On January 5, 1791, the entire territory of Württemberg was occupied, and the Duke of Württemberg fled to Switzerland. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

On 17 January, the Germans fought fierce battles with the Bavarian Army and the Austrian Army in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, and the Allied commander, Count Krefait, was ill before the battle, so he was not the actual commander of the normal battle. There was not much difference between the German and Allied forces in terms of strength, and this was the first time that the German army and the Allied forces had engaged in a head-to-head field battle.

The German infantry first interspersed the Allied positions from three directions, and due to the suddenness of the battle, the Austrian corps did not operate a complete defensive position, and at the same time lacked automatic firepower, which made the morale of the German army quickly rush the battlefield into pieces.

Less athletic artillery arrived later and shelled and suppressed the coalition forces. Although the Austrians tried to gain a foothold and counterattack later, the German attack was powerful, and the allied forces became very frightened after facing such a strong and fierce German army. After only a short period of resistance, the entire line of the coalition defense line collapsed.

This battle also fully reflects the characteristics of the German army, acting quickly on the battlefield, can rush and dare to fight, wind and fire, this rhythm makes the enemy very uncomfortable, and the firepower of the coalition forces has little suppressive power for the German army, as soon as the German artillery bombardment comes, coupled with the automatic fire of the charging troops, the coalition forces will be beaten to the point that they can't raise their heads, and then in hand-to-hand combat, the German soldiers like mad tigers can easily tear their opponents apart.

The total collapse of the Allied forces gave the Germans their greatest victory since the beginning of the war. In one day's fighting, the Germans annihilated 11,000 Allied troops and captured 13,000 enemy soldiers. Most of the rest of the enemy forces fled. Even the commander of the Austrian army, Count Klefait, was after the headquarters was surrounded by German troops. Surrendered to the Germans.

January 23rd. The Germans captured Munich, the capital of Bavaria, and within a week, with the cooperation of the revolutionary masses in South Germany, the powerful state of Bavaria was basically wiped out. At the same time, the German army had already driven to the Austrian border and threatened the Austrian city of Salzburg.

At the same time, the German 1st Division sent troops from Hamburg and attacked Mecklenburg-Schwerin, where the Mecklenburg Army and the Prussian army assisted by the local army resisted, and the battle lasted for half a week. The Prussian army could not prevent the fate of Mecklenburg's eventual demise.

On the Leipzig front, encouraged by the two victories in the north and south, and with the gradual replenishment of troops, the Germans began to instigate a new counterattack. First of all, the Germans on the Delborn Line on the Southern Front suddenly pressed the artillery forward and shelled the Austrian troops who were holding each other. The Austrians had to retreat some distance back, and the Germans immediately jumped over the trenches to launch an offensive. Crushed by firepower, Prince Hohenloch chose to break the rear with a Bohemian corps, while the main Austrian army continued to retreat.

However, the Germans soon annihilated the oncoming Bohèmes, and the battle eventually turned into a rout. Prince Hohenloch struggled to maintain an orderly evacuation of the Austrian army. But the Germans were very fast. Some Austrian troops also put up a fierce resistance, inflicting a lot of losses on the Germans. But in the end, the situation could not be reversed.

The Austrian legion led by Prince Hohenloch suffered a complete rout on the Derborn Line, and 20,000 Austrian troops were annihilated, especially the Hungarians and Bohemians, most of whom surrendered after suffering defeat, and Prince Hohenloch eventually fled to Chemnitz with only 20,000 men.

However, the Germans also arrived in Chemnitz a day later, and Prince Hohenloch lost even the courage to defend the city, because the Germans discharged a large number of heavy artillery, and it was clear that the city defense of Chemnitz could not be stopped. Prince Hohenloch eventually offered to surrender Chemnitz and then lead the Austrians to withdraw without danger. Blucher, after much consideration, agreed to the conditions of Prince Hohenloch. Hohenloch was able to save 20,000 Austrian soldiers.

However, the luck of the Saxons was clearly not so good. Blucher commanded the German 2nd Division down the west bank of the Elbe River, captured Dresden, the capital of Saxony, and completely wiped out the Saxon region on the west bank of the Elbe. The Prussians could only stare dryly across the river, and Karl I could clearly feel the increase in the number of German artillery on the Elbe line, and it was even more difficult for him to make up his mind to give it a go.

Austria, which suffered heavy losses, was completely crushed by the German army in Salzburg and Bohemia, and lost tens of thousands of troops before and after, Austria was already somewhat unable to support it. So the Austrian Emperor Leopold II sent an envoy and chose to make peace with the German Republic alone. At this time, Prussia was unreliable, the Prussians had not been able to break through the Elbe until now, and after the German occupation of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prussia did not even continue to send troops to try to help Mecklenburg regain its possessions. The superiority of the German army in firepower had been fully recognized by European countries, and even the British on the other side of the sea were greatly alarmed, and the army put forward proposals to increase artillery and increase machine guns.

After intense discussions, in mid-February 1791, Germany and Austria finally reached a unanimous agreement, with mutual non-recognition, but an indefinite ceasefire between the two armies. Austria paid Germany an indemnity in exchange for tens of thousands of German prisoners.

After Austria withdrew from the war, Prussia eventually could not proceed either. The two countries also signed a ceasefire agreement in early March, and the two countries divided the river. Prussia eventually seized the opportunity to annex Saxony's lands on the east bank of the Elbe.

At this point, the German Civil War basically came to an end after half a year. Austria suffered heavy losses in the war, and Prussia suffered considerable losses. The war ended with the large and small princes of Germany. In the end, there were only three powers left in the entire German region, Germany, Prussia and Austria.

The German Republic eventually took possession of all German territory except Brandenburg and East Saxony, and even incorporated Luxembourg, formerly part of Austria. Having achieved this step, both the German Guoge Marnes and the Tang Dynasty's Bai Nan are very satisfied with this result. None of them expected the complete elimination of Prussia or Austria in a short period of time after the outbreak of the revolution, and the initial occupation of West Germany, and then the rapid construction of the country and the strengthening of the country were the best options. With an area of 300,000 square kilometers and a population of more than 15 million, Germany has become the number one power in Europe.

It was not only Germany that wanted to develop itself for a while, but Prussia and Austria were equally unwilling to accept defeat and tried to take revenge by reforming their armies. (To be continued.) )