348 Fall of the Habsburgs

When the Russian-Swedish War first broke out, due to the fact that the Russian Empire, with its first-mover advantage and great military strength, broke through the border cordon of a small number of troops of the Kingdom of Sweden in one fell swoop and penetrated directly into the interior of the Kingdom of Sweden, the entire Kingdom of Sweden was in an uproar.

Jobs publicly preached the declaration of the national defense of the Kingdom of Sweden, and while leading the public opinion, he personally led a large number of Swedish recruits who had just been recruited to the battlefield, and then ......

Defeat in the first battle!

Under the absolute superiority of troops, the Russian army completely defeated the main force of the Kingdom of Sweden, which greatly boosted the morale of the Russian army and also proved the benefits of unified command of the army under the centralized system.

However, as the Russian army advanced by leaps and bounds, the vice of Russian soldiers indulging in looting was exposed, and Qianmian deliberately issued an unlimited 'supply order' to the front-line army in order to save army expenses and boost morale.

The miserable Swedish people took up arms and waged guerrilla warfare.

Initially, the Russian army in the Kingdom of Sweden did not feel much resistance, but as the battle line lengthened, the new army of the Russian Empire, which had no sea control, could only rely on a long land supply line to maintain, but fortunately, the Russian soldiers had unlimited supply orders and could replenish food on the spot, and their dependence on logistics decreased geometrically, maintaining the posture of continuing the offensive.

The defeated Jobs retreated to the capital of Stockholm, rebuilt his army, and openly proclaimed that he would besiege the capital of the Kingdom of Sweden to the death.

A large number of newly mobilized Swedish militia gathered in the capital of Stockholm, waiting for the arrival of Russian troops.

Compared with the increasingly high morale of the Swedish army, the morale of the Russian army began to decline after many days of marching and undisturbed partisans, but they still came to Stockholm as promised.

However, due to the division of troops stationed in the occupied areas and battle losses, less than 30,000 of the 50,000 new Russian troops gathered before the start of the war reached Stockholm.

Stockholm, on the other hand, is home to more than 50,000 mobilized Swedish militiamen, and morale is much higher than that of the Russian army!

At this time, the United Kingdom of Denmark and Norway suddenly announced an alliance with the Kingdom of Sweden and sent troops into the territory of the Kingdom of Sweden.

In order to capture the capital of Stockholm before the arrival of reinforcements from the Kingdom of Norway from Denmark, the new Russian army launched a strong attack on the capital of the Kingdom of Sweden held by Jobs.

After less than a month of bloody sieges, the Russian new army lost more than half of the battle and still did not take Stockholm, but the Swedish militia, which also suffered heavy losses, became stronger and stronger.

Eventually, a few days before the arrival of Danish-Norwegian troops in Stockholm, the new Russian army began to retreat back and set up a line of defense for follow-up reinforcements.

With the support of reinforcements from Denmark and the United Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian New Army formed a confrontation, and since then, the crisis of the destruction of the Kingdom of Sweden has been resolved.

After two months of rest and training, Jobs, together with reinforcements from Denmark and the United Kingdom of Norway, took the initiative to launch an offensive against the defense line of the new Russian army that remained in the Kingdom of Sweden, and at the cost of a lot of losses, broke through the defense line of the new army of the Russian Empire, driving it back hundreds of kilometers!

But Jobs also had to stop to replenish and recuperate because of the excessive losses of the Swedish army and the Danish and Norwegian reinforcements.

The new Russian army, having rebuilt a line of defense after the arrival of a new batch of reinforcements, was again bogged down in a standoff.

In this way, in 1662 the two sides attacked each other, and until the winter Jobs still did not drive the new Russian army out of the territory of the Kingdom of Sweden.

This war caused a large number of young men and women in Russia and Sweden to die on the battlefield, and both countries became exhausted.

Compared with the anxiety of the war in the north, the main force of the Taiping Army led by Hong Tiancheng against the Holy Roman Empire was much more stable, after the suppression of Poland, the main force of the three elite grenadier divisions of the Taiping Army, a decisive battle crushed the tens of thousands of main forces gathered by the Habsburgs, and the entire Silesia was defenseless and open under the bayonets of the Taiping Army.

Immediately afterwards, the Taiping army defeated the main force of the German Confederate army led by Brandenburg in another battle, broke through the capital of Saxony, and slaughtered the white nobles in Saxony!

In the two decisive battles, Hong Tiancheng defeated more than 80,000 enemy troops, but most of them were new troops who had only been trained for more than a year.

Although the Taiping Army relied on the morale of diehard loyalists to win many battles, but the losses were also very heavy, the 10th Elite Grenadier Division of the Taiping Army lost more than 10,000 people, and in desperation, it was withdrawn and added to the 1st and 2nd Elite Grenadier Divisions of the Taiping Army.

However, after replenishment, the elite grenadier divisions of the 1st and 2nd Taiping Army were still not fully established.

In the two decisive battles, because the number of enemies did not exceed 100,000, Hong Tiancheng only got 2,000 personal prestige points, and he was still 1,000 personal prestige points away from being promoted to the next authority, and the national prestige was not obtained at all, all accumulated in the phased victory settlement.

Just when Hong Tiancheng felt that his troops were insufficient, the Habsburgs took the initiative to hand over an olive branch, and Leopold I was willing to surrender to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom conditionally!

However, Hong Tiancheng did not agree to Leopold I's armistice, but Leopold I's actions exposed the weakness of the Habsburg Empire.

Hong Tiancheng quickly turned the spearhead of the main force of the Taiping Army and penetrated directly into the Vienna area.

Sure enough, during the Taiping attack, the Czechs took the opportunity to launch a huge national uprising, and the Austrian army of the Habsburgs collapsed before they could meet the Taipings!

Hong Tiancheng picked up a loophole, unified the national uprising of the Czechs, restrained each other with the Czech national rebel army, bypassed the Czech settlement, and went straight to the city of Vienna!

With the collapse of the Habsburg army and the success of the Czechs' national uprising, the Slovaks and Hungarians launched national uprisings successively, successfully broke away from the rule of the Austrian Habsburgs and gained the right to stand on their own!

Leopold I, with the last remaining Austrian army, was besieged in the capital of Vienna by Hong Tiancheng, full of despair.

The uprising of the Czechs may have been an accident, but the uprising of the Slovaks and Hungarians definitely had the tacit approval and support of Hong Tiancheng!

The whole of Austria was thus divided, and the other minorities did not revolt because of their small numbers, but the Habsburg control over Austria was decreasing day by day!

Eventually, in desperation, Leopold I signed an unconditional surrender with Hong Tiancheng on the premise of ensuring the continuation of the Habsburg dynasty.

Leopold I was stripped of the crown of the Holy Roman Empire and led Austria to a formal 'military alliance' with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

After Leopold I surrendered unconditionally, a series of staged reward prompts sounded in Hong Tiancheng's mind. ()

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