To be able to provoke Admiral Prije to make a big fuss, Deva's importance is unquestionable.

On the same day, news of the Romanian capture of Deva spread within the Entente powers, along with Romania's demand for the Battle of Thessaloniki as soon as possible to contain Bulgaria. In view of the astonishing fighting power shown by Romania in the days before the war, Britain and France also held consultations on the matter. Both sides expressed their willingness to speed up pre-war preparations and not allow their allies to face the Allied forces around them alone. And the United States, as the new triumvirate of the Entente, expressed its willingness to do its part in terms of pre-war supplies.

At the same time that the Entente offered various rewards for the Romanian capture of Deva, it was also criticized within the Central Powers.

When King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria heard the news, he was surprised to say to his confidant. "Oh my God, the Austro-Hungarian army is so vulnerable, but luckily they are fighting Transylvania. If Romania had fought from behind us first, we would have had no way but defeat. ”

In Vienna, Karl I was furious at the news of the fall of Deva to Romania, and he scolded his brother-in-law, King Eder I of Romania, regardless of the image of the king. "This hell-deserving scoundrel, shameless liar, they have taken Deva from us, this is unforgivable, and now our Ninth Army is not ready?"

Friedrich, who was furious with Emperor Karl I, explained openly. "Now they are not ready, weapons and ammunition are still lacking, and the personnel have not been replenished."

However, Archduke Friedrich's explanation did not make the young emperor feel good, and he held out three fingers and gestured. "Tell the Ninth Army that I will only give them three days, and that as soon as the three days are up, they must immediately set out to reinforce Transylvania."

After talking about the reinforcements, Karl I said with a look of disgust on his face. "Send a telegram to Lieutenant General Sam asking him what is going on and when the Tenth Army will be able to counterattack and recapture Dewa."

Karl had reason to be angry about the unbearable performance of the Tenth Army in the Romanian offensive. The poor performance of eight divisions of the Tenth Army under Sam's command in the face of the attack of three Romanian divisions in the first few days of the war made Karl wonder if this was still a commander who had performed well on the Eastern Front and trusted himself?

Faced with the emperor's anger at Sam, Archduke Friedrich, who had been maintaining relations with the Habsburgs and the army, did not want to persuade Karl I anymore. Because even he felt that Lieutenant General Sam, who commanded the Tenth Army, was quite unbearable, and did not play the role of a commander at all.

However, although he was very dissatisfied with Lieutenant General Sam's performance during this time, Karl I still knew the importance of such a thing, and he would not do such a thing as a change of general. It's just that the next thing is to see the performance of His Excellency the lieutenant general, and if the table is so unbearable, then replacing the commander to reduce the losses is also being considered.

It was only Archduke Friedrich, as Minister of War, that he felt that he still needed to do something, so he said to the emperor. "Your Majesty, I think we should send a telegram to the Tenth Army to reprimand them, at least so that they can know the attitude of the Empire."

Archduke Friedrich's words made Karl feel that it was still reasonable, and he was not suitable to replace the commander because of the situation of the war, but he could not let them let them live up to his trust in vain. So he said to the Grand Duke.

"That's a good idea."

After saying that, Karl I looked at Archduke Friedrich and spoke. "What do you think of this proposal if we continue to ask Germany for reinforcements to help us repel the Romanians in Transylvania?"

In the face of the emperor's inquiry, the Grand Duke spoke after careful consideration. "Your Majesty, are we in too hastily requesting German support now?"

Karl understood what the Grand Duke meant. It had only been less than a week since the Romanians declared war, and it would have hurt the pride of Austria-Hungary to ask Germany for help twice. Moreover, if the army gets the news, it will be considered that it is not trusted by the emperor and its morale will be greatly reduced, so the gains will outweigh the losses.

After persuading Emperor Karl I, a telegram of reprimand was sent from Vienna to the headquarters of the Tenth Army.

"General, this is ...... This is a telegram from Vienna. ”

At the headquarters on the outskirts of Cluj, a staff officer carefully placed the telegram of reprimand, drafted by Archduke Friedrich, in front of Lieutenant General Sam. He knew that the lieutenant general had not been in a good mood recently, and he still didn't make much trouble, but the telegram from Vienna in his hand had become a hot potato.

"Let me see, what did Vienna send me?"

Lieutenant General Sam borrowed the telegram and read it, but to his surprise, His Excellency did not seem to pay much attention to it, and there were no ups and downs on his face, which made the staff officer who was secretly observing him leave with bewilderment.

Looking at the reprimand telegram sent by Vienna in his hand, Lieutenant General Sam was not angry in his heart, this was impossible. But as a soldier, especially a high-ranking officer, he can't be angry because it was indeed his dereliction of duty to lose Deva this time. Here he also had to admit that the Romanians did impress him, and compared with the Russians he encountered on the Eastern Front, the Romanians were less arrogant and rude, and more rigorous and daring.

Taking this operation in Deva as an example, as a soldier with many years of experience in the army, Lieutenant General Sam believes that he still has no problem in commanding. At the beginning, Petroshani was taken by a surprise attack because of the sneak attack due to the time difference in the declaration of war, and he immediately arranged for five divisions to approach. If you don't talk about the result but only the process, no one can say that they have dealt with mistakes.

But the Romanians, taking advantage of their superior weapons and training, forced their forces to the limit and broke the defenders of two divisions of Deva. Taking advantage of the advantages of railway transport, one division was rushed to block the three divisions attacking from the flanks. Then he took advantage of the time difference to take Dewa before the reinforcements of his three divisions arrived. This series of operations fully demonstrated the opponent's superb command art, and made his opponent applaud him. However, now his shortcomings have also been exposed, that is, the lack of troops in a short period of time. Although the other side can get a steady stream of reinforcements by rail, there is a limit to this. And he will use the strength that far exceeds the opponent's limit to crush the opponent with the momentum of Mount Tai, which is the gift he prepared for the opponent, which is also a yang scheme.

That's when an officer knocked on the door and entered. "Your Excellency, the generals have arrived."

"Okay, I got it."