"Charge ......"

In the midst of shouts and killings, the offensive and defensive battle of Turin began. As a key node in the battle on the southern front, both France and Austria invested twelve points of energy.

The ownership of Turin not only determined the belonging of the Kingdom of Sardinia, but also affected the ownership of the Italian region.

The leading party is ready, it depends on the outcome of the battle of Turin. If the Austrians succeed in taking Turin, then everyone will work together to drive out the French, otherwise everyone will have to think twice.

As a sign of sincerity, these guys have instigated a number of armed uprisings in Italy, holding back at least 200,000 French troops.

In order to facilitate the command, Morks, the commander of the Southern Front, had moved the command to the front.

If you don't pay attention to it, street fighting may be the best chance for the French army to turn the tables, and the French will definitely not give up this opportunity.

In the field, the armored troops can compete in the sand, but in the city it is different, and a little obstacle can block the way forward.

The armored troops that broke down, then the meat on the board, as long as the French were willing to fight with their lives, a bag of explosives would be done.

As a product of the era, Austria's armored forces are one word - expensive, for which they are also nicknamed "Land Cruisers" by the Austrian military.

This is not bragging, the cost of production of a state-of-the-art tank is already about the same as that of a cheapest cruiser.

The cheapest armored vehicles cost tens of thousands of Aegis, and the most advanced tanks cost more than 200,000 Aegis.

With Austria's family background, there are only four tank divisions and eight armored divisions so far, which is enough to explain the whole problem.

In fact, even these twelve divisions were not satisfied. Because air defense was not needed for the time being, the anti-aircraft artillery regiment was omitted, and the motorized mechanized infantry regiment was even more missing.

The number of tanks is also seriously insufficient, with the number of tanks in each division being between 150~260; Armored divisions are better, and each division has almost 220~300 armored vehicles.

This is only theoretical, in practice, each division can use fewer tanks and armored vehicles, after all, there is damage on the battlefield.

However, the failure rate of tanks and armored vehicles in this year is high, and many times after a battle, one-third of the armored tanks are lying down, and the rest must be overhauled.

This is also the reason why the French were able to gather their forces and re-establish the defensive line. It's not that the Austrian army doesn't want to take advantage of the victory to pursue, the key is that the armored forces, which are killers, do not have the ability to carry out blitzkrieg.

Now the current situation of the Austrian armored forces is that a nominal division, which can pull out the strength of the fight, often only one regiment, and the rest are undergoing equipment repairs.

The fact that the French were confused by the torrent of steel does not mean that their combat effectiveness is gone. In fact, the combat effectiveness and fighting will shown by the French army are still the top of this era.

Of course, the French were able to regain their strength, and this was also directly related to the order of the Vienna government. If you want to weaken the French to the greatest extent on the battlefield, you must naturally give them hope.

If you really crush the main force of the French army at once, you will kill hundreds of thousands of French troops at most, and then there will be no more.

Losing hope of victory, even if Napoleon IV did not want to surrender, someone would have made a decision for him.

Taking the initiative to surrender and stubbornly resisting being beaten and surrendering are completely two different concepts. The former has not received anything, and has to solve the problem at the negotiating table; The latter is an established fact, and it is only necessary for a paper contract to clarify the legal principle.

If Austria wants to achieve its strategic goals, it must enter France before the French surrender.

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Whatever kind of enemy is to be dealt with, what kind of attitude is adopted, and Austria clearly deserves to be taken seriously by the French. After the outbreak of the European War, the commander of the French army, Adrien, immediately ordered the reinforcement of the city defenses.

As a strategic, transportal, political, economic and other important location, Turin is naturally the focus of care. Fortresses have risen from the ground, and together with the buildings in the city, they have become a war monster.

Under the roar of artillery fire, Captain Adler was charging with his third company. No, it should be said that it is crawling forward.

The bullet flew over Adler's head, and one of the hapless bastards raised his head too high and happened to be hit by the flying bullet, and before he could let out a scream, he went to God.

It's normal to have dead people on the battlefield, and now that the war is going on, three-quarters of the soldiers in the third company have been replaced, and Adler, the company commander, is the fifth.

Of course, it's not that the four guys in front of him all received boxed lunches. With the exception of one unlucky man who saw God, the other three were alive and well, one of them was promoted, and two were recuperating in the hospital.

The battlefield is such a fire and ice sky. Grass-roots officers die quickly and are promoted quickly, and as long as they survive several battles, promotion is a matter of course.

There is no need to worry about the boss blocking them, because they will either be promoted, or go to the hospital, or go to see God. In short, the place is vacant.

Here, it is no longer a myth to go from a soldier to a general. As long as the war lasts longer, anything is possible.

Captain Adler was not a cadet and had no background in relationships, and became a company commander less than a year after the war broke out.

In addition to a flexible mind and excellent military literacy, the more important thing is luck. If it weren't for the fact that both parents and family are harmonious, and there is a lack of a villain who slaps his face, he would be a bit like a son of luck.

Although there are many reserve officers in Austria, at most they are equipped to the company and platoon level, and in the context of the great expansion of the army, Adler, as a veteran, is directly the squad leader.

This is nothing, the first time he participated in the battle, Adler's company suffered heavy losses, and the platoon commander and deputy platoon commander of the direct leadership either saw God or went to the hospital.

Before the end of the battle, Adler was already the acting platoon commander. It had nothing to do with promotion, because all the people in his platoon who were higher in rank than him left the battlefield, and according to the rules of the Austrian army, it was his turn to command.

Successfully completed the task, made military achievements, and it is only natural that the agent will become a real teacher. After a few more battles, Adler became a company commander in a daze.

There was no unruliness, no amazing record, and the ordinary young officer Adler, his luck was almost exhausted here.

There is no way, the demand for officers at a higher level is not only greatly reduced, but there is no longer a need to lead the troops to charge, and the probability of being killed or injured is greatly reduced.

There are fewer pits, and the requirements are higher. In peacetime, there are few people who have made military achievements, so naturally they can rise to the position if they have military merits, and they can slowly cultivate if they lack ability.

Not anymore, there are many people with military exploits. Unless the combat exploits are amazing and can be promoted exceptionally, otherwise the professional knowledge assessment is indispensable.

After all, the more troops you command, the higher the requirements for the competence of the officers. Except for a few geniuses, most people have to be cultivated before they can be competent.

The all-out counteroffensive has begun, and seeing that the war is coming to an end, and after the war there will be a major disarmament, the training course for grassroots officers naturally does not exist.

You can't just organize officer training, and before the schoolwork is completed, you should send them a discharge notice!

After all, not really the protagonist, there are a bunch of similar templates in the Austrian army.

No matter how low the probability of occurrence is, once the number is magnified, it is no longer a minority. It can be said that everyone who survived the rain of bullets unscathed is a legend.

Looking back and confirming the identity of the deceased, Captain Adler scolded angrily: "Keep your head down for me, don't learn from Cole's idiot!" ”

Sad? Perhaps, but the more I have experienced, the nerves have become numb. Perhaps in order to avoid being sad at such a time, Captain Adler deliberately kept his distance from everyone around him.

Before Adler could finish speaking, the French bullets erupted again. Although Gatling is not as useful as the Makqin, it is still a great weapon when installed in a fortress.

With Cole's experience and the constant whistling of bullets ringing in everyone's ears, everyone buried their heads as low as possible.

Suddenly, there was a loud "boom", and the two soldiers on Adler's right hand were blown apart, and half of their heads fell directly into the reach of Adler's front.

Shaking his head, he finally woke up from the sound of the bombardment, and saw the bloody and bloody heads of his comrades in front of him, and Adler almost threw up.

Enduring the nausea and discomfort, Adler immediately ordered: "The enemy has planted mines in front, and we have no demining tools, so we will withdraw first." ”

There is no doubt that this tentative offensive failed. Not to mention that you don't have demining tools, even if the tools are well prepared, they can't withstand the enemy's fierce firepower!

This is the Austrian army's own beginning, and the French are just following suit. Although the Maxim machine gun did not have time to be imitated, Gatling could also make up the numbers.

The enemy was so well prepared that it would be very unwise to fill it with human lives, and the Austrian military could not respect this kind of bloody bravery and blindly pursue victory and ignore the lives of soldiers, which would be court-martialed.

The tentative attack failed, and Morks did not feel lost. The sacrifice was not meaningless, and through the daytime probing, the Austrians had figured out the external fire deployment of the French, laying the foundation for the next offensive.

In the Allied Command, Admiral Morkes asked: "How is the formation of the Italian Legion?" ”

How could the war for the liberation of Italy be without the participation of Italians? At this time, the value of the Italian Independence Organization was manifested, and the Austrian army recruited troops under the banner of the Independent Organization every time it occupied a region.

In order to fully respect the feelings of the Italian population, these forces were divided into territories. For example: the National Independence Army of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the National Independence Army of Lucca, the National Independence Army of Modena, the National Independence Army of Parma, the National Independence Army of Tuscany, the National Independence Army of the Papal States, the National Independence Army of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies......

No matter how big the scale is, anyway, every Italian state has a national independence army, which takes into account everyone's face.

It doesn't matter whether the Italian Independent Organization is willing to accept it or not. Accepting it is naturally hello, hello, hello, everyone, if not, Morkes doesn't mind directly appointing the commander.

Anyway, there are a lot of Italian aristocrats who have defected, and they can always find someone who is willing to cooperate. The scattered Italian independence organization is also well-known among the people, and it does not have much appeal among the aristocracy.

In order to restore the country, even Vittorio Emanuele III, the boss, chose to compromise, not to mention the pawns below.

A burly middle-aged officer replied: "Up to now, there are 200,000 people in the National Independent Army of the Kingdom of Sardinia, 80,000 in the Independent Army of the Papal States, and the other independent armies are still an empty shelf, less than 10,000 in total."

If we want to form it, we will have to wait until we occupy these areas. Judging from the current situation, most of them cannot be counted on. ”

Up to the present in the war, the main achievements of the Austrian army on the southern front have been in the territory of the Papal States and the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the national independence army formed is naturally dominated by the people of these two countries.

In order to reflect the equality of the status of the Italian states, it was natural that the troops of each country could not be mixed. The polarization in numbers came out like this.

The empty shelf army will definitely not be able to go to the battlefield, and no matter how much cannon fodder is needed, it is impossible for Morkes to consume all the seeds of "allies".

Moreover, these seeds are at the heart of the future state governments. In order to balance the strength of the various states in the Italian region, Austria had too late to support it, so how could it be abandoned?

After pondering for a while, Morks shook his head: "Twenty-eight hundred thousand people is still a bit small, just to take Turin City, I'm afraid it will have to be filled in tens of thousands, and there are still a series of cities waiting for us to conquer."

In addition to propagating national independence, we can also promise the soldiers land, tax exemptions, and pensions. ”

In order to recruit more Italian cannon fodder, Morks has given up the bottom line and made promises directly for the governments of these states.

As for whether it can be fulfilled or not, it depends on the discipline and governing ability of the governments of these states, anyway, this is a struggle for the independence of the Italian nation, and it is impossible for Austria to pay for it.