Standing in the command room, after seeing that the British fleet was not pursuing, Steinfield breathed a sigh of relief, but looking at the scarred Danish battleship on the sea, Stanfield's heart, which was just a little relaxed, became bitter again.
In this battle, the losses suffered by the Danish Navy were too great, and only about twenty of the more than forty warships were left behind the Rison, not only that, but even these warships could clearly see the cracks in the hull, and it was a question whether they could hold out to the port of Odense.
Just after the Danish Navy retreated, the allied generals who had been watching the naval battle were also relieved, if the British fleet could not defeat the Danish Navy, then the Allied troop transports that were still floating on the sea would become artillery targets for the Danes to wreak havoc.
"Your Excellency, those Englishmen are too much" "Well, Krauntz, it will be a victory to ensure that our troops land on the island of Funen, at least our money is not in vain, and although the British have let the Danes go, the Danish navy has been badly damaged, and I think that if we work harder, those Danish navy will not cause me much loss."
In the face of Kraunz's indignation, Dessau could only do his best to appease the unhappiness in Kraunz's heart, in fact, when he comforted Kraunz, Dessau's heart was also very unhappy.
Prussia invested a huge amount of 1,400,000 silver marks in the British fleet commander Charles Cole, which could have been used to build a second-class ship.
That said, Dessau was not prepared to turn against the British because of this.
After all, the British also came to help Prussia, in any way.
There was nothing wrong with what Charles Cole did.
At this moment, on the opposite shore, there was already a multi-regiment coalition force landing on Funen Island, but shortly after the coalition troops came ashore, a Danish army appeared on the shore, and after seeing the coalition troops landing on the island, this Danish army of several hundred people immediately opened fire on the coalition forces.
In the whole of Funen, only Odense has a regular army of 3,000 people, and there is no other armed group in the whole of Funen except the militia, and these few hundred people are still under Odense's reminder.
Several other cities on the island of Funen hastily assembled militias.
"Jumping beam clown, it's not worth mentioning!"
Seeing hundreds of miscellaneous militiamen appear in front of his troops, the commander of the 10th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Prussian Division, Shenliuk, pursed his lips and said to the staff officers beside him, and for the words of this regiment commander, these staff officers not only did not raise objections, but nodded in unison, obviously for Shenliuk's words.
They agreed.
"Let the 1st and 3rd Battalions drive those few hundred men away for me, and let the 2nd Battalion contact the Holsteins and maintain the defensive line between us!"
After speaking, Shen Liuke shifted his gaze to the sea behind him, countless ships were rapidly approaching Feiying Island, and the scene of thousands of sails racing on the river was enough to make anyone admire.
Under the blows of the 10th Infantry Regiment.
Soon the few hundred Danish militia were crushed.
In fact, there was an offer in Odense to send all the troops to the western end of the island of Funen to prevent the Prussians from landing, but this proposal was rejected by the mayor of Odense.
If all of Odense's forces were to be deployed along the coast, it would indeed cause problems for the Prussians, but what about Odense?
Except for Odense, the life and death of the entire island of Funen are not under the care of the mayor, but Odense is his lifeline.
At the moment, he was worried that Odense's defense was insufficient, and it was simply wishful thinking for him to divide his troops.
However, in order to cause some trouble for the Prussians, the mayor reminded the cities around Odense of the news of the Prussian landing.
Then have the local militia be conscripted to the western tip of the island of Funen to stop the Prussians.
But the owners of the cities on Funen were not stupid, and the fall of Jutland spread like a gust of wind throughout Funen, and in this case, many nobles took a wait-and-see attitude, after all, in this era, no matter which dynasty ruled the place, it was these nobles who relied on the snake-like nobles.
Of course, the big nobles are not among them.
Under this idea, the entire island of Funen gathered a total of more than 1,000 militia to defend the western end of the island, which was good, and more than a third of it was killed by Prussia at once.
At seven o'clock in the evening of December 22, night had covered the sky of Funn, but at the western end of Funen it was brightly lit, and countless torches were hung on pillars or held in their hands, and groups of soldiers kept disembarking from their boats and landing on the shore.
Thankfully, there was no rain tonight, and the coalition soldiers were able to keep warm by the hastily lit bonfires, otherwise the roost of so many soldiers alone would have been enough to make the coalition top brass scratch their hair.
After dealing with the Danish navy, the British fleet approached Fredericia again, and the commander of the British fleet, Charlesko, personally came to Fredericia in a small boat, of course, not only him, but the entire British fleet of the upper echelons.
After expelling the Danish Navy, Dessau let people rule the British fleet under the banner, and the coalition invited the British fleet to attend a dinner in the evening, and after receiving the invitation of Prussia, Charles Ke readily agreed.
When Charles Coe and the other British admirals disembarked from the boat, a Prussian officer greeted them early "Welcome to all British allies from afar, and below is the Mayor of the 5th Prussian Division, Kraunz, who greets you once again on the orders of Field Marshal Dessau" "Your Excellency Kraunz is gracious, the friendship between the two countries has been passed down from generation to generation, and we are here to help the righteous allies, so please do not be polite."
In the face of Kraunz's low profile, Charlesko also lowered his profile appropriately, after all, the Prussian greeting specifications were not low, and the military reform of the Prussian army The European powers naturally knew more or less, and Charlesko, as the top of the British Navy, naturally knew about it.
The fact that Prussia was able to send a lieutenant general and division commander to meet his own cadres already showed Prussia's sincerity, after all, there were only twelve regular army division commanders in Prussia, and you could not ask Marshal Dessau to stand here to meet the British himself, because such a word would not only damage Prussia's reputation, but also put Charles Supper on his back an arrogant and impudent burden.
After shaking hands with the admirals of the British Navy one by one, Krautz came to Charlesko's side again, and then said loudly to the admirals of the British Navy: "Friends from England, please come with me, our Excellency Marshal Dessau of Prussia is waiting for your arrival."
After hearing Krauntz's words, Charles Sko and other British admirals naturally humbled to Krauntz, and then followed Kraunz towards Fredericia.
The town hall in Fredelicia has been renovated at the moment, what flowers and bunting will decorate the whole town hall very festive, and Dessau ordered to set up a huge long table in the hall of the town hall, this long table is more than forty meters long and more than two meters wide, and the table has been covered with a red tablecloth, on which are all kinds of delicacies, although this banquet is the same as the previous political banquets in the form of a buffet.
A roll of red carpet stretched from inside the town hall to outside the gate of the town hall, and at this moment Dessau was leading a group of high-ranking members of the coalition army to stand at the gate outside the town hall.
It is said that Dessau does not have to be like this at all, as a Prussian marshal, especially a veteran of great achievements, Dessau's name has been heard in the upper echelons of various countries, and on the other hand, Charlesau, although he is the commander of the British support fleet, but Charlesau's military rank is only lieutenant general, and his reputation in various countries has not reached a certain height, compared to Dessau, Charlesau is an unscrupulous junior.
But how to say it?
After all, it is to ask someone to do things, and it is still good for the whole situation to lower your figure appropriately, although you can't let people get close to yourself, but you can always make people not hostile to yourself.
When Charles Coe and other high-ranking officials of the British fleet walked to the door of the city hall, looking from a distance, at the door of the city hall can be called a luxurious plastic surgery, a large group of generals wearing high-level general's uniforms are lined up, and at the front is an old man who seems to be dressed ordinarily, but behind this old man is two men wearing grand duke's dress.
At a glance, Charles understood that the old man standing at the forefront must be the supreme commander of Prussia's conquest of Denmark - Marshal Dessau.
I saw Charles take a few steps closely, and when he came to Dessau, he greeted Dessau: "Honorable Marshal Dessau, I salute you below the British Imperial Navy Charlesau" Dessau nodded, then took Charlesau's hands and said softly "Hello Your Excellency Charlesko, thank you very much for your help to Prussia, and I thank you on behalf of the Kingdom of Prussia" "Your Excellency, Marshal, you are so gracious, the friendship between Britain and Prussia goes back a long way, and it is the duty of our British Navy to help our Prussian allies punish those evil Danes!"
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If you don't mention the 1.2 million silver marks, Charlesko's statement is undoubtedly very moving.
Charlesau was then introduced by Dessau, and the two dukes of Schleswig and Holstein were presented before being introduced to the town hall.
That night, the senior leaders of the coalition forces and the British Navy admirals enjoyed a great time.