Holy Roman Empire

The city of Milan has turned into a military fortress at this moment, and only the golden horses are left behind.

Since the outbreak of the European War, the Kingdom of Lombardy has become the front line of the Fa-Austrian confrontation. After the outbreak of the war, the regent Prince Lutbird issued a national mobilization order as soon as possible.

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

First, Maximilian II reacted a little slower, stood on the wrong team in the international political struggle, and managed to keep the throne by political marriage.

However, as the price of failure, the Wittelsbach family paid a heavy price. They lost the long-term Bavaria and came to Lombardy to start anew.

Just after gaining a foothold, the successor King Ludwig II suffered from mental illness and finally sent away Ludwig II. The successor King Otto I was also mentally ill.

Don't talk about prestige, the Wittelsbach family is directly reduced to a laughing stock, and the outside world ridiculed them as the "mental royal family". There are even unscrupulous guys betting that the next king of the Wittelsbach family is still mentally ill.

Not only is it unfortunate for my family, but also for the Greeks.The same guy named Otto, not only extinct himself, but also peaked in power.

Had it not been for the intervention of the Vienna government, the rule of the Wittelsbach family in Greece would have long collapsed.

A few days after the good days, now we have caught up with the European War.The Kingdom of Lombardy became the front line, which was another major challenge to the rule of the Wittelsbach family.

Prince Lutbert, the regent, has been very upset recently, for fear that something will happen on the front line and the Wittelsbach family will go into exile again.

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

The Lombard king was mentally ill and could not perform his duties, and the command of the army fell to the emperor.

Power is easy to give up, but it is difficult to get it back.In the case of the Lombard Kingdom, if you want to get back the command of the army, you can only wait for the next generation of kings.

In this context, Prince Lutbird is not worried.If the Vienna government's idea of ​​hitting the Kingdom of Lombard directly comes to kill someone with a knife, it will be over.

"His Royal Highness, Admiral Morks has arrived in the meeting room."

The voice of the attendant pulled Prince Lutbird out of his contemplation.

"Okay, I'll be over right away!"

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

In the old days, don’t talk about generals. Even if they are the Marshal of the Empire and the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Prince Lutbird can ignore them.

According to the laws of the Empire, the Kingdom of Lombard is highly autonomous, no matter how powerful these people are, there is no way to reach the Kingdom of Lombard.

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

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

As a front-line commander, the most important thing is to win.Others are minor problems, especially this time the enemy is the French. Everyone is prepared to pay a heavy price.

Others can think so, but Prince Lutbird can't.Destroying any city in the Lombardy Kingdom is a disaster for the Wittelsbach family.

This will make their already unstable rule more volatile.From the standpoint of the Wittelsbach family, it is best to fend off enemies outside the country.

...

After the greeting, Admiral Morkes opened the door and said: "His Royal Highness, I am here this time to seek help.

In order to ensure the logistical supply of the frontline troops, I hope you can provide 350,000 laborers and requisition all the railways in Lombardy."

It only requires labor, not soldiers. That's because the army is not under the control of the local government, even if it is in reserve.

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

The Kingdom of Lombardy has a population of less than 4 million. At present, 200,000 people have entered the army to serve, and another 350,000 laborers have been confiscated, and almost all of our young people have been emptied.

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

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

When the battle started, the most advanced operatives in the border areas had to undertake the heaviest military and labor services; when the enemy came, the border areas were also the first to suffer.

Admiral Morks understood the embarrassment of Prince Lutbird very well, and he would not do it if possible.

However, the soldiers are extremely fast, and it is the fastest to recruit laborers from the Kingdom of Lombardy, and the railway is necessary.

"His Royal Highness, I am very aware of your concerns. The Empire will compensate the people of the Lombard Kingdom for their contributions.

I will truthfully report the situation here, with specific compensation measures.Talk to the cabinet yourself.

There is no discussion about the requisition of the railway, not only the railway, but also the highway should be given priority to satisfy the army.If the capacity is affluent, we can open it up for private use.

In addition, I hope you can expropriate some of the vehicles from the private sector, including trucks, horse-drawn carts, ox carts, donkey carts, and so on."

Before the war broke out, I would never know how lacking my preparations were.

Austria had already prepared the best, and it turned out that it was not the case as soon as the war broke out.

The preparations are indeed adequate, but there are so many soldiers who cannot stand the front line!

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

After repeated persuasion from everyone, Franz resolutely admitted.It’s better to have more people than fewer people. Although it consumes a little bit more, the odds of winning are also higher.

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

The number of troops allocated to the southern line alone was 1.5 million. The various preparations were not enough at this time.

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

No one knows what the follow-up troops will arrive.Everything must be based on the actual situation on the front lines, more or less nobody knows.

Admiral Morkes just started to prepare ahead of time to prevent the front line from launching an offensive and the logistics cannot keep up.

After listening to the explanation of General Morks, Prince Lutbird’s expression slowed down and the central government had to compensate. The most feared thing was to let the Lombard kingdom bear the loss.

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

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

Admiral Morkes smiled and said: "His Royal Highness's news is not accurate! Mechanization is just an idea put forward by the military, and it is the future development trend of the military, but not now.

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

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

Considering the complex terrain and poor traffic in Italy, we must have multiple means of transportation to avoid time..."

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

France came, and the Kingdom of Lombardy was the biggest victim.No matter how excessive the military's request is, 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, and not to mention that it is necessary to compensate for arguing with the central government. The requisition of roads and vehicles is enough for him.

...

Everything needs comparison. If you know the problems faced by the French opposite, Prince Lutbert will 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 Kingdom of Lombardy.

However, the Italians came out of the moths, and anti-war movements broke out in many cities, including Turin, which delayed the movement of the army.

Don't make trouble in the morning, don't make trouble late, but wait for the war to break out before starting the anti-war. If this is not controlled by anyone, Adrian would not believe it.

We must know that before that, the Italian people still held the banner of supporting the emperor and demanded that the government declare war on the three kingdoms of Video.

This is the end of the matter, Adrian can only find a way to deal with the aftermath.He can't even report to the country.

Because the lid is opened, many people will be unlucky.There are too many people who have offended him, and his marshal can't get along.

"Has the mouse caught?"

Rats are synonymous with independent Italian organizations. Since the annexation of Italy by France, bureaucrats have had an additional rat-catching activity.

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