When the sky was no longer scouted by Austro-Hungarian aircraft, Andrew immediately prepared to divide his troops. Now they had reached Sovata, which was only 53 kilometers away from Army Group North in the Battle of Sonat, and it only took a day's rapid march to reach it. However, according to intelligence, 38 kilometers ahead of them, three divisions of the Ninth Army were already in strong positions here.

As the commander of Army Group Center, Andrew is also quite decisive. At this time, he himself led the elite 2nd and 9th divisions to carry out day and night stealth, while the chief of staff continued to advance towards Sonat with the rest of the troops. In order to realistically confuse the enemy, the troops led by the chief of staff need to speed up and show eagerness to rescue their teammates.

At a fork in the road in Sovata, Andrew is saying goodbye to his chief of staff.

"Chief of Staff, how many enemy troops do you think we can leave behind this time?"

Facing Lieutenant General Andrew, who showed heroism, the chief of staff thought about it seriously and said. "It depends on the opponent's response, and if Lieutenant General Van Sten reacts sharply, abandons heavy weapons such as artillery and armored vehicles, and retreats from the northwest road (), then he can take most of the army with him. But in this case, most of his Ninth Army will be scrapped, and the army with heavy weapons such as artillery will be lost, will this still have combat effectiveness? ”

"Of course, if he's slow to react for a day or has unrealistic ideas, he's lucky to be able to take a third of it."

As for the attitude of his chief of staff who really seriously analyzed it, Andrew laughed. "It depends on how many troops we want him to take."

Andrew and the Chief of Staff talk about the enemy's defeat as if no one was around, which is very arrogant. However, in the eyes of their experienced combat formations, the defeat of the Austro-Hungarian Ninth Army was inevitable.

Because after the battle began, the enemy commander Van Sten behaved quite unbearably, and was completely played by Lieutenant General Fereitt at the command level. And in order to get him to commit more troops, Fereit deliberately gave up some positions yesterday to show that he was going to be exhausted. Sure enough, it was like taking out a piece of red cloth and making Versten go crazy about it like a bull. Not only did he devote most of his troops, but he also drew the strength of a brigade from Cluj. This made it even more impossible for the already overstretched defenders to block the next raid, so this gave the two of them confidence in the next battle.

If the enemy were like the Austro-Hungarian 10th Army, then it would be difficult to fight.

As said, Army Group South did go through a tough battle at Deva.

In the trenches, Captain Mizk saw the appearance of many figures through the smoke that filled the front of the position, and immediately shouted. "Watch out for the enemy coming up and get ready for battle."

Hearing the roar of their commander, the soldiers of the 7th Company immediately raised their guns and aimed at these figures, they were waiting for the enemy to get closer to be able to kill more effectively. Mizik, as their commander, did not look at the distance of the enemy as before, ready to give the order to open fire, and began to inspect whether the movement of the soldiers in the trenches to raise their guns was regular.

In fact, the result of Mizik having to make a round before the battle is that there are too many new recruits in his company now. And it was not just the case of one of his companies, but the entire 19th Division. When faced with a fight, it's hard to trust a comrade you've only seen for a week.

Because of the fame of Mizik's 7th Company, he participated in the battles of the 19th Division, and most of them were used in key positions. This also led to the arrival of reinforcements from the army group led by General Salamik, with only 53 men still standing in the 7th Company, and two-thirds of the casualties led to a large influx of recruits. And as a commander who is deeply loved by the soldiers, of course he must give these recruits some care, and in Mizik's opinion, trying to keep them alive is the greatest care.

After the arrival of the new recruits, their company commanders and officers even said that the soldiers who had been added to their company were probably the worst in the battle. As soon as they arrived in the army, they encountered a big battle, and some people even thought that half of these recruits were lucky to survive the first battle. Now Mizik can only let them take up arms to defend their lives.

"Sommy, stand up, the enemy is coming."

Halfway through Mizik, he saw a replenished recruit shivering in a corner, and a Mauser 98 rifle was thrown in the dirt at the bottom of the trench. Mizik knew him, this was his own recruit, Somi, a young man who had just graduated from high school in Proyesti.

Mizik, who had been facing this situation for a few days, pulled him up, and after picking up the rifle from the dirt, he spoke loudly to Somi. "Somi, this is your fight to the death, overcome your fears and take a gun to fight."

Somi, who was pale and still nervous with fear on his face, grabbed Mizik's shoulder with his hand and spoke. "They were all dead, and I watched them die, and they were gone. Company commander, are we all going to die? ”

It seems that Suomi has encountered some irritation, and it is very likely that a friend he knows has been hit by a cannonball in front of him, for which Mizik has a lot of experience in healing. I saw him stretch out his palm and wave it vigorously at Suomy's still astringent cheeks.

"Smack, smack...... Syllable. ”

After several consecutive slaps, Suomy's mental attention finally turned back to his pain. "Ah, it hurts, the company commander stopped."

Seeing that Suomi spoke in a normal tone and returned to his spirits, Mizik stopped his hand, not to mention that the rough palm hit the tender face was really good. Mizik, who was thinking about this, looked at Somi, who was a little red and swollen and a little dodging himself, and then spoke. "Not ready to fight yet."

The recruits, who were cured of fear by Mizk from Proyesti, immediately took their rifles and prepared like other soldiers to resist the approaching enemy. In the following episode, Mizik healed several soldiers with inner fears.

"The machine gun intercepts the follow-up enemy reinforcements, and the other soldiers give me a shot and shoot the enemy directly in front, fire quickly."

"Doss, take your men to reinforce the fourth company on our left flank, they may not be able to bear it. Can't let the notch open from them. ”

"Herald, report to the regimental headquarters that we need ammunition replenishment. It's better to give us another machine gun, otherwise it will be difficult for us to fight in the back. ”

Under the attack of the Austro-Hungarian army, Mizik methodically commanded the defense of the company, and under his excellent command the Austro-Hungarian attack was once again blocked. However, looking at the battered position, Mizik couldn't help but wonder when he would get reinforcements. In this battle, his company suffered 47 casualties, of which 41 were replenished recruits.