The Serbian War ends.
Naturally, the specific post-war negotiations were not something Hilde needed to be involved in.
Under normal circumstances, Hilde and Prince Eitel would have to rush to Vienna to accept the award from the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I.
but.
1914 was not just a Serbian campaign.
There was also a huge war across the east-west front.
Such heavy losses were mainly caused during the siege of Belgrade. The casualties of both sides have not yet been counted, but a conservative estimate is that in the entire Serbian campaign of 1914, the Serbian casualties exceeded 200,000, and the Austro-Hungarian casualties were much higher.
As for the civilian casualties and the plague caused by typhus, those are horrific figures.
Even Prince Eitel of the German Empire.
Now his right hand is hanging on his neck.
There were bandages on his legs and abdomen.
However, Prince Eitel had no intention of returning to Berlin to rest. For Prince Eitel, only in war could he find his soul.
Now.
Just like in Bulgaria.
Hilde continued to change the medicine for Prince Eitel and asked.
"Why do you look unhappy, hero of Belgrade?"
Actually.
The most eye-catching person in this war is not Hilde.
The image represented by Hilde is a beautiful princess, a princess of Belgrade, a symbolic existence, but a real entity.
Everyone's dream exists.
It was Prince Eitel.
Franz Joseph I of the Austro-Hungarian Empire even awarded him the Military Order of Maria Theresa, which symbolized the highest honor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The condition for obtaining this medal is to take the initiative to take successful military actions and have a significant impact on the battle, while the officers could have chosen not to do so without being condemned.
Prince Eitel is certainly qualified to receive this medal.
Prince Eitel led his troops into the Serbian army on a rainy night and captured Serbian King Peter I alive. Peter I then committed suicide.
It adds a legendary color to this incident.
The prince of the German Empire rushed to the front line with a thousand cavalrymen and captured the old king of Serbia alive. Behind him was the most beautiful princess in Europe. The old king of Serbia would rather die than surrender.
How can we not be romantic in this era?
It also inspired all Germans to join the army.
Prince Eitel was also promoted to general.
He proved that he was not a coward and became the most popular of all Germans.
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only.
Prince Eitel himself did not look very happy.
He was silent for a while.
Then he slowly asked.
"I heard you knighted General Letovsky."
"Um."
"You shouldn't do this. His noble status should be granted by the Austro-Hungarian Emperor. If you grant it to him, it will bring him trouble."
Prince Eitel had a point in saying this.
As a soldier of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he naturally had to swear allegiance to Franz Joseph I. Being knighted also required him to swear allegiance, although in theory there would be no conflict between a princess and an emperor.
But what if.
If someone asked General Letovsky who he was loyal to between Franz Joseph I and Hilde,
That doesn't matter what General Letovsky answers.
It's all unjust.
Hilde did not continue on this topic, but asked back.
"Do you envy him?"
"yes."
The cowardly, pathetic, timid Prince Eitel answered truthfully.
Something that even Prince Eitel knew.
General Letovsky was naturally well aware that if he accepted Hilde's knighthood, he would be criticized.
But General Letovsky didn't care. He knew what he was doing. Prince Eitel couldn't do that. He could charge into the Serbian army on a rainy night.
He can go on missions where there is a chance of death.
He couldn't pursue what he wanted without fear of other people's eyes.
Prince Eitel turned his head to look at Hilde.
No doubt about it.
Hilde was very beautiful, and it was no exaggeration to say that she was the most beautiful princess in Europe. If it were ten years ago, he would have pursued Hilde regardless of everything, but now it was too late for him. He was already married, even though he did not love that woman, and they did not even have children. Their union was a union of the Hohenzollern family and the Oldenburg family.
But he cannot betray.
The German Empire cannot tolerate betrayal, especially in wartime.
Both Crown Prince Rudolf and Archduke Ferdinand told Prince Eitel that even fairy tales would be crushed to pieces in the tide of the times.
Even to avoid suspicion.
Prince Eitel must stay away from Hilde.
"Are you going to the Eastern Front?"
"I am going to see Field Marshal Hindenburg and then return to Berlin. Do you want to come with me?"
Hield's amazing performance in Serbia.
I have to go back and explain this to William II.
Prince Eitel was different. He didn't want to meet William II at all, nor did he want to meet Franz Joseph I.
He couldn't go with Hilde because Hilde was too politically inclined and she was unmarried.
Yes, he is married, and his contact with Hilde is very bad news.
"No, then I will stay on the Eastern Front."
"The war on the Eastern Front was even more brutal than in Serbia."
"I was born for war."
Hilde smiled.
"May war never change my knight."
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East Prussia.
Insterburg.
Eastern Front Headquarters.
Marshal Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff von Hindenburg, Commander-in-Chief of Army Group East.
As the commander-in-chief on the Eastern Front during the war.
Hindenburg can be said to be the most relaxed among the commanders.
Even his rank of marshal was often ridiculed as "Marshal, what do you think?", because during the war when others reported the situation to him and asked for his opinion, he always said to Ludendorff beside him.
What do you say?
Max Hofburg, Chief of Staff of the Eastern Front Army Group.
When he led his soldiers to revisit the Tannenberg battlefield, he would introduce it to his companions, saying, "Look, this is where the marshal slept before the battle began. This is where the marshal slept during the battle, and this is where the marshal slept after the battle."
certainly.
This was not why Hilde came to the Eastern Front to meet Hindenburg.
The situation was more delicate for Hindenburg.
Theoretically, as a normal officer, he should return to the General Staff to report to the General Staff at this time, just like when General Bello returned to Berlin from Bulgaria, the first thing he should have done was to report to William II or the General Staff. It was unreasonable to go to see Hilde.
Hilde was not part of the German Imperial Army, but was directly under the command of William II, and did not need to report to the General Staff.
Now.
So Hilde should go directly to William II to report on his work.
Now he suddenly came to the Eastern Front to find Marshal Hindenburg, it was hard not to think that it was William II's intention.
Marshal Hindenburg stood up and nodded slightly to Hilde.
He treated Hilde as a princess, not a lieutenant colonel.
"Is there anything that you want to see me for?"
"Come here as a princess to visit the marshal."
Hilde held a thermos in her hand and placed it on Marshal Hindenburg's desk, adding.
"I prepared some honey cakes for General Mackensen. It would be a bit biased if I didn't prepare some for the marshal."
"Thank you for your kindness."
"But I heard that you had a conflict with General Falkenhayn?"
Marshal Hindenburg instinctively frowned.
This is no secret.
At present, the German high-ranking officials are basically divided into two factions. One faction is led by General Fafakin, Minister of War and Chief of the General Staff of the Army General Headquarters.
The other faction was led by General Han, and the other was led by Marshal Hindenburg, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front. The general disagreement was that the Western Front was already stuck.
Hindenburg's faction officers believed that the Western Front should be switched to defense and the Eastern Front should be resolved first, but General Falkenhayn unexpectedly sent troops across
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Among the German military high command, the majority supported Marshal Hindenburg.
But General Falkenhayn had decisive supporters.
William II.
Now that Hilde has come to bring up this matter openly, it is not good news for Marshal Hindenburg.
Just Hilde added.
"Marshal, don't get me wrong. I have no right to interfere in the conflict between you and General Falkenhayn. But as both of us are part of the empire, no matter what disagreements we have, our common goal is to win this war."
"I will regard your actions as an unforgivable betrayal, and your soul will be forever ineligible to enter Valhalla.
"Your Highness doesn't need to remind me of this!"
"I just came here to remind the Marshal that if your conflict leads to the defeat of the empire."
Hilde's originally soft and sticky words suddenly changed.
Ruby eyes examined Hindenburg's soul, and the voice was cold and cruel.
Bang!
The table in front of Marshal Hindenburg shattered.
Hilde's words were undoubtedly a humiliation.
This represented the complete break between Marshal Hindenburg and Hilde, and also meant that Hilde had been dormant for a year.
Officially entered the German military power system.
The soldiers of the German Empire could not accept betrayal. If Hindenburg's behavior was regarded as betrayal, he would spend the rest of his life facing the regret of the empire, and his soul would never find peace.
The stronger the emotion, the easier it is to direct.