Make France Great Again Chapter 991

"Your Majesty the King!"

The Austrian ambassador also threatened Victor Emmanuel II with a smile on his face, "I advise your country to think carefully, the time left for you is running out!

If your country cannot give us an answer within 48 hours, then the Austrian Empire will think that your country has no intention of having peace negotiations with our country at the negotiating table!

Our army will also automatically enter a state of war after 48 hours! "

"You..." Viktor Emmanuel II responded angrily to the Austrian ambassador with bruised veins, "You are deceiving people too much. The international community will never agree with your reckless behavior. Destroy the Congress of Vienna that you created!"

Faced with the threat of Victor Emmanuel II becoming angry from embarrassment, the Austrian ambassador fully demonstrated what it means to be an imperialist face.

At this moment, he still looked at Victor Emmanuel II with a smile on his face, and said politely, "Your Majesty the King, I think you may have forgotten!

The purpose of the Vienna Conference was to prevent conflicts between great powers and to maintain the balance of power in the European continent.

It was based on this principle that Prime Minister Metternich chose to let you return to the country.

However, your recent behavior of allowing the domestic carbon burning party to assassinate the monarchs of the Principality of Tuscany, Modena, and the French Empire has seriously violated the original intention of the Vienna Conference.

The Austrian Empire made this choice precisely to maintain the Vienna Conference!

However, as long as your country is willing to agree to the conditions proposed by our country, our country is still willing to maintain peace with the Kingdom of Sardinia! "

Although the ambassador of the Austrian Empire did not utter a single dirty word, the contempt revealed in his words still made Vidok Emmanuel II feel particularly uneasy and sad.

In all fairness, the Kingdom of Sardinia can be regarded as a country second only to the first echelon (Britain, France, Prussia, Russia) in Europe, but the gap between them and the first echelon is still unimaginable.

In terms of the army alone, the current number of troops in the Kingdom of Sardinia is only about 50,000, and even if the militia and volunteers are added, it is only 80,000.

[The 120,000 troops of the Kingdom of Sardinia in 184 were all based on the numbers obtained after the states were put together and injected with water. 】

The standing force of the Austrian Empire is about 460,000, and the army that can be deployed on one front is almost 80,000 to 100,000 troops. This means that the Kingdom of Sardinia cannot compare with the Austrian Empire in terms of the number of troops.

As for the quality of individual soldiers in the army... Hmm! Let's look at Prussia next door! family!

In addition to the army, there is also a big economic gap between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Throughout the Apennine Peninsula, the richest land is in the hands of the Austrian Empire.

The Austrian Empire can completely rely on the finances of Lombardy and Venice to hang the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Of course, the talents of Lombardy and Venice cannot be used only in the local area, and more are used in subsidies to other regions (military subsidies).

In short, after the Kingdom of Sardinia under the leadership of Victor Emmanuel II lost the once-in-lifetime opportunity in 1848, it was difficult to defeat the Austrian Empire on its own.

The atmosphere fell into a state of anxiety after the Austrian ambassador said that he wanted that sentence. After a while, Victor Emmanuel II said to the Austrian ambassador with a straight face, "Your Excellency, I now use As the monarch of Sardinia, please leave!"

"I am waiting for your reply at the ambassador! Your Majesty!" The Austrian ambassador once again bowed politely to Victor Emmanuel II, then turned and left.

Not long after the Austrian ambassador left, Victor Emmanuel II suddenly erupted. He was so angry that he picked up a bench and threw it directly in the direction where the Austrian ambassador left.

There was only a "pop", and the round stool hit the wall hard.

Subsequently, Victor

Emmanuel II picked up another pair of round stools and threw them towards the wall. The legs and feet made of solid wood were directly broken into two sections.

After throwing two round stools in a row, Victor Emmanuel II finally calmed down a bit. He walked slowly to the door of the room, opened the door of the reception room, and said bluntly to the servants outside the room. One sentence, "Come in and clean up!"

After hearing this, the servant shrank his neck subconsciously, and then responded submissively, "Obey!"

The servants entered the room, and Victor Emmanuel II left the reception room.

Victor Emmanuel II, who was walking in the corridor, saw the adjutant who was about to go upstairs at the corner, he immediately stopped the adjutant, and said to the adjutant, "Go to the Ministry of War immediately and pull the Minister of War Marmoll is calling!

Remember to be fast! "

The adjutant heard the impatience in Victor Emmanuel II's words, he hurriedly replied "Yes", then turned and ran downstairs.

Before the adjutant took two steps forward, he suddenly turned around and asked Victor Emmanuel II where he would meet Lamarmore later.

"Study!" Victor Emmanuel II responded briefly.

"Yes!" The adjutant turned and ran downstairs again, while Victor Emmanuel II rushed upstairs to the study.

When Victor Emmanuel II arrived at the door of the study, he suddenly thought that he should telegraph this matter to Cavour who was far away in Paris.

If Cavour can persuade Jerome Bonaparte to support the Kingdom of Sardinia, then the Austrian Empire must not dare to act rashly.

Therefore, Victor Emmanuel II called a servant at random, and then told him to go to the telegraph room of the Royal Palace of Turin to transmit the ultimatum issued by the Austrian Empire to the Kingdom of Sardinia to Sardinia by telegram. Dinia Embassy in France.

Finally, Victor Emmanuel II added a special sentence, "Come and report to me immediately after sending the telegram!"

After receiving the order, the servant turned and went to the telegraph room, and Victor Emmanuel II opened the door and entered the study.

About 10 minutes later, the servant who was called to the telegraph room by Victor Emmanuel II appeared in his study.

"Your Majesty, I have sent the message!" The servant Victor Emmanuel II reported.

After listening to Victor Emmanuel II, he nodded and said, "I see! You can go out now!"

"Yes!" The servant left the study respectfully.

A few minutes later, the knock on the door rang again, and Victor Emmanuel II said in a majestic tone, "Please come in!"

The door opened slowly, and Marshal Lamamore, the Minister of War of Sardinia and the interim Prime Minister, appeared in front of Victor Emmanuel II.

After seeing Lamamore, Victor Emmanuel II gave a "whoosh" and got up and said to Minister Lamamore, "You are back!"

"Your Majesty, I don't know what you want from me?" Lamarmore asked Victor Emmanuel II respectfully.

"It's like this, just now..." Victor Emmanuel II repeated what the Austrian ambassador said just now to Lamarmore.

After Lamarmore finished listening, Tong Tong also showed an indignant expression, "Those Austrian empires are really hateful!"

"So, I want to ask you, war hero, what should we do now!" Victor Emmanuel II complimented Lamarmore a little.

After thinking for a moment, Lamarmore cautiously responded to Victor Emmanuel II, "Your Majesty, I think the most important thing now is to clarify the misunderstanding with the Austrian Empire!"

After listening to Lamarmore's speech, Victor Emmanuel II paused.

Lamamore's speech was completely different from what he wanted to hear from Lamamore.

Therefore, Victor Emmanuel II directly asked Lamarmore, "If the Austrian Empire insists on going its own way and wants to attack Sardinia?"

If you launch a military operation, how sure are you to resist the attack of the Austrian Empire. "

After pondering for a long time, Lamarmore replied helplessly to Victor Emmanuel II, "Your Majesty, please forgive me!

If the Austrian Empire really wants to start a war with us, the time our army can support is only 72 hours! "

"72 hours!" Victor Emmanuel II looked at Lamarmore in shock, "That means it can only last for three days?"

"If we break it up into parts, we might be able to hold on for a while longer!" Lamarmore said to Victor Emmanuel II tactfully.

"Is our army so vulnerable?" Victor Emmanuel II asked a little excitedly.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Cavour cut military spending by 30% some time ago!" Lamarmore euphemistically expressed his dissatisfaction with Cavour to Victor Emmanuel II~www.mtlnovel.com~Victor Emmanuel II showed embarrassment on his face. The 30% reduction in military spending was implemented after Cavour sought his consent.

After all, no one would have thought that Austria would do anything to them before.

Maintaining a full standing army of 50,000 people is still somewhat difficult for a medium-sized country's finances.

"The matter of military expenditure is indeed ill-considered!" Victor Emmanuel II said to Lamarmore, "But, can we really only last for three days?"

"5 days!" Lamamore opened his hand to Victor Emmanuel II and said, "Our army can last up to 5 days under the attack of Austria!

Your Majesty, if the Austrian Empire really wants to attack us, we only have 5 days to ask for help from the outside world!

In five days, the troops of the Austrian Empire will completely occupy all of our territory except Sardinia!

At that time, we can only pin our hopes on the coordination among major powers! "

Chapter end