In March 1791, when Central Europe was in turmoil as a result of the declaration of war between Prussia and Austria, Leopold II immediately announced in Vienna that Bavaria would join the Austrian bloc, stripping Wilhelm of his position as Holy Roman Crown Prince.
As a counterattack to Leopold II, the Prussian government, upon learning the news, immediately announced that Prussia had important evidence that Leopold II had played an inglorious role in the death of Emperor Joseph II, so Prussia believed that Leopold II was no longer qualified to serve as emperor.
At the same time that Prussia reacted, in Cologne, Maximilian also officially announced that in view of Leopold II's despicable behavior, as a descendant of the Habsburg family, Maximilian would never want to see the glory of the Habsburg family for thousands of years being ruined by a villain like Leopold II, so Maximilian announced the establishment of another empire in Cologne, and Maximilian officially ascended the throne in Cologne as Holy Roman Emperor!
The news of Cologne swept through the Holy Roman Empire like a tornado, although the Imperial Diet in Frankfurt declared Maximilian a traitor for the first time, and the Imperial Diet would never agree with Maximilian's legitimacy, but under the pull of Maximilian and Prussia, the attitude of some imperial princes became hesitant again.
The entry of Bavaria into the war caused Ian's troops, who had been stationed on the Bohemian border, to be immediately disengaged, and after the 10,000 Bavarian troops were joined in Bavaria, Ian's army had grown to 19,000 men.
Ian's army put the 18th Division in the Bamberg area under great pressure, even though the Prussian government immediately began to replenish the 18th Division.
So far, however, the 18th Division has not recovered from the last battle, and the entire army has less than 10,000 men.
Of course, the good news is not without it.
The 1st Prussian Division under Dafilia was on its way, and if all went well, the 1st Division would be able to arrive ahead of the combined Austrian-Bavarian forces.
In Karlstadt, near Frankfurt, Scharnhorst's 3rd Division also encountered the reorganized Emperor of Szger.
Because of the distance, part of the Emperor ** and Hessian troops have not yet reached Karlstadt, but even so.
In the Karlstadt area, there were still 15,000 emperors, so in terms of troops, the 3rd Division was in a slightly inferior position.
And with the passage of time.
If Scharnhorst does not take further action, the disadvantage will become even worse.
The Prussian 17th Division did not stop after conquering Coburg, and now the 17th Division was approaching Bad Kissingen north of Karlstadt, but the 17th Division was not without any pressure.
In front of Otlan was Bad Kissingen, who had already adopted a policy of clearing the wilderness.
And the city also hoarded thousands of troops, enough to withstand the 17th Division for a while.
On the entire front, the only place where Prussia could feel more relaxed was in the east.
The 8th and 13th Divisions, with the cooperation of the rebels in Austrian Poland, ate the 6,000 Austrians stationed in Greater Poland without much effort.
Although Austrian Poland had more than 20,000 troops, these troops had been sent out to suppress the local area because of the increase in the number of rebels in the Austrian Poland region some time ago, and it was impossible to form an effective defensive force in the face of the attack of more than 20,000 troops of the two divisions of the Prussians.
Of course, after the emergency mobilization in Austrian Poland, Austria still had an army of more than 20,000 men in Poland.
But the composition of this army was all strong men in Austrian Poland who had been forcibly recruited by the Austrians, and if it was a defensive battle.
Garcia believed that these strong men could still be of some use, but if they went out of the city to fight the Prussian army, it would be a matter of death.
But if you don't leave the station, will Garcia watch the Prussians encroach on the whole of the Great Wave region!
If Austrian Poland had fallen, Garcia would not have dared to imagine what would happen to him.
At the end of March 1791, more than 20,000 Prussian troops swept through the entire northern part of Austrian Poland, and the helpless Austrian governor Garcia had to order to abandon the northern part of Austrian Poland and concentrate more than 30,000 people around Krakow, the capital of Austrian Poland, to organize a defensive line.
Of course, the Austrians would not allow the Prussians to wantonly encroach on the interests of the Austrians in the war on the Eastern Front, so a force of more than 10,000 Austrian regular troops was moving from Moravia to Krakow to support Garcia.
The Prussian generals in Silesia were taken by surprise by the Austrian movement, and then the Prussian army stationed in Silesia immediately moved after learning of the enemy's troop movements.
Prussia deployed three divisions in Silesia, the 11th, 12th, and 14th, and these three divisions, in addition to defending against a possible Austrian attack on Silesia, also played an important role as Prussia's fist.
To merge the three divisions into a single fist, it is enough not to strike, and once it is made, it is bound to make the Austrians feel pain.
Bill, the commander of the 11th Prussian Division, was ready to take on the role of the vanguard in the event of an attack on Austria by the General Staff, and their target was the Austrian Moravian region.
The Austrians deployed hundreds of thousands of troops on the Austro-Prussian border to confront the Prussian army, but now with a series of layouts, Austria's forces are also stretched.
On the Bohemian border, excluding Ian's 9,000 men, the Austrian army still had more than 40,000 men.
In Austrian Poland, there are now only more than 10,000 regular Austrian troops left.
The Silesian border originally deployed 20,000 people, but before the Austro-Prussian war, Vienna transferred more than 20,000 men from Hungary to support the Silesian front, so that on the Silesian border, the Austrian army had 40,000 troops.
Now, the transfer of 10,000 men from the Silesian border to Austrian Poland means that the Austrian army on the opposite side of Silesia is only 30,000 men, which is even slightly less than the three Prussian divisions, and don't forget that one Prussian division has about 12,000 troops.
Therefore, as the commander of the 11th Division at the front, Bill could not sit still, and he first sent people to Brandenburg to ask for instructions on the next military action, while at the same time he was secretly preparing to give the Austrians on the opposite side a good look.
Each of these Prussian division commanders had the right to adapt to the situation, but despite this right, these division commanders did not dare to use it indiscriminately.
William has always taken the army very seriously, and if someone oversteps, William will not show mercy.
However, due to the limitations of the times and the development of technology, it takes four days to go back and forth from Silesia, even with the fastest fast horse, and four days is enough time for a lot to happen.
In fact, as early as the beginning of the Austro-Prussian war, Wilhelm held many consultations with the military department's top brass, preparing to divide the Prussian army into several theaters according to the needs of the war, and the commanders of these theaters would have the supreme command of the army in the theater.
For the candidates for these theater commanders, William actually already has a draft in his heart.
William plans to divide the area on the border between Prussia and Austria into four theaters of war, of which the westernmost is the first theater of operations, that is, the Main theater, which will include four divisions, the first, third, seventeenth, and eighteenth divisions, a total of four divisions, and the task of this theater is to attack the Main River valley and then hold this area.
The second theater was the Bohemian theater, which would be the most powerful theater on the entire Prussian front, with five divisions, namely the 7th, 9th, 10th, and the 2nd and 4th divisions rushing to Bohemia, and these five divisions were the main forces of the Prussian and Austrian armies.
The third theater of operations was Silesia, and there were exactly three divisions in Silesia, the 11th, 12th, and 14th divisions, and three divisions were enough to maintain the situation in Silesia.
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And the fourth theater of operations was the area of Austrian Poland, the eighth, thirteenth, and fifteenth divisions.
The four theaters included a total of fifteen divisions of the entire Prussian army, which also meant that with the exception of the Fifth and Sixth Divisions defending Denmark, all the integrated divisions of the Prussian regular army were involved in the war, and most of the security and defense of Prussia were handed over to the local police and militia.
As for the candidates for the commanders of these four theaters, only two have been decided at present.
As a key area of the war, the commander of the Bohemian theater of operations will be Marshal Dessau, who not only has achieved great success, but also showed outstanding ability as director of the Brandenburg Military Academy and governor of Denmark, and at the same time has loyalty to the Hohenzollern dynasty, so Wilhelm did not hesitate to appoint the old marshal as commander of the Bohemian theater.
In the Main theater, William decided to use the commander of the 1st Division, Dafilia, as the commander, and it stands to reason that Scharnhorst has performed well recently, and he should also be worthy of serving as the commander of the theater.
However, after all, Dafilia of the 1st Division was a veteran of Prussia, and if he was allowed to condescend to obey the command of Scharnhorst, it would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among some veterans, and Dafilia's military exploits were also remarkable, and his appointment as commander would never cause dissatisfaction to anyone.
As for the Silesian and Polish theaters of operations, William could not make a decision for a while.
There are not many Prussian generals, but many of these generals are old and easy to choose.
And if one is selected from the division commanders, then several division commanders in these two theaters have the ability and qualifications to serve as theater commanders.
As for some of the other generals, they have either left the front line for many years or do not have high prestige in the war zone.