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Chapter 596: Grab time

Before the Russian-Romanian coalition launched the attack, Peter's attitude softened for a time, and he agreed to hand over the military command of the Kingdom of Serbia to George on the premise of marriage.

After the Transylvanian Campaign began, Peter seemed to have forgotten about it. Even though the Serbian army suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Mir, Peter gritted his teeth and persevered.

From the Serbian point of view, it is certainly possible to accuse George of allowing the Kingdom of Serbia to suffer heavy losses out of his own selfish interests.

But as the King of Serbia, Peter resolutely refused to obey the command of the theater commander for the sake of his own power and status, which was also selfish and irresponsible.

As George expected, after Vasily broke through the Austrian defenses at the Carpathian Pass, Conrad indeed transferred the Fifth Army from the Balkans to Transylvania, and Potiorek was forced to stop the attack.

Peter was ecstatic and attributed the Austrian retreat entirely to Serbia's resistance. The Belgrade newspapers did not mention the Russian Empire and Romania at all.

If Conrad had not been forced to transfer the Second Army to Galicia and the Fifth Army to Transylvania before the war, Potiorek would probably have been celebrating his victory in Belgrade by now.

The Crown Prince of Montenegro, Prince Sto, came to George, hoping that George could help prevent Serbia from annexing the Kingdom of Montenegro.

The Kingdom of Montenegro borders the Kingdom of Serbia. After the outbreak of the war, Nicholas I of Montenegro sent all the troops of the Kingdom of Montenegro to Serbia to help the Kingdom of Serbia resist the invasion of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The Serbs did not cherish this rare friendship, and the reinforcements sent by the Kingdom of Montenegro were almost wiped out in the Battle of Mir.

After the Austrian army retreated, Nicholas held a banquet at his own estate to celebrate, and Peter was also invited.

At the banquet, Peter announced that he would establish the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes after the war.

The Kingdom of Montenegro is also among them.

It was only then that George learned that the army sent by the Kingdom of Montenegro was disarmed after arriving in Serbia. The rifles donated by the Russian Empire to the Kingdom of Montenegro were handed over to the Serbian army for use. The Kingdom of Montenegro had to use the weapons provided by Serbia as the main force to fight against the Austrian army in the Battle of Mir.

Nicholas had a very good relationship with the Russian Empire. As soon as the Russian Empire began to replace its equipment, Yasan provided a batch of new rifles to the Kingdom of Montenegro.

At that time, the Russian Empire's own army's equipment replacement had not yet been completed.

"Father regrets it now. He is embarrassed to come to see you, but only you can prevent the Kingdom of Montenegro from being annexed by the Serbs."

Sto, 25, serves as a military liaison officer for the Kingdom of Montenegro.

"Don't worry, the Serbian ambitions will never succeed."

George had anticipated that people with higher moral standards would not be able to survive in this era.

In another time and space, the Russian Empire collapsed, the Kingdom of Montenegro was annexed, and Nicholas went into exile in France and died in a foreign land.

Now George will provide protection for the Kingdom of Montenegro.

Vasily was very fast. After breaking through the Austrian defense line, he drove straight in and entered Transylvania before the arrival of the Austrian Fifth Army.

The Romanians living in Transylvania welcomed the arrival of the Russian-Romanian coalition forces with food and drink. They not only served as guides and provided assistance to the Russian-Romanian coalition forces, but also organized an uprising army to cooperate with the Russian-Romanian coalition forces' attack.

Christkus was finally convinced that the title of descendant of the God of War was worthy of his reputation.

George, the modern military god, is a master of war and has made great achievements.

Although there are many Romanians and other ethnic groups living in Transylvania, Vasily's troops have to fight against the Austrian Fifth Army and suppress resistance forces in various places, so there are still hidden dangers.

George ordered Andre to lead the 13th Army to Transylvania for support, along with two infantry divisions from the Kingdom of Greece.

These two infantry divisions will also be under Andre's command.

The cotton-padded clothes distributed to the troops are being sent to various places in batches. Winter is coming. With the help of General Winter, the Russian Empire will have a greater advantage.

Vasily's offensive also had a certain impact on the Battle of Galicia.

Due to the impact of military boots, the Russian 8th Army did not arrive at the designated location until September, a week later than planned.

After the 8th Army arrived, Ivanov Corps began to counterattack. The 3rd Army commanded by Infantry General Nikolai Ruzynski was the main force of the counterattack. After winning the Battle of Komarov, Ruzynski defeated the Austrian army at the Graniripa River.

In order to stop Ruzynski's attack, Conrad sent incompletely trained recruits to the front line. These recruits not only did not help, but caused greater chaos. Many soldiers suffered from "shell shock" after being bombarded by the Russian army.

Ruzysky acted quickly, and the well-equipped Russian 21st Army advanced as the vanguard, heading straight for the important town of Lviv.

Conrad ordered his troops to blow up all bridges, implement a scorched earth policy, and deny the Russian army the opportunity to fight to support themselves.

The hastily retreating Austrian army did not follow these orders and did not even destroy the artillery. The Russian army successfully captured hundreds of artillery pieces, which will be used in the subsequent siege of the Przemyśl fortress.

Once the Russian army captured the Przemyśl fortress, it could launch an attack on the Pannonian Plain and the Vienna industrial area.

If these two places were also occupied by the Russian army, the Austro-Hungarian Empire would withdraw from the war.

Without Vasily's offensive, Conrad could have easily transferred the Fifth Army to Lviv, and Ruzynski's offensive would not have been so smooth.

War is a chain of events. If one step is wrong, all the steps will go wrong. George did not interfere with the command of the front line. His main job was to coordinate the troops and organize logistics, just like what he did in the Russo-Japanese War.

Compared with the mixed performance of the Russian army in Europe, the Russian army's progress in East Asia has been very smooth.

The German army had only 5000 troops in Jiaoao and was unable to stop the advance of the Gao Ri Corps. On the first day of the Russian Empire's declaration of war, it destroyed the unprepared German Far East Fleet. Then the Gao Ri Corps landed and surrounded Jiaoao.

Ye Luoxin did not attack, but once again persuaded the Governor of Jiaoao, Wadek, to surrender.

At this time, the strength of the Gao Ri Corps besieging Jiaoao was six times that of the German army.

The Jiaoao Port was blocked by the Pacific Fleet and ships could not enter or exit.

Even if Ye Luoxin did not attack, Vadek could only last until the end of the year.

Wadek's will to resist was still strong.

Germany's island colonies in the Pacific had no will to resist.

After the war broke out, the East India Fleet launched a crazy attack. A destroyer with a company of marines dared to launch an attack on the German army.

Germany had very few colonies in the Pacific, and they usually just fired a few symbolic shots and then raised the white flag in surrender. On the contrary, the indigenous people on some islands had a stronger will to resist.

On some islands in the Pacific, the indigenous people still live in a primitive state. The East India troops were attacked by local indigenous people during their attack on German Guinea.

The guide claimed that the natives of German Guinea were extremely cruel and would eat captives in revenge during tribal conflicts.

When this rumor came out, even the pure-blooded Cossacks felt a little uneasy.

De Young did not allow his troops to take risks in the mountains, and instead sent out bombers to bomb the indigenous tribes in German Guinea.

The weapons of the indigenous tribes are wooden shields and bamboo spears. They have no ability to resist heavy machine guns. The bombers are simply a dimensionality reduction attack, and it reduces several dimensions at that.

The Germans were also unlucky. They had a small population and backward technology. Since they occupied German Guinea in 1886, they have not been able to effectively control it.

As soon as the Russian Empire's bombers appeared, the local ecology collapsed, and Australia, which had been ready to make a move, stopped and no longer had the intention of competing with East India for territory.

In 1884, Australia attempted to annex the Island of Guinea, but failed.

In order to prevent Germany from occupying the Island of Guinea, Britain sent troops to establish a protectorate in the southeastern part of Guinea to divide and rule it with Germany.

In 1901, Britain handed over British Guinea to Australian rule.

After Britain declared war on Germany, Australia followed suit and declared war on Germany.

In order to obtain assistance from overseas territories such as Australia and Canada, Britain promised to give them more autonomy after the war.

Therefore, Australia was very positive about joining the war, and mobilized 25 troops in the first phase.

You have to know that Australia’s total population is only 550 million.

Australia also wants to get involved in Germany's colonies in the Pacific.

Unfortunately, the East Indians moved too fast. Australia's mobilization had just begun when the East Indians had already sent troops, so Australia had no choice but to give up.

No matter how Dejan grabs territory in the Pacific and Australia, George's current mission is to mobilize more food to Constantinople to ensure food supply everywhere.

All countries are carrying out total military mobilization, and agricultural production has been greatly affected.

Due to previous accumulation, food shortages this winter should not be too serious.

If this issue is not taken seriously, food supply problems will begin to arise in various countries starting next year.

If people are hungry, they will rebel.

George not only transferred grain from the Amur and East Indies, but also requisitioned it from Siberia. Even though those new immigrants from Siberia had just arrived not long ago, every household had surplus grain.

A farmer owns more than a thousand acres of land, making him a real landlord. No matter what he grows, the whole family can't finish eating it.

Siberia is famous for its endless trees to chop down and endless fish to catch. As long as new immigrants are not lazy, they can save up enough wealth in three to two years.

George's demands were not high. He just wanted to buy back the leftover food with money, or exchange it for industrial products produced by Amur, and stockpile as much food as possible.

Facts have proved that in a hellhole like Siberia, the ruble is not very tempting. There are too few people here, and even if you have money, you can't spend it.

Industrial products produced in the Amur region are extremely popular in Siberia, especially household tableware, both metal and porcelain, which are in great demand.

Big Head was very happy as he was also a beneficiary of the World War.

(End of this chapter)