Chapter 28: The Battle of Savigliano

At the same time in Turin.

Bellevue slapped the military report he had just received directly on the table, and he retreated to the throne in disbelief.

The rebels dared to set up an ambush between Turin and Savillano, which means that the rebels had already broken through the Savigliano line.

So will those rebels and guerrillas attack Turin directly?

This question was deeply rooted in Bellevue's heart at this moment, and he could no longer bear it.

"Bring General Razi and his guards back immediately!"

"But Your Excellency Marshal, if we return from the front, then the Austrians will definitely attack, and we will definitely face the dilemma of insufficient troops at that time."

"Didn't you say whoever moves first will lose?"

Belvey asked sharply, but the experts of the St. Cyr Military Academy were not ordinary people, they were used to arguing with others, so they said not to be outdone.

"Your Excellency, this time, that time. The strength of the Austrians has increased by nearly 200,000, while we have drawn 60,000 men from the front, and the difference in strength between the two sides is so great that it has departed from the general concept of tactics."

"Don't tell me that you don't need it, and I'll ask you if you can't beat the old man on the other side of the river!"

Bellevue is a politician who is not good at technical debates, so turning technical issues into confidence issues is what he is good at.

Agitation is his usual method, after all, European soldiers in this era are more face-saving, and they can also shift the responsibility to the other party in their words.

However, Bellevue forgot that this was a battlefield, and that he was dealing with a group of so-called experts, not ordinary officers.

Officers need to be accountable for their subordinates, and experts will not even be accountable for what they have said.

"The old man on the other side of the river is a famous European general, and Napoleon also failed in the past."

Belvey's words choked Belvey for a moment, and several experts looked at each other and said.

"We people are not capable, so we should return to China immediately so as not to continue to affect the layout of His Excellency the Marshal."

"You're trying to escape, aren't you?"

Bellevue would love to say this, but for now he has to keep the kingdom of Sardinia with these nerds.

The news of the beginning of negotiations between Kafenjak and Austria had reached Belvier, and although he did not know what Kafenjak had talked with the Austrians, he could have overthrown the Kafenjak government on the charge of treason when he returned home.

However, if you want to complete these Bellevues, you must have an army in your hands, without an army he can only be a defeated general, and once he returns home with a large army, he is Caesar, Napoleon, Augustus!

For this reason, he could not afford to lose these troops, let alone these lands, which were all bargaining chips with the Austrians and the cornerstone of his own domination of France.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you may have misunderstood me. We have long shared weal and woe, and at this time of crisis, it is all the more important for you and I to work together to overcome the national crisis.

As a sign of sincerity, I now appoint you to the Supreme Executive Council of the Tisuno River Front.

I hope you will hold on to your hard-won land for me in Greater France..."

Belvere coaxed the staff officers of the Saint-Cyr Military Academy to the front, and at the same time sent an emissary to prepare for a secret agreement with Austria.

Belvie's bargaining chips were, of course, the lands of the Kingdom of Sardinia, as well as the gold, silver, jewelry, and works of art he looted.

What's more important is that Belvey felt he could promise what Kafenjac couldn't, the latter preferring to be a patriot all day long, while the former had no such burden at all.

Besides, Alsace-Lorraine was no longer under the full control of France, and Bellevie did not feel the right to fight the entire German Confederation for this land.

Then he was willing to divide the Kingdom of Sardinia equally with the Austrian Empire, and Austria had no reason to disagree to such favorable terms.

Of course, Bellevue would not bear these notories, so Kafenjak had to die, as a traitor and usurper.

future

France will return to the top of the continent under his leadership, but before Belville can destroy the rebels within the Kingdom of Sardinia, otherwise he will have no bargaining chips with the Austrians.

In fact, the most important thing is that Belvier is afraid that the partisans will come and attack Turin...

Reinforcements from all directions, under Bellevue's command, flocked to Savigliano, and the French defending the city thought they would come to the center and blossom.

The defenses on the outskirts of Savillano were almost completely destroyed, and the corpses of French and Sardinian partisans were scattered on top of each other.

To be honest, Garibaldi is indeed a famous Italian player, but it is not this kind of battle that he is good at.

More than one rocket had been used up by this time for the Imperial Austrian Navy, and the main direction of attack of the city was almost in ruins.

After each bombardment, the soldiers of the Volunteers would rush forward before the smoke cleared, but the results were not satisfactory.

Each attack was fierce, but the front could not move forward.

In fact, these guerrillas had no experience in attacking cities, let alone how to do so.

On the other hand, the French army defending the city was in a Jedi situation, but they played with momentum, and they had to admit that their individual quality was much better than that of the guerrillas in Garibaldi's hands.

Especially when it came to fighting bayonets, the guerrillas were completely vulnerable in the face of a real army, and could only rely on black guns and numerical superiority to change their heads.

As a result, a staff officer proposed to organize elite troops to focus on attacking weak areas, and as long as they could tear a hole, the guerrillas would be able to pile the French to death with their numbers.

The problem is that Garibaldi has no elite in his hands, and most of those who dare to fight have died in the previous attacks.

So some people turned their attention to the Austrian regular army playing cards with cold guns on the side.

The Imperial Austrian Marines were elite, but how could these elites do cannon fodder work?

The most important thing is that without the orders of Archduke Friedrich and the General Staff, there really is not a single officer who dares to shoot all these people.

From training to selection, these elites not only consume a lot of time, but also spend a lot of money and effort accordingly.

It took the Austrian Empire only ten years to train more than 10,000 qualified marines, which shows the rigor of selection and training.

They had lost no more than 500 killed in all the battles up to 1848, but using them as cannon fodder would cost at least half of the total number of casualties, and they would not necessarily achieve their strategic objectives.

The most important thing was that this group of marines came mainly from Venice, and they had never looked down on Italians outside Venice, especially Genoese and the Sardinians who had been conquered by the Spaniards.

Garibaldi looked at Savillano, who was already in ruins, and sighed, it seemed that he had to continue his old job.

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