While Bulgaria was planning to fight for a good end with human lives for its homeland, the Romanian army was also preparing for an attack.

On 11 July, the 11th Heavy Artillery Regiment arrived at the front, and after seeing the arrival of all the troops involved in the battle, Eder was also convening a military conference in Romania.

"Our goal in this campaign was to crush the main forces of the Bulgarian army in Tarnovo and break their confidence. The focus of the attack was on the positions on Mount Zarevitz outside the city. ”

Major General Prossi, deputy chief of staff, stood on the podium in the conference room of the headquarters and explained the main points of the battle to the generals below him, who were much higher in rank than himself. When the commander-in-chief, Crown Prince Eder, did not know much about military affairs, and the chief of staff, General Courtois, was unwilling to intervene, he, the deputy chief of staff, took on the task of explaining the battle.

"Two days later, at 10:20 a.m. on the 13th, we launched an offensive against the defenders stationed on Mount Zarevitz. However, before we can attack, we need to make the most of our superior artillery, and this time four heavy artillery regiments will launch a three-hour artillery bombardment of Mount Zarevitz. The main targets were the various fortresses and firing points of the enemy in the positions. Among them, the Second Army took the lead in launching the attack, the Third Army deployed the 14th Division to defend the left flank, and the First Army transferred the 12th Division to deploy the right flank to prevent the enemy from attacking from the flank. ”

Deputy Chief of Staff Prosi asked after explaining. "Do you have any questions?"

Hearing Major General Prosi's questioning, the generals present had nothing to say. They all knew that this plan had been drafted by Lieutenant General Prissan, who was now the commander of the First Army, and had been approved by the crown prince, and that the inquiries of the deputy chief of staff, Major General Prosi, were now nothing more than routine. Besides, if you look at the terrain of Tarnovo, everyone knows that the city can only be captured by capturing the positions on Mount Zarevitz outside Tarnovo.

Seeing that there was no problem with the generals present, Major General Prosi looked at Crown Prince Eder who was sitting next to him, and after seeing Eder's gesture, he said loudly. "Adjournment."

After the generals were gone, Edel stood up and patted Major General Prossi on the shoulder.

"That's a good point."

After saying that, Eder also left the conference room, he knew that he was not good at commanding the battle, and planned to inspect the troops below, and by the way, to boost the morale of the army.

While Romania and Bulgaria were preparing for each other, the preliminary reconnaissance began first. The new thing of the aircraft has already shown its practicality in reconnaissance, and of course it is also within the scope of consideration of both sides.

"Hurry up and push the plane over."

In a flattened farmland in the village of Cifno, 10 kilometers from the front line, Lieutenant Colonel Ankdra watched as an officer directed his soldiers to push out a Navigator II aircraft, which was only equipped by the Romanian army. The new aircraft has one more seat than the Navigator I, which was difficult to produce during Crown Prince Eder's inspection, and the steel rim is welded to this seat. In terms of performance, it is no different from what the crown prince introduced before.

Looking at the busy green scene on the airport, Lieutenant Colonel Ankedra was very satisfied. He is now the commander of the Romanian flying team, with 32 planes under his command, and he has brought 22 planes to this war, and this time he intends to show his face in the battle and show his ability to the upper echelons of the army. Strive to be able to see the role of airplanes so that they can expand their fleet.

It should be mentioned here that the axle-rotating star-cooled air-cooled engine developed by Koanda and Ferraiku is still in difficult labor. However, they also knew the urgency of the matter, and installed the latest Earth God engine in the new aircraft, which was the latest masterpiece of the Seguin brothers, before their unreliable engine did not succeed. The 140 hp engine gives the aircraft a speed of 178 km/h, making it world-class in terms of maneuverability.

This engine was an improvement made by the Seguin brothers in the case of the user, who eliminated the difficult maintenance piston top intake valve and retained only the intake and exhaust valves, so this improvement is also known as the Monosoupape engine. This kind of engine borrows the working principle of some two-stroke diesel engines, and the hole in the lower part of the cylinder is opened so that gasoline gas can be injected directly into the cylinder, but the exhaust valve must be opened early to reduce the pressure in the cylinder and prevent exhaust gas backflow.

After seeing the Romanian state-of-the-art aircraft being pushed up, the aerial reconnaissance was carried out by Captain Erascu. This captain, who can be compared to Leonardo, appeared in front of everyone wearing a fur hat, a flight jacket and goggles. He was followed by his partner Broku, who was on the same plane as him, and he had in his hand the tools of today's scouting, a new Kodak compact camera fitted with Zeiss lenses. However, it has been re-refitted, and they have strengthened the structure and enhanced the clarity of the lens when shooting while moving. In the previous shooting, the effect was not bad.

Behind them were two more soldiers with a Madsen machine gun and some magazines. This Madsen machine gun has also been modified, and the barrel has been lengthened, from the original 584mm long barrel to 780mm, which has improved the accuracy of this machine gun a lot. Moreover, the tripod of this machine gun has also been moved from the front of the barrel to the back and connected to the receiver, which can make the operator of the rear seat more comfortable.

Lieutenant Colonel Ankdra, seeing his beloved general, stepped forward and patted Captain Erascu on the shoulder and said. "Captain Erascu, I hope you have the best of luck this time."

Captain Erascu knew what the lieutenant colonel was talking about luck, and he jokingly said it. "This also requires Bulgaria's cooperation."

After saying this, the handsome captain said narcissistically. "I've always had good luck."

"Alright, Captain Erascu, everyone in the flying team knows that you're good at hooking up with girls."

Hearing Lieutenant Colonel Ankdra's words, there was a deep sense of jealousy, and Captain Erascu felt that it was better not to answer, after all, appearance is completely innate. He talked about it. "Sir, we're ready to go now."

Seeing Captain Erascu slipping his head over the topic, Lieutenant Colonel Ancrera didn't want to continue to dwell on the sad issue of picking up girls, so he waved them away.

"Go ahead. It would be better to be able to get a Bulgarian plane back down. ”

After obtaining the consent of the lieutenant colonel, the two men on this reconnaissance mission saluted their superiors, boarded the plane, and the soldiers also installed the modified machine gun in the back seat, and the two piloted the plane into the sky and flew towards the Bulgarian position in the southwest.

At the same time, at the flight field opened by the Bulgarian army, Lieutenant Bebkov prepared to board his plane to reconnoiter the Romanian army. He was confident in this, because he had flown planes on several reconnaissance missions when he was fighting the Ottoman army. The Ottoman army's lack of means to fight back against reconnaissance from the sky made it as easy for him to visit his own back garden.

In this war, he also reconnoitred the Serbian positions, and there was no way to deal with himself. On one occasion he came across a Serbian plane on a reconnaissance mission, and he also made an international gesture in the air that required the use of the middle finger, and by the way, he provoked a battle with words ending with F and K, and finally won the victory with his rich words and thick voice. Bebkov was very happy about this, and this time he planned to let them know the power of the Belbkov air knights if they encountered the Romanian planes.

"Ready to take off."

The maintenance soldier who had just finished inspecting the plane next to him said to him.

Bebkov drove his love plane into the sky and flew towards the Romanian position. He is in a French-made Nick tug with a maximum speed of 161 km/h, which Bulgaria bought in August last year to fight the Ottoman army, and is now worth the price for the Romanian army.

Captain Erascu and his partner Brolcus flew the plane and rushed to the Bulgarian positions. They came to the Bulgarian positions on Mount Zarevitz and took pictures of the points of fire and artillery of the Bulgarian army. At present, the armies of various European countries have not yet experienced World War I, and they have not much experience in reconnaissance from the air, and the firing points composed of artillery positions and machine guns have almost no hidden consciousness, and they have generously let them see clearly. However, for the arrival of uninvited guests, the Bulgarian officers on the positions organized rifle and machine-gun fire to welcome them. However, there are no full-time anti-aircraft weapons at present, and these part-time firepower only has an anti-aircraft range of a few hundred meters, and the two of them will not be hit as long as they reconnoiter at an altitude of 1,000 meters.

Just as they had been scouting for a while, Captain Erascu saw a plane heading towards them.

Today only one of them, a Romanian plane, came to reconnoitre, then this plane should have been for the Bulgarian army. Captain Erascu was secretly happy at his good fortune, and he excitedly shouted to his partner behind him. "There's an enemy plane ahead, let's go and kill him."

Without waiting for his partner to answer, he headed up to the Bulgarian plane.

The plane was indeed piloted by Lieutenant Bebkov, who was going to reconnoiter the Romanian position. After seeing the Romanian plane taking a close-up shot over his position, he planned to lash out at the voyeuristic guy. When the planes of the two sides were soon approaching a distance of 400 meters, the sharp-eyed Lieutenant Bebkov saw that there were two people on the Romanian plane, and before he had time to comment on the plane with two passengers, he saw that there seemed to be a machine gun in the back seat of the Romanian plane. He was so frightened by this discovery that he quickly turned the nose of the plane and flew backwards.

Captain Erascu quickened up to chase after his prey. At this time, the performance of the two aircraft showed a difference, and the Romanian Navigator II was 17 kilometers faster than the French aircraft purchased by Bulgaria. Seeing that he was slowly approaching a distance of 300 meters, his partner Broku, who was sitting in the back, was impatiently operating the machine gun and firing at the plane piloted by Lieutenant Bebkov in front of him through the huge gap between the two wings.

Startled by the sound of machine guns, Lieutenant Bebkov turned his head and saw a bullet hole in the tail. He gritted his teeth, as if he had made up some great determination, and pressed the lever down and swooped down at a 55-degree angle towards the ground. Today's planes are still mainly made of wood and skin, and they can't withstand too high dives, even Captain Erascu, who is now the most skilled in the Romanian flying team, only dares to do a 45-degree dive, and any more planes will lose control and crash into the ground.

When Captain Erascu saw the actions of the Bulgarian pilot, whose name he did not know, he could only curse a madman and continue to see the end of the plane at a thousand meters in the air.

In fact, the plane piloted by Lieutenant Bebkov was out of control, and he was now completely unable to control the plane. However, he was unwilling to continue to pull the operating stick to try to save his life, but he did not have the luck of the protagonist in the movie, and several attempts to pull up the plane failed. Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the ground, he couldn't help but scream in fear, and finally the plane he was piloting hit the ground at a speed of 213 kilometers per hour, killing him instantly.

The two in the air saw that the Bulgarian plane they were pursuing had lost control and crashed to the ground, so they could only sigh and continue their reconnaissance.

The trio went down in history for their first aerial combat, but Lieutenant Bebkov never saw this record again.

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