Tsarist Empire: Please call me Tsarist Majesty

On August 22, 1798, the Balkan War, which attracted worldwide attention, finally began.

Under the threat of Austria-Hungary, the Kingdom of Romania could only open its borders to the passage of Austro-Hungarian troops.

Archduke Ferdinand, the Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, commanding more than 300,000 men from the 2nd Army of the Austro-Hungarian Army, assembled in southern Romania to confront ten infantry divisions, one heavy artillery brigade and two cavalry brigades, and two mountain infantry brigades of the 1st Army of the Russian Imperial Army.

On the border with the Ottoman Empire in southern Bulgaria, Lieutenant General Arslan of the Ottoman Empire led 300,000 men of the Ottoman 1st Army to confront ten infantry divisions and three cavalry brigades of the 1st Army of the Russian Imperial Army.

“Your Royal Highness, the Ottomans are ready, and as soon as our side moves, they will immediately attack. In addition, the 1st Army of the Imperial Army and the 2nd Army of the Ottoman Army will also launch attacks on the western part of the Ukran Plain and the Caucasus of the Russian Empire respectively, containing part of the Russian Empire’s military strength. General Offenberg, chief of staff of the Austro-Hungarian 2nd Army, said.

Archduke Ferdinand nodded: “As long as we are fast enough, we can quickly annihilate the army of the Russian Empire gathered in Bulgaria.” Well, we will win this battle. The Russian Empire may not dare to continue fighting. If they want to keep fighting, it’s a good opportunity for us. We may be able to seize this opportunity and continue to launch an offensive and severely damage the Russian Empire. ”

If he could, Archduke Ferdinand naturally wanted the war to continue.

In his opinion, this time Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire joined forces, but it is a rare and good opportunity! We should seize the opportunity to severely damage the Tsarist Empire, seize a large part of the territory of the Tsarist Empire, and weaken the Tsarist Empire.

However , Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I did not want the war to expand further. Therefore, the front-line troops were required to stop attacking after annihilating the Russian Empire’s troops deployed in the Balkans, so as to prevent Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire from entering into a full-scale war.

Admiral Offenberg smiled and didn’t say anything more.

He knew exactly what Archduke Ferdinand was thinking. However, he was also instructed by Franz Joseph I to stop Archduke Ferdinand if necessary.

“Send a telegram to the Ottomans, everything is ready to attack! Early tomorrow morning, we’ll take the lead in attacking! Grand Duke Ferdinand ordered.

In his opinion, they have a great advantage in troops. In terms of weapons and equipment, it is no worse than the Imperial Army of Tsarist Russia. Therefore, in this battle, their chances of victory will be very high.

In fact, Archduke Ferdinand’s vision was still stuck a few years ago. He had no idea about the reorganization of the army of the Russian Empire this time.

“Yes, Your Royal Highness!” Admiral Offenberg replied.

On August 23, the 2nd Army of the Austro-Hungarian Army took the lead in attacking the 1st Army of the Russian Empire.

The Austro-Hungarian army gathered hundreds of guns of various calibers and fired fiercely on the defenses of the Russian Imperial Army.

The combat effectiveness of the Austro-Hungarian army was not very good, though. However, their artillery is still sharp.

You know, the Skoda Arsenal in Austria-Hungary is famous for being good at making heavy artillery.

It’s just that this time the Tsarist Imperial Army they faced was even more powerful after being reorganized and rearmed. So much so that the Austro-Hungarian army did not have any advantage in artillery fire at all, but was suppressed.

On the artillery positions of the Imperial Russian Army, 105-mm light howitzers and 75-mm field guns were also firing frantically.

In particular, the 155-mm heavy howitzers of the heavy artillery brigade showed extremely strong combat effectiveness in battle.

Six artillery battalions under the heavy artillery brigade were dispersed and reinforced to several infantry divisions. As a result, the firepower of these infantry divisions has been further improved.

So much so that as soon as the battle began, in the fierce artillery battle, the artillery of the Austro-Hungarian army was suppressed.

And, losses began to soar.

Such a result stunned Archduke Ferdinand and seemed unable to accept this result.

In his impression, the Imperial Army of Tsarist Russia was not equipped with many artillery pieces, only a small number of 76.2 mm field guns. But now, the artillery equipped by the Tsarist Imperial Army, both in number and power, is far stronger than the Austro-Hungarian Army!

When the Austro-Hungarian army attacked, the Ottoman army also went into the offensive.

The 1st Army of the Ottoman Army attacked the Russian Imperial Army deployed in southern Bulgaria from the territory of the Ottoman Empire.

In contrast, the Ottoman Army had fewer guns and less power. Their advantage may be that they have a relatively large number of troops.

At the same time, the 1st Army of the Austro-Hungarian Army and the 2nd Army of the Ottoman Army also launched attacks on the western part of the Ukran Plain and the Caucasus.

The great war between the Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires began.

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