Chapter 121: The Battle of Lulle Burgas IV

Having received a telegram from Lieutenant General Sylkutinchev, it took three days for the Third Army to rush to the front and join the First Army.

Lieutenant General Sirkutinchev and Chief of Staff Major General Kazyov at the command headquarters greeted the arrival of General Mitriev.

When General Mitriev was still some distance away from him, Lieutenant General Sylkutinchev greeted him with a smile on his face and spoke to the commander of the Third Army.

"General Mitriev welcomes you."

General Mitriev said, holding the hand that greeted him, Lieutenant General Sylkutinchev. "This time we will work together to try to break the enemy army from Lule Burgas to Budashirsar as soon as possible, if only we could capture the commander-in-chief of the Austrian army, Zam Pasha."

Hearing General Mitriev say that the commander-in-chief of the Austrian army, Zampasha, was to be captured, Lieutenant General Sirkutynchev knew that this was just a good wish, and how difficult it was to capture the commander-in-chief of a country.

After a polite exchange between the two, General Mitriev, under the leadership of Lieutenant General Sirkutinchev, entered the command of the First Army. Here, a military map had already been laid out by the staff officers, on which the distribution of the enemy and the enemy from Lule Burgas to Budashirsar was marked in blue and red.

Lieutenant General Sirkutinchev walked to the map, took a baton handed to him by the staff officer, and began to explain the current situation.

"Now the Austrian army is concentrated on the line from Lule Burgas to Budahirsar to block us, of which we have found that there are about 50,000 Austrian troops in Lule Burgas, and about 45,000 Austrian troops in Budahirsart. A large number of field fortifications were built in both places, but due to the time constraints, the fortifications were civil and not too strong. Between the two there were about 50,000 Austrians defending according to the terrain, and now because of the terrain, we could not outflank them, so we could only attack. ”

After hearing Lieutenant General Sirkutinchev explain the current situation, General Mitriev asked. "What is the plan of the First Army?"

Lieutenant General Sirkutinchev knew what General Mitriev meant, and he told the staff officer what he agreed to plan.

"Our plan is for our First Army to storm Lule Burgas and your Third Army to storm Buda Hirsar. As for the Ottoman armies in between, we each sent a division to contain them. ”

After discussing it with General Mitriev and the chief of staff at his side, Litevev, they both agreed that this plan was fair.

"This plan is good, we will follow the above."

General Mitriev's answer relieved Lieutenant General Sylkutinchev. He is not afraid that he will lose face if the plan is not passed, but that continuing to design the plan will delay time, and the defense line faced by everyone will be strengthened. Now that everyone is satisfied with this plan, it couldn't be better.

Now that the respective targets are clearly demarcated, it is now time to determine the time of attack.

Lieutenant General Sirkutinchev asked. "When do you think you can start attacking?"

In the face of Lieutenant General Sirkutinchev's inquiry, General Mitriev mentally calculated the time when the troop movement was launched and how long it would take to rest a little. "Is it okay to start at 10 a.m. the day after tomorrow?"

"It's a reasonable time." Lieutenant General Sirkutinchev also agreed.

The last two armies agreed to launch an attack on the Ottoman line from Lule Burgas to Buda Hirsar on 6 November, commanded by Lieutenant General Sylkutinchev due to the late arrival of the Third Army and seniority.

After coordinating the steps of the two sides, General Mitriev did not have time to chat, and directly took his men to Budahirsar to take over the defense line and prepare for the arrangements before the attack. Lieutenant General Sirkutinchev also began to arrange plans for an attack on Lule Burgas.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was November 6, the day when both armies were ready for the battle. As time passed, Lieutenant General Sirkutinchev looked at the pocket watch in his hand, and when the hands turned to ten o'clock in the morning, in front of the Ottoman-defended Lule Burgas to the Budasirsar front-line position, the cannon fire rang out, and the battle between the Ottoman army and the Bulgarians began again.

"Rush forward."

In front of the Lule Burgas position, the officers of the 3rd Division, who had taken the lead in the attack, directed the soldiers to charge the Ottoman positions.

On the defensive side, the Ottoman army was not to be outdone, and in the face of the offensive of the Bulgarian army, it was also full of firepower, and the rifles and machine guns rang out on the position, and the Ottoman army knew that this was a strong attack by Bulgaria, and they were also desperately fighting back for themselves and the country, which made the attacking Bulgarian army suffer heavy casualties, and a large number of casualties weakened the offensive of the third division that launched the attack.

Seeing a large number of wounded of the 3rd Division being sent down, Sakdorf and his party, who were watching the battle behind, looked at each other. His bravery does not mean that he has no brains, if he had this firepower in the first attack, it is estimated that he would not be able to fight even if he had nine lives. Obviously, it was an illusion that the attack went smoothly before, and it should be a tough battle next.

"Company commander, what should we do next?"

The deputy, Bodenov, was visibly stunned by the casualties and asked his company commander.

"Everyone will be clever when the time comes, follow me, and watch my actions and actions."

Sakdorf also doesn't have a very good way, in large-scale battles, his battlefield skills are not too useful, so he can only test his luck. But in front of his subordinates, of course he couldn't say this, so he had to let them follow him, hoping to give Qilian a few more people.

At this time, a herald from the regimental headquarters came to give them orders. "Company Commander Sakdorf, the regimental commander asks you to prepare for the afternoon, and the whole regiment will attack."

The company commander of Sakdorf replied to the herald. "Okay, we'll be ready for the Seventh Company."

Although I want to make sure that the soldiers are safe. But after the order was given, it was still chosen to be executed. After all, a soldier must be prepared to sacrifice for the country, and now he is ready.

Although the attacks continued, the gunfire on the battlefield never stopped. However, after lunch, the seven companies were ready, and they were waiting for their regimental commander Kaposno to give orders.

Sakdorf, who had been observing his regimental commander, saw the movement of the regiment commander waving his hand and shouted to the soldiers behind him. "It's our turn."

After finishing speaking, he was still the first to rush out of the position, and the soldiers behind him also rushed into the battlefield with his company commander. The soldiers of the 1st Division and the 2nd Regiment both rushed out of their positions and launched a charge.