Chapter 42 Military Preparations
"Your Highness, in view of the current situation in the country, I propose to immediately double the number of Vienna city defense forces, and to form a counterinsurgency army of 200,000 people to suppress the rebellion in the country!" Prime Minister Felix said murderously
On the suppression of the rebellion, everyone was on the same page, and no nobleman liked the revolutionary.
"Your Excellency the Prime Minister's proposal is very good, the city defense force is being replenished, and the waste that did nothing in the Vienna rebellion before, I think they should be ordered to retire!
It is urgent to form a counterinsurgency army, and Lieutenant General Albrecht has done a good job in suppressing the Vienna rebellion, so I think he will be in charge! ”
Franz did not hesitate to carry the smuggling, not only took the opportunity to clean up the moth in the city defense army, replaced it with his own people, but also extended his hand to the soon-to-be-formed counterinsurgency army.
"Your Highness, the formation of a counterinsurgency army is very important, and Lieutenant General Albrecht alone may not be busy, so it is better to let Marshal Radetz and Prince Wendy Schgretz come back together to preside over the overall situation." Felix argued
(Note: Field Marshal Radetz, Prince Wendy Schretz, who suppressed the Italian rebellion, and Prince Wendy Schretz, who suppressed the Prague rebellion and the Vienna rebellion, saved the Austrian triad)
Both of them were big men in the Austrian army, and if they returned, Albrecht would have to stand aside, and Prince Wendy Schreitz was Felix's brother-in-law, so he couldn't be allowed to come back.
However, this was difficult for Franz, and he said casually: "These two are indeed the best candidates, but unfortunately now that a rebellion has broken out in Lombardy, we transfer Marshal Radetzky at this time, who is responsible for counterinsurgency?"
It seems to me that Marshal Radekis was appointed governor of Lombardy and Venice, with full responsibility for counterinsurgency in Italy.
Mobilize 50,000 troops from Austria to reinforce the Italian region and try to suppress the rebellion in the shortest possible time.
And now that Bohemia (Czech) is also unstable, we transferred Prince Wendy Schretz, who is responsible for suppressing a possible rebellion? ”
The front line needs them to command and suppress the rebellion, this reason is very strong, since Franz proposed it, no one dares to change people easily, otherwise if there is a problem at the front, they must be responsible.
Austria is still the Austria of the Habsburgs, and even if Prime Minister Felix is strong, he can only give in to Franz's insistence.
The political struggle is very complex, and today's concessions mean that in the years to come, the Austrian government will have Franz at its core, with the cabinet in a subsidiary position.
Seeing that there was no objection, Franz spoke again: "Taking into account the special situation of Hungary, we must also take action.
I propose that Josip Jelačić be appointed as a senior Croatian official, and at the same time as commander of the city defense forces;
(Josip Jelačić, one of the three fathers of Austria, whose main merit was to stabilize Croatia and participate in the suppression of the Vienna rebellion and the Hungarian rebellion)
Julius Jacob von Heinau was appointed as a senior regional official of Slovakia and commander of the city defense, in preparation for the suppression of the Hungarian rebellion. ”
(Note: Field Marshal Julius Jacob von Heinau, known for his brutal suppression of rebellions in Italy and Hungary, has been called: The Executioner of Arad, The Hyena of Brescia, and The Tiger of Habsburg.) )
Franz's plan was very simple, that is, to use the heroes of the historical Austrian suppression of rebellions in advance, and those failed rice buckets would not have to send heads to the enemy.
"Your Highness, now that the rebellion in Hungary has not yet occurred, we will do this, I am afraid it will cause great adverse effects!" Felix thought for a moment and said
He did not expect that at this time, the Viennese government was still negotiating with the Hungarians, and the crown prince was directly preparing to suppress the rebellion, which was completely sabotaging the negotiations.
However, once the Hungarians did rebel, these arrangements were very useful. Croatia and Slovakia were both territories of the Kingdom of Hungary at this time, but the people above were inclined towards Austria.
Taking control of these two places in advance was very useful for suppressing the Hungarian rebellion, which historically took out 40,000 troops from the Croatian province.
Franz shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, do you think it's good to let the Hungarians make such a fuss?"
Over the years, the Vienna government has made many concessions to them, and if they continue to do so, it would be better to let them be independent! ”
This is not nonsense, Hungary is now nominally part of the Austrian Empire, but the taxes of Hungary have nothing to do with the central government in Vienna. Even between Austria and Hungary, there are tariffs.
However, they also kept claiming that Austria was oppressing and exploiting Hungary, which in Franz's view was complete nonsense.
The Vienna government has received certain benefits from Hungary, but Austria has protected Hungary's security, so there is no need to charge protection money?
Without Austria, Hungary would be either annexed by the Russians or the Ottomans, and the end result would only be worse than it is now.
Ostensibly, Austria's industry was more developed, and Hungary was mainly developed in agriculture and became a market for Austrian goods.
But in fact, this era is the law of the jungle, as a weak person can not ask too much of the strong, even for ordinary Hungarian people, the Habsburgs are still the defenders of their interests.
Under the current system, only the Hungarian capitalists and aristocrats have suffered real interests, and it is only the capitalists and aristocrats who have always wanted to make trouble.
After the Great Revolution, it was once commented that in the Kingdom of Hungary, which has more than 10 million people, there are only 500,000 Hungarians.
In fact, it was the 500,000 capitalists and aristocrats who really exploited and oppressed the Hungarians, and now Franz was ready to kill these moths and distribute their land to the Hungarian people.
So this time it was not a revolution to suppress the revolution, but a revolution to bring revolution to the Kingdom of Hungary, a revolution that truly liberated the tens of millions of ordinary Hungarians.
There will be bread, there will be milk. In this respect, Franz considered himself a sacred undertaking to be underway.
"Your Highness can't say that, Hungary is our granary, and as a sacred and indispensable part of the empire, we must not let them become independent!" Felix said solemnly
Franz smiled and said, "Your Excellency, don't be so nervous, I just told the truth, the Hungarians can reform if they want to, but all this must be based on the premise of integrating into Austria."
Where in the world is there such a good thing just to get benefits but not to pay the price? Instead of arguing with them every day, it is better to solve it all at once! ”