Apart from the Galician Legion, the prisoner-of-war camps belonging to the other legions had long been overflowing. These prisoners had only just been handed rifles, but they had already seen blood.
There was no guarantee that a few extremists wouldn't emerge from among them. They might have little impact on the overall course of the war, but leaving them unchecked could very well bring disaster to the surrounding areas.
The mines and road-building crews were all overflowing. The prisoners couldn't be killed, but they couldn't be released either. It was a real headache.
Why didn't the Galician Legion have this problem?
Of course, it was because the "clever" Jews, the "humble and noble" Poles, and the "smart, confident, and steadfast" Rusyns each had their own special skills. A trifling problem with prisoners was naturally no trouble for them.
In short, the prisoner problem had once again come to the table, and Austria had no choice but to divert a considerable portion of its troops and logistical resources to manage them.
Franz reckoned the Magyars would certainly make a major move, and with Kossuth's actions, Pandora's Box had been well and truly thrown open. The civil war was bound to be much larger in scale than previously expected.
"So, what's the priority?"
"Transylvania."
Prince Schwarzenberg was a clever man with a strong ability to get things done. He immediately began organizing and coordinating the arrangements for sending more troops to Hungary.
But Franz's assessment of Transylvania sparked disagreement within the General Staff.
Transylvania's weak military presence was an indisputable fact, but its importance was undoubtedly the lowest as well.
At least, no one thought the fighting in Transylvania could have much effect on the war. After all, the Magyars weren't bandits. What's more, they had already founded a country, so there