Empress Regent Eugenie first communicated with Emperor Nasan, who was on the front line, and then held a meeting with the top government officials, and finally told Spain that France could not lend them ships for the time being.

In his reply, Foreign Minister Gramont earnestly described his own difficulties, that the French forces were already stretched thin, and that if Italy was provoked, the southern defenses could be in a hurry, which would have a knock-on effect on the whole war.

In the end, he also suggested that Spain go to Austria-Hungary to borrow a navy, which was not very strong, but it was enough to profoundly change the balance of power between the two countries.

After receiving the reply, Alfonso smiled dumbly, can you borrow this thing casually from the navy? I borrowed it from you because we are quasi-allies.

This France really only wants to take benefits, and does not want to be a model of obligation... But if you can't borrow it, you can't borrow it, the French Navy is just icing on the cake, and it doesn't matter if you don't have it.

At the same time that Alfonso received a reply from Eugénie, the first wave of attacks was launched by Cialtini outside Rome.

The artillery used by the Italian army is also a Napoleonic bronze cannon, which can be said to be a perfect balance of cost, technology and power, at this stage only strong and rich countries such as Britain and Prussia have the power to develop their own artillery, and the era of bronze cannons may be passed only after the end of the Franco-Prussian War.

The range of conventional field guns on both sides was about the same, but the Spanish side still had a slight advantage in the artillery battle because of the mixed up of some Armstrong guns.

But this advantage is extremely weak, because the two sides are shooting at each other across the city wall, and the position of the other party is not visible.

Even if there are other soldiers' announcements, the accuracy is erratic. The Italian army, which was acting cautiously in a skirmish line, could inflict very limited damage.

The damage to Italy was extremely limited, and to Spain there was no damage.

In order to reduce casualties, the Italian army was always stuck at the edge of the range and fired, this distance was doomed to the howitzers could not hit, so they could only use field guns to shoot at low elevation angles, limited by the angle problem, all the shells either fell on the ground in front of the city wall, or could not hit the city wall, in short, could not hit the Spaniards.

The artillery firing phase was lively, but there were few casualties.

But this phase also passed quickly, because the walls had been blown up.

Modern city walls are really useless, and the once solid stone walls can now be broken by a maximum of 1-2 shells.

In just two hours, at least three huge gaps were born for military passage.

Cialtini was thrilled to see this, everything was going according to plan, Rome was already in his pocket!

Roman conquistador! He sees his future!

However, the happy time was always short-lived, and he was about to give the order to charge, when the herald brought Garibaldi's warning.

"Ha, don't charge, be careful of ambushes, Spanish machine guns." Cialtini scoffed at this, could he not have known that there was an ambush behind the walls?

However, the ambush is also composed of people, how much firepower can the opponent arrange on the narrow position, as long as the soldiers continue to pour in, the opponent will sooner or later be unable to maintain the firepower, once the gap appears, the opponent's defense line will be immediately crushed.

With the reload rate of rifles in this era, this gap will come very quickly.

As for the machine gun that Garibaldi said, they have studied it for a long time, the rate of fire is very fast, but it will jam after a few turns, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

The number of people is absolute! Chartini is convinced of this.

Walking out of the headquarters, he did not forget to take a telescope to take a look at the position of the volunteers - there was no movement.

In his heart, he laughed at it even more, Garibaldi may have been very strong, but he was already old, he had lost his sharpness, and he couldn't beat Rome for a few years.

Now it is even more cringeful and afraid of casualties, yes, the casualties of the active charge are definitely not small, but so what, as long as it wins, no one will compare the battle damage except for history lovers.

"The order goes down, and in 10 minutes the charge will begin as planned, with artillery cover." Ignoring the warning, Cialtini gave the order in high spirits.

And on the Roman side, seeing that the Italian army moved, they followed suit.

"Quick, check the bullet and confirm the angle!" "Lubricate, lubricate!"

Such shouts in the army are endless.

If you have a modern person here, you will be able to see at a glance that this is the classic crossfire tactic.

Each gap was surrounded by dozens of machine guns, aimed at the same plane.

The machine guns were covered with sandbags, and a large number of sappers were pushing them higher and higher, and soon the two pairs of large wheels of the Gatling were gone, and only the barrels were exposed.

These sandbags are powerless against the artillery, but the charging infantry will have nothing to do with them.

Sandbags, of course, will limit the Heavy's field of view, but there is no need for vision, no aim, just an unmistakable shake of the handle.

This was one of Prim's pre-planned plans, and I didn't expect it to come in handy.

In fact, Italy only needs to continue shelling for a while, increasing or widening the gap, so that it will also suffer return fire, but at least it will not have to face such dense firepower.

It's a pity that they didn't have enough patience.

In addition to the machine guns, there were also a number of grenadiers around the gap to supplement the firepower, in order to blind the Italian as soon as possible.

As long as the opponent loses his cool, the fight will turn into a carnage.

Prim was on the front line and watched it all from the spot:

"I always feel like it's still a shortcoming......

He pondered, "What are the shortcomings...... If you want the other party to not fight back, it is best to make them invisible. ”

Imagine a darkness in which your companions fall one after another, and you don't even know where the enemy is, let alone fight back effectively......

However, Prim only had a vision and did not know how to make it happen.

If he had told Alfonso what he had wanted, Alfonso would have told him that smoke grenades could meet that need.

And then... Then there was no more, the smoke grenades did not appear until the First World War, and Alfonso did not know how to do it, so he could only put this demand to the Institute.

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The 10 minutes were fleeting, and the Italian soldiers rushed towards the gap in a loose formation.

The soldiers at the front of the charge had a look of confusion and fear on their faces, and fools knew that there were countless enemies in them.

I don't know if this charge will succeed, they will definitely be dead.

They wanted to keep a safe distance and shoot instead of rushing forward like a reckless man, but the military order was here, and no matter how reluctant they were, they had to bite the bullet.

Although Italy did not have the Progressive Guard and could not control the rout of the army, it was no problem to shoot a few disobedient soldiers before engagement.