Welcome to 19th-century Europe, where strength reigns supreme

Prussia did not have much interest in this war, so the help it provided was relatively limited, but this war was not without any positive significance. August wanted to understand Austria's current combat effectiveness through this war between France and Austria.

She formed the Prussian Volunteer Army, which consisted of [-] people. Based on the principle of voluntary war, they went to the Apennine Peninsula to help the Kingdom of Sardinia for free. In theory, this army had nothing to do with the Prussian army. It was a willingness to support A non-governmental organization composed of people from the Kingdom of Sardinia.

But in fact their officers are the generals of the Prussian Army General Staff. From the perspective of the volunteers, this army seems a bit too luxurious. In addition to the infantry, there is also an artillery brigade and a cavalry brigade. Among these soldiers are Half of them are recruits. In order to make this war less costly, Tina has prepared several rounds of plans. Soldiers will be rotated almost every month, with veterans leading new recruits to ensure that each recruit can receive the best results on the battlefield. Grind.

People from other countries may not be interested in this seemingly useless war, but this is Prussia, a militaristic country. They are so looking forward to the war that several officers, including Bittenfeldt, have volunteered. I hope my troops can participate in this war.

In the previous war against Ming Dynasty, they were unable to participate because they were too far away. This time, they were nearby and must not lose the opportunity again.

This is the Prussian people's desire for war. As long as there is a war, everyone will be happy. When they hear that there is a war to fight, Prussia's national debt is much easier to sell.

But in order to assist the Kingdom of Sardinia, there are two options. One is to go directly through the French border, and the other is to go through the Strait of Gibraltar and then land directly in Genoa. However, it is obviously more economical to go through the French border, but this requires the French emperor. Napoleon III agreed.

In order to get Napoleon III's consent, Auguste wrote a letter to Napoleon III, asking him to allow Prussian volunteers to pass through French territory. This was a good deal for Napoleon III, and Prussia and Austria were at war. It was very beneficial to him, and Napoleon III agreed without much thought.

The Prussian volunteers entered France in a mighty manner. Many reporters reported this incident, but the Prussian volunteers did not hold the Prussian black eagle flag. The flag they held was the green, white and red flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

In fact, it can be regarded as separate from the Kingdom of Prussia. They serve as volunteers to support the Sardinian people's just anti-aggression war. Of course, they cannot hold the Prussian flag, otherwise they will easily be smeared as interfering in other countries' internal affairs. However, this sounds quite strange. No matter what you do in this era, you may interfere in other countries' internal affairs.

After all, if a revolution breaks out in a neighboring country, then the revolutionaries in your country who are inspired by the revolution in the neighboring country will also initiate a revolution. So does your revolution interfere with the internal affairs of other countries? That's hard to say.

The commander-in-chief of the volunteer army is Bittenfeldt. As a relatively experienced officer, his strength is beyond doubt. Although his official rank is slightly inferior, he is still a fierce general.

But now Napoleon III misjudged the situation, and the French army was stranded on the border of Parma. It happened that the Austrian Emperor Franz also misjudged the situation. He felt that Napoleon III was bluffing, so he personally ordered his troops to be divided into two groups and attack Lombardy along the way. Milan, the central city, attacked Bologna on the other side.

If this tactic succeeds, then it is obvious that the French troops will be surrounded at the junction of Modena and Parma. At this point, even a fool knows that he cannot wait any longer, and it happens that the Prussian army came to Sardinia The core city of Turin is also marching towards Milan.

Franz knew that Prussia had already sent troops, but he still believed that the Prussian volunteers would go to the Principality of Parma and then attack Bologna.

He was quite confident and set off directly from Venice to attack Lombardy. If the French army could attack from Modena, it could completely surround the Austrian troops heading to Milan.

But Tina’s initial idea was not to conflict with Austria. She thought that Austria knew that France had sent troops, so it would be impossible to attack Milan unless it was mentally ill, so she wanted to attack Venice from Lombardy, paddle across the water, and pick up the pieces. Several heads.

But he didn't expect that the spy-impossible spy would mess up his own people. After receiving the information that Austria was sending more troops to Milan, Napoleon III immediately ordered to cross the border of Modena and then look back.

When she first discussed it with Cavour, Tina's original idea was to incite an uprising in Florence and get Austria to increase its troops in Florence. However, when Cavour handed over the matter to actual operations, Florence did not make a fuss, and an uprising broke out in Moderna first. .

The French soldiers were stunned. The Austrian army that was heading south heard the news and immediately reinforced Moderna, trapping the French army stranded there.

The Austrian army and the French army on both sides stared across the river. What the hell is going on? I'm ready to pull my carbine back up, please do this for me.

Austria is also confused. Didn't it say that France will not come? What's going on now?

But you can only say that the Austrian general is really awesome. He bypassed the French army directly. Yes, he bypassed it directly. The French were confused, and the British who were watching were also confused. This tm What the hell were you fighting?

But it is true that with the strength of the Austrian army going south, he cannot defeat the French army, but it is really unreasonable for you to go around directly.

The Austrian general sent a telegram directly to the superiors. The French army has arrived and their target is Florence. You don't know why they are so sure that the French army's target is Florence.

As a result, General Chiuret, the general of the Austrian army in the north, thought that the southern army was fighting with the French army and retreating while fighting had led the French army to Florence, so he directly ordered an attack on Milan.

They happened to meet the Prussian troops heading to Milan, and at this time Garibaldi's Italian guerrillas had crossed the Piceno River and headed in the direction of Varese.

Chiule overestimated the strength of the Sardinian army stationed in Vercelli, and this guy was very unlucky. It happened to be raining when he crossed the river, and he encountered a well-equipped Prussian army as soon as he passed. The battle almost consisted of throwing firecrackers at each other and feeding each other, but they still defeated Chiule's army here.

Then when the troops led by Napoleon III arrived one day late due to rain, many Austrian troops successfully retreated back to Venice.

But the French army cannot be said to have achieved no results. When Napoleon III returned to the carbine, he also defeated half of Tuscany and the Papal States.

French general MacMahon led a French army to launch an offensive from Malaita, wiping out thousands of Austrian troops and almost driving the Austrian army out of Lombardy.

This four-corner defense line was a defense line that the Austrian army had worked hard on for many years. Bittenfeldt said he did not want to enter it, and Napoleon III said he did not want to enter it either.

Garibaldi said you guys are cowards and you can’t do it to me.

The guerrillas killed Chaos directly behind the Austrian army.

Bittenfeld ignored him and went south with the French army. Initially, Napoleon III was still worried about whether Austria would win over Prussia, but in the end, Prussia came to his side. Since they had a good relationship, they simply bulldozed him in one fell swoop.

As a result, Austria gave in. It recognized the Kingdom of Lombardy and Sardinia, and then withdrew its troops from Tuscany in order not to irritate Napoleon III. The Kingdom of Sardinia directly annexed Parma Modena, as well as the northern part of the Papal States. of a small piece of land.

Northern Italy was almost completely unified except for Venice, which was dominated by Austria, France protected the Papal States, and the Bourbons ruled Naples.

Austria announced its withdrawal from the war, and France also lost the excuse for war. It shook hands with Austria and made peace. Then it took away Savoy and Nice and left happily.

There are still three countries on the huge Italian peninsula. They have lost the support of the French, and Cavour does not seem so confident. His only life-saving straw now is Prussia. He hopes that Prussia can continue to support the Kingdom of Sardinia.

And Tina's reply was, "Even if the whole world abandons Italy, we will stand unswervingly with you."