The Romanian Military Observer Mission, which Eder was concerned about, had arrived in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, when Bulgaria declared war on the Ottomans. The military observer mission was led by the commander of the 12th Division of the Romanian Army, Fereit.

This division commander of Fereit made a deep impression in front of the crown prince and the chief of the general staff, Preshan, and now this good impression brought him the beauty of the commander of the Military Observer Mission, and when he took the post of commander of the regiment, the commanders of the other divisions were very red-eyed. I believe that if this observation satisfies the superiors, it will bring great convenience to his upward space.

After a day's stay in Sofia, the Romanian military observer group descended into the Bulgarian army, most of which were lined up for the Bulgarian First Army, which was the main force of the Bulgarian attack on Western Thrace.

Their commander was Lieutenant General Vasil Kutinchev, a general with a keen sense of smell and the situation on the battlefield, who had participated in the Baosai War.

In this war, he commanded a Bulgarian division with the rank of major general, and with his amazing battlefield sense, he defeated the sniper of the Serbian army of 25,000 men with 17,000 men in the Budakos area. Combining the main force of 67,000 led by King Ferdinand I, and almost encircling the main force of the Serbian army of 56,000, Lieutenant General Vasil Kutinchev was promoted to lieutenant general by the king. Now Ferdinand I handed over the main Bulgarian force to him, apparently hoping that he would be able to achieve more great results and make a greater contribution to Bulgaria.

And he had the most elite troops in Bulgaria under his command. Among them, the commander of the 1st Infantry Division was Major General Tosheve, the commander of the 3rd Infantry Division was Major General Sarafov, and the commander of the 10th Infantry Division was Major General Bratislilov.

Now the First Army has 95,000 troops, and the Bulgarian military has also reinforced them with most of the machine guns and artillery provided by Romania, and now the First Army has 72,000 rifles, 186 machine guns, and 287 artillery pieces, although most of them are small and medium-caliber artillery, but they are the highest elite in the Bulgarian army.

In accordance with the division of labor of the League, Bulgaria focused on Thracian and Macedonian operations. It deployed the main forces in Thrace, forming three armies. The 1st Army (95,370 people), under General Vasil Kudinchev and three infantry divisions, was deployed south of Yamabor, operating along the Densar River. The Second Army (102,748 people), under the leadership of General Nikolai Ivanov, consisted of two infantry divisions and one infantry brigade, deployed in the western part of the First Army and assigned to capture the powerful fortress of Adrianople (Edirne).

According to these plans, the Third Army (94,884 people), under the leadership of General Radikodimitryev, was deployed in the east and behind the First Army, with cavalry units covering the Turkish field of view. The 3rd Army had three infantry divisions and was sent to cross the Strandania Hill and lead the fortress of Kirkkillis. The 2nd (49,180) and 7th (48,523 man) divisions were assigned separate roles to fight in Western Thrace and Eastern Macedonia, respectively.

The titular commander-in-chief of the Bulgarian army was Tsar Ferdinand I, but de facto its control and leadership were in the hands of his deputy, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov.

At this time, it should be said that at that time, this kind of conscription military establishment was widely used in the Balkans, and the establishment of troops was divided into wartime and peacetime, and a division was estimated to be more than 10,000 in peacetime, but a large number of reservists were called up in wartime, and the establishment immediately increased to more than 20,000. This method is relatively economical in military spending, and it is only necessary to ensure the training of technical arms in peacetime. However, this method has a huge drawback, the organization is not high, the soldier's military ability is low, he cannot complete too complex tactics, and he cannot withstand too high casualties. Therefore, at that time, there were often 100,000 people on both sides fighting, and in the end there were thousands of casualties, and one side was demoralized and retreated.

However, due to the fact that all countries are now in this mode of conscription, the gap is not obvious, and it will not be until after World War I that the standing army model will slowly be revealed, and now the standing army model like Romania is still relatively rare.

On the third day after the start of the war, the Bulgarian army groups crossed the border and launched an attack on the Ottoman army.

"Hurry, hurry."

In the 7th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Division of the Bulgarian First Army, the company commander Sakdov was cheering up his subordinate soldiers and telling them to speed up. Panting and sweating on their foreheads, the soldiers followed in the footsteps of their comrades towards their destination.

After cheering up his soldiers, he took out his pocket watch from his jacket pocket and looked at the time. said to the deputy next to him, Second Lieutenant Bodenov. "It seems that we are marching at a decent pace, and we should be in the small village of Bolognica by six o'clock in the afternoon."

"I guess so, company commander. I heard that our friendly forces in front of us had just fought with the Ottoman army in a small town called Karrosman, and these Ottoman troops were poorly trained and were crushed by them. After answering his superior, Second Lieutenant Bodnov told him what he had just received.

The company commander of Sakdorf looked at him a little strangely. "How did you get this news?"

Second Lieutenant Bodnov gave the source of his own information. "The herald named Sbullf who was passing by told me that he had taken a cigarette from me as payment."

The company commander of Sakdorf suddenly remembered that a herald on horseback had asked them for water before, and it was probably his deputy who heard the news at that time.

Hearing the good news, the company commander of Sakdorf said with a smile to his deputy. "We need to hurry up, or the Ottoman army will be wiped out."

After saying that, the company commander of Sakdorf followed his soldiers all the way, and Second Lieutenant Bodenov hurriedly followed.

At the time when the Bulgarian ground units were advancing towards their set goals, within the headquarters of the First Army, Lieutenant General Vasil Kutinchev inquired about the progress of the divisions.

"Where has the 1st Division arrived now?"

The communications staff officer, who heard his commander's inquiry, replied. "They had just sent a telegram in the morning that the 1st Division had just crossed the border and arrived at a small town called Karrosman, where they had routed a resistance of 3,000 Ottoman men."

Lieutenant General Vasil Kutinchev, who heard the communications staff officer's answer, took a military map and found the town, which was called Karrosman, on the border, and he was still satisfied with the result of the advance.

"Any other news?" Lieutenant General Sirkutinchev buried his head in the map and continued to ask the communications staff officer.

"The Second Army is moving towards Luledol after defeating the resistance of a small Ottoman force in the border town of Serio. The third group is in the Shalwater area. ”

Lieutenant General Sirkutinchev listened to the staff officer's report and quickly found the location of the friendly forces on the map, on which their three armies marched in a zigzag pattern, and his first army was the arrow.

While Lieutenant General Sirkutinchev was looking at the map and considering the next military move, Major General Tosheve, who was at the headquarters of the 1st Division, was also pondering the intelligence of his opponents.

The 3,000-strong Ottoman army they had defeated in the town was reported by the subordinate troops who were following the pursuit, and retreated to a small town called Lule Burgas fifteen kilometers away, and the pursuing troops saw that there were a large number of positions there, and that there were many Ottoman troops, estimated to be tens of thousands, so they hurriedly retreated, and now he considered whether to launch a tentative attack to confirm it first, or report directly to Lieutenant General Sirkutinchev. In the end, he decided to report it first.

PS Mantou is going crazy in order to find information about all parties in the Balkan war, there is too little information about this war. There are book friends who know the details, and the group chats about steamed buns, thank you.