Chapter 1177 Blood Payback (Part 2)

Chapter 1177 Blood Payback (Part 2)

Banska Bystrica, a city founded on mineral veins, has now become the core area of ​​Hungary's rule over Slovakia.

Countless inferior weapons are being made in this city and then sent to the Hungarian battlefield for the new recruits who are forcibly conscripted from all over.

These rifles often have crooked barrels, loose triggers, ugly appearance, and no safety at all. Even so, the Hungarian army accepts them all, after all, these firearms are much more deterrent than cold weapons.

The situation has deteriorated to the current situation. The Hungarian government can be said to have gone all out, but the production capacity of the Hungarian official arsenal is still maintained at two light artillery pieces and 1,200 rifles per month.

Honved is the highest official of Hungary in Slovakia. If he can, he doesn't want to make these garbage. However, he gathered all the blacksmiths in Slovakia but couldn't find a qualified gunsmith.

A group of blacksmiths can only rely on their imagination and temporarily disassembled models to make firearms without professional equipment. In addition, they have no experience, so the weapons they make are so outrageous.

Honved wanted to capture some college students and professors to the arsenal, but there were no universities in the whole of Slovakia, and even few high schools.

Unless he could attack Pressburg, he could only rely on the blacksmiths in these villages and towns to make guns for him.

Historically, Honved was also a victorious general, playing with the army sent by Prince Windischgrätz to quell the rebellion and the royalists in Slovakia.

At this time, Banská Bystrica had long been transformed by him into a fortress city. According to his estimation, this city could block the Austrian army for at least three months.

So when Honved learned that the Carpathian Pass had fallen, he did not panic, but calmly ordered the bombing of all bridges in Slovakia, and defended the city and fortresses to stop the Austrians.

However, Honved underestimated the speed of the Austrian army. Almost at the same time as he sent the messenger, the army of the Austrian Empire had already arrived at the city.

The battle did not have much prelude, and there was not even a decent declaration of war. Austria directly began to attack the city.

A large number of incendiary bombs were thrown into the city, quickly turning it into a sea of ​​fire, and the so-called will to resist was wiped out in an instant.

Those Slovak vassal troops who had vowed before launched a rebellion at the first time. They opened the gates, and the Austrian imperial army swarmed in and quickly occupied the main nodes.

Honved originally wanted to fight a street battle with the Austrian army, but the raging fire made the former nowhere to hide, so he could only bite the bullet and use the Slovaks in the city as bargaining chips in the hope of escaping.

But Baron Gregrich, the commander of the Galician Corps, directly refused to negotiate, and in the eyes of the Galicians, there was no difference between the Slovaks and the Magyars.

Honved thought he could hold the city for three months, but he only held on for less than eight hours.

Honved led his troops to surrender, and Honved himself was sentenced to death by burning by the war tribunal for 128 crimes including treason, and most of his subordinates were also sentenced to hanging.

These bodies were not collected, and the crimes they committed were also hung together.

The surviving Slovaks were all grateful for the life-saving grace of the Austrian army, and at the same time spit on the bodies of the Hungarian traitors.

However, the large army would not stay for too long, and would set off immediately after replenishing the necessary supplies.

The city would be handed over to the follow-up troops for processing. In addition to restoring order and production, the follow-up troops would further deal with the possible remaining rebels.

The main force led by Baron Gregoric destroyed the city and the temporary court and the war court behind were also busy.

Banska Bystrica was broken, and a large number of insurgents appeared in the Slovak region in an instant. These Slovaks were equally cruel to the Magyars.

A large number of Hungarian officials, soldiers, immigrants and their families were massacred by the Slovak insurgents, and the bodies of Magyars and pro-Hungarians were hung on the roadside.

Under such internal and external attacks, Hungary's rule quickly collapsed, and unclaimed bodies were everywhere inside and outside the city.

No one would come to claim these bodies, because some people who were so angry that they killed the victims would suffer the same fate as the dead.

In the end, only priests and corpse collection teams could bury the bodies to prevent the spread of the plague. Most of the corpse collection teams in the Austrian Empire were Irish.

They had no reluctance, one because of religious beliefs, and the other to survive. Being able to fill their stomachs and have a bed to sleep in was already a luxury for most Irish people.

In addition, the Irish had deep feelings for religion. After all, during the hundreds of years of British colonization, they lost almost all their culture and identity except religion.

The church has a lofty status in the hearts of the Irish. It is not just a matter of faith, but also a spiritual bond that connects the nation and culture.

So when the church assigned tasks to these Irish people, they thought they were accepting a sacred mission.

It was precisely because of this that the priests had little resistance when they taught them to learn German and the laws of the Austrian Empire.

Especially when they could get a lot of money and rich food while completing their mission, it was like heaven to them.

In the subconscious of every Irishman, they never believe that hard work in Britain will pay off.

After all, neither the landlords nor the gentlemen would farm or work personally, but would only wield whips and the stick of law to drive the poor to work for them.

The kindness of the gentlemen was even more terrible. There was no more terrible hell in the world than the poorhouse.

The Irish were grateful to the Austrian Empire for saving them. Because the British government interfered, the Irish people taken away from the island of Ireland by the Austrian Empire at first were the elderly, the sick, the disabled and orphans.

Although it was difficult for these people to survive the long journey, they were the easiest group of people to assimilate.

Nothing in the world is more convincing than personal experience. When those later generations saw that the elderly, the sick, the disabled and the orphans who had been sentenced to death were still alive, they believed from the bottom of their hearts that this was the most beautiful country in the world, ruled by the most benevolent monarch, and the place closest to heaven.

So when they learned that the civil war in the Austrian Empire had occurred, shock, fear and anger surged in their hearts.

In fact, the enthusiasm of the Irish to join the army is even higher than that of the Tyroleans and Croats. Regardless of gender, age or age, as long as they are still alive, they are willing to go to the front line and fight the Hungarians.

They may have lost before, so they cherish it especially. Although Cromwell was cruel, if they were given another chance, would they make the same choice?

I guess the Irish themselves don’t know, but at this time in the Austrian Empire, they hope to protect this pure land.

However, Franz will not let them do this. As the saying goes, a sharp blade will kill you. No one knows whether the armed Irish will be the same as the Irish gangs on the other side of the ocean.

Franz can only let the Irish do some odd jobs that no one wants to do, and they can only ensure that every traitor they take over is dead.