"Your Majesty, I heard that Crown Prince Oskar has already rushed to the front. I hope to make a trip there, get to know this exceptionally talented Crown Prince, and boost the morale of the troops at the front as well!" Crown Prince Karl of the Austro-Hungarian Empire said to Franz Joseph I.
Franz Joseph I pondered for a few seconds before nodding in agreement. Old and shrewd as a fox, Franz Joseph I saw through Crown Prince Karl's little thoughts perfectly well. It was nothing more than jealousy that the German Empire's Crown Prince had achieved such dazzling accomplishments at such a young age. However, Franz Joseph I believed it would do no harm to let Crown Prince Karl see for himself and recognize the gap between them. After all, Karl was now the Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Franz Joseph I still hoped that Crown Prince Karl would lead the Austro-Hungarian Empire to greater strength in the future.
The Austrian military's Eastern Front headquarters was located in Uzhhorod. Due to the importance of the Eastern Front, Baron Marshal Franz Conrad von Heitzenforf, Chief of the Austrian Army General Staff, personally oversaw the command here, directing Austrian forces in their fierce battles against the Russian military. Yet in the fighting of recent days, the Austrian military had suffered far more defeats than victories. If this continued, it would not be long before they were beaten by the Russian military.
Previously, the Austrian military had assembled four army corps on the Eastern Front: the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Army Corps. All of them were elite Austrian units. But because of the Kingdom of Italy's betrayal, the 1st Army Corps had no choice but to return home for defense, leaving only three army corps and more than seven