Chapter 9 The War is Over

The Austro-Prussian War was a well-prepared war, and the entire German Empire had a very distinct war.

The conflict had already begun in April, but because of the hesitation of the King of Prussia, Prussia did not start preparing for the war until May.

However, for this war, it was obvious that Prussia was the one that was more fully prepared. The Prussians had already prepared to unify Germany, while the Austrians were still immersed in the dream of the empire, and did not know that the situation of the Austrian Empire was already very dangerous at this time.

As time entered June 1866, the flames on the border between Prussia and Austria were further ignited.

The Kingdom of Bavaria in southern Germany tried to initiate a confederation vote, taking this opportunity to stop both Prussia and Austria from preparing for war.

But the war preparations of the two countries had reached such a stage that it was not something that a small Bavaria could stop.

After the Iron-blooded Prime Minister Bismarck declared the decision of the parliament invalid and demanded the dissolution of the Confederation Conference, the whole of Germany began a vigorous line-up behavior.

In addition to deciding the winner of this upcoming war, the final ruler of the German region must also be determined.

On the Prussian side are Meulenburg, Oldenburg and other states in North Germany, as well as the three free cities of Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck.

On the Austrian side are Saxony, Hanover, Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg, Hesse-Gassel, Hesse-Darmstadt and other member states of the German Confederation.

In terms of the number, population and area of ​​the states standing on the side, Austria has an advantage. But in terms of military strength, Prussia is obviously stronger than the other side.

With the official arrival of June 14, the war that both sides have prepared for a long time also broke out.

Carlo is not worried about this war at all. Even if it is just a one-on-one duel between Prussia and Austria, Austria will never be Prussia's opponent.

Although the Italian army will not play a big role, it can also contain part of the Austrian army in the early stage of the war.

Moreover, Garibaldi has prepared an army of more than 10,000 people in advance, at least this army will not be a drag.

If the Austrians really underestimated the enemy, perhaps Italy could not only recover the Venice region, but also claim the long-desired South Tyrol region.

It is worth mentioning that because he was worried about Garibaldi leading the army alone, Vittorio Emanuele II also agreed to Carlo's request, which was to invite Garibaldi's second son, Giotti, as Carlo's ducal court military attaché.

This position does not have any real power, after all, Carlo is not qualified to have a guard.

Giotti's daily task is to accompany Carlo to the military academy to study, and to handle some chores for Carlo.

While Carlo was studying military affairs day after day, the war between Prussia and Austria was also in dire straits.

Although the entire battlefield was divided into three places, the decisive one was the battlefield in Bohemia.

This is not only the place where the main forces of the Prussian army and the Austrian army exchanged fire, but also the most essential part of the Austrian Empire.

The good news is that Carlo can easily get the latest war reports from the front line with his connections, and then publish them in his 24-hour Sun.

By the way, he occasionally gets some news about Garibaldi, which has completely secured the position of the Italian 24-hour Sun in the Italian public opinion circle.

With the help of the outbreak of this war, the daily sales of the Italian Sun have exceeded 15,000 copies, and are rapidly moving towards 20,000 copies per day.

If it weren't for the printing technology and communication technology of this era that restricted the expansion of newspapers, I'm afraid the Sun could take this opportunity to become the largest newspaper in Italy.

The entire war did not last long, because Prussia was worried that France would interfere, so the war started with a bang and ended in a mess.

The good news is that Italy successfully obtained the reward for participating in the war, the complete Venice region and part of South Tyrol.

The bad news is that both the Italian army and Vittorio Emanuele II showed extremely bad performance in the war. The performance of more than 100,000 Italian troops was not as good as that of Garibaldi's army of more than 10,000.

However, as the saying goes, the flaws do not outweigh the merits. Compared with the national celebration brought by the recovery of Venice and the annexation of half of South Tyrol, the poor military command of Vittorio Emanuele II can also be actively ignored by the Italian people.

At least in this matter, Vittorio Emanuele II and Garibaldi reached a compromise.

Garibaldi hoped to see a unified and powerful Italy in his lifetime, while Vittorio Emanuele II hoped to achieve the great goal of unifying Italy during his term of office. The two hit it off.

It was also good for Carlo.

It was Carlo who proposed that Garibaldi recruit soldiers and prepare for war, and it turned out to be very effective.

If Garibaldi's army had not played a big role in the southern battlefield, it would have been very difficult for Italy to recapture Venice, let alone annex part of the South Tyrol region.

The biggest factor was that Prussia was worried about French intervention.

In the original history, after the Italian army was defeated, Garibaldi was ordered to take charge, and he defeated the Austrian army many times with only a hastily formed army of 38,000 people, and even almost reached the Tyrol region.

But at that time, Prussia was worried about French intervention and demanded that the Italian government withdraw its troops immediately with an extremely tough attitude.

Garibaldi had no choice but to withdraw from South Tyrol, which also made Italy only gain the Venice region that the Austrians voluntarily gave up in this war.

And now, because of Garibaldi's proactive attack, most of South Tyrol had been conquered before the Prussians asked for withdrawal.

This also became the confidence of the Italian diplomatic department to ask for South Tyrol. Although it only got less than half of South Tyrol in the end, it was at least more than the original history.

Compared with Italy, the Kingdom of Prussia was definitely the country that gained the most from this war.

After the end of this war, the German Federation announced its dissolution, and Austria had lost control of the German region.

Prussia became the leader of all the states in the entire German region, and annexed the Kingdom of Hanover, becoming the new overlord of the German region.

This is still very friendly to a country like Italy. With Prussia attracting the attention of Britain and France, Italy can develop in a low-key manner for a while, and Carlo does not have to worry that some of his operations will cause greater surprises.

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