"Marshal, news from Rome has arrived. Admiral Karl has defeated the Kingdom of Italy's army attacking the Pope Country, and they are preparing to counterattack Florence!" The intelligence officer rushed to Archduke Albert's headquarters with a telegram. Albert took the telegram and confirmed it.
"Very good, pass down my order, cross the river, and launch a full-scale attack," Archduke Albert exclaimed excitedly. "Now let's see what Emmanuel II chooses to do. If he withdraws his army, the front line will be in turmoil. If not, the expeditionary force can thrust directly into Florence, hahaha," Albert laughed heartily.
As for the Kingdom of Italy urgently calling up more personnel to defend Florence, that is naturally feasible, but the Austro-Hungarian Empire's expeditionary force is the most elite, the best of the best, how could it be resisted by such a ragtag group, hastily organized from men who just laid down their plows?
