Milan City
Marshal Bardolio has been very annoying recently. Since the Sardinian Kingdom announced the annexation of Lombardy on April 7, a group of democrats have come out to protest.
Needless to say, he, the marshal, has no say in major national affairs, not to mention these small people who are fighting for battle, naturally they will send troops to disperse them.
Fortunately, the Austrian army has already suppressed it for a round, and the hard bones are almost killed. The people of the interim government are also bribed by bribes, house arrest and house arrest.
"Your Excellency Marshal, there is another group of people petitioning outside, asking you to send troops to retake Venice!" the attendant whispered.
This is not the first time petitions have appeared against each other, petitions for independence, petitions for autonomy, petitions for increased food rations…
In short, regardless of whether Bardolio can call the shots or not, the people of Lombardy seem to recognize him, and they will ask the marshal to petition if there is anything.
The hero is not so easy to be, in order to maintain his glorious image, Bardolio had to make a humbly remonstrance.
Except for those who asked for independence and were expelled by his troops, he would meet with the petition representatives and explain his difficulties by the way.
For example: the military's non-interference in politics is the reason he uses the most.
Having said a lot, now Bardolio himself somewhat believes that this is true. Recently, he rarely intervenes in the government affairs of the Lombardy region, unless someone from the local government takes the initiative to find him.
"Let them send representatives in!" said Bardolio, frowning.
No way, I can't escape this time. Sending troops to the Venice area is not only a political issue, but also a military issue. Now the commander of the troops on the front line of the Kingdom of Sardinia is under his command. This time, he has found the right person.
Soon two people who looked like students were brought in. Badorio's brows became tighter, and the second-year-old Shenma was the most troublesome.
"Your Excellency Marshal, I'm Lim, he's Townsend, nice to meet you!"
Looking at the excited two teenagers, Bardolio politely replied: "I'm also very happy to meet you, can you show me the petition first?"
"Oh, alright!" Reem replied hastily
After taking the petition, Bardolio quickly scanned it. This is a blood book, the content in it is very blood, and there are dense signatures on the back, and he was almost moved.
"I have accepted this petition, and I will pass it on to the king as soon as possible, but when the attack on Venice will be launched, this is a military secret that I cannot disclose.
Now we are preparing for the military offensive. You all know what happened some time ago. Because of insufficient preparation, everyone went hungry together.
This time we have learned a lesson, so the preparation time before the war will be longer, and we cannot be forced to stop military operations again because of the problem of food.
The total strength of the Austrians is as high as 500,000 to 600,000. Once the war in Venice begins, they will definitely send reinforcements. Now I have insufficient troops.
Domestic reinforcements are still on the way, and the newly recruited recruits in Lombardy are still in training, all of which will take time.
However, rest assured, the final victory will definitely belong to us! "
After listening to Bardolio's explanation, the two teenagers kept nodding their heads. They were all novices in the military, and there was no internet in this era. They didn't know the domestic situation in Austria.
According to normal thinking, that is, Austria is very powerful, and if he can defeat Austrian Field Marshal Bardorio, that is the number one general in the world, what he said must be right.
"Victory will definitely belong to us. We all believe in you, Your Excellency Marshal. You are definitely not the cowardly rumored outside, they are all jealous of your talent!" Townsend said in a panic.
Bardolio suddenly felt a group of grass and mud horses running by, can he not say so directly, so that he will have no friends.
Attack on Venice? Isn't this nonsense, do you really think Austria is a piece of paper
Now he has a nominal army of 150,000 troops, nearly one-third more than the Austrians on the opposite side. However, the 150,000 troops are too heavy, and nearly 70,000 of them are recruited on the spot.
The Italians have always been untrusted by the Vienna government, so the Austrian army has not engaged in local reserves. The soldiers recruited by Bardolio are actually farmers who have just put down their hoes, or urban workers.
There are even gaps in the lower-level officers. The Italian region is not the German region, especially the heavily commercialized Lombardy. The military literacy of the local aristocrats has plummeted.
It can be said that this temporarily reorganized force is used to make up the numbers. Now, there is not even a single gun. It is used for logistics and maintaining local security.
If it was sent to the battlefield, it would be to send heads to the enemy. The real main force of this war was the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia.
80,000 Sardinian Kingdom Army PK 100,000 Austrian Army, no matter how unreliable, this is why they stopped the attack.
But the people did not know that they were simply calculating the total strength. The Austrian army in Italy was only 100,000 in total. Because of the suppression of the revolution, it has now reduced by several thousand.
With the cooperation of the Venetian people, the 150,000 Sardinian army could not defeat the 90,000-odd Austrian army
The pressure of Marshal Bardorio is not too great. The local powerful faction in Lombardy has just joined the Kingdom of Sardinia and has not dared to do anything. Now the student representative is here, and he has been fooling around in a short time.
King Charles is different. There are a lot of groups in the Sardinian kingdom. He just used the war to divert domestic conflicts, but he went too far. Now radical nationalists are urging him to send troops to Venice every day.
This is his own pot. In order to ease the political pressure at home, King Charles hyped up the Sardinian army's defeat of the Austrians in Lombardy, which made many people mistakenly believe that Austria was nothing more than that.
Public opinion is the most likely to fall into madness. Charlie Albert forgets to overdo it, or it is useless to say that he knows it. Public opinion is not in his control at all.
Now the nationalism in Italy is on the rise, and the Kingdom of Sardinia is the strongest place in the Italian region.
At this time, nationalism mixed with patriotism was on the verge of getting out of control, and they were constantly reminded that the Venice region was still under the rule of the Austrians.
Since the annexation of Lombardy by the Kingdom of Sardinia, all the people have been further happy for the unification of Italy. At this time, the area of Venice controlled by Austria is very unsightly.
The Kingdom of Sardinia is already riding a tiger!