Make France Great Again

On June 1, 1849, the outer suburbs of Rome, the capital of the Papal States/Roman Republic.

The outskirts of Rome, shrouded in heavy rain overnight, gave off a stench and musty smell.

This is the fourteenth day after the city of Rome was besieged. Since May 17, when the "bandit army" of the French Republic [the derogatory name of the Roman Republic Volunteers for the French Republic] occupied the suburbs of Rome, the war has revolved around the suburbs of Rome.

Reinio, the commander-in-chief of the Roman Expeditionary Force, who led more than 14,000 French soldiers, fought steadily while relying on the powerful transportation capabilities of the navy to remove nearly 20 heavy artillery pieces. The purpose of coming to Rome is to protect the Roman Republic.

Of course, the Roman Republic headed by Mazzini was unwilling to believe Reinho's words.

After all, on the 16th, Reinho severely damaged their painstakingly managed National Guard in the rural area of ​​the outskirts of Rome. How can there be such a person who declares to protect the opponent and at the same time severely damages the opponent's army.

Although Mazzini was unwilling to believe Reinho's nonsense, the French soldiers were approaching the city now, and the army of the Republic urgently needed to be rectified.

Mazzini could only make false claims against Regno, while rectifying the army and writing to French comrades, hoping that they could prevent the army from invading the Republic.

The republic cannot fight the republic, this is Mazzini's appeal.

Of course, this is also the subjective factor for Mazzini's subconscious belief that the army of the Roman Republic is inferior to the French army.

As for Reinho, he also understands Mazzini's intentions, and now he also needs time to transfer some of the teams stranded in Civitavecchia.

In the first round of the battle for the outskirts of Rome, Reinho found that his 14,000-odd advance army could not completely wipe out the Roman Republic, and he had to call all the remaining troops in Civitavecchia just come.

On May 28, the envelope of Jérôme Bonaparte was delivered to General Renault.

General Renio, who had made adequate preparations, decided to follow the president's order and fight a beautiful battle of annihilation.

On the night of May 28, following the order of General Regno, the French war machine, which had been resting for more than ten days, was turned on again.

A cannon with solid shells was built overnight, and it was completely built around three o'clock in the morning.

During the period, the Roman Republic also discovered Reinio's work,

Under the leadership of Garibaldi, the only remaining commander of the Roman Republic, they formed a death squad, trying to break into the artillery array and destroy the cannon.

This action was blocked by the French army, and the two sides fought in the suburban streets, blood spattering on the streets and walls.

A pair of strangers who didn't know each other originally, and even said that they didn't have any deep hatred, have become life-and-death opponents under the guidance of the government.

The French army, the largest owner in continental Europe, quickly pushed the army of the Roman Republic to several of their inherent strategic locations.

Following General Reinho's order, all the muzzles were directed at several strategic locations and city walls in the city of Rome.

A huge roar from a cannon woke up the residents of the Roman Republic. The first round of uncalibrated firing guns ejected from the chamber, and some off-track solid shells "just happened" to cross the inner city wall and hit their apartments. .

The cannon carrying the huge impact hit the owner of the room before he could react, and the body of the owner who only had the thought of "Where am I? Who am I" was instantly smashed to pieces by the solid shell, leaving only There was a cloud of blood mist and a pool of fuzzy blood-red flesh foam on the wall.

Such a situation was very common in Rome on the night of the 28th. Under the salvo of nearly 20 cannons, not to mention them, even Mazzini, the ruler of the Roman Republic, was almost killed.

Mazzini, who boarded the wall of the Roman Republic, ordered the soldiers on the wall to fight back. The soldiers on the wall could only reply falteringly. Their artillery and range cannot overwhelm the French Republic at all. Instead of firing at them now, it is better to save their strength , wait for the French Republic to approach and then attack.

Mazzini had no choice but to give up the plan to fight back, and the cannon fire lasted for nearly an hour before stopping.

At this time, the city of Rome looked like a goddess whose face had been cut, leaving only ruins and wailing from time to time.

"They will definitely pay for it!" Looking at Rome, which was already full of ruins, Mazzini's expression was full of resentment.

Perhaps God did not want to see the Roman Republic perish so soon.

In the early morning of May 29th, under the raid of the soldiers of the French Republic, the key outpost defenses of the Roman Republic, Villa Kearney, Villa Pamphili, and the barricades near Mount Yanikulum were lost.

On the evening of the 29th, under the order of Regno, the artillery array moved to Mount Janikulum. Anyone with a little military knowledge knew that General Regno was about to launch a general attack on the Roman Republic.

Just as General Reinho was about to continue his attack and smash the suburbs into the inner city, a large group of dark clouds appeared over Rome and enveloped the Roman rain in the suburbs. Lightning and rumbling thunder appeared in the clouds.

Judging from the thickness of the clouds, a heavy rain is inevitable, and rainy days are obviously not conducive to launching a general offensive.

Reinho could only give up the attack on the city of Rome and ordered the cannons to be guarded.

It rained for nearly two days, and finally cleared up on the night of June 1st.

The night with a bright moon hanging in the sky looked particularly deserted, and the storm from France started in the desert.

At 8 o'clock in the evening on June 1, General Regno issued an order to the expeditionary force to march into Rome.

The cannons in the artillery array started again, this time their mu yield was not the inner city of Rome, but the walls surrounding the city of Rome.

More than 40 cannons loaded with solid shells fired towards the city wall at the same time.

After a round of volleys, the Roman city walls were quickly blown out once there was a gap.

Edgar Ney, who was in charge of the commander of the raiding force, pulled out his command knife and shouted: "March into Rome, hang Mazzini!"

The sharp and cold command knife flickered under the moonlight, making one feel a chill rushing into his heart.

Seeing this, the surrounding commanders also raised their command knives and shouted vigorously: "March into Rome and hang Mazzini!"

Thousands of soldiers armed with MTL1842 front-loading guns, led by their respective commanders, formed a confrontation and rushed towards the gap like locusts.

In the city of Rome, under the leadership of Garibaldi, the National Guard and Volunteers gathered at the gap, wearing various troops and holding "Made in All Nations" rifles.

Garibaldi is making his final mobilization speech: "Soldiers, you are fighting for the Republic! Fighting for thousands of Italians, France has betrayed their faith, and their army has degenerated into a An army full of "bandits" and "careerists"!

I see the vitality of the new army in you. Although our weapons are not as good as theirs, I believe that the depraved "bandit army" cannot fight against an army with ideals and vigor! Their failure is inevitable, and I will take the lead in this battle with you! "

After finishing his speech, Garibaldi clenched his fists and shouted loudly: "Long live Italy, long live the Roman Republic!"

The National Guards and Volunteers present are a group of vigorous troops who are eager to dedicate everything to the unification of Italy.

Inspired by Garibaldi, they also shouted loudly: "Long live Italy, long live the Roman Republic! Down with the French bandits!"

This loud voice seemed to contain a kind of power that could shake the heavens and the earth. It passed through the Roman city wall and reached the ears of the French army.

There was a small wave of riots in the French army on the march, and some newcomers to the army couldn't help but doubt the justice of the war.

However, under the veteran's "friendly" leather shoes and the commander's commanding knife, they dared not think too much about attacking the gap.

General Renio, who used the artillery array as a command post, frowned slightly when he saw this, and he pointed to the gap and gave an order to the artillery commander beside him: "Fire all the cannons at that one, I want to see them How can we defeat our army!"

"Yes!" The regiment commander in charge of the artillery array acted quickly.

Another salvo, this time loaded with shot instead of solid shells.

The shotgun that entered the inner city through the gap exploded the moment it hit the ground, and the countless shrapnel hidden in the shotgun shot in all directions.

"Be careful!" The soldiers beside Garibaldi threw Garibaldi to the ground in an instant.

"ah!"

Garibaldi, whose body was pressed against the ground, could only hear countless wailing sounds coming from his ears.

After reacting, Garibaldi wanted to get the soldiers up, and he wanted to continue the war.

Only then did he realize that the soldier who jumped on him was dead.

The blood merged with the soldier's red uniform, and the sad Garibaldi gently pushed the dead soldier away and stood up again.

As the vanguard against France, the sharp-knife soldiers suffered heavy casualties under Regnio's artillery strikes.

These were all teams brought out by him, and some followed him to fight the Austrians in Lombardy. Those who survived the feudal autocratic monarchy died in the hands of their "compatriots" who were also republics.

Thinking of this, Garibaldi's heart felt like bleeding.

"Hang Mazzini!"

A hoarse shout pulled Garibaldi out of his grief and anger. Garibaldi adjusted his mentality and wanted to gather the remaining troops to block the French troops.

"General, let's go! We can't stop them!" The bloodied adjutant grabbed Garibaldi's arm and shouted vigorously.

"I..." Garibaldi glanced at the remaining soldiers beside him. He knew that even if he fought to the death here, he would be able to stop the French soldiers more and more. He could only gradually retreat to the inner city and rely on the streets to fight against the residents of Rome. is the most effective way.

"well!"

Even though Garibaldi had thousands of unwillingness in his heart, it could only be turned into a powerless sigh at the moment.

"withdraw!"

Under Garibaldi's order, the remaining Roman Republic troops had to give up blocking the gap.

Like the tide, the French army occupied the gap led by Edgar Ney.

"Tell the commander, we have opened up the road to the inner city and need instructions for the next step!"

Edgar Ney wiped the sweat from his forehead and ordered to the soldiers beside him.

"yes!"

The soldiers who received Edgar Ney's order quickly set off for General Regno.