262 The Marshal of the Habsburgs Can't Be So Coquettish
While Lin Youde was courting the empress of the German Empire, a war game confrontation was going on intensely at the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Vienna.
The blue army is commanded by all the staff officers and generals of the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, while the red army is commanded by only one person, the Chief of General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the third seat of the Habsburg Knights Guards
, Field Marshal Konrad of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The petite field marshal stood on the table, shaking his legs impatiently and gently tapping the palm of his left hand with the riding crop in his right hand.
Conrad's military uniform is different from everyone else in the Knights of the Guard. It is not so much a military uniform as a dress with military elements. The layers of ruffles and lace trim the marshal's petite body.
She was buried, and the ribbons and crosses representing the rank of marshal were pressed diagonally on the large amount of lace, without any sense of seriousness. Similarly, the gold epaulettes on her shoulders had completely become tasseled decorations, without any reference to military rank.
There is a sense of majesty.
Conrad looked like a beautifully crafted doll, and the Serbs sneered more than once that the army led by such a man must be as "light and soft and easy to push over" as a doll.
Conrad was furious about this more than once, and she made countless plans to completely crush the country that offended her into pieces.
However, at this time, she could only use her ambitions in the war game confrontation in front of her.
The entire confrontation took place in three huge map rooms. The two map rooms were used as decision-making places for both sides. In these two map rooms, only the wargames of both sides and the colors of the hostile colors were found on the sand table.
In war games, participants make decisions based on the situation on the sandbox. In the third map room, the arbitration department can observe the situation on the entire battlefield and make various judgments.
Now, in the map room where Conrad is located, the sandbox operator is promoting the war game and launching a large-scale attack according to Conrad's plan.
Destroyed blue war games filled the small table next to the sand table.
When the soldiers removed another blue war game representing the division headquarters from the sand table, the messenger who had been listening to the communications from the Arbitration Department with headphones reported to Conrad: "Your Excellency, Marshal, the Arbitration Department has judged that the blue team is in an unstoppable situation.
Reversal of disadvantage, you win.”
"Okay, I understand." After saying that, the petite marshal jumped down from the table, straightened his messy clothes, then puffed up his small chest and walked towards the door of the map room.
The orderly opened the door quickly. Conrad walked out of the door with his head held high and entered the corridor. She waited for a while until the "defeated generals" appeared at the other end of the long corridor, then turned around and walked towards them with a high head.
Go.
Among Conrad's opponents were many generals who were older than her. At this time, when these veteran generals saw the marshal walking towards them with a high and domineering look, their faces were extremely ugly.
"Gentlemen," Conrad stood in front of the old generals, "this is the sixth time you have lost to me this year. I originally expected you to win a set, but the reality makes me very disappointed. What do you think of me?"
My superficial understanding of the art of war almost overshadowed my victory."
The petite Marshal Shenji changed her riding crop to her left hand, and gestured to the veterans with her free right hand: "It's just this little difference, and my victory will be dimmed. Just a little bit."
As he spoke, Conrad let out a classic laugh of "Oh, ho, ho," and while playing with his riding crop, he turned and walked towards the overly luxurious front hall of the General Staff Building.
"Your Excellency, Marshal." Someone from "The Defeated General" spoke and tried to stop Conrad. "There is still a meeting today to discuss the battle plan submitted to the Imperial Parliament and His Majesty Franz..."
"My plan needs no discussion. It is perfect, unquestionably perfect."
The senior staff officers and the veteran generals looked at each other, and one of them still refused to give up: "However, we think there are some parts to this combat plan..."
"What's wrong!" Conrad turned his head sharply and glared at the speaking staff officer fiercely. He swung the riding crop in his hand and made a loud sound on the marble floor. "If you want to question my plan, first
You can only tell me if you beat me in a war game!"
"this……"
"I'm going to watch the polo match. Don't bother me anymore! Just arrange the troops and supplies according to the plan I made. When you're done, sign for me, and that's it!"
After speaking, Conrad left the general staff without looking back, leaving behind the staff officers who looked miserable and the generals who were obviously dissatisfied.
Franz Conrad von Hauszendonna has never really commanded a decent battle since he entered the army.
The reason why it became like this is that after she joined the army, it happened to coincide with the most unsatisfactory historical period of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Although the empire, from the emperor to the Austrians and Hungarians among the subjects, all tried their best to maintain the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
status on the European continent, but there is no doubt that this old empire is slowly declining. If there is not the Ottoman Empire next to it, then the title of the sick man of Europe will properly fall on the head of the Habsburg Dynasty.
Up.
Of course, even if the Austro-Hungarian Empire had not declined, the Chief of General Staff would not necessarily have had more opportunities. The Habsburg dynasty had never relied on military power to expand its territory, but on marriage.
The first recorded member of this family was called "Rich Guntram", and one of his descendants was the German Rudolf I. From this time on, the family had bad luck and became so prominent.
It's shocking. Their status has never been lower than that of the royal family. The only thing the leader of the family has to worry about is that he can rule several kingdoms at the same time.
This family controlled the throne of the Holy Roman Empire for hundreds of years, and the iconic chin and lips of the family members also became a symbol of glory - they were called "Habsburg lips". In order to maintain this appearance
Characteristically, consanguineous marriages are prevalent among family members.
The strength of the Habsburg family reached its peak in the era of Frederick III. Through marriage, he controlled the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Burgundy, Naples, Sicily, Sardinia, Spain and all Spanish American colonies. This made the family
It became the most prominent family in Europe, and not one of them.
It was also from the time of Frederick III that members of the Habsburg family began to get tired of adventures in all senses. They rarely relied on the swords in their hands to open up territories. They had a proverb: Let others fight the war, be happy.
of Austrians love to get married.
It is precisely because of this tradition that they decided to send a princess to win over the new rich man from the East. Unfortunately, the Orientals did not appreciate it.
It is precisely because of this tradition that they appointed Conrad as their commander-in-chief, because although this little girl is domineering, she is really cute and can capture the hearts of all soldiers.
Now, Conrad is working hard to push Austria-Hungary into a seemingly simple war, and encourage those Austrians who like to get married to obtain the glory that is just around the corner.