Even General Letovsky had to admit that Hilder was a genius.
When Hilde first arrived at the Fifth Army, many people thought she was a little princess who came to play around. However, after Hilde killed so many officers in one day, the Fifth Army immediately changed their minds.
Considering that Hilde was not even an adult yet, he was able to kill so many officers without changing his expression. Even veteran soldiers who had been on the battlefield for a long time could not do this.
Imagine Hilde being able to stay in a place like Silistra.
It doesn't feel strange.
In the eyes of senior military officers, Hilde is either a witch or a witch.
But the officers didn't care about that.
Who among them can be called clean?
In the Balkan battlefield.
Only monsters.
What made General Letovsky feel that Hilde was a genius was not this, but the simple requirement that officers and soldiers must eat and sleep together. Originally, General Letovsky thought that this was just a whim of Hilde's. After all, in the mind of this little princess, all problems were very simple.
But when it comes to actual operation, I understand the significance of what Hilde did. Letting officers and soldiers eat together can effectively solve the soldiers' dietary problems. Letting officers and soldiers sleep together can effectively solve the hygienic problems of soldiers infected with typhus.
This will prevent the logistics department from withholding food from the soldiers and will also improve the soldiers' accommodation conditions.
This can be said to be very effective on the front-line battlefield where logistical supply is extremely difficult.
General Letovsky also ate and lived with his soldiers.
Even so.
General Letovsky still did not dare to lead his troops to attack on the 29th. The risk was too great. It was impossible for General Letovsky to listen to Hilde's words and lead his soldiers to do so.
He is a general.
He is not a colonel-level officer.
He must learn to restrain himself and take on more responsibilities.
Just when General Letovsky was struggling.
Belgrade has fallen.
November 26, 1914.
The Austro-Hungarian Sixth Army launched another offensive.
November 29, 1914.
Serbia abandons Belgrade.
December 1, 1914.
Austro-Hungarian troops enter Belgrade.
Just as Hilde expected.
On November 29, the Serbian army abandoned Belgrade.
After five months, the Austro-Hungarian Empire finally entered the capital of Serbia. Although it doesn't sound good,
But this news was enough to cheer the entire Austro-Hungarian Empire. For the people of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, occupying Belgrade was a great success.
Germany almost meant the war was over.
And for General Letovsky.
Because he did not listen to Hilde's words, he did not lead the army to attack Belgrade on the 29th, so he can only be found in the war museum. Even if he can be found, he is just mentioned in passing and is an unknown general.
Among the more than one thousand generals of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he was inconspicuous.
Serbia.
Belgrade Palace.
Standing on the dome of the Belgrade Palace, you can see the Sava River not far away.
It is still raining in Serbia.
Looking down from here, you can also see a large number of soldiers cheering and celebrating, seemingly not caring about the cold at all.
Since the beginning of the war on June 28, the Austro-Hungarian Empire has begun bombing the city. By December, the city has been devastated and even the Belgrade Palace has been bombed to only half of it.
"You were supposed to be the first to enter Belgrade and plant the flag of the Austro-Hungarian Empire here."
General Letovsky stood behind Hilde like a schoolboy who had made a mistake.
The legal power granted by her status is lower than that of Hilde.
This is nothing.
Because this is a battlefield.
However, from the perspective of battlefield professionalism, General Letovsky was proven to be still inferior to Hilde, which put General Letovsky in a complete disadvantage among the five mechanisms of power.
But Hilde didn't seem to care.
"Forget it. Even if you really lead your troops into Belgrade, what will happen? You will just let your soldiers massacre innocent people."
General Letovsky remained silent.
General Letovsky did not listen to him.
Hilde was expected.
It is precisely because of this that General Letovsky felt remorseful enough and believed in himself enough.
"I have to congratulate you, General. You are now the commander of the 42nd Division."
"…Did you influence this?"
Letovsky asked rhetorically.
The original commander of the 42nd Division, General Salkotyk, went to the Army Headquarters of the Sixth Army after the occupation of Belgrade, and General Letovsky temporarily took over as the commander of the 42nd Division.
As General Letovsky is indeed qualified to take over General Salkotyk's position.
Even though General Letovsky did not directly attack Belgrade, as one of the generals who led the troops in battle, his contributions on the battlefield were among the best.
It's just that General Salkotyk was born into a Hungarian noble family.
Theoretically, his army should be taken over by another Hungarian or Austrian nobleman, but General Letovsky, a Czech, was not qualified.
General Letovsky naturally assumed that Hilde was behind this.
"It doesn't matter what you think, my general."
"What do you mean?"
"This war."
"I don't quite understand."
"Don't let me down again, my general. You don't think you have won this war, do you?"
General Letovsky froze in his place.
In the eyes of most soldiers, including General Letovsky, the war was over, at least for the
The Fifth Army is almost done. The remaining task is to stay in Belgrade or send some troops to attack.
To support the Sixth Army.
General Sarkotyk was the first one to be transferred. If Belgrade had not just been occupied, the entire 42nd Division might have been transferred as well.
It is normal for soldiers to have such thoughts.
Whether in terms of logistics, numbers, artillery, or ammunition, the Austro-Hungarian army was ahead of Serbia in every aspect. In this cold winter with almost endless heavy rain, the Serbian soldiers did not even have combat boots. In the Battle of Koruvar, countless Serbian soldiers froze to death.
Even the most experienced generals on the battlefield would have thought that Serbia was at the end of its rope.
but.
Hilde said the war was far from over.
If it was before, General Letovsky would not have taken it seriously.
Now words.
General Letovsky had to take notice.
"You mean to say that the Serbian army will launch a counterattack?"
"yes."
"Even if the Serbian army counterattacks, we who occupy Belgrade have a huge advantage, and they are just sending themselves to die
meaninglessly."
"The general doesn't seem to understand what I mean."
"Um?"
"What I mean is that the Fifth Army will be victorious as long as it does not collapse."