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The Austro-Hungarian Eastern Front Camp is located in Limburg (Lviv), the capital of Galicia. It is also the largest railway hub and logistics support base for the Austro-Hungarian army on the Eastern Front. The steep mountains along the Transnistria River in Moldavia are a huge barrier for Austro-Hungarian and the Russians, and are extremely unfavorable for a large-scale attack.

The emperor rushed to Limburg, but unexpectedly, he asked Boloevich to prepare to draw three armies from Italy.

"Russia will collapse soon, and we don't need to spend too much energy on the Eastern Front now." Li Haydn sat in the war room of the headquarters headquarters and said to his generals in an unquestionable tone.

"We are now able to defeat the Russian offensive and even defeat Kiev." Boloevich said, saying the truth. Austro-Hungary currently has 1.8 million troops on the eastern front, while the Russian Southwest Front has only 1.3 million troops, half of which are recruits just added last year, and lack training and equipment.

Lee Haydn looked down at the map on the table for a while before looking up and saying to his chief of staff: "If you follow your plan, how much casualties will be there?"

"About 500,000 to 700,000, but..." Bolojevic said, and then stopped. He suddenly realized that with the emperor's character, such huge casualties could never be tolerated.

"What if we were mainly defense?" the emperor continued.

"It should be around 100,000," said Jelojevic.

"This is a problem. Even if we occupy the entire Ukraine, the war will continue, but we lost a quarter or even a third of our troops in a battle. How can we maintain this war?" Lee Hayden sighed and said, "The Americans are already eager to participate. This is already very obvious after February."

"Although the United States responded a bit strong, they may not easily get involved in the war," Bolojevic said.

"It must be that their bankers have bet too much on the British and French, and it is impossible to watch the British defeat." Lee Hayden said. "I have tried my best to accept their mediation, negotiate with the envoy of the US President, and try to reach some kind of peace, but cannot do it. The British demanded that we return to the border before August 1914, which is simply unacceptable. The situation is very serious now, American newspapers are already making excuses for participating in the war, and their government's tone of notes is getting tougher."

"This requires us to end the war against Russia as soon as possible." Boloevich said.

Lee Haydn nodded, "We need to find a suitable opportunity. What is the latest information about Russia?"

"Not yet, the Russians are on strike these two days, and they can only get information from some border areas." Lieutenant General Hader, who is in charge of intelligence, said.

After hearing this, Lee Hayden smiled, "This is good news. This strike may cause a drastic change in Russia."

"Just like in 1905?" Boloevich asked. If so, it would be good news. The Russian Revolution in 1905 forced the Tsar to withdraw from the Russo-Japanese War.

"No!" Lee Haydn said, his face relaxed a little, "but it's much worse than that time."

The Austro-Hungarian army and the Russian army fought fiercely on the front line of Proskorov, and the dense artillery fire had been bombarding each other for nearly a week. Every night, the dark night sky would be broken by the purple-red light of the shells. Fires flashed from time to time in the sky, the earth was trembling, and the earth that had not yet melted the remaining snow had already become scarred.

The Chinese work camp led by Su Bingwen is located about forty miles from the front line. In southern Ukraine, about 50,000 Chinese workers were forced to go to the front line, serving as heavy logistics work such as transporting materials and building fortifications. Although the Russians were attacking, their achievements were limited, and instead lost Zhitomir under the counterattack of the German army.

Since March, the wave of strikes has become increasingly popular, and now the situation in Russia has become very chaotic.

On March 12, the Russian attack suddenly stopped.

Stationed in Herstino, an infantry division, as the reserve of the Southwest Front, retreated from the front line and was about to be transferred to Petrograd to suppress the commotion and riots there. However, the situation changed too quickly. When the division was about to board the train, news came from the front that the Tsar had signed the abdication edict, but his designated heir, Grand Duke Mikhail, refused to accept the new Tsar.

The empire now has no Tsar, and the interim committee composed of the former State Duma took over the regime, but the Soviet regime composed of representatives of the Petrograd Social Labor Party, workers and soldiers also continued to issue orders. Now two governments have appeared in the country, which makes everyone feel at a loss.

Chaos was spreading, and the Russian army was filled with panic from top to bottom. The soldiers refused to return to the front line, and some troops began to mutiny. The front line command seemed to have forgotten the existence of Chinese workers. As the general representative of the Chinese workers' camps on the front line of Ukraine, General Song Huanzhang seemed a little anxious. Some Chinese workers' camps only had a few days of food left, and he needed to solve this problem quickly.

Accompanied by the sound of steam locomotives, a military troop transport train slowly drove into Kirovogle Station. The night had already enveloped the city on the banks of the Ingur River. At this time, the station was still in chaos. Porters in shabby military uniforms were unloading a large amount of military supplies. The platform was filled with mountains of ammunition, which was very dangerous.

"Hello, Mr. Song! I am Ivan Yukovic, the tax commissioner of Kirovogle City." After the train from the front line stopped entering the platform, a Chinese man next to him said something to him. So after confirming that Song Huanzhang and others got off the train, he had been waiting for people for a long time, so he walked forward and greeted with a smile.

"Hello...Mr. Yukovic." Song Huanzhang shook hands with him and said reluctantly. Looking at Ivan, who was obviously Slav's appearance, it was hard for him to imagine that the person in front of him was the liaison officer sent by him.

"I am a member of the Ukrainian Liberation Alliance." Perhaps seeing the doubts on Song Huanzhang's face, Yukovic explained. The Ukrainian Liberation Alliance was established in Vienna by some Ukrainian exiled political organizations. This organization was seeking to establish an independent Ukrainian state in Russia, while in Galicia and Bukovina sought the same autonomy as the Czech or Poles. After the outbreak of the war, this anti-Russian organization received strong support from the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince and developed rapidly, and many members were engaged in espionage or sabotage activities in Russia.

Although the Tsar did not recognize the existence of the Ukrainian nation, the Ukrainians did not think so. Under the call of the banner of Khmelniksky, there were still many Ukrainians, especially scholars, seeking the path of independence.
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