The Sun Never Sets In Spain

War is for politics. No matter how old Mao Qiduo wants to quickly resolve South Germany, he can only obediently inform the army and slow down the pace of progress.

However, their goodwill was not respected by the enemy, and Bavaria soon discovered that Prussia was trying to avoid the people, which undoubtedly gave them a chance to breathe.

Under the fierce blade of Prussia, the Munich government no longer cares about its own means. Not only has it suddenly increased the frequency of public defense, even the people who would have been evacuated are no longer evacuated.

These methods can't be concealed by the interested people. Even if the government tries to conceal it as much as possible, many people still find that the government is taking them hostage.

There is a backlog of dissatisfaction, but the enemy is now, and the people have not yet raised the idea of ​​surrendering to the enemy.

King Ludwig, who gave this order, dreamed of being pushed onto the execution ground by his subjects at night, and the first thing he did when he woke up every day was to send a telegram to Paris.

At present, the actual ruler of France is the Regent Empress Eugenie. She is very supportive of her husband's offensive ideas and informed Ludwig II of their plan to attack on August 22.

Eugenie's original intention was to let the Bavarian army pretend to cooperate, and there was also the idea of ​​letting the other side not bother her anymore.

The original intention was good, but the news was leaked somehow. The Prussian army was fully prepared to wait for work and patiently waited for the French army to bump into it.

The offensive plan proceeded as scheduled. The French army crossed the border and fired the first shot of the Franco-Prussian battle.

In Saarbrücken, skirmishes began between the French and Prussian outposts.

But the shortcomings of France's rush to fight quickly became apparent. Without a clear combat plan, they were completely unable to organize large-scale attacks.

Not to mention the offensive, they could not even find the enemy, but were repeatedly ambushed by the Prussian army.

In these small-scale contact battles, it has to be said that the French did a good job. They are obviously at a disadvantage in terms of supply and vision, but they can always give a beautiful counterattack with the Xiasaibo rifle in their hands.

After several fights, Prussia's loss was even greater.

However, no matter how outstanding the exchange ratio is, these small-scale conflicts are not painful to both parties and cannot have much impact on the strategic situation.

As France gradually penetrated the German border, more and more Prussian troops gathered on the front lines. On the French side, the number of troops would not increase after reaching 260,000.

France still has more than 200,000 troops in North Africa, French Indochina, and other overseas territories, but they want to maintain the huge Second French Empire and cannot support the French-Prussian battlefield.

France is like a giant that has lost one hand, and can only rely on its native army to fight each other with the same strong Prussia.

Nasan hasn't realized the danger yet. He is very satisfied with the performance of the French army. The recent conflicts have confirmed his argument that "the conscripts are all chickens".

He was urging the French army to move forward at this time. Since the Prussian army was afraid of themselves, then ignore them and directly take Frankfurt.

The turning point of the matter occurred on August 28. At this time, the Prussian force had swelled to 400,000 people. Affected by the current situation, their mobilization was greater than in history. After the loss of South Germany, they mobilized more soldiers. .

In South Germany, Prussia also maintains a huge army of 120,000 people, as well as the Bavarian servant army of more than 10,000 who have just been recruited to assist.

It can be said that Prussia has guaranteed its absolute advantage on both fronts.

The time for counterattack had come, and the Battle of Heidelberg broke out immediately.

The low-intensity combat over the past few days has caused the French army to relax its vigilance. Facing the tide of the enemy, under the panic, there is a faint tendency to retreat.

French soldiers are excellent shooters, but not excellent soldiers. The long service life of professional soldiers has trained French youths to become veterans. They dare not conduct cruel close-range and large-scale combat with the Prussian army.

On the other hand, even if Prussia is the offensive in international morality, the Prussian army has basically received compulsory education, and believes that the unification war is the most just war in the world, and France is the heinous invader, and the morale is extremely high. .

In addition, the performance of the Krupp steel cannon is far superior to that of the Napoleon bronze cannon. For this battle, the two sides dispatched thousands of artillery, but with the same number, the French army could not even organize an effective counterattack.

In general, when supplies, armaments, morale, quantity and other aspects are at a comprehensive disadvantage, France's defeat is already doomed.

The Battle of Heidelberg only lasted for less than a day, and the French army began to retreat in the direction it had come. Of course, Nasan was furious at this, but he also knew that if he maintained the line forcibly, he would only lose more people when it really collapsed.

Under the orders of the old Mochi, the Prussian army did not pursue it. The battle was won too quickly, and the Prussian front was not fully developed, and it did not have the ability to chase people for the time being.

Moreover, now that the reinforcements have been repelled, it is time to deal with the trapped beasts in Bavaria.

During the time that the French army retreated to the frontier to be renovated, Prussia drew 80,000 people from the border army to the South German battlefield, maintaining a nearly four-fold advantage in military strength.

With such a big gap, no matter what dastardly Bavaria resorts to, it will not be able to stop Prussia from advancing quickly.

But this time, no matter how often Ludwig II's telegram was filmed, Paris did not give him any promise, obviously giving up Nande.

Knowing that there is no more reinforcements in South Germany, the will to fight is getting weaker and weaker. On September 2, Prussia occupied the entire Bavaria. On the same day, the rest of South Germany stopped resisting, and the kings and princes went into exile in France or Austria-Hungary.

Also on this day, Eugenie sent a telegram to Alfonso, asking for his assistance.

In history, France only attempted an offensive at the beginning. Since retreating to the national border, it has been a complete strategic defense, waiting for the slow mobilization of the rear and the return of the colonial army, but it was a wave before it waited.

At that time, they couldn't find reinforcements, so they could only use their inferior forces against the enemy, but now they have a potential ally, and naturally they have to make good use of it.

Alfonso didn’t know if they had asked Italy for help, they should have been, but Italy would definitely not pay attention to them until they regained Rome...

"Your Majesty, have you rejected it again?" Campos asked incredulously. In the previous conditions, France added conditions to support Spain's acquisition of Morocco.

France’s words are stronger than Prussia’s, and in Campos’s view, this is enough for Spain to send troops.

"I didn't refuse." Alfonso shook his head: "I just said it takes time to build up troops."

Seeing Campos is still incomprehensible, he patiently explained: "Even with such a big defeat on the front line, there is still great resistance to mobilizing soldiers in France.

If we send troops now, even if we count our army, West France will add up to less than 400,000 people, and it will not be able to stop the Prussian army of nearly 600,000. Even if we can stop it, the losses will be very heavy.

France must be made to feel the pain on the skin before it can awaken its military power. "