At the headquarters of the Russian Southwestern Front in Kiev, Ivanov was stunned by Galicia's sharp turn.

Contrary to the overwhelming advance of the Russian army in the first stage, in just five days, in the San Valley, his 3rd Army was completely annihilated by the German-Austrian forces. The base camp declared that in St. Petersburg it was an acceptable fact to lose to the Germans, and if it lost to the Austro-Hungarians, it was not known how much of a storm it would make.

Now, Ivanov was somewhat glad that Mackensen's 9th Army remained in Galicia, although he was well aware that this German corps actually numbered less than 120,000 men, and that part of them had withdrawn to East Turus.

The problem was that the actions of the Austro-Hungarian army suddenly became elusive, and moreover, tactics changed.

They changed the Chief of the General Staff?

No, the exact information indicates that it was Baron Herzendorf who was in Vienna to call the shots.

In fact, before the battle began, he seemed to have heard something unusual, the only dozen or so reconnaissance planes in his hands were shot down by the opponent, and the Austrian-Hungarians actually installed machine guns on the planes.

What was even more surprising was that the Russian 8th Army in Limburg was besieged by the Austrian-Hungarians.

The base camp asked him to do everything he could to relieve the siege of the 8th Army.

This made him angry.

He currently has a shortage of troops at his disposal, and the poor transportation situation of the empire has made the troops Yan zhòng lack supplies, and transportation and logistics have become the biggest problems plaguing the front-line commanders. Ivanov was not worried about the defense of Limburg, a city where the Austrians had built fortifications that would have taken them months and paid a heavy price to take.

He is in dire need of repairs and replenishment, and will not launch a counterattack until he is fully prepared.

But the problem is that the Petersburg side simply did not give him time to prepare.

Ivanov sighed and looked at the map on the wall.

They had already lost their best chance, and after the heavy victory in the Galician campaign, it was entirely possible for the Russian army to take advantage of the victory and pursue it in pursuit of the defeat and demoralization of the Austro-Hungarian army, and even to capture Buda and Pest.

But the debate over the direction of the campaign in Petersburg lasted for nearly a month, and the destruction of the Russian Second Army made the men in the base camp more willing to turn their forces to Silesia and East Prussia, which were important heavy industrial areas for the Germans. Fighter planes were wasted in such arguments.

Ivanov reluctantly ordered the 4th, 5th, and 9th armies on the Carpathian line to turn to Limburg, and in the current situation, it was impossible to attack Hungary.

However, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Southwestern Front, who had a cautious personality, still demanded that his three army groups must be closely integrated so as not to suffer the division of the Austro-Hungarian army.

While Vienna was celebrating the Imperial Army's first major victory in the Russian campaign since the beginning of the war, Lehedon did not have time to run back to Vienna for the award ceremony, and he was now busy teaching the Austro-Hungarian senior commanders the classic military tactic from the East, encirclement and reinforcement.

It was difficult for the senior commanders of the Imperial Army, whose consciousness had become somewhat rigid, to understand what Lee Hayton meant, but the young staff officers listened to it with relish.

Guerrilla tactics from the East, when applied to large-scale campaigns, were warfare of movement, and the Germans actually understood it very well, but they were too rigid and dogmatic, and they also focused too much on attacking and defending cities and strategic points. The military ideas from Mao are not something that these rigid Western professional soldiers can easily and thoroughly comprehend.

What is Sports Warfare?

To sum it up in one word, it is "run", absolutely not sticking to one place, stupidly waiting for the enemy to surround you. If it weren't for Le Haydon, Przemyr's 140,000 Austro-Hungarian defenders would have died, they did not destroy the enemy and played the role that a heavy army group should play, of course, the Russians took the initiative to send them to death.

In this regard, Lieutenant General Boloyevich, Lieutenant General Mayer, and Lieutenant General Miller, who participated in the Boer War, are very proficient.

Because he was drawing up a campaign plan, Lee Hayton had the time to instill in his generals and staff officers the idea of "running" every day.

It is useless to capture the city, the city is there, it will not run, and the defense is strong. Destroying the enemy's living forces is the first thing to think about when making a plan, not the effort to capture useless cities. If the battle is lost, it is useless to occupy as many cities as you want, and if you win, it will naturally be yours.

What is Victory?

That is, to save oneself, and then to destroy the enemy's soldiers, and neither repulsion nor defeat of the enemy can be counted as victory. The essence of war is a boring contest between two fighters, the army and the soldier are like two people, the two sides compete to see who consumes the opponent's body more, and in the end, the one who is not able to support the body will be knocked down.

If you destroy all the enemies, then you will be victorious......

Lehedon's mouth was dry, so he stopped, and turned his gaze to an operational staff officer with a puzzled face who was contemplating his great military thoughts, "Walter, please pour me a cup of coffee!" Alright, now let's get down to business and discuss further battle plans. ”

Now the situation is very difficult, Ivanov's three army groups withdrawn from the Carpathian line are hugged, although they move slowly, but they are not able to talk at all. The idea of gnawing hard bones was never on his radar.

The Russian army seems to be sending reinforcements from Warsaw to Limburg, which is what Lehydon was expecting.

"What if the main forces of the Russian army retreating from the Carpathian line advance all the way to Limburg?" The commander of the First Army, Colonel-General Dankel, asked.

"Then we'll retreat!" Li Hai glanced at his generals, why don't you understand what I said just now.

"But then we're going to fail?" Denkel really didn't understand.

"General, do we have anything to lose?" Li Haiton still decided to continue to enlighten him, for stupid students, you must have the patience of the teacher.

"Nope." Denkel honestly replied, "But we didn't achieve the goal of the campaign." ”

"What is the purpose of our campaign?" "Did I say I was going to take Limburg?" ”

"No, but we also haven't been able to destroy the enemy."

"Yes, we did not destroy the enemy, this is our first goal, but it is also one of our purposes to remove the threat to the Carpathian front." "All future campaign plans must revolve around how to destroy the enemy, not what targets to capture." ”

As he spoke, the communications officer walked in and handed him a telegram to Helton.

"Report to the chief, the Russian 7th Army set out from Warsaw and moved south along the San River valley, with the intention of reinforcing Limburg!" By convention, he should have addressed Helton to Your Excellency, but Heldon asked his officers to call him Sir.

Lehairdon glanced at the telegram quickly, then shook it in his hand, "Look, our patience has finally paid off, and now, a fish has taken the bait." ”

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