Radomini was meditating on the map in the headquarters.
Serbia's command system is completely different from the command system of Horanyabo that was beyond the level of World War II. They were not even equipped with many radios, and they were not even equipped with the Austro-Hungarian army who used the princess to exchange a large amount of communication equipment from Lin Youde.
Debi. So at this time, Radomini was like the commander of the last time and space war, having to face a muddy battlefield.
Since most of the information had to be conveyed by messengers, Radomini had no idea at this time how far the Austro-Hungarian army had progressed, nor how his own troops were performing, nor to what extent he had implemented his battle plan.
Her staff officers were struggling with the incomplete and contradictory information coming back from all directions, trying hard to sort out the situation on the battlefield, while she herself could only stare at the map.
The strength of the Austrians is several times that of Radomini. Although militiamen are still arriving in Belgrade at this moment, the situation faced by the Serbs is definitely not optimistic.
One wrong move and everything will be lost.
In fact, Radomini did not have much confidence in his own plan of fighting while retreating layer by layer to weaken the Austro-Hungarian army in the final decisive battle in Belgrade. After all, no one in Europe had ever conducted such a battle, and the tactical thinking reflected in this plan
, which is completely contrary to the current mainstream European tactical thinking.
What if the mainstream idea wins this time? Side ideas don’t always win.
At this moment, Radomini really wanted to take off immediately and go to the front line to see the situation in person, but now both sides followed the usual rules and did not commit the Shenji troops to fight. Radomini was worried that flying to the front line would cause misunderstandings on the part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and irritate them.
They threw themselves into Shen Ji.
In the current situation, the later the Austro-Hungarian Empire invests in the Shenji troops, the more beneficial it will be to Ladomini.
Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire is far inferior to the great powers in terms of the number of new armor equipment, Serbia's Shenji troops are equipped with less new armor and lack replacement parts.
Although Britain promised to provide support to Serbia, it took time for the British to ship things over.
This is not the main thing. Now the Balkan Alliance is actually not monolithic. Bulgaria and Greece are also cautious about going to war with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. However, Berchtold finally showed the qualifications of a diplomat on this issue. He did not ask
The entire Balkan League declared war, but Serbia alone, which had the greatest conflict with Austria-Hungary, declared war. Although Germany was urging the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire to form an alliance, Vienna was obviously working hard to split the Balkan League.
Radomini needed a victory to tell his Slavic brothers in the Balkans that the Austro-Hungarian Empire was no more terrifying than the decadent Ottoman Empire.
Finally, there is another reason that prevents Radomini from taking off to the front line to check the situation: she is old. Although everyone believes that the power of the old goddess will not weaken over time, Radomini herself
I know that in some aspects she is no longer good: her adaptation to the new Shenji armor is very poor, and her ability to accept new things is not as good as before. It seems that although her body will not age, her mind will still age.
Radomini was afraid that once she was shot down and the command of the Serbian army fell into Selina's hands, she used her death to encourage the troops to attack the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
That way, even if you can win, you will have to pay a heavy price.
Serbia is a small country. It cannot afford such a loss. This bet is too big for them.
So Radomini could only pace anxiously in the war room, waiting for the staff to sort out the intelligence and for new news to come from the front line.
On the other hand, in the former Serbian Royal Palace not far from Radomini's headquarters, Selina was also anxiously waiting for news from the front line.
This royal building now serves as the headquarters of the Serbian Unity and Death Society.
In this nearly month of preparations, the organization of the Unity and Death Society has developed on a large scale, and its tentacles have extended to all aspects of the militia forces. As long as Selina is willing, she can immediately obtain the membership of all civilians and militia forces except the regular army.
But that would not weaken Radomini's reputation, but would easily give her an excuse to evade after Radomini's tactics failed.
Selena herself is a person who does everything possible, so in her opinion, everyone is despicable, and everyone will use any despicable means when necessary. There is an old Chinese saying that is dedicated to such people.
Prepared: The heart of a villain measures the belly of a gentleman.
Because of this, Selena is waiting for Radomini's failure. After that, no one will be able to stop her from possessing the entire Serbia.
However, there is one thing in Selena's heart that is absolutely unquestionable, that is, she loves Serbia deeply, and her patriotism will never lose to anyone. But she does not love every specific Serbian, she can do it for Serbia without hesitation.
The great Serbia sent countless Serbians to death.
Because of this, Selina's anxiety is much lighter than that of Radomini. She simply does not believe that the old marshal's plan will work: defense is a sign of cowardice, and cowardice means failure.
She was like a female spider dormant in the darkness, opening her big web and waiting for Domini to get into it.
However, that evening, the spies of the Unity and Death Society sent back a piece of news that made Selina feel very complicated.
It seems that most of the Serbian troops have retreated to the second line of defense according to Radomini's plan, and those troops that happened to hit the Austrian guns showed amazing combat effectiveness, causing a lot of damage to the Austrians.
The news left Selena on edge.
She said to her deputy Makarov: "This is good. When Radomini fails, we can use the results obtained by these resolutely resisting Serbian fighters as propaganda materials. This shows that if we adopt offensive tactics, we can absolutely
Defeat the Austrians, they are just a bunch of paper tigers."
But Makarov, who had been with Selena for a long time, could see that what Selina was really worried about was that Radomini's tactics might be working.
At about the same time, Conrad was losing his temper at his headquarters over the progress of the first day.
"What's going on! Can anyone explain it! Why did you only accomplish half of your goal?" As he spoke, Conrad slapped the riding crop in his hand on a ridge not far behind the Herzegovina border on the map. "
Why did the Third Army advance only such a short distance? Isn't it just a ridge? They should be able to easily break through this low ridge and rush towards the hinterland of Serbia in one go! We stretched out three fists to meet in Belgrade.
The Third Army is the one that needs to cover the farthest distance among all the attacking forces! This kind of progress is unsatisfactory!"
The staff officers looked at each other. In fact, the command system of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was also in chaos at this time. Conrad's headquarters did not necessarily know much more about the front line than La Domini - even though they had advanced weapons purchased from the Chinese Federation.
Communication equipment. This is actually not the fault of the senior officers and staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it is simply because Conrad’s headquarters is too far from the front line.
So Conrad didn't know that the first echelon of the Third Army was completely broken up by the Serbs and suffered heavy losses in artillery and ammunition. The Army Headquarters was making every effort to adjust the marching order of the troops and replaced it with the second echelon.
The first echelon collapsed. This caused traffic in the area controlled by the army group to fall into chaos.
And the damn rainy season in Serbia made all this worse-it started to rain in the area responsible for the Third Army in the evening, and the roads became very muddy.
However, there was still someone in Conrad's headquarters who was relatively familiar with the situation on the front line. This staff officer tried to explain to Conrad the dilemma faced by the Third Army. However, he was interrupted by Marshal Loli.
"Hey!" Conrad banged the table with the riding crop in his hand, "Do you want to question my plan? So what if it rains? I've equipped you with strong mules and horses just to deal with the mud, right?"
This domineering speech caused everyone to fall into silence. No one dared to come out and tell the marshal that even mules and horses could not drag the cannon in the mud.
At exactly this time, the confidential secretary entered the war room with a new message.
"What's going on? Has any stupid commander sent an explanation for the delay in the operation? It's okay not to read such a telegram!" Conrad's fierce look on his forehead really shocked the young confidential secretary.
"Uh. No, it's not..."
"Why don't you read it quickly!" Conrad glared at the confidential secretary.
So the confidential secretary opened the folder tremblingly and began to read: "The Fourth Army, which was originally responsible for defense tasks and serving as the general reserve for the campaign, reported that they found that the Serbian army in front of them had abandoned their positions and retreated. The commander of the Army asked whether to change the plan.
.Launch an attack?”
"Really?" Conrad was startled at first, and then immediately looked confused. "What's going on? They retreated early to prevent us from attacking the flanks?"
Conrad lowered his head to check the map, and after a moment he said: "If all three armies are progressing smoothly, then it is indeed possible. Why did the Serbs retreat after such bad progress?"
Conrad glanced at her staff officers one by one, but they all avoided her eyes and did not answer.
"Strange." Conrad held his chin and fell into deep thought, "Could it be that... their morale collapsed and they gave up their position?"
The staff members looked at each other. Maybe some of them did have certain military talents, but the military ideological education they received made it impossible for them to guess Ladomini's plan.
Yes, even if they felt that Conrad's inference was too arbitrary, they could not come up with a more convincing hypothesis.
So they once again chose silence.
At this time, Conrad had already come to the conclusion: "Well, the reasonable explanation is that although our attack progressed poorly, it had already caused huge damage to the Serbs, and they had to take the initiative to shrink their defense line."
This conclusion seemed much more reliable than "morale collapsed and voluntarily abandoned the war", so it was unanimously approved by the staff.
So early the next morning, newspapers in Vienna began to announce that the Austro-Hungarian army had achieved an "unprecedented and huge victory" on the first day of the offensive. (To be continued...)