Syllable!

A Moravian soldier fell in response, and the soldiers around him seemed to be accustomed to it, huddled in the half-collapsed trench, hiding from the enemy's accurate fire.

"Have you contacted Command?"

Andrei wiped the dust off his face, his arm was a little unagile, it was just from a bullet that had just been bruised. As long as the person in charge of a regiment is like this, the situation of the Moravian Army regiment at this time can be imagined.

"No, no, maybe the line was blown up, and now we've lost communication with the command......"

The communication personnel were also anxious, but now the situation was already in front of them, even if they were in a hurry, it would not have the slightest effect, and Andrei, who also understood this truth, did not reprimand, and bowed his head and dangled in the trench to find a breakthrough for the other party.

The other side could not be allowed to evacuate like this, Andrei knew better than anyone the impact of such a regular army on Vojvodina, it would be good for the Kingdom of Serbia not to move, once they made up their minds, then Vojvodina would only fall.

The victory in the Balkans made the Kingdom of Serbia ambitious at this time, and no one dared to guarantee that he would not have the ambition to provoke Austria-Hungary at this time.

"Bite them!"

This is Andrei's only thought at this moment, but things are often not as simple as imagined, not to mention the more than 700 soldiers after the break, even the border side began to be uncalm.

The Kingdom of Serbia opposite Vojvodina does not have many garrisons on the border, and I don't know if he has the idea of showing weakness to the enemy or really can't draw elites, all in all, Serbia has only more than 8,000 border guards, that is, a second-rate army.

Normally, the Moravian Army would not have cared much, but now that they were isolated and cut off from the back, the sudden appearance of Serbian border guards made Andrei dare not act rashly.

The situation is now very clear, the rebels on the Vojvodina side want to help the rebels in the Vojvodina area take control of Vojvodina as soon as possible. The news here is not clear from the Austro-Hungarian Vojvodina Regional Command, in order to prevent the border rebels from being caught off guard, the best way is for Andrei to bite the border rebels, on the one hand to deliver the news back, on the other hand to involve their footsteps.

Now the Serbian border guards suddenly stood up, although they did not clearly indicate the state of attack, but the whole army made a guard to attack at any time, so that Andrei did not dare to leave rashly.

Liability! In the end, it is a question of responsibility.

The responsibility of losing the border defense is not something Andrei can bear, and a careless accident can even affect Ernst, so now Andrei can't leave anyway, even if he dies here.

Serbia does not dare to provoke Austria-Hungary yet? This is just speculation, who can guarantee it? Andrei doesn't dare to bet now, and he can't afford it.

January 5, 1902, light rain

The road was a little muddy in the early morning, and the retreating Vojvodinists left more than 300 corpses in their original garrison, although they also brought more than 500 dead and wounded to the Moravian army regiment, but can the two be compared?

On one side is the Vojvodina Army Regiment, which has been in the border confrontation for many years and has rich combat experience, and on the other side is the third-rate army that has just been created for a short time, although they do not seem to be so weak.

"Their weapons are powerful!"

"Except for the fact that the combat is a little jerky and the command is a little unqualified, they can barely be regarded as first-class."

"They seem to be local armies, Moravia?"

This was a conversation between the anti-rebel officers on the Vojvodin's side after the battle, and the border rebels expressed their surprise that such a result could be achieved in the first operation.

Presumably, these startled rebel officers of Vojvodina would not have imagined that the protagonist of their conversation, Andrei, was angry at his own casualties.

"563 dead, 328 wounded, and now you still ask me for medicine? I'm sorry, I didn't either, let them figure it out for themselves! ”

At this point, Andre no longer wants to leave here, but even staying here and stationing will not let Andre be idle, materials, wounded, food, and ammunition are all things that Andre is worried about.

There are more than 1,000 elite border rebels, it is estimated that soon Vojvodina will lose control, and there is no need to count on logistics, the local garrison in Vojvodina can guarantee that they are already good, so that they don't even have to think about supporting Andrei.

Andre's affairs are put aside for the time being, and now Ernst's situation is not easy, he did not leave Szeged after all, not because he didn't want to leave, but because he couldn't leave at all.

No one thought that the commander of the rebel army would arrange for a cavalry to rush ahead to blow up the train tracks, and Szeged's army was so tight that he could not draw soldiers to ensure Ernst's safety, and it was better to stay in Szeged than to leave alone.

"When will reinforcements arrive?"

This was the third time Ernst had asked the commander, Lieutenant General Gness, but as he had done before, Lieutenant General Gness smiled wryly and shook his head, saying that he didn't know.

"The empire had more than 15,000 soldiers in the Vojvodina region, and with the rebellion this number has risen to 30,000 ......"

Before Lieutenant General Ragnar's words were finished, Ernst already understood the situation they were facing, this was the border of Hungary, because of the rebels, almost all the surrounding troops had already reached the territory of Vojvodina, and they did not have to think about reinforcements in a short time.

Is it just these soldiers on the border of Austria-Hungary? The answer, of course, was no, but those armies were like the Moravian Army Regiment, and they were all in the hands of the local nobility.

If it used to be, it would have been very easy to mobilize, but now...... The rebels had arrived in Hungary, and the nobles needed to ensure their interests, and they dared to transfer their soldiers to other places at will.

Lieutenant General Ragnar would have been fine if he had an order from the royal family, but now he doesn't have it in his hands, and by the time the order comes, it is estimated that Szeged has fallen.

With Ernst in the command, Lieutenant General Ragnar began to contact the nearby nobles, although he understood that the probability of their rescue was not high, but who would be willing not to try?

The rain outside the window made Ernst sigh, this is the Austro-Hungarian Empire, an empire that has been cobbled together, and centralization has great disadvantages but also its own advantages.

The Austro-Hungarian army was naturally under the control of Emperor Franz, but it was after it was assembled, and it was mainly the local nobility that had the greatest influence on them in peacetime.

The news came one by one, both good and bad, that the rebels had almost surrounded Szeged, and that the rebels had tried several attacks, but because of the heavy losses they had to withdraw again, and the fighting was temporarily deadlocked.

Ragnar's request for help had reached Emperor Franz, but he did not give a clear reply, and Lieutenant General Ragnar was a little confused at first, but soon he got the news through personal connections...... The Russian Empire had moves on the borders.

In fact, Ernst was informed even faster than Lieutenant General Ragnar, and when he learned that Nicholas II, who wanted to be his father-in-law, was making a move, Ernst understood that this was a targeted rebellion.

This time, the Russian Empire seemed not only to let the Kingdom of Serbia recover Vojvodina, but also to bite the Austro-Hungarian Empire hard.