When Major General Antici was distressed about the casualties of his own soldiers, there were people who were just as distressed as him.

"The casualties of such an attack are too great."

In the headquarters of the German army outside the city, the chief of staff, who handed the casualty statistics report to Lieutenant General Gustav, could not help but say.

Taking the report and glancing at the total number of casualties, Lieutenant General Gustav nodded in satisfaction. "Such casualties are still within my expectations, and they are acceptable."

His Excellency the Lieutenant General's satisfied tone made the Chief of Staff a little dissatisfied. "Are you satisfied with such a casualty report? 2,468 were killed and 2,501 were wounded, of which 1,541 were seriously injured and disabled. Are you satisfied with this report of more than 5,000 casualties?"

Faced with the emotional outburst of his chief of staff, Lieutenant Commander Gustav would continue to speak in his calm tone. "You also have to see the number of enemy casualties on the defensive, as the defending side has about 13,000 casualties, which is not a good number. You must know that they are defensive and have fortifications to rely on, but the casualties are still so large, it seems that the enemy's army outside the city is not very effective. ”

Lieutenant General Gustav's crooked level was good, which immediately made the chief of staff look away from the casualty report. "It seems that you are right, so continue this attack?"

Gustav shook his head with a smile on the subject of the chief's concern, and he waved the casualty report in his hand. "Such casualties are enough to make the soldiers attacking today nervous, and this needs to be relieved. And if we continue to carry on such a strong attack, it will frighten the commander of the defending army, and if he is not in the defensive perimeter position considering that the casualties are too great, will he let our soldiers fight in the streets?"

After Lieutenant General Gustavus finished speaking, he looked at several photographs on his desk, which showed the fortress and fortifications built by Major General Antici in the city of Suceava. It seems that the Germans have long known Suceava and have enough knowledge of the extent of Suceava's fortress, so it is also a good choice for the attacking German army to be able to kill and injure the defenders on the periphery.

For the next two days, the German attack on Suceava was suppressed, and the number of casualties approaching seven or eight thousand per day made Major General Antich very uncomfortable, for which he almost lost his hair.

"So many casualties today?"

Looking at the casualty figures for two consecutive days, Major General Antici felt as if he had fallen into the enemy's trap.

The chief of staff, whose face was even more ugly than Antici's, vented at the casualty figures. "Now we have 30,000 casualties in three days, and we will have no one for a week."

The words of the chief of staff made Antich, who had been paying attention to the German attack, a little stunned, and recalled some of the actions of the German offensive in the past two days, and an idea flashed in his mind. Realizing this, he slapped his head and scolded himself loudly.

"Damn, Antici you're an idiot, you've been taken advantage of by the enemy."

The chief of staff was not slow to react, he spoke directly. "You're saying that the enemy did this on purpose for the past two days."

"It should be."

Major Antici would continue to say that he had a different idea. "No wonder in the past two days, it is clear that the German army has had the opportunity to take our outer positions, but in the end it is a step late in the reinforcement of troops, and now it seems that the enemy did it on purpose. Before, I wondered that the enemy didn't have a brain, but now it seems that I'm the one who doesn't. ”

Hearing Antich's analysis, the chief of staff interjected and asked. "So what do we do now, are we going to retreat to the city immediately?"

Faced with the chief of staff's proposal, Antici waved his hand to stop it. "No, it's too cheap for us to withdraw them like this, and since they have set a trap for us to drain our troops, then I will also teach them a lesson."

Faced with the words of Major General Antich, the chief of staff asked directly. "What are you going to do?"

"Now I'm just an idea, and I need to think about it."

After a night without a word, the morning of the fourth day came, and the Germans began to prepare for the offensive again. As usual, the artillery bombarded first, and the Romanian counterattack artillery fire still arrived as scheduled, and the artillery of both sides was fighting back and forth. The Germans, under the orders of Lieutenant General Gustav, continued their offensive on the defensive Romanian positions.

"Attack."

The German offensive was under the command of the officers, and the soldiers poured into the Romanian positions like a tidal wave, and the counterattacks on the positions were still so strong.

"Watch out for the machine guns of the enemy's defense."

"Watch the movement of the enemy on the position."

The attacking German soldiers, under the command of the officers, skillfully advanced towards the position.

"The intensity of resistance from the enemy's positions is decreasing?"

A junior officer spoke with some surprise as he looked at the firepower of the counterattack on the position.

The feeling of attacking the German troops was also seen by Lieutenant General Gustav, who was watching the battle from the rear. However, unlike what was observed in front of him, he could accurately observe through the telescope that this was a drop in firepower on a section of the position.

Faced with this situation, the chief of staff who was watching the battle together asked with some curiosity. "What are these Romanians doing, and why is there a gap in firepower?"

The words of the chief of staff made Lieutenant General Gustav also a little confused, if he planned to resist and retreat, then it should be that the firepower of the position will decrease, and this is the first time he has seen the density of firepower in this section of the position.

Faced with an inexplicable situation, Lieutenant General Gustav could only point to that section of the position and give the order. "Let the commander in the middle of the attack pay attention, just pay more attention when attacking, and the rest continue according to plan."

The situation is not yet bright, and Gustav, as the commander, cannot abandon this attack because of some unusual actions of the enemy, which would be irresponsible to the attacking soldiers. Now it is enough to get the front-line commanders to pay more attention.

Just as the Germans attacking this position approached, the counterattack fire on the position suddenly increased. Gustav, who had observed this, nodded. "It turned out that he wanted to play firepower density tactics, which is too bad for us."

As soon as Lieutenant General Gustav finished speaking, the commander in charge of directing this part of the attack immediately intensified the attack. For a time, the intensity of the exchange of fire in this position far exceeded that of other areas.

However, this exchange of fire did not last long, mainly because the defenders could not compare with the attacking Germans, so after a period of heavy firefighting, some of the outnumbered defenders began to retreat.

"Hey, the enemy didn't send reinforcements this time?"

Lieutenant General Gustav said with some surprise when he saw his soldiers attacking the position.

"Maybe the defender commander has sensed our intentions."

The chief of staff, who also observed the situation, said uncertainly.

The words of the chief of staff made Gustav can't help but mutter. "So what's the point of the defenders still resisting here?"

A thought flashed through his mind, and Lieutenant General Gustav's face changed dramatically. "Not good."

"What's wrong?"

"This section of the position is dangerous, and the defender commander wants to trap us."

Unfortunately, the conversation between the two was not overheard by the front-line soldiers in time, and just as they spoke, a deafening explosion sounded on this part of the position.

I saw that this section of the position exploded violently, and the German soldiers who had just entered the position were basically affected by the explosion and suffered heavy casualties. At this time, the defenders suddenly burst into fierce artillery fire, bombarding the heads of the attacking Germans, which made the German soldiers, who had always been accustomed to artillery being suppressed by their own side, inexplicably panic. The defenders took advantage of this opportunity to immediately take their weapons and move away from contact with the Germans to the rear, and the whole process was clean and premeditated.

Seeing this situation, Lieutenant General Gustav's heart rushed to the top of his head, and at this time he didn't know that he was being yin by his opponent. However, after fighting for many years, Lieutenant General Gustav stabilized his body, and he suffered a loss, and if he was angry again, it was estimated that his opponent would laugh off his big teeth.

After recovering a bit, Lieutenant General Gustav said to his chief of staff with a smile on his usual face. "Very good, it seems that I am determined to lose this now."

In his right hand, no one noticed, Lieutenant General Gustav had already pinched a large hole in a report in his hand.

And Major General Antich, who had pitted the attack on the Germans, was also checking his own gains and losses.

"To prepare for this explosion, we have used 60% of the explosives in stock. And in order to guarantee the withdrawal of troops, all our artillery carried out a counterattack against the enemy, which cost us fourteen guns. This time, the casualties in the battle were not large, only more than 1,000 people were lost. ”

After talking about the battle damage, the chief of staff continued to report on the results of the battle. "This time we wiped out at least 3,000 German troops, and this result is completely acceptable to us. Moreover, the performance of the German army this time made our soldiers feel a lot more stable, and the next battle will be much easier. ”

"No, you're wrong Chief of Staff."

Major General Antici interrupted the Chief of Staff. "To be precise, the enemy is enraged, and our next battle will be much more difficult, I don't know how many soldiers will hate me after the fight."

The Germans' losses at Suceava also reached their commander, Field Marshal Mackensen, but after glancing at the report, he asked his chief of staff, Major General Max Huffmann. "Are there any signs of reinforcements from the Romanian army?"

The genius who planned several battles, including the Battle of Tannenberg, replied. "At the moment we understand that the situation is not yet, but their main forces in Transylvania are constantly being drawn back, some of which are arranged to be assembled in Bakwu, and the other part is being assembled in the territory of the former Bulgaria."

Major General Hoffman's words allowed Field Marshal Mackensen to find the location of Bakwu on the map, and looked at Bakwu, who was separated from Homan and Iasi by the Sucevard army on the left and right, and Mackensen spoke blandly. "It seems that our opponent, Admiral Courtois, is a little afraid of our surprise attack."

Mackenson's words made Hoffman nod in agreement. "Yes, Marshal, our opponent is very cautious, this is to put his fist behind him."

"Then now only by taking Suceava first can we force the opponent to make a move."

"Marshal, I will give Lieutenant General Gustav an order to take the city as soon as possible."

"There is no need to give orders, he is already enraged, I can smell his anger from the report, we just have to wait now."

"As you wish."