June 1, 1849, in the outskirts of Rome, the capital of the Papal States/Roman Republic.
The suburbs of Rome, shrouded in heavy rain all night, exuded a fishy, musty smell.
This is the fourteenth day after the siege of the city of Rome. Since the "bandits" of the French Republic [a contemptuous name for the French Republic's volunteers] occupied the countryside on the outskirts of Rome on May 17, the war has been carried out around the outskirts of Rome.
Renault, the commander-in-chief of the Roman Expeditionary Force, who led more than 14,000 French soldiers, worked steadily and relied on the navy's powerful transportation capabilities to mobilize nearly 20 heavy artillery. At the same time, he pretended to secretly write a letter to Mazzini, claiming that he
The purpose of coming to Rome was to protect the Roman Republic.
The ruling Roman Republic headed by Mazzini was certainly unwilling to believe what Regno said.
After all, Regno severely damaged the National Guard, which they had worked so hard to manage, in a rural area near Rome on the 16th. How could anyone declare to protect the opponent while also severely damaging the opponent's army?
Although Mazzini was unwilling to believe Regno's lies, the French soldiers were already approaching the city, and the Republic's army was in urgent need of rectification.
Mazzini could only reorganize the army and write to his French comrades, hoping that they could prevent the army from invading the Republic.
The Republic cannot fight the Republic, this was Mazzini’s demand.
Of course, this was also the subjective factor why Mazzini subconsciously believed that the army of the Roman Republic was inferior to the French army.
As for Reinho, he also understands Mazzini's intention. Now he also needs time to transfer some of the teams stranded in Civitavecchia.
In the first round of the battle for the outskirts of Rome, Regno found that his more than 14,000 advance army troops could not completely eliminate the Roman Republic, and had to call out the remaining troops staying in Civitavecchia.
Just come.
On May 28, Jérôme Bonaparte's envelope was delivered to General Renault.
General Reño, who was fully prepared, decided to follow the president's order and launch a beautiful battle of annihilation.
On the evening of May 28, following an order from General Renault, the French war machine, which had been resting for nearly ten days, started up again.
Cannon arrays loaded with solid shells were constructed overnight, and the construction was completed around three o'clock in the morning.
During this period, the Roman Republic also discovered Renio's actions. Under the leadership of Garibaldi, the only remaining commander of the Roman Republic, they formed a death squad in an attempt to break into the artillery array and destroy the cannons.
This action was blocked by the French army, and the two sides fought in the streets on the outskirts of the city, with blood splattering on the streets and walls.
Originally a couple who didn't know each other, or even had any deep hatred, they became life-and-death rivals under the guidance of the government.
The French army, which was the largest in Europe, quickly forced the Roman Republic's army to several of their inherent strategic locations.
Following General Renault's order, all the guns were pointed at several strategic locations and walls in the Roman city.
Cannons made a huge roar to wake up the residents of the Roman Republic. The first round of uncalibrated cannons ejected from the chamber, and some off-track solid cannonballs "just happened" to pass over the inner city wall and hit their apartments.
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The cannon carrying a huge impact hit the room owner before he could react. The owner of the room, who only had the thought of "Where am I? Who am I?", was instantly smashed to pieces by the solid cannonball, leaving only
There was a cloud of blood mist and a blur of blood-red flesh foam on the wall.
Situations like this were common in Rome on the night of the 28th. Under the salvo fire of nearly 20 cannons, not to mention them, even Mazzini, the ruler of the Roman Republic, almost died.
Mazzini, who climbed onto the wall of the Roman Republic, ordered the soldiers on the wall to fight back. The soldiers on the wall could only respond hesitantly. Their artillery and range could not overwhelm the French Republic. Instead of firing at them now, it would be better to conserve their strength.
, waiting for the French Republic to approach before attacking.
Mazzini had no choice but to give up his plan to counterattack, and it took nearly an hour for the cannon fire to stop.
At this time, the city of Rome was like a goddess whose face had been scratched, leaving only ruins and wailing from time to time.
"They will definitely pay for it!" Looking at Rome, which was already filled with ruins, Mazzini's expression was full of resentment.
Perhaps God did not want to see the Roman Republic perish so soon.
In the early morning of May 29, the French Republic soldiers raided the Roman Republic's outpost defense focus of the Villa Corni, Villa Pamphili, and the barricades near the Janicululu Hill.
On the evening of the 29th, the artillery array moved to the Janiculuth Mountain under the order of Reinio. Anyone with a little military knowledge knew that General Reinio was about to launch a general attack on the Roman Republic.
Just when General Rennio was preparing to continue his attack, defeating the suburbs and entering the inner city, a large group of dark clouds appeared over Rome, covering the suburbs of Rome. Lightning and rumbling thunder appeared in the clouds.
Judging from the thickness of the clouds, a heavy rain is inevitable, and rainy days are obviously not conducive to launching a general offensive.
Rennio could only give up the attack on the city of Rome and ordered the cannons to be guarded.
It rained heavily for nearly two days and finally cleared up on the night of June 1st.
The late night with a bright moon hanging in the sky looked particularly deserted, and the storm from France started in the deserted atmosphere.
At 8 o'clock in the evening on June 1, General Regno issued an order to the expeditionary force to march on the city of Rome.
The cannons in the artillery array were activated again. This time their property was not the inner city of Rome, but the walls surrounding the city of Rome.
More than 40 cannons loaded with solid shells were fired at the city wall at the same time.
After a volley of fire, the Roman city wall was quickly blown out of the way.
Edgar Ney, who was in charge of the assault force commander, pulled out his command knife and shouted: "March into Rome and hang Mazzini!"
The sharp and cold command knife flashed under the moonlight, making people feel a chill rushing into their hearts.
Seeing this, the surrounding commanders also raised their swords and shouted vigorously: "March into Rome and hang Mazzini!"
Thousands of soldiers armed with mtl1842 muzzleloaders, led by their respective commanders, formed a formation and rushed towards the gap like locusts.
In the city of Rome, under the leadership of Garibaldi, the National Guard and volunteers, wearing various types of troops and holding "Made in All Nations" rifles, gathered at the gap.
Garibaldi was making his final mobilization speech: "Soldiers, you are fighting for the Republic! Fighting for millions of Italians, France has betrayed their faith, and their army has degenerated into a
Troops full of "gangsters" and "ambitious"!
I see the vitality of the new army in you. Although our weapons are not as good as theirs, I believe that the "bandit army" that has been degenerating cannot fight with an army that only has ideals and vitality! Their defeat is inevitable. This
I will take the lead and be with you in this battle!"
After finishing his speech, Garibaldi clenched his fists and shouted loudly: "Long live Italy, long live the Roman Republic!"
The National Guards and Volunteers present are a group of energetic troops who are eager to dedicate everything they have to the unification of Italy.
Encouraged by Garibaldi, they also shouted loudly: "Long live Italy, long live the Roman Republic! Down with the French bandits!"
This loud voice seemed to contain a power that could shake the heavens and the earth. It passed through the Roman city walls and reached the ears of the French army.
There was a small wave of commotion in the French army on the march, and some new members of the army could not help but doubt the justice of the war.
However, under the "kind" leather shoes of the veteran and the commanding sword of the superior, they did not dare to think too much and attacked directly towards the gap.
General Renault, who regarded the artillery array as a command post, frowned slightly when he saw this. He pointed at the gap and gave an order to the artillery regiment commander beside him: "Fire all the cannons at that. I want to see them."
How to defeat our army!"
"Yes!" The regiment commander in charge of commanding the artillery array quickly acted.
Another salvo was fired, this time the load was no longer solid shells, but shotgun shells.
The shotshells that entered the inner city through the gap exploded the moment they hit the ground, and countless shrapnel hidden in the shotshells shot out in all directions.
"Be careful!" The soldiers beside Garibaldi instantly threw Garibaldi to the ground.
"ah!"
Garibaldi, whose body was close to the ground, could only hear countless wailing sounds coming from his ears.
Garibaldi reacted and wanted to get the soldiers up. He wanted to continue the war.
Only then did he realize that the soldier who fell on him was already dead.
The blood merged with the soldier's red uniform, and the sad Garibaldi gently pushed the dead soldier away and stood up again.
The sharp-sword soldiers who fought against the French vanguard suffered heavy casualties under Regno's artillery attack.
These were the troops he led single-handedly, and some of them followed him to fight against the Austrians in Lombardy. They survived the hands of the feudal monarchy but died at the hands of their "compatriots" who were also republics.
Garibaldi felt like his heart was bleeding when he thought of this.
"Hang Mazzini!"
A hoarse cry pulled Garibaldi out of his grief and anger. After adjusting his mentality, Garibaldi wanted to gather the remaining teams to block the French army.
"General, let's go! We can't stop them anymore!" The adjutant, whose face was covered in blood, grabbed Garibaldi's arm and shouted vigorously.
"I..." Garibaldi glanced at the remaining soldiers beside him. He knew that even if he fought to the death here, he would be increasingly blocking the French soldiers. He could only gradually retreat to the inner city and rely on the streets to fight against the French with the residents of Rome.
That's the most effective way.
"well!"
Even though there were countless reluctances in Garibaldi's heart, they could only be turned into a weak sigh at the moment.
"withdraw!"
The remaining Roman Republic troops had to give up and block the gap under Garibaldi's order.
The French army like a tide occupied the gap with Edgar Ney taking the lead.
"Tell the commander that we have opened the road to the inner city and need further instructions!"
Edgar Ney wiped the sweat from his forehead and ordered to the soldiers beside him.
"yes!"
The soldiers who received the order from Edgar Ney quickly set off for General Renault.