War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Just as Sandor Roy and Eric Lange were preparing to fight, the hussar who was captured with the former spoke.

"I know everything!"

𝟼𝟿Book Bar

"You know everything?"

Eric Lange asked with a smile, handing the hussar a cigarette.

"Of course! I know all about János Damojanic's troops, supplies, manning, and even where he lives! I also know that Janosh Damojanic will launch a second attack!

This time it’s just a tentative attack.”

The hussar was also extremely tough and spoke a lot in one breath. The most terrible thing was that he was speaking in German, which made Sandor Roy's face change drastically.

"You scum of the Hungarian nation!"

Sandor Roy's words blurted out, but the militia commander Eric ignored him. Instead, he walked over and patted the hussar on the shoulder.

"Brother, do you speak German?"

The hussar also knew very well and said immediately.

"My grandmother was German."

"Then you are ours!

In fact, from an Austrian perspective, the hussar's German was much better than the commander Eric's. As Eric spoke, he patted the hussar on the shoulder and continued.

"Brother, you don't know, right? Now the British, the French, and those liberal clowns have all failed.

His Majesty the Emperor's million-strong army is about to march eastward, and the separatists will surely fail! "

Although there was some bragging in Eric's words, judging from the surprised expressions of the two Hungarians, it was clear that they did not know the real situation, otherwise they would not have foolishly carried out a sneak attack.

In fact, Eric underestimated the Hungarian government's confidentiality of intelligence, because even the commander János Damojanic did not know what was happening outside.

They thought that the Austrian Empire was involved in the German Civil War and was unable to extricate itself. At this time, as long as it showed enough strength, it could be exchanged for a contract, and Hungary could make another desperate comeback, at least gaining complete autonomy.

According to the Hungarian government at this time, it was the Austrian Empire that bound Hungary. As long as it could become independent, it would be able to surpass France and catch up with Britain economically, and its people would be like dragons.

The most important thing is that the Austrians are at the end of their game. As long as the Hungarians speak louder, they will reconsider how to deal with Hungary.

The reason why slavery in Hungary has not been resolved is because the Austrians were obstructing it. In fact, the Hungarian government's method of liberating the serfs at this time was very crude.

They wanted to allocate land to the serfs, but on the one hand, the big nobles and big landowners did not agree, and at the same time, the government could not come up with the money to redeem it. In the end, it had to give up halfway because of too much resistance.

In fact, the most ideal result of abolishing slavery is to increase the supply of cheap labor in the city. However, due to war and excessive poverty of the people at the bottom, there is a lack of market for goods.

The factory was in its infancy and could not absorb so much labor. In the end, Kossuth finally came up with a perfect solution.

That is to let serfs join the army to seize the living space of other ethnic groups, which not only solves the problem of refugees but also solves the problem of lack of soldiers.

However, these temporary serfs are no different than the Hungarian regular troops who only have five rounds of live ammunition training a year. Their shooting accuracy on the battlefield is pitifully low.

Discipline and morale are also extremely unstable. Sometimes they are like beasts out of their cages, and sometimes they are worse than mice.

Due to the influence of Magyarism, armies composed of serfs often massacred other ethnic groups on the land, because only in this way can the serfs' own interests be maximized.

The extreme practices of the serfs were endorsed by Magyarism, and they did achieve some results in the early stages. Their brutal behavior was also praised as a representative of the Hunnic tradition.

However, as the war progressed, various ethnic groups in the St. Stephen's Crown Territory began to awaken. Coupled with the intervention of the Austrian Empire, the army composed of serfs was finally no longer invincible.

On the other hand, the backwardness of Hungary's armaments was also an important reason for their failure. The Austrian Empire carried out four weapons upgrades after joining the German Zollverein in 1836.

However, the Hungarian government has not updated its equipment. After all, it costs money to update equipment, so at this time the Hungarians are still using weapons produced by Austria half a century ago.

Thanks to the huge benefits brought by the German Customs Union, the first thing Count Latour did after receiving the money was to upgrade armaments.

Moreover, this man had a very impatient temper and wanted to popularize new weapons throughout the army, so he frantically placed an order with Franz's arsenal.

These orders promoted the development of the entire military industry of the Austrian Empire, but the replaced equipment really troubled the War Department for a long time.

Fortunately, Franz was willing to repurchase it at a quarter of the cost price. This not only solved an urgent need for the War Department, but also found a source of weapons for the colonies and royal territories.

That was why the royal estate could accumulate enough equipment to arm hundreds of thousands of people. As for whether Franz had planned this from the beginning, no one knew.

In addition to equipment and external reasons, the self-awareness of the Hungarian serfs was also gradually awakening. They began to long for peace and their share of the land.

In fact, what the serfs wanted was an equal distribution of land, not just an equal distribution of the land they had conquered.

After all, according to the theory of Great Magyarism, all the land in Hungary belongs to every free Magyar.

The land in the hands of the nobles and land capitalists should naturally belong to the Magyars. They only ask for the rights they deserve.

The vested interest groups in Hungary naturally could not agree to this approach, but at this time they dared not, let alone ignore the demands of the serfs, because once they rejected these hundreds of thousands of serfs with the legacy of the Huns, they would find out who their enemies were.

The word "riding a tiger and being difficult to get off" is the most suitable to describe the state of the Hungarian government at this time.

It has to be said that the great Mr. Kossuth's speech is still very good, so he had to give three high-intensity speeches and debates every day, only in this way could he temporarily suppress the anger of the serfs.

In fact, the members of the Hungarian Parliament have realized the problem of weapons since the beginning of the war, and have added funds many times.

However, Hungarian arsenals can still only produce two light artillery pieces and 1,200 rifles a month at most.

The magic is that no matter how much is invested in Hungarian arsenals, it only increases the unit price, not the output, and the profit is still very high.

This is what the Hungarian arsenal looked like in history. From before the war to the end of the war, it took more than a year and the production capacity did not increase at all.

We can only say that history is just a coincidence, or there is no coincidence at all. In short, this situation is beneficial to the Austrian Empire.

Back to the New Silesian Command, Eric looked at the confused Hungarian Hussars around him and said kindly.

"Brother, don't worry. We will save your family. Tell us what you know, and if everything is true, you will be credited first."

Then he turned around and pointed at Sandor Roy and said.

"He is useless, pull him to fill the cesspool."

Santor Roy shouted immediately when he saw that the situation was not good.

"Don't! My grandmother is also a German! I have more important information to tell you!"