Chapter 862 Street Fight

Daniele Manin's judgment was correct. The troops that arrived in Venice at this time were not the main force of Austria, but he himself did not believe his own judgment.

Ironically, the strong city of Verona fell again. A group of Austrian soldiers returned to Verona by chance, and were mistaken for reinforcements by the rebels in the city under the cover of night.

After a melee, the group of soldiers miraculously recaptured Verona.

But the news Daniele Manin received was not a group of soldiers, but tens of thousands of Austrian elite troops who directly blasted open the gate and killed anyone they saw. The rebels had no choice but to retreat.

However, he was not the most panicked person in Venice at this time. Those rebellious officers and the top leaders of the rebels were more panicked than Daniele Manin.

The emotions of officers are very easy to spread to soldiers, especially panic and anxiety spread faster.

In addition, the vanguard sent by Franz had been shouting nonsense before. With the sound of the gunshot, the crowd in the square began to look at each other with strange eyes after a brief surprise.

After a short and terrible silence, both sides burst into terrifying roars. The insurgents and Austrian soldiers in the square picked up everything that could be used as weapons and rushed to the opposite side.

Guns, swords, fists, and even teeth, everyone tried their best to kill each other.

The vanguard sent by Franz was a little confused, because they didn't know what happened, and this group of people suddenly aimed their cannons at the crowd and killed each other.

At this time, their mission had been completed, and the only thing left was how to escape from this hell on earth.

Franz's cavalry was very experienced. The alleys blocked by the crowd were obviously unable to go back, and their only way to survive was to rush forward.

However, in Daniele Manin's eyes, he was going to launch a desperate charge against him, and he was coming for him.

So the leader of the rebel army who had just been in command became a deserter in the blink of an eye. Daniele Manin shouted for people to protect him, but it turned out to be a bit self-indulgent.

The cavalrymen saw the opportunity to escape and immediately left, but Daniele Manin, who was still in shock, still did not dare to leave the city hall.

In fact, it was unreasonable for the cavalry to charge the city hall, not to mention the city hall surrounded by chaotic soldiers. It would not be a desperate fight, but a pure suicide.

On the other side of the city, since it was unclear what happened near the city hall, Franz decided to take the safest way to move forward and conduct a carpet sweep along the way.

In a frontal battle, Franz's 5,000 men completely crushed the rebels, but if they were ambushed, it would be hard to say.

He still had a way to fight a simple street battle. In fact, after many experiments, heavy explosion-proof shields and heavy bulletproof vests were proven to be not very useful.

In the end, Major General Vincent Augustine still adopted the design of an explosion-proof vehicle. Yes, it was still the same as Qi Jiguang and Hus.

It just underwent some modernization, which made it relatively lightweight, small, and had small tires.

However, the early explosion-proof vehicles were still very strange. In fact, they were called explosion-proof vehicles, but more precisely, they should be explosion-proof carts.

At the beginning of the design, in order to facilitate propulsion, Austrian military engineers also thoughtfully designed handrails. They really put the word "propulsion" into practice.

(Major general was the highest military rank that Franz could get for him. Technical personnel at that time were indeed not taken seriously.)

At this time, the explosion-proof cart had a 120-kilogram giant shield on the chassis. Soldiers could hide behind the shield and shoot, and then use the handrails to control the direction.

This giant shield can protect soldiers from the threat of rifles, and at the same time can withstand a considerable amount of damage from black powder explosives.

Although it looks a bit weird and bulky, it is actually surprisingly useful in street fighting. At least the soldiers don't have to be afraid of barricades anymore.

In fact, the barricades were useless to the army in Franz's hands.

Pirne was a soldier of the Republic of Venice (temporarily). He was very confident in their barricades because no one had been able to break through this situation for decades, whether it was the French, British, or Austrians.

Pirne and other insurgents were confidently waiting for the arrival of the enemy behind the barricades they built with furniture and rags.

But generally speaking, they like to let the enemy get close before fighting, so that the hit rate can be higher, and the opponent can't hit them anyway, so it doesn't matter whether it is dangerous or not.

However, this time was different from usual. The Austrian soldiers hid behind the shields. The hardness of those shields was surprisingly high, and the bullets couldn't penetrate them at all.

"But fortunately we still have barricades"

Pirne's voice represented the thoughts of most people behind the barricades, but soon one after another wooden-handled grenades were thrown over the barricades.

Grenade has been away from the battlefield for a long time. The traditional hand grenade is in the shape of a watermelon, which is very similar to the iron mines of later generations.

However, when this new and strange thing began to hiss and emit white smoke, even the dumbest person could sense the danger.

But it was too late. As the grenades exploded one after another, countless screams came from behind the barricade.

But no one pitied them. They were greeted by more grenades.

In fact, Franz had already shown mercy. If Colonel Monta's plan was followed, the soldiers would have stood on the commanding heights and directly bombarded the crowd with rockets.

The latter did not care how many people were killed or how many rooms were burned. He simply wanted to solve the problem from a military perspective.

Franz couldn't help but consider these things, but he was not as anxious as when he first entered the city. After all, the existence of the rebels had been confirmed, and the two sides had even exchanged fire.

Now there was no need to consider other situations, just defeat the enemy.

The rebels behind the barricades were being slaughtered unilaterally by the elite of the regular army. In addition to wooden-handled grenades, Franz also prepared a large number of other types of projectile weapons.

So the barricades actually trapped the rebel soldiers, because they thought they would be safe hiding behind the barricades, but those furniture could not save them at all, but would become stumbling blocks for them when they escaped.

Pierne was pressed under the barricade at this time, and a heavy cabinet smashed half of his face.

Pierne, who was unable to move, looked at the people running away and screamed in fear. His consciousness was fading and he could no longer hear the surrounding sounds.

Pierne was a worker in a leather factory. One day, his boss suddenly found him and told him that a war was going to happen. As long as the war started, even a poor country boy like him would have the opportunity to marry a rich businessman's daughter and live in a big villa by the sea.

After that, those "veterans" began to preach that war was glorious and sacred. It seemed that as long as the war started, everything would be fine.

But the reality is that war is hell, with explosions one after another and broken limbs everywhere. Fortunately, grenades do not have the fire special effects in the movies, otherwise once the barricades, which are mainly made of wooden structures, burn, I am afraid that the entire block will be engulfed by flames.