Chapter 308： Target Cluj (3)

When there was no Austro-Hungarian aircraft reconnaissance in the sky, Andrew immediately prepared to divide his forces. Now they have arrived at Sovata, which is only 53 kilometers away from the Northern Army that fought in Sonat. It only takes a day's rush to arrive. However, according to intelligence, 38 kilometers ahead of them, three divisions of the Ninth Army are already here.

As the commander of the Central Army, Andrew is also quite decisive. At this time, he himself led the elite second and ninth divisions to conduct day and night stealth, while the Chief of Staff and other troops continued to march towards Sonat. In order to ensure that the enemy is truly confused, the speed of the troops led by the chief of staff has to be accelerated, and it is necessary to show an eagerness to rescue teammates.

At a fork in Sovata, Andrew was saying goodbye to his chief of staff.

"Chief of Staff, how many enemy troops can we keep this time?"

In the face of Lieutenant General Andrew who showed his pride, the chief of staff thought carefully and said. "It depends on the opponent's response. If Lieutenant General Fan Siteng is keen and abandons heavy weapons such as artillery and armored vehicles, and retreats from the road in the northwest to (), then he can take away most of the army. But in this case, his Ninth Army will also An army that has mostly abolished and lost heavy weapons such as artillery, does it still have combat effectiveness?"

"Of course, if he reacts slowly for a day or has unrealistic ideas, then he is lucky to be able to take one third away."

Andrew laughed and said to his Chief of Staff's attitude of analyzing it seriously. "It depends on how many troops we are willing to take with him."

Andrew and the chief of staff were talking about the enemy's defeat like no one, which made people feel a little arrogant. However, in the eyes of them, who have long experience in battle, the defeat of the Austro-Hungarian Ninth Army is inevitable.

Because after the start of this battle, the enemy commander-in-chief Fan Si Teng performed quite unbearably, and was completely manipulated by Lieutenant General Fereit at the command level. In order to get him to invest more troops, Feleit deliberately gave up some positions yesterday that he was going to lose. Sure enough, it was like taking out a piece of red cloth, making Van Stern go crazy about it like a bull. Not only did he put most of his forces in his hand, he also drew up a brigade in Cluj. This made it impossible for the already stretched defenders to block the next surprise attack, so only the two had confidence in the next battle.

If the enemy is like the Austro-Hungarian Tenth Army, then this is difficult to fight.

As said, the Army of the South did experience a bitter battle in Deva.

In the trenches, Captain Mizick saw the appearance of numerous figures through the smoke of gunpowder in front of the battlefield, and immediately shouted. "Watch that the enemy is coming up, ready to fight."

Hearing the roar of their chief, the soldiers of the 7th Company immediately raised their guns at these figures. They waited for the enemy to get closer to kill them more effectively. As their commander, Mizick did not look at the enemy's distance and prepared to issue an order to fire as before, and began to inspect whether the soldiers raised their guns in the trenches in a standard manner.

In fact, the result of Mizick's patrolling before the battle is that there are too many recruits in his company now. And it's not just his company's situation, the entire 19th Division is in this situation. When facing a battle, you can hardly trust a comrade who has only met for a week.

Because of the reputation of the 7th company of Mizk, he participated in the battle of the 19th division, and most of them were used to key positions. This also resulted in the arrival of the reinforcements of the group army led by General Salamik, only 53 people in the 7th company could stand, and two-thirds of the casualties caused a large influx of new recruits. As a commander who is deeply loved by soldiers, of course he must give these recruits some care, and in Mizick's view, trying to make them alive is the greatest care.

After the arrival of the recruits, privately their company commanders even said that the soldiers added to their company might be the worst in the battle. As soon as they arrived in the army, they encountered a big battle, and some people even thought that half of these recruits were lucky to survive the first battle. Now Mizick can only let them take up arms to defend their lives.

"Somi, stand up, the enemy is coming."

When Mizk walked halfway, he saw a supplementary recruit hiding in the corner shivering, and a Mauser 98 rifle was thrown into the mud at the bottom of the trench. Mizk knew him. This was Somi, a recruit from his company, a young man who had just graduated from high school in Proiesti.

Mizick, who had faced many such situations for a few days, pulled him up, and after picking up his rifle from the dirt, he spoke to Somi loudly. "Somi, this is a life and death battle. Overcome your fear and take the gun and fight."

Sommy, who was still pale and still showing nervousness, grabbed Mizick's shoulder with his hands and spoke. "They are all dead, I just watched them die, and they were gone at a glance. Company commander, are we all going to die?"

It seems that Somi has encountered some irritation. It is likely that a friend he knows was hit by a cannonball in front of him. Mizick has a wealth of experience in treating this. I saw that he stretched out his palm to face Somi's still tender cheek and shook it vigorously.

"Flap, pop...pop."

After several consecutive slaps, Sommy's mental attention finally turned back to his pain. "Ah, it hurts, the company commander stopped."

Seeing Sommy's normal speech and mental recovery Mizick stopped his hand, not to mention the rough palm hitting the tender face is really good. Mizk, who was thinking about this in his head, looked at Sommy who was a little red and swollen and dodges himself, and then he spoke. "Not ready to fight yet."

Healed by Mizk, the fearful recruits from Proiesti immediately took up their rifles and prepared to resist the coming enemy like other soldiers. And Mizick continued to heal several soldiers who were scared in their hearts.

"The machine gun intercepted the follow-up enemy reinforcements, and other soldiers hit me and shot the enemy directly in front of me, and fired quickly."

"Doss, take your people to reinforce our left-wing fourth company. They may not be able to hold it. You can't let the gap open from them."

"The messenger, report to the regiment that we need ammunition replenishment. It's better to give us another machine gun, otherwise it will be difficult for us to fight."

Under the attack of the Austro-Hungarian army, Mizick ordered the company's defense in an orderly manner. Under his excellent command, the attack of the Austro-Hungarian army was once again blocked. But looking at the riddled ground, Mizick couldn't help thinking when he would get reinforcements. In this battle, his company suffered 47 casualties, and the additional recruits accounted for 41.