to increase, and this situation immediately attracted the attention of the Austro-Hungarian Ninth Army who was staying in Cluj.

"Chief of Staff, this is the latest development of the two Romanian armies. What do you think?"

After just getting the newly discovered information, Lieutenant General Fan Si Teng looked at the telegram in his hand and asked his chief of staff.

Facing the inquiry of his partner, some chief of staff who didn't understand had to answer cautiously. "The two armies are somewhat out of touch."

The answer of his chief of staff did not satisfy Fan Siteng, he pointed out directly. "It's not a bit out of touch, and it's quite out of touch. There is a gap of 60 kilometers between the two armies. Do you know what this means?"

Before the Chief of Staff could answer, Lieutenant General Fan Si Teng said it himself. "This means a distance of two days. If the troops are arranged for a little delay, it will be at least four days or more. This allows us to do many things, such as breaking each other."

Hearing Lieutenant General Fan Si Teng's thoughts, the chief of staff said immediately. "Are you trying to replicate the Battle of Tannenberg in East Pruezh by the German Eighth Army?"

Regarding the Chief of Staff's inquiry Lieutenant General Fan Siteng generously admitted. "Is there anything wrong with this?"

Said the Chief of Staff, who always feels that there is no clear idea in some places. "Feasible is feasible, but this will draw most of our forces. Will we give our opponents an opportunity to do so?"

Regarding the chief of staff's concern, Lieutenant General Fan Si Teng said. "The worry you mentioned is also reasonable, but it is not feasible at the moment. Because the distance between the two Romanian armies is very large, this will give us enough time to defeat the enemy's northern army first, and then deal with it alone. The enemy's Central Army."

Speaking of this, Fan Si Teng continued. "If you want to win, there is no reason to bear no risk at all."

In the end, Lieutenant General Van Stern made the decision. Because Romania exposed too much flaw, he had no reason to give up this rare opportunity. In order to prevent possible accidents, in addition to leaving a division to defend Cluj, he also let the Austro-Hungarian Air Force at any time. Investigate the movements of the two armies.

After doing this, Fan Si Teng next planned to assemble his troops to give a powerful blow to the arrogant Romanians and let them know how powerful the Austro-Hungarian army is.