Romanian Eagle

A brigade of the Guards Division, which had been left in Petrilla at the outbreak of the Battle of Hatzeg, was also attacked by the Austro-Hungarian army in Sibiu.

The 2nd Brigade of the 1st Guard Division, who was left by Lieutenant General Ankodar to resist the defenders from Sibiu, is also very trustworthy. The main reason is that the tenacious style of Colonel Zoltan, the commander of the 2nd Brigade, is well appreciated by Lieutenant General. The task of defending Petrilla to protect Petroshani from being recaptured by the Austro-Hungarian army, and thus putting himself in a dangerous situation, can only be reassured by Colonel Zoltan.

The Austro-Hungarian army in Sibiu moved as expected by Lieutenant General Ankodar, even faster than he expected. The Austro-Hungarian army had already arrived near Petrilla when the Battle of Hatzeg broke out, and the 2nd Guards Brigade defending here had not even built the fortifications. The Austro-Hungarian army saw this situation and thought there was an opportunity, and even the artillery preparations were too late to launch an attack, but they did not know that the 2nd guard brigade was staying here, and the style of the brigade commander Colonel Zoltan was also very different. Don't understand.

A good Colonel Zoltan, when the enemy launched an attack, killed the enemy with the advantage of firepower, and then launched a counterattack when the Austro-Hungarian army did not recover. Colonel Zoltan's strategy played a role, and Austria-Hungary did not expect that the Romanian defenders defending here would be so bold, and they would fight so violently when their troops were at an absolute disadvantage. So they were defeated, and even the starting position was taken.

If Zoltan hadn't ordered a retreat because he was afraid that the attack would be too deep and would be surrounded by the superior Austro-Hungarian army, then it is estimated that even his artillery positions could be captured. Fortunately, Zoltan Brigade Commander has a keen sense of smell on the battlefield. If he really enters the artillery position, the re-assembled Austro-Hungarian army will leave an unforgettable memory for the 2nd Brigade.

Although the artillery positions were not captured, but with one brigade of troops suppressing one and a half divisions, Zoltan and his 2 brigade could be considered as the guard division.

But now Colonel Zoltan has no time to savor the taste of victory in this battle, and now he urgently needs to prepare for the next battle.

Inside the busy brigade headquarters, Colonel Zoltan was on the phone. "Dove, have your artillery battalion fortifications been built? Do you still need help... Your artillery battalion is the key to this defense, and there can be no mistakes... You can hide it for me without orders not to fire."

Colonel Zoltan is a sturdy middle-aged man in his forties. His previous tenure has also risen step by step. He has successively served as company commander, deputy battalion commander, division staff officer, deputy commander, team commander, and brigade commander. , Years of military career have cultivated his keen understanding of the battlefield, and it also gave him a rough and crazy atmosphere of a soldier (also commonly known as ruffian). That's why he can launch a counterattack when the opponent's foothold is not stable and attacking, which also shows that he is not sticking to the rules.

Just as Zoltan was calling the artillery battalion, an officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel came over. "Brigadier, are you looking for me?"

The lieutenant colonel is the chief of staff of the 2nd brigade, Antonio,

In line with his temperament, he has served as a teacher in a military school for many years, so his bookish atmosphere is heavier. Due to the expansion of the army, he was transferred to the 2nd Brigade as the chief of staff for less than a year, so Zoltan, who is the brigade commander in the staff work, needs to pay more attention.

"Yes, Chief of Staff, please take a seat."

Zoltan greeted his chief of staff to sit down and said what he was looking for. "The chief of staff is like this. The 1st regiment has a very heavy task because it guards the frontal line of defense. And their regiment commander Domik has asked me for weapons and equipment a few times. Go down and ask them what else they need. ."

"Okay brigade commander, I'll take a look at it now."

Lieutenant Colonel Antonio, who had just sat down, immediately took over the task given by the brigade commander and rushed to the front line.

After instructing his chief of staff, Zoltan immediately picked up the phone again. "Hello, Lieutenant Colonel Solo? I'm Zoltan, do you still have mines at your station?"

"How could this not be there? The domestic logistics officers don't know what we need on the front line? Then do we still have machine guns? I want them too."

"How can you say that you are also the chief logistics officer of our division, how can you only give me 20 machine guns, don't you have 5 machine guns? What happened to the equipment of the eighth division, I'll borrow it first, anyway, they haven't arrived yet, I Can't you use it first, then give it back to them when you're done."

After some bargaining with the logistics supervisor who guarded Petroshani's supplies, Zoltan got some more weapons and equipment. However, before Zoltan had time to be happy, a staff officer ran in front of him panting. "Brigade commander, the enemy has increased their troops."

"What, how many troops did the enemy reinforce?"

Zoltan was shocked by the staff's words, and he hurriedly asked key questions about the weapons and equipment that Petroshani had asked for.

"The exact number of our people is not clear, but according to the estimate, the strength is about one division."

Zoltan's complexion changed greatly at the words of the staff officer, and the situation was even worse than he imagined. Now I only have one brigade, and now I have too many enemies. There are two and a half divisions that are six times my own. What should I do?

"A division is around, a division is around. What can I do to block these enemies."

Zoltan circled back and forth in the headquarters, thinking of ways to deal with it all the time in his mind, chanting words in his mouth. "Let go and attack them from the front? No, this will put Petroshani in a dangerous place. As long as there is a division on the opposite side to defend, I can't take him."

"Then how about retreating slowly with successive resistance? This is even more impossible. It is too close to Petrosani, and it takes two retreats to reach the city, and this needs to be built and fortified first. I myself think that there are not enough troops. Redundant manpower to build fortifications.”

Zoltan necklace has countless methods, but none of them are suitable in the current situation. It is best that he finds that only sticking to it is the best choice. Thinking of this, he instructed the staff officer who reported the letter. "Draft an order immediately. From now on, all officers and soldiers of the 2 brigade must be stationed at their posts and cannot retreat without permission. Immediately let the military police set up boundaries behind us, and every officer and soldier can only move forward and not retreat."

Zoltan's words made the staff feel a sense of bleakness, which meant that more than 5,000 people from the 2nd Brigade could only die in this small village called Petrilla. Seeing that the staff member didn't move, Zoltan glared at him. "What are you still doing, hurry up."

Zoltan picked up the phone again after driving away the staff officer. "Lieutenant Colonel Solo, I'm Zoltan, now I need your help, I didn't ask you to send someone over, I remember a regiment of reinforcements coming tomorrow, you have to stop them and send them to me I have three divisions of Austro-Hungarian troops on my side. I will tell the division commander that he will understand, and the troops behind will stop them. I want it urgently. I will ask you this time."

After Zoltan finished speaking, he put down the phone in his hand. He said that he would stand firm, but he would not stand firm. There must be reinforcements backed by Petrosani, as long as you can withstand the attack in front of you, it will be much easier to fight. If the Romanian army did not begin to assemble until the outbreak of the war in order to paralyze Austria-Hungary to achieve the maximum effect of the raid, it would be impossible for these three Austrian-Hungarian divisions to form a 6-times force gap with themselves.

"Boom, boom, boom."

Just thinking about when he had encountered such a situation, the sudden sound of shelling pulled Zoltan to reality. Looking at his soldiers being ravaged by shelling, Zoltan picked up his hat and planned to go to the front to take a look.