v3 Chapter 157： Prussia enters

No, Austria took Ali Sabieh and stabilized the defense of Djibouti port.

To the surprise of many people in Europe, he did not go southeast like Giuseppe Garibaldi and took Harel, and then went west, in a way that caught the Ethiopian garrison in Dikil by surprise. , at the cost of only 20,000 people and only 1,000 people, they took the city where 5,000 Ethiopian troops were stationed.

Moreover, the Ethiopian army lost more than 3,000 people, and the remaining 2,000 people were evacuated westward with varying degrees of injuries.

The victory drew admiration for Austria in Europe.

In contrast, the previous attack by Italy seemed to be inferior.

This made Emmanuel II and Giuseppe Garibaldi look bad.

"There is no harm without contrast, now, Emmanuel II must have a bad face, right?

Franz Joseph I smiled proudly.

Archduke Rainer Ferdinand is also extremely happy as the current Prime Minister of the Austrian Empire.

In the past few years, when Austria faced the surrounding powers, the wars launched by Austria have lost more and won less. Therefore, there are more and more examples of Austria's use of people with strong diplomatic skills as prime ministers. This makes Lei Grand Duke Na Ferdinand was quite dissatisfied, because this would reduce the power of their nobles in the Austrian government.

Therefore, this battle in Africa is a very important opportunity for the nobles to show their strength. Although more than 5,000 people have been lost today, Ethiopia has lost more than 7,000 people. This is the main attack for Austria. is complete acceptable.

Compared with Italy, it highlights the strength of the Austrian army.

"Your Majesty, now we have established a firm foothold. Next, Prince Olsperger is going to play his favorite tactics. If you think about it, many people in Europe will be dumbfounded."

"That's right, this time we played a mighty show, but it's not enough, let's let the storm come more violently."

The hope of Franz Joseph I.

However, it seems that he was lucky, because on July 15, 1863, a news about the war situation in Ethiopia spread all over Europe, which made everyone feel that Prince Olsperger's military capabilities once again rubbed off. Oh, let's go up to the ranks of European stars.

Even William IV had to sigh and say to the members of the Privy Council: "Prince Olsperger is an object worthy of study by the military of European countries."

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It turned out that after taking Dikile, the Austrian prince did not stop there. Instead, he once again realized the attack in different directions of the routed army. He did not take the opportunity to chase down these routed Ethiopian troops and chase them to Desai. This big city, on the contrary, went north. In just 5 days, it reached and conquered in parallel, and won the big northern city of Merkele.

And only 20,000 people were used to attack 20,000 people.

So far, the Austrian Prince Olsperger has used 50,000 people to beautifully complete the task that Italy used 200,000 people to complete.

While successfully slapping Italy in the face, it also reassessed Austria's military strength for European countries.

The face of Tewodros II was very embarrassing at this time, because compared with Emmanuel II, the other party was a face problem, but he was a real pain in the skin.

In just over half a month, Ethiopia lost its territory in the northeastern part of the country, and it was taken carelessly.

Compared with Austria, Tverdros II still likes to have a face-to-face fight with Italy.

Crown Prince Menelik is also very worried.

"Father, this Austria is worthy of being an old-fashioned power in Europe. No wonder it has been able to stand in Europe for so long. Even if it is gradually declining, the camel is still bigger than a horse. We are going to fight a tough battle this time."

"Well, although Austria is inconspicuous in Europe, it depends on who it is compared with. Now with the rise of Prussia, Austria's status has declined well, but the country's strength has not declined. The reason for everyone's impression is that the source It's just the rise of Prussia."

"Father, referring to Prussia, it means"

"Yes, since we are unable to compete with Austria economically and militarily, after all, although Austria's economy is not at the forefront in Europe, it is not comparable to us. Militarily, Austria has a population of more than 30 million, and its mobilization ability is not high either. Only Italy, which has more than 20 million people, is on a par, and in terms of diplomacy, this country is also the most opportunistic, unlike Italy with insufficient background.”

King Tewodros II sighed because of this: "Therefore, we can't fight them hard, and defensiveness is what we should do."

"Father, this will be even more unfavorable for us."

"It's not all on the defensive. You can break it into pieces and conduct guerrilla attacks on them. After all, this is our own home court."

With the decisions made by Tewodros II and Crown Prince Menelik, the Ethiopian army even began to make corresponding new strategies for fighting.

European countries, especially the intelligence personnel of the colonies of the surrounding countries, all knew about Ethiopia's new tactics.

It was also known that Austria was in embarrassment.

It turned out that under the so-called guerrilla warfare in Ethiopia, there were always various harassment operations around the Austrian army. For example, the Austrian army, which was supposed to rest, suddenly burst into flames in the anniversary year. Everyone participated in the rescue, and finally it was dawn. Morale of the Austrian army was low due to lack of sleep.

Occasionally, the sound of gongs and drums appeared again, which made the Austrian army enter a state of tension again, but the east stopped and the west sounded again.

The surrounding environment is that Ethiopians are good at hiding, so it is difficult to catch each other. Just in this case.

Many Austrian troops began to suffer from fatigue and other human factors that had a huge impact on their combat power, which made Prince Olsperger have to seek additional troops from Austria. paid manpower.

On August 1, 1863, Austria once again sent 50,000 people to Ethiopia Due to the formation of corresponding troops, the effect of Ethiopia's guerrilla tactics was immediately halved, but the casualties were huge, so the most Ethiopia had to change, removing most of the guerrillas.

When Giuseppe Garibaldi of Libya heard the news, he immediately sighed: "We all underestimate King Tewodros II, although now Austria has increased its troops, I am still not optimistic about Prince Olsperger. "

Someone asked him why?

He shook his head, because he was not sure, but this was his always intuition. The intuition of a soldier is the beacon of war. He has won many times on the battlefield by relying on his intuition. Therefore, his intuition is Very trusting.

Giuseppe Garibaldi was right, because on August 3, 1863, Prince Frederick Karl of Prussia, in Mogadishu, Somalia, stood up for the Ethiopian war.

"We have a close relationship with Ethiopia. We do not allow Austria to do whatever they want in Ethiopia. I have sent a letter of protest to Prince Olsperger against the Austrian invasion of Ethiopia. If the Austrian side insists on this, then we do not mind Ethiopia provides more aid"

When someone asked him what specific measures he had taken, many people thought that the nephew of King William IV of Prussia would refuse to answer, but unexpectedly, he directly announced that all options were possible, including sending troops.

For this reason, it is not only dark clouds over Ethiopia, but also very strange over Europe, and even a meeting within the German Confederation was held. Click to download this site APP, massive novels, free to read!