He had asked Conrad for help, but the Austro-Hungarian Legion, which did not have enough reserves and was frustrated at every turn, was simply unable to save this somewhat forward-positioned corps, and had no choice but to give a meaningless order to retreat! If he could go, Offenberg would have left a long time ago, relying on the existing defensive positions, his troops could still defend temporarily, but if they left the position, with the movement speed of the large army of no more than 20 kilometers a day, they would have been caught up by the Russians and then scattered!

At this time, Prince Leopold sent a telegram to Offenberg, asking him to gather as many Austro-Hungarian troops as possible on the battlefield, and then rely on the existing positions to defend and wait for the Bavarian Army to respond. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Your Highness, my troops are surrounded by absolutely superior Russian troops, we lack ammunition and supplies, and our morale is low. Holding on is already difficult, and containing more remnants will only make the situation worse. In a call-back, Offenberg wrote.

"This is a true catastrophe, and in the face of it, the Germans and Czechs of the Kingdom of Bavaria and Austria should stand side by side against the coming trials, and we should do everything in our power to help everyone who has any hope of being saved, even if we have to take some risks. I pledge in my personal honour, as well as in the name of the Wittelsbach family, that we will do everything in our power to support your army, and that the first reinforcements will arrive before sunset tomorrow. Prince Leopold wrote in the telegram.

No one was going to send their precious troops to a desperate situation, and Prince Leopold made his position clear by his own actions, and he had his son lead the team, with the first and only one in the last few days, to support Offenberg's Fourth Army. The prince gathered all the motor vehicles at hand, carrying as much ammunition and supplies as he could, and this force, which was less than 10,000 men, became a footnote to the prince's telegram!

When the prince received this news, he immediately decided to draw vehicles from other units to form a new rapid assault group and go directly to the road to attack the Russian Fourth Army.

"The Offenberg army can be heavily damaged or completely annihilated, but I hope you must bring the prince's son back, this is an unshakable bottom line, I can give you anything, as long as you can do it!" The prince wrote in a secret telegram to Baron Schmidt, who led the group.

The prince is still very good for his cousin, both historically and now, when Ruprecht was imprisoned for opposing the Nazis, this cousin once rescued him, and in this plane. Prince Leopold was the elder of the prince and one of his most important supporters, and even if the legion had to pay some price, he had to keep his cousin safe.

"Prince, you really shouldn't come." When Prince Georg broke through the Russian blockade, he arrived with an armored battalion, three infantry battalions, a cavalry battalion, and a baggage battalion. Offenberg said with some mixed feelings.

"Here are hundreds of thousands of our compatriots, and I should be here so that they can return safely to their homeland in Austria and Bohemia. Even if His Majesty the Emperor and Conrad give up, as long as there is a chance, we will never give up our allies. Prince Georg said: "My father and the crown prince will do everything in their power to save you, even if it is a major attack." Let's talk about the situation here. ”

"Our supplies are basically enough, rifles and light weapons ammunition are sufficient, but we lack enough artillery, and the two Russian armies have concentrated at least 600 artillery pieces to attack us, but fortunately, their supply lines are relatively long, and the amount of ammunition they have stockpiled is not large."

"Our morale is very low, and some cowards have clamored to surrender or flee. I managed to control the situation, the Germans were relatively stubborn, the Bohemians were able to carry out orders under the pressure of the officers, but the Magyars were different from some of the other minorities, and they did not bring much benefit to the improvement of combat effectiveness except for the consumption of supplies. Offenberg said with some frustration.

"Morale needs to be boosted by victory! In order to give our soldiers back hope of victory, I decided to launch a limited counter-assault with my troops! Father's troops may not arrive tomorrow, but I can guarantee that when dawn tomorrow our soldiers will be able to see the air force of the Kingdom of Bavaria as soon as they look up. Prince Georg said confidently.

At the same time as Georg's troops entered the encirclement, Prince Leopold immediately led five divisions to relieve the siege after learning that Ruprecht would fully support the Austro-Hungarian front and attack the flank of the Russian Fourth Army. The balance of war has begun to tilt gradually, at this time the entire Galician front can be divided into two parts, in the Polish direction, the two Russian armies have completed the encirclement of the Offenberg army, but hundreds of thousands of Austro-Hungarian troops are still fighting, and the Russians will not be able to eat for a while, and on the periphery, the main force of the corps led by Prince Ruprecht and the troops of Prince Leopold have come up from the west and south. Over the course of the next 3 days, the countermeasures of forces in the Polish direction will undergo subversive changes.

In the Ukrainian direction, the three Russian armies still had an overwhelming advantage, and the three armies, having defeated two and a half Austro-Hungarian armies, continued to advance in the direction of Galician depth. Austria-Hungary, on the other hand, was ready to defend itself with its back to the Carpathians.

"Prince Leopold's troops seem to be trying to relieve Offenberg?" Nikolayevich said with some concern as he looked at the information he had just obtained.

"It's time for the battle to end, the combat effectiveness of our two corps in the Polish theater of operations was already a little low, and now it is even more powerful." Kuropatkin already had some intention of retreating.

"However, if we count it like this, our battle loss ratio is actually not optimistic, in the Ukrainian theater of operations, we have lost almost 150,000 troops, and Austria-Hungary has lost about 200,000. In the Polish theater of operations, the inexplicable loss was 120,000, while the Austro-Hungarian loss was around 140,000. In this case, the battle loss ratio is about 270,000 to 340,000. Our advantage is not huge. ”

"Of course, the most important thing is that now this front is not good, and our troops are not able to occupy the areas north and east of the Carpathians. This means that we can't lock the Austro-Hungarian Army in the inner ring of the Carpathian Mountains, we need to divide a large number of troops to defend Austria-Hungary, so where can we find enough mobile forces to deal with the Bavarian Army? Brusinov said. He was very unhappy with the current situation.

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