While the Bulgarian First Army was preparing to defend Mount Charevitz to the death, the Romanian army was still marching slowly in Popovo, 37 kilometers away, and this time the Romanian army was advancing at a rate of 20 kilometers per day, and the reason for the slow march was because of General Prissan's insistence. He intended to crush the main forces of the Bulgarian army in the Battle of Tarnovo, which was also supported by Eder.

"Your Highness, we will arrive in Tarnovo the day after tomorrow."

General Courtois, the Minister of War, who is now the chief of staff of the Romanian offensive army, said to Crown Prince Eder, who was sitting in a car with him.

Eder complimented Admiral Courtois, who was sitting across from him. "This time the command of His Excellency the Admiral is needed to defeat the Bulgarians and make them realize the facts."

Admiral Courtois did not dare to accept the compliment of the crown prince, who knew that the crown prince was courting the officers of King Carroll's faction. Although they are all old arms and legs, the influence is still there. As the king's spokesman in the army, he also knew that the old king's health was terrible, and in his heart he already had the idea of retiring after the new king ascended the throne. So in a war, as long as there are no major mistakes, he will be a good gentleman.

After thinking about this, Admiral Courtois said. "Your Highness, the war is not as good now as it was before, if I had known how to fight a war ten years ago. Well, I don't know what to do now. ”

Crown Prince Eder has no good way to deal with this Minister of War who is more slippery than a loach, since he doesn't want to do this, then he can only let the deputy chief of staff, Major General Prossi, advise him for his own life, and it is estimated that this is also the reason why Preshan will choose this general.

Two days later, the Romanian army came to the outskirts of Tarnovo, and the defenders of () put up a little resistance when the Romanian army arrived, and retreated to the position of Mount Charevitz outside Tarnovo. Seeing the dense fortifications on the mountain, at the suggestion of the deputy chief of staff, Major General Prosi, Eder also ordered the Romanian army to be reorganized first, waiting for the 11th Heavy Artillery Regiment, which was protected by the 12th Division, to the end.

This heavy artillery regiment was the Romanian big killer this time, 36 210 heavy guns. The big guy, which weighed nearly 9 tons, was towed by ten Dongfeng trucks in front, and there was a special engineering regiment to pave the way for it. Even with such a guarantee, these big guys can only walk seventeen or eighteen kilometers a day. The Chief of the General Staff of Presan took it into account when drawing up his plans, and these cannons have been on the march since the beginning of the war, not a single shell has been fired, and there has not been a single complaint in the army. Because they all know that such a big killing weapon can only be used in a big battle. With shells up to 120kg and an ultra-long range of 11,800 meters, it will make everyone who uses it think that it is worth the money.

After the Romanian army arrived on the outskirts of Tarnovo, the main force of the Bulgarian army led by King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria also arrived here. After arriving here, Lieutenant General Savov, the Minister of War, who had already arrived in advance, explained the defense plan.

"Now that the Romanian army has arrived outside Tarnovo, it is believed that in two days at most they will attack. According to my plan, the focus of this operation was to protect Mount Zarevitz, the commanding height outside Tarnovo. ”

Speaking of this, Lieutenant General Salvo tapped Mount Zarevitz on the military map with his baton to show how much he liked it. The Bulgarian generals listened carefully to Lieutenant General Salvo's explanations in the war room, and King Ferdinand I was the same.

Now they all know that Bulgaria is besieged on three sides, and they can still support it on the Sehi front, but this is the mentality of the three countries of Serbia, Greece and Montenegro who want to let Bulgaria and Romania fight for a while, so they can come forward and pick up the bargain. Here it is necessary to say that Montenegro, having declared war on Romania, also declared war on Bulgaria. They then sent 20,000 troops to help Serbia defend Skopje, the largest city in the Macedonian region. Add to this the fact that Romania has already conquered a third of Bulgaria, and every general sitting here knows that Bulgaria has reached the most dangerous moment after independence. Now there is still the slightest possibility of relaxation there, and all of them are ready to face the crucial battle.

Lieutenant General Salvo sighed inwardly when he saw the generals who were listening attentively to his explanation. "Since Mount Zarevitz is not too big, it is enough to put 70,000 or 80,000 people to defend this key point now. I plan to have the 7th Division defend its position across the Jantra River to the east, and since our troops occupy Mount Charlevitz, I believe that the 7th Division will not be under too much pressure. The 4th Division defended the northern stretch of the line from Mount Charlevitz to the town of Livar. The 11th Division defended Hebia to the west and secured our rear. The 3rd Independent Brigade defended the southern side to prevent the Romanians from attacking us. The rest of the divisions were ready to reinforce the divisions. ”

After listening to Lieutenant General Salvo's arrangement, those who are attentive will find that the War Minister's operational arrangement this time can only be decent. It will be heavily defended by the Romanian army's heavy attack on the Charlevitz Mountain, and at the same time put a main division on each side, and also send a division with good combat strength to protect its rear road. To the south, near the Balkan Mountains' line of defense, which was least likely to be attacked, put a newly formed independent brigade, and the rest of the divisions were placed in the city ready to support. and the wonderful raids on the war between Serbia and Greece before are completely polarized.

After the explanation, Lieutenant General Salvo asked the generals present if they understood.

Based on Lieutenant General Salvo's past achievements and the prestige of managing the army in peacetime, everyone answered in unison. "Understood."

Seeing that many generals still had some doubts about themselves this time, Lieutenant General Salvo didn't want to explain too much, so he told them. "Now that we all understand, let's dismiss."

At this time, a group of generals left the combat conference room one by one after class, like schoolchildren, and at this time Lieutenant General Salvo shouted to Lieutenant General Kudinchev, commander of the First Army. "Lieutenant General Kutinchev, please stay."

Lieutenant General Kutinchev heard the words of the Minister of War, Lieutenant General Salvo, turned around and walked up to him and asked. "Lord Salvo, is there anything else?"

Hearing Lieutenant General Kudinchev's question, Lieutenant General Salvo rubbed his hands a little embarrassed and spoke. "Lieutenant General Kutinchev, since the Romanian army is estimated to attack in the next two days, and the First Army is our absolute main force, plus you are also more familiar with the position on Mount Zarevitz, it is estimated that you cannot be replaced for the time being."

Hearing that the Minister of War was looking for him because he had promised to change his guard, Lieutenant General Kutinchev said magnanimously. "Isn't this a promise built in the event of a Romanian offensive. Now that we are not under attack, and there is indeed no force better suited to defend it than we are, let us first test how strong the Romanian army is. ”

Hearing Lieutenant General Kutinchev's words that he didn't care at all, Lieutenant General Salvo also said happily. "Then I will hand over to you the key points of this battle on Mount Charevitz, and I hope that Your Excellency will make it like a nail in our hands."

"Don't worry, I will."

After Lieutenant General Kutinchev had finished speaking, he strode out the door, and he could see Ferdinand I still waiting beside him, apparently having something important to discuss with the Minister of War.

Sure enough, after Lieutenant General Kutinchev left, Ferdinand I asked a little impatiently. "General Salvo, why can't we raid the Romanian army this time like we did last time?"

Looking at King Ferdinand, whose face was full of why, Lieutenant General Salvo reluctantly said the reason why he was unwilling. "Your Majesty, we were able to surprise the Serbian and Greek armies because they were inferior in training and morale to us, and we were superior to them in machine guns and artillery. The Romanian army, on the other hand, was from time to time a conscript, like us, a standing army. This makes them much faster and more resilient on the battlefield. And we can't compare with them in terms of weapons, I know them carefully, there are more than 200 machine guns in a division in Romania, and we all know the power of this weapon in defense and offense. Our previous method can only be used once, and if it is used again, it will cause huge losses, and then this battle is basically impossible to win. And I've calculated that if I raid, the success rate is only five percent, which is too low for me to take the risk. ”

After listening to Lieutenant General Salvo's explanation, Ferdinand I voiced his concerns. "But we are much worse than the Romanians in artillery, they have almost nine hundred guns, and we have less than eight hundred. There is no way to compare in caliber, we are mainly small-caliber artillery, and they are all medium and large caliber. This time they also brought a regiment of 36 heavy guns of 210 caliber, you know the power of this heavy artillery, and every one of our fortifications can withstand a blow from it. ”

Hearing the king's words, Lieutenant General Salvo knew what the king meant, which was the difference between a slow death and an early death. But he has no other way now, after all, the gap between the two armies can be seen by everyone.

Lieutenant General Salvo sighed. "Then we can only defend Tarnovo with the determination to die."

Hearing that his war minister intended to defend with his human life, this city that Bulgaria could not give up.

Ferdinand I also knew that this was the last resort, and he now regretted that he had not drawn Romania into his camp.

However, if he knew the price of Romania, he would probably dispel this idea.

PS The steamed bun is finally finished now, let's be happy.