Friedrich was not a commander who liked to stick to the rules, and he could not understand why Franz was against weakening France too much.

However, Friedrich understood that obedience was the duty of a soldier, and it was for this reason that Franz dared to entrust him with such a task.

Franz still knew some about land warfare, but he could only pin his hopes on others for commanding naval warfare.

He could only give some principled advice, such as Franz's request to Friedrich to pressure the French to surrender after the Battle of the Mediterranean.

Friedrich also blocked the sea lanes of the French army at the first time, and the French navy, which had lost the Great Eastern fleet, had no combat power at all in the Mediterranean.

The Great Eastern Fleet took with it a large number of craftsmen and supplies before leaving, and even destroyed the coastal defense of the port of Toulon.

Later, the Grand Duke of Algeria, Duke Omar (self-proclaimed), sent François Truvier to lead the Great Eastern Fleet to raid the French coast and plunder supplies.

Friedrich naturally could not have watched the French perform, and he also led a fleet to sweep the French coast, and even took Genoa along the way.

Garibaldi arrived in Genoa after many bloody battles in the Ligurian Pass, and he was confused for a while.

At first, Garibaldi's idea was simple, which was to revolt at a critical moment when Austria launched a general offensive against Liguria.

Anyway, there are a lot of Italians in the army, and as long as they move out of the banner of nationalism, they are not afraid that they will not be able to pull the ranks.

Garibaldi at this time was very contemptuous of Radetzky's tactics, and 4,000 of the 5,000 men in the vanguard were Italians, and only a few hundred Germans.

He felt that Radetzky was using the Italians as cannon fodder, and that there were not enough people sent to monitor the war.

Garibaldi had already experienced a defeat in the Holy War launched by the Papal States, and there was no doubt that this one would be a painful defeat.

But he'll definitely bring his own people back, not like last time.

However, from the very beginning, the fighting between the two sides entered a white-hot phase, and the number of casualties continued to increase.

Seeing that the familiar faces were disappearing, Garibaldi quietly began his own actions, persuading the soldiers to revolt and join the side of justice.

Garibaldi felt that although France and Austria were both invaders to the Italians, France, which believed in freedom, democracy, and equality, was obviously more noble than Austria.

However, Garibaldi changed his mind after a battle, and after capturing a stronghold, the Austrian army went to a nearby mountain village to rent houses to rest and house the wounded.

But when Garibaldi arrived at the village and found corpses and charred houses, he instinctively believed that the Austrians had carried out the massacre.

The German officer who led the group said that it was already like this when they came, and Garibaldi could not believe it, and he pointed a gun at his commander.

Sergeant Karen: "Sergeant Giuseppe, I can swear to God, I really haven't done it. ”

"your God of the Germans! You demon who only slaughters civilians! ”

"I vouch for my family's reputation, I have not killed an unarmed civilian!"

"Demons will believe you! Your reputation is worth a few more bucks! ”

"How dare you question my reputation!"

For a while, the two teams were tense, and just a little more excitement would trigger a large-scale conflict.

At this time, Riberio walked over and slapped Garibaldi in the face.

"Look at these bodies, look at these ruins, did this happen in a matter of hours? Sergeant Cullen's attack sequence was behind us, how could he possibly do this? ”

Garibaldi looked at the white corpses and the temperatureless ashes, and he knew that the tragedy was not the work of Sergeant Cullen, but the day before the troops who had been stationed there had withdrawn.

But Garibaldi did not want to believe it, he preferred to believe that it was all a conspiracy of the Germans.

In fact, Garibaldi had heard from his captives many times that the French were inappropriate in the Kingdom of Sardinia, but he thought that it might be a rumor, or that some Sardinians might be a false enemy, or that it might be a necessary evil in war.

However, in the remote mountain village, every house was looted, the well was full of corpses of men, women and children, and all the female corpses were stripped naked.

The bodies were mainly concentrated in the church, and it was clear that this was a premeditated massacre rather than an accidental conflict.

Pointing a gun at a comrade is taboo in any army, but Sergeant Giuseppe was demoted and not directly shot.

All this was thanks to the intercession of Sergeant Cullen, who did not know Garibaldi's identity, and only thought that the other party thought that he had slaughtered civilians, so he pulled out his gun out of righteous indignation.

Although he was not shot directly, Garibaldi was incorporated into the outright cannon fodder unit, and the soldiers gave them a more figurative name, the "Suicide Squad".

They will be thrown directly into battle against the enemy's hilltop fortress, win or die, and if they dare to retreat, their own sharpshooters will shoot them; If they hesitate, they will also die; If they try to flee the battlefield, they will be chased by the Warlords.

However, it has to be said that Garibaldi's luck and ability are really very strong, and he actually led a group of scum and deserters to successfully capture the most difficult fortress in the Ligurian Pass.

However, after entering the Genoa region, Garibaldi was not at all happy, because there was a devastation as far as the eye could see.

Almost all villages and towns have been plundered, and although there has been no massacre like the one that preceded it, the lives of the locals are visibly miserable.

Beggars were everywhere, and every time he entered a town, countless women had to pull his stubble-faced lame man just for a full meal or a few supes.

At this time, the economic relations between the Kingdom of Sardinia and France were quite close, so the monetary systems of the two countries were almost identical.

1 lira = 1 franc

1 Supe = 1 Su

1 dhanaro = 1 raw ding

1 lira = 20 supé = 240 tanaro

Garibaldi used all his and Riberio's savings to help the poor, but it was only a drop in the bucket.

The French army was warmly welcomed by the Sardinians at first, and at the same time it was relatively well supplied, so there were not many outrageous moves.

However, with the long absence of war, and the fact that the Austrian Imperial Navy cut off the supply lines of Belvie's army, there was no longer a guarantee of military discipline.

The Kingdom of Sardinia had already lost a lot of supplies in the war with Austria, and the people were already suffering from natural disasters and economic crises.

The last food in their hands had been used to comfort the French army, and they thought that they would not have to worry about food after the French came.

However, the reality is that the French also need them to provide food, and the consistent style of the French is to make IOUs, borrow grain, collect it if it can't be borrowed, and rob it if it can't be collected.

(Historically, the French did this in Italy.) ）

(End of chapter)