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

The Austrian army was surrounded by three Prussian armies, and the troops contained on the eastern front had already been defeated. If they were unwilling to retreat, it would only be a matter of time before they were completely annihilated.

The defense of the Austrian fortress artillery is quite tenacious. They have some advantages in attacking from high places and low places. Their cannons are large-caliber fortress cannons. The loading speed of the artillery shells is very slow, and they occasionally fire some dumb cannons.

This means that as long as the first round of shelling by the Austrian army ends, it will be difficult for them to complete the loading and start the second round of shelling in a short time, but Benedek is not without options. He still has more than a dozen six-pound cannons. , relying on him to concentrate these artillery on the eastern front, and hope that the soldiers can rush to Khrum again and regain a more advantageous position.

But Bittenfeldt also had a lot of artillery. The Austrian army would not have an advantage in terms of firepower, but the Austrian army still had a terrain advantage. As long as the eastern front launched an attack, everything would be fine. Benedek was obsessed with attacking the eastern front. Launch an attack, hoping to capture Khrum as soon as possible.

But the eastern front commander only has some artillery and not much infantry left. Isn't it just courting death to continue the attack now? Benedek could only transfer [-] Hungarian soldiers from the Western Front to the Eastern Front. When Benedek actually saw these Hungarian soldiers, he found that their faces were ashen, and some of the recruits even had their balls in their crotches. Sprinkling water.

Their expressions at this time were actually not much different from Benedek's. It made him feel uncomfortable to see such a bunch of valuables under his command.

The Third Army on the Eastern Front took the lead in launching the attack, and the Austrian army also began to charge at this time. They organized about 2.5 people to charge towards the Prussian army positions. The Austrian army once rushed to the trenches, but as the Prussian army gradually adjusted, And after launching continuous attacks, they were unable to support themselves. In addition, there were no reinforcements. The Prussian army received support from the Second Army, and became more and more courageous as they fought.

Gradually they rushed from their own position to the high ground opposite. On the front line of a few hundred meters, the bodies of Austrian soldiers and horses could be seen everywhere, and the Prussian offensive spearhead also gradually weakened. Moltke thought that if this continued, It turned into a protracted war. Prussia's supplies in Austria were very weak, while the other side could rely on railways to continuously transport supplies from the rear to the front.

Moltke immediately ordered that the time had come. He ordered the three armies to launch a final attack at the same time and seize the position at all costs.

General Wittenfeld held a sword in one hand and the Prussian black eagle flag in the other, shouting to the back, "For His Highness August, for Prussia, and for Germany, charge!"

The morale of the Prussian army reached its peak and they rushed towards the Austrian position. The three armies officially met in Sadowa and broke through the last defensive line of the Austrian army. Benedek saw that the situation was over. Immediately organize a retreat to the Elbe River.

But he was too slow, and in the end only he successfully escaped from Sadowa with less than [-] soldiers. The other soldiers and generals were either killed in battle or captured, suffering extremely heavy losses.

The Austrian army invested about 1.7 troops here, of which about [-] were killed and [-] were captured. The rest either escaped or disappeared. The Prussian casualties were only about [-]. The army achieved a decisive victory here.

Austria has completely lost its ability to resist. National uprisings broke out in large numbers in the country. The failure of the Battle of Sadowa discredited the Vienna government. The wave of freedom and national independence tendencies within the entire country exploded, and Austria's finances were on the verge of collapse.

First there was the railway workers' uprising in Vienna, then there was the peasant uprising in Bohemia, and finally there was the nationalist revolution in Budapest, and now it was almost to the point where Austria could be shattered into pieces if Prussia wanted to.

In otl, in order to ensure that Prussia would still have allies after being targeted by France and Britain, Bismarck still did not want to completely separate Austria. He just wanted him to get out of the German region and expel his German citizenship.

But in this world, Prussia wants to establish the Greater German Empire, so Austria cannot be allowed to live. Sooner or later it will fall apart anyway. Rather than bringing along a less powerful ally, it is better to hand it over to Prussia. I have Prussia c.

After receiving the news, Tina set off to the front line in person. She had been responsible for fighting with other powers before, but now Napoleon III of France saw that Prussia was so powerful and Austria was so poor, so why should I help Austria, so he also Then the army withdrew from southern Germany and began to march towards Belgium in the north.

The Austrian standing army was almost completely wiped out. There is no doubt that this war has completely destroyed all the Austrian armed forces. Prussia fought all the way to Krems without encountering any resistance along the way. Austrian civilians along the way looked at the Prussian army. They marched through the street without making any move to resist.

When Tina arrived at the front line, she brought a large amount of supplies. All the soldiers remembered this iron-blooded prime minister. It was she who defeated France politically so that these soldiers could reach Austria, and Tina returned Mao General Qi brought a gift, but it needed to be opened later.

Austria finally announced its unconditional surrender on June 6. The next day, the three Prussian armies entered Vienna victoriously and paraded in the square of Vienna. General Moltke accepted the army specially built for him by August. Marshal's staff, which symbolizes supreme glory.

Moltke reached the peak of his military career in this war. He became the only contemporary Prussian general with a marshal's cane.

When Tina met the Austrian Prime Minister Richard at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, she found that he was like a zombie at this time. To say that his face was pale can be regarded as a compliment. Austria was defeated. This fact is absolute.

The surrender letter presented by Tina made Richard, who was already looking bad, so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

The Kingdom of Bohemia, the Principality of Moravia, Holstein, Lower Silesia were ceded to Prussia and the United Kingdom of Japan, and Venice and the coastal areas of the Balkan Peninsula except the Maritime Area were ceded to the Kingdom of Italy.

Indemnify Prussia and Italy of [-] million pounds each, and stop intervening in German-related affairs. Austria no longer has the orthodox rights of Germany, and must recognize Prussia as the only orthodox successor to Germany.

The German Confederation was dissolved, and Prussia would annex all German states except the four southern German states and Luxembourg.

All princes were abolished, and the original king and princes could retain their property, but they had to give up all noble privileges and political rights.

But the King of Hanover was of British descent, so Prussia was quite interesting. It actually included a summons for the return trip, focusing on where he came from.

This treaty can be said to be a loss of power and humiliation to the extreme. Charlie thought it was a great shame and humiliation, so he slammed the door and left in protest. Of course, Tina was still very calm, and she waited for Charlie to calm down.

Richard could only ask the Austrian Emperor for instructions. Franz was very angry about this treaty. This was simply riding on Austria's head and making trouble, right? no! Absolutely not!

Franz immediately rejected the treaty, while Tina said calmly, "If Austria rejects the contract, the Prussian army will resume its offensive."

When the ultimatum was issued, Franz still gave in, and Charles reluctantly signed the contract, and the Austro-Prussian War officially ended.