On the afternoon of 10 November, the Danish army outside Brandenburg was defeated, and although the 1st Division had pulled out a large encirclement, some Danish troops had broken through the 1st Division's encirclement.
Brandenburg was the capital of Prussia, and around Brandenburg were the estates of the entire Prussian elite of the Scatterers, and if these Danish troops broke into those estates and caused damage, the garrison would have a headache.
In this battle, the Prussian army eliminated more than 2,000 Danish troops, captured nearly 6,000 people, and nearly 1,000 people retreated with the fleet, while the Prussian army lost more than 1,000 killed and wounded more than 2,000, many of which belonged to the Brandenburg garrison.
After the battle, the whole of Brandenburg was boiling, although the Danish army did not cause extensive damage to the city of Brandenburg, but Brandenburg, as the capital of Prussia, actually had an army lurking under the nose only to find out, I have to say that it is a major dereliction of duty.
Many nobles in Brandenburg Russia were frightened at first but then resentful, they plotted to petition Sanssouci Palace to deprive the Brandenburg Garrison Department of a cadre and other positions, in the face of the surging feelings of the nobles, the commander of the garrison Zardol had to personally stand up to everyone can not compensate, but for his apology, the nobles are not willing to accept.
Moreover, some of the nobles whose interests had been damaged in the battle clamored for the loss of Zardol to compensate them, which made the always good-natured Zardol almost go crazy.
Lao Tzu is desperately trying to protect your safety, and now is good.
The enemy repelled, and you actually came up to ask me to pay for the losses, how can there be such a thing in the world.
Of course, in the end, with the mediation of Dafilia, the nobles gave up their entanglement with the garrison, but they declared that they would definitely write to His Majesty on the matter.
On the afternoon of 10 November, Wilhelm, who heard the news, rushed back to Brandenburg himself "Ridiculous, simply ridiculous, why did the Danes suddenly appear under the city of Brandenburg.
And why didn't you get any news before, can you give me an explanation?
” "Your Majesty....
This .........."
In the face of William's doubts, Zardol and Dafilia glanced at each other, but neither could give a reasonable explanation.
Seeing the two of them frowning in front of him, but they couldn't give an answer for a long time, William became a little annoyed: "Do you two know how worried I was when I got the news last night?
Brandenburg is the capital of the kingdom, and now there are enemy troops in my capital.
And if I hadn't transferred the first division that day to fill the gap in the second division, wouldn't my capital not be mine!
Yes?
” Seeing that William was a little annoyed, Zardol, as the commander of the Brandenburg garrison, had to stand up and answer William's question, otherwise I was afraid that his political life would be over.
"Your Majesty, there is no doubt that these Danes are coming down the River Spree.
But upon our inquiry, the Danes told us that before entering the Spree River, they were transferred by sea ships to these merchant ships on a huge pier near the mouth of the sea, and then they were carried along the river to Brandenburg."
"You mean?"
"Yes, Your Majesty.
There are apparently no docks on the banks of the River Spree that can dock ships, and this is a condition that only a few cities at the mouth of the Elbe have" Zardol offers a vague answer.
But this answer is sufficient The pier around the mouth of the Elbe River that can provide large seafaring ships is only Hamburg except Bremen, but although Bremen is an imperial free city like Hamburg, Bremen is very close to Hanover, and now Hanover is the territory of the British king, Britain has always had a desire for Bremen, if it was Bremen, then the British should have discovered that something was wrong.
Moreover, Bremen faces the North Sea directly, and there is still some distance from Bremen to the Elbe "Did you ask where the Danes came from?"
"As far as we know, the Danes were assembled in Aalborg in the north of Jutland, where they boarded troop carriers, and where they were transferred is not known" Dafilia's words cast a shadow over William's heart, obviously Denmark's operation was done quite secretly, and this time it was fortunate that William transferred the 1st Division to the garrison outside Brandenburg in time, otherwise, the situation of this war would have changed, and Prussia would have lost face in the world.
"I don't care what you do, I must give me an answer within two days, I need to know exactly whose help these Danes are relying on, and this kind of matter must be dealt with as soon as possible, otherwise we will leave our capital under the threat of the enemy every day?"
Also, immediately send letters to the cities on both sides of the Elbe, whether we are Prussian cities or not, and if they can't give us a satisfactory answer to Prussia, I will let them know what regret is!
” William's words surprised Tsardol and Dafilia, although they knew that William would definitely investigate the matter, but it was clear that William's attitude was far beyond their expectations.
"That's right, Zardol, in the next period of time, I will ask the royal guards to mobilize a group of troops to be stationed in the city, you must suppress the dissatisfaction of the nobles in the city for me, although your performance this time is not satisfactory, but I am still satisfied with you, so you don't have to worry, do your job well!"
Obviously, the complaints of the nobles in Brandenburg had reached Wilhelm's ears, but Wilhelm was obviously not prepared to deal with Zardol, after all, there were too many surprises in this Danish surprise attack, and in his heart, he was not to blame for this.
For William's words, Zardol was quite moved, this surprise attack by the Danes made him extremely passive, as the commander of the Brandenburg garrison, this attack on Brandenburg can be said to be a dereliction of duty on Zardolle.
As a newcomer in the Prussian army, the reason why Zardol was able to climb to the throne of the commander of the Brandenburg garrison in less than ten years is not unrelated to Wilhelm's promotion, you must know that ascending to the post of commander of the Brandenburg garrison means that he has entered the upper echelons of Prussia, after all, this commander has the rank of lieutenant general.
While William was discussing the aftermath of the attack on Brandenburg, Dessau was leading his army to storm Obenro, and after a day's attack, Obenro was also in danger.
At noon on the same day, the north of the city of Obenro was breached.
"Thank you very much to the two Dukes for their contribution to world peace" Dessau very politely expressed his gratitude to Schleswig and the Duke of Holstein, and in the face of Dessau's thanks, the two dukes cautiously replied that they did not dare or dare.
After the capture of Aubenro, Dessau left the 38th Regiment at the waist of Jutland, after all, Flensburg has not yet been captured by the Prussian army, and as a link between the north and the south, the strategic position of Obernro has been multiplied.
After that, the Prussian army marched quite smoothly, and in just one week, the Danish cities in northern Jutland, including Koling, Esbjerg, and Vejle, either surrendered or were broken by the Prussian army, and after Vejle was breached, Field Marshal Dessau was faced with two choices, one was to lead the army north to sweep away the Danish resistance in Jutland, and the other was to lead the army across the river to the island of Funen and then take Odense and then head towards Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark.
In the face of these two choices, Dessau is a little hesitant, after all, no matter from which aspect, these two options are more operable.
As the capital of Denmark, Copenhagen's status is naturally unquestionable, but there are advantages and disadvantages, as the capital of Denmark, Copenhagen's resistance is definitely extraordinary, and now Dessau's command even if you add the army of Schleswig and Holstein, the strength is barely nearly 30,000.
Although such a force can be called strong, it is still a little insufficient if it were to attack Copenhagen directly.
And the main force of the Danish Navy still exists, although the Kattegat Strait was blocked because of the participation of the British Royal Navy, but the British Royal Navy did not deal a devastating blow to the Danish Navy, according to the words of George IV: the British Royal Navy blockade is to ensure peace in the Baltic Sea and not to create contradictions in the Baltic Sea region.
And if you want to attack the island of Funen or even the island of Zealand, where Copenhagen is located, then the Danish navy has become a big problem for Prussia, although after six years of development, Prussia's navy has also made some progress, but in the world, Prussia's navy is still not enough.
Especially in the face of a strong enemy like Denmark, the Prussian navy's victory rate is only a pitiful 30%, and William will not be so stupid to let William use his hard-working navy to fight the poor 30% victory rate.
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In this way, without the help of the navy, if you want to land on the island of Funen without damage, unless the Prussian army is quite secretive, the Danish navy will definitely block the passage of the Prussian army, thus creating considerable trouble for the Prussian army.
After reflection, Field Marshal Dessau decided to lead his army north to sweep Jutland, and of course in order to prevent the Danes from reinforcing Jutland, Dessau left behind Kraunz's 5th Division at Vejle.
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