Friedrich wasn't a commander who liked to stick to convention, and he couldn't understand why Franz opposed weakening France too much.
Still, Friedrich understood that obedience was a soldier's duty. That was precisely why Franz dared to entrust him with such an important task.
Franz knew a little about land warfare, but when it came to commanding naval battles, he could only place his hopes in someone else.
All he could do was offer some general advice. For instance, after the naval battle in the Mediterranean ended, Franz ordered Friedrich to put pressure on the French and force them to surrender.
Friedrich immediately blockaded the French Army's sea routes. With the Grand Orient Fleet gone, the French navy had no fighting capacity at all in the Mediterranean.
Before departing, the Grand Orient Fleet had also taken away a large number of craftsmen and supplies, and even destroyed the coastal defenses at Toulon Port.
Afterward, Duke Omar of Algeria—self-appointed—repeatedly sent François Trouvé to raid the French coast with the Grand Orient Fleet and plunder supplies.
Friedrich naturally wasn't about to let the French have their way. He, too, led his fleet in sweeping the French coast, even taking Genoa along the way.
Garibaldi, meanwhile, had fought through several bloody battles at Liguria Pass before reaching Genoa. For a time, he was utterly lost.
At first, Garibaldi's plan had been simple: launch an uprising at the crucial moment when Austria began its all-out assault on Liguria.
There were plenty of Italians in the army, after all. He only needed to raise the banner of nationalism to rally a force.
At the time, Garibaldi had held Radetzky's tactics in utter contempt. Of the five thousand men in the vanguard, four thousand were Italians, while only a few hundred were Germans.
He believed Radetzky