Chapter 357： Drinking the Matissa River (Part 2)

The aftermath of the sun shone on the ground, and the small town of Sol had no previous sights. Diffuse smog and choking gunpowder have enveloped this place, making the town a little like a desolate atmosphere in a fairy tale. On the other side of the town, the Austro-Hungarian soldiers are retreating. But from their horrified expressions, it can be seen that they only want to escape for their lives now.

These scared soldiers can only reduce their load as much as possible, so that they can escape from this place like **** to them. So we can see discarded weapons and materials along the way, ranging from guns and ammunition to heavy artillery and armored vehicles, all being discarded in roads and wilderness.

In fact, these actions can only strengthen their belief in chasing soldiers behind them. So a larger-scale pursuit is underway. The soldiers from the Romanian Cavalry Division are galloping on horseback. They approached quickly from the two wings and drove the Austro-Hungarian soldiers. It is like a pack of wolves preparing to hunt, choosing the best prey.

Hoffman stuck his upper body out of a jackal tank, watching the harvest scene. For him, this battle was really fun, and he fully demonstrated the power of his armored forces.

Three days ago, when they arrived in the small town of Sol, the Austro-Hungarian army had been deployed here. However, due to lack of time, there is a lack of fortifications, especially anti-tank trenches that require a lot of work.

As their interim commander, Lieutenant General Mandiv was also experienced and immediately discovered this flaw. He immediately used his third division as a fist, coupled with an armored brigade to strengthen the attack, and launched a fierce attack on the enemy's main position. The 7th Division is responsible for holding down the flanks and preventing the enemy from drawing troops, while the Cavalry Division is responsible for intercepting the battlefield and oppressing the enemy's rear.

Lieutenant General Mandiv's set is to bully you with a very unreasonable style of play with few supporting weapons, which will make the defenders uncomfortable at once. After three days of resistance, the military spirit finally collapsed, and they spread out and fled towards the rear. Now Adela is the ripe fruit in front of them, as long as he reaches out his hand can pick it.

Romania tastes the sweet fruits of victory, so the Austro-Hungarian army can only taste the evil fruits of defeat. In Adela city, Lieutenant General Sam, the commander of the Tenth Army, was weakly sitting on a chair in the battle hall. Around him were busy people preparing to evacuate. They loaded the items that needed to be taken away, and the black smoke that could not take the documents was filled in the sky. Everyone looked more or less horrified, and the atmosphere in the command headquarters was also quite dull.

As his partner, Major General Hans is directing the evacuation of personnel.

After arranging things properly, Major General Hans came to his partner. Looking at the uncomfortable Lieutenant General, Hans said: "Sam, now we need to evacuate."

Facing the chief of staff's words, Lieutenant General Sam did not answer, but asked him a little confused. "This battle shouldn't be the result of this, is it my command wrong, Hans, tell me, is it my fault?"

Seeing his partner’s disheartened look, Hans replied a little unbearably: "Sam, this is not your problem. None of us expected that the combat effectiveness of the troops below would be reduced so quickly. These are all those. Because of rumors spread by **** politicians."

Major General Hans' words also represented his inner thoughts. In his opinion, these politicians are all selfish guys, and the empire is in a difficult period when everyone needs to work together. They cooperated with the enemy for their own selfish desires, which made the empire suffer even more suffering. If you have a chance, you will surely send all these people to the gallows. In fact, Hans's idea is very marketable in the high-level military, but now the soldiers are motivated by these people, and instead let them be restrained.

Hans’ words did not allow Sam to recover. Instead, he said: "Hans, don’t comfort me. I know very well this battle. I have a great responsibility for failing to find out the status of the army. I hope you can bring it with you. Leave the remaining soldiers. I am tired and don't want to endure it like this anymore."

When Hans heard a secret voice, his old partner had the will to die. After turning his head quickly, he immediately said: "Sam, I can't do your request. You also know my abilities, and there is no way to meet your request. Now you need you to get the rest of the Tenth Army Soldiers out of danger. Don’t forget, there are still tens of thousands of people on the front line that have not been able to withdraw, and I can’t come up with this retreat plan. You don’t want these **** soldiers to suffer greater losses, right? "

Perhaps it was the persuasion of Major General Hans that had an effect, or perhaps thinking of the tens of thousands of soldiers still on the front line, Sam's eyes finally had some brilliance.

"You really can't help it?"

"Really, the evacuation of the headquarters has already made me feel bad, and I haven't been able to come up with a way to retreat from the front."

Facing Sam's question, Hans told a white lie.

"Indeed, these **** soldiers should not accept this result."

After Lieutenant General Sam finished speaking, he immediately came to the military map that had not been removed. He looked at the map in front of him and said to the chief of staff next to him: "Let the left-wing troops withdraw immediately towards the Ninth Army. Report to Lieutenant General Fan Si Teng of the Ninth Army, requesting him to send troops to respond. The right-wing troops go to Serbia. Evacuate from the territory. As long as you evacuate the Muriel River and enter Serbia, I believe that the Romanians will not be pursuing it. As for the three divisions in the middle..."

Lieutenant General Sam got stuck here. With both the left and right wings evacuated, their ending is doomed. Lieutenant General Sam thought for a while and said: "Let them evacuate by themselves."

Now it depends on how many people they have left to retreat to the land controlled by Austria-Hungary. Only God knows.

"Also, send a report to the Sixteenth Army and tell them our decision."

The Sixteenth Army did not want to be impacted by the defeated soldiers, so they would definitely retreat. At present, only the Tisza River can be used as a line of defense. I believe they will know these basic common sense.

Lieutenant General Sam said that, after thinking about it, he said: "Leave the guard regiment and try to collect the defeated soldiers. We retreat to the west of the Tisza River for defense."

Facing a series of orders from Lieutenant General Sam, Major General Hans immediately asked a staff officer to record and report.

Looking at Sam who was recovering, Hans stretched out his hand and said, "Now let's evacuate, and don't give the enemy the honor of capturing the commander of the Imperial Army."

"Well, I'm leaving now."

The two walked out of the headquarters and left the impending city under the **** of a few soldiers. The Austro-Hungarian people fleeing on the street rushed to leave. This will save Romania a lot of trouble in the future.

The Romanian soldiers chasing the defeated soldiers finally entered the city a few hours after Lieutenant General Sam left.

The vanguard cavalry division did not stay here long. After leaving a regiment of troops to wait for the arrival of the infantry, they immediately began the pursuit again. Because their task is not to allow these defeated soldiers to gather and delay the pace of the Romanian army, this time they will be drinking horses on the Tisza River.

And Lieutenant Colonel Antonescu was unfortunate, he was selected to be responsible for waiting for the arrival of follow-up troops. Seeing the cavalry of the brigade marching away, the lieutenant colonel spit on the ground fiercely, and then he yelled at his subordinates. "Keep the order in the city for me, don't let me find that you are lazy."

After the Transylvanian Group Army defeated the Tenth Group Army where Lieutenant General Sam was located, after occupying Adela. The Austro-Hungarian Ninth Army, located on the northern line, was afraid of being outflanked, and immediately gave up its position and retreated to the Tisza River front line defense. A large number of areas east of the vast Tisza River were occupied by the Romanians.

For this battle, in addition to praising the Romanian army's combat effectiveness, the Allies were surprised at the decline in the morale and morale of the Austro-Hungarian army. Many of its newspapers are trumpeting that Austria-Hungary can no longer hold it, and victory is in sight. As for the remarks of these Allied countries, Austria-Hungary naturally refuted it. But for the defeat in Hungary, many people in Austria-Hungary had other thoughts. Let this dualistic country be like a broken house, becoming more shaky.