Holy Roman Empire

After the Tuscans suffered a disastrous defeat a few days ago, they entered the ostrich state, and now they are stationed in Brescia, fifty kilometers away from the battlefield.

Even if we want to fight the enemy, we still have to travel for two days. Now we are fighting alone. "

Marshal Badorio frowned, parallel imports are parallel imports, and his military literacy is simply not enough to command so many troops to fight.

Not only him, but in the entire army of the Sardinian Kingdom, there is no general who can control 20 troops to fight.

There is no way, the famous generals are all played on the battlefield.The standing army of the Kingdom of Sardinia is only [-] to [-], and the highest-ranking front-line officers are only division commanders.

He was suddenly promoted to the commander of the group army. To command [-] times as many troops as before, everyone needed a process of adaptation.

At present, Marshal Badoglio is still adapting. Since the Battle of Venice started, there have been varying degrees of chaos in the Sardinian army, which made him exhausted.

Rubbing his forehead, Marshal Badorio said, "Forget about the Papal State's army, now that something has happened to the Papal State, they can't care about this war anymore.

The Tuscans now have only one regiment left, which is already dispensable in this war.

If it is not for political needs, I don't mind telling them to leave immediately, lest they stay and waste food! "

Obviously, Marshal Badorio has deep resentment towards these two allied troops who did not obey the command, and now he has completely lost confidence in them.

"Marshal, Marshal, something is wrong!" the guard said excitedly

Badoglio glanced at the direction where the voice came from. Deep in his heart, he had already sentenced the panicked guard to death, and he was already thinking about where he was going to throw this ignorant bastard. The soil is good.

"Slow down, the sky hasn't fallen yet!"

The guard tried to calm down and said: "Marshal, there is news from the front line. Our troops besieging Trento were attacked by the enemy last night. Now they have suffered heavy losses. General Messer is withdrawing to Bergamo!"

As soon as the words fell, the baton in the hands of Marshal Badorio was thrown out, hitting the unlucky guard on the forehead.

Before the guards could react, Marshal Badorio rushed over, grabbed his collar, and asked murderously, "How is this possible? Are you sure you didn't lie about the military situation?"

At this time, the guard was about to pee in fright, and he finally understood why the good job of reporting the military situation to the marshal fell on him this time.

The guard said anxiously: "Marshal, these are all battle reports from the front line. We have sent people to verify them, and they are absolutely accurate!"

Hearing this answer, Marshal Badorio became even more angry. He pushed the guard to the ground with his palm, looked at him with murderous eyes, and said fiercely, "Why didn't you report it in advance?"

The guard was lying on the ground stupidly at a loss, should he report in advance?The authenticity is uncertain, and the size of the loss is uncertain. What should I report here?

Does it mean that the front line may suffer a big defeat and the army may suffer heavy losses?The specific number of casualties is between 0 and 3?

Looking at the murderous Marshal Badorio, everyone chose to watch with a tacit understanding. Even they wanted to find out what happened on the front line and why General Messer was defeated.

After venting his anger, Marshal Badorio slowly calmed down, suppressed his emotions, and continued: "Trash, don't dare to get up for me!"

These were two young officers with sharp eyesight and quick hands, and quickly set up the bewildered guard.

"Tell me, what happened on the front line? Could it be that the idiot Messer, three divisions can't defeat the enemy's regiment?" Bardolio asked.

The infantry divisions in the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia were not large, and increased after the expansion, basically between 8500 and 12000.

No matter how small this organization is, it is an absolute advantage against the previous Austrian regiment of more than 2000 people, and there is no possibility of a comeback.

The guard said in panic: "Marshal, we have been fooled. The enemy has more than one regiment in Trento. It is estimated that there are at least five infantry divisions before we failed!"

There is no doubt that this is a lie about the military situation.Even if General Messer was killed, he dared not say that the enemy only had three regiments, which meant going to court-martial.

Chapter 94 God Assist

"The enemy has five divisions." Marshal Badoglio's first reaction was that the enemy's reinforcements had arrived, and he quickly overturned this judgment.

The main force of the Austrian army is in Hungary. The traffic in Hungary is not very good this year. It is not so simple to send five divisions from Hungary to Trento.

By train?The railway from Hungary has not been repaired yet?

Or cavalry?In terms of time, the cavalry can indeed arrive within a week.

But this is unreasonable in military terms, unless the Vienna government has lost its mind, it will send five divisions of cavalry to Trento!

Marshal Badorio did not suspect that the frontline officers lied about the military situation. This was an enemy who could defeat three Sardinian divisions in one night.

"Has the enemy mobilized too much troops?" Marshal Badorio asked suspiciously.

"No, apart from the fact that they sent two regiments to reinforce Trento on May 5, there has been no major troop mobilization." Chief of Staff Outlets replied affirmatively.

It is impossible to draw troops from the Venice area. The total strength of Austria's troops here is less than [-]. If five infantry divisions were drawn from them, the defense line would have been empty. How could this be hidden from their eyes?

After a moment of silence, Marshal Badorio said with a wry smile, "I'm afraid the enemy reinforcements have arrived.

Perhaps the Hungarian reinforcements were just a cover for the enemy, deliberately used to lure us into being fooled, and the real reinforcements still came from Austria.

The Republic of Hungary is just a mob. If the Austrian government wants to suppress the rebellion, it doesn't need to mobilize so many troops.

I'm afraid the enemy was bluffing from the very beginning. That old fox Radesky deliberately made a false appearance of insufficient troops to lure us into the trap.

There were not 40 troops sent by Austria to suppress the revolution in Hungary, and a large part of them were directed at us. "

After hearing the marshal's brain supplement, everyone's face changed drastically. This is the most reasonable explanation.

They don't think that three Sardinian divisions can't beat three Austrian regiments. If the strength gap between the two sides is so large, this war would have ended long ago.

Everyone is politically wise, cheating teammates is the most commonly used method in diplomacy, and it is normal for the Hungarians not to tell them the news in order to let them send troops to Venice as soon as possible.

Outlets said worriedly: "Marshal, no matter how rotten Austria is, Austria is still a big European country. If the Vienna government is willing, it will not be a problem to send 30 to [-] troops to the Venice area.

If we can't figure out the number of enemy reinforcements, we may suffer a big loss in the following battles! "

This is a very real question, how did Austria send troops to Trento without anyone noticing?How many is the support army?

Weaponry, firepower configuration, these are things they need to figure out immediately.

Marshal Badorio thought for a while and said, "Immediately send someone to investigate the enemy's strength. It is impossible for the enemy to hide with so many troops, and they will always leave clues."

After a pause, he pointed to the unlucky guard who reported the military situation, and asked angrily: "Idiot, how about the casualties of our army?"

The unlucky guard who was named replied hesitantly: "Marshal, the three divisions participating in the Battle of Trento have all suffered heavy losses, and the casualties are still being counted. The preliminary estimate is that the loss of personnel will not be less than [-]..."

After hearing the specific loss figures, everyone's faces changed color. This means that the troops of these three divisions will lose their combat effectiveness for a long time to come.

"Marshal, since the enemy's reinforcements have arrived, it is almost impossible for us to conquer Venice. We might as well stop the attack and keep what we have in hand first!" Major General Mantua bit the bullet and suggested

They really don't want to fight anymore. The Austrian army is not as useless as the politicians describe it, but is still very strong.

From the outbreak of the Battle of Venice to the present, they have not taken much advantage.At this time, the enemy's reinforcements arrived, and their superiority in strength no longer existed, making this battle even more impossible to fight.

Marshal Badorio thought for a while and said, "Order the troops to stop attacking and switch to defense on the spot.

General Mantua, you lead the [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th divisions to deploy defenses in the Ala region and keep an eye on the enemies in Trento.

The deployment of troops in other areas remains unchanged. Everyone performs their duties. I will report the rest to the country. Everyone wait for the order from the country! "

The Sardinians have been completely diverted, and the Austrian reinforcements have indeed arrived in the Venice area, but instead of going to Trento, they rushed to Vicenza.

In order to evade responsibility, General Messer lied about the military situation and caused the Sardinian command to make wrong military deployments, and used a large number of mobile forces to defend the non-existent Austrian main force in Trento.

At this time, Lieutenant General Messer naturally couldn't care so much, he was busy recruiting strong men to make up for the shortage of troops.

There was no way, after being attacked by the enemy, many of his troops were scattered, and everyone was in a hurry to escape, and no one cared about gathering the rout.

After running to Bergamo, the combined strength of his three divisions could not make up a full division.Messer absolutely dare not report these situations.

In order not to wear out, Mess had no choice but to recruit people to make up the number. Anyway, it is a time of war, and he can wipe out the losses if he fights a few casual battles later.

The Kingdom of Sardinia is not so well-governed. Messi is still the direct descendant of King Charles Albert.

Walking on the streets of Bergamo, looking at the hairy eyes of the people, César felt creepy, and bit the bullet and suggested: "General, the situation here is not right, I'm afraid it's not a place to stay for a long time!"

Lieutenant General Messer's performance was much stronger. He sneered and said, "What are you thinking? It's just a bunch of untouchables. Do you have to worry about it?"

popular opinion?This thing has long since ceased to exist, the troops retreated to Bergamo, and military discipline disappeared.

The Sardinian soldiers were suffocated, so they vented a bit here, such as greeting the young women in the city kindly, and charging a labor fee before leaving.

This is also a European tradition. For thousands of years, the armies of various countries have been doing robbery part-time while fighting wars.Although the Sardinian army has transformed into a modern army, these bad habits still remain.

To a young aristocrat like César who still has a conscience, it is still a bit difficult to accept, but to Messer who participated in the anti-French war, it doesn't matter at all.

César said in embarrassment: "But if we do this, General, will there be trouble if Italy is unified in the future? Those congressmen, if you talk about these issues, I'm afraid..."

Messer patted Cesare on the shoulder, sighed and said, "Ciselle, you think too much.

Not to mention whether we can unify Italy, even if Italy is really unified, no one will remember these things.

Don't forget that the right to speak is always in the hands of a few people.Our family has not touched the nobles and capitalists, as long as they don't hate us! "

There is no doubt that this battle has broken Messer's heart, and he has completely lost confidence in this war.

At this time, what he was thinking about was not how to win the war, but trying to escape punishment and avoid being liquidated after the war.

This is a society where morality is degraded and money is paramount. There is nothing that money cannot solve. Even if there is, it must be that there is not enough money!

General Messer is not the coach, even if he needs a scapegoat for defeat, he is not qualified.Now first search for a huge sum of money, take it back to the country for activities, and throw away the responsibility for the defeat, which is undoubtedly the choice that best suits one's own interests.

The people of Bergamo were unfortunately victims, and they fully felt what it means to "send warmth from the Kingdom of Sardinia".

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Chapter 95 Defeat

In Vicenza, Marshal Radeski has already arrived at the front line. When the Battle of Trento was launched, [-] Austrian reinforcements had secretly arrived here.

"Marshal, the troops are ready and ready to attack the enemy at any time!" Edmund said confidently

"Is there any movement from the enemy?" Marshal Radesky asked with concern

Wars are never unilateral, and the outcome of a battle is often the result of the joint efforts of both sides.

A smart commander must always pay attention to the opponent's movements and take timely countermeasures.

"The enemy stopped attacking yesterday afternoon and built fortifications on the spot. According to the preliminary judgment, the enemy should have changed their offensive strategy and switched to defense!" General Edmund replied.

"Proceed as planned!" Marshal Radesky said with a smile.

This is the main attack direction of the Austrian army. The launch of the Battle of Trento is just a part of the chess game, and the purpose is only to divert the enemy's attention.

Marshal Radeski also did not expect that the Battle of Trento would be won so easily.But this is better, the top Sardinian army is really misled.

General Messer was a godly assist. His battle report perfectly concealed the secret arrival of Austrian reinforcements in Vicenza, and the balance of forces between the two sides here has reversed.

Radeski still didn't know that Bardolio had invested his mobile forces in Ala to guard against the main Austrian army from Trento.

Otherwise, he can open champagne to celebrate at this time.

The total force of the Kingdom of Sardinia on the Venetian battlefield was only 17. Three divisions were directly abolished in Trento, and now another three divisions were placed there. There is no suspense in the Battle of Vicenza this time.

……

The Sardinian army, which had been in an offensive state under heavy artillery fire, was suddenly counterattacked by the Austrian army, and was quickly beaten.

With a bang, a shell landed 30 meters away from Major General Otus's headquarters, directly taking the lives of three Sardinian soldiers and causing two more wounded.

"What's going on? Why did the enemy launch an attack?" Major General Ortus asked suspiciously

No one could answer this question. The sudden attack of the Austrian army had no warning at all.

As the absolute main force of the Sardinian army, the First Division is the ace unit. Even if the combat effectiveness has declined after the expansion, it is much stronger than other units.

After being attacked by the enemy, Otus took action only after hesitating for a few minutes.

"Order the artillery to counterattack, and at the same time report the situation we encountered here to the general headquarters, send sentries to investigate, and find out the enemy's purpose as soon as possible!"

Otus's countermeasures are not wrong, but unfortunately the gap in strength is not so easy to make up, and the victory of the weak against the strong is based on the opponent's mistakes.

Now the Austrian army is completely attacking from the front, and both sides are fighting for strength, and any conspiracy and tricks will be useless here.

……

"General, the enemy's firepower is too fierce, and the artillery has suffered heavy losses!" A young officer said in a panic

Otus' expression darkened. Artillery is the god of war, and its importance is self-evident.Fighting here is also Austria's home field. With Austria's national strength, it is not surprising that more artillery can be mobilized to appear on the battlefield.

But this is a tragedy for the Sardinian First Division, which means they will be beaten passively.

"Order all the troops to immediately reinforce the fortifications. After the artillery battle is over, the enemy will launch an attack!"

Otus made the most correct judgment. They have been on the offensive since the outbreak of the war, all the way to Vicenza.

It was not until yesterday afternoon that an order from the headquarters was received to stop the offensive and build fortifications. There was simply no time in time.

At this time, Otus had no time to think so much. No matter how simple the fortification was, it was better than nothing. Even a row of sacks of dirt could block bullets.

Although this is the era of volleying guns, Otus is very clear that since the enemy has launched a counterattack, he must be sure.