Chapter 82: Humor on the Battlefield
Chapter 82 – Humor on the Battlefield
Do or die, Maherd apparently ignored the fact that the Tuscan army was not good at fighting, and the battle was overwhelmed by the Austrian army at the beginning.
“Give me an attack!”
“Bastard, get up and give me an attack!”
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Maherd cursed angrily, the young officers were acting very brave, but the soldiers were acting very Italian.
The slogans were shouted bang bang, the enemy’s shadow was not even seen yet, one by one, they were lying on the ground and pretending to be dead, this had to be infuriating.
There is no doubt that the bottom of the soldiers do not want to fight with Austria, before the outbreak of the war against France, Tuscany is still a member of the Holy Roman Empire, their ancestors also Habsburg family allegiance.
Even now, Austria still has a strong influence in Tuscany, these influences can not be eliminated in a short period of time, the soldiers have mixed feelings towards Austria.
It is a tragic problem that the anti-Austrian movement in the Italian regions was only initiated by the bourgeoisie for their own interests.
The people, even if they were fooled, did not have a cut, usually shouting slogans is okay, let them sell their lives even if.
The only people who really wanted to defeat Austria and unify the Italian regions were the capitalists, intellectuals, and nationalists.
To put it mildly, they have all been divided for thousands of years, and everyone has gotten used to this kind of life.
Otherwise, historically, in 1848, Austria could not have defeated the Italian confederacy so easily and ruled Venice and Lombardy again.
“General, we are being attacked by the main force of the Austrian army, it’s better to ask for help from our allies!” A young officer suggested
Not everyone was not in their right mind, even if they had a momentary brain fart before, after the battle just now, everyone knew to calm down.
Tuscany this expeditionary force, from top to bottom are not qualified, the senior commander will only talk on paper, the grassroots officers are all a middle-aged teenager, to be a daredevil can be, commanding troops or forget about it!
“Well then, immediately send someone to ask Marshal Badorio for help and order the troops to prepare for a strategic shift!” Maherd made a quick decision
A great man can bend and bend, if you can’t mess with it, can’t you hide from it? This is also an Italian tradition now, if you can’t beat them, then run, if you can’t run, then surrender.
I don’t know whether it started a few hundred years ago, or a thousand or so years ago, the Italians have become unreliable in fighting.
In the continent of Europe, where mercenaries are prevalent, Italian mercenaries are the ones recognized as having the worst fighting ability, in inverse proportion to their next-door neighbor, Switzerland.
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While the Tuscan army was suffering, General Mercer, who was in charge of attacking Trento on the other side, was likewise in trouble.
Of course, they are the active attacking side, the troops are several times the strength of the defending army, to not have to have no danger of destruction, just want to attack Trento will not be possible.
“General, the enemy’s firepower is too fierce, the 2nd division has suffered too many casualties, Major General Weir is requesting for support!” The officer said seriously
“With a bang, the water cup in Lieutenant General Messer’s hand flew out.
“Bucket, the battle has only just begun and they have suffered heavy losses, have they encountered the Austrian’s main force?”
No one answered this question, but it was certain that the opposite side could not be the main force of the Austrian army, otherwise the situation of offense and defense would have been reversed.
“General Messer, why don’t we hold off on the attack for now and wait for the heavy artillery units to arrive before we launch our attack!” Major General Manstu suggested
In the end, he still couldn’t afford to consume the precious troops in his hands, Messer said helplessly, “Alright, slow down the attack and wait for the heavy artillery to arrive tomorrow before launching a full-scale attack!”
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Not begging for reinforcements, but getting the order to hold off on the attack, Major General Will breathed a sigh of relief, losing nearly a regiment in one morning, the 2nd Division could not withstand such casualties.
Looking at the soldiers who kept falling on the charging road, Major General Will was heartbroken and helplessly ordered, “Order the troops to retreat!”
The horn of retreat was blown, a strange scene happened on the battlefield, one by one, the soldiers of Sardinia Kingdom who fell on the charging road, actually swindled.
Major General Will, who was still heartbroken, was furious, if he still didn’t know what had happened, he didn’t deserve to be the head of a division.
“Bastards, these damn scumbags, I’m going to send them to a court martial!” Major General Will growled
There was no way Major General Will wouldn’t be angry, thinking about the heavy loss report that had just been submitted to the command headquarters, and then looking at the soldiers who were all alive and swindling, this slap in the face came a little too fast.
After counting the number of casualties, Major General Will’s heart is dripping blood, not because the loss is too big, on the contrary, the loss is too small.
After attacking for a morning, more than twenty people were killed and more than seventy were wounded, can this be called heavy losses? He had a division of troops, not a battalion!
Soldier casualties are not much, but the loss of weapons and equipment is not small at all.
When they ran back, the Austrian army did not forget to put a gun in the back, in order to be safe quite a few soldiers have returned empty-handed.
Preliminary statistics, a morning the second division lost more than 1,300 rifles, if not the law is not to blame, Major General Will want to the group of assholes to mutiny.
Results of the battle? Well, probably consumed enemy weapons and ammunition. We didn’t even get within a hundred meters of the enemy’s position, so what’s the battle result?
“General, these soldiers are all mostly recruited from the Lombardy region, they’re all a bunch of cowards, replacing them with our veterans in the afternoon certainly wouldn’t be like this!” An officer reminded
Major General Will nodded helplessly, he could only expect the other soldiers to be a little braver, if everyone learns from this bunch of cowards in the morning, there would be no need to fight this battle.
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Not only were they depressed, the Austrian defenders on the other side were even more depressed.
Responsible for the defense of the first line of defense Lieutenant Colonel Griegi, looking at the enemy who fell to the ground one after another, very happy, he thought that the soldiers under his command had all become sharpshooters.
It did not occur to him that it was only at noon that the results changed The enemy who died in battle swindled again, so angry that he was blue in the face.
He was so close, the paperwork to claim the credit and report the victory was ready, but fortunately it wasn’t submitted, or else the charge of lying about the success of the battle was enough for him to suffer.
The enemy’s approach, Lieutenant Colonel Grigi really can not understand, can only secretly guess: “Is the enemy want to consume our ammunition? But this commander is too amusing, Trento doesn’t lack weapons and ammunition!”
“Chief, is the enemy plotting something? Could it be that they want to lure us out, and then they’ll take the opportunity to kill us and seize our position?” A young officer said in a brainwave
(End of chapter)