At a time when Lieutenant General Sam was ambitious to take Deva in one fell swoop and crush the enemy on the southern front, which now appeared to be menacing, Deva was actually in the midst of a war.

The three Austro-Hungarian divisions, which arrived only 12 hours later than the 1st and 19th Janissaries Divisions, launched an offensive against Deva as soon as they arrived, intending to recapture this strategic point. This made the Romanian officers and soldiers who had just captured this place and had not had time to breathe and feel tremendous pressure.

In the hastily built trenches, Captain Mizik, who was dressed in dirty clothes and could not tell the color of his former military uniform, shouted exhaustedly. "Shelling, dodge."

After saying that, he immediately crawled to a newly repaired anti-gun position and hid. Then the other soldiers of the 7th Company nearby also hid in the same embarrassed position. A group of people listened to the rumbling cannons, endured the dirt shaking off their heads, and endured the torment in silence.

Someone couldn't help but say. "Damn, why didn't our artillery fire back?"

A voice explained. "Maybe there's something else going on."

The soldiers complained about the lack of artillery support, and Mizk knew some of the reasons. The main reason is that the ammunition consumption of the Hazeg artillery was too large before, and the loss on the battlefield was not small, so after the capture of Dewa, in the face of the military strength of the three Austro-Hungarian divisions, their artillery was on the absolutely inferior side. Since you are at a disadvantage, you must have the awareness of disadvantage. Therefore, when the Austro-Hungarian artillery was raging against its own soldiers, it could only endure and wait for the time when the artillery counterattack was most needed before venting its anger.

"How long do we need to defend, company commander?"

This sentence immediately brought Mizkla into the conversation, and he spoke, who had also endured the torment of the shelling. "This question needs to be asked by you in person, Your Excellency our division commander."

Mizik's words livened up the atmosphere, and at this time someone interjected. "Teucer, maybe the division commander will look at you and leave you at the division headquarters."

These words made the soldiers who were enduring the shelling laugh, and also relieved the tense spirits that had been tense. Only Mizik knew that the time they would defend would not be too short, because their commander Delson had told him separately that because there was a threat of three Austro-Hungarian divisions in Petroshany, the next goal would be to repel the enemy and protect their rear. As for the dilemma faced by Deva, they could only defend against the Austro-Hungarian offensive first, so they were destined to have to fight hard before the threat of Petroshani was lifted.

Finally, when the shelling ended, the remaining observation post shouted. "The enemy is coming."

Mizk yelled. "It's our turn."

After speaking, he bent down and rushed out, and the soldiers of the 7th Company, under the leadership of the company commander, immediately rushed to the position. Next, they will fight for their lives on the battlefield and fight for their own survival.

Behind the position, a group of senior officers observed the Romanian soldiers fighting for their lives.

A general with a telescope and a star on his shoulder spoke. "Now that the Austro-Hungarian army is on the offensive, there is a lot of pressure on our grassroots officers and soldiers."

Another general, wearing the rank of lieutenant general, replied casually. "It's still able to hold on, but the casualties are a little bigger."

As he spoke, he lowered his telescope, and this was Lieutenant General Ankodar, the commander of the 1st Praetorian Guard Division. As the main contributor to the raid on Deva, Ankodar can now be called a spring breeze. Because three hours earlier, Ankodar had just been appointed commander of the defense of Deva, commanding all the Romanian troops in Deva. Of course, he was not the only one who received the award, and Major General Dotrid was also awarded the post of deputy commander.

Ankodal was very pleased with this resignation, because it was not only as simple as commanding the 1st and 19th Praetorian Divisions, but also meant that the constant reinforcements would be fighting under his command. This will become his seniority, and he became the first general of his rank to command multiple divisions in this war. As long as this battle can be fought well, then everything will have a bright future. Of course, this position is not so simple, the position of city defense commander will also mean that he cannot lose the city, and he knows very well what it means to lose a city defense commander.

So he was extremely cautious in this battle. Ignorant of the newly occupied city and distrustful of the local population, he placed defensive positions outside the city, where he left only one regiment to maintain law and order. At the moment it seems that his decision was very wise, because with the arrival of the Austro-Hungarian army, there was an air of commotion in the city. In response to this situation, Ankodal immediately declared martial law, forbade free movement on the streets, and dealt with a group of people who did not obey orders, and the situation was alleviated.

This also made his heart palpitate, but fortunately he did not covet the convenience of the city's defense and made the decision to resist the Austro-Hungarian army in the city. In the current situation, if you defend in the city, then this will give the attacking Austro-Hungarian army a home advantage, and the pressure on their own defense will increase.

Seeing that there was not much danger on the defensive front, Lieutenant General Ankodar said after handing over the telescope to the staff officer beside him. "Now let's go back, it seems that the consumption of weapons and ammunition is too great at present, and more preparations need to be made."

So the group of officers left the observation post.

Just as they were returning to the headquarters, one of the staff officers who remained behind stepped forward to report. "The first reinforcements have arrived at the train station, along with the ammunition we urgently need. This is detailed information sent from Terguzhou. ”

Ankodal took the telegram from the staff officer and examined it carefully. It turned out that in the telegram, the Southern Army had already taken their difficulties into account, so it concentrated five trains for them to rush to transport reinforcements and ammunition supplies. This reinforcement is not a single regiment, and it is also an elite regiment from the very effective Second Division, and the others are urgently needed weapons and ammunition. There were more than 6 million rounds of rifle machine gun ammunition, as well as 30,000 artillery shells, which could alleviate their plight of lack of ammunition, as well as some additional field telephones, raincoats, tents, gas masks and other inconspicuous but indispensable military supplies.

After reading the list of these supplies, Ankodal immediately made arrangements for reinforcements. "Let the newly arrived infantry regiment of the 2nd Division temporarily repair and wait for orders."

"Yes, I'm going to deliver the order."

A communications staff officer immediately took note and turned to convey the order.

"Wait a minute."

Lieutenant General Ankodar stopped the staff officer and continued. "Distribute the ammunition additionally and call Colonel Mattizi. Let him carry out a harassing counterattack, tell me to pay attention to the safety of my artillery, and don't use up my cannons. ”

"Yes, General. I'm going to deliver the order. ”

After the staff officer who had conveyed his order left, Lieutenant General Ankodal was about to consult with his deputy, Major General Dotrid, about a future counterattack. At this time, a staff officer broke in with a telegram, and before Ankodar could ask, the staff officer told them a shocking news.