The Sun Never Sets In Spain

The time came on November 9th. After the Austro-Hungarian Empire hurriedly occupied the entire territory of Venecia, it immediately launched an attack on the Po River defense line.

A total of 200,000 people were dispatched in this offensive against Austria-Hungary.

However, the 200,000 army is no longer enough on the current Austrian-Italian battlefield. With the newly enlisted militias and the newly trained recruits, Italy has 350,000 available troops on this battlefield.

At this time, the number of the army in Italy has exceeded 400,000, if not counted as a colony, it is more than France.

For Italy, which is not strong in industrial capacity, lacks resources, and is still blocked, this is indeed an amazing number.

The wars in Western Europe and Southern Europe can be regarded as letting people understand how dangerous it is to go to war with a major nation, but this also strengthened the determination of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to maimed its opponents at once.

In Italy, due to Spain’s release of captives, it was barely able to maintain the original size of the establishment, and there would be no wonder that a battalion expanded from 500 to 800.

But precisely in order to maintain the original organization, most officers have been upgraded on the original basis, and some have been upgraded by more than one level.

A platoon leader was in charge of dozens of people, and suddenly asked him to manage hundreds of people. It was amazing to be able to give orders accurately.

Not to mention that quite a few of them have been doing coolies for more than a year. They are good at building roads, and no one can tell how much fighting ability is left.

But more people are power.

There are nearly twice as many people as the opponent, or the defensive side. As long as they can issue compliant rifles, no matter how high the military literacy of the opponent is, there is still a battle to be fought.

Moreover, although the newly enlisted militias lack training, their will to fight is extremely tenacious.

The morale of working for money and compulsory military service cannot be compared with the morale of joining the army spontaneously and defending the country.

As the first region to be annexed by the Kingdom of Sardinia, the people of Lombardy had a strong centripetal force for Italy. They had revolutionized long before the War of Unification in Italy.

If it weren't for being dissatisfied with Austrian rule, the revolution would not have happened.

One is the invader trying to regain the glory, and the other is the righteous man who defends the country. This war is doomed from the very beginning to its cruelty-cruelty to the European side.

On the first day of the war, the two sides filled the entire front, and hundreds of thousands of troops fought on the Po Plain.

The Po Plain is the largest plain in Southern Europe. There are many rivers on it, which not only nourishes the most beautiful land in Italy, but also gives Italy the capital to build a defense line along the river.

However, the terrain of the Po Plain is too wide, and the number of troops that can be accommodated is almost second only to Northern France and Eastern Europe.

If the scale of the battlefield is too large, it will be difficult to guarantee foolproof.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire, with the Royal Hungarian Defense Force as the forefront force, adopted a series of measures to forcibly cross the river.

Of course there are failures, but the Hungarian army is a special army independent of other military systems in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It is not under the command of the Imperial War Department, but belongs to the Local Defense Department of the Kingdom of Hungary.

This has brought certain difficulties to coordination, but everything has disadvantages and advantages. As a national army, they also have a tenacious fighting spirit and strong cohesion that other Austro-Hungarian armies do not possess.

Moreover, the Hungarian nation can be said to be one of the most virtuous nations in Europe. It has not feared death on the battlefield and has repeatedly broken through the Italian defense line.

But soon, they will be pushed down the river by Italian troops from other places.

In this cruel and **** tug-of-war, the two sides dropped at least 50,000 bodies within 24 hours.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire is on the rushing side, but their military quality is relatively high, and the battle damage ratio is not too ugly. It is probably maintained at a level of 2.2:2.8. Austro-Hungary has a slight disadvantage, but it is harmless.

This is the last glory of the Austro-Hungarian Army. Since these few years, due to the blockade of the Budapest Parliament of Hungary on the increase of military expenditure and the bureaucracy prevailing within the Austro-Hungarian military, the army's combat effectiveness can be said to be deteriorating.

Until World War I, Austro-Hungary's industrial level was quite good, but the army's combat effectiveness was quite hip, and it could only fight against the rotten Tsarist army.

But that was all later. Nearly 30,000 people died on the first day, but the offensive of the Austro-Hungarian army never stopped.

From day to night, and from night to day, the entire Po River seemed to be stained red with blood.

As all countries sent military observers and war correspondents, the results of the Po River War quickly spread throughout Europe.

When the news reached Madrid, Alfonso couldn't help but be stunned. One France and one Italy were just as if they were broken into the mainland.

Fortunately, Western Italy does not have a border, and northern Italy is more important than southern Italy, Italy has decided to smash with the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Without the meat shield of Austria-Hungary to attract hatred, even with naval superiority, it would be impossible for tens of thousands of people to survive landing operations.

"So many people are still beating?" Campos was also shocked after reading the report.

After playing the law for so long, there is no battle that can kill 50,000 people at a time. Usually, it is a remnant of the normal university, and a confrontation is over.

You know, this is not 50,000 dead or injured, but 50,000 dead. There is a big difference between the two.

"Such a fierce battle between Italy and Austria will certainly not last long, but the land confrontation between big powers is too cruel." Alfonso shook his head, and looked at Campos, both of them were a little grateful.

Campos felt the same way: "Fortunately, Spain has an excellent geographical location, and it is very difficult for a war of annihilation to happen."

Hearing this, Alfonso looked at the picture of the situation in Italy on the wall. Not only was Veneto painted white (Ozman), but the southern part was also painted with dots of purple. It was Naples, which was formed by the rebels.

If you look closely, you can find that there are some differences between purple and purple, one is the Republic of Naples, the other is the Kingdom of Naples.

The number of cities in the Republic and Kingdom is about 50-50.

After staring at the map and thinking for a while, Alfonso called Garcia over.

As the war in Spain was almost stagnant, Garcia, the Minister of the Army, was one of the best during this time, either training troops in Madrid or patrolling troops in Barcelona.

Campos had already left when Garcia arrived, and Alfonso handed him the military order he had just signed. The content was to stop the blockade of the Western Mediterranean.

"This is……"

"Prepare to negotiate a peace with Italy." Alfonso said bluntly: "After the blockade is lifted and the exchange of prisoners is completed, it is expected to make peace with Italy before the 13th.

Of course, this has nothing to do with you. I asked you to prepare the army. After peace with Italy, we will set out to save France. "

"So anxious? Didn't Britain disagree with our plan?" Campos was a little puzzled: "And shouldn't wait until the Battle of Po is over? We and France alone can't beat Prussia now."

Alfonso pointed to the purple dots: "Italy has lost control of the rebels. The day the Battle of Po River failed was the day Naples was rebuilt.

At that time, my distant cousin said that he could not speak the control of Sosicily. After all, the orthodoxy of Bourbon and Sicily is in his hands, which may cause trouble.

Although it is not too much trouble, there is no need to implement it. "

"The British basically gave up, and Austria-Hungary decided to go deep into the front. Then Italy would not be able to entangle us on the issue of Southern Italy.

As for not being able to fight...I didn't let you start a fight with Prussia immediately. The formation of the Self-Defense Forces in South France was a bit chaotic, so you led your troops to help them. "