At the time of the outbreak of the Great War in Deva, the other two armies attacking Transylvania finally captured their respective targets.

In the city of Brasov, Army Group Center finally took here. Looking at the ruins that were revealed everywhere, Lieutenant General Andrew, the commander of the army group, had a dark look in his eyes.

Speaking of which, it was these Austro-Hungarian troops who deserved to go to hell that made him look like this. They fought to the death, using their familiarity with the place, and resisting too much time for them to spend. So when the other two roads have been successful, they revealed their embarrassment.

Of course, because the General Staff transferred their supply and transportation capabilities, it was also one of the reasons to meet Army Group South first, but there was no way to say this, because Army Group North was also affected, but others were able to successfully complete the task according to the plan. Fortunately, now that he has finally won the target, it can be relieved, but it is still not worth it for Andrew to ease his emotions. Because on the telegram sent by the General Staff, his Army Group Center needed to immediately join Army Group North, and the next person to command this super-large army group was Lieutenant General Fereitt, the commander of Army Group North.

This made Andrew feel very uncomfortable, considering that during the Balkan War, he was the commander of the Second Army, and Fereit was only a division commander. It was only after the war that Fereit was appreciated by His Majesty Eder, who was still the crown prince, and his status in the army skyrocketed, and he became the chief of the general staff and the director of education in the same rank as the minister of the army. Andrew felt the uncertainty of fate every time he thought about it, but now he had to join Fereit.

That's when a communications staff officer came in to report. "Your Excellency, Commander, a telegram from Army Group North."

"It seems that Lieutenant General Fereit is really anxious."

Andrew laughed at himself and took the telegram. However, after getting it in his hands, Andrew was obviously stunned, this was an encrypted telegram that he needed to unravel personally. As for this code, Andrew remembered that it was given to the three army commanders by the chief of the general staff before departure, and that it was used to send some telegrams of great importance. Andrew thought he wouldn't use it, but he didn't expect Fereit to use it first, what happened?

With doubts in his heart, after Andrew sent away the communications staff, he took out the decoder from the lockbox and began to decrypt word by word. However, as he decoded it, he was surprised by the contents of the telegram, but even he, the lieutenant general, was impressed by the generous rewards in it.

Andrew didn't think about it for too long, and he didn't have much time to think about it during the war, and he felt that he was just going to be a soldier. So he called the communications staff directly.

"Now record my orders."

Amid the rustle of the staff officer's pencil and paper, Andrew continued to order. "Now all the units of the whole group army, except for the 14th Division, which left a brigade to guard public order and maintain logistics and supply lines, are all ready to go. Our destination is Sonat, where Army Group North awaits us. ”

Sonat was a small town forty kilometers east of Cluj, which was a fitting meeting point for the two armies. It was just far away from the enemy forces entrenched in Cluj, but the only drawback was that it was too far away from Army Group Center and needed to hurry. (Sonat is 208 km from the city of Brasov and 145 km from Odoseysk, the seat of Army Group North.) ）

In the face of Lieutenant General Andrew's order, the communications staff officer replied loudly. "Yes, I'll give the order."

"Wait......"

Andrew stopped him at this point. "Send a telegram to Army Group North and say that it will be carried out according to the plan."

In the face of his commander's clueless sentence, the communications staff officer knew what the connection was, but this was not a matter that he should be concerned about, and he only needed to implement it.

The radio waves from Army Group Center reached Odosesk, the current location of Army Group North, and when it was reported that Fereit was studying the terrain of Sonat on an operational map.

When he heard Andrew's call back and execute as planned, he put down the pen in his hand and gave the order to the staff officer. "Now I order Army Group North, except for the Eighth Division, to leave one brigade to cover the rear road, and the other units are immediately ready to march, and our destination is Sonat. Let the comrades-in-arms of Army Group Center know that our Army Group North will be waiting for them to come for supper there. ”

Soon as the order was given, Army Group North began to move towards Sonat, and the words of Lieutenant General Fereitt about preparing a supper for the brothers of Army Group Center also inadvertently spread throughout Army Group North. This also led to an increase in the pace of the march of Army Group North, which immediately attracted the attention of the Austro-Hungarian Ninth Army in Cluj.

"Chief of Staff, this is the latest progress of the two Romanian armies, what do you think?"

Just after getting the newly discovered information, Lieutenant General Van Sten looked at the telegram in his hand and asked his chief of staff.

In the face of his partner's inquiry, the chief of staff, who was a little confused, had to answer cautiously. "There is some disconnect between the two army groups."

The answer of his chief of staff did not satisfy Fan Sten, he pointed out directly. "It's not a bit disjointed, and it's quite disjointed, there is a gap of sixty kilometers between the two armies, do you know what that means?"

Without waiting for the chief of staff to answer, Lieutenant Vansten spoke himself. "This means a distance of two days, and if there is a slight delay in the arrangement of troops, this is at least four days or more. This allows us to do a lot of things, such as breaking down. ”

Hearing Lieutenant General Van Sten say what he thought, the chief of staff immediately said. "You want to replicate the Battle of Tannenberg of the German Eighth Army in East Prouge?"

Regarding the chief of staff's inquiry, Lieutenant General Van Siten generously admitted. "Why not?"

The chief of staff, who always feels that there is something to be sorted out, said. "It's feasible, it's possible, but this will take the vast majority of our forces, will we do this to give the opponent a chance?"

Regarding the concerns of the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Van Sten said. "There is some truth to your fears, but at the moment it is not feasible. Because the distance between the two Romanian armies was very large, this would give us enough time to be able to break through the enemy's Army Group North first, and then deal with the enemy's Army Group Center alone. ”

Speaking of which, Fan Siten continued. "If you want to win, there is no reason to take any risks."

In the end, it was Lieutenant General Van Sten who made the decision, because Romania was too flawed to give up this rare opportunity, and in order to prevent possible accidents, in addition to leaving a division to defend Cluj, he also let the Austro-Hungarian air force reconnoiter the movements of the two armies at any time.

With this done, Vansten next planned to gather his forces to deliver a powerful blow to the arrogant Romanians, and let them know how powerful the Austro-Hungarian army was.