Chapter 1098: Command changes hands

Finally survived the first day, and the Italian army, with the help of the Prussian army, stabilized its position, but the Austrian army on the opposite side took the lead and had completely mastered the initiative on the field, and in just one battle, Italy's combat strength disappeared by nearly a third, from 100,000 to less than 100,000! If it had not been for the timely arrival of the Prussian army, the Italian army would have completely collapsed!

Even if the situation was temporarily stabilized by the Prussian Army, the Italians did not have the slightest fighting spirit, but the Prussians were holding rifles to supervise the battle in the back, but anyone who ran backwards would definitely die, and the Italians did not completely collapse, how could such an army with no fighting spirit win the war?

The Prussians were very capable of fighting, but five or six thousand were nothing compared to the 150,000 Austrian army! Two hundred heavy machine guns? The Austrian army had no less than two or three hundred artillery pieces alone! And this artillery is very fierce, the Austrian army is not given for nothing, it is well trained! With such a huge gap in strength, no matter how powerful the Prussian Army is, it must not be able to use one as ten!

Stein's lungs are about to explode, I really don't know how Master Bismarck found such a waste ally for the kingdom! It's too wasteful, it's not as good as a bunch of pigs, it's just a mess of pig shit!

Fortunately, the situation was stable for the time being, and in a short period of time, with the presence of the Prussian army, the Italian army was barely able to support it. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the command post, Stein still glared at himself angrily and roared loudly: "Your Majesty Emmanuel, look at it, look at this group of so-called generals and soldiers under your command!" Are they still considered soldiers? I'm all feeling shame! They have simply thrown into the face of the world's soldiers, and the dignity of the soldiers has been completely lost! You're just throwing a lot of money at them? Then we might as well leave it to us Prussian warriors, we will definitely protect you! ”

"General Stein, you are so rude to our Majesty! Aren't Italian soldiers human? We can't force them to jump into the fire pit, can we? Also, do you still have the face to talk about us? How many of our soldiers did you Prussians kill on the battlefield? Even our Colonel Vieri was directly shot dead by you, who gave you such power? Is this what allies should do? ”

The Italian monarchs and ministers in the command post couldn't sit still, their faces were red-faced, and the Italian lieutenant general corps commander Molière jumped up and reprimanded angrily.

Stein sneered: "You still have the face to say? If they hadn't escaped, they would have died? According to Prussian tradition, those who escaped from the battle will not be spared! It's because of their pockets that you are defeated! Had it not been for the timely arrival of my four heavy machine-gun battalions to withstand the Austrian attack for you, your king would have become a prisoner of the family! You see, in order to be able to repel the Austrians, we lost twenty heavy machine guns in one go! Our Prussian soldiers suffered more than three hundred casualties! None of these 300 people were injured in the back! They are the true warriors! Half of my heavy machine-gun battalion was reimbursed like this! This is something we built at great cost! You bears want to get your province of Venice back? Dreaming, daydreaming! ”

Emmanuel's brow furrowed tightly, admittedly, Stein was too arrogant. But why the arrogance? People have arrogant capital! People have such confidence! Without Stein's timely arrival, he may have been able to escape by luck, but the hundreds of thousands of troops under his command will be completely reimbursed, not only will Venice not be able to get it back, but they may also lose the existing territory of Italy......

"General Stein, it's useless to say anything now, for the sake of today, we have to fight our next battle!"

Emmanuel II replied in a deep voice.

"Fight the next battle? Then tell me, how to fight the next battle? In just yesterday's battle, you Italians lost more than a third of their artillery, and note that these cannons were not destroyed by the Austrians, but captured, and now the Austrian army on the opposite side has no less than 400 artillery pieces alone! Four hundred! Combined, we don't have two hundred guns! ”

Stein exclaimed angrily.

"General Stein, aren't you amazing? Aren't the Prussians born warriors? We'll leave this battle to you, right? Look, how exactly are you going to fight? ”

Molière was full of resentment, and of course he was uncomfortable with Stein's accusation, and kicked the ball back to Stein.

Stein's face sank, is this special vindictive? Lao Tzu is here to help you, if Lao Tzu has three divisions, you bastards don't need to do it yourself, you can defeat the Austrian army, but now Lao Tzu only has one brigade of troops, and your 100,000 Italian troops are the main force! Damn bastards!

However, it is surprising that Emmanuel II even agreed with Molière's words!

"General Stein, you are also a famous young general in the Prussian army, why don't you personally command this battle, I give you the power to command 100,000 Italian troops, you can move troops and deploy at will!"

Stein saw the solemn expression of Emmanuel II and knew that he was not joking, nor was he talking angrily, after all, he knew best what virtues his soldiers had, if he really wanted the Italians to command, then it would be all over, and Venice would definitely not be able to take it back!

Stein said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty Emmanuel, before I came, our Prime Minister Bismarck and General Moltke gave me the task, that is, to help you withstand the Austrian attack for a month here, but unfortunately, I came one step late, when I came here, your army had already been defeated, and now it is impossible to hold out for a longer time, our goal is to drag the Austrian army here, a month, as long as we can hold out for a month, Then the Prussian army would sweep through the entire Austrian sphere of influence, crush the Austrian army against each other, and when the time came, the Austrian king would have to surrender, and the Austrian army would not be a problem! Since you say so, then you are welcome, for the sake of the goals of the two countries, this time I will command the Prussian army and the Italian army and Austria in a desperate battle! Even if people die, they must die on this position, and no one will be allowed to retreat! Those who escape from the battle will be killed! ”

The Italian generals present looked at each other one by one, wiping it, it was just an angry remark just now, I didn't expect His Majesty to really hand over the command to Stein! (To be continued.) )