v3 Chapter 184： The Fall of the Port of Kiel

October 7, 1864.

Under the mediation of the United Kingdom, representatives from the three countries, Puerto Rico, Austria and Denmark, sat on the negotiating table and began to negotiate the armistice.

The Danish side once launched a list of several compromise policy proposals. Since Prussia took the lead in Austria and insisted that Denmark must give up Schleswig and Holstein unconditionally, the negotiation ended in vain.

In the eastern port of Kiel, because of the strong Danish navy, the Allied Forces of Opp were unable to move at all, so the Allied Forces simply left some cavalry as cover, leaving 35,000 soldiers and 5,000 in Neumünster. In addition to wandering outside, the remaining 30,000 troops rushed to Itzeho in the west. In just half a day, the small town of more than 20,000 people and 2,000 Danish soldiers were attacked by this Tempur, and Denmark died and burned 10,000 people. later fell.

However, for the Prussian and Austrian armies, it was dignified, because from this occupation war, the Danish civilians actually participated in the war, and they were four times the number of the army. Obviously, how much Denmark resisted the Aopu attacking Denmark Dissatisfied, both countries quickly reported the situation upward, reminding their respective governments of the rising resistance in Denmark.

On October 15, the city of Hyde, west of Schleswig, fell again.

And just like the previous Itzeho, the 50,000 Danes regarded death as home, and they followed the 5,000 Danish army to resist the attack of the Aopu coalition. With the supply of reinforcements from the army (15,000 people in Opp), under the attack of nearly 50,000 Aopu coalition forces, the Danish military and civilian casualties exceeded 30,000 people, and the Aopu coalition also paid a price of 5,000 people to win. Hyde City.

So far, the OP coalition has completely occupied the territory south and west of central Schleswig, Hyde City-Rendsburg.

However, in the east, it was difficult to launch an attack due to the fear that Denmark was under the cover of the navy in the port of Kiel, fearing that the damage would be too heavy.

To this end, the combined Prussian and Austrian forces resumed their offensive on October 20, this time focusing on Kiel in central Schleswig in southeastern Jutland.

The port of Kiel has more than 1 battleship of class 2 sails, more than 2 battleships of class 4 sails, and more than 5 battleships of class 5 and 6.

This is the information about the Danish deployment that Opp inquired about, so in the early morning of October 20, when the port of Kiel, Denmark was still quiet, suddenly there was the sound of cannons at sea, and the Prussian Navy sent a navy of the same scale to carry out a sneak attack. , Although the Danish Navy is far superior to the Prussian Navy in terms of experience, the effect of the sneak attack is very obvious. The commanders of the Danish Navy panicked, so they couldn't make a mistake. In the end, after the Prussian Navy lost several fifth- or sixth-level battleships, Denmark After the second-level battleship was sunk and the fourth-level battleship was also completely silent, the remaining five battleships fled from the port of Kiel in a hurry, and went north to the port of Eckenverde. The port of Kiel fell, and the same fell. And the whole city.

The Port of Kiel is a big city, but the largest and most important maritime trading city and residential city in Schleswig, where more than 200,000 Danes live.

The battle was so big that Denmark deployed more than 30,000 troops in Kiel, almost a third of the Danish standing army.

There are more than 200,000 Danish civilians living here, and they are all believers in the Danish state. Therefore, when the Aopu coalition appeared here, the military and civilians launched a fierce resistance.

However, under the attack of nearly 40,000 coalition forces from the ferocious and bloodthirsty Opp, the final 30,000 Danish troops suffered more than 20,000 casualties and more than 50,000 civilian casualties.

The Danish navy was defeated by the Prussian navy for the first time. Although it was carried out under a sneak attack, who cares whether it was a sneak attack or not.

From the war to the present, the Danish military and civilian casualties have exceeded 150,000, especially the army. In addition, the total number of casualties in other cities has reached more than 50,000. Even if the Danish army of 100,000 has suffered nearly half of the casualties.

Prussia and Austria would like to think that they only need to deal with the Danish army, but they did not expect the Danish civilians to resist so enthusiastically, so they also lost more than 25,000 people.

Among them, Prussia lost more than 11,000 people, and Austria 14,000 people.

Saxony and Hanover were more than 35,000 dead and wounded in Schleswig.

In other words, the German Confederation's marching team has a total of 40,000 Depp and 30,000 reinforcements, a total of 70,000, with 25,000 casualties and 45,000 in Schleswig. At present, it occupies the southern part of the central city including the entire Heide-Rendsburg-Kiere in Schleswig.

And after Hanover and Saxony and other duchies lost 35,000 of their 40,000 troops, 5,000 fled the battlefield and withdrew from participating in the wars of Schleswig and Holstein.

After Kiel was occupied by Opp on October 22, the German Confederation sent a total of 110,000 troops, and the entire German Confederation was killed and wounded 60,000 people, leaving 55,000 Opp troops and the Hanover and Saxony coalition forces that returned to their respective homes.

The casualty ratio was as high as 50%, which is terrifying.

So the German Confederation Parliament hurriedly held a parliamentary session in Vienna.

And Copenhagen also called on the people of the whole country to pay tribute to the cause of the death and injury of more than 110,000 soldiers and civilians, led by Christian IX.

And he made an uncompromising manifesto.

Christian IX even positioned October 22 as the National Disaster Day, and asked the people to keep this day firmly in mind.

At the same time, it announced that more than 100,000 recruits would be recruited from the society in order to face the invasion of the German Confederation from the Allied Forces of Opp.

With the progress of this public memorial day, the Danes were beaten in half, and it took ten days to complete the registration of 100,000 people. It can be seen that patriotism is really a good excuse for citizens to join the army. .

Although it is a recruit, Denmark has now regained an army of 150,000 people.

Prussia and Austria naturally knew what happened in Denmark, so Prussia once again reinforced 20,000 people to Schleswig, while Austria increased to 30,000. So far, Austria has more than 50,000 people in Schleswig, and Prussia is 45,000.

The German Confederation invested more than 160,000 troops in the Second Schleswig War.

On October 25, 1864, Opp launched a fierce attack again, with the direction of the bow from Rendsburg as the center.

In the west, in addition to the 10,000 people who stayed behind to supply supplies, there were also 10,000 people stationed in the major cities occupied by the 10,000 Prussian troops stationed in the rear.

The remaining 30,000 Austrian troops were all driven to Eckenförde in the east.

After Prussia left 20,000 people, they also dispatched 25,000 people to attack Husum in the west.

The two parties agreed to finally meet in Schleswig.

In the face of the second Schleswig War, which seems to have not stopped, the international community has made various statements about it, but it is the same as before, the interests of various countries are different, and the position is destined to be sincere. how deeply concerned.

The last time Denmark hoped for support from other countries ended up getting them disheartened. They have since learned that relying on others is better than relying on themselves.

Therefore, in the face of international public opinion, Copenhagen is a lot calmer.

However, although the upper-level people like Christian IX appear to be the same, they will not sit still.

They secretly launched immortal-like negotiations with various countries, intending to stop the war again.

Denmark mainland, Copenhagen.

"What, Your Majesty means, you are going to ask for help from various countries."

As the Prime Minister of Denmark, Monrad has been in and out of the Danish King Worker more these days than in the past year.

There are more than two trips to the Royal Palace of Denmark (also known as the Yellow Palace) almost every day.

This one is not called up to the palace again.

However, I originally thought that His Majesty Christian IX had recruited him because he wanted to inquire about the war inspector on the front line of Schleswig in the south, but when he sat down and the stool was not hot yet, Christian IX issued an order. He was shocked by the news.

Is Your Majesty going to solicit help from a non-German state empire?

This made him feel that the tough new king finally compromised in the face of the cold reality.

Although the surface is inconceivable, Monrad was relieved in his heart.

To be honest, his current prime ministership feels too hot. If Denmark is attacked by the Opal coalition, he will become a humiliating existence in future history, so he is very resistant to this position.

So he actually wanted to stop the war for a long time.

However, in the face of the new king's ascendance, he did not dare to propose it. Now Christian IX's softness makes him relieved.

Facing the prime minister he promoted, Christian IX is considered a minister of the dragon, but he is also a person who can be newly appointed.

So, he took out a secret letter, and seeing the surprise in Monrad's eyes, Christian IX said: "This is Alexandra's letter from the Netherlands."

Home letter?

Monrad didn't understand. At this juncture, why did Christian IX still have the leisure to marry Princess Alexandra, the eldest princess of the Netherlands No, the current Queen Alexandra of the Netherlands What are you going to do with your home book?

Suddenly, he thought of William IV, the man of power in Europe for the past two years. Since the start of the war between Denmark and the German Confederation, the Netherlands has become low-key. For more than half a year, the Netherlands seems to have never made any statement on the Schleswig War except for inheriting an impartial statement. Very unusual, Denmark, the Dutch queen's family, had such a catastrophe, how could William IV of the Netherlands be so indifferent? Is this normal?

So with this thought in mind, he hurriedly took over this letter from Christian IX, and under Christian IX's attention, he opened it with curiosity.

just greetings?

But slowly, he turned from surprise to surprise. After reading the first piece of paper, when the content of the second letter fell under his eyes, he was completely shocked, and he hurriedly raised his head to look To Christian IX, who sighed: "I think William IV's approach to Alexandra is good, and I approve of its feasibility"

The Danish Prime Minister Monrad suddenly thought: His Majesty has approved, then according to the above statement, if it is really successful, it seems that it is really over.