Chapter 921: God of War
Chapter 903 – God of War
There is no drama in the military, since Admiral Morquez proposed the plan of attacking all three fronts, he naturally had to implement it.
With the order of the command, half of Italy at the same time into the fire, stationed in the Lombardy region of the Austrian army multi-line attack launched a strong attack.
The roaring sound of artillery fire, even dozens of miles away from the city of Milan can be clearly seen, and even vaguely able to feel the ground moving.
Looking in the direction of Turin, Vittorio Emanuele III sighed meaningfully, “Kolosna, have you figured out the true purpose of the Austrians?”
Vittorio Emanuele III is not a flower in a greenhouse, he has a clear understanding of his own value.
The King of Sardinia was important to the government of Vienna, but this importance was limited to political propaganda, and was not enough to cause Admiral Morquez, the commander of the Southern Front, to put up such a big fight.
The middle-aged man from Kolosna shook his head, ”Not yet, our intelligence network in the Lombardy region has long been decimated by the Austrians.
Even the ones that managed to escape, they have long since drawn the line with us, and the dark line is no longer contactable.
I tried to visit a few nobles who used to favor us, and was directly driven out.
Last night, I also received a few threatening letters warning us not to make small moves or they will not be polite.”
It could be seen that Kolosna was in a very depressed mood right now. The Kingdom of Sardinia could only rely on Austria even for restoration, and against this background, where did he have the guts to make small moves?
After experiencing a brutal social beating, the Italian Independence Organization was not as middle-aged as the Charcoal Burning Party, and had long ago kicked Lombardy and Venetia out of the Italian region.
Even shouting slogans won’t do, it’s politically incorrect and Daddy Gold won’t pay for it.
Not to mention now, the Vienna government offered to restore the pattern after the Vienna Conference of 1815, and they all had to accept it with high hopes.
To mess around in Lombardy is a sign of absolute tiredness of living. For them, the Sardinian Zionists, Austria is their only option.
But for the Austrian government, they are only one of the choices, and there are a whole lot of spare tires behind them.
Since ancient times, the German region has been rich in kings. If that was not possible, the Austrian government could still choose a new king for the Sardinian people.
“Forget it, just wait if you can’t figure it out! Inform our people to go out as little as possible so as not to cause displeasure among the groundlings.”
After saying that, Vittorio Emanuele III sighed. He was also very helpless when this kind of thing happened.
The historical origins of the Osar War, Vittorio Emanuele III still knew. With this thorn in their side, anything they did in Lombardy would be magnified.
Perhaps Franz, who was far away in Vienna, could laugh it off, but the royal family of Lombardy, who was close at hand, would definitely give them a hard time.
There is no way, the Wittelsbach dynasty is an outsider, relying on the support of the Vienna government in the throne, in the local roots are not deep.
Especially two consecutive generations of kings are suffering from mental illness, plus the first king is also the top of the curse over the throne, the royal family in the civil reputation can be imagined.
Against this background, the Wittelsbach dynasty was inevitably a little over-vigilant, and extraordinarily sensitive to any wind and grass.
It was simply impossible for Vittorio Emanuele III to develop a class here. Even some normal activities would be restricted.
But there was no way around it, this was the front line now. As an aspiring king, Vittorio Emanuele III has to be on the front line himself.
How else could the Sardinian populace feel his greatness?
What if the Austrian army conquered Turin one day and he, the king, didn’t arrive first and was taken advantage of?
In these days, those who are qualified to inherit the Sardinian throne are not one or two, there are also big nobles inside Austria who are eyeing for the crown.
Although Vittorio Emanuele III was considered to be the rightful ruler of the Kingdom of Sardinia, he had not yet formally ascended to the throne, so legally he was only the heir apparent.
If there is a guy with the right of succession who is shameless and takes the throne before him, creating an established fact, who the Vienna government will support is an unknown.
Even if there is no such thing, but these days the most popular is “bandits like a comb, soldiers like a grate”.
Vittorio Emanuele III did not run to the front line in advance to watch, and when things happened, the Kingdom of Sardinia will become a white field.
When the Austrian army patted their asses and left, he was responsible for cleaning up the mess left behind.
Can’t test the Austrian-Saudi traditional friendship and expect the Austrian army to see the traditional friendship of the two countries for the sake of the Sardinian Kingdom in the fall, right?
Whether it worked or not, Vittorio Emanuele III had to stand up and stop it at the critical moment, otherwise why would the Sardinian people accept him as their king.
You know, Vittorio Emanuele II didn’t leave him any legacy, all that was left behind was the notoriety of being a stupid, egomaniacal maniac.
Whether internationally or in the minds of the many Sardinian populations, Vittorio Emanuele II was responsible for the downfall of Sardinia.
The Austro-Sardinian War is considered to be the greatest decision-making failure of the Sardinian government, which not only killed himself, but also dragged the other states in the Italian region down with him.
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The moves of Vittorio Emanuele III and his party did not go unnoticed by Admiral Morquez.
It was a time of war, and the front line was the military’s biggest. As the commander-in-chief of the Austrian Southern Front Corps, it was only natural for the intelligence department to provide news to Admiral Morquez.
Putting down the document in his hand, Admiral Molex looked out the window, ”As long as the Sardinians don’t make any particularly excessive moves, just let them be.
We still need their cooperation in the upcoming battle, and it won’t look good on everyone’s face if we make the relationship frosty.”
Since ancient times, true love could not be retained, but only a set-up was everlasting.
The Sardinians still had value to utilize right now, and Admiral Morquez didn’t mind giving Vittorio Emanuele III enough face.
It was no longer 1847, and Italian nationalism had long since lost its market in Lombardy.
In the minds of the younger generation, Italy was just a regional name, belonging to the French. As for the Kingdom of Lombardy, it was naturally part of the German region.
If you don’t believe me, you can look up the history, the Lombards originated from Germany. According to cultural traditions, Lombardy definitely belongs to the German region, which was part of the Holy Roman Empire hundreds of years ago.
The end of all this was already predetermined when France annexed the Italian region.
The greatest advantage of human beings is that they can reflect, and the greatest disadvantage is that they can reflect, and when they think too much they are inevitably deceived by what they see with their eyes.
After the fall of the Italian region, the Italian region of knowledgeable people began to reflect, in the guidance of the people who have the heart, they soon found the Italian states the reason for the decline – institutional rigidity, ideological and cultural too conservative.
Against this background, a skeptical, critical movement against traditional cultural traditions broke out in the Italian region.
After the end of the ideological shock, the Italian ideological community also split, mainly formed the Austrian, British and French three major systems, respectively, advocating the establishment of a strong Italian kingdom following the example of the three countries.
Everyone was worried about the country, just not very patient. I don’t know how to learn, simply learn together.
This change in ideological perception of the Lombardy, Venetia, the impact of the Italians in Lombardy, Venetia is huge.
Originally also inclined to establish the Kingdom of Italy’s intellectuals, the Italian traditional culture is completely desperate, how to abandon the advanced thinking, back to learn backward, right?
Since 1873, the Italian region since the outbreak of the ideological revolution, the Lombardy region of the Italians are not resisting the Austrianization, the pace of national integration all of a sudden fast.
To this day, there is not much difference between Lombardy and Austria in terms of culture and customs, and now the biggest difference between the two places is left to the eating habits.
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The sound of artillery fire continued, the strength of the world’s first industrialized country, this time has been displayed. Cannonballs seem to be like no money at all, like a tidal wave surging toward the French positions.
A shell landed and exploded, shrapnel accompanied by dust splashed up, accompanied by a scream, the French army added three more wounded.
Colonel Novick, who had escaped with his life, very experiencedly patted the dust in his mouth and instantly cursed, “Damn! Where are our artillery, and why don’t they launch a counterattack?”
This was not the first time this had happened, in just three days, Colonel Novick’s command had been patronized by artillery shells an unknown number of times.
In the command headquarters alone, three people had been killed in action and seven wounded before and after, including three officers.
It is important to realize that this is the regimental headquarters, built simple anti-artillery fortifications, greatly weakened the lethal force of the shells.
The deputy at the side helplessly replied, “Colonel, our artillery is also firing back, only to be suppressed by the enemy.”
Frankly speaking, the difference in the quality of artillery between France and Austria was not that great, and the French were suppressed by firepower solely because the Austrians were better prepared.
The French had assembled more than thirteen hundred guns on the southern front, and the number of Austrian guns on the opposite side was almost three times that number, and a large proportion of them were rapid-fire guns, so that the firepower of both sides was at once pulled apart.
As soon as the artillery battle began, the French were confused. The firepower of both sides was not at all on the same level, and all battlefields were suppressed.
The insufficient number of artillery was not something that could be solved in a moment. Although the industry of France was not weak, but who had nothing to do to get a large pile of artillery at home?
To realize that this war, can also be said to be sudden, the war broke out far earlier than the French government’s plan.
To be able to deploy more than 1,300 artillery pieces on the southern front in just a few months is enough to prove the power of France.
After all, central Europe is the main battlefield, the French had to put most of the attention on central Europe, artillery also have to prioritize to meet the central European battlefield.
Colonel Novick shook his head a bit, ”Just this is considered return fire? If you don’t distinguish carefully, you can’t hear our artillery at all.
Send a message to General Command requesting fire support.
Immediately!
At this rate, our troops will collapse before the enemy attacks.”
A battle where you just take a beating and don’t fight back is unbearable for anyone. After days of bombardment, the French soldiers on the frontline had long since lost the arrogance they had in the past.
As a matter of fact, Colonel Novick’s regiment was quite good, most of the soldiers originated from the French mainland, and their will to fight was still quite strong.
In the bombing, attrition has been more than ten percent, the troops have not collapsed, completely called elite.
If it were in a new unit with a large number of Italian soldiers, it would probably have mutinied by this time.
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Colonel Novick’s rant still didn’t change the French army’s dilemma, as the French commander-in-chief Adrien is also struggling with this problem.
There was no way around it, who let France not be prepared enough?
From the beginning of the war until now, the number of French troops has almost swelled tenfold, and to be able to guarantee a gun for every man is that the Parisian officers and gentlemen are working hard enough.
Casually throwing away Colonel Novick’s telegram for help, Marshal Adrien stared at the map and began to seriously think about how to counterattack.
(End of chapter)