The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1060 Pasang!

Garibaldi did not attack Torre Pelice, which was relatively weakly defended, as the French army suspected, but actually led the guerrillas to the gates of Savigliano as he wrote in his letter to Bellevue. .

Of course, Garibaldi was not stupid enough to actually let the peasants who had just picked up guns attack the heavily defended city. The guerrillas just dug trenches outside the city.

The French generals in the city were very puzzled.

"Besieged but not attacked? What are these country bumpkins going to do?"

The leader of the Sardinian puppet army on the side was also confused.

"Aren't they going to attack the city?"

"Fart! I didn't know they were going to attack the city? Stick to your post! Pasang!"

(Pasan is a French derogatory term, similar to nigger, describing a person who is ignorant and of low status.)
The French army in Savigliano had long been prepared for battle. As long as the Italians rushed up, they would be blown to pieces by the heavy artillery on the city wall.

However, after waiting for a long time, the guerrillas outside the city showed no sign of attacking. The French generals in the city were scratching their heads in anxiety.

After all, Eusebio had participated in the anti-French war, was senior enough, and was a senior military officer in the Kingdom of Sardinia.

It is an incredible thing to integrate these chaotic volunteers, bandits, local armed forces and the old kingdom army.

In Franz's plan, Eusebio, a veteran of the Kingdom of Sardinia, will serve as the leader of the resistance in the Kingdom of Sardinia.

The leader of the Sardinian puppet army on the side suggested with a smile, but was immediately scolded by the French general.

Franz's initial strategic positioning for the enemy's rear was to pull and contain. The real main attack relied on the heavy force group in the hands of Marshal Radetzki.

In fact, Garibaldo's first plan was to encircle the point and provide reinforcements. His guerrillas lacked heavy weapons and it was difficult to attack the city.

"Pasang! Our reinforcements are coming! Are you letting us go out of the city to die now? What are your intentions?"

At that time, there were no mobile phones, telephones, or real-time satellite maps. The regular army could check the watch and send off flares, but the guerrilla officers and soldiers could only rely on feeling, watching the height of the sun, and burning cow dung.

These tactics are easy to say, but in actual operation they not only require a clear-headed and clear-thinking commander, but also require soldiers to have strong execution capabilities.

"What are they waiting for?"

Sneak attacks and ambushes are the specialties of these guerrillas, and the reinforcements from Turin are not mainly killed.

On the other hand, the reinforcements that the defenders of Savigliano were hoping for were ambushed.

The previous capture of the city of Asti was largely due to the rebellion of the Sardinian Republican Army in the city. The two sides cooperated internally and externally to capture the fortified city.

"How about we go out and try? See what they want to do?"

Instead, they focused on attacking the officers and the carriages transporting supplies, while destroying bridges and roads so that the enemy could not see each other from the beginning to the end, and finally divided and surrounded them.

But the reality is that this veteran general who is said to be highly respected in the Kingdom of Sardinia simply cannot deal with the rebels in the Kingdom of Sardinia. Those soldiers who originally belonged to the rebel army of the Kingdom of Sardinia refused to communicate with him.

Eusebio also knew this situation, so he simply chose to pretend to be sick.

Although the group was leaderless, the rear of the Bellevue Army was in ruins, and Franz's goal had been achieved. But things soon took a turn for the worse. A sergeant with weak legs and feet extended an invitation to all the leaders of the rebels to have a drink in a tavern in Alasia.

After the party, some people got very drunk, some people had stains on their faces, some people cried bitterly, and some people sang loudly.
But at least one thing is the same. They jointly elected the lame sergeant as the leader of the resistance in the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Garibaldi successfully united all the rebels with his strong personal charm, but the rank of sergeant was always criticized.

The news spread back to Milan. Marshal Radetzki was not a man who was inflexible, but with his authority, the most he could do was promote Sergeant Giuseppe to colonel.

Therefore, Marshal Radetzki immediately awarded Sergeant Giuseppe the title of "Commander-in-Chief of the Sardinian Anti-French Volunteer Army" and assigned him four colonels and a guard battalion to command Sardinia. Southern War Zone.

But so far, Marshal Radetzky and Franz still have the same idea, and everything he does is to stabilize the situation.

But then there were frequent reports of Garibaldi's success in the Kingdom of Sardinia. Although the battle report only contained a few simple words and the ratio of losses between the two sides, it was enough to make an old marshal who had been fighting for many years excited.

Marshal Radetzky felt that he had finally found a general who would carry the banner of the Austrian Army and fight in all directions together with Archduke Albrecht ten years later.

In contrast, Benedek was more suitable for fighting a defensive battle where he was sure of victory. Marshal Radetzky knew very well that the Austrian Empire was rising and that in the future it would be the conqueror's world.

Franz, who was far away in Strasbourg, was also shocked. He did not expect that there was such a figure in the Austrian army.

After all, Austria's young and middle-aged officers are really a pile of rubbish. After so many wars, there are only a few decent ones.

The mercenary commander in Celesta City is a figure. Franz has already transferred him back to the army and will promote him to general after he ascends the throne.

Other battlefields are basically fought by a group of old men, and Austria's senior commanders are generally over 65 years old.

Moreover, compared with command, the Austrian army relies more on intelligence, weapons, and numerical superiority. Commanders can usually achieve great victories as long as they perform well.

But even so far, the Austrian Empire has achieved only a handful of major victories in local battlefields. The victory in the war is more of a strategic victory.

It's just that the story of leading a small number of troops across the sea and finally shaking the big tree is somewhat familiar.

Garibaldi's ambush directly shocked Bellevue, who never expected that the former would dare to ambush under his nose.

The defenders in Savigliano were also feeling very uncomfortable. The volunteers outside the city were not killing time, they were waiting for the heavy artillery used to attack the city.

The 6-pound cannon and 8-pound cannon in the arsenal of the Kingdom of Sardinia naturally pose no threat to the 12-pound cannon on the city wall.

But Archduke Friedrich was very interested in Garibaldi, so he supported the volunteers with some naval equipment.

In addition to twelve long-barreled twenty-four-pounder steel cannons, the Imperial Austrian Navy also provided twelve thousand rockets, including two thousand heavy siege rockets.

Responsible for transporting this batch of supplies were three thousand members of the Austrian Imperial Marine Corps.

At this time, there were some strange scenes on the Italian battlefield. The guerrillas were strolling on the road, and the French army and the government army of the Republic of Sardinia were hiding in the city and shivering.

When the French commander in Savigliano saw heavy artillery being sent into the trenches dug in advance, he was ready to die.

The leader of the Sardinian puppet army also had a pale face, but he did not dare to speak for fear of suffering another unreasonable disaster. But how could he get his wish?
"Pasang! You coward! Why are you hiding in the city and watching the guerrillas dig trenches!"

(End of this chapter)