"Your Highness, the Russian Southwestern Front, with a strong force. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info And our allies, it seems, are not very reliable. I'm afraid this battle is not easy to fight! Manstein was a little worried about the rest of the battle.

Qin Tian nodded, the next battle was indeed not very favorable. However, in order for the plan to be realized, in order to achieve the final victory on the Eastern Front, this battle must also be fought!

"It's really difficult. But even so, we have to fight this battle, and we have to win it. I believe that the Austrian army does not want to lose this battle either. Once the battle begins, they will inevitably cooperate with us. Qin Tian said.

Manstein nodded: "Your Highness, should we give up the command of this battle to the Austrian army?" If we had given them command of our troops, I am afraid that we would not only not have won the victory, but would have suffered heavy losses. ”

"How is this possible? There has never been a precedent for the Austrians to command us. On the question of command, I will talk to them this afternoon. It would be best if the Austrians could hand over command. If they refuse to relinquish command, then everyone will have to cooperate with each other. As for whether the cooperation is close or not, it depends on them. Still, I don't think we should expect too much from that. Qin Tian said.

"Yes, Your Highness." Manstein felt more and more that this battle was not easy to fight. But at the same time, he also knows that this battle must be fought and must be won. Only in this way will the German Empire be able to win the victory on the Eastern Front and change the current disadvantage.

Qin Tian rested for an hour, and at half past two in the afternoon, the joint combat meeting between Germany and Austria officially began.

In the conference room of the Austrian command, the two sides sat down on either side of the long table. However, on the side of the Austrians, there were several people sitting. On the German side, in addition to Qin Tian, there was only one young Manstein.

"The Germans actually sent only two people to the joint operations meeting, which is simply belittling us!" Crown Prince Karl was very unhappy when he saw that there were only Qin Tian and Manstein on the other side of the conference table. In his opinion, this was clearly a sign that the Germans despised Austria-Hungary. In addition, Germany deployed only one 8th Army Corps on the long Eastern Front, and the rest of the troops were deployed on the Western Front. Austria-Hungary, however, had to deploy millions of troops on the Eastern Front. This is clearly that the Germans are using them to fight with the Russians in order to reap the benefits. It is precisely because of this view that Crown Prince Karl is very dissatisfied with Germany from the bottom of his heart. If Austria-Hungary is now in his final hand, it is estimated that he will directly lead Austria-Hungary out of this war and let Germany fight alone!

"Your Highness Oskar, Austria-Hungary is grateful to Germany for being able to send us reinforcements at this critical juncture. His Majesty is confident that the army led by His Highness will be able to defeat the Russians. In addition, His Majesty hopes that His Highness will be able to visit Vienna at an appropriate time. Your Majesty looks forward to meeting you. Archduke Friedrich had a smile on his face.

"Your Excellency the Grand Duke is too polite, please tell His Majesty the Emperor Austria that after this war is over, I will definitely visit Vienna." Qin Tian replied with a smile. He knew very well that the Austrian Emperor Franz? Joseph I did not live long. Once the Austrian Emperor Franz? If Joseph I dies and Crown Prince Karl succeeds to the throne as Karl I, the relationship between Austria-Hungary and the German Empire may regress significantly. This made Qin Tian hope that this war would be best fought in Austria Emperor Franz? It ended before the death of Joseph I. In this case, even if Austria-Hungary's attitude towards Germany changed, Germany would be able to handle it with ease.

"Your Highness Oscar, for this operation against the Russian Southwestern Front, does the German Empire have any plans?" Marshal Baron Hezendorf, Chief of the General Staff of the Austrian Army, asked.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, the 8th Army Corps of the German Army has been on its way to the front. It is expected that the scheduled location will be available within three days. Three days later, on October 7, the 8th Army will launch an offensive against the Russian Southwestern Front from the north. Our primary target is the 4th Army of the Russian Southwestern Front. After defeating the 4th Army, it turned to the east and threatened the flank of the main forces of the Russian Southwestern Front. We hope that the Austro-Hungarian army will be able to launch an offensive on the frontal battlefield, cooperate with us, and defeat the Russian Southwestern Front in one fell swoop. Qin Tian said.

"Oh God! If I heard me correctly, does His Highness Oscar want the German 8th Army to defeat the Russian 4th Army first, and then cut off the retreat of the remaining three main armies of the Russian army and eat them in one bite? Marshal Baron Herzendorf exclaimed.

The other Austrian generals were also shocked, and in their opinion, the appetite of these Germans was too great.

Crown Prince Karl's face was full of disdain. In his opinion, Qin Tian was clearly bragging and saying big things. Are the Russians so easy to deal with? If it had been defeated so easily, Austria-Hungary would not have been forced into what it is now.

"Your Highness Oscar, we are facing the Russian Southwestern Front, but there are four main army groups with a total strength of more than one million people. How could they be defeated so easily? Crown Prince Karl asked.

"Of course, the Russian army is strong, but we are not weak either. I think, no matter how strong the Russian Southwestern Front is, it will not be much stronger than the Russian Northwest Front, right? In the previous battle, we also annihilated the Russian Northwest Front. Qin Tian still maintained a smile on his face, looking very humble and polite.

However, Crown Prince Karl believed that Qin Tian was clearly showing off the combat effectiveness of the German 8th Army, and even mocking the Austrian army. A German corps faced the Russian Northwestern Front and achieved a brilliant victory. The Austrians, on the other hand, were beaten by the Russians all over the place.

Suddenly, Crown Prince Karl's face was a little unpleasant. But he had no way to refute it, who made the German army's performance on the Eastern Front so dazzling, and the Austrian army so incompetent? This makes him, the crown prince, not straighten his waist at all!

"Your Highness Oscar, how sure is your army about this battle?" Archduke Friedrich asked.

"At least 50% sure! If the Austrians can fully cooperate with us in this battle, our chances of victory will be greater. Therefore, I hope that in this battle, the Austrian army will obey my command! Qin Tian said.