In Vienna, in the General Staff of the Austrian Army, in the underground headquarters.

Archduke Friedrich, Duke Kasbah, and Marshal Baron Herzendorf all had very unsightly faces. They had high hopes for the battle of Vienna.

But now, the performance of the Austrians is very bad. The Germans had only launched the first wave of attacks, and the Austrians were completely routed. Of the 200,000 Austrian troops deployed outside the city, most of them retreated into the city without fighting spirit, except for a small number who were killed by the heavy German artillery bombardment and some who surrendered to the Germans.

What's more serious is that those cowards who were frightened were preaching everywhere about the strength of the German army and how terrifying the German artillery fire was. This made the troops in the city panic as well. Many troops have already said that many soldiers no longer dare to continue to fight the German army. If this continues, I am afraid that it will not be long before the Austrian army does not have to fight at all, and it is better to surrender directly to the German army.

"What do we do now? The troops simply did not have the fighting spirit to fight. If this continues, once the Germans attack the city, we will not be able to resist it at all! Marshal Baron Herzendorf said worriedly.

"It's true that we simply can't do anything about it. This time, the battle of Vienna, which we had hoped for, would probably end in a very bad way. Duke Kasbah also said.

Obviously, Duke Casbah has no confidence in this battle at all. The German offensive was too strong, and the Austrians were too vulnerable. In addition, they don't even have an advantage in troops, and the so-called patriotism is of little use in the face of life and death.

"Anyway, the battle has already begun, and it can't be stopped now. Order the troops in the city to continue to resist. Hopefully, God willing, they can behave a little better! Grand Duke Friedrich sighed.

Although, he also knew, the outcome of this battle was probably doomed. But no matter how unwilling there is, there is no way to do it. Who made them completely inferior in strength to Germany?

"By the way, what about Your Majesty?" Archduke Friedrich asked.

"His Majesty the Emperor is still in the basement of the palace. He seemed to think it was a little safer there. Duke Kasbah said.

"Forget it, let him go. After all, he is about to become the king of the dead country! Archduke Friedrich said.

They all knew that Austria-Hungary was doomed this time. Karl I, on the other hand, had only been emperor for more than twenty days. When the time comes, he will probably become a monarch who has been emperor for less than a month before the country is destroyed. Such a result can already go down in history.

After the Germans captured the periphery of Vienna, they did not stop attacking. In the afternoon of the same day, the Germans launched an attack on the city of Vienna.

In order to speed up the advance of the troops, several armored divisions were also involved in street fighting. Although, street fighting is very dangerous for armored troops. Especially when the tank armor is not too strong, the enemy has too many ways to sink the German tank in street fighting. However, the addition of armored forces is a great improvement in the ability of the infantry to attack fortifications. At the very least, when facing the barricades built by the Austrians, the tanks could advance against the Austrian machine-gun fire, and then use tank guns to destroy the Austrians' firepower points, clearing the obstacles for the advancing infantry and reducing the casualties of the troops.

Although, the troops defending Vienna can be regarded as the elite of the Austrian army. But alas, the elite is nothing more than relative. In front of the German army, these elites of the Austrian army did not have any elites at all.

In the street fighting, the Austrians should have had a great advantage. After all, they were more familiar with the place, and they could defend themselves against the Germans with the help of fortifications. However, their performance is still not very good. These Austrians will not fight street battles at all. In other words, they have not been systematically trained in street fighting at all. This made them seem a little helpless in the face of the German attack. Or rather, exhausted.

Coupled with the low morale of the troops, the Austrian army in Vienna can be said to be losing and retreating, and it is simply unable to resist the German attack.

On the evening of the 27th, at least a third of the city of Vienna fell into German hands. More than 100,000 Austrian officers and soldiers were captured by the Germans.

It can be said that the German army gained amazing results in the battle on the 27th. Not only did they invade the city of Vienna, but they also captured a significant part of the city. What's more, they have almost broken the will of the Austrians to fight. The next battle will undoubtedly become smoother.

Marshal Hausen was even optimistic that perhaps the whole of Vienna would be taken at sunset tomorrow.

When the time comes, they will capture a number of important Austro-Hungarian ministers, including the Austro-Hungarian Emperor. When the battle gets to that point, it seems like it's over.

The next day, the 28th, the German attack continued as usual.

As Marshal Hausen expected, yesterday's fiasco made the Austrian soldiers even more panicked. Many Austrian soldiers, even hid in barricades. But as soon as the Germans attacked, the first thing they did was not to fire back, but to immediately raise their hands and surrender.

These Austrian soldiers have no fighting spirit at all. All they want to do is save their lives.

The German army advanced very quickly. In just half a day, the Germans had already occupied most of the city of Vienna.

The rest of the city is also located in the east and south of Vienna. It can be said that the occupation of the whole of Vienna by the Germans before sunset is already a matter of ironclad.

"Forget it, order the troops, stop resisting! Our resistance may seem like a joke to the Germans! Archduke Friedrich said dejectedly.

Duke of Casbah and Marshal Baron Herzendorf, both knew what he meant.

If the resistance of the Austrian army can inflict a lot of casualties on the German army, then their resistance is still meaningful. But now, the Austrians don't even have the courage to fight, so there is naturally no need to resist.

Half an hour later, Archduke Friedrich, in the name of the Austrian commander-in-chief, gave the Austrian army an order to surrender. All the Austrian soldiers laid down their weapons and surrendered to the Austrians.

The whole of Vienna fell under the control of the German army.

The fall of the capital marked the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after half a century of existence. It's a little bit earlier than the other plane.

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