While Baron Raglan was devising a scheme against Prinsky, Albrecht was also studying how to deal with the Anglo-Turkish Allied Forces.
Sometimes, one had to acknowledge the intuition of genius strategists. After the armistice, Albrecht had not returned to Vienna at all, instead remaining focused on the situation in the Near East.
Of course, it was also possible that he simply could not be bothered to return to the War Department and face those colleagues who spent every day scheming against one another.
As it happened, the Belgrade Military District had its own intelligence division. Taking Britain and the Ottoman Empire as hypothetical enemies, Albrecht began gathering intelligence and drawing up strategies.
In fact, at the beginning of the war, Albrecht had sent Franz a telegram. He had a rather risky plan that could end the war in a short time.
Franz had rejected Albrecht's plan without hesitation. In truth, it was not that the latter's plan was unworkable, but that it did not serve the Austrian Empire's own interests.
First, a swift victory might further inflate Russia's ambitions. That would neither help the two sides maintain an equal alliance nor benefit the Austrian Empire's strategy.
Second, the victory would belong to Russia while the risks would belong to the Austrian Empire. That, too, was unacceptable. Though Franz had great faith in Albrecht's ability, no one could guarantee victory one hundred percent of the time.
Moreover, military adventurism had to stop at the proper measure. Otherwise, once inertia took hold, the tail would wag the dog, and it might even drag the entire nation into the abyss.
Third, Franz did not want to keep stealing the spotlight. Through the series of previous wars and international incidents, the Austrian Empire had already proclaimed to the world that he was back.
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