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

Chapter 935 False Victory

Thousands of factories are hidden in the mountains, with towering chimneys emitting black smoke, and the roar of machinery is endless.

The black and gold avenue leads straight to the sky, and the tall buildings on both sides are equally majestic.

At this time, reinforced concrete structures were far from popular. The world's first reinforced concrete structure building was completed in 1872 in New York, USA.

The popularity of reinforced concrete structures came after mankind entered the twentieth century.

However, the reinforced concrete structure is actually not complicated. After Franz explained it to a group of the top construction engineers and materials experts in the Austrian Empire at that time, they understood it.

However, they did not fully understand the scientific theory. Instead, they believed deeply in the holy words of the saints boasted by Archbishop Rauscher.

Hearing is deceiving and seeing is believing. In desperation, Franz had no choice but to let the engineers and experts make a simple model by themselves.

It was a scaled-down version of St. Stephen's Cathedral, and then began to create a series of man-made disasters to test the sturdiness of the building.

These include, but are not limited to, slashing with knives, smashing with axes, shooting, shelling, flooding, fires, and falling meteorites.
  After much tossing, they finally came to the conclusion that the reinforced concrete structure has excellent impact resistance, explosion protection, fire resistance, and moldability, and the building structure is stable and has excellent pressure resistance.

But they failed to mention that the main advantage of modern reinforced concrete structures is that they are cheap!

In fact, steel at this time was expensive and cement was cheap, but except for the British, Portland cement was not of much use.

That's why the monarchs were shocked by the reinforced concrete buildings. Half of them were because they had never seen such a tall building, and half of them were because they learned through the explanation that the materials used actually included steel and cement. They were impressed by Franz's handiwork. Shock.

Franz thought that his experiment was very successful, but the reality was that engineers and materials experts didn't care about the principle at all, as long as they knew that this kind of thing was easy to use.

On the contrary, some physicists and chemists began to study the scientific principles behind it, and a few decades later, they accidentally invented a simple expansion bolt.

Don't say that other countries have not mastered the technology of reinforced concrete at this time. Even if they have mastered it, the prices of steel bars and Portland cement are beyond their affordability.

However, Austria is different. Due to technological advancement, the prices of the two materials have always remained within an acceptable range internally.

The reason why Franz built so many reinforced concrete buildings in Tyrol was actually just in case.

If things are really out of control, or if an emergency situation arises, the reinforced concrete jungle can also serve as the last line of defense.

Exposing the military facilities in Tyrol was a helpless move. After all, Franz was well aware of the huge waves in 1848. If the monarchs could not be convinced that Franz indeed held the Dinghai needle in his hand, it would be difficult to convince them.

Although according to external rumors, the Austrian Empire was in trouble internally and externally, surrounded by powerful enemies externally, and tigers and wolves were causing chaos internally. It looked like the building was about to collapse.

However, judging from the Italian battlefield alone, Franz was able to put down the rebellion and deal with the Italian coalition forces in such a short period of time. The so-called tigers, wolves, and powerful enemies were mediocre.

Although the British media was still advocating the Bohemian Revolution at this time, it is said that the so-called "Bohemian Revolution" was limited to Prague, and the rebellion only lasted 38 hours, not even two days.

As for the Hungarians who were having a great time, they seemed to have been quiet for a long time.
  This is not because the Hungarians have learned well. On the contrary, they have always wanted to make big news. After all, the more they make trouble, the more international support and compromise factions in Austria will become.

When the news that Baujani had captured Pressburg returned to Budapest, the whole city, and even the whole of Hungary, was boiling.

Kossuth called it the "May Miracle", and Petofi also created a series of poetry collections specifically for it.

The nobles and capitalists are already considering how to carve up Austria, and some Hungarian ultra-nationalists have begun to spread the theory of racial selection. That is to say, only those with Hunnic blood are worthy of living. Foreign nationalities without Hunnic blood can only be regarded as second-class citizens, but they must be completely Hungarian and accept the transformation of the great Hungary.

More people actively joined the army in order to participate in the feast of the partition of Austria. Those who signed up could line up from Pest to Buda.

Kossuth and Petofi climbed to the high tower of Buda Castle and overlooked the entire city. A steady stream of Hungarian nationalists, volunteers, ethnic minorities supporting the Hungarians, and massive supplies of materials were constantly gathering here.

"See? The great Hungarian nation has risen again, we are united! And our enemies"

Kossuth raised his hand, and countless letters written in German were thrown into the air.

"They sent us a letter of surrender!"

"Ha ha!"

"Ha ha!"

"That's what inferior peoples are like! No! All Europeans are like that! Look at those Transylvanians, Croats, Serbs!

Look at their faces! After hearing that we had captured Pressburg, they hurriedly brought various supplies to join our cause.

They even abandoned their ancestors and dreamed of joining the great Hungarian nation. We don't want this garbage! You think so? Mr. Kossuth. "

The speaker was Tyutkalé, an extreme Hungarian nationalist.

Before the Hungarian Revolution broke out, he sneaked into the student dormitory late at night alone with a machete and stabbed four German students to death. He was known as "the bravest man in Hungary."

He was released after the Hungarian Revolution broke out. Due to his ruthless behavior and no room for mercy, he soon became Kossuth's right-hand man.

Kossuth always appreciated him very much, but this time he shook his head.

"No, Tyutkale, my brother. Our great Hungarian motherland still needs some people to do the dirty work.

Do we want our soldiers to dig out manure and dig food in the fields? The noble Hungarians were born to rule, and we should follow our gifts.

I believe you are also more suitable as a ruler rather than a servant. My brother, in the future Hungary, every Hungarian will have his or her proper place.

This is our future, this is the goal we strive for. May we all be like dragons”

Everyone in Hungary was immersed in the dream of conquering Vienna, but the news they had been waiting for did not come.

In fact, Baojani also wanted to continue to win, but his strength did not allow it. It is true that he received a large number of reinforcements from Hungary, but they were all cavalry and infantry and lacked siege weapons.

Although Baojani could deceive a fortress outside Pressburg, it was really impossible to deceive the gates of every fortress.

Baojani did launch several strong attacks, but the result was that they were dispersed without even touching the city wall.

(End of this chapter)