On June 25, 1852, Austria once again sent troops to attack the Ottoman Empire, and within a month, it moved to Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina for hundreds of miles, rescuing more than one million people enslaved by the Ottoman Empire, and transmitting the dawn of civilization to the Balkan Peninsula......

– The above is the annual work report of the Austrian government

In fact, the Austrian army only took over the local defense and maintained social order after the withdrawal of the Ottoman army.

In those years, Serbia was well managed, the serfs in the countryside were very peaceful, and although mobs were born in the cities, they were still in the stage of street gangsters.

Under the iron fist of Austria, these remnants of the Ottoman Empire were wiped out in an instant. The rest seem to be good children, but of course this has something to do with the fact that the Ottomans took a large number of young men with them when they evacuated.

This is not the good intentions of the Ottomans, nor is it that they did something stupid. War needs a lot of cannon fodder and people, and if you leave these young people behind, you are financing the enemy.

An example of this is the Danube Principality, where the Russian army has now recruited at least 150,000 civilians who can be turned into soldiers if necessary.

Without the dedication of these people, the Russians would have had to draw people from within the country, and the tsarist government was not stupid, so such a choice would have been made.

Transferring too many young people from the country will also affect production, and it doesn't matter if you transfer people in the two principalities. This is the territory of Austria, and the Russians will not feel sorry for the heavy losses.

The Russians don't care, and neither does Franz. Without the atrocities of the Russian army, how can Austria be brought out?

Now these Romanians, who have not yet become Austrian citizens, are not Austrians, and have not paid taxes to Austria, so the Austrian government is naturally not obliged to provide them with protection.

As for the economic losses caused by this, it is even less worth mentioning. These areas have not been developed at all, and they are nothing more than a reduction in food production.

Hou Hei thought a little, if these young men suffered heavy losses on the battlefield, the difficulty of Austrian domination in the future would drop by a notch.

If you want to avoid the recruitment of Russians, Austrian citizenship is the only option, and Russians will not recruit Austrians.

Everyone took what they needed, the Russians got a large number of people, Austria also issued a lot of citizenship, and received a group of supporters, and the cooperation between Russia and Austria on this issue was very pleasant.

This Serbian strategy, although the Austrian government has invested a small amount of force, does not mean that it will not pay attention to it. On the contrary, Franz also attached great importance to this source of future trouble.

In order to extinguish this source of war in Europe, the Austrian government has also developed special measures.

Military control was a must, as was the cleansing of the local Ottoman influence. In order to deal with the aftermath, Franz also gave special instructions and sent a large amount of flour and soybean flour to be used as relief food.

Belgrade's geographical conditions are unique in the Balkan Peninsula.

Located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, it is also the meeting point of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. As the focal point between Europe and the Near East, it has long been known as the "key to the Balkans".

But now the commander of the garrison in Belgrade, Aisaras Pasha, does not think that this key to the Balkans is a good place.

The surrounding area was abandoned, leaving him, the unlucky bastard, to guard the lonely city.

The idea of abandoning Belgrade and running away came to him more than once, but Aisaras Pasha did not dare to act.

Abdul Mejid I gave him a death order to defend the gateway city to the Balkans and lay the groundwork for a future Ottoman counteroffensive.

For the counterattack on Serbia, Aisaras Pasha was spitting. If the Ottoman Empire had this strength, this war would not have come to this point.

The person who came up with this idea was obviously going to trap him. As a loser in the political struggle, Aisaras Pasha was mentally prepared, and as early as the beginning of the Near East approach, he submitted his resignation, which was rejected.

Now there are only two paths in front of him, either to hold Belgrade or to die in battle. He didn't dare to choose the rest of the way, it was better to die than to die the whole family.

Unless the Ottomans won the war, then finding someone to do it and giving a few more gifts will solve the problem.

In Aisalaspasha's view, the odds are infinitely zero. If you can't win this war, you need a scapegoat, and he's just right for a loser in a political struggle.

"Send someone to investigate, what is the enemy doing, why hasn't he attacked for so long?" Aisaras Pasha ordered

Three days earlier, the Austrian army had surrounded Belgrade and had not moved again, except for the routine firing of a few shots a day.

This unusual behavior naturally aroused the vigilance of Aisaras Pasha. No matter how careful he was, the enemy just wouldn't attack. His series of preparations were naturally useless.

Aissalas was in a hurry, and Lieutenant General Fislav outside the city was even more anxious. It's okay to go to the battlefield with a bunch of reserves, anyway, the enemy is more rubbish.

However, the order from the headquarters required him to keep the number of casualties down to 1,000, which made it difficult for him. The Ottoman army in front of it has withdrawn, and there are basically no casualties in the direct takeover of the place, and now it is impossible and not to pay the price for attacking Belgrade?

Lieutenant General Fislav, who was a bit politically savvy, knew that the government was not enthusiastic about the war, and even the order to attack Belgrade was only four words - act on the opportunity.

The big guy above is obviously related to politics. The Russian-Austrian alliance is no longer a secret, and there are different opinions about the content of the covenant.

Fislav guessed that the country did not want the Russians to capture Constantinople, and was limited by the alliance and had to support the Russians to fight, so the Austrian army played soy sauce in the past.

But for them, the soldiers, it was a tragedy. Without war, there would be no war feats. This kind of not letting go of a shot and accepting the credit of the territory can only be regarded as hard work, and it is not enough to be promoted to an official position.

Fislav asked: "The topographic map of Belgrade is here, the enemy is not stupid either, the defense is quite tight.

Who has the means to take the city without paying a lot of casualties? ”

A young officer eagerly said, "Your Excellency, Commander, I don't have a good way, but there are two stupid ways, do you want to try it?" ”

Fislav smiled happily and said: "Vasim, as long as you can take Belgrade with fewer casualties, that's a good way!" ”

"Yes, Commander!"

"Belgrade is located at the junction of the Tissa and Danube tributaries, and we can conquer the city by building a dam in the upper reaches of the river to store water.

However, Belgrade is located on the Pannonian Plain, and it is difficult to estimate how much damage a flood will cause.

The second option was to drive people into the city, and the defenders of Belgrade included many locals. We can drive the families of the soldiers, and those who are inclined to the Ottoman Empire, to Belgrade.

If the defenders let them into the city, these people would increase their food consumption; If the defenders refuse to let them enter the city, then drive these men to attack the city with sticks and consume the enemy's ammunition.

However, the consequences of this are too great, and we must keep our mouths shut after the war. Vasim said

Everyone gasped, the way is a good way, but it's a little too poisonous.

The scope of influence of attacking the city with large water is too large, and the losses cannot be controlled; Driving people into the city, sealing the mouth after the war is actually killing people and destroying the mouth, and only when these parties are dead can the impact be minimized.

After hesitating for a long time, Fislav said slowly: "Ask for help from home, let the government send water experts, we will flood Belgrade."

Even if we drive people to attack the city, the country has also mobilized a large amount of disaster relief food, if we destroy the people, who will this food be used to relieve them? ”

The flooded city of Fislav dared to do it, and he still couldn't make such a ruthless effort to drive the people to attack the city, and the relief food in the country was just an excuse.

Now the young and strong people in Serbia have been taken away by the Ottomans, and they can't do it if they want to attack the city with cannon fodder.

With the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled, these people have no value in arming, and they are not allowed to die if they attack the city with wooden sticks? As Vasim said, only the enemy's ammunition can be consumed.

God knows how many people will have to die to be able to run out of the enemy's ammunition. If it is really done, there will be a large number of uninhabited villages and uninhabited towns in Serbia after the war.

After conquering Belgrade, it is necessary to carry out a major extermination, and the Danube, which is not killed, changes color, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to end.

There will definitely be no living people in Belgrade, and none of the cannon fodder captured will survive. Fislav was not a butcher and could not do such a thing.

Vasim's proposal seemed normal in those days, with the Americans massacring Indians, the British killing sprees in Australia and New Zealand, and the Qing government in the Far East engaged in a killing contest with the Taipings.

The protagonists of this war, Mao Xiong and Ottoman are also the masters of killing people without blinking, and killing good people is one of the main sources of their military achievements.

When their armies cross the border, they often create uninhabited villages. With such a large territory of the Ottoman Empire, it was able to control population growth very well, and the Ottoman army also made outstanding contributions.

In the era when the world was as black as a crow, the Austrian army after the purge was simply a clear stream. In the Near Eastern War, it was known for being the first in military discipline.

There were pros and cons, Fislav did not drive people to attack the city, and the Austrian government brought in a large amount of relief food, and the Serbian region was quickly stabilized.

Despite the scarcity of young and strong people, the Austrian government adopted cash-for-work to recruit the local elderly, sick and disabled to repair roads and restore transportation.

Those who excel in the construction process are eligible to apply for Austrian citizenship. Only those who have obtained Austrian citizenship are eligible to become officials.

At this time, the Ottomans ran away, the original ruling class was finished, the social order was reshuffled, and a large number of local officials were needed.

Naturally, speculators rushed to join Austria, because it was the best opportunity to change the class.

Not to mention that even those who previously had Austrian citizenship were more respected here, and the Ottoman government officials were equally afraid of causing diplomatic disputes.

People are blindly obedient, and when they see others joining, they naturally follow suit.

I don't know when it started, the news came out that the serfs would be granted the status of a freedman, and then they went crazy.

From Bosnia and Herzegovina to Serbia to the Danube Duchy, many people rushed to become Austrian citizens, most of them serfs.

But at this time, the restriction threshold also came out. To become an Austrian citizen, you must first learn Austrian.

This does not scare them, anyway, as long as they apply, the Austrian government will send a language teacher to teach, and after learning the daily language, they can become a member of Austria.

Local officials copied the Austrian policy of land redemption, and forced the redemption regardless of the opinion of the owner of the land.

Even if they have an opinion, it is useless, their land ownership is certified by the Ottoman Empire, and it has nothing to do with Austria, and people are not considered terra nullius.

As for whether the Austrian government's actions are legal, no one thinks about this question so much, anyway, it is now the Austrians who have the final say.

Profit is always the best weapon, and instead of gaining sovereignty over these lands, Austria turned the local population into Austrians first.

If Austria can rule for two or three years, and the majority of the local population becomes Austrian nationality, then the rest will be interesting.

One day, the Sultan government negotiated to recover these lands, sent officials to receive them, and then suddenly found that the land of the Ottoman Empire was actually full of foreigners, and I don't know what they would think.

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