Even as the crown prince, Lee Haydn's influence on the War Department and the Army General Staff was still very limited. However, during his tenure as Governor of Tyrol, he expanded the Royal Tyrol Field Hunter to 6, and also expanded the Tyrol Local Defense Army Tyrol Shooters to 6.

The most important thing is that he controls the navy. After becoming the commander-in-chief of the navy, Lee Haydn has been trying hard to expand the scale of the coast guard and prepare for the war. After the war broke out, the Royal Tyrol Hunting Corps was expanded to two divisions and eight hunting regiments. Lee Haydn then expanded these troops into three three-regiment mountain infantry divisions. This was the result of a fierce quarrel with Condra. The chief of staff finally waved helplessly: "Whatever you do, it doesn't matter the overall situation anyway."

After adding some newly recruited mountain people, the Royal Tyrol Field Hunter Regiment became the Royal Tyrol Mountain Infantry Division, the 2nd and 3rd Divisions, with a total force of nearly 50,000.

In Trieste, three marine brigades of Bora and Fum were expanded into three marine divisions, but these troops are likely to be used as infantry divisions now.

In addition, he also had a unit, the coastal garrison troops of Croatia and Dalmatia. Lieutenant General Miller quickly expanded it to five divisions after the outbreak of the war.

It was different from what Lee Hayden imagined. After the general mobilization order was issued, the nations in the empire showed unprecedented enthusiasm for war, especially in Croatia, Dalmatia and Bosnia. The gates of major recruiting offices were filled with Slavs who were enthusiastically signing up.

This allowed the entire empire to complete the recruitment mobilization within 15 days.

Li Haidn concentrated all the troops scattered along the Adriatic Sea in his hands, except for the 3rd Marine Division stationed in Tyrol, to Bosnia, formed the 7th Army of the Imperial Army, and served as the commander-in-chief of the Army. The 7th Army included a Marine Army, a Croatian Army, a Dalmatia Coastal Guard and a Tyrol Mountain Infantry Army, with a total force of 210,000. This unit was called an important force to turn the situation around the war.

His troops now speak three languages: the Tyrol Mountain Infantry Division uses Italian, the Marines use German and Croatian, while the Croatian and Dalmatian Infantry Divisions speak Croatian. This is a headache, and Li Haidn asked the Ministry of Military Affairs to count the languages ​​that the officers were proficient in so that they could send them to places that were much needed.

Except for the Croatian and Dalmatia Infantry Divisions of the 7th Army, which are equipped with heavy artillery units, the other divisions are mainly light artillery. The Tyrol Mountain Infantry Division is equipped with mountain cannons with a caliber of 57-105 mm and mortars with a caliber of 60,80,120 mm, while the Marine Division is equipped with various types of mortars and infantry cannons with a caliber of 75 and 105 mm.

To be honest, this army has outstanding athletic ability and field combat capabilities, but its offensive ability is slightly insufficient. If he is allowed to attack fortresses or cities with strong defense, Lee Haydn will definitely refuse without hesitation.

For this direct unit that he personally reorganized and trained, Li Haidn would naturally be particularly favoured in terms of equipment. The rifles were equipped with the latest Isleia 1903 rifles or short carbines. Each infantry squad was equipped with a Carlson 1912 light machine gun. In addition, each infantry company was equipped with a fire support platoon equipped with 2 60mm mortars and 3 Carlson 1911 heavy machine guns. Such light infantry equipment is definitely second to none in Europe at present.

The only regret is that the so-called submachine gun has not been tested and finalized yet, otherwise he would have equipped each infantry squad leader with one.

Lee Haydn was stepping up reorganization and training of the 7th Army in Bosnia, but the entire battlefield situation seemed very bad in the early stages of the war.

The Germans were blocked by the Belgians for more than ten days, which gave the French and British enough time to mobilize behind and calmly build a line of defense on the line of the Marne River.

On the Eastern Front, Austro-Hungarian Army Chief of Staff Condra took the initiative to attack Russia despite the lack of military strength despite the gap in strength. He hoped to get cooperation from the Germans, but the Germans couldn't take care of themselves.

The Germans left only one Eighth Army in East Prussia, and they fantasized about being able to withstand the Russian attack. However, its commander Pritwitz lacked decision. On August 18, the German army retreated on the entire line under the attack of two Russian armies in the Battle of Compinan.

The Chief of Staff of Austro-Hungarian Army Condra hoped that the German Eighth Army would launch an attack from East Prussia, but Moltke had no intention of cooperating with Austro-Hungarian Army. The Germans only wanted the Austro-Hungarian army to restrain Russia alone. Without the cooperation of the German army, Condra rashly sent thirty divisions to form three armies and launched an attack on Lublin, Russian Poland on August 22.

On the front line of Serbia, the Austrian army that invaded Serbia was defeated by the Serbian army commanded by Marshal Pdonik in the Battle of Valevo. The Fifth Army lost more than half of its troops and fled all the way. In the end, there were only more than 35,000 troops left.

The Seventh Army under Li Haidn's jurisdiction was urgently transferred to the Serbian front.

The governor of Bosnia and the commander-in-chief of Serbia's front line, Potirek, became the main targets of Lee Haydn.

In fact, Chief of Staff Condra, who was responsible for the defeat in the Serbian battle, was half the responsibility, because he insisted on forcibly attacking Serbia despite his lack of troops and Potirek's opposition. But it is not the time to settle accounts with Baron Hessendorf. Li Haydn now wants to get more command of the army and can only sacrifice Potirek.

Lee Haydn severely accused Pottyrek of his military aggression and command errors. In fact, the front-line commander was Pottyrek's chief of staff. But Pottyrek stayed in Vienna during the battle and became Lee Haydn's target of attack. A front-line commander-in-chief did not stay on the front line during the battle and could not explain the past.

Condra also needs to find a scapegoat for Serbia's military defeat.

Poor Potierek was removed from his post, and no matter how strong his relationship network in Vienna was, it would not work, and even the old emperor could not save him. Lee Hayden threatened that if he did not remove Potierek from his post, he would resign as the crown prince. Betierek and the crown prince Franz had to choose the latter.

Lee Haydn is at least a hero in the minds of the people of the Empire, and he won the only victory of the Empire in war, although at sea.
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