Cluj in the middle of the night is as mesmerizing as a quiet beauty. It has one of the busiest night views in all of Transylvania, and Turumman Street is lit up in a way that is impossible to see anywhere else.

Now there are two sentries standing guard outside Cluj talking about the bustle of Turumman Street.

"Miri, I just went to Turuman Street the day before yesterday, and the night view there is very beautiful. There are many sights that you can't see anywhere else......"

One of the two sentries was describing what he saw to his comrades with a fluttering eyebrow. It was here that the sound of people in Kazkaz walking through the snow could be heard.

"Who...... Come out. ”

The loud sound made the two sentinels tense immediately.

"It's me."

A young officer, wearing a blue military uniform and wearing the rank of captain, walked out with two soldiers.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?"

Seeing that it was an officer they didn't recognize, the two sentries continued to do their duty, but their tones were no longer so stiff.

Questioned by two sentries, the captain officer spoke. "I'm Captain Doss, a staff officer of the 71st Division, and I came here this time to find your regimental commander, Lieutenant Colonel Herda, and I'm his younger brother."

After saying that, the officer named Doss took out a small notebook from his pocket and continued. "This is my military ID, you can take a look."

The two sentries looked at Officer Doss and the soldiers who had followed him, and there was no danger in their actions, so they took the ID card and planned to check it. And at this time, the three people who were harmless before immediately showed fierceness. Grabbing them by the necks so they couldn't scream, the hidden dagger stabbed through the sentinel's chest, and soon the two sentinels were silent.

That's when the soldier who had been in the background spoke up. "Doss, why do you say that you are the younger brother of the regimental commander?"

The captain's staff officer, who wiped the blood on the sentry's clothes, said. "I only know the name of the enemy's regimental commander, so I can only pretend to be first."

"But this is not investigated."

"It's okay, this mission doesn't require it to be successful, we just need to touch as far as we can."

After the three of them had done all this, one of them took out a flashlight and flashed it a few times in a row. After a while, a large number of soldiers in Romanian military uniforms arrived.

The three of them also continued to touch forward, but this time they were not so lucky, and a secret sentinel revealed their whereabouts.

Faced with the situation that had been exposed, the Romanian army immediately began a surprise attack, and the sound of gunfire rang out in the capital city of Cluj.

"Ding...... Bite...... Ding"

A hurried phone rang at the city defense headquarters.

A staff officer on duty answered the phone. "Hey, what's the matter?"

The staff officer, who heard clearly what was on the phone, immediately woke up all the officers who were in the headquarters. Soon all the officers in the headquarters were busy, and the calls were one after another. At this time, a general with a round body and lack of hair on the top of his head, but sweating profusely, wearing a major general's uniform, walked in. "How's it going?"

This person was left by Lieutenant General Van Sten to defend Cluj's Major General Lakauf, who is also known for his calmness, but his current situation is somewhat inconsistent.

A staff officer who knew the most about the situation, answered the questions of the major general. "Now we have received reports that there are enemies attacking the city, and there have been many reports in the south and east of the city, and they are now asking for reinforcements."

"What was the scale of the attack, where was the first attack, and where has the enemy arrived now.?"

After listening to the staff officer's answer, Major General Lakauf immediately threw out three more questions.

It was clear that the staff officer was already familiar with the habits of the major general, and he continued to tell what he had learned. "At the moment, according to our understanding, the scale of the attack is between two and three divisions. The first to be attacked was the Meeks barracks in the east of the city, and now the enemy has conquered the 4th Regiment of the Thar Commander, the gendarmerie, and the military hospital. ”

The introduction of the staff officer let Lakauf know how serious the matter was, which made him sweat a little more. However, even in such a critical situation, he did not forget his duties as the commander of the city defense.

"Immediately send a telegram to His Excellency the Lieutenant General, saying that Cluj has been attacked by about three divisions of the enemy. If there are no reinforcements after dawn, we will not be able to withstand it. Then immediately inform the troops that we still have at our disposal, and now assemble at the railway station and the arsenal. We need to hold these two places now, or we will be sinners tonight. ”

Major General Lakauf's words caused the officers present to immediately move into action, and they contacted the troops who could still be contacted by telephone, telegram, and manual means.

"Retreat, we'll retreat."

An Austro-Hungarian officer commanded his own soldiers to retreat to the rear.

"Company commander, what should I do with this cannon?"

An Austro-Hungarian soldier asked, pointing to a short-barreled gun that had just helped them defend.

Faced with the soldier's questioning, the officer said directly. "Throw it away, there is an order from above, let us retreat to the arsenal to defend, and then there will be artillery that you can't use up."

The officer whispered as he watched his soldiers retreat, pointing to a soldier who had almost knocked something on the side to alert the enemy. "Be careful, don't let the Romanians on the other side find out, otherwise none of us will be able to leave."

The retreat was generally smooth, and everything was perfect except for the last occasion.

"Oh no, the enemy fled."

Only then did the Romanian soldiers, who realized it later, discover the enemy's escape.

The Austro-Hungarian army did not go very smoothly in the whole process of disengaging from the battle, because the low-ranking officers saw that the Austro-Hungarian army would immediately pursue the retreat, and reported their actions to Lieutenant General Andrew, who commanded the attack.

Lieutenant General Andrew, who was in a good mood because of the success of the night attack, immediately understood the enemy's intentions. "The enemy wants to retreat to the main point, and he can't give them a chance, he will immediately entangle him, and he can't let the enemy retreat like this."

With the order of the lieutenant general, the Romanian army immediately became entangled with the retreating Austro-Hungarian soldiers. This made the Austro-Hungarian soldiers on a retreating mission very uncomfortable, and they could only keep leaving them to snipe at the Romanian army.

Therefore, in the exchange of fire between the two sides, the casualties of the Austro-Hungarian army became very large, and Major General Lakauf, who arrived at the railway station to organize the defense first, could only gather three or four thousand troops in the end, which made Major General Lakauf very depressed.

You must know that before the attack, the entire Cluj had more than 10,000 troops, and it was only a night before that, what did he do to stop the next Romanian offensive.