Because of his defeat in the Battle of the Marne, Moltke was dismissed from his position as the highest commander of Germany. For Moltke, the troubles of the days that followed were "indescribable". Emperor William II suddenly removed Moltke from command and gave the position to his army minister General von Falkenhein. However, this matter must be kept secret for the time being to avoid shocking the whole country. Moltke, who has become a puppet, had to attend meetings discussing strategies every day in order to whitewash the surface, where no one asked for his opinions or took him seriously. Moltke had to sit in his former opponent, now his successor, without saying a word.

In fact, Moltke was just a scapegoat. After September 12, the Western Front gradually calmed down: the British and French coalition needed to breathe, and the German army's attention quickly moved to the Eastern Front - their allies, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, were beaten by the Russian army without any power to fight back.

In October, when the Russian army surrounded the Fortress of Przemesil, the Germans could no longer sit still.

In the Potsdam Palace, General Von Falkenhein, the Minister of the Army, gestured on a huge European map, "Everyone, our ally Austria is suffering from serious disasters... If the Russians occupy the Fortress of Przemesir, then Silesia and Hungary will be seriously threatened. Once the Russians continue to go deeper,..." Speaking of this, Falkenhein deliberately paused, and then said in a desolate tone, "Austria will collapse and then withdraw from the war!"

"This is absolutely not allowed to happen!" William II spoke, his horns trembling violently, "Gentlemen, we must support Austria, otherwise, once Austria falls, we will face the full attack of European giants - Russia, and France and Britain, by then, we will be surrounded by enemies!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" the other ministers agreed.

Since he decided to fight against Russia, the choice was naturally a problem. But this was very simple. Ludendolf was recommended by everyone for his outstanding performance in the Battle of Liege, and was appointed as the Chief of Staff of the 6th Army and was promoted from colonel to major general. Originally, someone directly recommended Ludendolf as the commander of the army, but William II tactfully proposed that he be the chief of the general staff considering Ludendolf's humble origin. As for the commander of the army, Ludendolf himself made a choice.

In his prime, Rudendolf was ambitious and aggressive, and needed to choose someone who was good at getting along with him as the chief general so that he could let go. So, in his 70s, Paul von Hindenburg, who was re-entered after the outbreak of the war, became the best candidate. He was easy-going and good at dealing with things, and was most suitable for being a puppet.

On October 20, the German 6th Army, which had been resting, left the French front and boarded the train to return home. Ordinary soldiers thought it was a holiday and could go home to reunite with their parents and wives who had been away for more than two months. They were all happy and took the train home in the jealous eyes of other army officers and soldiers.

At this moment, the soldiers of the 6th Army did not know that what was waiting for them would be a journey of going but not returning...

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The golden autumn of October is the season of harvest. However, in Russian Poland, with Warsaw as the center, countless towns and villages were trapped in a catastrophe. Polish farmers were forced to hand over all food, including food rations and seeds. If they resisted, they were called "traitors" by the Russian grain collection team, "German spy or Austrian spy", and were then shot on the spot.

For Polish business owners, they were treated better, and the Russian army asked them to move their factories to the mainland. The kind Russians also allowed them to rent train cars, but they had to pay a large rental fee.

The worst was the urban residents. The "Three Lights" policy, which was the task proposed by Anna. Specifically, it was to grab everything and burn it all. For the strongly rebellious Poles, Anna allowed soldiers to carry out indiscriminate massacres. Ordinary army was not suitable for doing this, so Anna handed over this glorious and arduous task to the rapid response force that came with the regular army.

As one of the largest cities in Poland, Warsaw is suffering from the ravages of Russian troops. In the early morning of October 24, the residents of Warsaw were awakened by a series of car motors and sparse gunshots.

Some residents of Warsaw discovered that teams of Russian troops broke into private houses on the main streets of the city. Then, amid the crying of women, clothes, jewelry, boxes and furniture of all sizes were forcibly moved to cars or carriages by Russian soldiers.

"Bang!" A ball of blood ejaculated with the brain. A man fell down powerlessly. "Ah... no!" Elsa looked at her husband who was shot in the head, and her mind went blank: her husband just wanted to steal something that belonged to her... and she was beaten to death!

Elsa lowered her head weakly. After a brief pain, she stood up silently, walked back home, came to the kitchen, and picked up a kitchen knife...

Who says women are born weak?

Elsa had red eyes, stared at a Russian soldier on duty, and walked over slowly.

Three meters, two meters, one meter, arrived... Elsa took out the kitchen knife hidden in her apron and slashed heavily at the soldier who was smoking.

The soldier's hand shook and the cigarette butt fell to the ground. The soldier's last feeling was that he saw the terrible woman behind him...

"Puff..." The soldier's blood gushed out from his neck, and the gushing blood splattered on Elsa's face. "Hahaha!... Hahaha!" Elsa squatted beside the soldier, still slashing the soldier's body with a kitchen knife. Every time he cut, a stream of blood spurted out.

"Oh my God! This woman is crazy!" Several soldiers nearby looked at Elsa in horror. They forgot their mission and just stared at the woman blankly.

"Bang!" Another gunshot sounded, and Elsa shook and fell on the soldier's body.

"This is the end of all those who disobey orders!" A Russian officer put away his steaming pistol and cursed and shouted, "What are you looking at! Move quickly!"

"Yes, sir!" The soldiers quickly accelerated their movements.

.........

All of this just now was seen by Claff, and he clenched his fists hard. As a small policeman in Warsaw City and one of the small leaders of the Polish liberation movement, he felt that he had to do something, otherwise he would definitely go to hell after his death!

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