It is precisely because the Danes' plan is so crazy that Sheffield is very reluctant to help the Danes, but now whoever let the Danes catch his handle, if the letter is handed over to Prussia, as long as he thinks about his fate, Sheffield will shudder, and now Sheffield can only follow the Danes all the way to the dark.
Just after Sheffield agreed to Denmark's conditions, he, in his capacity as mayor, ordered several deep-water wharves in Denmark to vacate berths immediately, and at the same time, Sheffield also organized a large number of small river boats to assemble at the wharf.
According to the Danish plan, in order to prevent the detection of Prussian spies, Denmark would mobilize a group of more than 10,000 troops directly from Jutland and then directly reach Hamburg by North Sea shipping, and then go directly south along the Elbe River after transshipment through Hamburg.
Frederick VI knew that Denmark had only more than 10,000 troops in the entire Jutland Peninsula, and now in addition to the pressure on Jutland, the pressure of the Swedish Kingdom in the east also forced Denmark to mobilize a considerable number of troops in Norway to resist the Swedish attack.
For Denmark, the enemy is undoubtedly the worst outcome, and now Denmark is facing the double pressure of Prussia and Sweden, so Denmark must solve an enemy in the fastest possible time, otherwise Denmark is absolutely hopeless.
Originally, Frederick VI's eyes were aimed at Sweden, after all, Sweden's strength was slightly inferior to Prussia in any aspect, but the Kattegat Strait had been blocked by the British Royal Navy, so it was impossible for Denmark's troops to reach Stockholm quietly, and because Stockholm was close to the sea, the Swedes did quite well defend the sea.
In this way, Denmark had only one option, which was to defeat Prussia first, and Frederick VI could not think of any other way to resist the Prussian army than to surprise Brandenburg.
On November 5, 1788, several large piers in the Free City of Hamburg were cordoned off by the city guard.
Some porters and idlers on the dock were all cleared by the city guard.
On this day, Sheffield personally came to the dock, and while anxiously waiting for the Danish ship, Sheffield kept wiping the cold sweat inadvertently left on his forehead.
Just as Sheffield was about to collapse, a huge fleet arrived.
Large ships docked at the pier.
It's just that none of these ships are flagged, apparently for concealment.
When the ships landed, the sampans were lowered, and groups of Danish soldiers came down one after another under the command of the officers.
Each of these Danish soldiers carried a bulging backpack, which contained the soldiers' rations for half a month, as well as ammunition for the battle.
After these soldiers, a batch of small 2-pounder and 4-pounder cannons were dragged down, because the most important thing in this operation was speed, so the Danish army carried more of these small cannons.
None of the large guns were carried.
"Your Excellency the Mayor, this is Your Excellency General Dureks, the Supreme Commander of our Danish Army in this operation" Seeing that Sheffield really kept his promise, Randferger had a smile on his face and introduced a middle-aged general to Sheffield.
After the two sides exchanged salutes, the Danish general named Durex spoke: "Your Excellency the Mayor, thank you very much for your contribution to the Nordic people, and as every peace-loving civilized person, we should resist and even rebel against the evil deeds of Prussia, and I greatly admire His Excellency Sheffield" "Don't dare, don't dare.
Your Excellency the General is polite, these are what I should do."
In the face of Durex's praise, Sheffield's face stiffened, and then he said humbly to Durex without smiling "Your Excellency Mayor, it is indeed a high wind, please allow me to pay you high respect on behalf of the Danish people!"
Saying that, Durex gave Sheffield a military salute decently.
God knows how bitter and hypocritical Sheffield is laughing at this moment.
In just half a day, all the Danish troops were unloaded from the ships, and with the sound of a whistle, all the Danish ships sounded their whistles.
It was clear that these ships were expressing their reverence and wishes to the Danish soldiers in this way.
Seeing that the Danish ship had left the horse's head, Sheffield immediately gave an order in the ear of his entourage.
In less than half an hour, there were countless ships approaching the dock on the sea in front of the pier, and these ships were mobilized by Sheffield using his own rights, and of course, the ships here were also the limit of Sheffield's mobilization.
These ships were relatively small compared to before, but it was these small boats that were able to move quickly in the Elbe and even the Spree, otherwise in the words of the big ships, not to mention the depth of the river, it was that size, and it was estimated that it would have been discovered before the Prussians.
Fortunately, the Danish army led by Durex was still relatively elite, at least in the execution of military orders, these Danish troops still did a very good job, on the way to the ship, except for the shouts of the officers, the soldiers remained quite quiet.
On November 6, 1788, the Danish army was ready to leave Hamburg, and before embarking on the ship, Durex thanked Sheffield for his gratuitous help, and Durex presented Sheffield with a personal gift worth five thousand gold marks.
"Your Excellency, General, you are so polite" "Hey, Your Excellency Mayor, this is just a little bit of a small meaning, and there is more to come, as long as you maintain friendly relations with Denmark, then you will benefit more than that."
During the conversation, Sheffield accepted such a large sum of money with a bright smile, of course, this big bag of money was ordered by Sheffield to be carried down.
"Made, a Flensburg has been fighting for a whole week, is it said that Flensburg is even more difficult to fight than Schwerin?"
Dessau looked at the Prussian generals in the tent and said with some annoyance, unlike what they had expected, although the Danish army defending the city in the first two days was quite unbearable, but the subsequent battles became more and more fierce again and again, and those Danish troops actually changed their previous style and fought with the Prussian army repeatedly, so that the casualties of the Prussian army gradually increased.
And now Flensburg, which was originally expected to be a battle for the Prussian army, actually resisted the Prussian army's attack for a whole week, of course, in the face of this situation, the Prussian army is okay, after all, they have also fought a lot of big battles, but the auxiliary armies of Schleswig and Holstein are different.
With the Prussian army not making progress for a week, there was a rather bad message from the combined forces of Schleswig and Holstein, of course, the best way to respond to the message was reality, but the Prussian army was really blocked in Flensburg.
In this way, the Prussian army's mind began to come alive, and the Prussian forces were superior, so that it was completely possible to leave enough defensive forces and then the rest of the army to continue to attack north, so that it was not believed that the Danish army in the city of Flensburg could continue to be a turtle with a shrunken head.
The total number of Danish standing troops is there, and there are no 20,000 standing troops in the whole of Jutland, and now there are nearly 10,000 standing troops in Flensburg, so this means that the rest of Jutland does not have many troops at all, so it is better to eat the fat that can be eaten without much effort.
"Your Excellency Marshal, it is not possible to go on like this, it is better to leave the Fifth Division to monitor Flensburg, and then our other troops continue to advance deep into Jutland!"
"Your Excellency Scharnhorst, what do you mean, why don't you let your 3rd Division stay, Your Excellency Marshal, under the opinion that the 3rd Division has a lot of combat experience, and therefore should be more responsible for the most important task, the task of monitoring Flensburg, the 3rd Division deserves it" Hearing that Scharnhorst suggested to Marshal Dessau that his Fifth Division stay to monitor Flensburg, Kraunz immediately became a little anxious, what are you kidding, if you want to stay, you Scharnhorst and the Third Division will stay.
"Your Excellency Kraunz, the performance of the Fifth Division in previous wars is obvious to all, such a division of a hundred battles, I think that good steel should be used on the blade, and there is no more important task on the battlefield to protect the rear of the army, so the Fifth Division deserves it!"
Originally, there were nearly 10,000 troops in the city of Flensburg, so it was not surprising that a division was left to monitor Flensburg, after all, if there was no one to watch, wouldn't it be bad if the defenders of Flensburg rushed out to attack Prussia by surprise when they were unexpected.
Seeing the two division commanders arguing below, Dessau couldn't help but feel a headache, although Scharnhorst had a good personal relationship with him, and he was also very optimistic about the future of Scharnhorst, but at the beginning, Scharnhorst rashly opened his mouth to let the Fifth Division stay was a big taboo.
Because you, Scharnhorst, are only the commander of the Third Division after all, and have no right to arrange the combat missions of the Fifth Division "Hehe, the two of you don't have to fight, I decided that this time the Scharnhorst will lead the third division to stay behind to monitor Flensburg, and the fifth division will go north with the Schleswig and Holstein armies, this time our goal is Obenro!"
Hearing that Dessau asked his third division to stay, Scharnhorst's face immediately turned cloudy, but he knew that since Dessau had already made a decision, he could not continue to refute, after all, Dessau was the supreme commander of the army, and he had the right to dispose of it flexibly, and he was only a subordinate general after all.