readx(); There was a more embarrassing scene on the Delborn line, the Austrian army led by Prince Hohenloch was outnumbered, but almost no breakthrough could be formed at any point in the entire defense line, the old army took too long in the period of assembly and preparation, and the German army had the organization of local manpower and all kinds of buffs, so a relatively complete defense line had been built in a relatively short period of time. But at the same time, because the German army had a large number of new recruits and was not yet able to fight enough, it was not easy for the German commander to send the German army over his trenches to counterattack the Austrians.

This led to a stalemate between the Germans and Austrians on both sides of the line.

Prince Hohenloch was even less courageous than Karl I, and after the defeat of the first battle, he lost a large number of elite cavalry, and Prince Hohenloch temporarily stopped the offensive. Because no one had ever seen a battle of this scale of firepower before, the Germans had a large number of machine guns, dense fire, blocking the defensive line and making it difficult for the Austrians to break through.

This situation made the two monarchs of the alliance, Leopold II and Frederick William II, extremely dissatisfied, but the two monarchs could not help it, because the front-line generals made a deadlocked decision to avoid too much loss. Prussia and Austria actually had their own agendas, and although relations between the two countries had eased and they no longer regarded each other as their main rivals, neither wanted their own strength to weaken and the other to become stronger. Therefore, after the Prussian soldiers defeated the Elbe River and lost more than 10,000 people, the Prussians were unwilling to take the fire; And the Austrians, when the progress of Delborn was not good, also did not want to open up the situation with the lives of their own soldiers, and then let the Prussians take advantage of it.

In the German Civil War, although Prussia and Austria both lost their territories, in this war, the greatest losses were the West German princes, and the losses of Prussia and Austria were not unbearable. Of course, what should be most worrying is if the German National Revolution is allowed to go on like this. Then Prussia and Austria will be in danger in the future.

The coalition side already knows how to fight this war, but no one wants to really trade a large number of casualties for victory, and they have nothing to gain. The balance of power was one of the great reasons for keeping Prussia and Austria at peace. If one side loses too much in the war, then the post-war peace will not last. The stronger side will act against the weaker side, after all, the unification of Germany is the common ambition of both Prussia and Austria.

It's just that the stalemate at this time outweighed the disadvantages for the German Republic. Marnes had just signed an agreement with Datang for a loan, and a large amount of Tang Yuan was directly consumed in Datang and turned into various materials, mainly weapons and equipment, and then machinery and equipment. The purchase of hundreds of millions of yuan is bound to be a positive stimulus to Datang's economy. This is also the main reason why Paiknan adopts this method. In a German civil war, although Datang did not send its own troops, it borrowed money to earn interest in the front, and then left most of the money in China, bringing orders to domestic manufacturers.

Even the Don Army took the opportunity to empty its own stocks. In addition to equipping the special corps, there are still a lot of old-fashioned weapons that have been decommissioned. Tens of thousands of S1 rifles were exported to Germany at one time, as well as thousands of artillery pieces, plus countless ammunition. As a result, the Tang army almost consumed the original inventory. And the profits can be directly used to manufacture the active equipment of the Tang Army on a large scale, which is a very cost-effective thing.

A large number of weapons in stock, which were loaded directly onto ships. After one to two weeks of crossing the ocean, it took one to two weeks to reach the German port of Hamburg from the east coast of Datang, and then to the hands of German soldiers, and the whole process was actually not very long, and it was basically completed in more than a month. The national revolution in both countries showed a strong sense of action and organization, and the German army continued to strengthen itself during the stalemate.

In terms of equipment, the German army was not only further improved, but also solved the problem of insufficient ammunition, and the German army was further expanded in terms of personnel size. The broad masses of the revolutionaries enthusiastically joined the army, and the German army successfully formed and "liberated" a number of surrendered armies of the original princes. As a result, the numerical inferiority of the German army was gradually recovered.

The Germans not only gradually increased the strength of each of the four divisions to 150,000 men, but also formed two more divisions one after another. Its military strength has increased to 100,000 men. Although the combat effectiveness of many recruits is not guaranteed, and some units are poorly equipped. But judging by the size of the number alone, the German army was already worthy of the title of a European army power.

As we entered December, both the Prussian and Austrian armies were impatient on the battlefield, and the soldiers wanted to go home for Christmas, while the low temperatures and unfavorable conditions of the winter also affected the fighting spirit of the coalition forces.

Unlike the Allied Army, the German Army still has a strong will and spirit of fighting, and time has made a part of the German army mature, plus the officer class has a high quality from the Tang Dynasty military training, and the impregnable German defense line makes the Prussians and Austrians feel desperate.

At this time, the German commander Blucher captured a new fighter, and the great reinforcement of the German army gave him hope of victory. The defeat of the Austro-Prussian army and the onset of winter meant that the march of Württemberg and Bavaria did not even reach the German border.

Judged that Württemberg and Bavaria were cowardly, Blucher strengthened the newly formed 5th and 6th Divisions in the south, and launched the "Christmas Offensive" in conjunction with the 4th Division.

Prussia and Austria could not have imagined that the rebels would have the strength to launch a strategic counterattack. Three German divisions of more than 40,000 troops, divided into two routes, all the way to capture Würzburg, all the way to Speyer on the Rhine. The German movement was extremely sudden and unexpected, and the small princes in these places could not do anything about it, and the local revolutionary masses who supported internationalism strongly supported the German military action, from sabotage to attack, and the princes' army suffered greatly.

Within a week, the German army advanced hundreds of kilometers, one route had completely destroyed Ansbach, the other road had invaded the territory of the Duchy of Württemberg, the southern German princes were in a complete emergency, and on the first day of 1791, the German army annihilated the main force of the Württemberg army and successfully captured the important town of Stuttgart.