Chapter 1051 IOU

Friedrich was not a commander who liked to stick to the rules, and he could not understand why Franz opposed excessive weakening of France.

However, Friedrich understood that obedience was the duty of a soldier, and that was why Franz dared to entrust him with such an important task.

Franz had some understanding of land warfare, but he could only pin his hopes on others for commanding naval battles.

He could only give some principled suggestions, such as Franz asking Friedrich to put pressure on the French to force them to surrender after the Mediterranean naval battle.

Friedrich also blocked the French sea passage as soon as possible. The French navy that lost the Grand Orient Fleet had no combat effectiveness in the Mediterranean.

The Grand Orient Fleet took away a large number of craftsmen and supplies before leaving, and even destroyed the coastal defense of Toulon Port.

Later, the Grand Duke of Algeria, Duke Omar (self-proclaimed), sent Francois Trovier to lead the Grand Orient Fleet to harass the French coast and plunder supplies many times.

Friedrich naturally couldn't just watch the French perform. He also led the fleet to sweep along the French coast and even captured Genoa along the way.

Garibaldi went through many bloody battles at the Ligurian Pass before reaching Genoa. He was confused for a while.

At first, Garibaldi's idea was very simple, that is, to revolt at the critical moment when Austria launched a general offensive against Liguria.

Anyway, there are many Italians in the army. As long as the banner of nationalism is brought out, there is no fear of not being able to raise a team.

Garibaldi despised Radetzky's tactics at this time. Among the 5,000 people in the vanguard, 4,000 were Italians, and there were only a few hundred Germans.

He felt that Radetzky was using Italians as cannon fodder, and the people sent to monitor and supervise the war were not enough.

In the holy war launched by the Papal States, Garibaldi had experienced the feeling of a crushing defeat. There is no doubt that this time will also be a painful defeat.

But he will definitely bring his own people back, not like last time.

However, the battle between the two sides entered a white-hot stage at the beginning, and the number of casualties continued to increase.

Seeing familiar faces disappearing one after another, Garibaldi quietly began his own actions. He persuaded the soldiers to revolt and join the side of justice.

Garibaldi felt that although France and Austria were both invaders to the Italians, France, which believed in freedom, democracy and equality, was obviously more noble than Austria.

However, after a battle, Garibaldi changed his mind. After the Austrian army captured a stronghold, it was customary to rent some houses in the nearby mountain village to rest and accommodate the wounded.

But when Garibaldi arrived at the village, he found corpses and charred houses all over the ground. He instinctively thought that the Austrians had massacred the village.

The German officer who led the team said that it was like this when they came. Naturally, Garibaldi could not believe it. He pointed a gun at his superior.

Sergeant Karen: "Sergeant Giuseppe, I can swear to God that I really didn't do it."

"Go to your German God! You are a demon who only massacres civilians!"

"I guarantee with my family's reputation that I have never killed an unarmed civilian!"

"Only ghosts will believe you! How much is your reputation worth!"

"You dare to question my reputation!"

For a while, the two teams were on the verge of a fight, and a large-scale conflict would be triggered with just a little more stimulation.

At this time, Riberio walked over and slapped Garibaldi in the face.

"Look at these corpses, look at these ruins, did this happen within a few hours? Sergeant Karen's attack sequence is behind us, how could he do this?"

Garibaldi looked at the pale corpses and the cold ashes. He knew that this tragedy was not done by Sergeant Karen, but by the army stationed here the day before they evacuated.

But Garibaldi didn't want to believe it. He would rather believe that all this was a conspiracy of the Germans.

In fact, Garibaldi had heard from the captives many times that the French army was not a human being in the Kingdom of Sardinia, but he thought it might be a rumor, or it might be that some Sardinians were just pretending to be powerful, or it might be a necessary evil in war.

However, in the remote mountain village just now, every household was looted, and the well was full of corpses of men, women, old and young, and all the female corpses were stripped naked.

The corpses were mainly concentrated in the church. It was obvious that this was a premeditated massacre, not an accidental conflict.

Pointing a gun at a comrade is a taboo in any army, but Sergeant Giuseppe was only demoted and not directly shot.

All this was thanks to Sergeant Karen's plea. Sergeant Karen did not know Garibaldi's identity. He only thought that the other party thought he had massacred civilians, so he took out his gun out of indignation.

Although he was not shot directly, Garibaldi was incorporated into a cannon fodder unit, and the soldiers gave them a more vivid name "Suicide Squad".

They will be directly thrown into the battle of attacking the enemy's mountaintop fortress. They will either win or die. If they dare to retreat, their own sharpshooters will shoot them; if they hesitate, they will also die; if they try to escape from the battlefield, they will also be hunted down by the supervising team.

However, it must be said that Garibaldi's luck and ability are really strong. He actually led a group of scum and deserters to successfully capture the most difficult fortress in the Ligurian Pass.

However, after entering the Genoa area, Garibaldi was not happy at all, because he saw a devastation everywhere.

Almost all villages and towns were looted. Although there was no massacre like before, the lives of the locals were visibly miserable.

Beggars were everywhere. Every time he entered a town, there were always countless women who wanted to pull him, a lame man with stubble on his face, just for a full meal or a few soupes.

At this time, the economic relationship between the Kingdom of Sardinia and France was quite close, so the monetary systems of the two countries were almost exactly the same.

1 lira = 1 franc

1 soupe = 1 sou

1 denaro = 1 centime

1 lira = 20 soupes = 240 denaro

Garibaldi took out all his and Riberio's savings to help the poor, but everything was just a drop in the bucket.

The French army was initially warmly welcomed by the Sardinians, and the supplies were relatively sufficient, so there were not many extraordinary actions.

However, with the long period of no war, coupled with the Austrian Imperial Navy cutting off the supply line of the Bellevue army, military discipline could no longer be guaranteed.

The Kingdom of Sardinia had already lost a lot of supplies in the war with Austria, and the people had already suffered terribly due to natural disasters and economic crisis.

The food they used to comfort the French army was the last of their food. They thought that they would not have to worry about food after the French came.

However, the reality was that they also needed to provide food for the French, and the French had always been writing IOUs and borrowing food. If they could not borrow, they would collect it, and if they could not collect it, they would rob it.

(This is what the French did in Italy in history.)