Chapter 373 When Selling Teammates

In Venice, top Hungarian independence organizations gather to make final preparations for the uprising. No, it was the final preparations for running.

In acting and doing a full set, the word fame and fortune in life is always inescapable.

"Lee" Stephen and others have already made almost enough money, enough to make them spend the rest of their lives comfortably, and now the most important thing is to keep their reputation.

Others can be traitors, but it is absolutely impossible for them, the top leaders of independent organizations, to do so, or let people know that they are traitors.

Otherwise, how could the Americans who contributed money and efforts let them go? Now their family business is in the United States, and they can run as missionaries but cannot run into churches.

Stephen said: "The ship has been arranged. Once the uprising fails, we will immediately go to Albania, then enter Greece by land, and then take the Ottoman Empire from the Persian Gulf to Asia, and transfer to Japan to take a boat to San Francisco."

Somra asked suspiciously: "Mr. Stephen, why do you make such a big circle? The Austrians have promised that they will only pursue a symbolic hunt, and we can go directly to the United States by boat."

Stephen explained: "Yes, the Austrians promised to let us go, but what if there was an accident?

The matter of letting us go is highly classified, and the Mediterranean area is full of Austrian naval operations. What if we are unlucky and get caught?

To reduce risk, we had to take a detour. Entering the Balkans from Venice on an unnoticed fishing boat and leaving from areas beyond the reach of Austrian power is the best option. "

In order to act more realistically, Stephen also worked hard. It can't be that all the younger brothers are unlucky, these bosses have nothing to do, only the young ones have to show the appearance of running away in a hurry.

Paul echoed: "Mr. Stephen is right, you must be cautious at this time. Returning to the United States as soon as possible is not necessarily a good thing, and now the Civil War is coming to an end.

If the federal government wins, that's all, if they lose the war, it takes countries to intervene in order to stay in power.

In that case, in order to seek help from various countries, the Lincoln administration will probably hand over all of us revolutionary organizations.

To be on the safe side, it is best to wait until things are over before returning to the United States. "

Everyone's face changed greatly. If the Americans really surrendered to the European countries and handed over all the members of the revolutionary organization in the country, their family business in the United States would be lost.

Seeing everyone's worries, Stephen comforted: "Don't worry, as long as we are still on the wanted list, no one will dare to touch everyone's property."

No one dared to rob the money of the desperados. This means that there is life to take, but no life to spend.

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Otko, a rising star of the Hungarian independence organization. Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, participated in the Civil War and served as a battalion commander.

On the battlefield, he gained a reputation for daring to fight and kill. The bigwigs of the Hungarian Independent Organization are all morally noble people who do not admire Rongli, and the heavy responsibility of directing the Venetian uprising falls on him.

Looking at the thousands of soldiers under his command, Otko was in high spirits. The only pity was the lack of weapons, which, according to Mr. Stephen, was for safety.

After all, it was on the territory of the Austrians. If there were thousands of armed men, the local garrison would have already killed them.

Otko thinks it makes sense, because the Austrian system is inherently very strict. Although there is no comprehensive ban on guns, there are also a large number of guns in the private sector, but most of them are shotguns.

Serious rifles still need to be filed at the police station and apply for a gun permit.

Not everyone can get a license, at least none of them are eligible.

It is very easy to buy guns in Austria, Venice has no less than ten gun shops, and they all sell artillery. Colonial empires, how can overseas colonial teams get along without weapons and equipment?

But weapons are easy to buy, but ammunition is not easy to handle.

If it is used for overseas colonization, it does not matter how much you want; if it is used in the mainland, you can only apply for bullets at the local police station with a gun permit.

The government severely cracks down on the existence of all privately manufactured weapons, ammunition, and arms smuggling. The police have the right to kill all participants who trade arms in the underground black market.

After a long time, everyone will get used to it. If you want to play with weapons, you can go directly to hunting grounds or clubs. As long as you have money, you can play with cannons.

There is absolutely no need to go to the black market with your head up. If you are killed as an arms dealer, there is no place to justify it.

Without a market, there is no buying and selling.

It is impossible to buy weapons and ammunition for thousands of people. So Otko, the commander-in-chief of the insurgent army, only had ten guns in his hand, including eight shotguns and two old-fashioned revolvers.

This was sponsored by the local Italians who were inclined to the revolution. There was no way to want more, but to wait for the uprising to take it from the enemy.

On February 1, 1865, several high-spirited teenagers were formulating a battle plan in the General Headquarters of the Uprising Army.

Don't look down on them when they are young. These people are the few military talents in the Hungarian independent organization, and most of them participated in the Civil War.

If the situation is not critical, the Federal Army will not let people go, and everyone knows how short of officers the Americans are now.

Ortke opened a sketch and said: "This is the information provided by Mr. Amke, although Austria allows guns, but the control of ammunition is very strict.

All weapons and equipment stores are out of ammunition. Only hunting grounds, gun clubs, police

The bureau and the local garrison have enough ammunition.

The garrison doesn't need to be considered. With the few guns in our hands, it is estimated that they will be suppressed before we can touch their gate.

The hunting grounds were far from the city, and we couldn't have rushed dozens of miles away to grab weapons and then rushed back to start an uprising.

The ammunition reserve in the gun club should not be much, and their ammunition also comes from the police station, which is basically replenished every two or three days, which cannot meet our needs.

For the uprising to succeed, we must first take down the police station and get enough ammunition. "

Having said this, Otko was very depressed. Venice's ammunition depot is actually next to the naval base, and it is impossible to seize it.

In other words, even if it is captured, it is of no use. Within the coverage of naval artillery, it will be over before they can remove the ammunition.

"Venice is not suitable for launching an uprising, you have to take a boat when you go out, and these small boats simply can't use our manpower advantages.

With these few guns in our hands, it is almost impossible to take over the police station. Even the city north branch with the smallest number of people is not something we can take down.

Moreover, these Italian mercenaries were unreliable, and in the event of a change, they were likely to flee. "

The young man who raised the objection was named Taft, who had also participated in the Civil War and had certain military knowledge.

It's just that he is too upright and has been marginalized in the revolutionary organization. If it weren't for the importance of this uprising, and he had military capabilities, he would not have a place in the headquarters.

Otko explained patiently: "Militarily, Venice is really not suitable for an uprising. Even if it is occupied here, this city on the water is still under the threat of the Austrian Navy.

But we have to do it politically, and the military has to serve politics. To achieve impressive results, the organization decided to launch an uprising in Milan and Venice at the same time.

Once the revolution is successful in these two cities, the regions of Lombardy and Venice will be shaken, and the entire region of Austrian Italy will become independent.

Use the independence of the Italian region to attract the attention of the Vienna government and provide cover for organizing an uprising in the Hungarian region.

It is impossible for the Austrians to bombard Venice at the first moment of the uprising, and this is our chance. As long as this time difference is used to integrate a revolutionary army, the war can be spread to the inland areas.

The greater the momentum created in the Italian region, the higher the success rate of our uprising in the Hungarian region. So from the outset, this uprising had no strategic goals.

We just need to create a bigger momentum to disrupt the Venetian region and bring more people into the rebel army. Victory or defeat is not important. Even if the uprising failed, the dead were all Italians. "

Everyone is very satisfied with this explanation. Everyone grew up in the United States, so everyone was naturally influenced by it and believed that politics was higher than military.

As everyone knows, before the seizure of power, the order was reversed. Only if the military is victorious can there be room for political play.

The last sentence that the uprising failed and all the Italians died left Taft speechless.

Stephen didn't order them to fight to the end, and told them from the beginning that things in the Italian region were just to make noise and provide cover for the Hungarian uprising.

As long as the momentum builds up and attracts the attention of the enemy, the final result of the uprising is within the scope of the organization's consideration.

It is almost obvious that they are telling them that if the uprising fails, they will run away. This Italian mercenary can be used as an abandoned son.

Otherwise, Otko couldn't have been so relaxed. To expect a gang of rabble to overthrow Austria's local rule, isn't that water in the head?