"Report to the commander that our army has occupied the passage leading to the inner city, please ask for further instructions!"
The soldier responsible for conveying the order came to Major General Renault and saluted General Renault and said.
"Tell Major Edgar Ney and order him to control the city gates and welcome the large army into Rome!"
After General Renault issued the next order to the messenger, he yawned and said to the artillery regiment commander beside him: "If Major Edgar Ney comes to report again, tell him to rest. He should know
My place!”
"Yes!" the artillery regiment commander responded quickly.
General Renault turned around and left. Before he had taken a few steps, he suddenly thought of something and turned back to the artillery regiment commander again.
"Commander!" the artillery regiment commander stared at Regno with puzzled eyes.
"Where is the map?" General Renault issued another order to the artillery regiment commander.
The commander of the artillery regiment quickly brought the map to General Renault and ordered the soldiers beside him to bring a kerosene lamp for General Renault's lighting.
Under the light of the kerosene lamp, Renio would use his rough hands to draw on the map of Rome. With a frown, he stopped his hand at a place with some gate marks and asked: "Can you tell me, this place?"
where?"
The artillery regiment commander was startled for a moment, and carefully checked the location pointed by General Renault, and then looked at the city of Rome with the help of moonlight. It seemed that there was no door in Rome that General Renault pointed to.
"Commander... this may be because of the age!" the artillery regiment commander carefully tried to explain: "This map is actually left over from the emperor's era. The emperor's era has been more than thirty years away from us. Some of the
Changes are also necessary!”
"It should be? You call this what it should be?" General Renault raised his voice and criticized sternly: "Your word of "yes" may cost the lives of many people!"
The commander of the artillery regiment lowered his eyebrows and did not dare to refute at all.
There has been no change in the French army since the emperor abdicated, and even the army's basic intelligence work is in a mess.
If this continues, the entire French army will face a crisis.
Of course, in the mind of General Renault, this was just a minor crisis for the French army, far from the danger of destroying the army.
Just give them a little whack.
"Have Major Edgar Ney, Brigadier General Niel... come to my residence with complete instructions!" General Renault said to the commander of the artillery regiment. He was going to send all the middle and high-level commanders in the expeditionary force this time.
He called all the officers over, and he wanted to rectify the freedom and laxity of the French army.
"Yes!" The artillery regiment commander, who did not dare to offend General Renault, responded in a low voice.
"Aim, hit me hard here... here... and here!" Regno pointed to the city hall and the surrounding landmark buildings on the map and said to the artillery regiment commander: "Give me a blast.
Get rid of their arrogance!"
After explaining all the situation, Renault slowly walked down the mountain under the protection of soldiers, leaving only the artillery regiment commander who followed General Renault's orders.
June 2, 1849.
After a night of melee, the French army finally captured the city walls of Rome just before the sun rose above the horizon. Rome was exposed and became France's possession.
The Roman Republic existed in name only.
Mazzini, who was in power of the Roman Republic, escaped from Rome. There were only about 5,000 soldiers in the whole of Rome scattered in the streets of Rome under the leadership of Garibaldi. They were preparing to turn this place into another "Austria" and drain the French army.
Every drop of blood.
Of course France will not follow their wishes. The artillery on the Janiculuth Mountain and the cannon on the Roman city walls have already been aimed at the Roman city. Once there is any movement in the streets of the Roman city, the cannons will shoot at the streets as soon as possible.
The soldiers who had been tired all night began to rest one after another under the orders of the "merciful" commanders.
The commander, who had also fought hard all night, was told by the artillery regiment commander to assemble at General Renault's residence before he had time to repair himself.
The puzzled commanders could only temporarily forget their fatigue and go to General Renault's temporary residence.
More than a dozen military commanders arrived outside an apartment on the outskirts of Rome, walked through a unique garden, and arrived at the door of the apartment facing the rising sun.
This apartment was originally owned by a wealthy nobleman from Rome. After the establishment of the Roman Republic, the nobles fled in panic, and the apartment became an ownerless property.
After the French army stationed on the outskirts of Rome, apartments became a French thing.
"The commander has just fallen asleep, please wait a little longer!" the soldier responsible for guarding the gate said to the commander present.
The commanders looked at each other and could only wait at the door of the apartment.
About half an hour later, the door of the apartment slowly opened, and General Renault, wearing the uniform of the First Empire, appeared at the door.
Everyone except Edgar Ney showed surprised expressions.
"Come in!" Regno waved to everyone, and Edgar Ney and others entered the hall.
The artwork in the hall has long since disappeared, leaving only a long walnut table with a simple sand table placed on it. Next to the sand table is a slightly yellowed map.
"Boys, well done!" General Renault gave a thumbs up and praised everyone present.
"For the Empire!" the excited Edgar Ney responded first.
"For the empire!" The remaining commanders also shouted loudly.
After all, in an army that works from top to bottom, the commander is a Bonapartist. How could they not move closer to the commander?
The next action is crucial, as it is directly related to their wallets.
If that Bonaparte could lead them to achieve the same wealth as the original emperor, they would certainly not mind offering their loyalty to the president.
When everyone came to the map, General Renault began a vigorous carve-up frenzy.
"Brigadier General Niel, your next task is..." Niel, second only to General Renault in the expeditionary force, has obtained good jobs around the city hall, so much so that his peers have looked at him with envy.
look.
"Colonel de Lacy, your mission is to eliminate the traitors in this area!" Renault once again circled an area and handed it over to Colonel de Lacy.
Colonel de Lassie, who won the area second only to Colonel Niel, was also beaming.
General Renault arranged for everyone present in order to eliminate the "bandits" in their respective areas, and then said with a solemn expression: "Everyone, I wish you success!"
"Long live the President, long live the Empire!" the satisfied officers cheered sincerely.
Rennio nodded with satisfaction. The effect of this expedition obviously exceeded his expectations.
It seems that the military's resistance to the president is not strong.
After the partition was completed, General Renault informed every officer present about the map, and the officers' faces showed a little shame.
After beating the officer, General Renault then warned: "I don't want there to be a situation in the future where the markings on the map are inconsistent with reality! Now I want to give you a task, to mark every street in your area of responsibility.
I’ll mark it on the map and then summarize it!”
"Yes!" the officers said in unison.
"Go and take a rest first! By the way, Brigadier General Niel is staying!" Renault said kindly to all the commanders.
The commanding staff followed the order and left. Brigadier General Niel was briefly confused for a few seconds and then stood upright and obeyed General Renault's orders.
"Niel, sit down!" General Renault, who was sitting next to the map, warmly invited Niel to sit down.
"Yes!" Niel sat next to General Renault.
"Look, here...here, and here!" General Renault pointed out several buildings to Niel and said: "When I observed Rome from the top of the Janicululu Mountain, there were no such buildings at all.
See!"
Brigadier General Niel instantly understood what General Regno meant: "General, do you want me to recheck the map of the suburbs of Rome?"
"That's right!" Renault nodded and said to Niel: "You are from the Paris Engineering College. I will ask them (officers) to collect the streets and buildings in the area they are responsible for and hand them over to you."
You and your men make a new map, we can't fight here with a map from decades ago, otherwise there will be trouble!"
"Yes!" Brigadier General Niel immediately took over the task of Major General Renault. When he was at the Paris Engineering College, he had a background in surveying. If it weren't for some unexpected circumstances, he might have become a national engineer of the Road and Bridge Corps.
.
"Then don't worry about it!" General Renault said to Brigadier General Niel.
After Brigadier General Niel left, Rennault continued to look at the map, and a ridiculous idea emerged from Rennault's heart.
Perhaps I should suggest to His Majesty that all maps be remade.
General Rennault did not know that what he was thinking about was already being carried out in an orderly manner by Jérôme Bonaparte.
The time gradually came to 6 o'clock in the afternoon, and the fiery red disk was slowly falling. The French army, which had been resting for a whole day, became more active again. They were gearing up to go deep into the Roman neighborhoods and completely eliminate Garibaldi's troops.
On the other hand, General Renault also received an "uninvited guest" in his apartment.
A sinister middle-aged man with a Chinese character face and natural curls, wearing a black tight-fitting uniform and trousers, came to General Renault's villa. He showed a pious expression and said to General Renault, "God bless! General,
You defeated the mob! You protected God!”
"Bishop Antonelli! I am just following the orders of His Excellency the President!" General Regno said to Cardinal Antonelli, the "big red man" next to Pius IX, without being humble or humble.
Antonelli, who was only 42 years old, gradually showed a kind smile and nodded and said: "Of course! Of course! Mr. President is such a pious man. I heard that he had already come to Rome a year ago!"
Immediately, he showed a regretful expression: "But I was still visiting Naples at the time and had no chance to visit Mr. President!"
General Regno did not speak, and waited quietly for Antonelli's performance.
"General Regno, when will His Majesty the Pope be able to enter Rome?"