The war has just begun, and after fighting two army groups, you think the Russians are finished? Prince Leopold mercilessly mocked the other party's naivety and ignorance in his heart!

During this time, the prince was not idle, but he carefully studied the situation of the battle on the southern front, read a lot of battle reports, and filtered the moisture in them, and came to a conclusion - the Austrians fought really badly!

First of all, the problem can be seen from the strength of the troops, the Russians are theoretically the strength of 4 army groups, but from the number of Russian troops participating in the war found by Austria-Hungary at present, it is a little less. www.biquge.info It is not clear how many people there are in a Russian army group, but if you want to say how many divisions there are, the prince can guarantee that the error is less than 2. The Fifth Army was completely annihilated, and a number of high-ranking Russian officers were captured, who provided not only the situation on the central front, but also the situation on the southern front.

At present, in terms of only 4 army groups, the Russians have at least 7 to 10 full divisions in their hands, in addition to the normal reserves. On the other hand, on the side of the Austro-Hungarian Corps, almost all four army groups were pressed. The remaining reserves have been visually used up by more than half, and the Russians have used up to 70% of their strength. And the Austro-Hungarian side has already begun to overdraw its forces. And now the situation is that the two sides are evenly matched.

The prince could guess that the Russians were afraid that the Bavarian corps would advance eastward quickly after the end of the Battle of the Middle Road, and that the reserves in their hands and the troops they had withheld were used for defense. As long as the Bavarian Army does not act, or chooses to enter the Western Front, then the situation is too good for these 7 divisions to be scattered on the battlefield.

And from the point of view of the battle line, Austria-Hungary is also in a bad situation, the battle lines of the two sides have been stretched very wide, and the dogs are staggered, completely mixed together, if one is broken, it is not easy for other troops to withdraw. If you don't have a chance to retreat and rebuild the defensive line, then you can only fight to the end, and if you can't fight, it will be completely over. And the Austro-Hungarian army has no reserves left, and if it is impossible to close the gap, then a little breach may cause a complete collapse.

Originally, the Austro-Hungarian Army also had a rear hand, and the troops directly under the Austrian Emperor had a total of 6 army groups, but now 4 army groups were on the northern front, and 2 army groups were facing Serbia. According to Ruprecht's original plan, 4 armies on the northern front + 1 army group in reserve, and an army group on the southern front were responsible for defense first, but alas, this proposal was thrown into the Adriatic Sea by Fritz. This time, the prince still suggested leaving an army group as a reserve. But Fritz responded to the prince by preparing a new army group.

"Hehe, is it new? I'm afraid it's too late, right? "Prince Leopold now understood what the prince often said, that if you don't die, you won't die.

"Well, Fritz, let me explain my intentions, tomorrow I will be in Bavaria. I wish you every success. Prince Leopold sighed in his heart, the other party's attitude disappointed him too much, since it is useless to say more, then forget it.

"You're going back to Bavaria?" Emperor Fritz frowned, he was a little surprised by the news.

"The elite Bavarian army is about to move north. The remaining forces will defend the current occupied area and will not be able to continue advancing. Hello do it yourself. The prince said calmly.

"Is this a threat?" Emperor Ao felt a little uneasy, if Ruprecht withdrew the elite troops, if something happened, Emperor Ao confessed, and he couldn't find reinforcements! Perhaps the Bavarian troops left on the Eastern Front at this time were still capable of supporting, but Prince Leopold only had the right to defend, not the right to assist, and if he wanted reinforcements, he had to agree with the prince, after all, the current commander of the Bavarian legion was still the prince and not the prince.

"War needs it. No army is nailed to a single front. William has some problems on the Western Front that we need to solve. Fritz, you know? Sometimes it is more convenient and simpler for us to cooperate with Prussia, because the former is an exchange of interests, and the latter? We're relatives, and you're half of the Wittelsbach family, and we're trying to maintain that relationship, but I'm a little disappointed by what you've done. You're playing with fire. You don't understand war, play it like politics, it's going to happen. Believe me. With that, Prince Leopold prepared to leave.

"Father, if nothing happens, I would like to return to Prague with Albrecht." Before Prince Leopold had left the hall, Princess Mary, who had not spoken, stood up and said goodbye to the Emperor. And her choice has an extremely special meaning at this time. In the eyes of the Austrian Emperor, at this moment, he chose Bavaria over Austria.

"Mary, you are my youngest child, I have always been very good to you, everything you want, everything you have now, I have given you." Fritz suppressed his anger.

"Okay, Fritz, this is a time of war, not a period of politics and feelings, at most a month, we will look back and know who is right and who is wrong. Ruprecht will be waiting for you in Munich. Then you will understand that professional things are left to professional people to do. Prince Leopold said.

"Your Royal Highness, your convoy is ready to set off at any time." Prince Leopold turned to Princess Mary and said. His words were full of respect.

"Carl, I gave you the opportunity to behave well, if you can't protect this kingdom, then you don't deserve this crown." After Princess Mary and Prince Leopold left, King Fritz said solemnly to Archduke Karl beside him.

"Your Majesty, the soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire will prove with their actions that our sabers are enough to defend the interests of the Empire, and what Bavaria can do, we can do too!" Karl said with some excitement, in his opinion, King Fritz has given him the position of prince, as long as he can make some achievements, then he will become a sure thing.

"Go ahead." Looking at the figure of Archduke Karl in the distance, King Fritz showed a smile of unknown meaning, today's prince's statement made him very angry, but this will not affect Fritz's judgment, think about it, Prussia excluded Austria-Hungary from Germany, Fritz can be friends with Prussia, what can he not bear? It's just a few harsh words.

At his age, he didn't ask for much, the most important of which was probably to let this kingdom continue to be passed on in the hands of the Habsburgs, either to Karl or to Princess Mary, depending on which of them could protect the kingdom.

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