The city of Milan has been transformed into a military fortress at this moment, and only the golden iron horse is left when the prosperity is gone.

Since the outbreak of the European War, the Kingdom of Lombardy has become the front line of the Franco-Austrian confrontation, and after the outbreak of the war, Prince Lutbold, who was the regent, immediately issued a national mobilization order.

In the mid-to-late 19th century, the Wittelsbach family was cursed, and all kinds of misfortunes followed.

First of all, Maximilian II reacted slowly, took the wrong side in the international political struggle, and barely retained the throne by political marriage.

However, as a price for their failure, the Wittelsbach family paid a heavy price, losing their long-standing Bavaria and moving to Lombardy to re-establish their foundations.

Just after gaining a foothold, the successor King Ludwig II suffered from mental illness again, and finally sent Ludwig II away, and the successor King Otto I was also mentally ill.

Not to mention prestige, the Wittelsbach family has directly become a laughing stock, and the outside world has ridiculed them as a "mentally ill royal family", and even unscrupulous guys bet that the next king of the Wittelsbach family is still mentally ill.

It's not just the family that is unlucky, but the Greek side is also having a hard time. The same guy named Otto was not only exterminated himself, but also was put out of power at the pinnacle.

Had it not been for the intervention of the Viennese government, the rule of the Wittelsbach family in Greece would have collapsed long ago.

The good days have not passed for a few days, and now it is time to catch up with the European war. The Kingdom of Lombardy became the front line, which was another major challenge to the rule of the Wittelsbach family.

Prince Lutburn, the regent, has been very troubled lately, fearing that something will happen to the front and the Wittelsbach family will go into exile again.

According to the laws of the New HRE Empire, the king and the emperor have the command of the army at the same time, and there is nothing to do with him as a regent.

The Lombard king was mentally ill and could not perform his duties, and the command of the army fell into the hands of the emperor.

It's easy to give up power, but it's hard to get it back. In the case of the Lombard Kingdom, if you want to take back the command of the army, you can only wait for the next generation of kings.

Against this background, it is impossible for Prince Lutborne not to be in a hurry. If the Viennese government is fighting the idea of the Lombard Kingdom and directly comes to kill people with a knife, it will be the end of the calf.

"Your Highness, Admiral Morks has arrived in the meeting room."

The squire's voice pulled Prince Lutbird out of his musings.

"Okay, I'll be right over!"

After tidying up his clothes, looking in the mirror, and making sure that he would not be rude, Prince Lutbird strode out.

In the past, not to mention the generals, even if it was the Imperial Marshal and the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Prince Lutbird could not be ignored.

According to the laws of the empire, the Kingdom of Lombardy is highly autonomous, and no matter how powerful these people are, there is no way to extend their hands to the Kingdom of Lombardy.

But not now, Admiral Morks is the commander of the Italian theater of operations, and the Kingdom of Lombardy happens to be in his defense zone.

From a general point of view, as long as it can win the victory, even if the Lombard Kingdom is reduced to ruins, the Vienna government will not feel distressed.

As a front-line commander, the most important thing is to win. Everything else was a minor problem, especially since this time the enemy was the French, and everyone was prepared to pay a heavy price.

Others can think so, but Prince Lutbird can't. Destroying any city in the Kingdom of Lombardy would be a disaster for the Wittelsbach family.

This will make their already precarious rule even more uncertain. From the standpoint of the Wittelsbach family, it is better to keep the enemy out of the country.

……

After the greetings, Admiral Morks got straight to the point and said, "Your Royal Highness, I am here to ask for help this time.

In order to ensure the logistical supply of the troops at the front, I would like you to provide 350,000 laborers and requisition all the railways in Lombardy. ”

Only laborers were required, not soldiers, because the army was not under the control of the local government, even the reserves.

Hearing these two requests, Prince Lutbird frowned: "General, your requirements are too high.

The Kingdom of Lombardy, with a population of less than four million, has now enlisted 200,000 people in the army, and another 350,000 laborers have been conscripted, and almost all of our young and strong men have been drained.

In particular, if you have to requisition all the railways, the production and life of the country will be disrupted as a result, which is probably ......"

During the war years, the people in the border areas were miserable!

When the battle began, the border areas were the first to be mobilized, and they had to bear the heaviest military and labor service; The enemy has attacked, and the border areas have been the first to suffer.

Admiral Morkes understood Prince Lutbird's embarrassment, and he was not willing to do it if he could.

However, the soldiers were very fast, and the recruitment of laborers from the Lombard kingdom was the fastest, and the requisition of the railroad was necessary.

"Your Royal Highness, I am very aware of your concerns. The empire will compensate the people of the Lombard kingdom for their efforts.

I will report the situation here truthfully and take specific compensation measures. Talk to the cabinet yourself.

The requisition of railways was not negotiable, and not only railways, but also roads had to be given priority to the army. If there is a lot of capacity, we can open it to the private sector.

In addition, I hope that you will be able to requisition some of the vehicles from the people, trucks, horse-drawn carts, ox carts, donkey carts...... No one refuses. ”

Until war breaks out, you will never know how inadequate your preparation is.

Austria was already the most prepared, but as soon as the war broke out, it turned out that it was not like that.

The preparation is indeed sufficient, but there are many soldiers on the front line!

Franz did not think that a war with the French required a national mobilization, the problem was that others did not see it that way!

Under the repeated persuasion of everyone, Franz decisively confessed. More people is better than fewer people, although the consumption is a little larger, but the odds have also gone up.

In order to defeat the French, the Vienna government was ruthless, and the cabinet planned to mobilize five million troops.

There were 1.5 million troops allocated to the southern front alone, and the original preparations were not very sufficient at this time.

There is no doubt that this one and a half million is only a number on paper, or a theoretical number. Now on the front line of the Lombard Kingdom, there are more than 300,000 troops in total.

What will happen to the follow-up troops, then no one knows. Everything has to be done according to the real situation at the front, more or less no one knows.

Admiral Morks only began to prepare in advance, lest the front line launch an offensive and the logistics could not keep up.

After listening to Admiral Morks's explanation, Prince Lutbold's expression softened slightly, as long as the central government had compensation, what he was most afraid of was to let the Lombard Kingdom bear the losses himself.

"I remember that after the reform of the imperial army, trucks and motorcycles were already massively equipped, and logistics had been semi-mechanized.

Now that so many vehicles need to be requisitioned, is the general ready to take the initiative? ”

Admiral Morks smiled and said, "His Royal Highness's news is not accurate!" Mechanization is just a concept put forward by the military, and it is the trend of the development of the army in the future, but not now.

At present, we have only a small number of troops that can achieve semi-mechanization, and it will be very difficult to achieve complete semi-mechanization within ten years.

However, the logistics unit is indeed equipped with a large number of trucks and is at the forefront of the mechanized road. It's just that after the expansion of the army, it is somewhat insufficient.

Considering the difficult terrain and poor traffic in the Italian region, we had to have a variety of means of transport to avoid ...... at times."

Prince Lutbird was relieved to get the answer he wanted. Then I had a headache again, and cooperation was necessary.

France fought, and the Kingdom of Lombardy was the biggest victim. No matter how excessive the demands of the military were, as long as they could keep the French out of the country, he would agree.

The problem is that it is difficult to cooperate with the work, not to mention arguing with the central government to compensate, just requisitioning roads and vehicles is enough for him to worry about.

……

Everything needs to be compared, and if he knew the problems faced by the French on the other side, Prince Lutborne would not have a headache.

In the headquarters of the French army in Turin, Marshal Adrien was looking at the map and worried, according to the plan, he should have launched an attack on the Lombard kingdom a long time ago.

The Italians had a mishap, and anti-war movements broke out in several cities, including Turin, delaying the movement of the army.

If no one controls it, Adrien will not believe it.

You must know that before this, the Italian people still held the banner of supporting the emperor and demanded that the government declare war on the three countries of Bideo.

At this point, Adrien can only find a way to deal with the aftermath. He can't even report back to the country.

Because if the lid is lifted, there will be many people who will be unlucky. There are too many people to offend, and he, the marshal, will not be able to get along.

"Did you catch the rat?"

Rats are synonymous with Italian independence, and since the annexation of Italian regions by France, bureaucrats have had an extra campaign to catch rats.

"Marshal, you know, these rats are too timid to come out at all......"