After Captain Erascu forced the plane of Bulgarian Lieutenant Bebkov to crash, the subsequent interruption of Bulgarian aerial reconnaissance was disrupted. After the absence of Bulgarian planes took to the air, the Romanian flying team, headed by Captain Erascu, with the advantage of the machine guns on their planes, not only observed the Bulgarian positions clearly, but also swept away the observation hot air balloons on the positions, and now the Bulgarian army can only rely on sending soldiers to reconnoitre.

At 8:15 a.m. on the 13th, an artillery support group consisting of three 150 heavy artillery regiments and one 210 heavy artillery regiment was ready. They were scattered across six artillery positions, which had long been prepared, and rows of trucks transporting ammunition. Especially the 210 heavy artillery, which is currently a Romanian big killer, has a shell weighing 120kg, and a Dongfeng truck can only transport 12 such shells at a time. According to the rate of fire of three rounds per minute, the volume of a Dongfeng truck can be completed in four minutes, and the 36 heavy guns of the 210 heavy artillery regiment alone require a one-time transportation of more than 1,600 trucks. Not to mention the ammunition used by 3 150 artillery regiments, there are also a large number of 105 howitzers and 75 guns, so modern warfare is about money and national strength.

At 8:30 a.m., the rumbling of artillery was heard behind the Romanian position, and nearly 200 heavy guns of more than 150 caliber opened heavy fire on the soldiers of the First Bulgarian Army stationed at the position on Mount Charlevitz. A large number of positions built on the positions on the Charlevitz Hill were destroyed by heavy artillery, and the Bulgarian soldiers hiding in the trenches were hit by heavy artillery from time to time, and without even having a chance to scream, they turned into a puddle of blood and invaded the earth.

In particular, the shells of the 210-caliber cannon weighing 120kg, even if they were not hit, as long as they were within ten meters, they would be shocked to death, so on the positions of the First Bulgarian Army, it was common to see rows of soldiers in the trenches lying silently in the trenches motionless, they had no scars on their bodies, as if they were asleep in the trenches, and experienced veterans knew that they were shocked to death.

Faced with such a scene, he can only pray to God that the shells will not fall in his own trenches. As for leaving the trenches and retreating to the rear, there were already a few recruits who could not stand it and gave a good demonstration, all of whom were reduced to dust under heavy artillery fire and left on Mount Zarevitz.

During the three-hour heavy artillery bombardment, the First Army, which felt the artillery treatment of the Western Front of World War I in advance, suffered heavy casualties, losing at least 5,000 people, but the greater loss was that most of the fortifications on the position were destroyed, especially the arranged fire points were almost destroyed. There was no green at all on Mount Charrevitz where they were stationed, and there were huge craters everywhere, which looked like the surface of the moon, and the whole position was filled with the smell of gunsmoke.

Lieutenant General Kudinchev, commander of the 1st Bulgarian Army, who was defending the position, insisted on letting his soldiers bear the artillery blows alone, and did not order an artillery counterattack. On the one hand, there were very few Bulgarian large-caliber artillery (16 120 cannons), plus the firing range was insufficient, and Romanian planes, which were hovering over their positions like annoying flies early this morning. So he decided to save the precious artillery for the critical moment, and the only way to sacrifice it was to take the soldiers.

In a concealed observation post in the rear, Eder took the Chief of Staff, the Secretary of War, General Courtois, and the Deputy Chief of Staff, Major General Prosi, to observe the effects of the shelling.

After watching the shelling, Edel said with emotion. "This is the power of heavy artillery bombardment!"

"Yes, Your Highness, but not many countries can use this kind of attack effect."

The chief of staff, General Courtois, also spoke with emotion. This three-hour shelling knocked out more than 3,000 shells in Romania, and of course it would have been spectacular.

"But we can't afford to use it many times."

The Deputy Chief of Staff, Major General Prosi, spoke of such an attack from an economic point of view, and Romania could not afford to use it many times.

Faced with Major General Prossi's truth, Eder was not easy to refute and had to divert the topic. "Let's keep looking."

After heavy artillery bombardment, it was the 5th Division of the 2nd Army that launched the attack. Crown Prince Eder saw through the telescope that the 1st Division of the 5th Division had just subsided with the heavy artillery subsided, crossed the trenches, picked up the weapons in their hands, and rushed towards the position on Mount Zarevitz. As they were halfway through, Bulgarian artillery fire from the positions fell on them.

The soldiers of the Fifth Division completely ignored the shells that were about to fall above their heads, and continued to bend down and rush towards the position. After the defender's artillery opened fire, the 105 howitzers of the Romanian army, taking advantage of their own strength, launched a counterattack on the discovered Bulgarian artillery positions. Sure enough, these Bulgarian artillerymen no longer had time to take care of the Romanian soldiers, and they were all driven by the Romanian artillery to shift their positions. When entering a distance of 500 meters from the front-line position, the soldiers of the 5th Division lay on the ground and began to crawl forward.

This made the head of the 1st Bulgarian Army, Lieutenant General Kudinchev, who was looking at the observation post behind the defensive position, furrow. Seeing the wrinkles on the face of his partner, Lieutenant General Kudinchev, who can trap mosquitoes, the chief of staff, Major General Kazyudev, also spoke with an ugly face. "We're going to have a hard time doing it now."

Hearing the words of his partner, Lieutenant General Kutinchev, who knew his partner's thoughts, said without raising his head. "Hopefully, what we expected was a delusion."

The soldiers on both sides of the fierce battle around the front-line positions did not have time to think about the thoughts of the upper commanders, and now it was the key for them to kill the other party and save themselves.

A Bulgarian soldier aimed his rifle at a Romanian soldier, only to hear a "snap" and the Romanian soldier he was aiming at fell in response. Before he could be happy, he felt that his eyes were dark, and he could not wake up again, and a bullet hole appeared in his forehead. None of the soldiers around him gave him a second look, all of them raising their weapons and shooting at the attacking Romanian soldiers.

The two sides fought in front of the position, and the artillery of both sides joined in. However, Romania gained a huge advantage with a large number of artillery, and a large number of Bulgarian machine guns and small guns were destroyed in the position. Seeing this, Lieutenant General Kutinchev, who was behind the position, said to a staff officer beside him. "Tell Major General Sarafov to stop continuing to use machine guns and small artillery."

When the staff officer went to call Major General Sarafov to inform Lieutenant General Kutinchev of his decision, the attacking Romanian soldiers began to retreat. After the gunfire completely stopped, the chief of staff, Major General Kazdyuv, spoke to Lieutenant General Kutinchev with a list of losses. "We have suffered a lot of losses in technical equipment. 34 machine guns were destroyed, as well as 27 57 and 75 guns. The casualties of the soldiers in this duel were not large, but we had no fight after a few more visits. ”

Hearing the words of his chief of staff made Lieutenant General Kutinchev's brow furrow even deeper.

Behind the Romanian positions, the commander of the 5th Division for this attack was being praised by Edel. "General Ankodar, you guys fought well this time. A few more times, the Bulgarian positions would have been lost. ”

In a group of generals, Major General Ankodar said without arrogance in the face of the crown prince's praise. "We just caught the Bulgarians off guard this time, and we shouldn't have that luck next time."

Hearing the words of Major General Ankodal, the Minister of War, General Courtois, said disapprovingly. "Then turn your temptation into an attack, and see if these Bulgarians can still get their money."

Eder heard General Courtois's words and nodded his head to show that he agreed, and now the Romanian army had to show a very unreasonable momentum to overwhelm the Bulgarians. You can't weigh the gains and losses, so the Minister of War made him agree with it very much.

In the end, it was Crown Prince Eder who said it in a decisive word. "Just do as Your Excellency the Admiral says, I also want to see how long the Bulgarian army can endure."