At 2 p.m. on June 29, the headquarters in the town of Miloka was star-studded, and the Minister of War, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov, was standing in front of a military map of our defenses. Give them a final explanation.

"When the Fourth Division breaks through the first-line position, the Third Army must keep up with the expansion of the breakthrough, while the Fourth Division will continue to advance in depth regardless of the flanks, and hand over the rear to the Third Army to deal with."

Speaking of which, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov named the commander of the Third Army, General Ivanov. "General Ivanov, your third group, need to send at least half of your troops to follow the fourth division to provide follow-up support."

After hearing the words of Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov, General Ivanov stood up and replied with a serious face. "Yes, Your Excellency."

After receiving an answer from General Ivanov, Lieutenant Mikhail Savov continued. "The main purpose of this operation is to crush the Serbian army entrenched in our Ohrid area. Of course, we will also consider whether to liberate other parts of Macedonia according to the actual situation, but it is still up to the generals to determine the results. ”

After speaking about the Ohrid region, he looked at Lieutenant General Vasil Kudinchev and asked about its preparations. "Lieutenant General Vasil Kudinchev, how are you preparing?"

After hearing the Minister of War call himself, Lieutenant General Vasil Kudinchev stood up and replied. "We are ready, the 2nd Independent Artillery Regiment (18 75 mountain guns, 36 75 field guns) and our army's own artillery are currently close to the first line of the Serb army in Bitola, and intend to wait until night falls to push to the attack position. The 1st Forward Division, which is already preparing for the assault, is currently resting close to the position where the attack was launched. ”

Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov, after hearing the lecture of Lieutenant General Vasil Kudinchev, replied with satisfaction. "Good, well done"

He then asked the generals below. "Is there anyone who doesn't understand the plan now?"

Seeing that no one answered, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov spoke to the general sitting below. "Each of them returned to his unit to make final preparations and was disbanded. General Vidic stayed for a moment. ”

Soon the crowd was gone, leaving the commander of the 4th Division, Major General Vidic. The general Vidic is not tall, only 1.6 meters tall, with a pair of glasses and a bookish face, and it is difficult for anyone to see him as a soldier from his face. However, in this war against the Ottomans, this small general, who did not look like a soldier, fought many tough battles, so he was selected as an assault force.

Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov walked up to him and asked. "Major General Vidic, your performance this time is crucial to the course of this war. Tell me if you need anything now, otherwise there will be no way to start the battle. ”

Hearing the Minister of War's words of concern, Major General Vidic said very seriously. "Our fourth division is now ready, and this time I will lead the soldiers to take back the territory that belongs to us for Bulgaria."

Hearing that Major General Vidic would not mention the supplies needed, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov knew that the 4th Division was well prepared and let him go. After doing this, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov walked into a nearby room. Ferdinand I was sitting here, and he could obviously hear the previous meeting.

Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov said after saluting the king. "Your Majesty, now that the army is ready, it depends on the result tonight."

Ferdinand asked without looking back, looking at a statue of Jesus in the room. "My Minister of War, do you think we can succeed this time?"

Hearing the king's questioning tone, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov said firmly. "Yes, Your Majesty."

Major General Vidic left the general headquarters in the town of Miloca and drove to the front, where the soldiers of his 4th Division were now replenishing their strength before the battle. They didn't wake up until the sun was about to set at 6 o'clock, and the food had been prepared by the firemen who were set up in the back, including bread, potatoes and roasted beef, pea and cheese soup, sausages, etc., which were not bad. The officers and men of the Fourth Division ate in twos and threes with the prepared dinner, chatting about topics of interest to them as they ate.

After dinner, some of the soldiers were holding pictures of their families, some were smoking pipes, and some continued to sleep again as if nothing was going on, and this state remained until eight o'clock. By eight o'clock sharp, all the people of the Fourth Division got up, and they took their weapons in company units and began to walk towards the launching position 3 kilometers away.

Major General Vidic watched his men on the march and said to the chief of staff beside him with satisfaction. "It seems that there is still a lot of hope for our raid."

"I don't think it's too much of a problem." The chief of staff also voiced his judgment.

When they arrived at the launching position, they realized that the situation was too optimistic.

Major General Vidic said with a slightly ugly face. "Damn, these Serbs are wary of us, it seems that a brigade has been added."

He observed the Serbian position opposite by moonlight, only to find that the first-line position had increased its troops, and even the fire in front of the position was much more. But now that the Fourth Division was ready to attack, it was impossible to stop.

The chief of staff also saw this situation and asked Major General Vidic. "So what do we do?"

Major General Vidic said to the Chief of Staff after thinking about it. "Give the order to the troops below, or secretly approach the Serbian position 400 meters, if there is a gunshot, launch a surprise attack immediately, and the artillery will intercept their follow-up support troops."

Hearing the arrangement of Major General Vidic, the chief of staff immediately replied. "Okay, I'll go deliver the order."

In this way, after being conveyed layer by layer, Major General Vidic's order was known to every soldier who was about to attack.

When the time came to ten o'clock in the evening, the 4th Division quietly figured out its position and began to bend down to touch the Serbian position.

In the defensive line of Serbia, Petloch of the 6th Division was bragging about his position with a new recruit who had just arrived. "You must know that I, Petroch, killed a total of 5 Ottoman soldiers in the previous battle with the Ottomans, and once killed 2 Ottoman soldiers, when the Ottoman army wanted to sneak attack us, I wittily heard it."

The recruit asked very respectfully. "How can you hear this?"

Confronted with the curious recruit, Petlodge recalled the statement of the soldier who spotted the sneak attack. "At that time, I was also holding the position, and when the Ottoman army sneaked over, all kinds of insects that liked to chirp quieted down at once, and I reacted with a shout and a flare, and they were illuminated at once, and with the cooperation of my comrades, we repelled their sneak attack."

After Petrloch had finished speaking, the recruit listened carefully. "It seems like the insects have really stopped."

Hearing the recruit's words, Peterloch's face changed suddenly, and when he heard carefully, there was really no insect chirping, and he shouted behind him. "Flare it."

A flare hit the sky, illuminating everything in front of the position. Petroch looked at the group of Bulgarian soldiers three or four hundred meters from the front of the position, and he shouted. "Someone sneaked up."

Then came the first shot of the war.

PS I recommend a book friend to write about the Bulgarian Empire, this is the rhythm of the fight with me, interested book friends can go and see it, it is still a seedling.