"Uncle, what is said above is not true."

"Oh, nothing, despite the exaggeration, it did happen." Lee Haydn glanced at the army brochure handed over by the handsome young army lieutenant general in front of him and put it aside. The army brochure was compiled under his instructions, so he certainly knew what was inside.

"But this is not true." Grand Duke Carl, who was only 24 years old, was the second heir to the throne behind him, Li Haidn's nephew, and the commander of the 3rd Army of Croatia, blushed and said stubbornly. This is a picture album full of lies, full of exaggerated descriptions of the atrocities of the Russian army, and selected a large number of carefully selected photos. The Tsar's army was described as a group of lawless bandits, who killed people, set fire, robbed and raped, and did everything they could do. Wherever they passed, the village was burned, and they would rob the property and women they could see, and kill all men, not even the elderly and children...

This is indeed not true. Most Russian troops still strictly abide by discipline and generally do not harass civilians. However, a small number of Russian troops, especially the Cossacks, have committed atrocities of murder and robbery. During the war, it is difficult to restrain and ensure that all soldiers can abide by military discipline.

"Karl... the first thing you need to consider now is how to improve the combat effectiveness of your troops as soon as possible, rather than adhering to the teachings of Christ." Li Hayden felt it necessary to sit down and have a good talk with his simple nephew, otherwise he might have ruined the big thing because of the so-called unbearable moment. "The peasants from Bohemia, Galicia, Hungary, Bosmia, and Slovenia in the army have no idea who to fight for. They passively avoid war and will always collapse first when the battle is most critical. These troops, composed of Czechs, Poles, Romanians and Ukrainians, have very low combat effectiveness and have become the biggest obstacle to our victory."

“Have you ordered them to be reorganized according to ethnic components to solve the command problem?”

"Yes, the command problem is not the main problem. The fundamental problem is that these people lack the desire to fight." Lee Haydn put out the cigar in his hand in the ashtray, raised his head and stared at Carl, "Hate is the best way to trigger the desire for battle and fighting."

"So you're inciting these emotions in the army and making up lies?"

"This is not a lie, oh, of course, there is an exaggeration in it." Lee Hayden picked up the brochure and flipped it over again. "Not only in the army, we also need to increase this kind of publicity among the people."

"Why?"

"If our people don't know why we are fighting, then the empire will soon fall into collapse." Lee Hayden said word by word, "We are forced to fight to defend the people of the empire from being robbed, bullied and plundered by those robbers. This is a sacred and just war against aggression. Do you understand what I say, Carl?"

"I don't quite understand, I think you are even like Satan."

"If you can't figure it out, you must firmly execute it. This is an order! Otherwise I will remove you from your post and even transfer you out of the army." Lee Hayden threatened, and then he had a smile on his face. "The demon in the eyes of the enemy is God to the people of the empire. What I said makes sense, Carl, there is no morality or mercy for the enemy."

After the winter began, Lee Haydn rejected any offensive plan proposed by Condra, and the entire empire's army began to be reorganized according to national components. Although this move was opposed by the Magyar nobles and the German nobles, it was still implemented in the face of the current prestige of the crown prince.

Croatia and Bohemia were allowed to form separate armies, which weakened the dominance of the Germans and Magyars, but condensed the people's hearts. Lee Haydn even promised that Bohemia and Croatia would be able to obtain equal political status with Austria and Hungary after the war.

What will happen if the binary empire transforms into a multi-dimensional empire?

Who knows?

In diplomacy, the allies were obviously at a disadvantage. Except for the angered Ottoman Empire, no one dared to openly oppose the Allies led by Britain and France. Sixteen British allies around the world, including the Japanese, declared war on Germany and Austria. Of course, most of them were in places where the Germans and Austro-Hungarians could not reach them.

Greece, Italy, Bulgaria and Romania had a slight impact on the battle situation.

The Italians at both ends of the rat head were waiting for a price, and it seemed that they were taking a bigger trend to rely on the British. They made territorial demands for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, including Trieste, which was obviously unacceptable to the empire.

The Greeks have decided to stand on the side of the British, and they are feudal with the Turks.

Bulgaria had almost decided to fight on the Allies. It was purely due to hatred that Serbia and Greece seized a large piece of their territory in the Second Balkan War, and this time they were going to take revenge.

What's more, Germany and Austro-Hungary have promised to return Thrace to them after the war.

The Romanians were swaying, hoping to get the Dransylvania. Lee Haydn's suggestion was to allow the merger of the Dransylvania region with Romania, but Romania had to be incorporated into the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and of course, they could obtain the same status as the Hungarians.

However, the death of King Carol, who was born in the Hohenzoll family, in October 1914, was a significant blow to Romania's pro-German forces, and now they are getting closer and closer to joining the Allies.

And Lee Haydn did not expect the Romanians to play any role, as long as they didn't make trouble.

Although the 82-year-old old emperor Franz is still able to move, he is already old and now most of the military affairs need to be handled by Lee Haydn.

What made him most troubled was the problem of insufficient domestic labor.

After the war broke out, the empire summoned about 2.5 million troops. As the war progressed and continued to consume, more and more young and strong laborers were sent to the battlefield, and factories and rural areas were now facing great difficulties. If this problem was not solved, the empire would sooner or later collapse due to lack of supplies.

The empire was unable to import enough food from overseas like Britain and France, and concentrated most of the limited manpower on industrial production. Although it was vigorously promoting mechanized operations, the vast rural areas still needed at least 500,000 labor to fill it.

Austria, a mountain country, originally had insufficient grain production, and it relied entirely on the production of the Hungarian plains. However, the reduction of young and strong labor inevitably led to a reduction in grain production.

If famine is triggered, then the empire will collapse on its own without fighting.

The German Revolution in 1918 led to the collapse of a powerful empire, and the spreading social thoughts were also a very terrifying enemy.

Why didn't the revolution happen in Britain?

The conservatism of the British is one aspect, but the Germans seem to be no worse than the British.
Chapter completed!