"How is the situation on the front line? Have our troops retreated?" The slightly depressed voice of Emperor Ao once again rang in the Hoffman Palace.

"The Second Army has retreated to Przemisher. Several other army groups are also retreating quickly. However, the Fourth Army, which accommodates some other army personnel and insists on retaining heavy weapons, is still more than 50 kilometers away from the predetermined position." Conrad, commander-in-chief of the Austro-Hungarian Army, said with some shame. At this time, his mood was very different from when the battle broke out a month ago. Conrad was full of energy a month ago, but now? His face is almost the same as the persimmons hit by frost...

"Why didn't the Fourth Army comply with the orders of the General Command? Why?" Emperor Ao was already a little angry in his words.

"Because General Hovenberg believes that if the troops are evacuated, they will be pursued by at least two Russian armies. The Russian Fourth Army has defeated our Second Army. And because of the arrival of the Bavarian Legion, they moved closer to the Ninth Army and concentrated a large number of troops on the not-so-wide front. In addition, the followers of the Russian Ninth Army and the large Russian cavalry, once they leave the solid position, without the help of artillery and the position, the entire retreat is likely to turn into a retreat." Conrad said.

"But Hovenberg cannot stop the Russians' counterattack and then retreat calmly! When will our general become like a rotten wood?" Emperor Ao was now angry!

"It's Prince Leopold. We have checked the recent military communication records. Prince Leopold hopes that General Offenberg will try his best to gather the remaining troops and preserve as much equipment as possible, and said that the Bavarian Legion will do its best to rescue the siege! And because of such a telegram, Offenberg believed! He believed the Prince of Bavaria!" Carl, who was standing beside him, was already angry when he said this!

As the nominal two leaders of the Austro-Hungarian Legion and a powerful candidate for the future heirs of the Empire, Grand Duke Karl was angry not only because of Offenberg's choice, but because the fundamental reason for Offenberg's choice was simply because of a telegram from a man who did not command the Austro-Hungarian Empire!

"He actually believed in the Bavarians so much and regarded Bavaria as his master! We are the highest commander representing the military power of the Austro-Hungarian Empire! He is dereliction of duty! He is a crime!" When Grand Duke Karl received the telegram from Offenberg for the first time, he was furious in front of Conrad and other senior officials in the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire! From Offenberg's actions, he saw the tendency of the middle and senior officials of the Austro-Hungarian Army and made him realize that the position of the crown prince is getting farther and farther away from him...

"Your Excellency, you better pay attention to your speech. The Kingdom of Bavaria is our ally, and Prince Leopold has just helped us stabilize some of the front lines. It is extremely wrong to say such words in this case! Even Your Majesty will not tolerate it." General Keweis, the commander of the Austro-Hungarian Second Army, who had just been rescued by Prince Leopold, immediately said.

Kves is a person in the Austro-Hungarian army who is already close to Bavaria. He hopes that Princess Mary can take office politically. So he said mercilessly. The others present soon showed that Grand Duke Carl's words were inappropriate or excessive, which made the Grand Duke very angry. This time, he finally decided to raise this matter in front of the Emperor. He believed that it was necessary to rely on the Emperor's authority to re-concentrate the military command power!

"So what does Prince Leopold mean now?" Emperor Ao ignored Grand Duke Carl at all. Emperor Ao already knew about the other party's big quarrel at the headquarters. In his opinion, Carl has no military talent and can tolerate it, but political immaturity is absolutely impossible. Perhaps Ruprecht's political skills are not too high, but at least, with his strong strength, he can naturally be stronger. However, Carl, a man under 30 years old and does not have his own direct line and strength, why should he jump like this? Carl's recent performance has really disappointed Emperor Ao!

"Prince Leopold repeatedly stated that he would go to help General Offenberg, and His Highness Prince Ruprecht has returned to Munich, but he did not stop too much but went directly to the front line. His Highness expressed his willingness to lead the Bavarian Legion to help General Offenberg through private channels. Now, the Bavarian Legion has indeed shown signs of mobilization." Conrad said.

"Private channel?" Emperor Ao said thoughtfully.

"Well, it's Earl Schelling. He said that the prince will rescue the Fourth Army out of the morality of his allies and the feelings of his nation, but that's all." Conrad said.

"It seems that the misunderstanding between us needs to be resolved." Emperor Ao said with a wry smile. "Since the Bavarian Legion is willing to provide help, we will cooperate with each other and try our best to support both materials and transportation. After all, we are saving our own troops." Emperor Ao said.

Then, Grand Duke Carl, who was ignoring what he wanted to say, waved his hand and signaled the meeting to end. He was already old and needed to calm down and then make a decision that was most beneficial to the empire. It was time to make a decision in some things!

Just as the top leaders of the Austro-Hungarian Army were discussing this battle, the situation of Offenberg and his subordinates, who were fighting on the front line, could be described as living a life as in the past year! The Russian army of 15 divisions had surrounded 6 infantry divisions and 1 cavalry division of the Fourth Army.

The entire encirclement area is only more than 30 square kilometers. The assistance from the rear has been cut off. In addition to his own troops, Offenberg also accommodated about 22,000 retreating soldiers and wounded soldiers from other legions. Of course, these people cannot provide much combat power.

Now, there are about 150,000 Austro-Hungarian troops and about 400 various artillery in the entire encirclement. Offenberg was bitten by two armies at the same time. It was also an accident that according to the Russians' plan, a Russian army was fighting an Austro-Hungarian army. After defeating the corresponding Austro-Hungarian Second Army, the Russian Fourth Army suddenly appeared on the flank, Prince Leopold, who suddenly appeared on the flank, shocked the Russians.

Then the Fourth Army decisively chose to give up the attack on the Austro-Hungarian Second Army, and then turned to join the Russian Ninth Army. Offenberg, who was fighting with the Russians head-on, suddenly found that his flank was exposed. What's more tragic is that after it was exposed, another Russian army took advantage of the situation to kill him! You think, how did Offenberg choose? A huge plier was already clamped over without realizing it, and the Russians had the advantage of maneuvering. At this time, Offenberg couldn't run away even if he wanted to run.
Chapter completed!