In Berlin, Moltke soon received a telegram back from Stein. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It's too unlucky, it can only be said that it's too unlucky, and an ally like Italy can only consider itself unlucky.

"Mr. Bismarck, it seems that we must speed up the pace of the offensive, Stein can't hold out for long, these Italians, it's just rubbish, is there an army in the world that is more rubbish than them? The troops and weapons were not at a disadvantage, and they were still fighting on the border, and they were beaten in disarray on the first day, and if Stein hadn't arrived in time, they wouldn't have been able to last three days......"

Moltke said depressedly.

Bismarck was equally depressed to death, so depressed! This is an ally that he has worked so hard to bring in, and he is really so vulnerable, he thinks too highly of Italy, not only himself, but even Moltke and others overestimate Bismarck's ability!

The entire General Staff did not raise any objections, if it weren't for Shi Da's efforts to override public opinion and insist on his own point of view, Stein didn't rush to the aid in time, this time it would be really troublesome, even so, the current Italian-Prussian coalition army has been unable to reverse the situation, it can only be supported as much as possible for a period of time, a month and a half will definitely not be able to do, can only hope for Stein, drag the Austrian army in the south, a month, as long as it can hold out for twenty days to a month, The Prussian army could be fully deployed on the Austrian border, and even defeat the Austrian army and enter the Austrian hinterland!

"Send a telegram to Prince Frederick, ask the left and right flanks to speed up the pace of advancement, don't care too much, accept if you surrender, if you don't surrender, directly attack the city with heavy artillery, these small states and free cities can't stop us from advancing at all!"

At Moltke's order, Prince Frederick quickened his march, starting from Hanover and heading southwest, launching a stormy offensive against his allies who had fallen to Austria!

Attack, attack!

The largest population of these states is only two or three million people, some don't even have any troops, only some armed police, as for those free cities, they are even worse, the population is only hundreds of thousands, at most million, in the face of the crazy offensive of more than 100,000 Prussian heroes, they have long been scared to pee their pants, not to mention the heavy artillery bombardment of the city, that is, just seeing the muzzles of those black holes, they go directly out of the city and surrender, love whoever dies, who dies, anyway, Lao Tzu and the citizens of the city don't want to die, absolutely don't want to die!

Even the larger states on this front, Saxony, could not withstand the Prussian offensive for two or three days, and had to retreat sharply to the rear, seeking to turn against the Austrian army, preparing to redeploy the defensive line and engage in a decisive battle with the Prussian army on the western front.

The Prussian army advanced rapidly, and the small states and free cities could not stop the progress of Prussia at all, and in just a few days, they thought that the hinterland of Austria had advanced hundreds of kilometers!

At this time, the Austrian army and the Saxon army completed the division in Moravia, with a strength of 60,000 or 70,000 troops, and began to urgently deploy defenses in Moravia, hoping to nail the Prussian army to Moravia and organize the advance of the Prussian army.

The Prussian army led by Prince Frederick advanced rapidly, and ushered in a head-on battle with the armies of Austria and Saxony!

Moravia, at the foot of the Sost Mountain, the two armies faced each other.

Prince Frederick frowned, the opponent has now built fortifications, and it is not so easy to swallow the opponent in one go, but how long the army on the Italian side can hold out, no one can predict, and the offensive must be accelerated!

"Your Royal Highness, look at the situation around these four sides, although the Austrian army is strong, but they have completely concentrated their forces at the foot of Sost Mountain, trying to fight against the water, but I am afraid that they have overestimated the determination of the Austrian army to fight to the death, if they really have such high morale, we will not be able to march so quickly! And now they have abandoned the defense on both flanks and curled up all their forces at the foot of the mountain, we can even quickly occupy the high ground on both flanks and launch a siege on three sides against them! They will surely die! ”

The commander of the First Army, Steinmetz, laughed at Prince Frederick and said, pointing to the distance and shouting: "You see, there is no Austrian army in the northeast and northwest on the bright mountainside, they have actually abandoned the strategic point, this group of rice buckets, they want to concentrate their firepower to defend here, looking for death, completely looking for death!" ”

Prince Frederick's eyes lit up, and sure enough, sure enough, not only on the two sides, but also on the mountain peaks behind them, there are no troops deployed now, it is estimated that they have put their artillery on the mountainside behind them and occupied a favorable terrain!

"Steinmetz, divide your 1st Army into two, one to the left and the other to the right, quickly seize the high ground and attack from both flanks! Bidenfeldt, lead your 7th Army in an immediate attack from the front and attract the attention of the Austrian army! ”

Prince Frederick gave the order to fight, and the forces of both armies went into action.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

At the sound of an order, the Prussian Seventh Army took the lead in attacking the Austrian and Saxon armies, firing artillery shells at the Austrian army, and the whole position was plunged into the smoke of gunfire.

At this time, the Austrian army did not show weakness, and began to carry out a sharp counterattack, the artillery fire of both sides shrouded the entire battlefield, the huge smoke covered the entire sky, and even the sun dimmed.

Prussia only used the strength of one army, facing the Austrian coalition army of 50,000 or 60,000 men, and it was also not at a disadvantage, whether it was weapons or the military quality of the Prussian army, it was better than Austria.

The two sides fought fiercely on the battlefield for two days, but they were unable to distinguish the winner from the loser, and the tragic battle led to heavy casualties among the troops of both sides.

However, with the strength of two divisions of the Prussian First Army ascending the two heights on the mountainside and completing the military deployment, Austria could no longer turn the tide of the war!

When the battle between the two sides was stalemate, the two Prussian divisions launched a more ferocious artillery offensive from the left and right flanks, condescendingly, launching a new round of offensive towards the positions of the Austrian coalition forces!

In a hurry, the Austrian military gathered its own troops and began to launch a counterattack on the front and back, hoping to defeat the main elite of the Prussian army in the front, and then turn back to deal with the Prussian divisions on both flanks!

(To be continued.) )