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When Prussia gained a certain advantage in the north, the mobilization of the Austrian army became more frequent. King Vittorio of Italy saw that I was good again. Didn't I win all the battles before? Go ahead and take another wave.

Vittorio ordered us to launch an attack and try to attack a wave of Austrian troops. However, his opponent, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, only had 7.8 troops, and he had 10. No matter what, the Italian army had the advantage.

Vittorio believed that he had to attack first to reduce the pressure on Prussia, so he picked up the keyboard again and decided to micro-manage. He didn't really like the defensive strategy that Garibaldi had always insisted on, so he might as well take the initiative to defeat Prussia. Enemy, so that the post-war negotiations will not be too embarrassing.

In addition, Prussia sent another sixty cannons, and Vittorio felt that the wave was stable.

After Archduke Rudolf saw the Italian army launching an attack, he sent a scout to explore the enemy's situation. It turned out that how could this Italian army go deep alone and not even take their positions?

Archduke Rudolf sent a force of [-] people to take a small road around Custoza to attack the Italian army. The Italian army discovered that the enemy appeared in the rear and immediately turned its head to deal with this small group of Austrian troops who came in surprise.

General Lamarmola of Italy thought that the main force of the Austrian army had touched his buttocks, and immediately asked Vittorio for instructions, hoping to retreat.

But before Vittorio could make any decision, part of the Italian army had already begun to retreat towards the Mincio River. At this time, Archduke Rodolfo immediately sent a cavalry team of Italian troops to pursue and intercept them. The training of the Italian army itself It was not very adequate, its organization was not high, and it was in disarray when faced with the dilemma of being attacked from both front and rear.

Vittorio gave an instruction to General Cialdini, who was in charge of the flank command, to cross the river to help La Marmora and try to stabilize the situation. At the same time, he shouted to La Marmora to order him not to retreat any further.

However, there was a slight problem with Lamarmora's mentality at this time. He could only send a telegram to Cialdini to tell him that the situation was out of control and his army was in chaos. He suggested not to launch an attack. This made Cialdini Ni was a little at a loss as to whether he should respond or not.

He could only ask Garibaldi if he wanted to cross the river to attack. He thought Garibaldi knew that the king had launched an attack, but in fact Garibaldi did not know.

"It's useless to attack. No need for the position? We must wait until the Prussian army has an absolute advantage before attacking!" Garibaldi responded to him. Cialdini's final choice was not to help and continue to hold on to the position.

This move caused a setback to the main force of the Italian army on the front line. Archduke Rudolf defeated the Italian army in this battle and solved the siege of Venice. Italy may not be able to organize a favorable attack in a short time.

Sure enough, Italians are still more suitable for eating pasta at home, and they even lost the Patriotic War.

This battle confused the Italian troops on the northern front, especially Garibaldi. Didn't he tell you not to attack? I've almost reached Venice, are you going to do this to me now?

Vittorio could only shamelessly go to Prussia for help. Tina almost cursed after seeing the battle report, "Did you make a mistake? You can lose this fight? We gave Italy so many weapons, but we didn't expect that not only To share the pressure with Prussia, now in order to help Italy withstand the front, we have to help Italy?"

However, the two Italian ships successfully repelled the Austrian warships and earned Italy some face.

Although Italy failed to occupy Venice, there were no serious problems on the front, and the Austrian army was also out of ammunition and food and unable to pursue. Judging from the situation, Italy still had the upper hand. If it was not defeated all the way, it would be a victory.

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On the Bohemian battlefield, the Prussian First Army led by Moltke marched eastward, while the Sixth Division of the Second Army rested in Swepwald and tried to resist the Austrian attack. Since there were not many troops nearby, bunker, the Austrian army concentrated its superior firepower to attack here.

The outnumbered Sixth Division immediately asked for help from the rear. Manteuffel immediately sent [-] people to help the Sixth Division fight against the Austrian army. Facing an Austrian army that was twice its own size, the Sixth Division of the Prussian Second Army resisted. After six hours of fierce offensive by the Austrian army, they successfully held out until reinforcements arrived.

The Austrian army returned without success, and the Sixth Division also suffered some casualties.

In the Battle of Swepwald, the Austrian army lost 1.5 people, while the Prussian army lost almost 3 people. The Austrian army was defeated and returned. The casualties in this battle were the highest for Prussia since the beginning of the Austro-Prussian War. The battle with the greatest casualties.

This was achieved when the [-]th Division was not fully prepared to be surprised by an enemy twice their size. It showed the Italians the true way of fighting the war.

At this time, Moltke's two armies also successfully crossed the river and formed a pincer offensive against the Austrian army. Austria could only launch a desperate attack in the direction of Hrum, but the Prussian army here was impregnable and was not at all affected by the Austrian offensive. shake.

Next, the Austrian army retreated to a more favorable terrain, that is, near Kniggritz. There was a forest not far in front of them. If a defense line could be set up here, it could completely stop the Prussian advance.

Benedek attached great importance to this forest. He did not think that he would have a chance of winning when Prussia fully launched. The best way was to send small groups of troops to fight small-scale battles in the woods to harass the Prussian army to the greatest extent.

Just when the two sides were at war, a light rain started to fall in the sky. Benedek was a little surprised. This was good news. In this place, when it rains, it is easy to cause fog. The fog is very detrimental to jungle warfare. As long as he can control it, If you live there, then it won’t be a big problem.

For Manteuffel's troops, the fog was very deadly, which meant that he was likely to get lost and be attacked by the enemy. He chose to send out the [-]th Division for a tentative attack first. Let's see if the Austrian army deploys more troops here.

The First Army near the Eastern Front braved the light rain and rushed to the first Austrian position without any hindrance. There was a small town here. The moment the Prussian army entered, countless bullets poured from inside and outside the house. came out and caught the Prussian army by surprise.

However, the Prussian army reacted quickly and spread out to capture the Austrian army. The Austrians were familiar with the terrain here. The Prussian army's progress in this area was very slow. Coupled with the poor vision, it was difficult to capture The commanders of the Austrian and Prussian armies did not choose to retreat. If they wanted to bypass this place, it would definitely waste a lot of time. If they could not encircle the Western Front troops of the First Army by then, they would be in trouble.

The Second Army, which was responsible for the main attack, also encountered trouble. They found that the Austrian army's position was extremely strong. It seemed that there were at least [-] artillery pieces assisting in defense. For the Prussian army, the best location for the artillery array was in the forest. However, there were still Austrian troops in the forest, and Manteuffel did not dare to take the risk. He asked Moltke if he could attack by force.

On the one hand, his troops took a long time and failed to capture the forest. On the other hand, he had a strength advantage, so he felt that he could forcibly capture the position in front of him with his own strength.

At this time, the Third Army led by Bittenfeldt finally arrived near Königgrötz, but they had to cross a hill. There were more than a dozen anti-cavalry trenches here. It was a big problem for the war horses to pass. Unless there is a detour, either take the Elbe or the plains on the other side.

But this means jumping directly into the firing range of the Austrian army, and you will only eat shells in vain, so it is not easy to walk. You can only spend some time clearing the road and then go over.