"How's the situation at the front? Have our troops been withdrawn? The slightly suppressed voice of the Austrian Emperor once again resounded in the Hoffmann Palace. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"The Second Army has withdrawn to Przemyšl. Several other army groups were also rapidly retreating. However, the Fourth Army, which had contained some of the other army groups and insisted on keeping heavy weapons, was still more than 50 kilometers away from its intended position. Conrad, commander-in-chief of the Austro-Hungarian Legion, said with some shame. At this time, his mood is very different from when the battle first broke out a month ago, Conrad a month ago can be described as high-spirited, and now? The face is almost ...... as a frosted persimmon.

"Why did the Fourth Army not obey the orders of the General Command? Why? There was already some anger in Emperor Ao's words.

"Because General Hoffenberg believed that if the troops were to withdraw brazenly, they would be pursued by at least two Russian armies, the Russian Fourth Army had already routed our Second Army, and because of the arrival of the Bavarian Corps, they moved closer to the Ninth Army, concentrating a large number of forces on a not very wide front, plus the Russian Ninth Army and the large number of Russian cavalry, once they broke away from the fortified positions, then without the help of artillery and positions, the whole retreat was likely to turn into a rout." Conrad said.

"But it is impossible for Hoffenberg to hold off the Russian counterattack and then calmly retreat! When did our general become like a rotten piece of wood? "The Emperor is now out of wrath!

"It's Prince Leopold, and we have checked the recent military correspondence records, and Prince Leopold wants General Offenberg to gather as many remnants of his army as possible and save as much equipment as possible, and that the Bavarian Army will do everything in its power to relieve the siege! And because of such a telegram, Offenberg believed! He believed in this Bavarian prince in this way! Karl on the side was already angry when he said this!

As the nominal second-in-command of the Austro-Hungarian Legion and a powerful candidate for the future heir to the Empire, Archduke Karl was angry not only because of Offenberg's choice, but because the fundamental reason why Offenberg made such a choice was simply because of a telegram from someone who did not command Austria-Hungary!

"He believed in the Bavarians so much that he regarded Bavaria as his master! We are the highest command representing the military power of Austria-Hungary! He's derelict in his duties! He's a crime! "When Archduke Karl first received a telegram from Offenberg, he was furious in front of Conrad and other high-ranking officials in the Austro-Hungarian General Staff! From Offenberg's actions, he saw the tendency of the middle and upper echelons of the Austro-Hungarian army, and at the same time made him realize that the position of the crown prince was getting farther and farther away from him.......

"Your Excellency, you better pay attention to what you say, the Kingdom of Bavaria is our ally, and Prince Leopold has just helped us stabilize part of the front, and it is extremely wrong to say such a thing in this situation! Even His Majesty will not tolerate it. General Kweiss, commander of the Austro-Hungarian Second Army, who had just been rescued by Prince Leopold, immediately said.

Kweis belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Legion, which was originally close to Bavaria. And politically, it is even more hoped that Princess Mary can ascend to the throne. So he said it mercilessly. Soon, the others present also showed that Archduke Karl's words were inappropriate or excessive, which made the Archduke very angry. And this time, he finally decided to raise this matter in front of the Emperor, and he believed that it was necessary to rely on the authority of the Emperor to recentralize the military command!

"So what does Prince Leopold mean now?" Emperor Ao didn't pay attention to Grand Duke Karl at all, the other party made a big noise at the headquarters Emperor Ao already knew, in his opinion, Karl has no military talent and can be tolerated, but political immaturity is absolutely impossible, maybe Ruprecht's political skills are not too high, but at least in the past, coupled with strong strength, people can naturally show stronger, but Karl, a person less than 30 years old, and has no own lineage and strength, why does he jump so much? Carl's recent performance has really disappointed the Emperor!

"Prince Leopold repeatedly said that he would go to the aid of General Offenberg, and His Royal Highness Prince Ruprecht had returned to Munich, but he did not stay too long and went directly to the front, and His Royal Highness expressed his willingness to personally lead the Bavarian Army to help General Offenberg through private channels. And now, the Bavarian corps is indeed showing signs of transfer. Conrad said.

"Private channels?" Emperor Ao said thoughtfully.

"Well, it's Count Schelling. He stated that the prince would come to the rescue of the Fourth Army out of the morality of the allies and the feelings of the nation, but that was all. Conrad said.

"It seems that the misunderstanding between us needs to be resolved." Emperor Ao smiled bitterly. "Since the Bavarian Army is willing to help, then we will do our best to cooperate, whether it is materials or transportation, we will try to support as much as possible, after all, we are saving our own troops." Emperor Ao said.

Then ignoring the Grand Duke Karl who still wanted to say something, Emperor Ao directly waved his hand to signal the meeting to disperse, he is already old and needs to be quiet, and then make a decision that is most beneficial to the empire, some things, it is time to make a decision!

And while the Austro-Hungarian army was discussing this battle, and as the protagonist of the incident, the situation of Offenberg and his subordinates, who were fighting on the front line, could be described as living for many years! The Russian corps, with a full 15 divisions, had already encircled 6 infantry divisions and 1 cavalry division of the Fourth Army.

The entire encirclement covers an area of just over 30 square kilometers. Aid from the rear had been cut off, and in addition to his own troops, Offenberg had contained about 22,000 routed and wounded soldiers from other legions, who, of course, could not provide much combat effectiveness.

Now, there are about 150,000 Austro-Hungarian troops and about 400 artillery pieces of various kinds in the entire encirclement, and it is also an accident that Offenberg was bitten by two armies at the same time, originally according to the plan of the Russians, one Russian army group fought one Austro-Hungarian army, and the Russian Fourth Army suddenly appeared on the flank after defeating the corresponding Austro-Hungarian Second Army, and Prince Leopold suddenly appeared on the flank, which startled the Russians.

Then the Fourth Army decisively chose to abandon the attack on the Austro-Hungarian Second Army, and then turned to join the Russian Ninth Army. What does this make Offenberg choose, you say? A huge plier had unwittingly clamped over, and the Russians still had the advantage of maneuvering. At this time, Offenberg couldn't run even if he wanted to.

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