Chapter 151: Klaipeda (3)

The actions of the Russian army were naturally in the eyes of the German senior commanders, and a major general and division commander looked at his superior, the commander-in-chief of East Prussia, with some confusion.

"I know what you're trying to say, but I can't grant your request! If it was our German soldiers who were in Klaipeda at this time, then they could have been abandoned, but ...... We cannot embarrass His Majesty the King by that. ”

Starting from the overall situation, it is most appropriate to let a large number of Russian troops retreat to Klaipeda, and after they leave, use all their strength to attack the Russian troops on the border, because it is very likely to instantly turn the tide of the war on the entire Eastern Front, but that is just a thought.

The soldiers of the Czech principality were completely obedient to their commands, but ...... Even if the two remaining Czech division commanders could understand this, the German commander of the Eastern Front could not afford to bear that responsibility, because he could not guarantee that Ernst would not bring the case to Wilhelm II because of this.

The combat effectiveness of the Royal Army of the Czech Duchy has been obvious, they are completely inferior and even stronger than the ordinary German Army army because of their equipment, and it is estimated that the position of Ernst in the eyes of Wilhelm II at this time is even more important than that of his uncle Emperor Franz.

It's a bit of an exaggeration, after all, the Czech Duchy has only a few populations, how many areas, and how many world influences, unless one day the European influence of the Czech Duchy can surpass that of Austria-Hungary, otherwise the Czech Duchy can only be a small country or a medium-sized country!

The German commander of the Eastern Front was not a purely military man, otherwise he would not have had political concerns, and if he had not, what would have happened would not have happened. Of course, if the Royal Czech Army in Klaipeda were really discarded like that, David Puszin and his more than 30,000 Czech troops would probably be wiped out in Klaipąda.

At this time, Ernst had no time to care about the war situation, because at this time the situation in Vienna began to change dramatically, not to mention the external enemies, not to mention the internal Emperor Franz had begun to elect Karl as the crown prince of Austria-Hungary. Archduke Ferdinand has no chance of the throne because of his health, and there is no need to say much about Messilian, who does not have Archduke Ferdinand. At this time, the small courtyard where Ernst lived was very confused and uneasy, and the only thing that made them feel at ease was that there was a Czech Grand Duke in their family.

Emperor Franz did not want to hand over the throne to Ernst, but at this moment the Austro-Hungarian Empire could not afford any internal contradictions, which could be regarded as a compromise made by Emperor Franz to the local nobles of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Archduke Otto, of course, he also had some compensation for Ernst.

At the time of the proclamation of Archduke Karl as crown prince, Mysimilian was also canonized as Archduke of Mysimilian, and his fiefdom was in a very rich part of Austria, which was very close to the Czech principality.

Archduke Ferdinand did not die and there was also Ernst, the Grand Duke of the Czech Duchy, so there were some officials of the Archduke Ferdinand around Meisimian, and with their help, the territory of Messirian did not have to worry about development, and Messimilian personally maintained considerable influence in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Ernst was eager to visit Austria-Hungary at this time, but all the officials of the Czech cabinet vetoed such a sensitive matter, and even Andrei, who had always been loyal, hurriedly wrote to him in the hope that Ernst would consider it carefully.

Their worries about Ernst are naturally clear, undoubtedly because they are afraid that Austria-Hungary will detain them, it is not impossible to know that the crown prince of Austria-Hungary at this time is Archduke Karl, and no one can say what his attitude towards Ernst is now. But knowing this, Ernst still wanted to make a trip to Vienna. The first was that he wanted to visit Archduke Ferdinand and Archduchess Sophia, who needed to be by their side, even if only for half a day or even an hour. The second is that he needs to support Misimilian so that Archduke Karl can't do anything bad against Mesimian.

Since Emperor Franz has declared Archduke Karl as the crown prince, then he needs to start paving the way for Archduke Karl at this time, after all, his personal feelings are not important at this time, the future of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is what he really needs to pay attention to, for which he can even kill Archduke Ferdinand and Ernst with his own hands.

The officials of the Czech Duchy were almost unanimous in their desire to prevent Ernst from going to the Czech Duchy, and their attitude could not be ignored, and Ernst could only arrange for Massena to go to Vienna, and he would visit Archduke Ferdinand on behalf of Ernst and help Mesimilian sort out his forces.

Emperor Franz and Archduke Karl were not welcomed? Even if they don't welcome it, they can only endure it, at this time Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic are one, and they can't allow any deviations to occur, as long as they are not 100% sure then they will not do anything to Ernst or the Czech principality.

Massena was very busy, but he could only make this trip to Vienna compared to Ernst, and at the same time he had some small ninety-nine in his heart, and his own trip might be able to open up a new path for His Majesty the Grand Duke.

The visit of the Prime Minister of the Czech Principality to Vienna did not attract much attention, because by this time the Russian soldiers had already invaded the Austro-Hungarian Empire, some border cities had fallen, and Andrei and tens of thousands of royal army and defense soldiers on the border began to initially fight with the Russian army.

Unlike the Royal Army in East Prussia, the Czech Army on the border was completely equipped with tanks and fighters, and their combat effectiveness was far stronger than the five Royal Army divisions that supported Germany.

More than 100 fighter jets with the Czech principality flew above the attacking Russian army, and there were also some Russian fighters in the middle, but only a few remained, and the others had all been shot down.

At the beginning, the fighters on both sides were about the same number, about 150 on each side, but the Russian Air Force fell more than 10 planes in a single fire, and they were more than one step inferior to the Czech Principality Air Force in terms of technology and fighter performance, and the casualty ratio of 1:3 was normal.

The sky was occupied by the air force of the Czech principality, and the war was passive from the beginning, although the soldiers' attack was very ferocious, but we all knew that the Russian army was likely to be stopped here, because we encountered the extremely powerful army of the Czech principality. -- The diary of a fallen lieutenant general in Russia.

At this time, the 3 Royal Army divisions and 3 Wehrmacht divisions commanded by Andrei did not know that there was a lieutenant general on the opposite side who wrote everything in his diary, and they only had one thing in their eyes at this time: to repel the opponent, rush up and capture and kill them, and the territory lost by Austria-Hungary would be recovered in their hands.

The soldiers of the Czech principality thought so, and they did so, the number of Russian troops was about 150,000, but they were very weak in the face of less than half of the Czech principality's army, and they were unable to attack several times, and even regained a lot of positions by the Czech principality.

With the reorganization of the retreating Austro-Hungarian soldiers, the number of soldiers under Andrei's command has reached 100,000, and the Russian army is beginning to show signs of retreat, and Andrei is always ready to recover the cities and lands that Austria-Hungary had fallen before and even enter the territory of the Russian Empire in one fell swoop.

The roar of large-caliber field artillery has not stopped, the harassment of fighters and bombers has not stopped, and the tanks have not yet been dispatched.

The Russian army is really aggrieved at this time, and the bombers who need to throw bombs on their heads all the time Not to mention, the Czech positions that they have sprinted back and forth dozens of times have no other effect than to bring some death. Steel wire fences, trenches, mainly the light and heavy machine guns spit out bullets as if they didn't want money, and countless Russian soldiers were torn apart and left on this land completely.

Some soldiers who retreated from the battlefield began to have psychological problems, and when they closed their eyes, they thought of their comrades with mutilated limbs, and they imagined that they had become like that, with their arms, thighs and even their heads leaving them, and the crazy Russian soldiers made the officers very worried.

What to do? This may be the most common phrase in the command of the Russian army, but the staff officers and senior commanders do not have the slightest solution, the only thing they can do is to continue to attack, attack! On the other hand, they took cities one by one very smoothly, although the losses were equally heavy and the capture began to slow down, but they did not advance like them and even retreated a little.

Bypassing the Czech principalities? No clever commander would have done that, for that would have completely exposed his weak flank to Ernst's eyes, and if the Czech soldiers had rushed out, they would have been routed even faster, and in short, they would have stalemate.

"Reinforcements, we need a lot of reinforcements, elite reinforcements!"

The senior commander of the Russian army is still calling the Ministry of Defense for help, and this is the 15th time, and the 15th time in a single day, he can't help but do it, because he is worried about whether his soldiers will be able to hold out until that day. The senior commander of the Russian army is now very afraid, he is afraid that the army of the Czech principality will rush out at any time to counterattack. Their own army knows best that now the Russian army no longer has any confidence, and the distance from defeat is just a trigger.

Andrei guessed the situation with the Russian army? He had already guessed, but he didn't dare to bet, because it was himself who was accidentally defeated, and the senior commander of the Russian army had no way out but to gamble on his character, but Andrei was different, he could completely consume it until the Russian army could not support it.

Several generals of the Austro-Hungarian Empire kept persuading Andrei, but Andrei refused to let go at all, because he knew that he could not afford to gamble, and with the Czech principality behind him, Andrei did not want to drag the war to his own territory.