Colonel Zhivkov left immediately after meeting Hilde.
Just tell the staff to take the remaining soldiers to Silistra.
The reason why I'm in a hurry to leave is because.
Judging from the information revealed by Hilde, it was just that Hilde happened to tell Major Vasily the source of the news, which meant that Colonel Zhivkov did not have to worry about offending General Belo.
He had to get to Silestra now and immediately.
Go get a drink.
This is his regiment, he can't let all the credit go to Major Vasily.
Wait until Colonel Zhivkov leaves.
Hilde held up the wine glass with her slender fingers, crossed her legs, and looked at the map through the wine glass.
The chances of Bulgaria winning this war are almost zero.
You can only bet on a miracle that doesn't exist.
As Hilde's current social status is too low, he cannot intervene in wars between countries, so Hilde needs to climb up step by step.
Then.
Hilde spoke up.
"Dimitar, are you also curious about my identity?"
Private Dimitar.
A deserter that Hilde picked up from Bregarnica, and the first soldier to follow Hilde.
Dimitar stood behind Hilde.
The body is a little tense.
When a leader talks to you like this, especially a leader like Hilde who doesn't even give face to the colonel, it's easy to kill a small soldier like him.
Dimitar replied quickly.
"No!"
Hilde didn't care.
As if talking to himself.
"Actually, I brought this German uniform from home. I am not a German captain at all, and General Bello really doesn't know me at all."
Dimitra felt a little scalp-tingling.
Sweating all over.
He immediately stood up and saluted Hilde.
"Sir, Private Dimitar is always loyal to you!"
"Don't be so nervous. I'm not a witch. You know what? Some criminals like to return to the crime scene and tell others about their criminal experiences. This is usually due to their narcissism and a sense of control and power. This is why I tell you the truth."
Hilde said frankly.
It would be a pity if no one could feel the power art that I carefully planned.
As Dimitra who has always followed him.
Obviously a good object,
For Hilde, that was just satisfying his criminal mentality.
For Private Dimitar it was a completely different matter.
It would be impossible to say that Private Dimitar was not panicking.
Whether Hilde is real or fake has nothing to do with him.
That is also a matter for the top military officials.
It was not a level he could participate in at all, and his identity as a deserter was also concealed.
But now Hilde told him that his identity was fake, Dimitar's first thought was to kill him.
He asked cautiously.
"Is it okay to tell me, sir?"
"Of course it's okay. It's okay if you want to tell others."
Hilde dared to tell others.
I am fully confident.
Hilde has been integrated into this power system. If Hilde is fake, then everyone will be in trouble, so Hilde must be real.
If Dimitra dares to tell anyone.
Then everyone wants him dead.
"Then wouldn't General Kutinchev know about the colonel and the deputy colonel's trip to Silistra?"
General Kutinchev was the commander-in-chief of the Danube Army Group.
People of his rank would not give any face to a German lady, and most importantly, no matter Major Vasily, Lieutenant Colonel of the Quartermaster Station, or even Colonel Zhivkov, they all had no contact with General Belo, but General Kutinchev really knew General Belo.
"Because...my identity is not important at all."
Hilde stood up.
"It's not okay for me to be happy alone. From now on, you are a corporal."
"Yes, sir!"
"Go tell the staff officer to get me a special train car."
Power is a structure that is both simple and complex.
Just like it was actually difficult for Hilde to promote Dimitar.
Normal promotions need to be reported to higher authorities layer by layer. For someone like Hilde who has no higher authorities, the report is directly submitted to the highest command, which then reviews the application.
certainly.
Now that the war is at its most intense, there is no way to report to the highest command, so it is a temporary promotion of military rank.
Wait until the war is over before reviewing again.
But that's enough.
Like now.
The power structure of the entire Third Infantry Regiment is in a state of serious chaos. The deputy commander took most of the people to Silistra in advance, and the commander also followed. Now there are only 300 people left here.
But no matter what, the deputy commander, Major Vasily, has become a hero of Silistra.
The captain didn't dare to cause trouble for the deputy captain anymore.
This means that the originally stable power structure has been changed, and how to get promoted and how to reward people based on their merits has become a matter of debate.
Hilde played a special role in this matter.
Now all of these 300 people knew that it was Hilde who let Major Vasily lead the troops to Silistra alone.
This makes Hilde the actual controller of this group.
That was why Hilde could order the staff officer, who was the temporary supreme commander, to get a separate train carriage for himself when the regiment commander and the deputy regiment commander were not there. As for how the staff officer could get it, that was not something Hilde needed to consider.
Bulgaria.
The northern Danube border.
Danube Army Group High Command.
After the Romanian army temporarily retreated on the first day, it launched another offensive, but the offensive was not as fierce as the first wave. It was more like a tentative attack, which was probably caused by disputes within the Romanian military high-level.
This is barely good news for Bulgaria.
At this time, Major Vasily was giving a report to General Kutinchev.
General Vasyl Ivanov-Kutinchev.
Commander-in-Chief of the Danube Army Group.
One of the few lieutenant generals in Bulgaria.
This military rank was the highest in Bulgaria. Bulgaria had no admiral or marshal. General Kutinchev was one of the six generals awarded this rank in 1912. It is no exaggeration to say that General Kutinchev was the highest level official in Bulgaria.
General Kutinchev looked at the Hero of Silistra in front of him with some admiration.
Have to say
Without the support of Major Vasily's regiment, which caused the Romanian army to retreat, General Kutinchev would not have had any confidence in holding Silistra.
"May I have your name?"
"Vassily Slavikov, deputy commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the 10th Infantry Division of the 4th Army."
"I will not be stingy with my praise for my subordinates, Major. You have done a great job. You have made a great contribution to the defense of Silistra."
"Thank you for the compliment, General."
General Kutinchev put down the documents in his hand and looked up at Major Vasily.
"But I'm curious. The order given to the newly formed Danube Reserve Infantry Division was to temporarily station it in Huissai. And you rashly led the troops to Silistra before the commander arrived. You had to take a big risk."
"For Bulgaria, no risk is too great!"
"Tell me what made you make this decision, and your words will be included in the war museum."
"yes!"
Just as Major Vasily was about to reorganize his words and convey Hilde's words.
General Kutinchev's adjutant came in.
"General, Colonel Zhivkov has arrived and wants to see you."
Major Vasily frowned.
General Kutinchev glanced at Major Vasily casually and then said.
"Let him in."
"yes!"
When Colonel Zhivkov came in, he first saluted General Kutinchev.
"General!"
Then he turned around and faced Major Vasily.
"Vassily, you did a great job. You brought honor to our regiment this time."
There was nothing wrong with what Colonel Zhivkov said, and no one could hear any sarcasm in his words.
General Kutinchev spoke up.
"I'm glad you've arrived, Colonel Zhivkov. I was just about to ask Major Vasily how he came to this decision."
Colonel Zhivkov was delighted. Fortunately, he made it in time.
Major Vasily had not reported yet at this time, otherwise he would have to think about how to change the words.
"I have heard this from Captain Hildegard."
"Hildegard? Oh, I'm quite curious, are there any female German officers in your regiment?"
General Kutinchev asked doubtfully.
The name Hildegard is a typical German female name, but the fact that there were German women in a Bulgarian regiment was something that General Kutinchev had not expected.
"General, you don't know Captain Hilde either?"
"she is?"
"I don't know about that. She didn't even tell us her last name. We thought she was the daughter of General Bello or General Mackensen, a very beautiful captain who wasn't even an adult. It was her idea to go to Silistra. If you don't know, maybe Major Vasily knows."
General Kutinchev thought for a moment.
If you hear that there is a very young and beautiful German officer in the Bulgarian army, the first thing a normal person would think of is that he is related to German high-ranking officials such as General Bello.
It's just that others don't know.
General Kutinchev was naturally very clear about this.
General Bello has no daughter at all, and General Mackensen is still in Germany. It is not impossible that their relatives ran away secretly. General Kutinchev cannot make a decision directly, and he still has to communicate with General Bello first.
There are more important things now.
General Kutinchev looked at Major Vasily.
"Major, what do you mean?"
Major Vasily frowned.
He could guess that Colonel Zhivkov had met Hilde, and he didn't want Colonel Zhivkov to meet Hilde for this reason. But now that the matter has been discovered, he has no choice. Becoming Celistra's hero is already a very good ending.
"Yes, General, I was just about to report this to you. The information about Silistra was provided to me by Captain Hildegard."
Major Vasily deliberately did not mention the matter of identity.
"What information?"
"From a military perspective, Silistra is a northern military fortress that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Attacking Nandobruja is the best option, as it has the most important port and is too far from other fronts for us to effectively support. But the intelligence Captain Hildegard provided us is that what really affects the decision is political reasons. Romania must achieve enough war results to get what it really wants in the negotiations after the end of the First Balkan War without participating in it. So even if this first attack fails, Romania will never stop the attack."
"Is this why you came to Silestra?"
Major Vasily turned and glanced at Colonel Zhivkov.
"We also have to thank our leader for trusting us. He gave us enough power because we all have a common goal, which is to protect Bulgaria at all costs."
Colonel Zhivkov then nodded in satisfaction and said in agreement.
"General, Captain Hildegard told me the same thing."
Regarding the intrigue between Major Vasily and Colonel Zhivkov.
General Kutinchev naturally knew this.
But I don't mind either.
Power struggles are normal in the military as long as they do not affect the war.
What General Kutinchev should think about now is Hilde's identity.
From the words of Major Vasily and Colonel Zhivkov, General Kutinchev knew at least one thing: this German captain named Hilde was able to analyze in such a short time that Romania would definitely attack Silistra, and also guided Major Vasily to save Silistra.
This shows at least two things.
First, this German captain named Hilde has knowledge far beyond that of ordinary people.
Second, she should have no hostility towards Bulgaria.
General Kutinchev naturally did not believe that an underage girl could accurately judge the international war situation, so it naturally meant that the person standing behind him might be a high-ranking German military official, or it might really be General Mackensen.
Germany was opposed to Bulgaria's war against other Balkan countries.
General McKenson could no longer openly help Bulgaria. The most likely scenario was that General McKenson would provide aid to the Balkans through this little girl.
only.
That doesn't make sense.
If they really wanted to leak the news, they could just find someone to tell them secretly. A pretty little girl who was not yet an adult ran to the front line of the battlefield. This was more conspicuous than General Mackensen coming to Bulgaria.
He said Hilde is real, then Hilde is real, he said Hilde is fake, then Hilde is fake
Or are they spies sent by other countries?
The lieutenant thought Hilde was a nuisance and it was best to stay away from her.
The school officer believed that Hilde was both a trouble and an opportunity, and someone who could be exploited.
General Kutinchev was a lieutenant general.
He is the top leader in Bulgaria, he thinks differently from everyone else, and he must learn to restrain himself.
General Kutinchev was not at all interested in whether Hilde was a real captain or a fake captain.
For someone of his level.
That's what he had to think about.
How to hold Bulgaria's north, how to win the war.
"Major Vasily, you have done a great job. I will temporarily promote you to lieutenant colonel and apply to His Majesty for the Grand Cross of the Order of Courage for you. The General Staff will decide on other awards. Bul
garia will not forget your contributions."
"yes."
The reward for Major Vasily cannot be said to be small.
It can only be said that at this critical moment on the war front, the reward given to Major Vasily by General Kutinchev was not encouraging enough.
Inspiring.
General Kuguchev now has too many things to consider.