Rudolph and his assault group had a pleasant winter, and for two months the officers and men had only to complete their training and receive a sumptuous dinner. Even on New Year's Day, Rudolph gathered more than 20,000 people to drink cheap rum and beer and eat pork and vegetables stewed in large pots. A unique theatrical performance was also held, in which soldiers from all over the world sang folk songs from their hometowns, military bands played rousing marches, and Rudolph did not go to perform, but took all the officers and men to celebrate the New Year. Although Rudolph would love to sing a few classic pop songs, as a general, he still has to hold the shelf.

In February, the Germans were still fighting the French on the Western Front, and after a fierce battle, the harvest was nothing more than a cold trench and a mountain of corpses.

The Turks also failed, and Enver sought revenge against the Russians in winter, with the result that the elite 3rd Army was defeated by the bitter cold of the Caucasus before it could reach the front. The British fleet had already begun shelling the Gallipoli peninsula, and the Ottomans switched to the defensive.

The Russians did not have a good time, and their elite was buried in Galicia with the Austro-Hungarian army, and on the southern front they confronted the Austro-Hungarian line of defense on the San River, neither building a defensive line nor attacking in a big way. The Russians are accumulating strength, they are also blocked, they have already begun to run out of equipment and ammunition. What is even more tragic is that they have lost on the northern front, and the Russians proved the fighting ability of the German army with a crushing defeat, and in order to stabilize the front, they retreated to Warsaw and voluntarily abandoned Lodz, which was once desperately defending.

The British were busy jumping up and down, Bulgaria had already fallen to the Central Powers at the promise of Germany and Austria-Hungary, and the British had to choose Greece, which Greece did not appreciate. After the outbreak of the war, the British, in order to win over Bulgaria, ruthlessly rejected Greece's request to take the initiative to enter the war. Because Germany and Austria-Hungary had always been in close contact with Bulgaria, and now they had promised great profits by giving Bulgaria large tracts of territory in the hands of others, and then Bulgaria was ready to go to war, and their mood was at an all-time high, and they vowed to regain the lands they had won and lost in the two Balkan wars.

At a time when the situation in the Balkans and Russia was precarious, the British Empire showed itself to be a world hegemon. It forced its landing at Thessaloniki, Greece, and then fought a battle with the Greek army in Athens, where the British forced William II's brother-in-law Constantine to relinquish power and install the pro-British Prime Minister Stefanos to form a new government. Greece was mired in infighting, and the British did not count on it, but only sent a steady stream of supplies to Serbia.

The Serbian army lived up to expectations and defeated Konrad's army. Austria-Hungary withdrew from the Valjevo region and was able to hold Belgrade with great firepower.

The story of the British is not over, under the planning of the landing genius, Admiral Churchill, they will launch a landing in the Dardanelles, and then capture Istanbul in one fell swoop, forcing the Ottomans to withdraw from the war, which will not only open the Black Sea, provide support to Russia, but also build confidence for the Balkan brothers.

The British idea is beautiful and direct. The Turks had already begun to defend the capital, but the crumbling empire was simply overwhelmed, they had no heavy artillery, no fleet, and even insufficient mines, and the Turks had to modify the anchor mines that the Russians had broken from the Black Sea.

The Ottoman Empire turned to its allies for help, and Germany was still rejoicing in the bloody battle on the Western Front, and the burden of containing Russia fell on Austria-Hungary.

No one expected Austria-Hungary to open the railway line in Serbia, as long as it was enough to attack the Russians. Austria-Hungary originally had a counteroffensive plan, and now it is ready to capture Grudidike by the 27th Division on February 9, break the Russian defensive line, and divide the enemy's Eighth Army, after the Third Army of the Second Army has defeated the Russians, the First and Fourth Armies of the Northern Front will launch a diversionary attack on the whole front, the First Army is responsible for preventing the Russian Fifth Army in Lublin from moving south to support, and the Fourth Army will flank the Russian Fourth Army with the First Army. The only variable now is the Third Army, which is too demoralized to be able to withstand the Russian Third Army.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and no one is sure of victory. The Allies no longer allowed Austria-Hungary to back down, and both at home and abroad were looking forward to the battle.

Rudolph was at a loss, and was always worried that a certain army would escape or even defect at the imminent end. This is the defect of a multi-ethnic state, and without the encouragement of patriotism or nationalism, morale cannot withstand the blow.

A multi-ethnic state also has its merits, and the top brass of the Austro-Hungarian army is full of confidence, and it is no wonder that they are complacent, and Austria-Hungary has thoroughly deciphered the Russian telegrams. In cryptography, a large number of geniuses appeared in Austria-Hungary.

The Secret Archives Bureau was disgraced by Colonel Raeder's treason. But their intelligence work was done very well, and Austro-Hungarian cryptography is recognized as the best in the world. After the start of the war, they deciphered the Serbian code. Russia was not spared, and the genius Bocconi deciphered the Russian code in just one week, but the Germans did not believe it, and Austria-Hungary itself could not believe it. Later, it was completely confirmed that the Russian code had been deciphered, but unfortunately the front-line operations were not effective, and all the intelligence was used to help the Third Army escape.

The Austro-Hungarian code was also absolutely secure, and in 1898, shortly after Marconi invented radio, the Austro-Hungarian Navy conducted radio communication experiments. In 1904, the War Department required password encryption. During the war, the Russian decipherment team performed mediocre and found nothing. The Italians changed the code several times, either deciphered by Figel and his student Pocor, or bought by Jung's agents, the head of the decoding department. It was not until 1917 that Italy, with the help of the British, deciphered for the first time a complete Austro-Hungarian telegram.

The Austro-Hungarian military knew well that Rudolph had found a breakthrough and was now waiting for the battle to pass, which was the stage for a commander's performance.

Rudolph's regimental men were strong, all the soldiers wore steel helmets, each infantry squad had submachine guns, and each platoon had light machine guns. The 133 regiment had 120 trucks, 36 assault guns. There are also 70 trucks, 20 armored vehicles at the division headquarters. In two months, Rudolph not only occupied most of the capacity of the new production line, but also emptied Austria-Hungary's oil reserves, which were self-sufficient in oil, and after losing the post-production area in Galicia, Austria-Hungary had to import large quantities from Romania, and even the supply of cars was limited.