When the Germanic Imperial Army defeated the Gallic Army and the Imperial Expeditionary Force on the Western Front and forced the Gallic Kingdom to surrender, the situation on the Eastern Front also changed dramatically.
Army Group Southwest, commanded by General Brusilov, launched a fierce attack on Austria-Hungary.
More than two million Russian troops launched a fierce attack from Galicia on the Carpathian defense line of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Although, the top military officials of Austria-Hungary, including Grand Duke Friedrich, the Chief of the General Staff, Marshal Baron Herzendorf and others, went to the front to sit. And on the Carpathian Mountains deployed a full two million people. It was hoped that the terrain could withstand the attack of the Tsarist Empire and buy enough time for the Germanic Empire to achieve a major victory on the Western Front.
But what they did not expect was that General Brusilov led the Russian Imperial Army to launch an extremely violent attack, and in a series of fierce attacks, broke through the defense line of the Austro-Hungarian Army in one fell swoop, so that the entire Carpathian defense line was broken.
Austria-Hungary was defeated and suffered heavy losses.
Fortunately, at this time, the news of the Germanic Empire’s forced surrender to Gaul had already arrived, and the Russian Empire was also frightened, and Tsar Nicholas II ordered General Brusilov not to continue the attack, but instead built a defensive line in the Carpathian Mountains to prepare for the counterattack of the Germanic Empire and Austria-Hungary.
This made Austria-Hungary breathe a sigh of relief in shame.
If the Russian Empire had continued to attack, wouldn’t they have paid a greater price and suffered heavier losses?
Austria-Hungary, Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.
Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria is even older, and the wrinkles on his face are already piled up.
The atmosphere was a little frozen, and the high-ranking officials of the Austro-Hungarian Empire were all very ugly.
The front line suffered a crushing defeat, lost troops and lost large swathes of the country. This is undoubtedly a great shame for Austria-Hungary!
Fortunately, the Russian Empire stopped its offensive, otherwise they would have lost more territory.
“Your Majesty, the Russians have stopped their offensive, and Grand Friedrich has gathered troops on the front line to prepare for the next attack of the Tsars. However, judging from the current situation, the Russian Empire has fully turned to the defensive, and it is unlikely that it will continue to attack us! The Chief of the General Staff, Marshal Baron Herzendorf, said.
Franz Joseph I nodded: “How many troops did we lose in this battle?” ”
“Your Majesty, we lost more than 800,000 troops in this battle. Among them, many troops were surrounded by the Russian Imperial Army and captured by them. Marshal Baron Herzendorf replied.
“Alas! Is the army of the empire really so vulnerable? Even if there is a geographical advantage, it will not be able to withstand the attack of the Tsarists? Franz Joseph I sighed, his face full of sorrow.
“Your Majesty, our army does have many problems, and it is difficult to bring out its combat effectiveness. In addition, the commanders of the Tsarist Russians were extremely cunning, so they allowed them to exploit loopholes. Fortunately, our allies have already won an absolute victory on the Western Front. According to the information we have received, after the surrender of the Gauls, the rest of the Germanic Empire will return home to rest, except for a few army groups left to garrison the Western Front. After that, a large-scale offensive will be launched on the Eastern Front. The Russians were gathering troops and preparing to defend themselves against the attack of the Germanic Empire. Once they can’t resist, we can take advantage of the situation to launch a large-scale counterattack, not only to recover the lost territory, but also to take advantage of the situation to attack the territory of the Russian Empire and occupy a large part of the territory of the Russian Empire! “Marshal Baron Herzendorf looked confident.
When Franz Joseph I listened, his face was not happy, but replaced by some embarrassment.
At some point, Austria-Hungary had already fallen to such a point that it was necessary to rely on the Germans to defeat the enemy and recover the country.
Many high-ranking officials in Austria-Hungary still looked like they were natural and at ease.
This really made Franz Joseph I’s heart really not taste!
He became increasingly worried about how Austria-Hungary could withstand the threat of the Germanic Empire after his death.
“Hmph! According to the information we received, the Germans blackmailed the Gauls fiercely, not only offered the Gauls war reparations of more than 30 billion marks, but also occupied the northern territories of the Gaul State, and also took over many colonies in the Gaul State, and even received a large number of naval ships from the Gaul State. However, they have not meant to share it with us until now, and they seem to have forgotten that we also have credit for their defeat of the Gallic state. If we hadn’t dragged down the main forces of the Russian Imperial Army and helped them buy time, once the Russian Empire gathered a large army and launched an attack on the eastern part of the Germanic Empire, how would they be able to mobilize heavy troops and defeat the Gallic state in one fell swoop? ”
The Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, Grand Duke Karl, looked angry, and his eyes were even more jealous.
The Germanic Empire slaughtered the Gauls and gained countless benefits.
However, they lost troops under the attack of the Tsarist Empire, and lost a large area of territory, which naturally made Grand Duke Karl very unbalanced.
The high-ranking officials of the Austro-Hungarian Empire suddenly looked at each other, and seemed to be a little confused why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had such an idea.
Indeed, the Germanic Empire received a large number of benefits in Gaul that they were the envy of them.
However, Austria-Hungary did not commit troops to participate in the attack on Gaul, and it makes sense that the Germanic Empire did not share the benefits to Austria-Hungary.
Of course, Austria-Hungary did contribute by dragging down the main forces of the Russian Empire on the Eastern Front.
If Austria-Hungary was powerful, the Germanic Empire might have shared some of its benefits to Austria-Hungary in order to win over Austria-Hungary.
Unfortunately, Austria-Hungary did too badly in this war.
Even if the Germans did not share the benefits with them, they could not do anything.
“Well, the Germanic Empire was able to slaughter the Gauls fiercely, this is their ability. After we defeat the Russian Empire, we will naturally be able to slaughter the Russians fiercely. At that time, we will be able to share enough benefits! “Franz Joseph I did not want to continue to dwell on this issue and went straight to the decision.
Archduke Karl shut up this time and said nothing more.
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