Although the Prussian government treated all regions under its jurisdiction more or less equally, there was no doubt that the focus on army recruitment was to recruit soldiers from the old Prussian territories.
For example, in Prussian Poland, Western Lithuania, and Denmark, although conscription was also carried out, the proportion of conscription in these areas was not very large, and the unspoken rule of conscription in the Prussian military was that the ratio of soldiers from the old and new territories in the army should be one to two, after all, no one can say whether these conscripted young men would be able to identify with Prussia in a few years.
The Prussian army had the largest number of soldiers from Brandenburg, Pomerania and East Prussia, and the most conscription orders were often given and from these regions were the greatest.
At present, the army at the front is in dire need of replenishment, but if the previous rules are maintained, then there is no doubt that the Prussian army will not be able to replenish enough troops in a short time.
As for the conscription of foreign soldiers, Prussia has always had a conservative attitude towards foreigners serving in its own army. henry says: "Your Majesty, the opinion of the Military Department has been reached after many consultations, and the territory of our Prussian rule is increasing, so that it is undoubtedly imperative to expand the size of the army, and in the old Prussian lands, such as the Brandenburg region, nearly half of the young and middle-aged people in the whole region serve in the army, and this form is very bad.
At present, the shortfall in the number of troops in Europe after the beginning of the war must be astronomical, so we must increase the conscription in the newly conquered territories, only in this way can we in Prussia have a steady supply of soldiers!
” After listening to Henry's words, William paused and then said: "Okay.
I support the views of the Ministry of Military Affairs, but the work of the government must be done by the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the training of the three new divisions must not be left behind.
Maybe after a while, we'll need to send these recruits into battle!
” Listening to William's words, Henry asked with some puzzlement: "Your Majesty, at present, except for the Main theater, the rest of the theater of operations are going well, and according to the rehearsal of the General Staff.
The Viennese side did not seem to have the ability to change the situation of the war for a while, unless the whole country called up, so could it be slow to send new divisions into battle?
” Facing Henry's gaze, William smiled bitterly "We in Istanbul debriefed.
The Austrians have reached a peace agreement with the Turkish Ottomans, and although this agreement has not yet been made public, I am sure that the Austrians will definitely draw the garrison of the Austro-Turkish border area, where there are 70,000 elite Austrian troops!
” After listening to William's words.
Henry's face changed.
Apparently the news also had a considerable impact on him.
The 70,000 Austrian elite has the ability to completely change the tide of the war, and don't look at the Prussian frontline, the progress of the Prussian army can be called smooth, but once this army appears on a certain battlefield, then under the huge advantage of troops, the strength and weakness will definitely be reversed.
"Your Majesty, I think we should take precautions early!"
William paused, then said: "Let the three new divisions be ready, I estimate that there will be another month.
These divisions are about to be sent to the front, and the recruitment must be done with all their might.
Your military department will focus on supplying the Main theater of operations in the next period of time, and we must first defeat the enemy in the Main River valley!
” At a time when Austria was fighting on the front line, other countries were not idle.
After the beginning of spring, the Russian Empire revived, and under the leadership of Rumyantsev, 80,000 Russian troops, who had been cultivating for a winter, launched an attack on the Brankoff rebels on the front line in Moscow.
This winter, Brankoff conscripted all the young men of the Moscow region to strengthen the defenses on the outskirts of Moscow, and at the same time carried out a large-scale repair of the walls of Moscow, and Brankoff's rebels also used the winter to sweep the area east of Moscow, and dozens of towns fell into the hands of the rebels.
In addition to Rumyantsev, the Russian governor of the Caucasus, after observing for several months, responded to the edict of King Qin in St.
Petersburg after the beginning of spring, and the 30,000 troops under the command of the governor of the Caucasus were rushing from the Caucasus to Moscow non-stop.
In Estonia, more than 20,000 Russian troops led by Bagration are still facing off against Kutuzov's army, and the two sides have made frequent moves, but under Kutuzov's leadership, the rebels have not been defeated.
In Spain, thousands of British troops in Gibraltar surrendered to the Spanish army after being trapped for two months, and Spain also paid a great price for the capture of Gibraltar, with thousands of soldiers killed and wounded and more than a dozen warships sunk.
However, this is still great news for the Spanish government, after all, this is the first victory of the Spanish army against the British ** team in a century.
In addition, in Western Europe, Napoleon's army caught the British by surprise, and the Battle of Calais ended in a French victory, with nearly 20,000 British ** troops suffering nearly 10,000 casualties, and the rest became Napoleon's prisoners of war.
Napoleon, who regained Calais, changed his previous influence on all French butchers, and under the propaganda of the French government, Napoleon was portrayed as a national hero.
However, despite Napoleon's recovery of Calais, the current situation in France is not optimistic, two consecutive years of war have hit the French mainland, and outside, the British Royal Navy is constantly cruising in the English Channel, and the French fleet has not broken through the British naval blockade after a channel battle.
Although Calais was recovered by the French, but with the diplomatic efforts of the British government, Britain and the Netherlands reached an agreement, the Netherlands would allow the British ** team to attack France through Dutch territory, and the British expeditionary force with a total strength of 50,000 troops is currently gathering in various British ports, waiting for warships to transport them to Western Europe.
As for those overseas territories, the war is even more chaotic, so far France has almost lost all the colonies in North America, and the colonies in the Caribbean, although not yet conquered, are only a remnant.
In addition, in India, the British East India Company hired a large number of indigenous soldiers to attack French India, if it were not for the Governor of French India to apply for mediation with the Mughal government, I am afraid that French India has been captured by the British, but even with Mughal mediation, French India still lost nearly half of its territory.
The original Franco-Spanish combined fleet anchored and headed north after the Spanish army captured Gibraltar, and for the next arrangement of this fleet, after consultation between the French and Spanish governments, the two countries will formally form a joint fleet, and the navies of the two countries will concentrate all their forces to resist the threat of the British at sea.
Through the mediation of Queen Mary, France and Austria also agreed to deepen the alliance, the two sides would cease all hostilities in northern Italy, and in order to ensure the security of the city-states of northern Italy, French power would be stationed within the current territory, so that the Habsburgs could draw nourishment from northern Italy against Prussia. ......................................
Looking at the towering Krakow city wall not far away, Blucher's face was solemn.
In order to attack Krakow, it can be said that Blucher pulled out most of the Prussian belongings deployed on the Eastern Front, not only the eighth and thirteenth main divisions, but also nearly 10,000 rebel forces supported by Prussian forces were also united by Blucher to attack Krakow.
Poles are no strangers to Krakow, which was once the second largest city in Poland after Warsaw, and was once a bridgehead against the spread of Central European power into Poland.
But the city now crouched at the feet of its former worst enemy, but Blucher was confident that he would be able to conquer Krakow, not only because of the Prussian army's successive victories against the Austrian army since the beginning of the war, but also from a letter in Blucher's possession.
Speaking of this letter, the owner of this letter is actually a Pole from the city of Krakow.
Before the start of the Austro-Austro-Prussian war, with the support of Prussia, a large number of Polish heroes who emerged in the Russo-Polish war infiltrated the territory of Austria.
As the capital of Austrian Poland, Krakow was naturally the center of Prussia's rebellion, and with the help of Prussian intelligence, a large number of Poles who had been oppressed by the Austrians were united, and their purpose was to help Prussia seize Krakow at a critical moment.
In fact, there were many people in these Polish rebel groups who were reluctant to help the Prussians, after all, in the eyes of these Polish nationalists, neither the Austrians nor the Prussians were good people, and both were enemies eyeing their rich homeland.
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But the attitude of the Prussians and Austrians towards the Poles was obviously different, and it was precisely because of this difference that the majority of Polish nationalists helped the Prussians.
This is the same as the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty into the customs in Chinese history, and the banner of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was the banner of revenge for the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and this banner did make great contributions to the Manchu Qing conquest of the Far East.
Therefore, under the instruction of Blucher, the Prussian army played a role in helping the Polish people to restore their freedom and relieve the Austrians from bullying the Polish people.
On the way of Blucher's army to Krakow, a letter of allegiance from the city of Krakow naturally won the Prussian army a good chance of victory in Krakow.
Although Krakow was occupied by the Austrians, this did not mean that the Poles in Krakow had no strength to resist, that is, many of the strong men who were forcibly pulled by the Austrians were Poles who were unwilling to be ruled by the Austrians.