On July 28, 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia under the pretext that its crown prince was stabbed in Sarajevo, and tens of thousands of border troops launched an attack first. However, the Austrian army, which was extremely underestimated by the enemy, was soon defeated by the Sai army. After losing thousands of people, they left behind a large number of supplies and fled back to the border in a panic. The Sai army won the first battle, greatly strengthening the determination of the people across the country to resist the war.

The Austrian army, which suffered a defeat, was very unwilling to give up. After rest, on August 12, General Potirek led 200,000 troops from the 2nd, 5th and 6th Army to invade Serbia, attempting to annihilate the Serbian army with superior forces, forcing Serbia to surrender and curb the Slavs' national liberation movement.

Although the Serbian army was at a disadvantage in terms of military strength and equipment, most of them were veterans who participated in the Balkan War and fought to defend the motherland, and their morale was high. At the same time, 20,000 Russian volunteers led by Tukhachevsky to arrive in Serbia and merged with the frontline of the Serbian army. The commander-in-chief of the Serbian army Putnik planned to stick to the Danube, Sava and Delina Rivers on the Osai border, and the main force gathered east of Valevo and waited for a counterattack.

In the early days, the Austrian army relied on more troops and larger artillery caliber, after continuous assaults, the 2nd Army quickly occupied Shabacs, and the 5th Army advanced to the banks of the Yadar River on the 15th.

Unlike the squad army composed of a single nation, the Austrian army had various soldiers, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire had many ethnic groups and mixed languages. As long as the soldiers who were conquered from non-Hungarian parts of the empire were all divided into Austrian regiments with German as the command language, regardless of whether they were Bohemian or Italian; the soldiers who were conquered from Hungarian parts of the empire were all divided into Hungarian regiments with Hungarian regiments with Hungarian language as the command language, regardless of whether they were Romanian, Pole, Croatian or Slovenian.

So, after the general mobilization, a large number of peasants who spoke various languages ​​were filled into the army, and developed to the end. Even to the point where even the platoon leader could not make the scattered people he had collected understand his orders. The entire grassroots combat command tended to collapse, and the entire Imperial Defense Forces, the expected main force of the Empire, turned into a huge monster with terminal paralysis, and could not function normally. Therefore, when the 300,000 race on August 16th, the Russian and Montenegro coalition counterattacked, a large number of soldiers from the nation with separation quickly lost their combat effectiveness. Resistance to fight, surrender and mutiny were common. The coalition captured a large number of Austrian soldiers with extremely small casualties, and drove the Austrian troops out of the border a week later.

A few days later, better news came. With the defeat of Bulgaria, a large number of Russian troops entered Serbia, and followed by a large amount of military supplies.

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In contrast to the victory of Russia and Serbia, the British and French coalition forces on the Western Front were retreating step by step. In the face of huge failures, Britain and France finally woke up from their dream of quick battles. Russia, Russia, a large population of Russia, became their last life-saving straw. The British and French envoys began to implement the channel plan proposed by Grand Duke Mikhail, and offered various prices to win over the neutral Albania and Greece.

What does a country need? It's nothing more than territory. After Greece made a territorial claim for Bulgaria, representatives of Russia, Britain, France and Greece reached a secret agreement in Athens: to exchange part of the land in southern Bulgaria for Greek goodwill neutrality.

Perfect deal! Bulgaria is like a good woman falling into the dust, Russia is like an old man. With the help of two British and French turtle men, Greece happily paid a big piaochang fee.

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Before and after Russia joined the war, a large number of technicians started a crazy work of three shifts a day at the R&D base of the Russian Vehicle Manufacturing Product Sales Company. This company, which has joined forces with 13 Russia's largest railway vehicle manufacturing companies, often controls more than 9/10 of the total vehicle orders nationwide, and almost all monopolizes the production and sales of vehicles. Now all think tanks are working hard to develop military vehicles. However, in private, designers often quote His Royal Highness the Princess's words "armored vehicles" to call this kind of upcoming car.

His noble Highness Anna added historical knowledge to these designers: In 1855, British J. Cohen installed machine guns and armor on the chassis of a steam tractor, making a wheeled armored vehicle, and obtained a patent, but this armored vehicle was not practically used. In 1899, the British Sims installed armored vehicles and a machine gun on a four-wheeled vehicle. In 1900, Britain put armored cars into the British-British War in South Africa. Therefore, Anna told them, "Your mission is to develop a military combat vehicle with high off-road maneuverability, certain protection and firepower, and equipped one to two small and medium-caliber artillery and several machine guns..."

"How long does it take to succeed as fast as possible?" Anna asked when she left.

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"I don't know, Your Highness. "Ivan Alecsenko, the chief vehicle designer of the dazed head, thought for a long time before answering," Maybe a month, maybe half a year. All new products must undergo rigorous testing, and this is a military combat vehicle. Like you, I don't want soldiers to be injured by the technical defects of the vehicle.

Alecsenko's truth made the company's base head embarrassed, and the technicians around him also looked gloating: This fool is too good at speaking. The higher the IQ, the lower the EQ!

"I'll give you a year, Mr. Alecsenko, I hope you can give me a surprise. Also, from today on, you will be the Baron." Anna smiled, "Then, Mr. Baron, work hard!"

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On August 29, after informing her uncle Mikhail, Anna concealed her identity and went to Warsaw with General Sukhomlinov, the Minister of the Army. To be honest, Anna's request was extremely unreasonable. Mikhail expressed opposition on the spot, but at Anna's insistence, Mikhail agreed in principle. For this reason, a large number of agents and guards followed Anna and the general, protecting them openly or secretly.

General Sukhomlinov was a loyal and kind soldier. Although he was nearly 60 years old, he was still very healthy. For this old man, Anna was full of respect for him, just like other army officers. Sukhomlinov, who served as the Minister of the Russian Army since 1909, spent five years working to improve the Russian army. He made conscription a real cause to defend the country. He cut too many fortress garrisons, formed heavy artillery companies, balloon soldiers and radio communication institutions with the laid-off troops, and formed an additional 6 divisions. He doubled the number of machine guns, and increased the annual recruitment by 250,000, and also increased the number of officers, and improved the food and clothing of Russian soldiers.

These measures greatly improved the Russian army's combat capabilities, far exceeding the Russo-Japanese War. Therefore, Sukhomlinov won a high prestige and was even more a master in the army.

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