War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Debrecen was in chaos, and people had completely lost their minds. There were wars everywhere in the city. People picked up all possible weapons to start looting supplies, and then ran out of the city.

In fact, ordinary Hungarians had already reached their limits, but they had been restrained by harsh laws and moral shackles.

At this time, nothing mattered. They just wanted to survive. They didn't want to be like the citizens of Buda and Pest, and they didn't want to become abandoned children and sacrifices.

People like Bajany had fled, so what was there for them to insist on?

The reason why the army couldn't suppress it was not because of insufficient troops or poor arrangements, but because it was not only civilians who wanted to run away.

In order to survive, everyone took out all their skills. Even the armies exchanged fire, and the order that Kossuth had painstakingly maintained completely collapsed at this moment.

In addition to those who fled frantically and those who maintained order, there was also a group of people who took the opportunity to rape and plunder, which really inherited the characteristics of the "Hungarians".

Kossuth's heart also collapsed. He didn't know what he was doing. He was obviously doing it for the good of the Hungarian nation.

How could he be led into an abyss of no return?

Kossuth thought of those like-minded friends, who had overlooked the city from the bell tower, expressed their ambitions, and described the bright future of the Republic of Hungary.

Fedofi, Ferenc, why did you all leave?

Ferenc, Kossuth's close friend, but the two had different political opinions and eventually parted ways.

Kossuth thought of those predecessors who helped him, Szechenyi and Banyat. He was once just an insignificant little man, a small lawyer with poor business and winning rate.

But those big men who were unattainable at the time regarded him as the hope of Hungary, constantly encouraged and funded him, and even pulled him out of prison.

No matter what means Metternich used, they would protect themselves. As long as they did not leave Hungary, no one could judge them.

Kossuth thought of his followers, Qiutkalai, Bajany, and the countless eyes that expected him.

Once upon a time, every word he said would be copied by someone, and regarded as the truth, and even defended with his life.

But everything is gone.

Was it really his fault?

"No! I just did it for Hungary! For freedom! I just want to defend it! Protect it!"

Kossuth suddenly shouted.

"It's the weak willed ones who are wrong! It's the villains who are bought by petty gains! It's the short-sighted nobles who are wrong! It's the cowards who flee from the battlefield!

I'm right!"

Three days later.

Heinau climbed a high ground and looked at the city in front of him. Although it was temporarily reinforced, it was still not magnificent.

In fact, even Budapest was not comparable to a majestic city in the eyes of a military strategist like Heinau, but whether it was a majestic city or not, the result would not be much different.

After all, Heinau had 250,000 troops at this time, and the entire Austrian Empire was behind him.

And what about Kossuth?

Debrecen, which originally had only 50,000 people, was crammed with 200,000 people by Kossuth in a short period of time, and less than 20,000 people escaped within three days.

How many of the remaining 20,000 people are real combat soldiers? According to intelligence, the logistics of the Hungarian army had collapsed long ago, and now they have lost a large number of important cities, and their bullets are running out.

As for weapons and equipment, even in the early stages of the war, the Hungarians' armaments were not qualified to be compared with Austria.

Of course, Heinau would not underestimate the enemy or want to win without fighting.

Because the order he received was to completely destroy the city of Debrecen, refuse anyone's surrender, and do not need any prisoners. Franz wanted to leave no grass behind.

Destroying a city sounds a bit crazy, but Franz's approach is actually very kind. After all, if the civil war is like this, it would not be surprising if the army of other countries destroyed all the cities along the way.

(For details, please refer to the practice of a certain world lighthouse in its civil war.)

"Do we need to continue digging trenches?"

A group of young officers asked enthusiastically, after all, they seemed to be getting more and more skilled at this.

In fact, digging trenches was Franz's request. Franz knew how military technology would develop in the future, and he knew how cruel future wars would be.

A well-digged trench might save their lives at a critical moment, and it could increase the fault tolerance rate when firepower was superior.

"Dig!"

Heinau cursed angrily.

From his tactical point of view, siege and trench digging were a complete waste of time, and real men should fight in the wild.

But Heinau was a relatively pure soldier, and obeying the orders of his superiors was engraved in his bones. No matter how ridiculous these orders sounded, he would choose to execute them.

As for Heinau personally, he admired Franz very much. If Franz had not been there in the Brescia incident, Heinau knew very well what he would encounter.

But no matter what he encountered, he would make the same choice. Originally, Heinau had already made up his mind to end his military career, but after Franz's actions, he became a hero instead.

Franz's words also deeply influenced Heinau, and after hearing about some of the former's deeds intermittently, the latter believed that the former must be the hero among heroes.

In Debrecen, Kossuth personally walked up to the city wall and spoke to his last loyal subjects.

"We are descendants of the greatest nation in the world - the Huns. Our ancestors will only move forward, never retreat, and will die on the way to charge!

We will be like our ancestors today, and God will bless us! When they attack the city, we will start to counterattack and let them see how powerful we are!"

"Long live the Hun Empire!"

"Long live the Hun Empire!"

At this time, the only people left in Debrecen were the diehards of Kossuth and the Hun Empire, as well as some people who would definitely be liquidated. They knew that success or failure depended on this one move. If the Hun Empire perished, they would also lose their place to stay.

Hainau did not give Kossuth too many opportunities to speak. After the heavy artillery and rocket launchers were in place, they began to fire.

The shells fell to the ground and exploded, blowing the ancient city walls into stone chips and people into blood and flesh. The seemingly thick city walls were like tofu dregs at this time, and they would break at the touch.

The morale that had been finally boosted had long since disappeared. Most of the defenders were hiding behind the parapets, shivering and trying to avoid the artillery fire that was raining down like raindrops.

Several rockets flew over the city wall and fell into the city like meteors, quickly igniting the wooden buildings in the city. The fire spread rapidly and billowing black smoke rose.

The city of Debrecen had already been in chaos. Some people were fleeing in panic, some were fighting back in vain on the top of the city, and some were busy putting out the fire and rescuing property.

However, the worst was the guards waiting for the charge behind the city gate. Kossuth's guards were composed of young students and nobles. They rode the only remaining war horses in Debrecen and prepared to launch a counterattack when the Austrian army approached, killing the other side by surprise.

Unfortunately, the wooden gate wrapped in iron sheets could not withstand the power of the new firearms at all. While being blown up, the gate that was supposed to play a protective role eventually turned into countless deadly wood chips and iron pieces.