Chapter 897

The city of Milan has now been transformed into a military fortress, and only the golden horses are left in the bustling city.

Since the outbreak of the European War, the Lombard Kingdom has become the front line of the Fao conflict. After the outbreak of the war, the regent Prince Luterbird issued a mobilization order for the first time.

In the middle and late 19th century, the Wittelsbach family seemed to be cursed, and various misfortunes followed.

First, Maximilian II reacted a step slower, took the wrong side in the international political struggle, and barely managed to keep the throne by political marriage.

However, as the price of failure, the Wittelsbach family still paid a heavy price, losing the long-run Bavaria, and came to Lombardy to rebuild the foundation.

Just standing firm, the successor King Ludwig II suffered from mental illness again, and finally sent Ludwig II away, and the successor King Otto I was also mentally ill.

Not to mention prestige, the Wittelsbach family has directly become a laughing stock, and the outside world has ridiculed them as a "psychotic royal family", and there are even unscrupulous guys who bet that the next king of the Wittelsbach family is still mentally ill.

Not only is the family unfortunate, but the Greek lineage is equally difficult. The same guy named Otto was not only killed himself, but was also brought to the top of his regime.

Had it not been for the intervention of the Vienna government, the Wittelsbachs' rule in Greece would have collapsed long ago.

A few days after the good days, and now it is time to catch up with the European War. The Lombard kingdom became the front line, another major challenge for the Wittelsbach family's rule.

The regent Prince Luterbird has been very troubled recently, for fear that something will happen to the front line and the Wittelsbach family will go into exile again.

According to the laws of the Shinra Empire, both the king and the emperor have the command of the army at the same time, and there is nothing to do with him as the regent at all.

The Lombard king was mentally ill and unable to perform his duties, and the command of the army fell into the hands of the emperor.

Power is easy to give up, but hard to get back. In the case of the Lombard Kingdom, if you want to take back the command of the army, you have to wait for the next generation of kings.

Against this backdrop, Prince Luterbird couldn't help but be in a hurry. If the Vienna government is attacking the Lombard Kingdom's idea and directly kills someone with a borrowed knife, then it will be a fool.

"His Royal Highness, Admiral Morquez has arrived in the living room."

The attendant's voice pulled Prince Luterbird out of his contemplation.

"Okay, I'll go right now!"

After tidying up his clothes and looking in the mirror, after making sure that he would not be rude, Prince Luterbird strode out.

In the past, not to mention the general, even if it is the imperial marshal and the prime minister of the cabinet, Prince Luterbird can ignore it.

Imperial law stipulates that the Lombard Kingdom is highly autonomous, and no matter how powerful these people are, there is no way to reach out to the Lombard Kingdom.

But not now, Admiral Morquez is the commander of the Italian theater, and the Kingdom of Lombardy happens to be in his defense area.

From the overall point of view, as long as the victory can be won, even if the Lombard Kingdom is destroyed, the Vienna government will not feel distressed.

As a frontline commander, the most important thing is to win. Others are small problems, especially this time the enemy is the French, and everyone is prepared to pay a heavy price.

Others can think so, but not Prince Luterbird. Destroying any city in the Lombard Kingdom would be a disaster for the Wittelsbach family.

This will make their already precarious rule even more turbulent. From the standpoint of the Wittelsbach family, it is best to keep the enemy out of the country.

...

After the greeting, Admiral Morquez said straight to the point: "His Royal Highness, I am here to seek help.

In order to guarantee the logistical supply of the front-line troops, I hope that you will provide 350,000 laborers and requisition all the railways in Lombardy. "

Only labor is required, no soldiers are required, because the military is not under the control of the local government, even the reserve.

Hearing these two demands, Prince Luterbird frowned: "General, your demands are too high.

The Lombard Kingdom has a population of less than 4 million. At present, 200,000 people have served in the army, and another 350,000 laborers have been recruited. Almost all our young men have been recruited.

Especially if you still have to requisition all the railways, domestic production and life will be disrupted because of this, I'm afraid..."

During the war years, the people in the border areas were a miserable one!

When the battle starts, the most advanced mobilizers in the border area have to undertake the heaviest military service and hard labor; when the enemy strikes, the border area is also the first to suffer.

The embarrassment of Prince Luterbird, Admiral Morkes understood very well, and he would not do it if possible.

However, the soldiers were very fast, and it was the fastest to recruit laborers from the Lombard kingdom, and the railway was a must.

"His Royal Highness, I am very clear about your worries. The Empire will compensate the people of the Lombard Kingdom for their sacrifices.

I will report the situation here truthfully and provide specific compensation measures. Talk to the cabinet yourself.

The expropriation of railways is not negotiable, not only railways, but also roads should be given priority to meet the needs of the military. If the transportation capacity is rich, we can open it up for private use.

In addition, I hope that you can expropriate some vehicles from the people, such as trucks, horse-drawn carts, ox carts, donkey carts...all of them will not be rejected. "

Until the war breaks out, you will never know your preparations, how much

What is lacking.

Austria was the most prepared, but as soon as the war broke out, it was discovered that it was not the case.

The preparations are indeed sufficient, but there are too many soldiers on the front line!

Franz doesn't think that a war with the French requires national mobilization. The problem is that others don't see it that way!

Under the repeated persuasion of everyone, Franz resolutely confessed. It is better to have more people than fewer people, although the consumption is a little bigger, but the odds of winning also go up.

In order to defeat the French, the Vienna government was ruthless, and the cabinet planned to mobilize five million troops.

There are 1.5 million troops allocated to the southern front alone. It turns out that all kinds of preparations are not enough at this time.

There is no doubt that this 1.5 million is just a number on paper, or a theoretical value. Now the front line of the Lombard Kingdom has a total of more than 300,000 troops.

No one will know what the follow-up troops will arrive. Everything depends on the actual situation on the front line, more or less no one knows.

Admiral Morkes just started to prepare in advance, lest the front line attack and the logistics could not keep up with the embarrassing situation.

After listening to Admiral Morquez's explanation, Prince Luterbird's expression softened a little. It would be good if the central government compensated him. The most fearful thing was to let the Lombard Kingdom bear the losses.

"I remember that after the reform of the imperial army, trucks and motorcycles have been equipped on a large scale, and the logistics has been semi-mechanized.

Now that so many vehicles need to be requisitioned, is the general ready to take the initiative? "

Admiral Morquez said with a smile: "His Royal Highness's news is not very accurate! Mechanization is just a concept put forward by the military, and it is the trend of future military development, but not now.

Now we only have a small number of troops that can achieve semi-mechanization. If we want to fully realize semi-mechanization, it will be difficult to achieve within ten years.

However, the logistics force is indeed equipped with a large number of trucks and is at the forefront of the mechanized road. It's just that after the expansion of the army, it's not enough.

Taking into account the difficult terrain and poor traffic in the Italian region, we must have multiple means of transportation, so as not to have time..."

Having got the answer he wanted, Prince Luterbird breathed a sigh of relief. Then I got a headache again, cooperation is necessary.

France came, and the Lombard kingdom was the biggest victim. No matter how excessive the military's demands are, as long as he can keep the French out of the country, he will agree.

The problem is that it is not easy to cooperate with the work, not to mention that he has to fight with the central government to compensate, just expropriating roads and vehicles is enough to worry him.

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Everything needs to be compared. If he knew the difficulties faced by the French on the other side, Prince Luterbird would not have a headache.

In the French army headquarters in Turin, Marshal Adrian was looking at the map and worried. According to the plan, he should have launched an attack on the Lombard Kingdom.

However, the Italians did something wrong, and anti-war movements broke out in many cities, including Turin, which delayed the action time of the army.

No trouble in the morning, no trouble in the evening, but only after the outbreak of the war did the anti-war start. If no one controls this, Adrian will not believe anything.

You must know that before this, the Italian people still held the banner of supporting the emperor and asked the government to declare war on the three kingdoms of Bideo.

The matter has come to this point, Adrian can only think of a way to deal with the aftermath. He can't even report to the country.

Because the lid is lifted, many people will be unlucky. The more people he has offended, the more he can't be a marshal.

"Has the mouse caught it?"

Rats are synonymous with Italian independent organizations, and since the annexation of Italian regions by France, bureaucrats have added a rat-catching activity.

"Marshal, you know, these mice are too timid, they won't show up at all..."