Serbian Army Marshal Putnik ultimately underestimated the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
According to Marshal Putnik's idea.
When the Serbian army launched a counterattack against the Austro-Hungarian Sixth Army, in order to share the pressure of the Sixth Army, the Austro-Hungarian Fifth Army should have launched an attack on the Serbian First Army at this time.
For this reason, Marshal Putnik deliberately ordered the Serbian Army to retreat in order to disperse the Austro-Hungarian troops as much as possible.
Therefore, they did not launch an offensive at all, but instead abandoned most of the area around Belgrade and strictly contracted their defenses.
only.
The Austro-Hungarian Fifth Army seemed to have anticipated that the Serbian army's real target was Belgrade.
When Serbia attacked on December 8th.
The Austro-Hungarian Fifth Army's defense line had been arranged.
Theoretically, the Serbian army should rearrange its formation, use its numerical advantage and familiarity with the terrain to cut off the bridges on the Sava River around Belgrade, and launch another offensive against Belgrade's Fifth Army to prevent the war from becoming a meat grinder.
So even if it costs lives, Serbia must take Belgrade and completely defeat the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
But Serbia is running out of time.
Once the Austro-Hungarian Empire has recovered its breath and the war once again turns into a war of attrition, the war will be over.
When the war started on December 8th, it represented its bloody cruelty.
Almost nothing could be seen in the heavy rain in Belgrade. In order to retake Belgrade, the Serbian army could only launch a death charge. Fortunately, this heavy rain did not distinguish between the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and did not distinguish between Serbia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It killed everyone equally.
Neither the Austro-Hungarian Army nor the Serbian Army was able to aim effectively.
This allowed the Serbian army to charge into the trenches of the Austro-Hungarian army, and the war once again turned into hand-to-hand combat in the same way.
From December 8th to December 11th.
The fighting had only begun for three days.
The Serbian army suffered 40,000 casualties.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire suffered 30,000 casualties.
Densely packed corpses were piled up in the streets and alleys of Belgrade. From the bombing of Belgrade by the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the bombing of Belgrade by Serbia, the entire Belgrade had almost been reduced to ruins. Even the heavy rain could not cover up the disgusting smoke and smell of blood.
This war has just begun.
As long as they win the war, they will be free.
When it came to the morning of the fourth day.
The rain is getting lighter.
King Peter I's body was almost unable to hold on. He felt that even if he was not killed by the enemy's bullets,
The rain in Sylvia was enough to kill him, but that was good, for as a soldier he died in battle,
A good soldier is a good king until his death.
only.
It seemed that God could not make Peter I's wish come true.
Bang!
Accompanied by the sound of artillery fire.
"Enemy attack!"
The Austro-Hungarian counterattack began.
The sound of cannons, gunshots and whistles rang out in the Serbian positions. Under the cover of artillery fire, a cavalry unit, like a bayonet, directly tore an incision into the Serbian army. Although the cavalry unit consisted of only a few hundred people, it was indestructible and pierced straight into the belly of the Serbian army.
This was not the Austro-Hungarian cavalry.
It belongs to the German Empire.
The target of this cavalry unit seemed to be very clear, which was the direction of Peter the Great. The Serbian army could not stop this cavalry unit at all.
Peter I did not flee.
He drew his gun and pointed it at the leading cavalryman.
but
It makes no sense.
The leading cavalryman pushed Peter I's gun away, then grabbed Peter I's collar, and under the cover of other cavalrymen, took Peter I back to the Austro-Hungarian army camp.
When Peter I woke up.
He was sleeping on a warm bed, looking up at the luxurious ceiling. This was his room in the Belgrade Palace. The fireplace was still burning, and everything was the same as usual.
If it wasn't still raining outside the window.
The guarding soldiers were wearing Austro-Hungarian uniforms. When they saw Peter I wake up, they brought Peter I's clothes, which were formal clothes kept in the Belgrade Palace.
Peter I took a deep breath.
He stood up and took the formal suit from the soldier.
From this time on, he once again became the King of Serbia.
The Austro-Hungarian soldiers did not say a word to Peter I.
Only after Peter I changed his clothes.
Lead Peter I to where he should go.
The entire palace is relatively well preserved. Only the Austro-Hungarian artillery would bombard the direction of the palace. The Serbian artillery deliberately avoided this place because it was their home.
When Peter I arrived in front of the banquet hall.
A man in a colonel's uniform was already waiting here.
Peter I had met this man.
Prince Eitel of the German Empire, the cavalry leader who had just captured him, was worthy of being a Prussian prince as he was able to lead the cavalry to carry out such a mission.
Even Prince Eitel.
It also showed enough respect for Peter the Great.
After he saluted Peter I, he took the initiative to open the door of the banquet hall for Peter I.
This was originally Peter I's banquet hall.
Now it is Peter I who looks more like a guest.
On the right side of the long banquet table sat a row of generals, including General Frank, commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army, General Bachishani, chief of staff, and others. When Peter I entered, these generals also stood up.
And at the front of the long table.
She is a woman sitting high on the throne.
Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call her a girl.
She looked underage.
But she had a beauty that was enough to cause the Trojan War, and she looked like a princess sitting on the throne. Perhaps it was not appropriate to call her Helen, because Helen was just a pitiful woman in that war.
The girl is a princess.
No need to introduce who she is, everyone knows who she is, the little princess of the German Empire, the target of the Serbian army's intention to capture, but now it is him who has become a prisoner.
Hilde was the last to stand.
She came in front of Peter the Great and slightly lifted her skirt to him.
"Your Majesty the King of Serbia, it is an honor to meet you.*
Peter I did not follow diplomatic etiquette.
He drew the sword at his side.
Then he handed the sword in his hand to Hilde.
"Please call me Soldier Petar!"
Peter I's meaning was very direct.
He only admitted his defeat as a soldier, not as a king who surrendered to Austria-Hungary on behalf of Serbia.
Of course.
Hilde did not take the sword.
He just turned around and walked towards the balcony.
The black high heels made a crisp sound on the marble floor, and Hilde stopped in front of the balcony. The distance between the two represented the insurmountable gap between the empire and the kingdom.
"Your Majesty King Peter, I can only tell you a sad fact. In this war between empires, your resistance is meaningless. When the empire really sets its sights on this land, it will bring nothing but greater death to this land."
"I am not a general. I have never attended a meeting of the army headquarters. I am a soldier. I have only one order, which is to recapture Belgrade."
"We can be no enemies, Your Majesty."
"From the moment you set foot on our territory, we are the enemy!"
Hilde was silent for a moment.
"Does that mean you don't even consider surrendering?"
"There are no surrendered soldiers in Serbia, and there are no surrendered k
ings in Serbia!"
Peter I raised his sword and placed it on his neck.
His cloudy eyes swept over everyone present.
His eyes were as bright as sparks.
"Serbia will never surrender!