"Then, an interesting question arises, assuming that Field Marshal Daun successfully occupies all of Bohemia, and the Prussians, in order to ensure the supply of the Vienna front, will inevitably strengthen the defenses of Moravia and Silesia, that is, the focus of the native defense of the Prussian army is pushed to the east, can you understand what this means?"

"The purpose of this was clearly to divide the already scattered Prussian army, so that the armies of the two fronts on the eastern and western fronts could not support each other"

"Yes, as a military commander, Daun's talent is still very clever. However, this is only one purpose, can you find other purposes? ”

Saltykov did not point out directly, but asked Suvorov with a smile.

"Other purposes... In other words, is it possible that it is for purposes other than military? ”

Suvorov thought to himself, and his originally fixed thinking gradually opened.

"Supposedly, western Bohemia was a mountainous area with a half-moon of Sudetenland, and even if Field Marshal Daun occupied it, it would be difficult to support the French army in Hesse-Kassel or Westphalia, and the siege of Vienna did not allow him to have free time to expend his limited forces. Well, there must have been non-military reasons that prompted him to do this... However, since the sneak attack on Berlin has been successful, it is not a money-related reason..."

"Hey, hey"

Looking at Suvorov's contemplative appearance, Saltykov couldn't help but laugh.

"Oh, by the way, the Duke just mentioned the long border between Prussia and Poland, maybe it was... Oh – I think I know what's going on! ”

Suvorov suddenly realized, and looked at Saltykov with a furrowed brow.

"Your Excellency, thank you for the reminder, I understand Marshal Daun's true intentions"

"Okay, then tell me, what the hell does Dawn want to do?"

"If Field Marshal Daun succeeded in capturing Prague and Bohemia as a whole, it would inevitably draw the Prussian troops stationed in Saxony to the south, and the Prussian army would inevitably strengthen the defense of Silesia in order to prevent the supply lines in the Moravian direction from being cut off. This would lead to the overall movement of the garrison stationed in Prussia mainland to the east and south. In other words, Field Marshal Daun deliberately pushed the Prussian line of defense to the east, that is, to the border between Poland and Prussia. Since the Polish army under the command of August II, King of Saxony and Grand Duke of Poland, was not very effective, it was in fact tantamount to a strengthened alert against the attack of Brandenburg and Silesia from East Prussia on the Northern Front. However, Marshal Dawn was militarily untenable in doing so, and it stands to reason that as an alliance, an attack on Prussia mainland by the army of the Northern Front could distract the Prussian army, effectively relieve the pressure on the garrison of Vienna, and could also directly threaten the supply lines of Silesia. Field Marshal Daun had no reason to do such a thing, so he made the decision to induce the Prussian defenses to move eastward for another purpose."

"Well, go ahead"

Saltykov is in a good mood now, and he doesn't seem to be so dizzy.

"After reading the secret letter signed by the Prince Regent, I have been thinking about the question of why the letter emphasizes that the main army of King Frederick must be dragged in Vienna. After your reminder of the Duke, I found that if the Prussian army remained in Vienna longer, the greater the pressure on the supply lines, since the winter supply was the most difficult, and it would also lead to a large non-combat attrition of the soldiers. Prussia had been fighting foreign wars all year long, and they had already spent half the winter in Vienna at the beginning of the year, and if they besieged the city again, I am afraid that the domestic production and logistics situation would be unbearable. The peasants who were supposed to farm were fighting outside, leaving only the older men, women and children. The same is true of the workers who work in the workshops, the young people have gone to the front, and only the old and weak women and children remain. Although this method of warfare is too contrary to morality and military traditions, it can indeed be very effective in depleting the overall combat strength of the hostile country, and the situation of civil change in the country will also increase significantly."

Suvorov, who came from the Russian Empire, where peasant uprisings often took place, still had some idea of the circumstances under which popular uprisings would occur.

"As for Austria, the situation was in fact similar to that of Prussia, with the capital Vienna under siege, panic among the people at home, and the requisition of a large number of peasants and craftsmen, with a gradual increase in the impact on agriculture and production. It is a coincidence that the loss of land was the greatest for a country in the midst of this war, and that Prussia and Austria happened to be two brothers and sisters. So I was thinking, perhaps, for some purpose, that the top decision-makers on both sides of the war were actually expecting to confine the war to a certain extent, such as Prussia and Austria, and to try to avoid their own involvement. If the French had not invaded the Marquis of Hanover by the middle of the year, it is uncertain whether the British would have actually sent troops on the continent."