On 10 May, the Turkish army under Kemal successfully joined the German army on the north bank of the Dnieper River.

When Austria-Hungary learned of this, it hurriedly accelerated the offensive against the Russian army in the Ukrainian region.

The number of Austro-Hungarian troops did not increase in the slightest, but they quickly broke through the Russian lines and drove the Russian troops from the heights to the plains one by one.

At this time, the Russians were at the end of their crossbow and did not have the same strong offensive ability as in Galicia, so they could only sit and sit around and wait for death.

After being surrounded, the most immediate consequence is that there are no supplies left to send to Ukraine.

In the past, I could still send a few guns and shells, but now I can't transport anything, and if I want food, I can only eat the corpses.

As a result, the Russian Black Sea Fleet did not have any refueling routes, but fortunately they did not do much in the first place, and the fuel they had hoarded was enough to keep them at sea for more than ten days.

However, apart from the shelling on the other side, they may basically stop acting in the future, and keep the oil for use at critical moments.

Germany did not launch another attack on Ukraine, after all, he wanted to fight directly to Petersburg to force the tsar to sign a peace treaty.

He also wanted to pull Kemal and Austria-Hungary to fight in the north, but for them, the fruitful Ukrainian regions were clearly more important.

The Russian defensive line on the Dnieper was impregnable, blocking Kemal's army on the east bank, and there would be no danger for a while.

However, the line of defense of the Carpathians to the west was paper-mâché, and Austria-Hungary soon broke through and continued to spread into the depths.

Austria-Hungary attacked from three directions, starting from Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary, and flanked the Russian army.

The Polish base in the north was Krakow, and the Fourth and Second Armies quickly maneuvered along the railway line to the front line, disembarked and marched to Kremenets, successfully conquering the surrounding area after eighteen hours of fierce fighting.

Then it took another four hours to attack Zdolbov, 58 kilometers away, Teofipoli 54 kilometers, and Volochysk 70 kilometers away, to expand the front.

Having secured the belligerent situation, they returned to the battle to tear apart the Russian defenses.

The Russian defense line was only two layers in depth, and they had just broken through the first layer of the main army's defense, and the only ones they faced were the reserves in the plains and the guerrillas in the mountains.

The Fourth Army was responsible for covering the flanks, and the Second Army turned its head and attacked south, enveloping the Russian forces in the Carpathians from the north.

They first captured Terepovny, rested for nearly three hours, and then marched again, attacking Galich to the west, and joining up with friendly forces.

At this point, after the Austrian army of the Polish division and the Austrian army of the Slovak Military District converged, the Polish department had exceeded its task. They were ordered to repair for twelve hours, during which time a defensive line was built in case of a counterattack by the Russian reserves.

The Austrian troops of the Slovak Military District, or the First Army, totaled 200,000 men, and they attacked Carpathia from Bratislava.

Originally, their main offensive directions were Stre and Rashiv.

The former was chosen because it is a very important gentle road in the mountains, a strategic location, where you can reach the plains behind the mountains. Moreover, it is closer to Poland, and after a breakthrough, it can quickly go to support friendly forces.

The latter is because it is under the Carpathians, which is very offensive and has great strategic potential. After defeating the Russian army, they pursued with cavalry, so that they could not be defeated, and without resistance, they could break through the Russian defense line.

At first, the offensive went well, but when they reached the Stre area, the troops involved in the attack were ambushed and suffered heavy casualties. Seven divisions were caught off guard and were beaten to the ground, losing more than eight regiments.

There was also a division that was more fortunate and was not seriously affected, and the losses were slight.

The remaining two divisions were not damaged in the slightest because they were in reserve, including the 27th Infantry Division, Kuster's hometown.

After this battle, the First Army abandoned the attack on Stre and switched to fire suppression and blockade of contacts.

They threw the main force into Rashiv, but before reinforcements could arrive, the Russian army was repulsed.

The cavalry acted according to the plan and rushed into the perilous Carpathians in pursuit of the deserters.

If the Russians had the intention of deploying a few machine gunners along the way while fleeing, they would have been able to kill this group of adventurous cavalry and reduce the casualties they inflicted.

But they obviously only cared about running away, and only hated their parents for not giving them dozens of extra legs, instead of regretting that their brains were not fully developed. There was no obstacle along the way, and the Austro-Hungarian cavalry was allowed to drive straight in.

The result was obvious: the machine-gun cavalry met the Russians and quickly dismounted, routed them, mounted and pursued again, and so on, and after eight hours, the cavalry finally broke out of the Carpathians.

And what appeared in front of them was the endless green grassland, which was the most primitive place, a natural place for cavalry.

The cavalry continued to pursue the defeated troops in three places, all the way to the area of Snyatten, where they set up camp and rested.

The rest of the infantry also quickly took the opportunity to climb out of the Carpathian Mountains to support the cavalry.

In only twelve hours, six divisions poured out of the gap in the mountain range, forming a situation of complete breakthrough.

They are like a bamboo shoot, with the roots behind them being the hard earth and the vast stars in front of them with infinite possibilities. In particular, this spring bamboo shoot is very capable, and it may break through the sky at any time.

And such a bamboo shoot with great potential will inevitably be feared by the people who live high in the sky, and will be attacked everywhere.

The Russians launched seven attacks, encircling them from the east and west, but the mountains were so steep that even if they could succeed several times, they all failed and lost a lot of territory.

In order to expand the results of the battle, and at the same time ensure that the breakthrough is not cut off by them, they attacked the east and west sides separately to expand the size of the gap.

They fought until Galich and met the friendly troops of the Polish department, and their operation was completed, and they were ordered by their superiors to digest the encircled Russian troops in the west.

Compared with the other two accomplished friendly armies, the Austro-Hungarian army in the Hungarian division was somewhat inconspicuous, but they also played an important role.

They did not attack, but mainly based in Budapest, supplying friendly forces in neighboring Slovakia, and at the same time launching a mild, delayed offensive against the Carpathians (to put it bluntly, launching an offensive to immobilize the enemy and not go anywhere else).

However, their attack may not be worthy of a sluggish attack, because they only wash the floor with artillery, and never let the infantry go up to die.

But this is also reasonable, after all, they have only two divisions, a total of 30,000 people.

By 13 May, the Austro-Hungarian offensive had come to an end, and many of its troops had been fighting for more than a day, and every soldier was exhausted.

They had to rest to ease the mood of the soldiers, but once the attack stopped, the Russians might move their forces back to the breach.

But Austria-Hungary didn't care, they had already hit the plain, and it was very simple to break through again, but they would die more.