Just as the Ferdinand was preparing to attack, the Caesar raised the white flag, much to the surprise of the Austro-Hungarian navy.

With the surrender of the Caesar, the other ships also gave up resistance, the Adriatic naval battle ended completely, and the Adriatic sea power completely fell into the hands of Austria-Hungary.

At this time, the Italian Navy had already sunk three of its main warships, and now that it had surrendered, the Austro-Hungarian Navy, which had just returned the dead, began to fish for people in the sea.

The threat from the sea was lifted, and the 50,000 troops already prepared in the port of Trieste were about to depart, and they would be transported with merchant ships to the east coast of Italy to open a third battlefield, and together with the forces of the Papal States, they would take the eastern part of the Kingdom of Italy.

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Inside the city of Venice.

The sound of artillery fire is really difficult for the inhabitants of the city, and death may come at any time, it is all a matter of luck.

A supply point where Venetian citizens buy food and necessities according to the arrangements of the municipality.

A few temporary armed hired personnel are responsible for maintaining order.

"Mr. Aros, the price of this flour is too high! It's twice as expensive as yesterday. ”

"Just say if you want it! Now because of the war, the whole city is short of food, and the kingdom army is more than 100,000 people, where does the food come from? It was not requisitioned from the Venetian region, and the grain was collected from the countryside at our risk. Aros yelled impatiently at the crowd.

"That's not right, isn't it? Monsieur Aros, isn't this pizza brand flour a product of our Venetian origins, but also from the Venetian countryside? A citizen asked, pointing to cheap flour imported from East Africa.

"Of course, this is the previous inventory, and that's all there is left."

"Venice is also a port city, and the sea routes are not cut off! There are still ships coming in and out of the dock in the morning, how can there be a shortage of food? ”

"There are ships and there are ships, but they are not ships carrying grain, and now there is a fight at sea, and the enemy can destroy it when he sees it, no matter what he does, so only the brave dare to take risks." Aros explained.

In fact, Aros is complete nonsense, and Austria-Hungary did not blockade the Adriatic Sea at all.

"Mr. Aros, can it be cheaper? After the outbreak of the war, the factory where I worked was shut down, and now I don't get any salary. ”

"If you love to buy it or not, you don't buy it, some people buy it, and in times of war, you can't go wrong with storing some food."

"Mr. Aros! We can also pay for it, but the question is why is this pizza brand flour the same price as other flour? Usually it's the cheapest! ”

"Now that the market is out of stock, you don't want to see that pizza was cheap before, and now it is in short supply, let alone flour! How much difference the taste can be, maybe you can just take this bite! Aros explained.

There were still people in the crowd who were dissatisfied, and Aros was not used to it, so he took out his pen and crossed out the original price in full view of everyone, and increased it by another twenty percent.

Aros said arrogantly: "Don't be embarrassed, now the whole city is out of stock, and I still pick and choose, I now announce that the price will be raised every half day, if you want to spend less, pay the bill quickly, otherwise you won't even have a chance to regret it later." ”

As soon as Aros said this, sure enough, everyone couldn't take care of it, it was better to grab a batch of food and save it first, and the more the better.

Although the price was expensive for the inhabitants of Venice, who knows how long this war would last.

Although the sales price given by Aros is very high, it is really "conscience" for the citizens of Venice, it is not that Aros is kind-hearted, but that his peers are darker, Aros is not a pure Italian grain merchant, but only came into contact with this business last year, when East Africa vigorously promoted the export of cheap grain, so he saw business opportunities, so he vigorously imported cheap grain from East Africa from Austria-Hungary, and then sold it in Italy.

Since the lockdown was passed at a city council meeting five days ago, the city government bosses have divided the city of Venice, and then the families and businesses behind them have monopolized the interests in their respective areas.

The Aros family is in charge of a western part of the city, and all the residents are governed in this area, except for the workers of their own enterprises and the thugs of the Aros family, and their freedom is restricted.

As for the complaints of the citizens, the bigwigs of Venice have long thought of a plan to dump the blame, and the man behind the blame is none other than General Raffaele Cadorna, the supreme commander of the army of the Kingdom of Italy.

So they preached to the citizens of Venice that because of the war, General Rafaele Cadorna declared martial law throughout the city, and that the inhabitants were not allowed to go out into the streets at will, and that they could only pass freely until they were notified by the military or issued by the government, that is, by a pass.

And how to get the certificate, you can go to the government outlets to apply and give approval, but the process! That's quite slow, and there is a time limit, is there a way to get a pass quickly, and there is, you can pay for it at a designated place, and the money is in place, and it will pass immediately.

If they don't have a pass, if they are found, they will be punished as spies, either by paying a fine once, or by going to "reform" for a month.

Of course, this caused dissatisfaction among the citizens of Venice, but the citizens also put this account on the heads of the Italian military, and as for the city government, they were also out of "helplessness", after all, no matter how powerful the city government was, it was impossible to oppose the will of General Rafaele Cadorna, who had an army of more than 100,000 troops, all of which was instructed by General Rafaele Cadorna.

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Florence.

The Austro-Hungarian Expeditionary Force had launched an attack on the area three days earlier, but with the help of the walls and the resistance of the improvised army, Emmanuel II's government waited for reinforcements from the west. Seeing that he could not do anything, Lieutenant General Karl led the expeditionary force and left.

But after the Austro-Hungarian expeditionary force attacked Florence, now the entire Italian kingdom is panicked, and there is an enemy in the capital, which is not a big blow to the entire Italian kingdom, fortunately, the Austro-Lunar expeditionary force is not numerous, and there are few heavy weapons, so Florence was not taken, otherwise the war could have ended in the defeat of the Italian kingdom in advance.

Because of this incident, Emmanuel II is now more interested in the defense of Florence, and the newly mobilized Italian-French border defenders are responsible for the defense of the city.

And where did the Austro-Hungarian expeditionary force, which did not capture Florence, go?

The answer is the former Kingdom of Sardinia, the basic plate of the royal family of the Kingdom of Italy, Lieutenant General Karl led his troops to start wanton destruction in the territory of the former Kingdom of Sardinia, especially factories and cities, the entire Kingdom of Sardinia was made by the Austro-Kharid Expeditionary Force, but the Kingdom of Italy was powerless against the Austro-Kharid Expeditionary Force, and they were also afraid that this was the Austro-Hungarian Expeditionary Force's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, in case the army left Florence on the front foot, what if they attacked again.

(End of chapter)