Electric lights have illuminated every city, and tonight Vienna is lit up to celebrate the holidays.

The alley where Cassia lives is clearly a forgotten corner of the city, flanked by brick-paved alleyways lined with dilapidated apartments and hotels. If Rudolph's life was in the 20th century, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was the Renaissance.

This street is a real ancient street, it was built in the thirties of the 18th century. Because of the spread of the Industrial Revolution in Europe, the influx of industrial population, the size of cities began to expand. The land was outside the city walls, the streets were only allowed to pass by one horse-drawn carriage, and the roads were lined with kerosene lamps from the Austrian Empire. Today, the Austrian Empire has been reorganized into the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the city walls have been turned into a ring road, and the kerosene lamps are still there, but there are no lamplighters.

Cassia stood in the cold moonlight, listening to Christmas carols drifting in the distance. She vaguely recalled what she had just said, with a hint of confusion, a hint of joy, and more of an unreal feeling, like a dream. She dreamed that she followed his troops, stepping through mountains of corpses and a sea of blood, walking through a rain of bullets, just like the propaganda in the newspapers.

"Go to Belgrade!"

"Go to Warsaw!"

"Go to Moscow!"

"We are strong, our army is strong, crush all enemies."

Coming back from the fugue world, Cassia had already made up her mind. Since you have to find him and see him thousands of miles away, then you will naturally accompany him through thousands of mountains and rivers in the future, and since you have met, don't say goodbye.

The next day Cassia was still dreaming of herself, and Rudolph was already preparing for work in the 27th Division. He drank last night, he wasn't drunk, he was just not drunk, and everyone was drunk. Originally, Rudolph would also think about life, think about the future, but the future ending hangs in his heart. But since I learned that the war was coming as scheduled, I have walked around the battlefield. Rudolph had only one thought left in his mind, he was a card at the table and the decision-maker in this game. His appearance changed the trajectory of history, but he also knew that he couldn't, at least not now, change the direction of history.

Rudolph had a sense of suffocation, whenever he saw the endless army of the Russians at the General Staff, whenever he saw Britain and its territories all over the world on the map, and even when he ate at the hotel, learned that there were no more cod from Greenland now. Rudolph knew that they had lost the decisive battle, "We won every battle, but we lost this war. This is the memory of Germany and Bulgaria, "We fought bloody battles on the front, while politicians in the rear fought for power and profit on the basis of national independence." "This is the reason for the collapse of Austria and the Ottomans. This kind of army and government, which have different hearts, can only share weal and woe, not weal and woe. Now, if the Austro-Hungarian homeland of Eastern Europe were to be brought up to the level of Austria or the Czech economy, the vast majority of people would change their nationality.

Rudolph is holding a meeting with the officers of the 133 regiment, to whom the world's first combat-worthy tank has already been delivered. Although there is no turret, there is always a 47mm gun and 30mm inclined front armor. The vehicle is 2 meters high, 5.2 meters long, nearly 3 meters wide, and weighs 12 tons. The maximum speed is 20km/h, the road travel is 80km, and the off-road travel is 50km. Basically, the design concept of the No. 3 assault gun, the performance of the Renault FT17. Rudolph directly told his subordinates, "Your regiment will be the main force in the future, with armored vehicles and trucks, and you will first go to study assault artillery this afternoon, and tell me your thoughts and opinions tomorrow." ”

"Adjournment." Rudolph poured half of his hopes into the 133rd Regiment, which was a new regiment, but the quality of the soldiers was guaranteed, and Rudolph planned to train them into a mechanized infantry regiment. The remaining 36 and 50 regiments are all veterans with rich combat experience, and they say that they are the main force in battle, and now they only need to do a good job in basic training in tackling tough battles and sports warfare.

As soon as he left the conference room, Rudolph saw his adjutant Viktor. Victor pulled him aside and whispered, "There's a girl coming to the barracks looking for you, and she's saying she's going to volunteer for the army." ”

Rudolph was relieved, when he listened to Victor's story, he was afraid that Cassia would say that she was his girlfriend, and if it reached someone else, not to mention that the command would be held accountable, it would not be good for the rectification of military discipline.

"Bring her and the head of the personnel section to my office."

Not long after Rudolph sat down, he saw Cassia and Major Karti, the head of the personnel section, come in, this personnel chief is Rudolph's classmate, and he got into this position by relying on his family connections and Rudolph's recommendation, and the reason why this cronie was installed was mainly because the personnel section was also in charge of military law, which was equivalent to directly commanding the gendarmerie.

"She's going to join the army, give her a position."

Karti didn't answer, "What is this young lady called?" ”

"Kathea." Cassia thought she was going to fill in the information and blurted out.

"It seems like a Polish name."

"Yes, she is my mother's niece, the daughter of Count Levice, my cousin." Rudolph was talking nonsense in a serious way.

"Division commander, girls still don't go to the battlefield."

"If you think about it, joining the army is not a fun thing." Rudolph took advantage of the situation to persuade her, completely ignoring that he wanted her to come to the army and become the object of his confiding.

"My father is in Lemberg, and I want to be the first to see him." Cassia said half-truthfully, singing a duet with Rudolph.

Karti looked suspicious, always feeling that this was not the case, that this kind of thing always felt too bizarre.

"Cassia and I have a good relationship, she doesn't know anyone in Vienna, and I can take care of her in the army."

The chief's face couldn't be refuted, "What do you think this young lady is arranged, operator?" Service officer? ”

"Just the orderly, try not to let her show her face."

"You need to cut your hair short." Karti kindly reminded.

"No problem." Kathya agreed.

"Then I'll go prepare the materials." Karti left in a hurry, the chief's private affairs were still in care, although he was a gentleman, he would not be able to go online for this kind of thing, but he still had to sigh Rudolph's whimsy.

Cassia donned an acting corporal uniform, and Fran was promoted to warrant officer 1st class as Rudolph's lieutenant. Since becoming a general, the salary has improved a lot, and there are 7 adjutants of various kinds around him, plus the attached soldiers, from guards to cooks, there are more than 50 people in total.

Cassia had cut her hair short, but she could wear a gray-green field military cap, and the black hair on her neck could still be seen. But Rudolph kept her under his control, and so far less than 20 people had access to her, and they were tight-lipped enough to bring a pretty girl with them, and anyone would find it suspicious.