Windischgrätz was indeed not a military strategist. In this mediocre era, he was just a mediocre military general, so his judgment of the situation was actually inaccurate.
Maybe he was right. His troops suffered greater casualties than the rebels. He felt that as long as he continued to exert pressure, the rebels would soon collapse, but this judgment was wrong.
Because the rebel army was much stronger than he thought, especially after his glorious deeds were deliberately spread in Vienna and Europe by Duke Alexander Gorchakov, the rebels in Vienna all knew about his actions in Prague
With great achievements, they knew that this iron-blooded butcher would never give them a way to survive, and there was no other way to survive except resistance.
The insurrectionists cannot survive in the first place. They belong to the type of people who are forced to panic. People are so anxious that they jump over the wall. Even if you are like this, you are still exerting extreme pressure. Are you worried that others will not fight hard!
In fact, the correct approach is to fight and talk at the same time, while slowly eroding the base of the rebel army, while at the same time dividing them from the inside and dividing the unsteady swing faction. Weakening their fighting spirit bit by bit, this may cause some trouble.
It will take a little more time, but the cost is the lowest.
It's a pity that Windischgratz only wanted to take the credit alone, and she also looked down on the rebels. She was blindly superstitious about the force in her hands, thinking that she could wipe out everything with a big stick. Naturally, she would go all the way to the dark side.
Already.
After he invested all his reserves, the speed of cleaning did not increase significantly. He still moved forward inch by inch. And as his impatience spread to the lower ranks of the army, all the lower-level commanders felt a sense of urgency.
Regardless of whether it is reasonable or not, they are just mindlessly filling people in, and then the casualties will naturally rise linearly!
Naturally, Windischgratz's self-proclaimed final offensive only lasted five days, and then it became really unsustainable. Because his troops couldn't stand it, casualties snowballed, but the progress was not worth it.
What's worse is that the rebel army he warned would soon collapse never came.
The insurgents were still holding on, fighting for every inch of position with the young men of Windischgrätz street by street. A group of people died, and then a new group of insurgents immediately followed and picked up the weapons of their comrades.
The weapons continue to fight.
This endless battle directly caused Windischgrätz's troops to collapse. After nearly twenty days of storming, his troops went on strike and refused to continue the attack no matter how hard he jumped.
"These damn s**ts! I'm going to shoot them! Shoot them!"
Windischgratz's roar almost spread throughout his headquarters. After more than twenty days of work and tens of thousands of casualties, he only recaptured a quarter of Vienna. This achievement was really blinding.
Anyway, the ridicule against him has appeared in major newspapers in Europe. He has changed from the previous savior of Austria to the Austrian meat grinder. Reporters from various countries, especially Russian reporters, constantly ridiculed him and ridiculed him, almost without directly talking about him.
It's a waste.
"Calm down! My friend! You need to calm down now!"
Schwarzenberg is also having a headache. As much as he hoped for Wendy Schretz, he is now disappointed. The current situation has made him unable to stand still.
Windischgrätz did not do it all at once. He could still negotiate with the revolutionary party in the city to break up the situation, and he could also negotiate terms with the Russians and ask for assistance. But now it is difficult to leave in the past two days.
When negotiating with the Revolutionary Party, Wendy Schgrätz was the first to refuse, because she would feel that Schwarzenberg was slapping him in the face and that his counterinsurgency operations had failed, which he could not accept. As for
This guy would also feel embarrassed when negotiating terms with the Russians. After all, he had let him go if he said harsh words. He had also ridiculed Duke Alexander Gorchakov severely before. How could he be reconciled now?
For a while, both Schwarzenberg and Wendy Schretz felt that it was a bit tricky and there was no way to end it. The two brothers could only look at me and I looked at you and stared at each other.
And just when they were most embarrassed, they finally got good news: "Report, Lieutenant General Josip Jelacic's leading troops have arrived on the outskirts of the city!"
This news immediately shocked Schwarzenberg. Jelacic's arrival was a help in times of need and it was so timely. He glanced at the adjutant and immediately said to Wendy Schwartz: "Without further delay, we will immediately
Go see the lieutenant general to discuss counterinsurgency matters!"
Hong Kong Zhen, Windisch Graetz's mood is very complicated at this time. The timely arrival of reinforcements is naturally good news, but he can't help but have a bit of a lemon mentality. It is obvious that the recovery of Vienna is his own cause, and all the credit should be given to him.
Yes, Jelacic will naturally steal a lot of his limelight when he comes and share a lot of credit with him. This...
It is inevitable that Wendy Schgrätz would have such thoughts - [Did this guy do it on purpose, or did he come just because he saw the right time?]
And Schwarzenberg was too positive and too happy, which naturally made Wendy Schgratz even more unhappy. For a moment, he wanted to just throw away and say not to see Jelacic. But fortunately, he was not a third person.
A 20-year-old child knew that things couldn't be done this way, so he reluctantly followed Schwarzenberg in the end.
"Josip Jelacic is here?"
Naturally, the news could not be hidden from Duke Alexander Gorchakov. He was also full of resentment towards the Croatian lieutenant general who arrived too timely - couldn't you come slower? I haven't seen enough of Schwarzenberg.
What a joke with Wendy Schgrätz!
Naturally, the joke is over. Duke Alexander Gorchakov knows that the situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable for the revolutionaries in Vienna. With the arrival of Jelacic's reinforcements, the offensive of the Austrian government forces will become more fierce and fierce.
If it continues, given the bad situation in the city, the revolutionaries may be almost doomed.
Now Duke Alexander Gorchakov has two options. One is to take advantage of the fact that the Revolutionary Party is not completely finished, so that he can partially repair the relationship with Austria and alleviate the previous embarrassment. Or the second option is to find a way to
The revolutionaries gave blood transfusions to keep them going and let Austria shed more blood.
Where to go? Duke Alexander Gorchakov is a little undecided, because although Schwarzenberg and Wendy Schretz are a little embarrassed now, the overall situation is still in their favor. At this time, Russia may have to pay some price to repair the relationship. This
It's not cost-effective.
But if he chooses to give blood to the Revolutionary Party, although the idea is good, he has no idea how to do it specifically...