African Nationhood

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The armaments of the Austro-Hungarian Empire were poor, and Shi Honglian had no definite idea before the war started.

But after arriving on the battlefield, he immediately realized deeply that the Austro-Hungarian Army was really useless.

The trenches between the two sides are 9 kilometers apart. The 75mm field artillery on the South China side can easily hit the Austro-Hungarian trench defense line with a slight forward movement, while the Austro-Hungarian artillery cannot hit the South China side's defense line at all. There is a difference of 1000 meters.

(The main force of the Austro-Hungarian Empire used M.5 bronze cannon, which was not the steel cannon commonly used by European powers at all.

In 1905, the Austro-Hungarian Military Intelligence Bureau warned the Austro-Hungarian military that the M.5 gun had a full kilometer less range than the Russian 76mm "Putilov" field gun of the same level, and its rate of fire was also at a disadvantage.

However, in order to save money, the Austro-Hungarian military still uses M.5 to equip its troops. The reason why the Austro-Hungarian military adopts this gun is that it is high quality and low price.

On the eve of the outbreak of the war in 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Military Intelligence Bureau analyzed the Russian and Austrian field artillery and believed that the Russian division and corps-level field artillery had completely suppressed the Austrian army in terms of range and shell weight, and had a numerical advantage. .

A Russian division is equipped with 48 guns, Austria-Hungary is equipped with 42 guns, and Germany is equipped with 80 guns, almost twice as many as Austria-Hungary. )
Moreover, the Austro-Hungarian Army had no heavy artillery, only field artillery, light artillery and howitzers. This made Nanhua, who brought 105mm caliber field heavy artillery, very hurt.

Seeing that the opponent's artillery was so poor, Shi Honglian finally understood why the Nanhua Army was able to dig trenches very comfortably after arriving yesterday, but the opponent did not show any attempt to interrupt the Nanhua Army.

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After talking about the difference in artillery, let’s talk about aircraft.

They are also biplanes. Nanhua's planes can fly over and bomb the Austro-Hungarian side's positions, but the other side's planes can hardly damage Nanhua's side.

First of all, Nanhua's aircraft have more powerful firepower in the air, and there are also special 37mm anti-aircraft guns on the Nanhua position.

The Austro-Hungarian Army did not have this configuration, and anti-aircraft guns could only be seen on their latest Dreadnought-class battleships.

Shi Quanan originally planned to send a wave of large rockets directly to the Austro-Hungarians, but Shi Honglian stopped him. The rockets were not accurate enough and could easily cause a fire.

There are still many warships parked in Cataro Harbor, and the port facilities there are very important and cannot be messed with.

Shi Quan'an had no choice but to give up in frustration, but Nanhua's artillery and aircraft were enough to torture the Austro-Hungarian Army.

7月1日下午5点钟，南华远征军已经连续出动了100架次飞机轰炸，每架飞机每次可以抛炸20枚炸弹。

2000 bombs directly destroyed the Austro-Hungarian position.

The remaining armies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire no longer had the courage to resist. They raised the white flag and surrendered!
Faced with such an easy victory, Shi Honglian and other generals were very surprised and particularly unhappy.

They were working hard to have a good fight with their opponents, but who knew that their opponents would be so reluctant to fight!

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Now that the opponent has surrendered, the best thing to do is to take over the position quickly. It will be dark soon and there can be no further delay.

So the soldiers were arranged to disarm the enemy, and then they went to receive the warships in the port.

There were not many naval soldiers and warships in the port, because most of the warships had left early.

During the previous Battle of Otranto, the Austro-Hungarian Navy had already noticed the gap with the Nanhua submarine force.

Therefore, they drove away all the large warships early. Now there are only three destroyers left in the port, each with a displacement of more than a thousand tons.

The cannons on the ships were somewhat dilapidated. The naval squadron led by Commodore Ou Haiwa had been stuck at the mouth of the Cataro River all afternoon but did not encounter a single naval ship that dared to come out to fight.

When Ou Haiwa received the news that the land battle was over, they were also very depressed. The Austro-Hungarian army is really awesome!
When the French commanders of the Anglo-French coalition received notification from Nanhua, they informed them that the Austro-Hungarian reinforcements from Cetinje had not come out at all. They curiously went to Cetinje to check and found that it had become an empty city.

As a result, the British and French forces directly took over the capital of Mendinegoro. After Nicholas I learned the news, he immediately set off from the port of Antivali and rushed to his capital.

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A preliminary inspection revealed that there were more than 1800 Austro-Hungarian soldiers who surrendered. They belonged to the Third Reserve Brigade of the Magyar (Hungary) Local Defense Force of the Third Army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The troops stationed here were not a division.

This made Shi Honglian even more injured, and the enemies were almost gone.

Because it was dark, the South China Expeditionary Force had to set up a brazier and interrogate the Austro-Hungarian officers on the battlefield at night.

The first question is to ask the other party where the property they looted is placed.

This question is very critical. The garrison troops in the Austro-Hungarian Empire are definitely not saints. To become the emperor here, you will definitely have to scratch some ground.

Who knows, during their interrogation, they discovered that the races of these captives were very complex. In addition to Magyars, there were also Croatians, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Czechoslovaks.

Soldiers of various races coexist in the same army. They speak different languages ​​and cannot communicate effectively. No wonder the battle is defeated.

These guys spoke different languages, so they couldn't be interrogated properly, and the few Germans didn't do much good.

In desperation, we had to give up, but so much labor cannot be wasted, we must let them work hard.

Early the next morning, the Nanhua Army appointed prisoners who knew German as leaders and asked them to lead the captive soldiers to clean up the battlefield and corpses.

Ou Haiwa led her naval soldiers to take over the base maintenance facilities in Cataro Port.

They found that most of the facilities in Cattaro Port had been destroyed. The only good thing was that the Austro-Hungarian Navy did not completely blow up the naval base.

It seems that the Austro-Hungarian Navy has prepared for the worst and has no intention of sticking to this base.

Ou Haiwa didn't care either. The enemy didn't leave any warship facilities behind, as it should be.

Next, it only needs to be repaired and new supporting facilities installed, and it can be used by the South China Expeditionary Force.

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Shi Honglian, Shi Quan'an and Xue Yingxiong discussed the next plan.

Should we go directly north or east into Serbia?
When they came from the mainland, the military did not give a clear opinion, and they, the frontline officers, needed to make their own decisions.

In their original plan, it was better to continue heading north. After all, Nanhua's submarine force had the advantage and could deal with the Austro-Hungarian navy encountered along the way.

But Serbia can better invade the mainland of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After all, Belgrade has a direct railway line to the interior of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

If they occupy Belgrade, they can advance, attack, retreat or defend.

But if they do so, they will be beaten by the Austro-Hungarian Empire's Fifth and Sixth Armies.

While they were still struggling, soldiers outside the door came to report that King Nicholas I of Mendnegoro had arrived. (End of chapter)