"A three-meter-deep trench can withstand all shelling." Rudolph repeated it again and again.

Through the reports of reconnaissance aircraft, Rudolph learned that the Russian Fourth Army had arrived on the battlefield earlier than expected. Admiral Dankel also threw nine infantry divisions and two cavalry divisions under his command into battle.

The most front-line troops of the two sides, Rudolph and the 65th Regiment of the Russians, were the focus of the audience.

The first to suffer was undoubtedly the 65th Regiment, the 15th Division of Rudolph, which, after the artillery was in place, launched an attack on the Russians.

For a week, the artillery in the rear was deafening, and every day panicked Russians ran to Rudolph. The Russian general Salza did not seem to be in a hurry, and while letting the 65th Regiment hold on to resistance, he was gathering troops at Yanuf. According to the message from the division commander Lake, Rudolph learned that the Russians were not at the touch of a button, and that they had built fortifications relying on the railway station. The 53rd Regiment, which was the first to go on the offensive, had already suffered more than half of the casualties and was completely incapacitated. Lake then threw his 43rd Regiment into battle, and after a third of the casualties, finally routed the 65th Regiment, capturing their commander and more than a thousand discouraged prisoners.

In order to achieve the result of less than 4,000 men, the 15th Division paid more than 4,000 casualties, and the exchange ratio reached 1 to 2. Such a result is already excellent, but it should also be considered that this is a desperate situation of encirclement by fighting more and fighting less, occupying the advantage of firepower. Major General Lake's mission was accomplished, his war life was over, and now all he could command was Rudolph's regiment.

In these more than ten days, Rudolph's position, which was supposed to be attacked, was unusually calm, and the Russians only deployed troops on the opposite side, firing a few artillery shots from time to time, and the two sides faced off like this, waiting for the collapse of the 65th Regiment. Rudolph was surprised, according to custom, shouldn't the Russians charge?

The command also did not give valuable information, but only told Rudolph that the Russians were not ready, let him do a good job of defense, and assigned a 75mm mountain artillery battalion to this position, but unfortunately, these mountain guns are not the latest M1914 type, or the most common M1905 type, but after all, they are not those bronze cannons with golden light, and the range of six thousand meters is more than enough for defensive operations.

Rudolph's preparations were more than that, given that the two regiments of the 15th Division had been damaged, Rudolph became the last hope of the whole division, and Rudolph was not polite, and inherited a large number of heavy machine guns and mortars from the whole division, Rudolph was appointed commander of this position, plus technical troops and reserves supported from the other two regiments, with a total of more than 5,000 men. Division Commander Lake had already withdrawn with two of his regiments for repairs, and Rudolph was now directly under the command of the 10th Army.

The expected attack began, but Austria-Hungary struck first, the First Army had moved to the left flank, and began to attack Salza's Fourth Army on all fronts, and Rudolph's division, which had been at the forefront, was now missing in the southeast, and Rudolph was guarding the rear of the army group while guarding against the Fifth Army in the east.

Rudolph feared that the Russians would surround them with their large forces, and the army commander, Lieutenant General Putnik, swore to Rudolph: "We will defeat the Russians, and the Fourth Army will defeat their opponents." ”

The Russians opposite Rudolph quickly retreated, Rudolph sent his cavalry and assault team at night, and after a sneak attack, Rudolph captured dozens of prisoners, but unfortunately the highest rank was only a lieutenant, and Rudolph learned that the Russians were retreating in the direction of Yanuf.

The First Army engaged the Russians in a battle at Yanuf, and under the terrible command of the 71-year-old General Salza, the Russians retreated eastward in a state of confusion, and the Russian commander-in-chief, Ivanov, relieved Salza of his duties.

Offenberg also lived up to expectations, with his Fourth Army defeating the Fifth Army at Lavalusk.

The Russians retreated northward, halting their retreat until they joined forces with the Fourth Army in Zamošić. The two Austro-Hungarian armies also joined forces and pursued the victory to Komaruff, near Zamošić.

Rudolph has adapted to the transition from striker to defender. Staying in the rear of the material movement, in charge of a huge contingent of more than 5,000 men, Rudolph sat peacefully in a small building in the city, reading the latest newspapers and telegrams from the front.

Before I knew it, the middle of August had come to the middle of August, and the "August artillery fire" that swept Europe in my memory seemed to have arrived ahead of schedule. The situation was good on both the eastern and western fronts, the Germans blew up the fortress of Liège, stepped through the stubborn Belgium, and after an arc, they came to the Marne, and the French issued a call to defend the capital.

Austria-Hungary defeated a Russian rout of nearly 400,000 at Zamošić. Four armies, 700,000 people shed their blood there.

Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was in a good mood, presented the Order of Blue Marx to Emperor Joseph. Victory seems to be in sight, but victory is actually out of reach.

Every day, Rudolph watched the reservists, who were mixed with good and bad, set foot on the front lines. Soon, on August 20, he also received a preliminary order to be ready to support the front at any time.

Rudolph was mentally prepared, and he now waits every day for news of the defeat. Victory began to slip through the fingertips.

On 27 August, Rudolph received a new order that he should not set out, that the Imperial army was retreating, and that he was to hold the road and railway lines south of Yanuf to meet the troops retreating westward.

The two exhausted troops began to retreat, and there was no one to answer. The Third Army, which was closest to them, had retreated to the territory and began to defend Lemberg.

The manpower of the Russians was their greatest advantage, and the fully formed Ninth Army outflanked south from Lublin, and the replenished Fourth and Fifth Armies pursued westward.

The expedition was destined to be a journey to the death, as the newly formed forces began to defend on the San River in the rear of Rudolph, and the Austro-Hungarians abandoned the city they had so laboriously captured in just six days. The poor mobility of the Russians saved the force, and the two corps, which had suffered heavy losses, began to retreat up the San River.

The Germans were not in a good mood either, and they began to retreat on 5 September, and the French, under the command of General Chauffeur, held out. The British Expeditionary Force also launched a coordinated offensive in Ypres, a support corps that was the most elite in the world, and they were demoralized and fearless of death, and they marched to death like a gentleman.

The Germans were exhausted, they retreated 60 kilometers and returned to their positions on the Aisne. Because of the orderliness of the retreat, the Germans avoided the fate of being surrounded by partitions. The German Chief of the General Staff told Wilhelm II with deep sorrow: "Your Majesty, we have lost this war. ”