The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 862 Street Fighting
Daniele Manin's judgment was not wrong. The people who came to Venice at this time were indeed not the main force of Austria, but he himself did not believe his judgment.

Ironically enough, the fortified city of Verona fell again.By chance, a defeated Austrian army circled back to Verona. As a result, they were treated as reinforcements by the rebels in the city under the cover of night.

After a melee, this defeated army miraculously recaptured Verona.

But the news that Daniele Manin received was not a defeated army, but tens of thousands of Austrian elite troops who directly opened the door and killed everyone on sight. The rebels had no choice but to retreat.

But he was not the most panicked person in Venice at this time. The rebellious officers and high-ranking rebels were more panicked than Daniele Manin.

The emotions of officers are very easily contagious to soldiers, especially panic and anxiety that spread faster.

In addition, the vanguard sent by Franz shouted nonsense before, and with the sound of the gunshot, the crowd in the square began to look at each other with strange eyes after a brief stunned state.

After a brief and terrifying silence, both sides erupted into horrifying roars.The rebels and Austrian soldiers in the square picked up all the items that could be used as weapons and rushed to the opposite side.

Guns, swords, fists, and even teeth, everyone tried their best to kill each other.

The vanguard sent by Franz was a little confused because they didn't know what was happening. The group suddenly pointed their cannons at the crowd and started killing each other.

At this point, their mission has been completed, and all that remains is how to escape from this hell on earth.

Franz's cavalry was very experienced, and it was obvious that there was no way back in the alleyway filled with people. Their only way to survive was to rush forward.

However, in Daniele Manin's eyes, he wanted to launch a desperate charge against him and came after him.

As a result, the leader of the rebel army who had been commanding Ruoding just now turned into a deserter in an instant. Daniele Manin screamed for people to protect him, but he turned out to be a bit sentimental.

The cavalrymen immediately walked away when they saw the opportunity to escape, but the frightened Daniele Manin still did not dare to walk out of the city hall.

In fact, it is unreasonable for the cavalry to charge the city hall, let alone the city hall surrounded by rioters. It is not a desperate fight, but a pure death.

On the other side of the city, because he didn't know what was going on near the city hall, Franz decided to take the safest way forward and clean up the carpet along the way.

In frontal combat, Franz's 5000 men completely crushed the rebels, but if they were ambushed, that might be a problem.

He still has methods for simple street fighting. In fact, after many experiments, heavy anti-explosion shields and heavy body armor have proven to be ineffective.

In the end, Major General Vincent Augustine adopted the design of an explosion-proof vehicle. Yes, it was still the same style as Qi Jiguang and Hus.

It just underwent some modernization, making it relatively lightweight, smaller, and had small tires.

However, the early explosion-proof vehicles were still very strange. They were actually called explosion-proof vehicles, but to be precise, they were explosion-proof trolleys.

In order to facilitate advancement at the beginning of the design, the Austrian military engineers also thoughtfully designed the handrails. They really put the word "propulsion" into practice.

(Major general was the highest military rank that Franz could help him obtain. At that time, technical personnel were indeed not taken seriously.)
At this time, the explosion-proof trolley had a 120-kilogram giant shield mounted on the chassis. Soldiers could hide behind the shield and shoot, and then use the handrails to control the direction.

This huge shield protects soldiers from the threat of rifles and can withstand a considerable amount of damage from black powder explosives.Although it looks a bit weird and bulky, it is actually surprisingly useful in street fighting. At least the soldiers no longer have to be afraid of barricades.

In fact, the barricades were of little use to the army in Franz's hands.
Pierne was a warrior of the Venetian Republic (temporarily), and he had great confidence in their barricades, as no one had been able to break them in decades, neither the French, nor the British, nor the Austrians.
Piernet and the other insurgents confidently awaited the arrival of the enemy behind their barricades of furniture and rags.

But generally speaking, they like to put the enemy closer before hitting them, so that the hit rate can be higher, and the opponent can't hit them anyway, so it doesn't matter whether they are in danger or not.

However, this time it was different from usual. The Austrian soldiers hid behind their shields. The shields were surprisingly hard and bullets could not penetrate them at all.

"But fortunately we still have barricades"

Piernet's voice represented the thoughts of most people behind the barricade, but soon one after another wooden handle grenades were thrown over the barricade.

Hand grenades have been away from the battlefield for a long time. In the traditional sense, hand grenades are shaped like watermelons, which resemble the iron mines of later generations.

However, no matter how stupid you are, you can feel the danger when this new and strange thing that you have never seen before starts to make a noise and emit white smoke.

But it was too late. As grenades exploded one after another, the screams of countless people came from behind the barricade.

But no one showed mercy to them, and they were greeted with more grenades.

In fact, Franz was already merciful. If Colonel Monta's plan was followed, the soldiers would stand on the commanding heights and directly attack the crowd with rockets.

The latter didn't care how many people were killed or how many rooms were burned, he simply wanted to solve the problem from a military perspective.

It was impossible for Franz not to consider this, but he was not as anxious as when he first entered the city. After all, the existence of the rebels had been confirmed, and the two sides had even exchanged fire.

There is no need to consider other situations now, just defeat the enemy.

The rebels behind the barricade were being unilaterally massacred by elite regular troops. In addition to wooden-handled grenades, Franz also prepared a large number of other types of projectile weapons.

So these barricades actually trapped the rebel soldiers, because they thought they would be safe hiding behind the barricades, but the furniture could not save them at all, but would become a stumbling block for them when escaping.

Piernet was now pinned under the barricade, and a heavy cabinet smashed half of his face.

Piernet, unable to move, looked at the people running in all directions and screamed in terror. His consciousness was fading and he could no longer hear the sounds around him.

Piernet was a worker in a leather factory. One day his boss suddenly came to him and told him that there was going to be a war. As long as there was a war, even a poor country boy like him would have the opportunity to marry the daughter of a wealthy businessman and live in a big villa by the sea.

After that, those "veterans" began to preach that war was glorious and sacred. It seemed that as long as the war started, everything would be fine.

But the reality is that war is hell. There are explosions one after another, and broken limbs and broken arms are everywhere. Fortunately, the grenades do not have the special flame effects in the movies. Otherwise, once the wooden barricades burn, I am afraid that the whole area will be destroyed. Neighborhoods will be engulfed in flames.

(End of this chapter)