Chapter 1176 Blood Payback (Part 1)

Chapter 1176 Blood Payback (Part 1)

In fact, there was no need for Count Stadion's instigation. Most of the Galician soldiers present had an unresolved blood feud with the Hungarians.

The Hungarian cavalry's raid did not have much impact on the western region where the Germans gathered, and many people did not even know the whole story of the attack.

However, the impact on eastern Galicia was huge. Almost every village was attacked, especially after the Austrian army cut off the Hungarian army's retreat, the revenge became even more crazy.

In addition, due to the language barrier, the two sides had no communication at all, and only fought to the death. In the end, the Galicians paid a huge price to eliminate the remaining enemies, which left a psychological shadow on almost every family.

And the way to break the shadow, in the most simple eyes of ordinary people, is to eliminate its source.

The Hungarian cavalry's raid was originally intended to cause maximum destruction and panic. They naturally would not choose the western region with high walls and deep moats and strict security.

Relatively speaking, the poor east, open plains, and the land and simple villages and towns that the refugees had just reclaimed were just the best targets for attack.

At the same time, Count Stadion also intended to strengthen the vigilance against the west, but ordinary people had no way of knowing the high-level transfers, and these transfers were reasonable, even senior officials in the government could not find any faults.

At this time, the Poles, Jews, Ruthenians in Galicia, and those Russians who were confused about their identities, all they knew was that the Hungarians rushed into their world and killed everyone they saw. The Austrian army arrived at the first time, and then spent a lot of effort to help them bury the dead, treat the wounded, and rebuild their homes.

The Poles and Uruks have always wanted to have their own army. Although they have established organizations such as militias with Franz's tacit consent, they were too incompetent in the face of Hungarian cavalry raids.

So they are eager to join the real army and gain the ability to protect their families and hometowns.

"Revenge!"

"Revenge!"

"Revenge!"

Everyone shouted hoarsely, not only for their deceased relatives, but also for the living, and even more for the royal family who gave them dignity and land.

Most of the Galicians were newly liberated serfs or refugees who had been wandering for half their lives. They were oppressed and barely survived, but they still could not escape the fate of being abandoned.

However, Franz's actions directly broke the shackles that had been on them for thousands of years, gave them land, and did not require them to bear debts that would inevitably lead to bankruptcy.

After that, he rectified the river, prevented plague, drained the swamps, turned the sea into mulberry fields, built stones into cities, and established schools, hospitals, and churches.

The Austrian royal family was the most perfect ruler among the refugees, and Franz, who led all this, was a true wise ruler.

One of the most favorite stories of the natives of Galicia is:

"My father once told me that when the Polish Federation still existed, the lords could beat the serfs at will, and the serfs had nowhere to turn...

You just want to drive away the most benevolent ruler of this land and let this country go to ruin.

If you drive the emperor out of this land, then each of you will want to taste the taste of being alone, and you will also beat the serfs here at will like when the Polish Federation existed in the past."

The Galician Legion marched out with 100,000 troops, with flags covering the sun and smoke filling the sky.

Count Stadion watched the murderous army passing in front of the stage, and walked down the stage with a relieved smile on his face.

After the army left, people found that the Governor of Galicia, Count Stadion, had died for a long time. He died with a smile on his face after being tortured by tuberculosis for many years.

Of the so-called 100,000 troops of the Galician Legion, only 20,000 were combat soldiers, and the rest were auxiliary soldiers.

The Carpathian Mountains are not only a natural barrier for Galicia, but also a support for Hungary.

The battle at the Carpathian Pass was very fierce, with the Magyars and their vassal troops occupying the advantageous terrain and refusing to give up an inch of land.

The Galician Corps had an absolute advantage in manpower and firepower, while the Magyar troops had no supplies. Except for a few Slovaks who sincerely surrendered to Hungary, most of the vassal troops were just forced to do so.

In fact, Count Tadion had long anticipated this situation, so he dug a tunnel before the war and buried enough explosives.

The reason why it could not be discovered was that the tunnel was dug in 1846, and by the time the Hungarians occupied the pass, the tunnel had already been completed.

This battle was just to further stimulate the bloodiness of the Corps. The Austrian army's heavy artillery and rockets once made the Magyars unable to raise their heads.

However, people who are forced into a desperate situation can often burst out with resilience and combat power that ordinary people can hardly imagine. The Magyars and their vassal army actually withstood the Galician Corps's wave after wave of offensives.

Along with a large number of casualties and the shame of being unable to conquer the city for a long time, the bloodiness of the Galician Corps was also fully revealed. Officers and nobles took the lead in the charge, which was a very bad tradition of the Austrian Empire.

In the era of cold weapons, this was undoubtedly the best way to boost morale, but in modern wars, this approach seemed reckless and stupid.

Especially in World War I, Conrad promoted the officers' death squad and the noble vanguard, which directly reduced the already low grassroots organization of the Austrian Empire to the freezing point.

But this stupidity is needed at this time. The brave will win when they meet on a narrow road, and those who dare not even draw their swords cannot win.

After another round of bombardment, the Magyars emerged from the ruins again. The Hungarian commander who was responsible for guarding the Carpathian Pass was just an unknown person who was promoted in the war.

But in this battle that was impossible to win, he showed extraordinary command ability and courage. At this time, facing the general attack of the Austrian army, he actually wanted to organize people to counterattack.

If he was given time to grow, he might become a famous general.

However, his courage was not worth mentioning in the chess game that had been designed long ago, and Franz would not give him the opportunity to grow at all. There was only a loud bang, and a whole section of the city wall was blown up directly.

When he got up again, the Austrian army had already entered the fortress. He didn't have time to do anything, and he was shot in the head by an Austrian soldier who rushed up before he could even leave a last word.

Without the protection of the barrier, the Hungarian army could no longer hold on. The remaining Hungarian army did not choose to surrender, and everyone rushed to escape.

They knew clearly what they had done, and the only way to avoid punishment was to flee to a place where no one knew them.

However, it was not so easy to escape. A massacre took place in the narrow and cramped valley. The pursuit war was always the most cruel.

When the sun set, there were no Magyars alive in the valley. War is cruel, and the war of revenge will only be more cruel.