On February 15, 1865, the "rebels" who didn't know they had been betrayed launched an armed uprising according to the plan. Milan and Venice were lit at the same time.
Under the leadership of the backbone of the Hungarian independence organization, a group of Italian mercenaries became rebels and launched an attack on the Government of Austria.
In Venice, the rebels who were attacking the police station were attacked by the police. In this era, it was not enough to have a lot of people, but also guns.
Unfortunately, the guns in the hands of the Hungarian independence organization were not enough. On the other hand, there were more than a hundred armed police officers in the police station.
Taft panicked and said, "Oteko, the situation is not right. The enemy is prepared. The raid has failed. Retreat immediately. "
Looking at the suicide squad members who received their lunch boxes, Oteko knew it was over. Although they had a lot of people, their combat power was terrible.
Think about it, a group of rebels with cold weapons facing heavily armed police, the final result was self-evident.
Moreover, these Italian mercenaries were only forced into the battlefield, and had no awareness of bleeding and sacrificing for the revolution.
Oteko said with a panicked expression, "The news must have been leaked. Immediately disperse and break out of the encirclement."
From the leaders of the independent organizations to the enthusiastic people who received the letters, they were all betraying them. In just over a month, the Venice police and the city government had received more than three digits of real-name reports. How could the uprising succeed?
Oteko's decision was not wrong. After realizing that failure, immediately dispersing and breaking out of the encirclement was the best choice. Stubbornly resisting would lead to total annihilation. Dispersing and breaking out of the encirclement might allow a few to escape.
Unfortunately, this was Venice, a city on the water. Their means of transportation was not carriages, but boats.
When Oteko gave the order to break out, the rebels were already in chaos. The siren sounded, mixed with the roar of the steam engine, and the water police came.
What should an ordinary boat do when it encountered a gunboat?
It was impossible to run, and these small gunboats were not something they could deal with. The rebels had no artillery, and there were very few guns in their hands.
Smart people chose to land and dock at the first opportunity, using the surrounding buildings to break out of the encirclement. Some talented people had already jumped into the water, ready to break out of the water.
It was all about luck. Don't try it if you are not the protagonist. The marine police who arrived directly killed the people in the water. Anyway, Austria did not require the rebels to be captured alive.
Trying to swim away was simply courting death. Unless he could hide in the water, there was no way he could avoid being hunted down.
Taft was a smart man, and he immediately took the people on his ship to the neighboring building not far away, abandoned the ship, and fled.
"Bang, bang, bang …"
Gunshots rang out one after another. The sharpshooters hiding on the surrounding buildings began to show their might. Taft and the others, who had just landed, were immediately attacked head-on.
The gunshots were getting more and more intense. The messy gunshots proved that they couldn't all be from the Austrian army. After all, Austria had unified the caliber of rifles many years ago.
There was only one explanation for the sound of gunfire. The local residents had shot them in the back.
There was nothing strange about it. From the moment they wanted to reach the shore, the two sides stood on opposite sides. If the rebels entered his house and fought with the police, wouldn't that be terrible?
In any case, the rebel army was at a disadvantage and was destined to fail. If he helped the government suppress the rebellion, he might even be rewarded after the war.
They were taking advantage of the fact that Taft and the others didn't have guns and weren't afraid of them at all. There was no shortage of people from overseas in Venice. Most of these people who ran on the sea had guns.
Guns were an essential part of overseas colonization and trade in this era. It was much easier for them to apply for a gun permit than ordinary people. After all, it was often easier to convince people with fists than with reason overseas.
Guns were a hero's courage. Many people thought that their chance to show off had come. Even if the reward was small, it wouldn't be a problem to exchange it for a reward after the war.
The bullets collected from the police station were all numbered and documented. The enthusiastic people weren't worried at all that the spoils of war would be stolen.
Taft's face was pale. He had been hit in the knee by accident just now, and his right leg had been crippled.
Gritting his teeth, he said, "Don't worry about me. You guys run away."
They couldn't understand the revolutionary passion of the Italians. They had run into executioners, and they had hoped to escape under the cover of the local people.
Reality told Oteko that the propaganda slogans were all lies. Not everyone wanted a revolution, let alone a revolution led by the Hungarians.
Compared to the prosperous Venice, Hungary was a small rural area. Many Italians looked down on the Hungarians.
How was it possible for them to sacrifice their lives to help the Hungarian independence organization?
Even though most of the rebels were Italians, these mercenaries couldn't represent public opinion. The local people used their actions to tell them that they weren't welcome.
As the gunships approached, the Italian mercenaries surrendered without any integrity. No matter how the commander arranged by the Hungarian independence organization tried to persuade them, it was useless.
Babatov was one of the mercenaries. Now, he was gnashing his teeth at the revolutionaries. They had agreed that everyone would go overseas to open up colonies and make a fortune together. In the end, these bastards wanted to rebel against Austria.
If he had known that the mercenaries were from the Hungarian independence organization, he would never have participated. Now that he had been tricked to death, it was too difficult to escape.
In order to take revenge on these bastards, Babatov decided to surrender. At the same time, he kidnapped the leader of the Hungarian independence organization on the ship as proof of his loyalty.
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In Milan, the city guards of the Lombard Kingdom had surrounded the rebels. After all, this was the capital of the Lombard Kingdom, and there were many soldiers stationed here.
In order to suppress the rebellion as soon as possible, the Lombard government had also made ample preparations. However, the king didn't have the confidence and immediately ordered the city guards to suppress the rebellion.
The rebels who were fighting like cornered beasts obviously couldn't do anything. Even if they wanted to fight with their lives, it was a battle between cold weapons and firearms. There was no way they could fight this battle.
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In the Port of Venice, one of the leaders of the Hungarian independence organization, Paul, urged, "Let's go, Stephen. The rebellion has already begun, and it's doomed to fail. There's no need to pay so much attention to it. "
Stephen smiled bitterly. "We can't leave now. The time isn't ripe yet. If we leave now and word gets out, how can we raise our heads for the rest of our lives? "
Paul nodded. If they ran away with the outcome of the rebellion uncertain, the reputation of cowardice would follow them for life.
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