At 3:30 a.m., all the French troops were ready, the French gunboat detachment began to carry out artillery preparations, and the cruiser "Aroyude" raised a huge battle flag at the top of the mast, leading the ships to approach and concentrate fire on the fortress outside Hamburg. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At 5:40 a.m., when it was completely dawn, and the Elbe River was found to be deep, not only the French cruisers appeared in front of the city of Hamburg, but also two old ironclads. For a time, the French artillery fire was unprecedentedly fierce, and in the midst of the roar of the artillery fire, the passionate war song was played from the French warships such as the "Aroyude", "PourlaFrance, à l'honneur, à la dignité!" (For France, for dignity and honor!) At 6:20, the French Navy and Army began an attack on all fronts.

At this time, the Prussian army stationed in Hamburg had only two reserve divisions, and a garrison composed of a few improvised militiamen, although the Prussian people had been militarized at an early age, had high combat qualities, and had the courage to defend their homeland, but all efforts were useless in the face of the overwhelming naval artillery fire of the French army.

Soon, there was a full-scale melee on land. The Prussian officers and men stationed at the fort did their best to hinder the movement of the French troops, either by rushing out of the batteries and fighting with each other, or by engaging in street battles with rifles and shotguns in the towns, and by holding on to their gun emplacements under the command of the officers for a final battle. The French advanced under the cover of heavy artillery fire, while the French warships began to try to cross the shallow water and enter the mouth of the river against the banks of the Elbe, and made their way to the city of Hamburg. The relentless French artillery fire swept through the Prussian positions inch by inch, and when the French infantry broke through the city defenses and entered the city of Hamburg, everything was a foregone conclusion. At noon, in the midst of this particularly fierce battle, there was a French army that was unusually valiant, braving the rain of bullets and bullets, fearless, and where there were Prussians, they were there...... This is the Algerian Zuaf Legion.

At 12:33 p.m., the French army held a flag-raising ceremony on the walls of Hamburg, marking that the French army had de facto controlled the largest barrier in the north of Hamburg, the capital of Prussia, and the door from Kiel to Berlin had been knocked open. The cruiser "Aroyude", anchored in the Elbe, conveyed the order to the officers and men on the shore with a flag signal, and "the commander was very satisfied with the performance of the detachments, the landing units, and the Algerian forces in Zuaf". Resistance continued stubbornly in some of the small forts around Hamburg until 2:25 p.m., when the Prussian defenders, numbering about 30,000 men, were wiped out. More than 120 Prussian officers under the Prussian army in the port of Hamburg, Major General Gott, Chief of Staff, Colonel Moritz, and below were all killed in the fierce fighting.

Frightened to learn that Hamburg was already under the guns of the French warships, the Prussian population in Hamburg was horrified and sent a letter to the Hamburg City Hall, ordering them to surrender immediately and cease all resistance, or else Hamburg would be razed to the ground: "I give you 12 hours to consider whether to accept or reject the terms I have put forward to you in their entirety, without any room for discussion...... If you refuse, it will be a great disaster. Imagine all the terrible consequences, the reality that you may not be able to face but still ignore: you will pronounce the death penalty on yourself and the name of the city of Hamburg will disappear from history! ”

In the afternoon, the French army held a ceremony to enter the city, and the French tricolor flag flew high over the city for the first time.

After the capture of Hamburg, Guba was most worried about the lack of troops at his disposal, so he did not choose to attack in the direction of Berlin immediately, and at this time, the fleet from the French mainland arrived, sending about 20,000 army troops to Guba. Gu Ba learned that most of these troops were composed of newly recruited "patriotic youths", who came completely with enthusiasm and did not experience the cruelty of the battlefield. Lone was cautious not to rush into Berlin, but to secure the rear.

After the French army captured Hamburg, it actually cut off the connection between Schleswig-Holstein and the Prussian interior, and while dividing his troops to hold Hamburg, Guba sent troops to sweep all the way south, successively capturing Hyde, Husum, Flensburg and other cities, and the French navy was not idle, and successively attacked and occupied the port cities along the Prussian coast, until February 10, 1871, that is, the thirteenth day after the start of the Franco-French peace talks, the whole of Schleswig- Holstein was already under the control of the French army under the command of Guba.

After receiving the emperor's order to "go on the offensive", Guba geared up in Hamburg, regrouped his troops and horses, and ambitiously prepared to attack Berlin.

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"Lin Yizhe's Manuscript and Attached Chen Pufa's Battle Situation":

“…… On February 20th, after getting the European war report, I heard that the French covered the land team with more than 20 large and small warships, and raided the important town of Hamburg, the French ships fired first, the land team seconded, the Prussian army refused to wait for help, but they were all militia, the defense was not effective, the French army was imminent, and the barricades were broken, and many officers and soldiers of the country were wounded and killed, and the artillery forts along the Elbe River were all based on the French army, although the Prussian army was barely supported, but the French ships were extremely fierce, and the Prussian soldiers were extremely dead, and the situation was extremely dangerous. …… Looking at the current exchange of troops in the north of the country, the French army was invincible after landing in Xi'er, which was very different from the battle situation on the mainland. Hamburg is an important town in the north of the country, and the French army attacked and landed in a day. …… The northern part of the country is bordered by the sea, and the Elbe River and its tributaries are traversed, so the French army can advance by land and water, and make up for the lack of artillery fire of the marines with naval divisions; The main force of the Prussian army is far away in the French realm, and the local defenders are not strong. From this point of view, the defeat of the whole country is not good for the soldiers, the war is not good, the soldiers do not need to die, and it is ...... because there is no water division."

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March 10, 1871, France, near Paris, Cameron estate.

When Bismarck entered the negotiating room, the French delegation had already arrived. Compared with the Frenchmen in tuxedos, who sat there like statues, Bismarck, who wore military uniforms and medals, and the military minister Longne looked more majestic.

Bismarck glanced around the room and sat down in his place.

He was about to speak, but suddenly realized that the atmosphere today was a little strange.

The French looked at their eyes, a little cold, with a hint of faint chill, like a group of flesh-eating beasts.

An inexplicable uneasiness rose from the bottom of my heart.

Today, the furnishings of the venue are still the same, there is no change in the slightest, the members of the French delegation participating in the negotiations have not changed, the sun is shining outside the window, it is the spring season, everything looks so beautiful, but Bismarck really felt a cold and cold atmosphere.

"Gentlemen, I feel like we're wasting our time." Bismarck, trying to suppress his uneasiness, wanted to preempt the precedent as usual, and he pretended to mock and said, "I really don't know what you think, do you have to wait until France has shed all the blood before you are willing to give in?" ”

"We're wondering if we should change the location of the negotiations." Thiers smiled and replied in the same tone.

"Change the place of negotiation? Where do you want to negotiate? Paris? Or Versailles? Bismarck burst out laughing, as if he hadn't heard a joke in years.

"It's not Paris, it's not Versailles." Thiers looked at Bismarck coldly, "It's Berlin." ”

Hearing Thiers' words, Bismarck laughed even harder.

"I don't know where your self-confidence comes from, hehe, maybe you should get a doctor to check your health!" Bismarck suddenly stopped laughing and stared at Thiers with a compelling gaze, "Your Excellency, I have always had the feeling that you are not fit to be the prime minister of a country, and perhaps a circus job is more suitable for you. ”

Hearing Bismarck say such words that were almost insulting and invective, Thiers was not even angry at all, he only smiled slightly, but met Bismarck's gaze without fear.

"I don't know how you came to such a conclusion, and where is your basis." Thiers smiled and leaned forward, "But my words are well-founded. ”

"This is the battle report sent by General Guba to our esteemed Emperor." Thiers waved his hand, and a secretary took a document and handed it to him, and without looking at it, he pushed it in front of Bismarck, "Our valiant French army has taken Hamburg, and the gates of Berlin have been opened, Your Excellency the Marquis." I'm sure you've already gotten a report with similar content, right? ”

Bismarck glanced coldly at Thiers, took the papers, flipped through them, closed them and looked at them again. At this time, his face was still cold, but the careful Alfonso had already noticed that Bismarck's hand trembled unconsciously when he closed the document.

"I don't know what the point of such a report, full of false data and pompous rhetoric, is." Bismarck said, "It's ridiculous! ”

"You think it's ridiculous?" Thiers laughed, and said in the same mocking tone, "I don't think it's funny. What I want to say to you now is that we don't want to talk anymore, and we'd love to keep fighting! ”

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