The colonel of the Russian army had just reported his merits, and suddenly there was an explosion in the trench in front of him, and at that moment the colonel of the Russian army even clearly saw that the commander of the engineer company he had just seen was blown away, and his bloody face seemed to still have a frightened look, and his body was only half cut off.

"Lie down!"

A deputy battalion commander only remembered to hide at this time, and the Russian soldiers lay down one after another, but at this time there was no explosion, and more than a dozen sappers died in the trench. They were the only soldiers to die under the trap, and they died very unjustly, after all, they were not the main combatants.

The explosion and the death of the sappers made the mood of the Russian soldiers a little low, and after carefully searching for no other trap bombs, the Russian army reoccupied the first line of defense laid out by the Czech Army. The eyes are good, and you can see the steel helmets of the Czech Army faintly thousands of kilometers away, but unfortunately the range of the guns in their hands is so far that they can't hit the second line of defense.

Boom Boom!

The artillery of the Czech Army rang out again, because the distance had been set for a long time, and each gun almost accurately hit the trench, which made the Russian colonel angry and had to withdraw from the trench again, and because this time the Russian colonel had decided not to let the soldiers rest in the trench again.

The specific casualties of the Russian army under the artillery Colonel David Puszin are naturally unknown, but these are not important because his goal has been achieved, and now the Russian army has almost been frightened, and they are not expected to use such a strategic military auxiliary item as a trench.

The process was temporarily delayed, although the Russian army urgently needed to take Klaipėda, but the Russian army refused to step forward easily, and even the commander had no good way, not to mention that they didn't want the soldiers to rush forward regardless of casualties. It would be nice if that really took Klaipıpīda, but the main thing is that it doesn't necessarily work.

Most of the soldiers have moved elsewhere to prepare for a sneak attack on Klaipda, so the task of this Russian army is naturally not so onerous, and it doesn't matter if you take a little rest.

There was a rare calm in the whole tense battle of Klaipeda, the main place of firefighting on the surface, and some soldiers fired two shots at the opposite side from time to time, and some of the unlucky ones may have been injured because of this, but on the whole it was very calm.

At this time, Massena had arrived in Vienna, and he did not first meet with Emperor Franz but visited the paralyzed Archduke Ferdinand, who was not in a very depressed mood, and he first welcomed Massena's arrival, and then greeted his son's life and other complicated matters, during which he did not say anything political or military. Massena wanted to say something, but he could only keep silent when he saw Archduke Ferdinand's appearance.

Now Massena is also a distinguished guest, after all, he is no longer the descendant of the declining Italian aristocracy who came here for the first time, he is the first prime minister of the Czech principality, and he is a person who will be personally received by Emperor Franz when he goes to the palace.

What is Archduke Ferdinand's status now? His status as crown prince has been revoked, and at this time he is an ordinary duke of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and even because of the disagreement with the Grand Duke Karl, his status is very embarrassing and not as good as some nobles such as earls and marquises.

To be honest, the establishment of the Czech Duchy is also quite special, no one thought that Archduke Ferdinand would be like this, if he had known that this day Emperor Franz might have other ways to deal with it, after all, he could not really sit back and watch the Austro-Hungarian Empire split in two.

Before, he allowed the establishment of the Czech Duchy because he knew that Archduke Ferdinand would become the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire sooner or later, and in that case, Ernst still had a high chance of becoming the crown prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Czech Duchy would naturally return to the arms of the Austro-Hungarian Empire under such circumstances, but now, ......

This visit by Massena caused a great deal of controversy in Vienna, and they did not know how to deal with the Chancellor of the Czech principality. It's not appropriate to be too affectionate, and it's not okay to be a little distant, after all, there is still a part of the Russian army that is delayed by the Czech principality.

A large part of the many officials in Vienna proposed negotiations with the Czech principalities in the hope that they would return to Austria-Hungary, at most by giving Ernst some autonomy. After all, everyone knows that what is swallowed is the hardest to spit out, especially if the object is still a very attractive king's position.

There is a great difference between a king and a governor of a region, and I believe that none of these proposed people would agree to a similar request if they were put in the position of Ernst, but they must be tried, right? What if, what if, Ernst compromises? Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?

Emperor Franz was still hesitating about the following requests, he naturally knew the advantages and disadvantages of doing so, and he also knew how much selfishness there was, but he didn't also have his own concerns, that is, whether the Habsburg family would be divided into two like his predecessors in the future, which would greatly weaken the family power.

Emperor Franz hesitated here, and Massena had already left the place where Archduke Ferdinand lived, and he had also met with Archduchess Sophia and the Sophie lord, but Mesimilian did not show up, which made Massena a little disappointed, and he naturally knew whose heart was tied in Ernst's heart. This time I wanted to help Ernst but this knot, but now it seems that this is not a good opportunity.

At this time, Archduke Ferdinand was not in charge of Maisimilian, although he was now 22 years old, but he was still young and could not bear the burden of the family, and all the affairs of the family were mostly in charge of the fiancé of the Sufi lord, Prince Fred of Denmark.

Fred does not have the right to inherit the Danish throne, of course, he is not completely disqualified, but in that case, he needs to die four or five in front of him to be able to get his turn, in fact, in short, there is no chance.

This is also a man of considerable ability, and Massena has established this in just ten minutes of conversation with him, and it can be seen from the words of Archduke Ferdinand that Archduke Ferdinand also values his future son-in-law, and perhaps the only thing he does not like is that he is somewhat honest and likes to tell the truth.

This is both an advantage and a disadvantage, and for a politician like Massena, he likes such guys, because such guys are often very easy to cajole. And for a father-in-law like Archduke Ferdinand, he naturally didn't want his son-in-law to be so honest.

"Emperor Franz may have some ideas about the Czech principality......"

Before leaving, Prince Fred went out to see off the guests, looking at Massena who was about to leave, Prince Fred couldn't help but say such a thing, and because of this sentence, Massena also looked at him in surprise.

Surprised, naturally, it was not because of this matter, how could Massena not know about the things that had been secretly spread in Vienna, and he was surprised that the words that Archduke Ferdinand had not said actually came out of the mouth of Prince Fred.

Prince Fred naturally saw Masséna's surprised look, and he smiled and said, "Although I have not met Ernst, Sophie loves this brother very much, and I hope I can help some." ”

Hearing this, Massena couldn't help but smile, he was happy that Ernst had such a good brother-in-law, although it didn't help, Massena still respectfully thanked Prince Fred.