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

After the awarding ceremony, the support for the war in Prussia was suddenly raised again. After all, August personally awarded the award. This kind of thing was still too exciting for the young people in the military camp and they couldn't control it at all. .

More people began to sign up to join the army and went straight to the army canteen. However, most of them just went for a formality because there were so many people. The Prussian Army expanded from more than [-] last year in one breath. When it reaches [-], the Navy is also very honored to expand to [-] people. Although it is better than nothing, at least it still has.

As the army continues to expand, there will be no one to work as a labor force in society. At first, August just wanted to increase support for the war, but in the end he almost emptied the manpower pool. Overall, it was a small loss.

In February of this year, in addition to continuing to train troops, August also reached an agreement with King Vittorio of Italy. If Prussia goes to war with Austria, Italy will participate in the war. Italy has been undergoing repairs for almost two years. Industrial strength and military strength have been restored, and even Vittorio feels that he can challenge Austria alone.

He is not bragging. Italy has received a large amount of economic and military aid from Prussia's kidney-selling aid. The army has expanded to [-] men and even ordered a large number of Mauser rifles and Krupp cannons from Prussia. After equipping them, The number of armed Italian troops numbered [-].

As long as you remove the debuff on the national spirit of the Italian Army, although it can't defeat the respectable powers in the Mediterranean, it can be said to be more than enough to bully the weaker countries.

Of course, the Italian's fighting ability is very confusing. He can beat the British, but he can't beat the Greeks, so Auguste doesn't actually have that much trust in him. Even if he can be restrained, he doesn't expect him to be able to fight even if he succeeds. How many victories will put more pressure on the North?

Especially Venetia. Vittorio is bound to win this area. Although he admits that he cannot defeat France, so Rome will not come back for the time being, but defeating Austria should not be a big problem. With the help of the Prussian brother, the advantage lies with us. .

There are also more and more uprisings in Venetia. They either want to be independent or merge with Italy. Austria's suppression of this area is still brutal. Anyway, it stopped after a few shots.

Although winning the army stretched his hips a little, wasn't there Garibaldi, an Italian Yue Fei who was full of martial virtue? His Red Shirt Army's fighting spirit is also very high, and there is no problem at all, as long as Vittorio does not change generals before the battle, does not micro-manage and torture the army, does not deduct military pay, and then shoots all the princes around him.

The Italian army pushing Austria flatly is not the same as playing. After all, although you say that they are a country of pasta, you may not be able to withstand a real fight with you. Vittorio will be crowned emperor in Rome tomorrow. .

In February, Moltke had already drawn up all combat plans. The first was to attack the Prussian [-]st, [-]nd and [-]rd armies in Bohemia. Each army group had a total of about [-] men, and a total of [-] soldiers. With more than ten thousand people, this group is responsible for attacking the strongest fortress in northern Austria, the Sudetenland.

The Fourth Army attacked Mecklenburg, Holstein, Hannover, and Central Germany. The Fifth Army attacked Bavaria, Baden and other southern German states, and sent three battleships, six frigates, and Italians to the Mediterranean. Navy, attempted to blockade the Mediterranean Sea.

But this time August clearly told the Naval Staff, "If you can't defeat the Danish navy, forget it. If you can't even defeat the two broken Austrian ships, then just pack up and leave!"

Having said that, the navy has been unable to come up with a plan. After all, they have gone to the Mediterranean to fight a naval battle. Damn, I haven’t seen it before. Think about it carefully.

Italy, on the other hand, is attacking Venetia, and then marching towards the Balkans, trying to defeat the Austrian Southern Front as much as possible. Although they don't have high hopes, the focus is on participation.

But Prussia only had to fight in three directions. Moltke had to handle everything by himself. It was really difficult for him to do so much work by himself.

But the Austro-Prussian War was very important to Germany. It was an orthodox war for Germany. Germany could only have one overlord. August was quite satisfied with Moltke's plan. The only question was whether he could pull it off. , more than [-]% of the soldiers in the Fourth and Fifth Group Armies are recruits. Whether Moltke's combat plan can be perfectly implemented is still a question.

In addition to military instability, under the plan of treating money like dirt by our great, intelligent, and unquestionable Finance Minister List, Prussia only built three more railways in Silesia in the end. The original plan was Six articles were revised to ensure that every army would have sufficient supplies, but it turned out that the Logistics and Construction Department was overthinking.

Although Liszt was planned, there were more problems than expected during the actual construction process. Especially Liszt, who really likes micro-manipulation, it makes him so awesome that he plays with the design drawings. Greedy Snake, Tina finally got angry and grabbed him out and tortured him, and then her final plan proved that her condition had improved.

Although the construction in the Silesia region is average, in the Posen region and the Brandenburg region Liszt's performance is still normal. The railway network covers almost every corner of Prussia, and all cities have at least two railways. Being able to ensure smooth traffic, the money made a small profit for those capitalists, and proved to capitalists in other countries that the capitalists in the Prussian Foundation who were wearing sheets could still make a small profit.

August began giving war mobilization speeches across the country, mainly to incite national sentiment and recognize the unity of the greater German nation. She authorized newspapers and also allowed foreign reporters to publish photos of her speeches in their national newspapers.

There are also many Germans in Austria who yearn for Greater Germany, and Augustus strengthened this yearning. In her speech in Silesia, she said, "The German Empire is the empire of the Germans. We yearn for a strong and unified country. , the unification of Germany is the general trend. Starting from the signing of the "Peace of Westphalia" in 1648, Germany was divided into 314 states. It has not been unified for the next three hundred years. It has been three hundred years, and now we are The closest moment to the unification of Germany, and the country that can unite Germany and lead Germany can only be Prussia, not Austria, which has a complex ethnic composition."

August tried to get most Germans to support Prussia, and her speeches were very successful and had a wide impact in pro-Prussian areas such as North Germany.

In fact, since the death of Frederick III, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1250, the empire has entered the Great Interregnum, and the German region has been divided into more than 300 de facto independent small states. However, the Habsburg family can still continue to rule. With its noble lower body and countless wealth, it gained absolute control over the royal power. Until the signing of the Peace of Westphalia, Austria could no longer issue orders as the Holy Roman Emperor. From that time on, the Holy Roman Empire It has existed in name only since then.

The Austrian Empire was also divided into the Greater German faction and the Greater Austria faction. Followers of the Greater Germany plan chose to support the Prussian plan and called for the merger of the two countries. The Greater Austria faction believed that the entire German region should be included in the territory of the Austrian Empire.

In this way, a universal empire with Austria as the core can be built. Although the ethnic composition is complex and the territory is ugly, in any case, a Greater Austria is larger than a Greater Germany. Big is better. The Habsburg dynasty in Austria is also common. Support the Greater Austria Plan.

Both factions are full of gunpowder, which intensifies the divisions in Austrian politics. After witnessing the continuous rise of Prussia, the decline of Austria, and the corruption of Habsburg, many Germans are dissatisfied with Prussia and the Great German Empire in their mouths. Some thoughts came up.

The main reason is that compared to Austria, where zero zero seven has no wages, Prussia has a complete worker welfare system, pensions, medical insurance, and good relations with the United Kingdom. Compared with Austria, where people draw their swords and look around at a loss. Okay, not too much.

Especially in the current situation, Austria cannot get help from any powerful country around it. When it suppressed the Polish peasant uprising last year, the Austrian government went out of its way to condemn Tsarist Russia and successfully handed Tsarist Russia to the other side. It also fought with Italy before. One aircraft successfully allowed Italy to join the EU.

The Austrians all thought that there was something wrong with Franz's brain. How could the opposite character be so strong?