Marshal Dessau sat on his horse and looked at the city of Schwerin motionlessly, before the battle began, he had already handed over the command of the battle to the hands of Scharnhorst, although Scharnhorst was only in his thirties, but these years of getting along with Dessau at the Brandenburg Military Academy made Dessau very much admired.
And, more importantly, Dessau knew Wilhelm's mind inside out.
The war against Denmark was undoubtedly a test of the combat effectiveness of the Prussian army, otherwise it would be impossible to transfer a division from each theater to form the main force of the war against Denmark, and the commanders of these three divisions were all promoted by William himself, and whether the six years of peaceful life made the combat effectiveness of the Prussian army decline was one of the focuses of William's attention.
Moreover, a large number of cadets who graduated from the Brandenburg Military Academy served as junior officers in this war, which can also be seen as one of the achievements of Wilhelm's review of military reform.
The gate of Schwerin was opened, and countless Prussian soldiers rushed to the city, although the Mecklenburg army was still resisting stubbornly, but this also saw that the other party was doing a dying struggle, such a result made Dessau still very satisfied, although a large number of Prussian veterans retired, but seeing those young Prussian soldiers play a good combat power, Dessau's heart is also very comforting.
"Your Royal Highness, the city gate has been breached, let's leave as soon as possible."
Kiavis hurried over to Frederick's side and said anxiously and loudly "No, I'm right here, so I won't run away from Schwerin like a dog!"
Frederick's determination made Kiaves even more impatient "Your Royal Highness, as long as you can avoid being captured by the Prussians, then our Mecklenburg is not over, but once you fall into the hands of the Prussians, do you want to watch Mecklenburg fall into the clutches of the Prussians from now on?
Your Royal Highness, you are the hope of all Mecklenburgers!
” "But ..........."
"Your Highness, there's nothing to do, I'll arrange someone to protect you and rush out immediately, and I'll resist here!"
Seeing that Frederick was showing some signs of relenting, Kiaves immediately made a decision.
Although Kiaves was just an old civil official.
But he had an indelible close relationship with the Frederick family, and the only person in the whole of Mecklenburg who could think about Frederick was the old prime minister - Kiaves.
"Someone, immediately protect His Royal Highness the Duke and rush out" As he spoke, Kiavis picked up the weapon on the table and walked out, and when he reached the gate, Kiavis slowly turned back and said: "His Royal Highness the Duke.
Take care.
No matter how difficult it may be for William, please remember to recover Mecklenburg."
Saying that, Kiavis walked out without looking back, looking at his departing back, Frederick's nose was sour.
But he could not think much about it, and a group of soldiers rushed in and protected Frederick and left immediately.
"Hanbock, are you alright?"
Hanbock felt as if someone was shaking his body, but he was so tired that he wanted to respond, but now he couldn't even move a finger.
"And breathing.
You carry him down at once, and I think he is a hero to all of us."
Another voice sounded in Hanbock's ears, and Hanbock vaguely remembered that this voice seemed to belong to his battalion commander, but he could not think much about it, and the groggy feeling came to his mind again, and Hanbock lost consciousness again.
Although the Prussian army had entered the city, the resistance of the Mecklenburg army was still very fierce, and they fought with the Prussian army street by street, and not only that.
Some Mecklenburg soldiers even hid in houses on both sides of the street and attacked the Prussians while the Prussian army was not looking.
Scharnhorst was annoyed by the lack of progress in the city, and in his opinion that Schwerin had been captured, as long as the Mecklenburg army in the city could be pacified as soon as possible, then it would be a great achievement, but now the slow progress and complicated fighting had seriously affected the performance of the 3rd Division.
In particular, the Mecklenburgers were hiding in the houses on both sides of the street.
Do they think that the Prussian army will really not search house by house, and as soon as they think about this, the anger of Scharnhorst rises.
It is customary when two armies fight over a city.
With the exception of streets and public buildings such as town halls, it was impossible for the armies of both sides to fight over private houses.
After all, private property in Europe is sacrosanct, but now it is clear that the army of Mecklenburg has broken this convention.
In fact, the order to enter the houses to block the Prussian army came from the hands of Kiavis, who in Kiavis's opinion that now that Schwerin had reached the last moment, who cared about what was customary or not, as long as it could inflict heavy casualties on the Prussian army.
"Order the army to enter every house and search it, not a single rat hiding in the house, and all the citizens of the city who help the enemy to hide are considered Mecklenburg troops, and I will allow all the troops to shoot and kill" After receiving the news for the seventeenth time that the city's troops had been attacked unexpectedly and suffered heavy losses as the enemy was hiding in their houses, Scharnhorst issued this slightly cruel order.
After all, Prussian military discipline is still relatively strict, especially after William's military reform after the military reform, the restraint of military discipline is even more incomprehensible, of course, this does not mean that the Prussian army will not carry out massacres, looting and other acts, but these harsh orders must be ordered by divisional commanders.
The Prussian army that was now entering the city was the 3rd Division, and Scharnhorst was the supreme commander of the 3rd Division, so he had the right to give some slightly harsh orders.
As for why William would allow this, it is naturally because of the volatile nature of war, sometimes if the hatred between your enemies and you cannot be eliminated for a lifetime, then ** elimination is undoubtedly the fastest and best way.
And the most important reason is to risk your life to become a soldier?
After all, in Prussia, a commoner wants to improve his social status as soon as possible, so joining the army is the best choice, of course, the glory and wealth of the few are often accompanied by the horse leather shroud of the majority.
Soldiers are human beings, and if they are human beings, they will have **, and if they are blindly restrained, they will only have the opposite effect.
Sometimes, if the soldiers are not allowed to vent or be mentally stimulated, then maybe one day the army will become a devouring tiger, not only devouring others, but also causing great harm to themselves.
Although Scharnhorst did not give the order to allow the soldiers to loot, it seemed to the soldiers that allowing them to enter the house to search and loot was a complete matter, because it was perfectly said that the owner of the house was the enemy, and that would be perfect.
It is not uncommon to hear veterans talk about looting, but most of them are new recruits, and they follow them with curiosity or excitement to break into private houses, and then search for the enemy, and in the event that the search is fruitless or the enemy army is eliminated, it is still possible to take the sheep or take one or two things.
And in this regard, as long as there is no cause of human life or no suffering, then the people of the Military Discipline Department will not care about this kind of bird matter (the Military Discipline Department, a unit set up by William in each regimental establishment, is in charge of military discipline).
But what Scharnhorst didn't expect was that as he lifted the ban on his soldiers, the resistance in the city of Schwerin became more and more stubborn, many of them civilians.
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Scharnhorst was a little overwhelmed, and he hurriedly sent someone to ask Dessau how the situation should be.
After a while, Dessau's order came, and Dessau's order was only one word: kill!
After seeing Dessau's order, Scharnhorst's heart was relieved again "Immediately pass on my order, all the 3rd Division and the 37th Infantry Regiment of the 10th Division must concentrate all their efforts on destroying the enemy troops in the city of Shivirin, and if there is resistance, kill anyone!"
This order sounded the death knell of Schwerin, as long as the people with weapons in the streets or houses were killed except to surrender, there was no third way, so that when the Prussian army was really ruthless, the last trace of blood in the hearts of the enemy army was lost.
Kiavis looked at the dozen soldiers beside her and sighed, now the last line of defense in the city was in front of her, and in front of the town hall there were three hundred Mecklenburg soldiers, which was the last line of defense in Schwerin.
A large Prussian army poured into the center of the city, and the 300 Mecklenburg soldiers in front of the town hall were like small wooden boats in a storm.
Kiavis closed his eyes, and with a trembling right hand, he picked up a short gun and raised it to his forehead "I didn't expect it.........
Bang!
” A gunshot rang out, and it was all over.
On September 13, 1788, Schwerin was breached, and Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg, fled to the seaside city of Wismar, north of Mecklenburg, which was the last stronghold of Mecklenburg.
In Wismar, Frederick called on the entire people of Mecklenburg to unite against the Prussian invasion, and Frederick announced that reinforcements from the Kingdom of Denmark were on their way, and he hoped that all the people of Mecklenburg would not give up hope and say together to the evil invader, Prussia, for the sake of freedom: No!