The political situation in Austria is very strange. Windischgrätz's troops are just fighting hard, as if they want to bloodbath Vienna. The main nobles in Vienna are very puzzled by this, because no one wants to see corpses lying around.
There are bloody scenes everywhere, and no one wants their home to become a Shura field.
A large number of enlightened nobles feel that the Revolutionary Party has not actually said that it will fight to the end and is willing to negotiate. Why not solve the problem in a more peaceful way?
To say the least, even if you, Windisch Gratz, have a deep hatred for the revolutionaries and must pay with blood, you can't do it recklessly! You can communicate more with your Russian allies and wait for Paskovich's army to join forces.
Solve the problem!
A large number of nobles believe that the army currently controlled by Windischgratz is the only mobile and effective force that Austria can use. If this army suffers too many losses in the counter-insurgency, how can it deter the uneasy and kind-hearted Xiaoxiao around it?
?
"Even if he doesn't wait for the Russians, he should wait for Josip Jelacic!"
Yes, for the Austrian nobles, the only military force that Austria can count on now, apart from its own Windischgratz, is the Croatian Jelacic. For this Croatian who does not cooperate with the Hungarians,
The Governor-General and the Austrian nobles still had good feelings and respect, and felt that if Windischgratz waited for Jelačić's troops to arrive in Vienna and take action together, the chance of winning would be greater.
Objectively speaking, this is indeed the case. Although Jelačić's troops are not as large as Windischgrätz, with only 40,000 to 50,000 people, they have rich experience in fighting the Hungarian rebels and have made the Hungarians suffer a lot before.
But what a proud person Windischgratz is! As a high-ranking Austrian noble, how could he think so much of a Croatian bastard? He even thought that it would be a shame for Austria if the Croatian bastard was allowed to help solve the rebellion in Vienna.
On the other hand, Windischgrätz also wanted to take all the credit for this huge achievement. Anyway, in his eyes, the rebels in Vienna were just a bunch of mobs. That is to say, if there were more people and the terrain was more familiar, it would be more troublesome for street fighting. But
Can these stop him?
With these thoughts in mind, Windischgratz couldn't wait to take action before Jelacic's reinforcements arrived. The battle started smoothly. On the outskirts of Vienna, the rebels were no match for the regular army and were soon forced to fight.
Shrinking towards the city center.
This naturally boosted Windischgrätz's confidence, and he couldn't wait to commit all his main forces and even part of his reserve team, hoping for a quick victory.
However, when the battle turned into a brutal street battle, the situation was completely different. The dense buildings and barricades provided good protection for the rebels, greatly reducing the power of Windischgratz's street-sweeping weapon and cannon.
There is no scene of grape bullets sweeping across a large area.
Grape bullets, which are very useful for dealing with dense formations, have only mediocre effects when encountering solid houses and barricades. After switching to solid bullets, although they can destroy some buildings, the efficiency is too low. Hundreds of shells can be fired every time.
After plowing a single building, and advancing at this speed, Windischgrätz would not be able to regain the capital in another half a year.
In desperation, Windischgratz could only press forward with his own effective forces and put in a large number of infantry to clear the rebels street by street. But you know, there is no firepower advantage, and the rebels have the terrain advantage, directly
As a result, the casualties of Windischgratz's troops skyrocketed.
In just one week, thousands of people were lost, and progress was meager. They no longer had the courage to attack immediately.
"Wendisch Gratz is going to have a headache!"
Duke Alexander Gorchakov put down his telescope. Just now, a new round of Austrian charges ended in vain. The rebels relied on the solid barricades to make the Austrian army cry and flee in embarrassment.
Duke Alexander Gorchakov felt a little comfortable and relaxed about this, because when the progress outside Windischgraz was going smoothly, the situation was really unfavorable to him. Once the Austrians successfully countered the rebellion quickly, he would inevitably be defeated by Nirvana.
Sherrodie's criticism is really hard to explain.
But now, looking at the Austrian's bearish look, he could shrug his shoulders and enjoy the joke. He wanted to know if Windisch Gratz was still so arrogant at this time.
Windischgratz was in really bad condition. The buttons of her military uniform were wide open, her shirt was full of stains, her face was unshaven, as if she hadn't shaved for a while, and her eyes were densely covered with bloodshot eyes.
His brows were furrowed, looking very worried.
Schwarzenberg asked in a low voice: "The situation is not good?"
Windisch Gratz wanted to say that everything was under control, but after taking a look at her uncle, she swallowed her words. There was no need to engage in such nonsense with her own people. The current situation was indeed not good.
After a long while, Windisch Gratz pounded the table and replied dully: "These damn bed bugs don't dare to fight head-on like men at all. Instead, they hide in holes in the ground like mice and keep getting in."
Get out of the soldiers who are harassing me! Make them annoyance!"
This is a new scene that Windischgratz has never encountered before, because when he was quelling the Prague rebellion, because of the sudden incident, he immediately withdrew his troops outside the city, and then concentrated his superior troops and firepower to counterattack.
, leaving little time for the rebels to build fortifications.
Therefore, in Prague he did not encounter this kind of street fighting that required clearing street by street, nor did he encounter particularly strong fortifications and barricades, so that progress could go smoothly. The situation in Vienna was completely different. The rebel army was more fully prepared and built a large number of
He was constantly dealing with barricades and fortifications, and taking advantage of his familiarity with the terrain, which made him a little tired of dealing with it.
In fact, this kind of battle mode will still be a headache even a hundred years later. In the famous Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Berlin in World War II, even if you have superior firepower, you will suffer heavy casualties in this kind of street fighting. Not to mention this in 1848.
It’s an era when firepower is even poorer.
"What are you going to do? Do you want to let the troops take a rest first?"
Windischgratz immediately refused: "We must not stop! My boys are very tired and have suffered heavy casualties, but the rebels are even more tired and have greater casualties. As long as you put more pressure on them, they will soon be defeated."
Finished!"
With that said, Wendy Schretz pounded the table again, and then resolutely threw all the reserves in. He believed that this would be the last straw that broke the camel's back!