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King Christian IX of Denmark chose to formally sign the constitution on November 11, but the upper echelons of Denmark were divided over whether to formally annex the two countries.

There are a total of 179 seats in the Danish Parliament, which is mainly composed of upper-class nobles and some larger parties. A new right-wing party, the Danish National Party, has become extremely powerful in recent years.

With [-] seats in the [-]-seat parliament, it is at the upper-middle level among emerging parties.

It's just that its leader Osterbol doesn't seem that clean, but this is normal. There are basically few clean people in the upper echelons of Denmark, and everyone doesn't care much about him.

The Danish Prime Minister believes that after signing a new constitution, Holstein and Schleswig can vote to merge into Denmark.

This is in line with the requirements of democracy, but can the referendum be successful? It's hard to say, because there are a large number of Germans in these two principalities. They don't really agree with Christian IX and will most likely reject him.

But democracy is a cheap thing all over the world. Just talk about it, and basically no one believes in it.

Those who vote cannot control the results of the vote, only those who count the votes can control the results of the vote, so a referendum is completely feasible.

Of course, the Danish National Party expressed opposition. They believed that this would arouse strong dissatisfaction in Prussia, and the situation was likely to escalate into a diplomatic conflict or even trigger a war.

Although they objected, everyone else agreed that their words, which only accounted for thirty seats, would certainly not have much effect.

The Danish National Party evolved from a gang, and it is still the same as before, but it has been covered with a layer of skin. The protection fees originally collected have turned into political donations, and armed conflicts have turned into partisanship. It seems that It's much taller.

This party had colluded with Prussia for a long time, and the issues of Schleswig and Holstein were also part of their plan with Prussia. The result of this vote was of course one-sided, and the words of the Danish National Party failed to pass the parliament.

Denmark still decided to annex the two principalities.

Prussia has been waiting for a long time.

After Tina lobbied the various powers, she received a unanimous guarantee.

France will not send troops to help Denmark, and Austria will not allow Denmark to annex the two principalities, so it will most likely side with Prussia.

Although the British Conservative Party believes that Prussia should not conflict with Denmark and that Britain must get involved, the domestic Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party are opposed to Britain's involvement in the affairs of the German region, especially the Social Democratic Party.

The Social Democrats believed that Denmark would definitely not be well-intentioned in annexing the two principalities. If Prussia promised not to annex Schleswig and Holstein, then Britain must also remain neutral.

Although Hanover is a German state, due to inheritance issues, Britain's control over Hanover is not as good as before. It is better to withdraw its hands quickly without losing its title of feudal prince.

When Denmark looked at the people around him, Britain seemed to be neutral, France seemed to be neutral as well, and Tsarist Russia did not respond, but Sweden did express its support.

Of course it supports nonsense. It hopes that Denmark and Prussia will fight tomorrow, thus forcing Denmark to completely withdraw from Northern Europe.

What to do? No big powers support you? Looking for the UK?

Denmark sent its foreign minister to the UK to ask the British foreign secretary what he thought. The foreign minister generally represents the British position.

The Danish Foreign Minister found Lilian, "Prussia has recently launched two new warships. We feel that Prussia is restless!"

"Oh, really? Is Prussia going to break the Anglo-Prussian naval agreement?"

Lilian pretended to be shocked, her mouth slightly opened, and her big eyes full of doubts.

If there was an Academy Award for Best Actor in this era, she would have to be awarded one no matter what.

The two new ships launched by Prussia are ordinary sailing battleships. Compared with Prussia, Britain has built more than [-] new ironclad ships this year. Isn't this thing more powerful than Prussia's little toy?

Moreover, even the Prussian warships were trapped in the Mediterranean Sea.

But after all, it was agreed that Lilian would have to cover for Prussia, "What about Denmark's thoughts?"

"We want to annex Schleswig and Holstein so that we can curb Prussia's naval development. This is a win-win for Britain and Denmark."

"Oh, what does Denmark want with these two places?"

"These two areas have been controlled by Denmark since ancient times. Now our king intends to completely incorporate these two areas into Danish territory. If Britain can remain silent, that would be the best. If Britain is still willing to put pressure on Prussia, Then we can’t thank you enough.”

Of course, Lilian can't be deceived by this little trick. You just want to turn Britain into your bodyguard. How is that possible?

Will our British Empire be so profitable? Just a Danish clown, "We have no objection to Denmark's annexation of Schleswig and Holstein."

Lilian doesn't want to talk nonsense with the Danish Foreign Minister in this regard. Anyway, Britain has no objection, so do as you like.

However, although it does not object, the United Kingdom does not support it. After all, Lilian is not the Prime Minister, so it is not allowed to mess up things, and she must speak tactfully.

Denmark's foreign minister had no choice but to run back in despair. However, if Britain did not object, it could be hyped up and said that Britain had agreed. France and Prussia should also be a little wary, right?

Facts have proved that Denmark still thinks too much. France has just sold Britain. Do you think he dare not mess with Britain? How is it possible? Prussia and Britain wear the same pants. August may know Britain better than the British Prime Minister, but Denmark is still kept in the dark.

At this time, the useless German Federal Parliament said that you Scandinavian natives dare to occupy our Schleswig, and you want to eat it.

In December, the armies of Hanover and Saxony marched into Holstein in the name of the German Confederation.

The Danish army was immediately discouraged. When they saw the flag of the German Confederacy, they immediately lost their fighting spirit and immediately retreated north, directly to the border between Schleswig and Holstein.

Denmark now doesn't know whether to fight or not. The German Confederate troops have already entered Holstein.

But after a while, they realized something was wrong? Why are there so few people? After a closer look, I discovered that it was Hannover and Saxony, two bad guys...

Prussia and Austria didn't come at all!

Squeeze mom, this can be tolerated, Denmark went back to do it directly. Seeing the menacing Danish army, the German Confederate Army said, where are the eldest brother and second brother? Where are they?

What? Still in a meeting?

Okay, let's withdraw.

As a result, the so-called German Confederation army retreated more than [-] kilometers directly after seeing the Danish army, and ran directly to the south of the Edda River.

Across a river, we started staring at each other.

Prussia is waiting, and so is Austria. Prussia is a little confused. Where are the Austrians and others?

There were so many countries in the German Confederation meeting, but Austria was absent, and the Danes came over. At this time, Austria played tricks on you and disappeared.

Tina expressed her concern, "What's wrong with you?" Reina said, "It's okay, let's play with it first."

Let's wait for Denmark to attack first. We are not in a hurry. Let's drink tea first.

Denmark is unlikely to take the initiative to attack, okay, you won't go, right? Then I'll go!

Seeing Austria's Tathagata appearance, Tina felt that there was no hope. It was understandable that Austria did not send troops, because there was really no benefit to be gained.

So what should Prussia do if it makes Austria lose face and force it to send troops?

Give a speech, you have a temper, it will depend on whether you can endure it or not.

August, who is now in charge of war mobilization, has already taken care of most of the things. Tina explained the problem to her, and she naturally had a solution.

She gave a lecture in the center of Berlin.

“As everyone knows, the November Constitution promulgated by Denmark in November this year annexed the German cities of Schleswig and Holstein. The rights of the German people have been violated as never before, but Austria still remains silent about this. By remaining silent, they have turned their backs on their German brothers, and Prussia will not abandon its countrymen.”

"Schleswig is the Schleswig of the Germans, and we will never allow Scandinavian barbarians to occupy German land."

August advocated nationalism, believing that this was a war between two nations, and that all Germans should unite. Austria had no choice. After all, they were directly naming the war, and it would be a big problem if he was pretending to be stupid.

Of course Prussia can beat Denmark, but it's just not easy to steal the limelight. Austria wouldn't want to steal the limelight if possible, but there is nothing they can do if they are coerced.

In the new round of the German Confederation Conference, Austria still took the lead and waved its arms to join us in Denmark and regain the German land.

Now that Austria has decided to take the lead in the attack, Prussia is also happy to follow suit, and other people in the German Confederation are more willing to follow to see if they can get some spoils.

Tina's main idea is to make Austria the main force against Denmark, and then Prussia can win by scratching the surface, and then end the Prussia-Danish War after finding out Austria's true and false situation.

In this way, you can know the details when you turn around and attack Austria.

So Prussia can't be too forceful, it has to act like Austria, and it can't be too arrogant. Prussia has fought many wars, such as the First Far Eastern War, the Italian War of Independence, and the Prussian War. But in fact, the real strength of the Prussian army has always been puzzle.

In the First Far East War, most people think that there were two big brothers, Britain and France, and Prussia was just there to make up the numbers. In the Italian War of Independence, France was the main force, and Prussia was still there to make soy sauce. In the war against Japan, it was even more bullying. Aboriginal.

For Prussia, these wars were actually of little value, but Prussia did gain some benefits. So can Prussia fight now? have no idea.

Austria may also want to see Prussia's true strength, so it may not intend to use its full strength.

Therefore, the Prussian-Danish War will most likely turn into a war between Prussia and Austria.

Prussia sent an army of [-] people to help, and Austria sent an army of [-] people. Together with the armies of other miscellaneous Prussian vassal states, there were about [-] people, and they marched to Ai in a mighty manner. to the river, to support the troops of Hanover and Saxony.

This coalition force was personally led by Marshal Steinmetz. Bittenfeldt, as staff officer, Marshal Steinmetz had not been on an expedition for a long time, but he still served as the commander-in-chief.

The previous wars were basically not at home, so Marshal Steinmetz basically sat firmly in the center.

But things are different now. This will be a war with Denmark. As a war madman, he naturally wants to get involved.

As a marshal, of course he knows how to fight, but after all, he is old and his judgment is not as good as before. This battle may be his last battle. After this war in Putan, the old marshal may retire. .

The Danish army was still unwilling to continue and move forward, especially when they heard that Prussia and Austria were coming, they became even more timid.

Although the people behind have been clamoring for a war, the soldiers on the front line are not stupid. You just want to fight? Our lives are not our lives, right? What's wrong with you? It’s not that your life doesn’t matter, right?

What equipment does Prussia have? What equipment does Austria have?

Let’s take a look at the equipment we have in Denmark and shoot an egg. If we can beat this, our ancestors’ graves will be filled with smoke.

King Christian IX of Denmark said, "Soldiers on the front line, don't be afraid. God is with you. As long as our generals have the belief that they must win, they will be invincible. If all soldiers have the belief that they must win, Then you will be invincible."

Of course, this kind of fart nonsense is of no use at all. After all, it's not like the king is fighting on the front line, right? Victory of will?

Long live the charge, right? Who would use that big thing except the Japanese? That's not how brainwashing works.

The soldiers on the front line are of course very pessimistic, because objectively they can't be defeated. The king still doesn't believe in evil and insists on being head-on. If he is not strong, how can he be worthy of the ancestors of the Vikings?

The problem is that your bloodline is not pure either? You're a fucking Viking.

The people in Copenhagen believed the king's lies and began to actively sign up to join the army. They wanted to recapture Schleswig and Holstein from the Danes.

It's actually hard to say who owns these two pieces of land, because these two pieces of land have indeed been ruled by Denmark for a long time. Although they legally belong to Germany and are part of the Holy Roman Empire, the Holy Roman Empire has long been dissolved by Napoleon. .

The German Confederation was just a loose federation.

In fact, Denmark has been ruling for a long time, so it's really hard to say.

Marshal Steinmetz received an order to consolidate his position and not attack. He also knew that there was a political need for this and he would definitely listen. However, when he actually arrived at the German Confederate position, he was confused.

This is a position. Don’t mess with me. Isn’t it by the Ada River? Why are you so far away from the Ida River?