"The enemy has five divisions", Marshal Badolio's first reaction was that the enemy's reinforcements had arrived, and he quickly overturned this judgment.

The main force of the Austrian army was in Hungary, and the transportation in the Hungarian region was not very good in those years, and it was not so simple to send five divisions of troops from Hungary to Trento.

With a train? The railways from Hungary have not been built yet?

Or cavalry? In terms of time, the cavalry could indeed come in a week.

But militarily this is unreasonable, unless the Vienna government has a brain in the water, it will send five divisions of cavalry to Trento!

Marshal Bardogio did not suspect that the front-line officers were lying about the military situation, this was the enemy who could defeat three Sardinian divisions in one night, and no matter how you look at it, the enemy could not have less troops!

"Has the enemy moved too much?" Marshal Bardogio asked suspiciously

"No, except on May 18, when they sent two regiments to reinforce Trento, there was no major movement of troops." Chief of Staff Outlet replied in the affirmative

It is simply impossible to draw troops from the Venetian area, the Austrians have less than 100,000 troops here, and if five infantry divisions were drawn from it, the defense line would have been empty long ago, how could this be hidden from their eyes?

After a moment of silence, Marshal Bardolio smiled wryly and said, "I'm afraid it's the enemy's reinforcements that have arrived."

Perhaps the reinforcements from Hungary were just a front for the enemy, deliberately used to induce us to be fooled, and the real reinforcements came from Austria.

The Republic of Hungary was just a rabble, and the Austrian government simply did not need to mobilize so many troops if it wanted to suppress the rebellion.

I am afraid that from the very beginning the enemy was bluffing, and that old fox of Radkiss deliberately made a false appearance of insufficient troops to lure us into the scheme.

There were not 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 faces changed greatly, which is the most reasonable explanation.

They did not think that three Sardinian divisions could not defeat three Austrian regiments, and if the difference in strength between the two sides was so large, the war would have ended long ago.

Everyone is politically wise, and pitting teammates is the most common means of diplomacy, and it is normal for the Hungarians not to tell them the news in order to send troops to Venice as soon as possible.

The outlet said worriedly: "Marshal, no matter how decadent Austria is, it is also a great European power, and if the Vienna government is willing, it will not be a problem to throw two or three hundred thousand troops into the Venice area."

If we can't figure out the number of enemy reinforcements, we will probably suffer a big loss in the later battles! ”

This is a very real question, how did Austria send troops to Trento without knowing it? How many support troops are there?

Weapons and equipment, firepower configuration, these are all things that they need to figure out immediately.

Marshal Badogio thought for a moment and said: "Send someone to scout 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 to the unlucky guard who reported the military situation, and asked angrily: "Fool, what about the casualties of our army?" ”

The unlucky guards who were named replied in a hurry: "Marshal, the three divisions that participated in the Battle of Trento have suffered heavy losses, and the casualties are still being counted, and the preliminary estimate is that the loss of personnel will not be less than 10,000 ......."

Hearing the specific loss figures, everyone's faces changed color in unison, which meant that for a long time to come, the troops of these three divisions lost their combat effectiveness.

"Marshal, since the enemy's reinforcements have arrived, it is almost impossible for us to capture Venice, it is better to stop the attack and keep the results in our hands first!" Major General Mantua stubbornly proposed

They really don't want to fight, the Austrian army is not at all as rubbish as politicians say it is, but it is still very strong.

From the outbreak of the Battle of Venice to the present, they have not taken much advantage. At this time, the enemy's reinforcements arrived, their superiority in strength no longer existed, and the battle was even more unfrugal.

Marshal Bardolio thought for a moment and said: "Order the troops to stop the offensive and switch to the defense on the spot."

General Mantua, you lead the 4th, 5th, and 8th Divisions to the Ara region to set up defenses and watch over the enemy in Trento.

The deployment of troops in other regions remains the same, everyone performs their duties, and I will report the rest to the country, and everyone will wait for the orders from the country! ”

The Sardinians had been completely led astray, and Austrian reinforcements had indeed arrived in Venice, but not to Trento, but to Vicenza.

In order to evade responsibility, General Messer made the Sardinian command make the wrong military deployment by lying about the military situation, and used a large number of mobile forces to defend the non-existent Austrian main force in Trento.

At this time, Lieutenant General Messer naturally didn't care so much, and he was busy catching strong men to make up for the shortage of troops.

There was no way, after being attacked 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 collecting the rout.

After running to Bergamo, the combined strength of his three divisions could not make up a full division. Messer would never dare to report these situations.

In order not to be a goof, Messer had no choice but to pull people to fill the numbers, anyway, it was a time of war, and he could wipe out the losses if he fought a few battles casually in the future.

The Kingdom of Sardinia is not so clear-cut, and Messer is still a descendant of King Charles Albert, as long as the face is passable, everyone will turn a blind eye and pass.

Walking on the streets of Bergamo, looking at the hairy eyes of the people, Cizer only felt creepy, and stubbornly proposed: "General, the situation here is not right, I'm afraid it is not a place to stay for a long time!" ”

Lieutenant General Messer's performance was much stronger, and he sneered and said, "What do you think? It's just a bunch of untouchables, are you worried? ”

Popular Hearts? This thing has long ceased to exist, and the troops retreated to Bergamo, and military discipline was gone.

The Sardinian soldiers, who were suffocated, gave vent here, such as greeting the young women of the city cordially, and charging a fee for labor when they left.

This is also a European tradition, for thousands of years, armies of various countries have been engaged in robbery while fighting. Although the Sardinian army has been transformed into a modern army, these bad habits have remained.

In the eyes of a young nobleman with a clear conscience like Cizer, it was still a little difficult to accept, but for Messer, who had participated in the war against France, it didn't matter at all.

Cizer was embarrassed and said: "But general, if we do this, will there be trouble in the future when Italy is reunified?" Those parliamentarians, if they talk about these issues, I'm afraid they will ......."

Messer patted Cizer on the shoulder, sighed and said, "Cezel, you're thinking too much.

Not to mention whether we can unify Italy or not, even if Italy is really united, no one will remember these things.

Don't forget that the right to speak is always in the hands of a few. We have never touched the aristocrats and capitalists, as long as they don't hate us! ”

There is no doubt that this battle has knocked out Messe's morale and completely lost confidence in this war.

At this time, he was no longer thinking about how to win the war, but trying to find ways to escape punishment and avoid being liquidated after the war.

This is a morally degenerate, money-oriented society, there is nothing that money can't solve, and even if there is, it must be that there is not enough money!

General Messer is not the boss, and even if he needs a scapegoat for defeat, he is not qualified. Now it is undoubtedly the most beneficial choice to scavenge a huge sum of money, take it back to the country for activities, and throw off the responsibility for the defeat.

The people of Bergamo were very unfortunate to fall victim and fully felt what it meant to "send warmth to the Kingdom of Sardinia".

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