Pius IX was unhappy with Franz's unauthorized abduction of the inhabitants of the Papal States, but Franz did not admit that the men who had guns before they wore rudimentary military uniforms were civilians.

In fact, theoretically speaking, catching 80,000 captives a day is an impossible task, just like Chu Yunfei said, "Even if it is 50,000 pigs, you can't catch them all in three days!" ”

That was usually the case, but it obviously didn't apply to the Italian battlefield at this time.

The vast majority of Italians in Laball's army were coerced in, stimulated by religion and nationalism.

If it weren't for the fact that Labor had been using the most forceful means to suppress them, these people would have run out a long time ago, and even those 3,000 people would not have died.

Considering Pius IX's sentiments, Franz decided to hand over all the officers in the former Papal States and the rebel army to him.

Although the Austrian soldiers felt that the capture of Lapole and his officers was a great achievement, Franz did reward them.

But Labor and the Italian officers were a pile of garbage in Franz's eyes, and they were of no use to Austria.

Franz wanted to have Garibaldi captured or expelled from Italy more than the wine bags and rice bags.

But these people were different for Pius IX, they were both traitors and devilish believers, and they were an obstacle to his recapture of Rome and a hidden danger to stabilizing the situation.

Franz could also sweep away the feudal power in the papal state, which would help Pius IX to complete the centralization of power.

In fact, making the Papal States a centralized monarchy would have been more conducive to the later functioning of the Austrian Empire.

In the middle of the Bereni Valley, huge airboats slowly descended. It wasn't until the last airboat landed safely on the ground that Franz and Albrecht breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Due to the imperfection of technology and the backwardness of material science, the Austrian army used all soft airships. The advantages of this airship are that it is relatively small and flexible, easy to carry and transport, widely applicable to a wide range of scenarios, low cost, and easy to use.

That's right! At this time, the huge and unscrupulous Heavenly Veil Behemoth in front of Pius IX was actually just a small airship, twenty or thirty meters long, only one-tenth the size of the large rigid airships of later generations.

Although there are many advantages of soft airships, they also have many disadvantages, such as safety and stability are not as good as hard airships.

At the same time, landing is also a big problem, since there is no skeleton support, it all depends on the driver's deflating technique.

When the airship descends, it needs to release air from the tail to tilt the airship downward to adjust the direction.

If the landing angle is not right, or the descent speed is too fast, it may lead to the destruction of the boat. And it contains a large amount of hydrogen, and if it explodes, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Unbeknownst to Pius IX, however, he was looking forward to preparing to meet these Sky Warriors.

Franz could only persuade him to wait a little farther away, as for the reason.

The noble pope naturally has to be a little more reserved, how can he step forward to greet ordinary soldiers if he wants to respect himself?

Actually, this reason should usually be useful, but Pius IX was not a pope who was content to be ordinary.

"Grand Duke Franz, you are not right. I'm though."

Pius IX opened his mouth, and Franz knew what he was going to say.

"Under the crown of the Pope, mortals need to be in awe. Otherwise, the chaos in Rome will be repeated at this time. ”

Franz's fallacies at this moment convinced Pius IX. The latter felt that it was he who had opened Pandora's box and released all the prisoners in the Vatican.

Pius IX easily associates this with his own experience, and then comes to the wrong conclusion that he is too good to others.

In fact, His Majesty the Pope made many mistakes, and Franz would not have been able to explain them in detail for three days and three nights.

But allowing it to complete the centralization of power would indeed allow the situation to improve quickly, and at the same time facilitate the continued infiltration of Austria in the future.

However, this did not mean that Franz would reject the peace agreement of the British, although it was only a temporary peace, but the external environment was too important for Austria at this time.

Moreover, the land of the Papal States, or the mountainous regions of Central Italy, has so little potential for development that it is one of the poorest places in Italy today.

Metternich's previous attempts in Ferrara, Bologna, Ravenna and Ancona proved to be a loss-making deal.

Investments in Ferrara and Bologna are barely paying for themselves, while in Ravenna and Ancona they become obligation.

If he really wants to swallow the Papal States, then Franz will have to prepare another sum of money, and at the same time he will have to prepare for a larger war.

And it will also make the great powers target themselves, then their previous efforts will be in vain, and Austria's diplomacy will fall into a difficult situation.

But it was different with the papal as a shield in front of him, Franz could turn the Papal States into a cheap source of labor for Austria, and at the same time be able to intervene in many events through the pope.

For example, in the previous Armenian massacre committed by the Ottomans, Franz could intervene to save the Armenians and find a very reasonable excuse for war.

The airship unit that had just landed was still very excited, and this was the first large-scale air raid in the modern history of mankind.

Although the actual results are limited, this reputation can be regarded as a hit. 50,000 pairs of "1 million" will leave a strong mark in the history of mankind.

Later historians will repeatedly compare it with the Battle of Hot Springs, and list it as one of the two great wonders in human military history.

However, at this time, the airboat crews did not know this, they only knew that the Pope and the Crown Prince wanted to see them.

The soldiers were very excited, and they recounted their experiences incoherently.

Pius IX showed great patience and was determined to give them the title of "Archangel".

Pius IX's intention was obviously to win over these people, after all, this was the only "Heavenly Army" he had ever seen.

But what Pius IX didn't know was that Austria's air boat force was much more than that.

There is no way, because the attrition rate is a bit high, Franz can only choose to cultivate more. In fact, the Italians encountered this time did not organize a decent counterattack, so it appeared that the airboat troops were domineering.

In fact, at this time, the airship was far less domineering than the Kirov airship, but rather fragile. With a bit of luck, a single shot can cause a big explosion.

The power of an airship explosion is much more exaggerated than that of a hydrogen balloon, with a hydrogen content equivalent to tens or even hundreds of hydrogen balloons.

As long as there is an explosion, there is basically no chance that the soldiers above will survive.

In addition, due to the relatively primitive technology, the power of the airboat is still a steam engine. The black smoke was not caused by the tail on fire, but by the inadequate combustion of fossil fuels.

However, Pius IX's actions earned the Austrian air force the nickname of the Archangel of Slaughter.

(End of chapter)