On May 18, the Russian army in Kyiv was getting smaller and smaller.

The German-Austrian forces were keenly aware of this and accelerated their offensive, wanting to take Kyiv as soon as possible.

If they can relax and pay close attention to the enemy's movements, then there is every chance that all Russians will be trapped in Kiev.

It is a pity that the Germans no longer look at the Russians with a straight eye, and there is no other defense than to bombard the position with artillery.

In the evening of the same day, the Austro-Hungarian army managed to take Kiev. The soldiers had a night of partying, and the officers sent congratulatory messages to various places.

One of the victory telegrams reached Koustina, and Kuster was also curious about how they fought them, but did not directly disclose it, but said that his army had surrounded part of the Ukrainian Russian army, and the main Austro-Hungarian force could take the opportunity to attack again.

Austria-Hungary did not listen to him and continued to rejoice in the city of Kiev, insulting the local Russians.

It was not until noon the next day that the Germans discovered that they had not completely surrounded the Russian troops around Kyiv, and that there was a huge gap in the east from which many people had escaped.

They hurriedly forwarded the news to Austria-Hungary to ask for an explanation.

The Austro-Hungarian top brass did not know why there was a gap in the east, but they did not have any concerns, gathered all the troops, and continued to attack.

However, the soldiers had no intention of fighting again, and when they heard that they could run as far as they could go to the battlefield, they were all captured in the end.

The officers, realizing that the situation was very unfavorable, tried to correct the problem, but to no avail, and ordered them to attack immediately, without giving them a moment of rest.

In desperation, the Austro-Hungarian army slowly began to assemble, spreading its forces over the entire front, while slowly concentrating its forces in some important areas.

The original plan was to launch an attack on the afternoon of May 19, but seeing that the soldiers did not have the will to fight, they did not know what Kemal was doing in the east, and they did not know where the reinforcements had gone, so it was finally decided to launch an attack on the 20th.

In order to ensure that the operation was foolproof, the Austro-Hungarian high-ranking also personally confirmed with Kuster, assuring them that they would be involved in the battle.

However, it doesn't matter if you don't ask, this question only knows that Kuster did not put the main offensive force on Ukraine at all, which made the Austro-Hungarian high-level explode instantly, but considering that he still needs his help, he had to swallow this breath.

Thankfully, however, they had Kemal's consent to force their way across the Dnieper when they attacked, forming a real east-west flank.

The German-Austrian-Turkish forces began to readjust their forces, and the front was mainly filled by the Austrian army, and the nearly 400-kilometer-long plot to the west was under its responsibility.

The Germans in the north were the main breakthrough force, and their 70,000 troops would be the first shot of the battle.

The eastern Dnieper region was handed over to the Turkish army led by Kemal, which was responsible for delaying the movement of the Russian army and cooperating with the Allied offensive.

The warring sides waited, but the Allied forces were waiting for their moment, and the Russian army was waiting for death.

On May 20, the first gunshots rang out in the north of Ukraine.

Surprisingly, it was not the Germans who attacked, but the Russians on the opposite side.

Although the attack was quickly crushed and the officers were killed on the battlefield, the Germans were still impressed.

After briefly disposing of the corpses of the Russian troops, they marched south.

Austria-Hungary was shocked by the sound of gunfire from the north and realized that the time had come, and the 600,000-strong army attacked the remaining parts of Ukraine from many fronts.

The remaining Russian army was only 70,000 men, unable to resist such a ferocious attack, so they could only retreat again and again, and in the end, except for the defense line of the Dnieper generation, which was still intact, there were only Russians on the steppe who had been fleeing.

The other two sides were very lively, but the east side was as peaceful as ever, and Kemal did not conduct any more military operations, except for a few thousand shells fired casually every day.

One is that he focused on Crimea, where nearly 80,000 of the 130,000 troops were fighting. Seeing that Crimea will soon be taken, although there is a request from the alliance at this time, it will not send any troops to help.

The second is that he is unwilling to go to Ukraine, after all, even if Ukraine is defeated, it is impossible for Turkey, so why spend more troops for this.

What's more, Kuster asked him not to make a big move, just just shoot a few shots to fool the Austrians. In the future, Austria-Hungary investigated it, and the responsibility was borne by Kuster.

With the assurance of his superiors, it is naturally impossible for Kemal to send even one person there and continue to fight his Crimea with peace of mind.

However, even though the Turkish army has been trying to release the water, the Russians are really not angry, and their morale is almost collapsed after a few rounds of artillery.

Kemal only sent 200 men into a tentative assault on a bridgehead garrisoned by more than 1,600 Russian troops.

With such a large difference in numbers, it stands to reason that the Turkish army must not win, but no one expected that without firing a shot, the Russians themselves stretched out their hands and walked out of the trenches.

But even so, many Russians were still killed, not because the Turks were of low quality, but because their faces were too scary, with yellow faces and thin muscles, and the bones of their whole bodies protruded, like ghosts, and anyone would feel afraid.

Kemal, having met a few Russian prisoners of war, had a general idea of the problems within the Russian army, but instead of pursuing the victory, he transferred his findings to his two allies, allowing them to take advantage of the opportunity to attack, while he continued to attack Crimea.

After the problem of the Russian army reached the hands of the German-Austrian army, they thought that the Turkish army had already reached hundreds of kilometers deep in Ukraine, otherwise it would be impossible to get such detailed information.

So they confidently ordered the reserve to march towards the Dnieper - the last place where the Ukrainian Russian army could hold on.

But they didn't march through normally, they passed by train. They thought that the flank of the Dnieper was very safe.

As a result, they fell into an ambush on the way, and hurriedly got off the train and mingled with the Russians.

Only later did they learn that the Turkish army had not launched an attack at all, and just as they wanted to pass on the information to their superiors, they found that the radio facilities had been damaged.

Having lost the ability to connect, they could only stick to the plains and wait for reinforcements to rescue.

Fortunately, this reserve has the size of two divisions, and it is not a problem to hold out for three or four days.

It was fought until May 22, when a sound was heard in the distance, piercing the sky and reaching the Russian army that was still attacking, killing a bunch of people.

The Austrian commander, who had been eating dirt all day, was very excited when he heard the sound, but the sound did not come from the rear, which frightened him again.

But when he looked into the distance, there were countless rafts and boats on the other side of the river, with the Turkish flag on them.