The battle in Mantua Fortress has entered a fierce stage.
The Italian troops, under Bonaparte's strategy, had no choice but to fight.
The consequence of this is that the bridge leading outside Mantua Fortress becomes extremely important.
This is the only bridge leading outside.
The French army also changed from the offensive side to the defensive side.
Now it is very simple for them to win this battle. They only need to hold the bridge and there will be no problems.
The more than 60,000 soldiers on the Italian side have completely become a burden.
Tragedy happened when more than 60,000 soldiers needed to cross a bridge that could only allow two people to pass.
Countless soldiers did not die in the hands of French soldiers, but were pushed into the water by their own people.
In the words of Bonaparte: "This is a tragedy created by everyone."
"In this battle, we only sent troops to surround the fortress, and the Italian troops would give victory with both hands."
After this battle, Bonaparte effortlessly annihilated more than 20,000 Italian troops.
And their losses were only 200 people.
Such a huge proportion directly forced the leaders of the Italian army to give up the idea of fighting and surrender to the French army.
The final result of his surrender was that France fully occupied Italy.
Bonaparte received supplies worth 60 million gold from Italy, and this money completely solved France's military expenditure problem.
Now France has an army and wealth, and the domestic famine has been stabilized.
When the top Italian officials learned that Bonaparte had occupied the Mantua Fortress, they collapsed.
They went to ask the Pope to come forward and ask him to mediate. Italy was willing to reconcile with France conditionally.
But the church directly rejected them this time.
The Pope claimed to be ill and did not dare to deal with this matter at all.
In desperation, Italy's top leaders, members of the Habsburg dynasty that had ruled Europe for more than five hundred years, finally compromised and announced their surrender unconditionally.
Bonaparte also became king of Italy.
Long Yan shared the power of Italy equally with Bonaparte.
The reason is very simple. If Jiang Xuan had not used Long Yan's intelligence system to confuse the enemy in advance, Austria would have withdrawn its troops to defend the Rhine River, which they would not have attacked at all.
They simply won't win so easily.
The Austrian army would defeat them in the Sinai Peninsula.
News of the fall of Italy spread throughout the world!
However, with the rise of the anti-French alliance, Britain is now rushing to respond to Britain's attack and has too much time to take care of itself.
After King George III saw the news, he simply said: "Got it."
Nothing more to say from then on.
The Spanish and Dutch countries were extremely shocked. The French army, which had been crippled by the war, was actually able to defeat the Italian army!
You must know that Italy is also one of the five major powers in Europe and has vast colonies overseas!
Such a country actually lost to France!
They couldn't help but think about how to proceed in the next war, but they were not the most nervous countries yet!
Austria, which is adjacent to Italy and was the first to launch an opposition to France, is extremely worried at the moment!
Marshal Victor, a sturdy old man, suddenly seemed to have aged a lot.
"I just knew...I just knew..."
"There shouldn't be so many troops deployed on the Rhine..."
He regretted that he had listened to the wrong intelligence, but it was too late now. The next target of France's attack was Austria.
At this moment, all their troops have been used to guard the Rhine River.
There were no troops left to stop the French attack.
Now there is only one way to choose before Victor, surrender...
Bonaparte has now mobilized a large army to press on the Austrian border, and it will take at least three months for Austria to withdraw its troops from the Rhine River and deploy its defenses!
But Bonaparte's attack would not even take a month. Austria's plain terrain, coupled with the small number of troops, there was no hope of resisting the French attack.
This move is really superb.
Now they were left with only one option.
"Marshal, Prussia is willing to provide us with the necessary support. The tanks manufactured by Hanover will arrive soon. As long as we can delay the French army for a month, these things can be solved!"
Leonardo, now Victor's adjutant, tried his best to dissuade him.
Marshal Victor shook his head.
"Long Yan will not sit idly by. Britain can no longer contain Egypt. Long Yan's fleet is passing through the Suez Canal. Their troops have entered the Mediterranean. We cannot stop it."
These pieces of news were like a giant hammer hitting their chests, and the dull sound shattered all their illusions.
The arrival of Dragon Flame means that all ports on the Mediterranean will fall.
No fleet can withstand the attack of Longyan Army.
The only British fleet that can compete with it is currently engaged in a fierce battle with the Dragon Flame Fleet in the Atlantic Ocean.
They have no choice!
"surrender……"
Leonardo sat weakly on the ground, repeating these two words in his mouth.
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At this time, Saxony, which was the first to betray Long Yan, was located between Austria and Prussia, and now relied on Long Yan's factory to become the most important region in Europe.
The capitulation of Austria was bound to affect them.
If France and Austria attack, Saxony will be difficult to resist!
At this time, Saxony was controlled internally by the Anti-French Alliance. They could not allow France to occupy Saxony. This was a major loss to them.
For a time, troops from all walks of life were heading towards Saxony.
Just before Victor surrendered, he was still directing Austrian troops to go to Saxony for support.
Although the outcome of Austria's surrender was definitely doomed, Marshal Victor did not want to make it easier for France.
Teresa angrily accused everyone in the palace: "You are ruining Austria!"
But for a king who no longer had any power, no one would listen to her.
The new king is only a three-year-old child.
After Marshal Victor completed this wave of surrenders, France advanced into Austria, but only then realized that the situation had changed.
Bonaparte was very angry that Victor had set them up.
But there was nothing he could do. He could only accept this result, because on the other side of the mountain, there was a more powerful force waiting for them to attack.
At this time, Britain's first batch of tanks in Hanover had been produced and rushed to the battlefield.
Long Yan's supply ship also arrived in Austria.
At this time, on the battlefield in Poland, the generals of the anti-French alliance had to bear greater pressure.
Long Yan's expeditionary army came from the far east.
The troops of the Li Dynasty, the troops of the Western Regions, the troops of India, the troops of the Ottomans, the troops of Australia...
Many coalition armies gathered in Poland and formed a mighty coalition army to attack Europe.
The supreme commander of the Anti-French Alliance said: "This is a war that surpasses any war in human history. The West has angered a sleeping lion, and now we have to pay the price..."
