"War should serve politics", this is the best excuse Franz came up with. It can't be said that he is worried that history will repeat itself, and the Hungarians suddenly broke out and pushed the Bohemian Legion back
No one believed it. The Bohemian Legion had 100,000 troops. Even if it was 50% off, it would still have 50,000 regular troops. How many Hungarian troops are there in Budapest now
The Republic of Hungary has a lot of troops in name, but in fact the troops that Kosuth can support are very limited. Local governments at all levels have National Guard troops, many of which are empty.
The Kossuth government has gathered some of the front-line defeated troops. The nominal total strength of Budapest has reached 80,000. On average, two or three people have a gun, and the troops with no morale, how much combat effectiveness can they have
Prince Wendischgritz is a soldier and a politician at the same time, and he will naturally not refute this statement.
"Your Highness, could it be that the government has some plans?"
Franz smiled and said, "Your Excellency, have you forgotten the Italian battlefield?"
Prince Wendischgritz nodded, and while he did not think the Sardinian kingdom was a trouble, he would not refuse to win the war more easily.
The main Austrian force is coming out, the Hungarian Republic is at stake, and the Sardinian Kingdom will not attack Venice again, then the future will not face 100,000 Austrian troops, but may be 200,000 or 300,000.
There can be no more. The suppression of the Hungarian rebellion is a local battle, and the Habsburg family has not made the country angry and resentful. Only with the foundation of the people can they support a war of this scale.
"I ordered the troops on the front line to move steadily and steadily, move forward step by step, and don't leave opportunities for the enemy to take advantage of!" Franz added
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The territorial area of the Kingdom of Hungary is not small in nature, with a total area of more than 300,000 square kilometers, more than three times that of the later Republic of Hungary.
At this time, two-thirds of the region had already fallen to the Austrian government. Politically, the previous political offensive of the Vienna government was very successful.
The closest Bohemian Legion to Budapest is only a few dozen kilometers away, and the farthest Transylvanian Legion is no more than 300 kilometers away from Budapest.
Since the outbreak of the war, the Hungarian government has been panicked, and many people regret it.
Austria's reaction was much bigger than they expected. The normal operation is not to send the police to arrest people first, then send thousands of troops to suppress them after failure, and then continue to increase troops after failure...
In short, the Republic of Hungary relied on the copy of Austria to win continuously, and then forced the Austrian government to recognize their independence. This is the Kossuth government's reference to the American War of Independence, the imagined Hungarian War of Independence.
There may be setbacks, they may encounter defeat, and the final victory must belong to the Republic of Hungary.
The highest state of deception is to deceive yourself.
Well, they may not be liars, but they did make up such a sweet dream. If there is no such a dream, it cannot support them till now.
It's a pity that the director took the wrong script at the beginning. It was obviously a novice dungeon for experience upgrades, and suddenly it became a hell dungeon, and they had to fight the big boss directly, but they are only level 0
Budapest
Forced by the situation, Kossuth had to turn to his biggest political opponent, the Count of Istvan for help.
Istvan Szechenyi, one of the great Hungarian nobles and the greatest reformer in Hungary, has a high reputation in the country.
Unlike Kossuth, who came to the top by speaking, he is a doer who has made outstanding contributions in education, transportation, culture, politics, economy and other fields, and is known as the greatest person in Hungary.
It turns out that doers of influence are not good enough, hence the Hungarian Republic, because Istvan remains loyal to the emperor and opposes any violent revolution.
Politically, Estefan believes that any economic, political and social reform must be carried out slowly and carefully to avoid unforeseen consequences.
Souter advocated the establishment of a rapidly industrialized country, while Istfan advocated retaining the traditional strong agriculture and continuing to take the road of an agricultural country.
The biggest conflict between the two sides is on the ethnic issue. Istfan believes that Hungary is a multi-ethnic country. People are divided by language, culture and religion. It is very dangerous to promote nationalism.
He believed that what Hungary needed from the beginning was gradual economic, social and cultural progress against excessive activism and nationalism.
Facts have proved that the nationalism promoted by Kossuth will not work, and the Vienna government easily divided Hungary internally.
In desperation, Kossuth had to turn to his former political opponents for help.
"Your Excellency Count, for the future of the thirteen million people of the Hungarian Republic, I'm here to invite you to come out!"
Istvan shook his head, and after a while, he said, "Your Hungarian Republic does not have more than 13 million people, maybe not even half a million people, the rest are Ferdinand Your Majesty's subjects!"
Invisible pretending to be the most slap in the face, Istvan directly named the real reason why the Hungarian Republic was in trouble.
Because of the government's aggressive ethnic policy, the ethnic minorities in the Republic of Hungary chose to remain loyal to the emperor.
The republic government did not solve the land issue, then the peasants decided to be loyal to the emperor; the republic government did not consider the interests of the working class, then the workers decided to be loyal to the emperor.
In the end, the capitalists and aristocrats are left. There is no doubt that quite a few of them are still loyal to the emperor, and there are not many people who really identify with the Hungarian Republic.
"Your Excellency Count, now that the Hungarian Republic has been established, the Austrian army is about to come over. Do you have the heart to watch Hungary die like this?" Kossuth asked angrily.
Istvan said calmly: "Mr. Kossuth, don't say these are useless. I started to join the army when I was 17 years old. During this period, I participated in the anti-French war. I stayed in the army for 18 years before retiring.
I know better than you about military matters, and I don't see any chance of winning militarily. Tell me, what can I do now
Of course, if you want to give up your independence and prepare to negotiate with the Vienna government, that's another story! "
Kossuth's face was gloomy and terrifying. Although he also agreed with Istefan's statement in his heart, he couldn't admit it with his mouth.
As the head of the Hungarian Republic, he has no choice but to fight to the end. Peace talks are the end of his political life.