Make France Great Again

Chapter 991 Emergency treatment

"Your Majesty the King!"

The Austrian ambassador also threatened Victor Emmanuel II with a smile, "I advise your country to think about it carefully, you don't have much time left!

If your country cannot give us a reply within 48 hours, then the Austrian Empire will think that your country has no intention of conducting peace negotiations with our country on the negotiating table!

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

"You..." Victor Emmanuel II responded angrily to the Austrian ambassador with veins popping out, "You are going too far to deceive others. The international community will never agree to your wanton behavior. Your behavior is You are destroying the Congress of Vienna that you created in the first place!"

Faced with the angry threat of Victor Emmanuel II, the Austrian ambassador fully demonstrated what imperialism means.

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

The purpose of the Congress of Vienna was to prevent conflicts between major powers and maintain the balance of power on the European continent.

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

And your recent behavior of allowing domestic Carbonari parties to assassinate the monarchs of the Principality of Tuscany, the Principality of Modena, and the monarch of the French Empire has seriously violated the original intention of the Congress of Vienna.

The Austrian Empire made this choice precisely to safeguard the Congress of Vienna!

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 curse word throughout the article, the contempt revealed in his words still made Vidoc Emmanuel II feel particularly unhappy and sad.

To be fair, the Kingdom of Sardinia is second only to the first echelon of countries in Europe (Britain, France, Prussia, Austria, and Russia), but the gap between them and the first echelon is still unimaginably large.

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

[The 120,000 troops of the Kingdom of Sardinia in 184 were completely based on the numbers obtained by putting together the various states and then filling them with water. 】

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

As for the quality of individual soldiers in the army...well! Let’s take a look at Prussia next door! family!

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

The richest land in the entire Apennine Peninsula was in the hands of the Austrian Empire.

The Austrian Empire could rely on the finances of Lombardy and Venice to defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia.

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

In short, after losing the golden opportunity in 1848, the Kingdom of Sardinia under the leadership of Victor Emmanuel II found it difficult to defeat the Austrian Empire on its own.

The atmosphere fell into an anxious state after the Austrian Ambassador said those words. After a while, Victor Emmanuel II said to the Austrian Ambassador with a straight face and a stiff tone, "Your Excellency, Ambassador, I am now As the monarch of Sardinia, please leave!"

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

Shortly after the Austrian ambassador left, Victor Emmanuel II suddenly exploded. He was so angry that he picked up a bench and threw it directly in the direction where the Austrian ambassador left.

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

Later, Victor

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

After throwing away two round stools in a row, Victor Emmanuel II finally felt calmer. He walked slowly to the door of the room, opened the door of the reception room, and said harshly to the servants outside the room. One sentence, "Come in and tidy up!"

After hearing this, the servant subconsciously shrank his neck, and then responded obediently, "As you command!"

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, "You should go to the Ministry of War immediately and pull the Minister of War. Mamol calls over!

Remember to be quick! "

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

Before the adjutant could take two steps forward, he suddenly turned around and asked Victor Emmanuel II again where he would meet Ramamore later.

"Study!" Victor Emmanuel II responded briefly.

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

When Victor Emmanuel II arrived at the door of his study, he suddenly thought that he should pass the news to Cavour in Paris via telegram.

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

Therefore, Victor Emmanuel II casually called a servant, and then asked him to go to the telegraph room of the Turin Palace to transmit the Austrian Empire's ultimatum to the Kingdom of Sardinia to Sardinia via telegram. Embassy of Dinia in France.

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

After receiving the order, the servant turned and headed to the telegraph room. 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 hearing this, Victor Emmanuel II nodded and said, "I understand! You can go out!"

"Yes!" The servant left the study respectfully.

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

The door opened slowly, and Marshal Ramamore, Sardinian Minister of War and interim Prime Minister, appeared in front of Victor Emmanuel II.

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

"Your Majesty, I wonder what you want from me?" Ramamore asked Victor Emmanuel II respectfully.

"That's it, just now..." Victor Emmanuel II repeated to Ramamore exactly what the Austrian ambassador had just said.

After Ramamore listened, Tong also showed an expression of indignation, "Those Austrian empires are so abominable!"

"So, I want to ask you, this war hero, what should we do now!" Victor Emmanuel II gave Ramamore a small compliment.

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

Victor Emmanuel II was stunned after listening to Ramamore's speech.

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

Therefore, Victor Emmanuel II asked Ramamore directly, "What if the Austrian Empire insists on attacking Sardinia?"

If you launch military operations, how sure are you of resisting the Austrian Empire's attack? "

After Ramamore thought for a long time, he helplessly replied to Victor Emmanuel II, "Your Majesty, please forgive me!

If the Austrian Empire really wants to launch a war with us, our army will only be able to support it for 72 hours! "

"72 hours!" Victor Emmanuel II looked at Ramamore in shock, "Does that mean you can only last three days?"

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

"Is our army so vulnerable?" Victor Emmanuel II asked with a slightly excited tone.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Cavour cut the military expenditure by 30% some time ago!!" Ramamore expressed his dissatisfaction with Cavour to Victor Emmanuel II tactfully.

Victor Emmanuel II showed a hint of embarrassment on his face. The 30% reduction in military spending was implemented by Cavour after seeking his consent.

After all, no one would have thought that Austria would take action against them before.

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

"The matter of military expenditure is indeed poorly thought out!" Victor Emmanuel II said to Ramamore, "But can we really only support it for three days?"

"Five days!" Ramamore opened his hand and said to Victor Emmanuel II, "Our army can survive the Austrian attack for up to five days!

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 Austrian Empire's troops will completely occupy all of our territory except Sardinia!

At that time, we can only place our hope on coordination among major powers! "

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