The time soon came to May, and the troops for the exercise were also decided, with the three divisions after the reorganization versus the five divisions before the reorganization. The exercise was divided into two parts, the first and most important offensive and defensive drills, and the second part was troop mobility.

May 8 is the day set by the General Staff. Carol I and Eder arrived at the command of the exercise, and the chief of the General Staff, Presan and the Minister of the Army, greeted the king and his party at the door with the top of the army and a group of German advisers.

"I've seen Your Majesty." As the crowd spoke, Carol I waved to the crowd who greeted him, and a large group of people walked into the headquarters.

As the commander-in-chief of the exercise, Prishan explained the content of the exercise to King Carroll. "Your Majesty, in order to test the true situation of this army reorganization, we have prepared this exercise, and I hope that the king and you can have a clear understanding of the reorganized army."

"Tell me about the specifics." Carol I said to the Chief of the General Staff. Preshan nodded to the king and spoke. "Today's exercise is an offensive and defensive battle, and the attacking side is the Fifth Division of the Army, and the commander is the division commander, General Bram." Preshan said, gesturing to a general in his fifties behind the king. Carroll I turned back to General Bram and said. "General Bram wants to show us a good offensive battle." General Bram nodded and said. "Your Majesty will see the wonderful performance of our five divisions."

King Carol turned back and continued to listen to the explanation of Mount Priel. "The defending side is the reorganized 3rd Division, and the commander is the division commander, General Midlow." Prieshan pointed to another general behind the king. King Carroll, after a few words of encouragement to General Midrol, continued to listen to Prieshan's explanation.

"The goal of this attack and defense is to control this mountain." Prishan pointed to the hill on the map and explained to King Carroll. Seeing that the explanation was almost over, Edel said to the two offensive and defensive commanders. "The two generals can go down and prepare." General Midlore and General Bram nodded and walked out of headquarters.

After the explanation, Prieshan asked Carol I. "Your Majesty can you start?" The old king nodded that it was time to begin, and Prishan ordered his advisers. "The exercise has begun" staff officers to call the field to notify the command of both sides.

General Bram, who was in his own command, ordered to arrive. "Let's hit a base number of shells first, and let them taste it." The front-line positions of the 3rd Division immediately fell with shells, blowing up the defensive positions of the 3rd Division. Midlore, commander of the 3rd Division, observed the shelling and "tested my defenses so that the artillery would not have to return fire." "The king's gang saw the shelling at the exercise observation point." Bram trained well, and the accuracy of shelling was still very high. The king put down his binoculars and said, which was agreed upon by a group of people who were also holding the binoculars to observe. After the completion of the shelling, the staff officers gave data based on the results of the shelling, and the two regiments of the three divisions guarding the front-line positions lost five percent.

A staff officer ran to report to the king's party, and General Bram ordered a regiment to test the attack. Everyone raised their binoculars and saw a group of men and horses scattered in front of the position in a straggler line.

The two regiments of the 3rd Division moved into the front-line positions after leaving behind 5 percent of their personnel and equipment.

After the Fifth Division launched a tentative attack, the front-line positions were full of firepower, and in the face of the soldiers of the Fifth Division, who had never experienced a battle, they were simply stunned when they saw the metal storm on the opposite side, thinking that fortunately this was an exercise. This made the king's and his party tingle. "The density of this firepower is too great, and the regiment of the Fifth Division will suffer heavy casualties." An observing general said. General Bram had a headache when he saw the loss, and a regiment tried to attack and lost 40 percent, but the regiment commander saw that the situation was not good, and the attack ended early and withdrew in advance.

"It seems that we can only use artillery first, they have too much firepower. A roundabout attack is of little use to their positions now," the chief of staff said, in his opinion. "Now we can only focus on attacking, leaving two base shells for a while, and the remaining three base shells are all aimed at the relatively gentle terrain on the right side of the position. The three regiments pressed on me to open a breakthrough, and the follow-up troops expanded the results after opening the breakthrough. "General Bram is also a decisive man, intuitively finding the only way.

The artillery of the attacking side rumbled again, and this time in the face of powerful artillery fire, the positions on the right side of the first line were blown to pieces. When General Midlore, the command of the defending side, saw it, he ordered an artillery counterattack, and another regiment was transferred to the right side of the line to strengthen the defense.

Bram, seeing the reinforcements, ordered two battalions of artillery to counterattack, and the rest intercepted the artillery and launched an attack at the same time. The regimental commander of the right-flank position unit did not see it well and mobilized a battalion of troops to reinforce it. The commanders on both sides are making moves, and it is not lively for a while you come and go.

"Attacked." A staff officer shouted, and three regiments rushed into the front-line positions despite casualties. "Order the follow-up troops to follow, and the artillery to stop the reinforcements on the opposite side." General Bram said orderedly. At the command of the third division, General Midlore was also giving orders to the artillery. "Intercept the follow-up troops on the opposite side." For a while, the position on the right side became the focus, and finally the 5th Division finally won the position by virtue of its numerical superiority.

"That's too many casualties." The chief of staff looked at the casualty figures given by the staff officers of the exercise and asked with some uncertainty. Half of the casualties of the three regiments that took the lead in attacking, a third of the casualties of the next two regiments when they were intercepted by artillery, plus 40 percent of the one regiment that was tentative. The artillery was also lost 40 percent by the counterattack from the opposite side, and the whole division was about to lose 40 percent of its casualties.

"If the first-line position is taken, 40 percent will be lost, and how should the second-line position be fought." The deputy division commander said that General Bram was also having a headache. According to the regulations of the exercise, if the casualties exceed 70 percent, the offensive will be considered a failure, and judging from the current situation, the second line will not be able to attack. "Now there is no other way but to make a gamble with the whole division, still the artillery will open the way and concentrate on smashing this shell, but leaving one regiment to attack when we attack, it will also make a roundabout breakthrough." General Bram said with a twinkle in his eyes.

At the headquarters of the third division, General Midlore was also watching the staff officers report the casualty figures. "Sixty percent casualties in the positions on the left flank, thirty percent in one regiment of reinforcements, and almost no casualties in the positions on the right flank. The artillery lost a third, and the casualties of the whole division were 20 percent. General Midlore was pleased with the results of the battle, "Strengthen the first line of withdrawn troops to the second line, and do not use the reserves." It is expected that General Bram will surprise us. ”

Bram's deployment was quickly put in place, and he was still the first hand in artillery, and Midlore was not to be outdone, and the artillery counterattack was also impressive. With a wave of Bram's hand, the whole division pressed, and the second-line position immediately felt the pressure. Midrol also lined up the reserves, but kept two battalions in case of emergency. At this time, General Bram's disembodied regiment attacked from the flank.

"I expected you to be so honest, and the two battalions immediately reinforced." General Midlore said with a sneer. In the end, the 5th Division lost 70 percent casualties, and the 3rd Division also held the victory with 30 percent casualties.

"Thank you both for a great exercise." After the exercise, the old king said to the two commanders. "Thank you, Your Majesty, for coming to observe this exercise." The two commanders replied.

"I hope tomorrow's exercise will be just as exciting." King Carol said to the commander-in-chief, "Your Majesty will have an even more wonderful tomorrow." Preshan responded.