"The enemy has five divisions." Marshal Bardorio's first reaction was that the enemy's reinforcements arrived, and he quickly overturned this judgment.

The main force of the Austrian army is in Hungary. The transportation in the Hungarian region is not very good these days. It is not that simple to send five divisions from Hungary to Trento.

Using a train? The railways from Hungary have not been built yet?

Or is it a cavalry? In terms of time, cavalry can indeed come here within a week.

But this is unreasonable in military affairs. Unless the Vienna government has gotten into the mind, five divisions of cavalry will be sent to Trento!

Marshal Bardorio doubted that the frontline officers lied about military information. This was the enemy who could defeat the three Sardinian divisions overnight. No matter how you look at it, the enemy's troops could not be less!

"Did the enemy have too many troops mobilized?" Marshal Bardorio asked in confusion.

"No, except for the two regiments they sent to reinforce Trento on May 18, there was no major army mobilization." Chief of Staff Outlet replied affirmatively.

It is impossible to draw troops from the Venice area. Austria has less than 100,000 troops here. If five infantry divisions were drawn from it, the defense line would have been empty. How could it be hidden from their eyes?

After a moment of silence, Marshal Bardorio smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid the enemy's reinforcements have arrived.

Perhaps the reinforcements along Hungary were just a cover for the enemy. The real reinforcements were deliberately used to induce us to be deceived.

The Hungarian Republic is just a mob. If the Austrian government wants to suppress the rebellion, it does not need to mobilize so many troops.

I'm afraid the enemy was bluffing from the beginning, and the old fox Radkis deliberately made the illusion of insufficient troops, tempting us to fall into the trap.

There were no more than 400,000 troops sent by Austria to Hungary to suppress the revolution, and a large part of them came for us."

After hearing the Marshal's imagination, everyone's faces changed drastically, which is the most reasonable explanation.

They did not think that the three Sardinian divisions could not beat the three Austrian regiments. If the strength gap between the two sides was so large, the war would have ended long ago.

Everyone is politically wise, and cheating teammates is the most common method in diplomacy. In order to let them send troops to Venice as soon as possible, it is normal for the Hungarians not to tell them this news.

Outlets said worriedly: "Marson, no matter how corrupt Austria is, it is still a European power. If the Vienna government is willing, it will not be a problem to invest 200,000 to 300,000 troops into the Venice region.

If we cannot figure out the number of reinforcements from the enemy, we may suffer a great loss in the subsequent battles!"

This is a very realistic question. How did Austria send its troops to Trento without knowing it? How many reinforcements are there?

Weapons and equipment, firepower configuration, these are things they need to figure out immediately.

Marshal Bardorio thought for a while and said, "Send people to investigate the enemy's forces immediately. It is impossible for the enemy to hide so many troops. There will always be clues."

After pausing, he pointed at the unlucky guard who reported the military situation and asked angrily: "Idiot, how are the casualties of our army?"

The unlucky guard who was named answered hesitantly: "Marson, the three divisions participating in the Battle of Trento were severely injured, and the casualties are still under statistics. It is estimated that the losses of personnel will not be less than 10,000..."

After hearing the specific loss numbers, everyone's faces changed color, which means that for a long time in the future, the troops of these three divisions will lose their combat effectiveness.

"Marson, since the enemy's reinforcements have arrived, it is almost impossible for us to conquer Venice. It is better to stop the attack and save the results in our hands first!" Major General Mantua suggested with a tough bullet and gritted his teeth and suggested

They really don't want to fight anymore. The Austrian army is not as useless as politicians describe it, but is still very powerful.

Since the outbreak of the Battle of Venice, they have not gained much advantage. At this time, the enemy reinforcements arrived and their military strength was no longer there, so the battle was even more impossible.

Marshal Bardorio thought for a while and said, "Order the troops to stop attacking and turn to defense on the spot.

General Mantua, you lead the Fourth Division, the Fifth Division, and the Eighth Division to Arra Region to defend and watch the enemies in Trento.

The deployment of troops in other regions remains unchanged, everyone performs their duties, and I will report the rest to the country, and everyone will wait for the domestic orders!"

The Sardinians were completely deviated, and Austrian reinforcements had indeed arrived in the Venice area, but they did not go to Trento, but to Vicenza.

In order to evade responsibility, General Messe lied about military information and made the Sardinian Command make a wrong military deployment, and used a large amount of mobile troops to defend against the non-existent Austrian main force of Trento.

At this time, Lieutenant General Messe naturally didn't care about so much. He was busy catching the men and making up for the vacancies in the army.

There was no way. After being raided by the enemy, many of his troops were dispersed. Everyone was in a hurry to escape, and no one cared about gathering the defeated troops.

After running to Bergamo, the forces of his three divisions could not gather together a full division. Messe would never dare to report these situations.

In order not to get rid of the problem, Messe had no choice but to recruit people to make up for the numbers. Anyway, it is the war period, and he can eliminate the losses if he fights a few battles later.

The Kingdom of Sardinia was not so clear-headed. Messer was also the direct descendant of King Charles Albert. As long as you can live a good life, everyone turned a blind eye and went through it.

Walking on the streets of Bergamo and looking at the furious eyes of the people, Cizel felt creepy and gritted his teeth and suggested: "General, the situation here is wrong, I'm afraid it's not a place to stay for a long time!"

Lieutenant General Messe's performance was much stronger, and he sneered and said, "What are you thinking? Just a bunch of untouchables, are you worried?"

People’s hearts? This thing has long disappeared. When the troops retreated to Bergamo, the military discipline was gone.

The Sardinian soldiers were so worried that they vented here, such as a kind greeting to the young women in the city, and when they left, they also charged a labor fee.

This is also a tradition in Europe. For thousands of years, armies of various countries have been robbing part-time while fighting. Although the Sardinian army has transformed into modern army, these bad habits have remained.

In the eyes of a young noble like Cizel, who is still in a state of conscience, it is still a bit unacceptable, but it doesn't matter to Messe, who has participated in the anti-French war.

Cizel said in embarrassment: "But we do this, will there be trouble if Italy is unified in the future? Those members of the parliamentarians, if they talk about these issues, they may..."

Messer patted Cizel on the shoulder and sighed, "Cizel, you're thinking too much.

Not to mention whether we can unify Italy, even if we really unify Italy, no one will remember these things.

Don’t forget that the right to speak is always in the hands of a few people. We have never moved the nobles and capitalists, as long as they don’t hate us!”

There is no doubt that this battle has destroyed Messe's spirit and has completely lost confidence in this war.

At this time, what he thought about was not how to win the war, but was trying to escape punishment and avoid being liquidated after the war.

This is a society where moral degradation and money is paramount. There is nothing that cannot be solved by money. Even if there is one, it must be that there is not enough money!

General Messe is not the head coach, and even if he needs a scapegoat for defeat, he is not qualified. Now he first plunders a huge sum of money and takes it back to the country to move, and throwing away the responsibility for defeat. This is undoubtedly the most in line with his own interests.

The people of Bergamo were unfortunately lost to victims and fully felt what "the warmth of the Kingdom of Sardinia" was.

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Chapter completed!