It's also funny to say that the opening battle of the Austro-Prussian War was actually fought by the Italians against the Austrians. Bismarck of Prussia thought very well: Prussia and Austria formed an alliance and attacked from both sides, so that the Austrians were caught in a dilemma of fighting on two fronts. "Well, your, this way; Mine, over there. (Make a two-sided strike posture with your hands) Austria, dead dead there! However, the ideal is plump, but the reality is skinny. Bismarck certainly could not have imagined that his plan to flank Austria would fail so quickly. From then on, Prussia and Germany were constantly being attacked from both sides in the war. As Blackwater had predicted, after adopting the same weapons, the Italians were less reliable in their combat effectiveness. Especially in the case of active offensive operations, the appearance of Xiàn is even more problematic.

In Bismarck's opinion, the Italian army was large in number, well-armed, and very powerful in the last war, so Bismarck had high hopes for the Italians. However, contrary to the expectations of the Prussians, due to the long-term dependence on the motivation of the "Pills of Strength", and even the usual training, the Italians have greatly improved their tolerance to the Pills, and by now, the effects of the usual doses of Pills are not obvious, on the contrary, the addictive consequences of the Pills are becoming more and more obvious. Well, now, all the ** teams actually know that "Powerful Pills" have addiction problems, although they are not addicted to morphine and other things, they are in pain all over their bodies, and they roll on the ground in pain, but the effect of deep depression is also leveraged.

However, considering the irreplaceable role of "Mighty Pill" in wartime, well, the governments and armies of various countries put this secret in the safe, and then added several locks. As for the civilian ones? Well, because the portion size is small, there is no large-scale addiction problem at the moment. Occasionally, there is something wrong, and it is absolutely impossible to divulge the secret, anyway, there are too many reasons that can cause physical discomfort, who knows, he can't lift his spirits all day long, and he is uncomfortable, whether it is the result of eating those cheeses with a lot of mercury-containing compounds. In that era, there were too many things that could make people lose their IQ and even be half-paralyzed. Well, therefore, no one has raised the problem of "strong pills" addiction at all, and those who are addicted don't know that their problem is "strong pills" addiction.

But on the battlefield, the problem of the long-term abuse of "Mighty Pills" by the Italians came out. Now the soldiers were given a regular little to eat, but it had no effect at all, so the Italian generals threw aside the instructions of the MacDonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company, and then ordered without hesitation: "Quadruple the pay of the soldiers every day, in order to defeat the Austrian army." However, what the Italian officers didn't notice was that because for the convenience of training in peacetime, the amount of "strong pills" they gave the soldiers was already 1.5 times the amount of the manual, and now the order was issued, and the people below did not understand whether it was four times the instruction manual or four times the usual amount. Whatever, just four times as much. So before the attack, the Italians ate six times the amount of "Powerful Pill" in one go.

Facts have proved that the effect of using drugs in large doses is still obvious. When six times the "strong pill" was eaten, the Italian soldiers immediately burned to the ground. Well, there was no order to charge at all, but the commander raised his hand and touched his beard, and the soldiers who couldn't control themselves rushed up with a hula and a hula before the order was given, but the commander raised his hand and held his hat, and the artillerymen turned the barrels red in one go. Anyway, the whole army was completely out of control, and tens of thousands of manic psychopaths with rifles did not even bend down to make a covert movement, but rushed straight towards the Austrian trenches on the opposite side.

It turns out that it is really unreliable for neurological patients to go to the battlefield. The infantrymen, nerved by the heavy dose of drugs, rushed forward desperately, firing their guns in front of them, well, killing many manic neuropaths who were so mad than him that they all rushed in front of him. The mentally ill artillerymen were even worse, first firing indiscriminately and knocking over a large number of artillery on their own side, and then accidentally blowing up the cannon.

Faced with the Italians, who were in disarray like the Viking barbarians of BC, the Austrians were startled at first. Some of the commanders couldn't even believe their eyes, so they pinched the herald hard to make sure they weren't dreaming.

But by the time the Italian nerves rushed near the barbed wire, the Austrians finally reacted, and the artillery opened fire first, and the shrapnel crackled over a large area of Italians. But the Italians, who were burning with courage, were undaunted, and they stepped over the bones of their comrades and continued on their way. What the? Barbed wire in front? Pounce on it and knock it down! What, the front is a minefield? What is a minefield? Regardless of whether there is a minefield or an abyss in front of them, the Italians who have committed a nervous disorder will be indomitable, without hesitation, and will do their best, and truly rush through the dead. However, times have progressed, and it is no longer an era when brute force alone can win. The Italians were greeted by a dense and fast salvo from MacDonald's 1857 rifle and a constant bombardment of shrapnel from Napoleon's cannons.

The corpses of the Italians were piled up all over the ground, but the determined and tenacious Italian neuropathy continued to advance, and some of them even broke into the Austrian trenches.

However, this did not bring victory to the Italians, and although the Italians who took too much medicine were very brave, the Austrians who took the medicine just right were not cowards. Moreover, the weapons in their hands were even more suitable for use in the trenches - an Austrian soldier first knocked over the rushing Italian with a single shot of a pump-activated shotgun, then pulled the barrel back, slammed another shot, knocked over another ......, in short, even in the trenches, the Italians suffered a great loss.

The psychopaths kept rushing forward, barely passing the first trench, and then, well, finally being blocked in front of the second. By this time, the casualties of the Italian army were far more than halfway through, and they were still increasing. The Italian commander understood that if he could not quickly bring back these sub-psychos, it would not be impossible for the whole army to die in one day today. However, the biggest characteristic of neuropathy is that he doesn't understand anything you say, and you don't understand anything he says. In any case, the officers were completely unable to control the troops, and a series of attempts to control the troops failed. So a few high-ranking generals and the king combined, well, simply, while the power of those guys has not passed, hurry up and run away with the rest of the normal people, anyway, those guys are dead - once the power of the medicine is over, the mentally ill people in a state of deep depression probably will not even have the intention of escaping. Well, so, just as the offensive of the own side was rising wave after wave, and when the mentally ill were shouting "Long live the king" or something, His Majesty the king and the senior generals, under the escort of the cavalry, took the remaining army that had not had time to take medicine, and slipped away directly......

The outcome of the battle was exactly as the Italian generals had predicted: the Italian army suffered heavy losses, with nearly 50,000 people killed and 30,000 captured after the effects of the medicine had worn off. Well, after this battle, the entire Italian army was almost gone, and if it weren't for the lovely Prussians going on the offensive on another front, Italy would have done a bad job and would have to turn back into the Kingdom of Sardinia.

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"Well, the news must have been known to the London side. Now stocks related to Austria will definitely rise, while those related to Prussia and Italy will fall rapidly. Let's buy at once the people in London the stocks associated with Prussia and Italy, as well as the national bonds of these two countries. Scrooge gave this instruction as soon as he received the news of the defeat of Italy.

"Italy loses like this, it won't affect the outcome of the war, right?" Although Scrooge had analyzed Dorothea's situation in Europe many times, Dorothea couldn't help but be a little shaken when she saw Italy lose so badly.

"What Italy does not have a big impact on the fundamental outcome of the war." Scrooge said, "Didn't we watch the map work in Blackwater two days ago? The Prussian army, supported by the new 1864 rifle and wireless telegraphy, was able to easily defeat the Austrians, even without the help of Italy. The Italians fought badly, but at least they were able to contain the Austrians. Austria's railways were not sufficient, and even if the battle was over, it would not be a matter of a day or two for the southern troops to be transferred to fight the Prussians. In fact, if the Italians did not take the initiative to attack, but maintained the pressure, I am afraid that it would be more beneficial to Prussia. However, although Italy lost, as long as Prussia won, Italy will hitch a ride, and it will not be much different from winning. Well, so, it's really important to choose a good ally. Italy is a case in point. ”

When it comes to hitchhiking, Italy is a connoisseur. Before World War I, Italy formed an alliance with Germany, and as soon as the war began, it immediately defected to the British side, and then became the victorious power. In World War II, Italy formed an alliance with Germany, and after the fight, now the Germans are no longer good, so they quickly revolutionized Mussolini, joined the side of the allies, and then, well, became the victorious country again. At this level, ordinary countries really can't learn it.

"Well, I hope Prussia will be a little more aggressive." Dorothea said, "What if Prussia loses, what about your long-term plans?" ”

"That would be nothing more than to support Austria or France to dominate Europe, and then fight with the British." Scrooge said indifferently, "But I trust my own judgment, although there is much teasing in Prussia, there are more in Austria and France." ”

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