1890 King of Southeast Asia

It can be said that the commander of the First Army of Italy is extremely responsible and is also the rare commander of the Italians.

In the case of supplementary supplementary supplements, the two groups of the two groups were replenished decisively, and they supported a army as a vanguard.

After all, there are less than 10,000 defenders in the Tirore army at this time, and they are all local defenders. The combat effectiveness is definitely not as good as the regular army.

This is the fighter!

They also know the general efficiency of the Italians. If they are waiting for the supply, the Austro -Hungarian army here is afraid that it will expand to more than 100,000 people, and it will even be helped by the German Alps.

At that time, even with the advantages of military strength, the battle would be much more complicated.

So they decisively collected materials and sent a army.

Don't look at more than 300,000 people from the two groups, but their supplies are really not abundant, mainly ammunition.

There is a base ammunition in the hands of the soldiers, and there are still some stocks in the warehouse, but these things can only maintain daily use.

The consumption of wartime is not comparable to daily use. For example, ammunition, a base of soldiers is distributed by supporting a battle. It can be supported for up to two days. If the battle is fierce, maybe it may be gone for a long time.

Turning over the Alps to attack the Austro -Hungarian Empire, it also faces a battle, which consumes a lot of artillery shells.

Not only did the Italian not only have a large total, but the supply line was also generally transported. The supply of soldiers could not fight at all, and even hungry.

However, the Italian commander also understands the principle of the time that the machine must not be lost. Concentrate the supplies and capacity. First, send a army to open the situation, and the remaining army will slowly move.

There are 24,000 troops, plus some artillery that enhanced the belonging, and the offense of less than 10,000 local defensive delegations in four localities. Isn't it still holding a handle?

Once you enter Tirore and even capture Inbrook, the battlefield initiative is in the hands of the Italians.

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Tirore, at the junction of Austrian, Border City Casso.

This is the traditional territory of the Austrian Empire. It is located at the foot of the Alps. Half of the mountain and half are plains.

Because it is close to the Alps, the environment is beautiful, the forest and animal resources are abundant. At the same time, it has plains. In addition, it is not short of irrigation water in the melting water of snow mountains. It has always been more comfortable for agricultural development.

Time was once a principality, but because the overall area was not large, the area of ​​the plain was even smaller, and the output of food limited the development of the population, so the strength was not strong.

In the fourteenth century, the Habsburg family obtained the dominance of the Principality of Tirore, incorporated it into the Austrian Empire, and became part of the Habsburg dynasty.

After that, except for the Napoleonic War, it has always been calm, neither poor, but not rich. The geographical location is remote and no disturbance.

The Tirore also lived a comfortable and peaceful life. Until the outbreak of the First World War, the Italian Kingdom participated in the war, and pointed his finger at the former allies Austro -Hungarian Empire.

"Heiden, where are the Italian mixed?" Lieutenant Alfrad, the head of the Tirorer shooter, asked a middle -aged man in his forties.

"When I found them, they had passed Tiba Village, and at their speed, now there should be about fifteen kilometers from us."

He once served in the Austro -Hungarian Empire Army Hunting Regiment. He said, a scout, said that he returned to Tirore after retiring and opened a grocery store. Army.

At the same time, it is also the only professional trained scouts in the Trot Sagittarius.

"That night is not enough, at least it will go tomorrow morning." Alfred was relieved.

"They carried a large cannon, traveling slowly on the rugged mountain road, and it would be fast before noon tomorrow."

"And marching in the Alps, even if they arrived, the soldiers did not have enough physical attack. Even if they were tentative attacks, they should go the day after tomorrow."

Heiden licked his lips.

Not only the only scouts who have been trained by the Sagittarius group, but also one of the few soldiers with rich experience in the group. Alfred had to hear his opinions.

Because Alfred is a declined nobleman, and joining the Sagittarius group is only in accordance with the family practice, because it is a decline in the decline of the imperial empire, so many things do not conform to the tradition, such as Alverd's military education.

Alfred started military training under the guidance of his family at an early age, but basically three days of fishing and two days of drying the net. Later, he entered the military college and was also at the aristocratic class.

What they have to do every day is to think about how to slip out and go to Vienna. In this case, the results are of course a mess.

However, because he was a noble, he graduated smoothly and entered the second -tier army to serve.

This is also the consistent choice of these "unable to advance" declining aristocratic officers.

Alfred did not think about it, but there was no money, there was no enough connections, no rights, and his talent was not as high as it was.

After working hard for a while, I finally gave up.

Because of the achievements he tried to achieve, mixing with him and waiting for the position of death can be climbed, the gap is not very large.

This also caused, the war began, and Alverd directly caught blind.

However, the aristocratic education let him know that what he would not do was let the people who would do to do it.

He deliberately gathered experienced retired soldiers as consultants, almost replacing his staff.

The staff is now just an organization responsible for conveying orders and logistical support. It no longer formulates combat plans and has no right to command troops.

"The day after tomorrow? That's still in time. We can complete the construction of all field fortifications tomorrow. I hope we can stop the Italians for a while." Alfred breathed a sigh of relief, with a look of "God bless" on his face.

"Lieutenant Colonel, we don't have enough troops. In fact, there is no need to maintain the defense line at the foot of the mountain." Hayden said after listening.

"What?" Alfred looked at him in surprise.

"I mean, we don't need to maintain the defense line at the foot of the mountain."

"When I went to scout the Italians, I also scouted the terrain on the opposite side."

"We are here, the highest mountain nearby, and a battalion is here, which is the second highest mountain nearby. The road between the two mountains is the only way to Casso."

"And the position we set up at the foot of the mountain is to prevent the Italians from rushing up the mountain. I think it is completely unnecessary."

"Our troops are already insufficient. If we set up defenses at the foot of the mountain, once we lose the defense, the defenders will have no chance to run up the mountain, and we will have no way to support them."

"It is better to withdraw the soldiers at the foot of the mountain and keep them as reserves."

Hayden wanted to change the original plan.

The original battle plan was jointly discussed by Hayden and other soldiers and some civilian officers. The main purpose was to delay the Italians' attack.

Alfred's Archer Regiment received an order to hold on for a week. After a week, the vanguard of the Austro-Hungarian Third Army will take over here.

So Hayden and his men prepared several layers of defense, extending from the plains between the mountains to the top of this mountain.

"Why, I need a reason." Alfred did not rush to veto, which was his advantage. He did not understand, so he listened to what others said.

"Artillery bombardment, the Italians can deploy artillery on these hills, so that they have a commanding shooting angle. The lower positions cannot withstand the power of the artillery at all, and the casualties will be great." Hayden said.

"We have discussed this matter." Alfred looked at Hayden. They discussed it, and the result of the discussion was that this was a necessary sacrifice.

"Yes, but we didn't know in advance that the Italians brought large-caliber artillery. I swear, it must be 150mm field artillery."

"Trenches can absorb the energy of artillery bombardment, but they can never stop the direct shooting of large-caliber artillery from a high position."

"We can only defend against their artillery at a high altitude, at a height where the Italian field artillery has no shooting angle, with the help of the mountain."

Hayden did not want to change the plan, but the Italians brought heavy artillery, and he was dumbfounded when he saw it.

Who would march on a rugged mountain road with heavy artillery? Don't you find it troublesome? The enemy we are dealing with is only the local garrison regiment! And there are only four regiments, with only half the strength of yours!!!

"So how should we defend? Our mission is to defend for a week, but I will be thankful if the Third Army can arrive within ten days."

"Hayden, you have to know that behind us is Casso, Tyrol, and our home, which is why our regiment is here."

Alfred looked at Hayden seriously.

The Austro-Hungarian army on the Eastern Front was not very strong in combat effectiveness. In addition to various reasons such as language, nationality, weapons and logistics, their fighting will was not strong.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire was a dualistic empire. This was a compromise made by Austria to prevent Hungary from separating, but it was this compromise that led to the direct weakening of the Austrian Empire.

After the establishment of the Kingdom of Hungary (the Kingdom of Hungary was a subordinate of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, with its own parliament, laws, and police, and tariffs were charged for trade with Austria!) it brought more ethnic problems.

More than a dozen ethnic groups fought for the emperor, but after arriving at the front, the different treatment made them understand whose emperor the emperor was, and their fighting spirit plummeted. (For the treatment of ethnic minority soldiers in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, refer to Gray Beast.)

Coupled with the corruption and stubbornness of Austro-Hungarian officers, the attitude of the Austro-Hungarian army towards the Austro-Hungarian Empire was almost the same as that of the Tsarist Russian army towards Tsarist Russia.

Without anyone to supervise the battle, most soldiers would definitely run away.

However, the situation on the Italian front was much better, because the Austro-Hungarian soldiers were fighting to defend their homeland.

Especially those local garrisons.

"Lieutenant Colonel Alfred, I have thought about how to survive ten days, and I have come up with a solution!" Hayden said with full energy...