Chapter 311： Follow-up

When Lieutenant General Andrew made a surprise attack on Cluj, Lieutenant General Feleit, the commander of the Northern Army (which is convenient for command, where the Northern Army and the Central Army are merged), who was responsible for the containment of the frontal battlefield, was already preparing for the next day's counterattack.

Looking at the commanders who were summoned in the middle of the night, Lieutenant General Fereit, who did not know that the enemy was going to flee at this moment, was talking about the plan for the next day. "We will launch a counterattack early tomorrow morning. The task of this counterattack is not to allow the enemy to have the energy to mobilize troops to return. Therefore, we must be entangled with the enemy and not let them escape. As long as Lieutenant General Andrew takes Cluj, they It is the mouse in the tin bucket, there is no place to hide."

Of course, Major General Lakoff's persistence bought a certain amount of time for the withdrawal of Lieutenant General Fan Si Teng. The Northern Army felt wrong when it attacked the next day.

"The enemy's defense strength is too weak, isn't it?"

Looking at the summary of the battle report in front of him, Lieutenant-General Fereit was a little confused, but he didn't think the problem was too big.

"It seems that the troops have been mobilized and sent a report to Lieutenant General Andrew to be careful of the enemy's return."

After speaking, the lieutenant commander issued an order again. "Send a message to the troops, let them hold the enemy in front of them, don't give the opportunity to let the enemy transfer troops."

Major General Rakov’s persistence in Cluj confuses the two Romanian generals. They both thought that the troops drawn by the Austro-Hungarian Ninth Army were a return aid. However, with the passage of time, Lieutenant General Fan Si Teng's intentions have gradually been exposed.

"What, the enemy did not appear?"

The reply from Major General Doles, the commander of the Second Division who arranged to defend the enemy’s reinforcements, shocked Andrew. His first thought was that the enemy bypassed the position of the Second Division.

"Immediately send a telegram to each unit to inquire whether a large-scale enemy force has been found."

But soon the various troops did not find the enemy.

"It's really weird, where are the enemy's reinforcements."

Lieutenant Andrew was distressed for the delay of the enemy's reinforcements.

"Will there be any conspiracy?"

The staff officer in charge of the battle map said casually.

"Is there any conspiracy more important than Cluj? Does the enemy want to watch his soldiers be besieged?"

"Soldiers...being besieged..."

Lieutenant General Andrew, who had been thinking hard, suddenly thought that the Ninth Army itself was more important than Cluj.

"No, the enemy wants to escape."

Lieutenant General Andrew who wanted to understand immediately ordered. "I immediately sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Fereit, saying that the Cluj line failed to find enemy reinforcements and that the Austro-Hungarian Ninth Army wanted to escape."

The radio wave quickly transferred to the Northern Army.

Taking the telegram from Lieutenant General Andrew, Feleit said to himself. "Lieutenant General Fan Si Teng, you are really brave, you just gave up Cluj."

He immediately believed Lieutenant General Andrew's judgment. According to the intelligence learned from the offensive of the troops below, the enemy drew off the troops of four divisions last night. It now appears that the enemy is arranging a retreat plan.

Lieutenant General Fereit looked at the position of the enemy's Ninth Army on the map and preached to himself. "If you want to go, then you have to leave something as a memory."

After speaking, Lieutenant General Fereit called the communications staff. "Now I order."

The command of Lieutenant General Fereit was revealed in the pen of the communications staff. "At present, all the troops immediately entangle the enemy in front of them and cannot give them a chance to escape. On November 27th, Feleit."

Lieutenant General Fereit’s order immediately made the separation of the Austro-Hungarian army much more difficult. A large number of Romanian troops entangled their opponents tightly and did not give a chance to leave. This made Lieutenant General Fan Si Teng have to make a painful decision to give up part of the army.

However, in the face of Lieutenant General Van Stern’s tail docking to survive, neither Lieutenant General Fereit nor Lieutenant General Andrew had much choice. The main thing is that the enemy decides to be decisive, so that they don't have much time to make arrangements.

The decisiveness of Lieutenant General Fan Si Teng made it difficult for Lieutenant General Sam of the Tenth Army to accept it.

"Damn Fan Si Teng, really **** it."

The roar of Lieutenant General Sam resounded throughout the command headquarters, and it also made the command officers afraid to come forward and persuade them to be sent to the war room, Lieutenant General.

All this is caused by a telegram that has been torn to pieces. If it can be pieced together, this is a telegram of the Ninth Army Lieutenant General Van Stern's decision to abandon Cluj.

On the telegram, Lieutenant General Van Stern stated his difficulties in giving up Cluj. For Van Stern's judgment that he would not be in danger of destroying Cluj for a long time, in the view of Lieutenant General Sam, these were all excuses. This was caused by Van Stern's exaggeration of the enemy's strength evaluation.

As if he was on the battlefield of Deva, he had a new understanding of the Romanian army. These Romanian standing troops are indeed relatively elite and can compete with the German troops directly led by the empire, but their mobilized forces are far inferior to those in other empire territories. In these days of contests with the enemy Army Group South, Lieutenant General Sam, with his strength and artillery, firmly controlled the initiative on the battlefield, and suffered the torture of this elite Romanian army.

And now that he gave up this great situation because of the mistakes of his friendly forces, it seemed that Lieutenant General Sam was very unwilling.

"Crunch"

At this time, the door of the war room was opened, and the resounding opening of the door made Lieutenant General Sam frown. "Didn't you tell you not to come in? Do you think I dare not punish you."

"It's me, what's wrong with you?"

The person who opened the door asked, and the familiar voice prevented Lieutenant General Sam from being disturbed.

Lieutenant General Sam, who lit a cigarette to relieve his irritability, asked the visitor Didn't you go to inspect the troops below? Why did you come back so soon? "

"I want to go and never come back, are you not going to go out."

"How come, I'm just angry at Fan Siteng's cowardly behavior. Now I'm normal, you don't have to keep staring at me, Chief of Staff."

In the dialogue between the two, the person who came was surprisingly Lieutenant General Sam's partner, Major General Hans Cole, Chief of Staff of the Group Army. As Major General Hans with a popular German name, he was born in a military aristocratic family in Austria. Good family conditions give Hans Cole enough opportunities to display his talents. He has served as royal guard, company commander and battalion commander of the Austrian 3rd Infantry Regiment, combat staff officer, team leader, and deputy director of combat operations.

Then the outbreak of World War I was transferred to the Fifth Army as Chief of Staff and Sam's partner, and then the two cooperated and were transferred to the Tenth Army together. Everyone in the group army knows that only Hans Chief of Staff can calm the anger of Lieutenant General Sam.

"Now your anger has been vented, but we need to think about what to do next."

Major General Hans' words calmed Lieutenant General Sam, and it was indeed necessary to consider the next move.