Chapter 311： Target Cluj (end)

Cluj at night is fascinating like a quiet beauty. It has the most prosperous night view in Transylvania, and the brightly lit scene of Tulumen Street is impossible to see in other places.

Now there are two sentinels standing outside the city of Cluj talking about the bustling Tulumen Street.

"Miri, I just visited Tulumen Street the day before yesterday. The night view there is very beautiful. There are many sights that you can't see in other places..."

One of the two sentinels was happily describing the scene he saw to his comrades. From here in the snow came the sound of someone walking on the snow in Kazkaz.

"Who...come out."

The noise made the two sentries immediately nervous.

"it's me."

A young officer wearing a blue uniform and the rank of captain walked out with two soldiers.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?"

Seeing that they were officers they didn't know, the two sentries were still performing their duties, but their tone was no longer so blunt.

Faced with the questioning of the two sentries, the captain officer spoke. "I'm Captain Doss, the staff officer of the 71st Division. I want to find your regimental commander, Lieutenant Colonel Hulda, when I come here this time. I'm his brother."

After speaking, the officer named Doss took out a small notebook from his pocket and continued. "This is my military card, you can take a look."

The two sentries looked at Officer Doss and the soldiers who followed him. They did not act dangerously, so they took the officer's card and planned to check it. And at this moment, the three people who had been harmless before immediately appeared fierce. He grabbed the two of them by their necks so that they could not scream, and then the hidden dagger was pierced through the sentry's chest, and soon the two sentries were silent.

At this time the soldier who had served as the background spoke up. "Doss, why do you say that you are the brother of the captain?"

Said the captain's staff who wiped the blood on the sentry's clothes. "I only know the name of the enemy leader, so I can only pretend to be."

"But this hasn't been checked."

"It's okay, this mission does not require a certain success, as long as we can reach as far as possible."

After the three of them had done all this, one person took out a flashlight and flashed a few times on the way they came. Soon a large number of soldiers in Romanian military uniforms rushed over.

The three of them also continued to move forward, but they were not so lucky this time. A secret whistle revealed their whereabouts.

Facing the situation that had been exposed, the Romanian army immediately began a raid, and gunfire sounded in the capital city of Cluj.

"Ding...ding...ding"

The rapid phone call rang from the city defense headquarters.

A staff officer on duty took the call. "Hey, what's the matter?"

The staff officer who heard the content of the call immediately awakened all the officers in the headquarters. Soon all the officers in the headquarters became busy, and the phone calls were also taken one by one. At this time, a general with a round figure lacking hair on the top of his head but sweating profusely, walked in in a major general's uniform. "How is the situation now?"

This person is impressively the Major General Rakov, who was left to defend Cluj by Lieutenant General Van Stern. This major general is also known for being calm and calm, but his current situation is somewhat inconsistent.

A staff officer who knew the situation best answered the major general's question. "Now we have received reports that the enemy has attacked the city. There have been multiple reports in the south and east of the city. They are now requesting reinforcements."

"What is the scale of the attack, where was the earliest attack, and where has the enemy arrived now?"

After listening to the staff officer's answer, Major General Rakov immediately raised three more questions.

Obviously this staff officer was already familiar with the habits of the major general, and he continued to tell what he had learned. "According to our understanding, the scale of the attack is between two or three divisions. The first attacked was the Meeks Barracks in the east of the city. Now the enemy has successively captured Thrall’s fourth regiment and the military police. There are military hospitals and other places."

The introduction of the staff officer let Lakoff know the seriousness of the matter, which made him sweat more. But even in such a critical situation, he did not forget his responsibilities as the city defense commander.

"Immediately send a telegram to your lieutenant general, saying that Cluj was attacked by about three enemy divisions. If there is no reinforcement after dawn, we will be unable to withstand it. Then immediately inform us of the troops we can still control. There is also an arsenal assembly in the railway station. We need to guard these two places now, or we will be sinners tonight."

Major General Rakoff’s words made the officers present to act immediately, and they contacted the troops that could still be contacted by telephone and telegram.

"Quickly retreat, we retreat backwards."

An Austro-Hungarian officer commanded his soldiers to retreat to the rear.

"Company commander, what about this gun?"

An Austro-Hungarian soldier pointed to a short-barreled artillery that had just helped them defend and asked.

Faced with the soldiers' inquiry, the officer said directly. "Throw it, there is an order from above, let us retreat to the arsenal for defense, there will be cannons that you can't run out of."

The officer watched the retreat of his own soldiers, and pointed to a soldier who had almost poured something on the side to alert the enemy and whispered. "Pay attention, don't let the Romanian across the street find out, otherwise none of us will be able to leave."

This retreat had to go smoothly, except for the last time the accident was photographed, everything else was perfect.

"No, the enemy ran away."

Only then did the Romanian soldiers realize the enemy’s escape The entire process of the Austro-Hungarian army's escape from the battle was not so smooth, because the low-level officers watched the Austro-Hungarian army keep retreating and would immediately pursue them. He also reported his actions to Lieutenant General Andrew who commanded the attack.

Lieutenant General Andrew, who was in a good mood because of the success of the night attack, immediately understood the enemy's attempt. "The enemy is trying to retreat to the main point. They can't be given a chance to get entangled immediately, and the enemy can't just retreat like this."

With the order of the lieutenant general, the Romanian army immediately entangled the retreating Austro-Hungarian soldiers. This made the Austro-Hungarian soldiers on the retreat mission very uncomfortable, and they had no choice but to stop and snipe the entanglement of the Romanian army.

Therefore, in the exchange of fire between the two sides chasing and fleeing, the casualties of the Austro-Hungarian army became very large, and Major General Rakov, who arrived at the railway station first to organize defenses, could only gather three or four thousand troops. Major General Kauf was very depressed.

You must know that before the attack, the entire Cluj had a strength of over ten thousand troops, and only so little was left in less than one night. What did he use to block the Romanian offensive. Romanian Eagle