"The enemy has five divisions." Marshal Bardorio'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 these days. It is not so simple to send five divisions from Hungary to Trento.
By train? The railway from Hungary has not been completed yet
Or the cavalry? In terms of time, the cavalry can indeed arrive within a week.
But in the military, this is unreasonable, unless the Vienna government is in the water, it will send five divisions of cavalry to Trento!
It is not that Marshal Bardorio 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. No matter how you looked at it, the enemy's strength could not be small!
"Did the enemy have too much mobilization of troops?" Marshal Bardorio asked suspiciously
"No, except on May 18, when they sent two regiments to reinforce Trento, there was no major troop movement." Chief of Staff Outlet replied affirmatively.
It is impossible to draw troops from the Venice area. Austria's total troops here are less than 100,000. If five infantry divisions are drawn from it, the defense line will already be empty. How could this be hidden from their eyes
After a moment of silence, Marshal Bardorio said with a wry smile, "I'm afraid the enemy's reinforcements have arrived.
Perhaps the Hungarian reinforcements were just a disguise by the enemy, deliberately used to induce us to be fooled, and the real reinforcements came from Austria.
The Republic of Hungary is just a mob, and the Austrian government does not need to mobilize so many troops if it wants to suppress the rebellion.
I am afraid that the enemy was bluffing from the very beginning, and that old fox of Radkis deliberately made a false appearance of insufficient troops to lure us into the game.
There were no 400,000 troops sent by Austria to Hungary to suppress the revolution, and a large part of them were directed at us. "
After listening to the marshal's brain supplement, everyone's complexion changed greatly. This is the most reasonable explanation.
They didn't think that the three Sardinian divisions couldn't handle the three Austrian regiments. If the strength gap between the two sides was so large, the war would have ended long ago.
Everyone is politically wise, and cheating teammates is the most common method in diplomacy. In order to make them send troops to Venice as soon as possible, it is normal that the Hungarians did not tell them the news.
Outlet said worriedly: "Marshal, no matter how decadent Austria is, it is still a big European country. If the Vienna government is willing, it will not be a problem to invest 200,000 to 300,000 troops in the Venice area.
If we can't figure out the number of reinforcements of the enemy, we may suffer a big loss in the following battle! "
This is a very real question, how did Austria unknowingly send troops to Trento? How many are the support troops
Weaponry, firepower configuration, these are things they need to figure out immediately.
Marshal Bardorio thought for a while and said, "Send someone to investigate the enemy's strength immediately. It is impossible for the enemy to hide with so many troops, and there will always be clues."
After a pause, he pointed at the unfortunate guard who reported the military situation, and asked angrily: "Idiot, how are the casualties of our army?"
The unfortunate 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. It is initially estimated that the loss of personnel will not be less than 10,000..."
Hearing the specific loss figures, everyone's faces changed color, which means that for a long time in the future, the troops of these three divisions will lose their combat effectiveness.
"Marshal, since the enemy's reinforcements have arrived, it is almost impossible for us to conquer Venice. It is better to stop the attack and keep the results in our hands first!" Major General Mantua suggested daringly.
They really don't want to fight anymore. The Austrian army is not as rubbish as the politicians describe it, but it is still very powerful.
From the outbreak of the Battle of Venice to the present, they have not taken much advantage. At this time, the enemy reinforcements arrived, and their military advantage no longer existed, and this battle was even more impossible to fight.
Marshal Bardorio thought for a while and said: "Order all units to stop attacking and turn to defense on the spot.
General Mantua, you lead the 4th, 5th, and 8th Divisions to the Ara area to defend the area and keep an eye on the enemies of Trento.
The deployment of troops in other regions remains unchanged. Everyone performs their own duties. I will report the rest to the country, and everyone waits for the domestic order! "
The Sardinians have been completely led astray, and the Austrian reinforcements have indeed arrived in the Venice area, but not to Trento, but to Vicenza.
In order to evade responsibility, General Messer lied about the military situation and led the Sardinian command to make a wrong military deployment, and used a large number of mobile troops to defend the main Austrian army that did not exist in Trenton.
At this time, Lieutenant General Messer naturally couldn't take care of that much, and he was busy recruiting strong men to make up for the lack of troops.
There was no other way. After being raided by the enemy, many of his troops were scattered, and everyone was in a hurry to flee for their lives, and no one cared about gathering the defeated soldiers.
After running to Bergamo, the strength of his three divisions combined could not make up a full division. In these cases, Messer would never dare to report them.
In order not to break through the gang, Messer had no choice but to pull people to recharge. Anyway, it was a war period, and after a few battles, he could smooth out the losses.
The Sardinian kingdom is not so clean and tidy. Messi is still the direct descendant of King Charles Albert.
Walking on the streets of Bergamo, looking at the hairy eyes of the people, Cizer felt horrified, and said bravely, "General, the situation here is not right, I'm afraid it's not a place to stay for a long time!"
Lieutenant General Messi's performance was much stronger. He sneered and said, "What are you thinking? It's just a bunch of pariahs. Are you worried?"
popular sentiment? This thing is long gone, the troops retreated to Bergamo, and the military discipline is gone.
The Sardinian soldiers were suffocated, so I vented here, for example, I greeted the young women in the city cordially, and charged a labor fee by the way before leaving.
This is also a European tradition. For thousands of years, the armies of various countries have been part-time robbers while fighting wars. Although the Sardinian army has transformed into a modern army, these bad habits still remain.
In the eyes of a young aristocrat with an unshakable conscience like Cesar, it was still a little hard to accept, but for Messer, who had participated in the anti-French war, it didn't matter at all.
Caesar said embarrassedly: "But if we do this, General, will there be trouble when Italy is unified in the future? Those members, if they talk about these issues, I'm afraid..."
Messer patted Cesar on the shoulder, sighed and said, "Caesar, you think too much.
Not to mention whether we can unify Italy, and even if we do, no one will remember these things.
Don't forget that the right to speak is always in the hands of a few. The nobles and the capitalists have never touched our family, as long as they don't hate us! "
There is no doubt that this battle has destroyed Messer's heart, and he has completely lost confidence in this war.
At this time, he was not thinking about how to win the war, but was trying to escape punishment and avoid being liquidated after the war.
This is a society where morals are lost and money is paramount. There is nothing that cannot be solved by money. Even if there is, it must be because there is not enough money!
General Messi is not the coach, even if the defeat needs a scapegoat, he is not qualified. Now first search for a huge sum of money, take it back to the country to do some activities, and let go of the responsibility for defeat, which is undoubtedly the best choice for self-interest.
The people of Bergamo have unfortunately become victims, and they fully feel what is "warming from the Kingdom of Sardinia".
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