Welcome to 19th-century Europe, where strength reigns supreme

On Christmas Eve, when the news came that Rendsburg had been captured by the German Confederate Army, all the soldiers cheered and shouted, and the number of troops invested by the Prussian army had increased from the original [-] to [-]. Alois followed him The troops crossed the Ida River, drove the Danes out of Holstein, and then marched towards Schleswig.

There was no attack by either side on Christmas Day. This was a rare day in the war. It was not easy to have such a quiet afternoon on a battlefield filled with shells. Alois looked at his troops, which had been rotated. He had been there several times. In only half a month of the war, his subordinates had already changed three batches.

And he has been very lucky and survived to this day. Not only is he lucky, but also his subordinate Hans. Alois was deeply impressed by him. He is full of drive and very brave. He told him many times Through life and death, following Alois closely allowed him to save his life.

Alois doesn't pay much attention to his subordinates, because although they are a platoon, due to the special nature of the messengers, they do not need to be together like other companies. Instead, they are scattered in various places in the team, usually two to Work in groups of three to prevent someone from dying suddenly and causing the information to be unable to be transmitted to other troops.

The platoon leader, Alois, is responsible for gathering the surviving messengers after the war and sending them into the next battle. Alois usually only remembers their faces and names, and communicates in the military. Very shallow, he doesn't want to talk too much with other comrades, and usually only makes a few jokes. He is afraid that if he gets too familiar with his comrades, he will be in great pain if they die.

And his death would also cause them pain, so Alois gave people the impression of being silent and cold.

He usually only talked to Hans. He recommended Hans to his superiors and made him his adjutant. Although such a small team would be fine with or without this adjutant, at least this way he could always follow him and not be in trouble. Die somewhere you can't see.

After Christmas, the German Allied Forces continued their offensive and subsequently captured some areas in southern Denmark.

The Second Army, which was feinting to attack, separated from the First Army and went north alone. A battle with a large number of participants took place in Kolding with Denmark. The battle lasted for two weeks. The Danish fleet at sea also continued to bombard the shore, which severely impacted the country. The attack of the Prussian Army.

Prussia did not invest in the navy at this time, and the situation seemed to become more complicated. Alois had a premonition before the war started. He said to his soldiers, "This is a big war. If anyone gets the Iron Cross, remember Treat everyone to dinner after the war!”

The messengers are the troops closest to the Iron Cross among the grassroots armies. Because they are likely to meet senior generals when handing over information, and their names will be on the back of the intelligence reports, so they are more likely to be noticed than ordinary soldiers. The bonus of the first-level Iron Cross is enough for a soldier to buy an apartment in Berlin, and the monthly subsidy is also large. If you can get the second-level Iron Cross, you are very likely to become a non-commissioned officer or even a lieutenant, and your subsequent military career will be completely It can be regarded as a meteoric rise.

This was the reason why the Prussian soldiers fought so hard. Alois's words made everyone laugh happily.

Alois added, "Don't be so scared that you wet your pants. After the battle is over, I don't want to ask for a few more pairs of pants from the upper management because of this rubbish."

Alois didn't want his young men to lose their lives on the battlefield. When he said these words, the sound of cannonballs in the distance was getting closer and closer.

When the battle began, the ground was shaking and the explosions were surprisingly loud. The Danish army showed unprecedented combat effectiveness. The Austrian army invested [-] troops and Prussia invested [-] troops. According to post-war statistics, Denmark The army invested [-] troops and [-] laborers here, which was almost the entire standing army of Denmark.

When the battle began, Alois hid behind the fortifications, which were more than a thousand meters away from the location of the Danish army. There was no bunker in the middle, and he was completely exposed to the sight of the Danish army. Continuing to launch an attack was tantamount to self-defeating. perish.

The officer in the army where Alois belongs has "Fon" in his name, and he is a member of the Junker aristocracy. He is very young and arrogant. He is a top student who graduated from the Berlin Military Academy. I heard that he became a non-commissioned officer as soon as he came out. After working around for two or three years, he became the commander of a division. He himself was already a school-level officer.

Alois looked at him with a bit of envy. If he became a Junker or a noble, he would be able to rise to the top. But this is not realistic. However, since the military reform, civilians can also be promoted to lieutenants, and even become lieutenants. General, Alois felt that although he had a bad background, he had encountered a good era.

The division commander's order was to attack, spare no effort to attack, rush across the more than [-] meters of road in one breath, and directly hit the Danish defenders.

This plan shocked everyone. It was tantamount to asking the soldiers to die. How many people would die in this round of charge? It would be fine if it was only one or two hundred meters, but this is more than a thousand meters. This is pure Give away your head!

But the division commander said, "No matter what, we must capture Kolding. Soldiers must obey orders."

Anyway, he was not the one charging, so it didn't matter what happened. Although everyone was doubtful and dissatisfied, they had no choice but to charge, and the Austrian army and other German Confederate troops also followed.

Alois's task is to exchange information back and forth on this road, which means that Alois has to run this road several times, and he has to ride his bicycle for speed, which increases the risk of being hit. possibility.

During the third time when he was transporting intelligence to the front line, a bomb exploded right next to him. His bicycle was damaged by the bomb. Hans dragged him into a relatively deep crater nearby and managed to retrieve one. Life.

And this information was even more important. He was sent to a regiment commander on the front line. His name was Edward von Lewinsky. He was the commander of the [-]rd Infantry Regiment. He was responsible for attacking the flanks, and this The intelligence was sent back by the scouts from the front. The Danish troops were only fifty meters away.

Edward left a deep impression on Alois. Only the regiment leader said to Alois when he arrived, "Commander? Thank you for your hard work. Let's take a rest and drink some water."

Edward was very tall, smiling and friendly. He led his soldiers to launch a sudden attack on the enemy position and captured the first Danish army position. The follow-up troops followed closely, suppressing the Danish army and forcing them to Continuous retreat.

After a long period of back and forth, the Danish army was finally defeated, and the Prussian army occupied Kolding. This war can almost be said to have established the outcome of the Prussian-Danish War, and can even be called a turning point in the Prussian-Danish War.

Alois was slightly injured in this battle and was moved to the rear to rest. Hans was in a worse situation. He suffered some concussion from the bomb and was stabbed by a Dane in hand-to-hand combat, but it was okay. It didn't hit any vital points, but it was still seriously injured.

Hans had to be transferred to the rear and temporarily left the battlefield. Alois was grateful for him in his heart. Hans's luck could be said to be very good. It could almost be said that he was brushing against the shoulder of death. In the war , people who are unlucky will not survive the next day at all.

And Hans is still alive, and he is still alive, crawling out from the pile of dead people, but can he survive until the end of the war? This is not something he can decide.