Holy Roman Empire

On June 25, 1852, Austria once again sent troops to attack the Ottoman Empire. Within a month, it fought in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina for hundreds of miles, rescued more than one million people enslaved by the Ottoman Empire, and passed the dawn of civilization to the Balkan Peninsula ...

——The above is the annual work report of the Austrian government

In fact, the Austrian army only took over the local defense and maintained social order after the withdrawal of the Ottoman army.

The Serbian area was well managed these years. The serfs in the countryside were very peaceful. Although mobs were born in the city, they were still at the stage of street mixing.

Under the iron fist of Austria, these remnants of the Ottoman Empire instantly disappeared.The rest seemed to be good children who were peaceful. Of course, this was also related to the large number of young and strong taken away when the Ottomans evacuated.

This is not the kindness of the Ottomans, nor is they doing stupid things.War requires a lot of cannon fodder and civilians, and if these young and strong are left behind, they are investing in the enemy.

The two principalities of the Danube basin are an example. Now the Russian army recruits at least 150,000 civilians from the local area. These civilians can also become soldiers when necessary.

Without the dedication of these people, the Russians would have to transfer civilians from the country. The tsarist government is not a fool. Such a multiple choice question will naturally be done.

Too much young people from the domestic market will also affect production, and it does not matter if the people are transferred in the two principalities.This is a territory belonging to Austria, and the Russians will not be distressed even if the losses are heavy.

The Russians don't care, nor does Franz.Without the brutality of the Russian army, how can it be brought out of Austria?

Now that these Romanians have not become Austrian citizens, they are not Austrians, nor have they paid taxes to Austria, and the Austrian government naturally has no obligation to provide them with protection.

As for the economic losses caused by it, it is even less worth mentioning.These areas are not developed at all, it is nothing more than a reduction in food production.

Thick black thought, if these young men suffered heavy losses on the battlefield, the difficulty of Austria's rule in the future will drop by one grade.

If you want to avoid Russian recruitment, joining Austrian citizenship is the only option. Russians will not recruit Austrians.

Everyone takes their own needs. The Russians have obtained a large number of civilians. Austria has also issued a lot of nationalities to go out and collected a bunch of supporters. On this issue, Russia and Austria have cooperated very happily.

This time the Serbian Raiders, despite the small power invested by the Austrian government, does not mean that they do not pay attention.On the contrary, Franz attached great importance to this future source of turmoil.

In order to eliminate the source of the war in Europe at the source, the Austrian government has also formulated special measures.

Military management is a must, as is cleaning up the local Ottoman influence.For the aftermath, Franz also specially instructed him to transport a large amount of flour and soybean meal as relief food.

Belgrade ’s geographical conditions are unique in the Balkans.

Located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, it is also where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkan Peninsula.As a point of contact between Europe and the Near East, it has always been known as the "Balkan Key".

But now Belgrade ’s defense commander Azsala Pasha does n’t think this Balkan key is a good place.

The surrounding areas gave up, leaving him the unlucky bastard to guard this lonely city.

The idea of ​​giving up Belgrade to run was not only once in his mind, but Azshara Pasha did not dare to take action.

Abdul Meguid I gave him a death order to hold him to the gateway city of the Balkan Peninsula, laying the foundation for the Ottoman Empire ’s future counterattack.

For counterattacking Serbia, Azsala Spasha sneered.If the Ottoman Empire had this power, this war would not have reached this point.

The person who came up with this idea obviously wanted to pit him.As a loser of the political struggle, Azshara Spasha was prepared with heart. As early as the approach in the Near East, he submitted his resignation and was rejected.

Now there are only two roads before him, either to hold Belgrade or to kill the battlefield.He didn't dare to choose the rest of the way. It was better to die him than to die the whole family.

Unless the Ottoman Empire won the war, find someone to move and send a few more gifts to solve the problem.

According to Azshara Spasha, this probability is infinitely zero.If you ca n’t win this war, you need to scapegoat. The loser of his political struggle is just right.

"Send someone to investigate what the enemy is doing, why haven't you launched an offensive for so long?" Azara Spasha ordered

Three days ago, the Austrian army surrounded Belgrade. Apart from firing a few cannons every day, there was no movement.

This unusual behavior naturally aroused the alertness of Azshara Spasha.No matter how careful he is, the enemy will not attack.His series of preparations have naturally done useless work.

Azsharas was anxious, and Lieutenant General Feslav outside the city was even more anxious.It's okay to bring a bunch of reserves to the battlefield, anyway, the enemy is more garbage.

But the order of the headquarters asked him to keep the number of casualties within a thousand, which made him embarrassed.The Ottoman army evacuated before, and there was basically no casualties in the direct takeover of the place. Now it is impossible and costless to attack Belgrade?

The somewhat politically-minded Lieutenant General Feslav knew that the government was not keen on this war, and even the command to attack Belgrade had only four words-act by chance.

The gangsters above did obviously do something with politics.The Russian-Austrian alliance is no longer a secret, and there are many opinions on the content of the alliance.

Feslav speculated that the country did not want the Russians to conquer Constantinople, but was also limited by the covenant having to support the Russians in fighting. In this case, the Austrian army would say so.

But for these soldiers, it is a tragedy.Without war, there would be no merit.Such a single shot, receiving the credit of the site, can only be regarded as hard work, plus the official Jinjue is not enough.

Feslav asked: "The topographic map of Belgrade is here, the enemy is not a fool, and the defense is quite tight.

Who has a way to win the city without paying a lot of casualties?"

A young military officer said eagerly, "My excellency, I don't have a good way. There are two stupid ways. Do you want to try it?"

Feslav smiled happily, saying: "Wasim, as long as Belgrade can be captured with reduced casualties, that's a good way!"

"Yes, Commander!"

"Belgrade is located at the junction of the tributaries of the Tisza and Danube rivers. As long as we build a dam to store water in the upstream area, we can overcome the city with water attack.

However, Belgrade is located in the Pannonia Plain, and it is difficult to estimate how much damage the flood siege will cause.

The second method is to drive people into the city. There are many locals in Belgrade's defenders.We can rush the families of soldiers, and those leaning towards the Ottoman Empire, to Belgrade.

If the defenders let them into the city, these people would increase their food consumption; if the defenders refused to enter the city, they would be driven to attack the city with wooden sticks and consume the enemy's ammunition.

However, the after-effects of doing so are too great, we must seal up after the war."Wassim said

Everyone took a breath of cold air. The way is a good way, but it is too poisonous.

The impact of flooding the city with water is too large to control losses; driving people into the city, the seal after the war is actually killing people and killing the mouth. Only when these parties are dead, the impact can be minimized.

After hesitating for a long time, Feslav said slowly: "Seek help from the country and let the government send water experts to come. We want to flood Belgrade.

Even if the people are driven into the city, a large amount of food for disaster relief is mobilized in China. If we give away all the scourges, who will the food be used for relief?"

The flooded city of Feslav dared to do so, and he could not get rid of this ruthlessness by driving people to attack the city. Domestic relief food was just an excuse.

Now the young and strong in Serbia are taken away by the Ottomans, and they can't do it if they want to attack the city with armed cannon ash.

With the rest of the old, weak and sick, these people have no value in arming. Isn't it to let them die to take a stick to attack the city?As Wassim said, it can only consume enemy ammunition.

God knows how many people are going to die before he can use up the enemy ’s ammunition.If it is done, there will be a large number of unmanned villages and unmanned towns in Serbia after the war.

After conquering Belgrade, there will be a big blowout, the Danube that will not kill changes color, I am afraid it is difficult to end.

There will certainly be no living people in Belgrade, and none of the cannon fodder will survive.Feslav is not a butcher, and he can't do anything like this.

Wassim ’s proposal seemed normal in this era. Americans were slaughtering Indians, British were killing in Australia and New Zealand, and the Qing government in the Far East was in a murderous competition with Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The protagonists in this war, Mao Xiong and Ottoman are also the main killers who do not blink, and killing Liangmao is one of the main sources of their military merit.

When their armies cross the border, they often produce unmanned villages.Such a large area of ​​the Ottoman Empire can also control population growth very well, and the Ottoman army also made outstanding contributions.

In the age when the crows were generally black, the Austrian army after the purge was a clear stream among them.In the Near East War, it was famous for its military discipline.

There are pros and cons. Feslav did not drive the people to attack the city. The Austrian government brought in a lot of relief food. The Serbian region quickly stabilized.

Although the number of young and strong is scarce, the Austrian government still adopts work-for-relief, recruiting local old and weak and sick to repair roads and restore traffic.

Those who performed well during the construction process are eligible to apply for Austrian citizenship.Only by acquiring Austrian nationality can you qualify as an official.

At this time, the Ottomans ran away, the original ruling class was finished, the social order was reshuffled, and a large number of local officials were still needed.

Speculators are naturally rushing to apply to join Austria, after all, this is the best opportunity to change the class.

Not to mention that now, even people who previously had Austrian nationality are more respected here, and officials of the Ottoman government are also afraid of causing diplomatic disputes.

People are blindly obedient, and seeing others join in will naturally follow suit.

I do n’t know when it started, and there was news that Austrian nationality would be added, and the serfs could obtain free citizenship, and then they went crazy.

From Bosnia and Herzegovina to Serbia, and then to the two Principalities of the Danube River, many people are scrambling to join Austrian citizenship, and most of them are serfs.

But at this time, the threshold of restriction also came out.To become an Austrian citizen, you must first learn Austrian.

This does not scare them. Anyway, as long as they apply, the Austrian government will send language teachers to teach. After learning the daily language, they can become a member of Austria.

Local officials have copied the Austrian land redemption policy, and no matter what the owner of the land has, they will be forced to buy it.

Even opinions are useless. Their land ownership is certified by the Ottoman Empire. It has nothing to do with Austria. Even if people are not there, it is a land of no ownership.

As for whether the Austrian government's approach is legal, no one has considered this issue so much. Anyway, it is the Austrians who have the final say.

Interest is always the best weapon. Austria has not obtained the sovereignty of these lands, but instead turned the local people into Austrians first.

If Austria can rule for two or three years, and the mainstream local population has joined Austrian citizenship, then the following things will be interesting.

One day, the Sudanese government recovered these lands through negotiations, sent officials to receive them, and suddenly discovered that the land in their own home was actually foreigners, and they did n’t know what they thought.