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The attitudes of Prussia and Sweden angered Catherine II, but after calming down, Her Majesty the Queen felt helpless for a while. The Ottoman Turks in the Black Sea region were making more and more moves, and Russia must concentrate on guarding against the ambitious man.
Your Majesty the Caliph, the prospect of starting a war with Prussia and Sweden in the Baltic Sea region would not be good for Russia.
Under William's instructions, the Prussian government sent a severely worded letter to the Duke of Mecklenburg. In the letter, Prussia accused Mecklenburg of rejecting Prussia's military right of passage as an act of extreme contempt for Prussia. Prussia hoped that Mecklenburg would
The Kronborg government can eliminate its hostility towards Prussia as soon as possible, otherwise Prussia will regard Mecklenburg as an accomplice to help Denmark.
Duke Frederick of Mecklenburg was very angry after receiving the letter from the Prussian government
"What do the Prussians want to do? They actually made such rude demands. Does that child king think that Mecklenburg is his Prussian vassal?"
Under Frederick's anger, all Mecklenburg officials could only look at each other. Later, Mecklenburg's cabinet minister Chiaves stood up
"Your Highness the Duke, the Prussians have assembled 30,000 troops at the border of our country, and depending on the situation, it is obvious that Prussia is preparing to gather more troops. I think we must make a decision as soon as possible."
"Has the envoy sent to Vienna made contact with Austria?"
After hearing Chiaves' words, Frederick frowned, and then he asked him about Mecklenburg's connection with Austria.
"Well, our envoy did get in touch with Austria, but the Austrian government is not willing to get involved in our incident with Prussia."
"What? Did Austria reject our request for help? Does His Majesty the Emperor want Prussia to expand its territory within the empire?"
Frederick seemed a little incredible. He thought that if Mecklenburg asked Austria for help, he would definitely get Austria's help, but now Austria actually refuses, which is really beyond his expectation.
"We don't know the specific situation, but we were indeed rejected by the Austrians."
After saying this, Chiaves seemed to have aged ten years. To be honest, he was not optimistic about the prospects of Mecklenburg. You must know that Mecklenburg is just a duchy. In any case, with the tens of thousands of people in Mecklenburg,
No matter what the army does, it will not be able to stop the Prussians, Chiavis is convinced of this.
"Immediately ask for help from Denmark and tell the Danes that if we, Mecklenburg, are defeated by Prussia, then Denmark will not have a good life. We also ask for help from Schleswig and Holstein and tell those two
Guys, we in Mecklenburg are a lesson to them. Only if we unite together can we fight against the Prussian ambitions for us."
"Yes. Your Highness"
After Chiavis left the Duke's residence, he immediately sent people to Schleswig and Holstein to convey Frederick's message. Just as the Duke said, only if everyone unites can there be a chance of survival, otherwise what awaits them
It must not end well.
Why Austria refused to help Mecklenburg was naturally because Prussia gave Austria benefits that made His Majesty the Emperor's heart beat. William promised Joseph II that if Austria was neutral in this incident, Prussia would give up its claim to the throne of the Holy Roman Empire.
At the same time, William will give up his proposal to marry Princess Anna, and as Princess Anna's dowry, Prussia can also consider withdrawing from Bohemia.
Such conditions are naturally enough to make Joseph II excited. After all, as long as Austria remains neutral, then Bohemia can be regained without spending any strength. Wouldn't this be a beautiful thing?
Of course, in order to prevent Austria from suddenly intervening in the affairs between Prussia and Denmark, Bohemia will still be managed by Prussia for the time being before Prussia gets Denmark, but Prussia will sign an agreement with Austria first.
Although everyone in Austria was hesitant about whether Prussia would return Bohemia, who would spit out the duck he had eaten? But for the sake of the agreement, Austria agreed to Prussia's conditions. In the eyes of Joseph II, even if This was Prussia's delaying strategy, but as long as there was something in writing, Austria would have undisputed right to rule Bohemia, even if Prussia later regretted it. Austria could use this to remain invincible.
Deployed on the border of Mecklenburg are the Prussian 3rd, 5th, and 8th divisions. These three divisions come from Brandenburg, Saxony, and Western Lithuania respectively. In addition, the three regiments in Lithuania are speeding up Mecklenburg. Rush to the border areas. In William's opinion, there is absolutely no problem in using more than 30,000 people to pacify the small countries from Prussia to Denmark.
As for Denmark, although the Danish navy is not bad, its army is a scum-like display. It cannot even defeat the declining Swedish army, so what can it do to fight the rising Prussian army.
In August 1788, Prussia formally declared war on Denmark after negotiating with Denmark to no avail. A few days later, King Gustav of Sweden also officially issued a war mobilization order against Denmark on behalf of Sweden, and 20,000 Swedish troops immediately Pressed on the Norwegian region of Denmark.
Denmark's Frederick VI was completely panicked after receiving the news that Puri had declared war on Denmark. What's more, unlike what he expected, the Russians actually had no actual words at all except some verbal forms. action.
In addition to the threat of Ottoman Turkey, there was another point that forced Catherine II to remain silent. This was Prussia's promise to support Russia in seizing Warsaw.
In 1782, Prussia, Austria, and Russia completely divided Poland. However, due to the delicate relationship between the three countries, Warsaw, the capital of Poland, had to be separated and planned as a free city. You must know that Warsaw has a population of hundreds of thousands. Moreover, Warsaw is surrounded by a very fertile land, which has made the three countries long for Warsaw. Now that Prussia is willing to support Russia in acquiring Warsaw, Russia is sure of it. Compared with this, St. Petersburg decided to wait and see the situation for the time being. If Prussia is willing to support Russia in acquiring Warsaw, If Rui showed signs of weakness, then Russia wouldn't mind pounced on and took a bite.
After stabilizing Austria and Russia, William immediately asked people to contact the British side. George IV had previously promised William that the British would send the main force of the home fleet to help Prussia. This time William wanted the British to help blockade Katka. As long as the Kattegat Strait is blocked, Denmark's navigation industry will suffer a devastating blow.
I'm afraid the Danish navy doesn't have the energy to go to the Prussian Baltic Sea region to cause trouble.
On August 7, 1788, Prussia used Mecklenburg as the reason why Denmark's accomplices must be punished. The 30,000 Prussian army invaded Mecklenburg. The commander of this 30,000-strong army was Marshal Dessau.
The Landenburg Military Academy became more and more formal. Dessau, who had been busy for four years, was transferred back to the Military Ministry by William, and now he serves as the supreme commander of the more than 30,000 Prussian troops attacking Denmark.
Scharnhorst, the commander of the 3rd Division, Klaunz, the commander of the 5th Division, and Blücher, the commander of the 8th Division. These three young generals who can be called the Prussian military played the leading roles in this war.
Launz is already forty-seven, and the youngest Scharnhorst is already thirty-three.
The young man William had admired during the first entrance examination of the Brandenburg Military Academy, Gneisenau, also served as a regimental commander under Scharnhorst.
It can be said that this war against Denmark was a test for William's young men in the Prussian military. With the establishment of the Brandenburg Military Academy, countless professional military talents were sent to various departments of the Prussian army, but in recent years
The peaceful life left these proud men with little use. Now, there was a rare opportunity to exercise, so William sent these Prussian futures to the battlefield to let them experience the test of war.
A group of veteran generals such as Henry and Ferdinand are already old. Although they can still lead the Prussian army invincibly, William must cultivate more talents for the future of Prussia, especially the first dean of the Brandenburg Military Academy, Han
The death of Field Marshal Ernst Carl von Zieten dealt a great blow to William, which made him understand the urgency of cultivating the future pillars of Prussia.
So this time William decided to appoint Marshal Dessau as the commander-in-chief of the war. As the deputy dean of the Brandenburg Military Academy, Dessau took over as the dean after the death of Marshal Zieten. The three people involved in the operation
Many of the officers in the division came from the Brandenburg Military Academy. Dessau as the commander will undoubtedly maximize the combat effectiveness of this army.
On August 8, 1788, the Prussian army approached Parcin. Seeing the overwhelming power of the Prussian army, the Mecklenburg officers who defended the city chose to surrender. This also gave the Prussian army a good start.
In order to deal with the Prussian attack, Duke Frederick of Mecklenburg knew that it was not advisable to divide his troops into four defenders, so he concentrated all Mecklenburg troops in Schwerin, the capital of Mecklenburg.
Under the duke's persuasion, Schleswig and Holstein also sent reinforcements to Mecklenburg, totaling more than 6,000 men.
Including Mecklenburg's 12,000 troops, the Mecklenburg Allied Forces in Schwerin reached more than 18,000 troops. However, facing Prussia's 30,000 troops, Frederick still felt inadequate.
Five waves of envoys were sent to Denmark in succession. After several discussions, Denmark agreed to send 13,000 troops to support Mecklenburg.