Chapter 557: Counterattack [Update]

"Fight to Paris!"

"Crush the head of the pear king!"

"Squeeze it!"

When the news of Mexico spread to Austria, the citizens were very angry and demanded to declare war on France. The Austrians had no feelings for Mexico, and they didn't even know that the latter was an economic colony of the empire.

When the Paris Peace Conference was held, these people did not react at all, although they were somewhat disgusted with America's unannounced participation, somewhat disgusted with France's aiding and abetting, and somewhat sympathetic to Mexico, the innocent victim.

But these were not enough to affect the days of singing and dancing in Vienna, after all, the New World was originally a synonym for barbarism and ignorance.

Until coffins and obituaries came from the sea, people were angry and surprised at Austria's losses - 4,000 people.

This can be said to be the largest number of casualties heard by this generation. After all, the empire usually chooses to conceal the number of casualties, or even falsify them.

So the number of 4,000 people can have such a great shocking power. In fact, if you are familiar with Austrian history, you will not be shocked.

After all, the number of casualties in any defeat will exceed this number, and I am afraid that even historians can't count how many defeats Austria has suffered.

Moreover, there are a large number of doctors, clergy, teachers, college students, and even nobles in these obituaries. These people should have been away from the battlefield, but they died in the war, which made the people particularly angry.

This is mainly a problem of yellow fever. The virus does not know your country or identity. Although Franz has made a lot of preparations for these people in advance, there are still a large number of medical staff and clergy who are infected in contact with patients.

In fact, even Franz himself did not expect this. He thought these people would choose to stay away from the epidemic area and then find a few unlucky people for research.

As for teachers and college students, their fighting enthusiasm is the highest, but their combat effectiveness is the worst. Their bravery cannot protect them from bullets, and the cruelty of war is unimaginable to them.

The reason why the nobles have such high casualties can only be said that Americans do not have martial ethics. The latter specializes in attacking officers, and the Austrian noble officers have been walking in the front of the team for hundreds of years. They can't change it for a while.

Of course, in addition to these upper-class people, there are also bakers, shoemakers, miners, porters, potters, gardeners, farmers, security guards, veterans and other professions.

There are not many professional soldiers, which gives people room for imagination. In their eyes, Austrians go to Mexico for peacekeeping, humanitarian relief, and normal work.

However, under the command of the French, the Americans carried out an inhumane massacre of innocent Austrians and signed an agreement that will continue to harm overseas Austrians in the future.

In fact, not only the lower-class people but also the upper class hate the behavior of the French, because this war will undoubtedly affect Austria's income in Mexico.

This will have a direct impact on the economy and their lives. After all, they know how much Mexican silver and goods flow into the Austrian Empire every year.

At the same time, the Austrian Empire has many veterans and veterans from the anti-French war. They are now in high positions and are indignant about the French picking Austrian peaches.

In addition to Austria, the German states are also restless because of this, because two-thirds of those people are Germans.

A large number of nationalists took this opportunity to jump up and down, inciting anti-French sentiment, especially in the three southern German countries, where atrocities against the French broke out one after another.

Even Alsace and Lorraine, where French rule had always been very stable, had riots. The industrially developed lower classes in these two regions were exploited more severely than in other regions.

Coupled with the current economic prosperity in the German region and the awakening of national consciousness, these Germans who originally supported France very much have split.

Louis Philippe did not treat it as a big deal at first, thinking that it was just a riot like the one in Lyon. As long as they were suppressed once deeply, those people would learn their lesson.

But if Guizot was still in the cabinet, he would definitely stop the crazy behavior of Louis Philippe and Soult, but at this time he was already in Texas, and was still immersed in the joy of having just acquired nearly 600,000 square kilometers of land (almost the same size as mainland France).

Soon a French army entered Alsace-Lorraine and carried out a bloody suppression of the local "thugs".

Originally, this was just an ordinary military action, but the nature of the war changed as a small group of German nationalists fled into the Rhine region.

The French suppression troops pursued the remnants of the rebels all the way, and some of the rebels crossed the Saar River and the Rhine River. When the French wanted to continue the pursuit, they were strongly blocked by the Prussian and Baden armies.

Although France is strong, it cannot go to war with its neighbors at will, but there are ways to disgust these "evildoers" who "shelter criminals".

They set up a execution ground by the river, killing and abusing women wantonly

As the saying goes, when a rabbit dies, the fox mourns, and the animals mourn their own kind, not to mention that those are still the same ethnic group with whom they are connected by blood and speak the same language?

This behavior greatly angered the Germans on the other side of the river, and finally a Prussian soldier couldn't help but shoot and wounded a French soldier.

Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Montmorency had participated in the Napoleonic Wars. In his eyes, the Germans were inferior to others, and Lyon had set an example.

The veteran did not care how many people were killed or how many houses were burned, but he felt that the provocation of the Prussians must be punished, so he sent a very harsh letter, demanding compensation for the French army's losses and handing over the German who shot at the French warriors.

In fact, Lieutenant General Montmorency was also deceived by his subordinates. After all, those people would not say that they "killed the chicken to scare the monkeys" on the other side of the river first.

Marshal Karl von Hagen on the other side of the river tore the letter to pieces after receiving it and threw it in the face of the French messenger.

"Damn it! How can a lieutenant general be so arrogant! That damn Frenchman is dead! No one can insult Prussia anymore!"

However, it must be said that the French of this era were very proud and very principled. The low-ranking officer who served as the messenger not only showed no fear but held his head high and said.

"You shouldn't tear it up because you are not qualified. That letter represents the goodwill of France. If you and your country don't accept it, maybe we can meet again in Berlin in eighteen days."

"Scum! (Versage) I have fought the French all my life! Am I still afraid of you now?! Go back and tell that bastard that I will lead the troops to fight now!" Marshal Karl von Hagen.

The French officer still held his chin high, which made Marshal Karl von Hagen even more angry.

"Whoever has relatives on the other side of the river, slap him ten times! Let this damn Gallic chicken be proud!"

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