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It was said that the defense line was deployed south of the Ida River, but it turned out that it was indeed in the south, almost as far south as Mecklenburg. How could you have retreated [-] kilometers? You have retreated more than [-] kilometers!

Steinmetz suddenly discovered that this battle might indeed last for more than half a year without much water release. Moreover, the most embarrassing thing was that the position the Confederate army found was really bad. Instead of defending along the river, they withdrew. We were far away, and there were basically no fortifications on the shore. Looking at the old, weak, sick and disabled appearance of the German Confederate Army, the old marshal only felt a headache.

Not to mention blocking the Danish army, if you ask them to dig a trench, they will be exhausted. Not to mention that this is still the era of queuing to be shot, and they still have to carry guns to the front line, so the combat effectiveness may be even more unsightly.

Moreover, the Austrian army and the Prussian army attacked separately. The Austrian army has the largest number, and the Prussian army has only one-third of the Austrian army. But in terms of management, the Prussian army is definitely more convenient and easier to mobilize. Among the Austrian army There are a lot of different nationalities, and the languages ​​are not uniform. Austrian officers generally only speak German, and they have to bring a lot of translators with them when going on an expedition.

Essentially, the education level in Austria is too low. Austria is not doing very well in terms of national unity. It is estimated that all funds have been embezzled by the nobles and bureaucrats. Compared with Prussia, Austria may be a little more evil.

Marshal Steinmetz's men were still half new recruits and half veterans, which meant that the Prussian army was not highly organized, but it was still easy to defeat Denmark.

The Prussian Army General Staff is still very optimistic about this. After all, there are many famous generals appearing this time. Even Tina, who has always been cautious, feels that even if Prussia lets go, Denmark will only be able to hold on for two months at most. The gap is very huge. Looking at the situation on the front line, the enemy on the other side is also a master who adapts to the situation. It is estimated that he is just like Hanover at best.

After Tina roughly understood the specific situation, she issued an ultimatum to the Danish Parliament on Christmas Day, asking them to abolish the "November Constitution" within two days. Of course, this is definitely impossible for Denmark, in the country This kind of sudden and overnight change at the political level will only make the political situation chaotic.

This was something that was impossible to achieve, but Tina still asked for it. She had no intention of letting Denmark refuse the war from the beginning. Denmark was of course going to be destroyed. Not only did Prussia want to completely defeat Denmark, but it also had to incorporate it into its own within the sphere of influence.

It is best to be directly integrated into the EU system, so that Denmark can no longer threaten Prussia's outlet in the North Sea. Otherwise, Prussia will always be stuck in this place, which will also be very uncomfortable for Prussia.

King Christian IX of Denmark directly tore up this ultimatum and sent a telegram to Berlin, "If Prussia wants war, then go to war. We will crush the German army at all costs."

Tina was not too surprised by Christian IX's behavior of pretending to be a fat man, because it would be difficult for you to gather those parliamentarians in two days anyway, let alone the various political parties. Ten days and a half month is simply not a good deal, so it's better to be tougher. If the people's patriotism is aroused, maybe we can really fight.

Two days later, the Prussian-Austrian army began to advance northward at the same time. Marshal Steinmetz originally thought that Denmark would not be able to form a decent defense line, but the fact is that their position is very far away, and their backs are to Aida. The river is like a last-ditch battle that leaves no escape route.

Bittenfeldt led the [-]th Cavalry Regiment to attack the enemy's position, while General Steinmetz led the infantry and artillery to cover it. However, bullets alone would definitely not be able to penetrate the stone wall built on the opposite side, so relying on cannons ?

Previously, the Prussian army believed that there was no need to bring too good artillery. It would be bad to expose their strength too early, so they simply dug out some older artillery from the warehouse. The fact is that although these earthen guns can smash those mud walls, But it couldn't penetrate and couldn't hit the Danish army behind. The Prussian army only brought [-] cannons, and the firepower was not dense enough.

Do you want to run over it? Nonsense, Bittenfeldt has already rushed forward, can the Prussian army behind still stay? Countless Prussian troops carried their guns and didn't care about the formation. They just charged forward with flags.

The cavalry troops were so fast that the mud wall collapsed as soon as the horse's hooves hit it, sometimes even trampling to death the trapped Danish soldiers below.

But although the Danes were cowardly, they were not stupid. In order to withstand the charge of the cavalry troops, they dug the trenches very wide. When the cavalry charged over, they were likely to collapse. Indeed, some cavalrymen collapsed after rushing into the trenches. As a free-range chicken, the horse's legs are very fragile. At this height, it is easy to break the horse's legs.

However, a cavalry regiment of several thousand cavalry flew over, frightening the Danes for a moment, and the Prussian army behind also rushed up. When the Danish officers saw the powerful Prussian army, they directly ordered a retreat. , abandon the position and retreat back.

It only took the Prussians one afternoon to occupy this important position. Once they captured it, they could continue their attack northward until they crossed the Ida River.

However, the losses in this battle were much higher than expected. The casualties paid by the Prussian army in this small positional battle were already much greater than the Battle of Kyoto in Japan. On the one hand, this was because Prussia did not bring enough arms. , a bit careless and underestimating the enemy. On the other hand, this position is in a good position, and the previous German Confederate army abandoned this position without fighting, causing Prussia to pay casualties that should not have been paid.

This blame belongs to the German Confederate Army, but fortunately the Danish army does not have enough hard power to organize a favorable defense, otherwise the Prussian army may not come. Wouldn't it be good to wait for the Austrians to drain the blood of a generation here?

Although Prussia came to paddle, it should not be too obvious. After seizing this position, the Prussian army's mobilization slowed down. The subsequent waves of attacks basically followed the Austrian army to gain some benefits.

It finally took about two weeks to penetrate the Danish defense line south of the Ida River, and the Danish army was forced to run to the area north of the Ida River.

The Prussian and Austrian troops were faster than the Danish army. One hundred thousand Prussian-Austrian troops crossed the Ida River in a mighty manner. The river itself was not particularly wide, so it was not difficult to cross it.

The Danish army was not ready to resist the enemy in a short period of time, so the frontline commander made a wave of his hand and retreated directly to the border of Schleswig, hoping to resist the Prussian-Austrian coalition forces here.

There is also a fortress here. Although it is just one or two broken walls that have been washed away and collapsed, and have no defensive capabilities at all, it seems to be able to increase the morale of the Danish army by one or two points.

In the first month of the war, they were basically feeding each other. The officers of the Prussian and Austrian armies lay down thinking about their teammates.

There was something wrong with everyone's thinking, so this battle was naturally a bad one. Prussia was always in love with new recruits, and it was only in the second month of the war that the cannons for normal use were brought up.

With this thing, you can easily penetrate the defensive fortifications on the opposite side. Even if it is a trench, a shell can raise the dust three meters high for you.

The Danish army was able to repel the Prussian army's attack at first, but in the later stages due to insufficient supplies and soldiers, it began to suffer staged defeats.

Denmark was forced to retreat to the fortresses of Diebel and Fredesia.

In February, Prussia decided to attack Diebel on the Alsund River. The Prussian army suffered another setback here. This was the attack range of the Danish Navy. An attack here would undoubtedly become the target of the Danish Navy.

The Danish navy is not weak, it is even a little stronger than the Prussian navy, and they occupy the Diebel Fortress, which is equipped with eighty-four-pound fortress guns.

This made Prussia a little afraid. In order to conquer this position, Prussia pulled the most advanced twenty-four-pound rifled breech-loading cannon from behind. This kind of gun has a faster rate of fire. The shell weighs about eleven kilograms and has very strong penetrating power. Able to penetrate the stone walls of the fortress directly.

Prussia invested more than [-] rounds of artillery shells and more than [-] artillery pieces in this critical battle. The bombardment started at two o'clock in the morning and lasted for almost four hours. The bombardment continued until the sun rose. Only then did Prussia finally open a hole in the south. .

The Danish battleship bombardment also made the Prussian army's charge somewhat difficult. Prussia also wanted to imitate Nimitz's legendary record and directly launched all five battleships that could be launched to fight the Danish navy in a decisive battle.

The Danish Navy took out seven battleships to fight Prussia in this naval battle. It even took out iron-clad battleships. Prussia's artillery was definitely better, but five ships versus seven ships were suppressed in terms of tonnage.

Moreover, the Danish frigates also suppressed the Prussian fleet in numbers.

After more than three hours of fierce fighting at sea, one of the Prussian battleships was hit by artillery fire and the cabin leaked. The Prussian navy had to retreat.

In this naval battle, Prussia was completely humiliated. It usually didn't feel like bullying the Japanese. Compared with other countries with naval strength, Prussia was a little stretched.

This caused the Austrians next door to laugh at the Prussian navy and lost a battleship. As a result, not to mention the opponent's main force, not even a frigate was sunk.

The Prussian Navy staff responded angrily.

You only have two broken ships, and you don’t even have a navy. What are you barking at?

However, Prussia's current wave can only be regarded as incompetent and furious at best.

Because it’s impossible for Prussia to send its navy into the Danube, right? That's unrealistic, and it's not a modern warship. How about it being driven in and beaten?

And to be honest, the Prussian Naval General Staff, is this thing new? I have only heard of the Army General Staff, and now there is also the Navy.

This department was established not long ago, just in time for the war with Denmark. I just went to test the water, but was beaten by Denmark. With this strength, not to mention defeating the British fleet, it would be considered a success if it could defeat the Russian fleet. All right.

Although the navy lost the battle, the Prussian army did not. Relying on the navy's feint attack, the Prussian army successfully penetrated the first line of defense and almost annihilated the two Danish brigades of defenders.

Marshal Steinmetz personally led the troops and led the charge, defeating the Danish [-]th Brigade. The remaining defeated soldiers fled all the way to the dock opposite Sönerborg.

The Prussian army achieved a complete victory, while the Austrian army took advantage of the situation and moved north, surrounded the entire Fredericia Fortress, and started a war of attrition with the Danish army. Soon Denmark could no longer afford the expenditure and withdrew from the fortress.

Denmark was in a state of decline during the war, and most of the Danish army had been driven out of Holstein and Schleswig.

By March 1864, Denmark had completely withdrawn from Schleswig and Holstein.

The Prussian newspapers hyped up this incident a little bit. Anyway, the general meaning is that Prussia is very powerful. Instead of surrendering, the enemy launched an attack on us. They don't know whether to live or die. Little Denmark is ridiculous.

There weren't many casualties at all, okay...probably.

Prussia's casualties were not too great, but in these few battles, and they paddled many times with their teammates, the casualties were already more than twice the cost of conquering Japan.

Many soldiers of the Prussian army were also tempered in this war, and the number of casualties in Denmark was even more staggering, with the death toll as high as [-].

You must know that the total population of the Jutland Peninsula is only a little more than three million. Fifty thousand casualties can be described as a major blow.

Denmark was unable to fight anymore, so Lilian stood up at this time.

She said, "Don't fight anymore. Fighting is too harmful to peace. Why don't we sit down and talk. Britain is absolutely fair and just."

The three countries of Putao chose to give Britain a face, and everyone went to Britain to discuss it. France heard about it and came over to join in the fun. Prussian Prime Minister Tina, Austrian Prime Minister Reina, plus the Danish Prime Minister, and the French Foreign Minister were sitting there. There was a strong smell of gunpowder in the same room.

Lilian, on the other hand, looked like she was just watching the fun and didn't mind the trouble, and hypocritically handed Denmark a mediation letter.

After the Danish Prime Minister saw it, everyone was dumbfounded... You must have gone too far.

Denmark wants to abolish its army and navy, and the defense force must not exceed [-] people.

Denmark's coal mines had to be mined free of charge by Prussia and Austria for five years, and war compensation was [-] million pounds.

Relinquish claims to Schleswig and Holstein and all overseas colonies since the [-]th century.

Completely reduce the sphere of influence to the Jutland Peninsula and give up its claim to Norway.

These are the terms of the deal between August and Lilian, and what stands out is the explosion.

Don't say that the Danish Prime Minister lives in Bengbu, and the Austrian Prime Minister Renard also lives in Bengbu. This is too outrageous, brother, let's not talk about anything else. Thirty million pounds? Denmark's GDP doesn't even have [-] million pounds, let alone [-] million pounds, people can't even afford [-] million marks.

Are you trying to drain Denmark dry?

Tina said it doesn't matter, Denmark is so rich, isn't it...

Lilian thought silently in her heart, how could Denmark afford such a high compensation, not India.

The French Foreign Minister's eyes widened when he heard this condition. Damn it, you know how big a lion is. Thirty million pounds, although it is not much for France, it is only about [-] million pounds when converted into francs.

For the top powers in Europe, such as France, the UK and Austria, it is not a big problem for them to spend so much money, but Denmark cannot afford so much money no matter what they think...

What's more, there are so many clauses, but except for the Prime Minister of Denmark, everyone else has remained silent.

The Danish Prime Minister immediately expressed his opposition, "This is completely unreasonable. This is trying to destroy Denmark. This is unreasonable!"

Everyone looked at each other, the French and British representatives hid their faces and laughed, Austria and Prussia laughed heartily. The gap in strength made Denmark's protest seem so feeble.

The meeting has been manipulated from the beginning. If Denmark can't do it, then let's continue fighting. Anyway, the final winner will not be any of the powerful countries present.