On the southern front, after the Battle of Transylvania, the Allies turned to attack and defensive, and the group of routs who lost their weapons and equipment were also rearmed by Marshal August von Mackensen.

That is to say, Dante Kristof did not make an accurate judgment, and the current Allies were already 530,000 troops, not 400,000 as they had estimated in advance.

However, even if the calculation is wrong, this still cannot change the balance of strength between the two sides, whether it is 400,000 troops against 900,000 troops, or 530,000 troops against 900,000 troops, the Allies are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength.

The most important thing is that after several months of fighting and running-in, the Indian division with the lowest combat effectiveness has been exhausted, and the newly formed "mercenary" division has changed from a recruit to a veteran!

On the whole, the combat effectiveness of the Bulgarian army did not decrease, but increased slightly, which was not very good for the devastated German-Austrian army.

As for the Romanian Restoration Army, let's ignore them first, if it weren't for political needs, their establishment would have been gone long ago, and even for political needs, most of their troops were composed of Romanians recruited from Austria-Hungary, with a total strength of less than 10,000, which would not change the overall situation at all!

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At the military meeting, August von Mackensen said in a low tone: "Now the enemy is menacing, and our army has just suffered heavy losses, and we do not have the strength to fight a decisive battle with the enemy in the short term!"

Now that the enemy has air supremacy, and we are doomed to be unable to hold the Debrecen line, I have decided to make a strategic retreat with the whole army and rebuild the defensive line along the Tisza River.

Now we still need to wait for time to build a defensive line, so I have decided that the troops will resist step by step, alternately cover the retreat, and we must also get rid of or destroy all the ships on the south bank, and cut off the possibility of the enemy crossing the river in a short time! ”

As soon as Marshal August von Mackensen's words fell, he was opposed by the Austro-Hungarian side, and the commander of the Austro-Hungarian Sixteenth Army, Count Andrahir, said in a very firm tone: "No, we do not agree!" ”

After a pause, Count Andrashir explained: "Even if Debrecen is lost, we can continue to build a defensive line in Pishperklodani and continue to fight the enemy, instead of blindly avoiding the battle!"

If we retreat to the Tisza, it would be equivalent to abandoning the Central Danube Plain, then a third of the grain-producing areas of the Kingdom of Hungary would fall, and Belgrade's flanks would be in danger, and such consequences would not be something we could afford at all! ”

Andrahir's opposition did not surprise everyone, and as an officer from the Kingdom of Hungary, he would have a problem if he did not object.

Marshal Auguste von Mackensen's plan was indeed good, it can be said to be extremely conservative, and according to his strategy, there was hardly any possibility of failure.

But this also seriously damaged the interests of the Kingdom of Hungary, the Transylvanian plateau had long since fallen, and now if the Central Danube Plain had been abandoned, the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary would have fallen to almost four levels.

The best option militarily is the worst option politically, and one can imagine what serious consequences for the Kingdom of Hungary would be if such a thing happened!

August von Mackensen said coldly: "Enough, stop making trouble!" Militarily speaking, this is the most correct choice at the moment, and if you are not military idiots, you should all know what kind of situation we are facing now!

As for politics, let damn politics fuck it! As a soldier, I hope you can understand that the interests of the country are above everything else, and you cannot ignore the interests of the country for the sake of personal interests or group interests!

The current situation is very dangerous for the Allies, the most important thing for Germany and Austria at the moment is to win this war, and everything we are doing now is to win this war in the service of winning!

As for harming the interests of certain individuals or groups, I hope that everyone can take the overall situation into account and not let some people put the interests of individuals or groups above the interests of the country! ”

Apparently Auguste von Mackensen had already exploded, and he was very dissatisfied with the Hungarians' behavior of holding back their legs, which was a very obvious accusation against Mulberry and Huai.

In his opinion, there is no problem in holding Debrecen, as long as the Hungarians are willing to send reinforcements and come up with strategic supplies, these are not a problem!

Instead of just pointing fingers and not taking action, as is the case now! Did the Hungarians think they could hold off the enemy with their mouth cannons?

Or is it that the Kingdom of Hungary can't even come up with a dozen or two hundred thousand reinforcements now? This is obviously impossible, but it is also the second leader of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, no matter how bad the mix is, more than a dozen divisions of troops can still be taken out! Even if there is none, the temporary mobilization of the Kingdom of Hungary can be made up!

As for the strategic materials needed on the front line, they were not fully covered, and August von Mackensen only needed them to provide a batch of supplies for emergencies.

The Kingdom of Hungary is also a medium-sized kingdom with a population of more than 20 million, and as long as they want, they can completely deduct some of it from the capitalists, and there are always supplies for the front line for two or three months, right?

After all, are you defending the Hungarian kingdom itself? There's no reason to just let friendly forces contribute money and efforts, and they themselves are playing soy sauce and waving flags and shouting next to them, right?

It is clear that the position of the Hungarians is completely different from that of Marshal August von Mackensen, and in the eyes of the Hungarians this war was a war between Austria-Hungary and the German Empire, and had nothing to do with the Kingdom of Hungary!

As for the fact that the Kingdom of Hungary supported Austria-Hungary in this war, it has long been thrown out of the clouds by them.

Since this war has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Hungary, they have all contributed money and efforts to help fight the war before, and now that the war has suffered heavy losses on their homeland, it is not too much to ask Germany and Austria for compensation, right?

As for continuing to contribute to this war, this is obviously impossible! Didn't they already do it before? The losses they have paid are so great, and they have not received any compensation until now, so why should they continue the war?

After all, John Bull only promised not to hold the Kingdom of Hungary accountable for the previous wars, which does not mean that the Entente will not be held accountable for their future wars!

The positions of the two sides were different, and the ideas were naturally different, but Field Marshal August von Mackensen still gave the order in his capacity as commander-in-chief of the German-Austrian forces on the southern front.

As for the Hungarians, if they have the courage to disobey, they can not carry it out at all! Anyway, after retreating to the Tisza River, the army in the hands of August von Mackensen does not need so much, and he really doesn't care about the 30,000 or 40,000 Hungarian troops!

The premise is that these Hungarian troops stay here and don't go back, otherwise they will disobey the military order and still have to eat guns when they go back.

Well, the main reason why the Viennese government dared to continue the war was that so far, the war was mainly concentrated in the Kingdom of Hungary, and had not yet reached Austria, and now it can be used to weaken this disobedient kingdom, which will also help Austria-Hungary to maintain peace and stability for a long time!

In the face of the powerful Marshal August von Mackensen, the Hungarians decisively chose to admit it, of course, as a price, when the troops retreated to the other side of the Tisza River, thousands of deserters were added to the Hungarian army!

There is no doubt that the people who fled were all locals, and they ran home directly in the chaos, anyway, this war has nothing to do with them, let whoever likes to fight fight!

This is also the main dilemma that the Kingdom of Hungary is now facing, if the national problem of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is serious, then the national problem of the Kingdom of Hungary is a "powder keg"!

Even though the Hungarians made up half of the kingdom's population, their poor ethnic policy had made a mess of the country.

In this respect they are far worse than Austria-Hungary, at least under Austria-Hungary, everyone still recognizes this country!

Not so when it comes to the Kingdom of Hungary, the accumulated grievances of the ethnic minorities in the country who are suppressed and strong by force are about to explode, and the flight of soldiers is only one of them!

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Prime Minister Tisza was now very bad, and the strategic retreat of the German-Austrian army, although militarily it avoided the fate of being surrounded by the enemy, was politically very bad for the Kingdom of Hungary.

Large swathes of the country had fallen, and nationalism had begun to explode in the country, who advocated an exit from the war, reconquest, and the establishment of a new Greater Hungarian kingdom.

Weird, right? The Hungarians wanted to break away from Austria-Hungary and establish a new Great Hungarian Kingdom, which means that Ferdinand II's Hungarian throne is still recognized by them!

This is the unique political system of Europe, de jure Ferdinand II is the king of the Kingdom of Hungary, is recognized by the whole world, and they also swear allegiance to Ferdinand II as subjects, so naturally they cannot easily "betray"!

Even if they were already betrayed in essence, it seemed to them that they were against the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Ferdinand II, and not against the Hungarian king - Ferdinand I! (Note: The Kingdom of Hungary was founded for a very short time, it was established in the hands of Joseph I, who was the first of the Franz family to be named Ferdinand, so he was also Ferdinand I.) ）

Even after the end of the First World War, Archduke Karl, who was deposed from the throne, almost became the king of the Kingdom of Hungary again, but this thing was too deadly, and the political means were too poor, and before he could grasp the power, he was played down and directly abolished the throne!

Although Hungarian nationalism was now prevalent and the major political factions had reached an agreement to withdraw from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and establish an independent Kingdom of Hungary, he still did not object to Ferdinand I continuing to be king.

Well, the so-called political factions, in fact, the big nobles and big capitalists within the Kingdom of Hungary have agreed on their positions, and they have decided not to continue playing with Austria-Hungary.

The main reason is that they believe that the defeat of the Allies in this war has become a foregone conclusion, and if they continue to stay in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they will be equivalent to being a member of the Allies, and they will definitely be liquidated by the Entente group after the war!

People tend to be profitable, and in order to escape the punishment of war, they naturally want to change jobs. In this regard, the capitalists are particularly active, compared with the big aristocrats, their background is too poor, and they have no ability to resist risks!

The traditional aristocracy is not so worried, simply put, people have relatives all over Europe, at most, they are robbed of some money, basically there is no danger to their lives, and they can also keep some property through family relations.

For example, Ferdinand, who was born into the Kohali family, a branch of the Gotha dynasty, was also a member of the Hungarian aristocracy, and was one of the top ones.

As long as you turn up, everyone is definitely a relative, and against this background, if it is the Bulgarian army that enters the Kingdom of Hungary, will they be worried about safety?

Obviously not, even for the sake of fame, Ferdinand had to ensure that most of them lived well, which was also the common rule of the European aristocracy.

Of course, this is not gratuitous, for example, although Ferdinand's large territories in Abra and Sitno in Slovakia were nominally taken over by the government, in fact, everyone has not touched this interest, and the castle and manor he left behind still belong to the Kohali family. (Note: Before World War I, most of Slovakia belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary)

Apparently this is one of the unknown insider deals, and in return the castles and estates of these great nobles have not been patronized by the Bulgarian army, even in the occupied areas, Ferdinand has not touched their property?

And when did the Bulgarian army relent when it came to the property of the capitalists? Isn't it a fight all the way, and then confiscate all the way?

There is no doubt that this is all communicated by everyone in advance, in line with the principle of not putting eggs in one basket, in the absence of conflict of interest, everyone is still willing to leave some incense between each other!

If they really didn't care about the direct division of Ferdinand's fiefdom, then were they really dead?

As for what the consequences will be? Think about it first, can you resist the revenge of a king?

Who wouldn't abuse their power? People are selfish, and Ferdinand is no exception, if anyone touches his cheese, he will take someone's life!

It is not easy to take revenge, such as bombing the city of Budapest and breaking the foundation of some people; For example, the enemy's manor or castle suddenly became an ammunition warehouse on the newspaper, and became the key bombing target of the Bulgarian Air Force.

So now the real worry is these big capitalists, if they still tie themselves to the broken ship of Austria-Hungary, then once the war is lost, no one can help them keep their property, and even lose their lives.

Anyway, in this era, Europe has a tradition of preferential treatment of nobles, and everyone will try to avoid killing nobles for no reason, but the capitalists are different, their reputation in this era can be said to be notorious, and no one cares whether they live or die!

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