With the roaring sound of artillery fire becoming clearer, Rudolph and his party reached the front line of the city of Shopro, and the expected battle across the Leta River did not break out, this time, the General Staff took the fastest speed, ordered the nearby garrisons to quickly occupy both sides of the river, and set up bridgehead positions. The War Department and the War Department also changed from the previous procrastination and quickly assembled and mobilized field troops.

Seeing that the river defense line could not be constructed, the Hungarian rebels could only garrison the nearby city of Suprang, guarding the main road into the Great Plains.

The battle has broken out, and the rhythm of the war is still in the hands of the General Staff.

In order to prevent the Empire's Balkan strategy from being mere rhetoric, Conrad redrafted the Austro-Hungarian battle plan after 1906. In response to the U plan drawn up for the human invasion of Hungary, three possibilities were added to it: Plan I (I refers to Italy), Plan B (B refers to the Balkans) and Plan R (R refers to Russia).

The three derivative plans are well known to everyone, but the most basic U plan, Rudolph has only heard of in later generations, and even thought it was fake at one time. But its authenticity was confirmed after the relevant military deployments and orders were issued.

The first time he stepped on the battlefield of swords and swords, Rudolph's mood was indescribably excited. As a hot-blooded young man in the era of nuclear peace, the war of bayonets is really a little far away from him, although he will not shout to take the lead in the charge, but he is also looking forward to going to the front line in person.

Rudolph's troops had been repairing for two days since arriving at the front, and if the war went well, he might not have had the opportunity to experience war. In the midst of war, Rudolph's emotions were unusual, but like most military academy graduates, he was both uneasy about the danger that was presenting at the moment and had mixed expectations for the future.

Fortunately, it integrates the military literacy left over from his previous life, otherwise, Rudolph would not doubt what a ridiculous and generous move he would make. It would be like those teenage honorary generals of the Habsburgs, not to mention strategizing and winning a thousand miles, and even the courage to face blood was extremely lacking.

Rudolph did not wait long, and in the afternoon of the same day, the order of the commander-in-chief of the front, Grand Duke Augusta, came. Rudolph was ordered to lead his army to the southern front, where communications had been cut off not long ago, the Hungarians had made a ruinous move, and at the front, their Romanian and Croatian soldiers were constantly defecting, and outside they were slow to receive a response from their compatriots in the Wehrmacht on the Italian border. In a desperate situation, the Hungarians burst into unparalleled combat effectiveness.

On the way to the exit, the number of routs in front of him is increasing. Rudolph asked his subordinates to bring in a few high-ranking deserters, and before Rudolph could ask questions, the officers began to beg for mercy,

"The Hungarians are coming, the troops are scattered, Major, we can't help it, everyone is running for their lives, we really can't hold it."

Rudolf ignored it and asked to himself: "What is the situation at the front, how many Hungarians are coming?" ”

A soot-faced lieutenant replied, "We are from the 25th regiment, and when we were preparing to attack, we saw the people in front of us retreating, and then the Hungarian hussars, who cut down when they saw people, and did not stop when they reached the line. We had no time to defend and had to retreat. ”

"Retreat? Even the gun can be lost. Alright, get out of the way. ”

The rout increased and even blocked the road. Without waiting for Rudolph to react, the commander of the 4th Battalion, Javier, gave the order first. Havel is a middle-aged Czech who has lived in the military for nearly a decade, and although he has not experienced any battles that have gone down in history, his ability to adapt to changes is not comparable to that of a college student like Rudolph.

Havel ordered the deserters to disperse in German, and his men fired warning shots. Amid the sound of gunfire, shouting, and swearing, the deserters scattered to the fields on both sides.

Rudolph immediately gave the order for the whole regiment to march forward in a hurry, and at this time, the follow-up order from the command happened to come. On the main battlefield of the city of Shopro, the main force of the Austro-Hungarian army was victorious and advanced to the outskirts of the city. But the main force of the rebels did not hold on here, and the Hungarians opened the way with two cavalry divisions and gathered the main force to attack from the south. Rudolph was ordered to conduct reconnaissance and stay on the spot for reinforcements.

Rudolph reined in the reins and ordered the troops to dig trenches high up in the nearby ridges and organize defenses. Rudolph sent scouts and called the battalion company commander.

Rudolph was very nervous at this time, and he didn't know how many enemies there would be in front of him. Probably he would die today under the sabers of the Hungarians, Rudolph could have escaped, and as a nobleman of illustrious origin, he would have been expelled from the army at best. But this will humiliate the family, it will disgrace the royal family, and it will be even more sorry for his conscience.

Rudolph cheered himself up, fate gave him a chance, not for him to steal his life. Rudolph cleared his throat and gave a heavy order:

"Ladies and gentlemen, our mission is to hold here, opposite is the main enemy army, and reinforcements do not know when they will come. We haven't known you for long, but we've had the privilege of fighting together. Tell your soldiers, I, Rudolf von Habsburg, will fight until the last moment in honor of my family. ”

With that, Rudolph raised his saber.

"Long live the Emperor's Country!"

The officers raised their swords and pointed to the flag.

"Long live the Emperor!"

"Major Gomez, leave me a company and take the rest of the men to form a flank position."

"Yes."

"Major Javier, take six machine guns, build a frontal line of defense, dig a few more layers of trenches."

"Yes, the people of the four companies, isn't it a little too scattered."

Rudolph thought for a moment, "Six machine guns, enough." The machine gun is equipped with a few more supply soldiers. ”

"Yes."

Rudolph rode a white horse and patrolled the position. While making the final mobilization for the soldiers, he was deducing and calculating in his heart.

Reaching the edge of the position, Rudolph found that there were no machine guns in the area. Rudolph looked back and was surprised to see that on the main position, six machine guns were arranged equidistant in a straight line. Eh, is this a reenactment of the tactics of a machine gun at a hundred meters from the Somme? But the point is, there are not so many machine guns to splurge. The First World War was about to break out, but this unit did not know that the machine guns were suppressed on both flanks.

Rudolph had no choice but to take command himself, and he placed two machine guns on the left near the flank position, one on the right slightly behind, and the remaining three, forming a crossfire in the middle.

Rudolph went to inspect the flank positions again, worthy of a young officer, and the firepower arrangement was not satisfactory. The three machine guns were placed in two lines and were placed on a high place, which could ensure sufficient firepower.