In mid-February, the Spanish government officially declared war on the international community, and Gibraltar had been besieged by the Spanish navy and army for nearly a month.
The British government strongly condemned the Spanish's war behavior, and in a counterattack, the British government immediately declared war on Spain. At the same time, Britain and Spain began to win over allies and hope to create momentum for their own side in a short period of time.
Just after Spain declared war on Britain, Louis XVI immediately summoned the British ambassador at the Palace of Versailles. He formally decided to declare war on the British government on behalf of the French royal family and the government. After Louis XVI declared war, Napoleon's army deployed on the front line of Calais immediately began to attack Calais.
The French's actions completely caught the British off guard. According to the British government's estimates, their war with France will not take place until after spring. After all, it is still winter, and the weather in Western Europe is naturally not as pleasant as the Ilibyan Peninsula.
More than 20,000 British volunteers and more than 10,000 Calais rebels lost half of the outer territory in the Calais area except the main city in just one day under the rapid attack of nearly 60,000 Napoleon's army. If the British Navy had not made a quick decision, perhaps Napoleon's army would have attacked Calais with one go.
After France declared war on Britain, the British side became obviously anxious. Portugal and the Federal Republic of the Netherlands also declared war on France and Spain under the coercion and temptation of the British. Originally, the British Parliament was intending to delay the aid request made by Prussia, but in the case of the unfavorable war in Calais, the British Parliament passed a proposal for aid to Prussia in the shortest time.
King George III of England even wrote a letter to William himself. In his heart, the King of England tactfully expressed his hope that Prussia could declare war on France and Spain as soon as possible. At the same time, the King of England, on behalf of the British government, hoped that Prussia could send a navy to the English Channel to cooperate with the British fleet to blockade the French ports.
As the smoke of gunpowder rose on the European continent, the Austrian army deployed on the Pu'Austrian front also experienced some abnormal movements. In Vienna, there were many calls for a war on Prussia at this time, and Leopold II was obviously interested.
Under this environment, Itans of Bavaria also had a different thought.
As the third largest prince in the Holy Roman Empire, Bavaria's movements undoubtedly attracted the attention of everyone in the empire. Although Itans, who was originally just a general in the Prussian War, ascended the position of Bavarian electoral under the support of Prussia, this does not mean that Itans is willing to become someone else's puppet.
Prussia's infiltration into the Bavarian government in recent years has already made Itans throw away Prussia's former kindness, of course, this is also the commonality of every king.
However, compared with Prussia, Bavaria is still weak, but now with the win over Austria and Spain, Itans feels that he may have a better choice.
Bavaria is located in the west of Austria, and the Main River Basin is located in the north of Bavaria. This means that once Prussia occupied Bavaria, there will be no buffer zone between Prussia and Bavaria, which makes Itans feel very insecure.
Although Itans maintained a neutral state before, he always paid attention to the war in the Main River Basin. Now the war between Spain and the British has caused a series of subsequent impacts, which have made Itans' mind deviate from its original track.
After Spain officially declared war on Britain, Itans ordered the Bavarian army to enter a state of combat readiness. Of course, this order has been issued to several troops whose confidants Itansy are now.
The Austrian government's messenger and Itans have communicated several times in private. Austria hopes that its army can travel to the Main River through Bavaria, and the Austrians also requested Itans to send a certain number of troops to the western border of Bohemia.
For this reason, the Austrians offered a condition that made Itans very moved, that was, to upgrade Bavaria to a kingdom. At the same time, Leopold II also suggested that one close relative of Itans could be upgraded to the imperial electoral. Of course, if Bavaria helps Austria fight against Prussia, then the eastern part of the Main River Basin and western Bohemia would become the territory of the future Bavarian kingdom.
The princes who do not want to be kings are not good princes. Think about it, there are currently only two monarchs in the empire who are dominant. Once Bavaria becomes a king, there is no doubt that Heitans will become a legitimate king.
Finally, after Austria's diplomatic efforts, Itans secretly formed an alliance with Austria, but the timetable for the battle against Prussia was that Itans meant to wait until the beginning of spring, that is, in March and April. Austria did not force this, but Itans agreed very readily about the matter of borrowing the road. He said that the Austrian army could send an army of no more than 10,000 people to the Main River through Bavaria at any time.
After reaching an agreement with Bavaria, the Austrian army was quickly mobilized. At the border between Austria and Bohemia, an army of 9,000 people was soon selected. The task of this army was to go to the Main River Basin to fight the Prussians.
However, before the Austrian army could be completed, the situation in the Main River changed drastically.
Just as Sheen frowned and considered the war against the Prussian army, a bad news came from the rear. Three thousand Swiss mercenaries were defeated by a sudden Prussian army in the rear. After defeating the Swiss mercenaries, this Prussian army was moving towards Bamberg without stopping. The flag this army was the Prussian Third Division, which should have been in Coburg.
This news shocked the top leaders of the entire Imperial Army. The Imperial Army, which was already upset by the unfavorable war, started to stir up. The little princes all advised Shien to hope to evacuate Bamberg as soon as possible.
But Sheen had no other way to do this except to smile bitterly.
Retreat is easy to say, but it is very difficult to do.
Not to mention the stalemate Prussian 18th Division, which had already formed a stalemate in front of the Imperial Army, even if some of the troops sacrificed by the Imperial Army evacuated the battlefield, the Third Division in the rear would never allow the Imperial Army to evacuate safely. Sheen was deeply anxious about how many Imperial Army soldiers could return to Frankfurt safely under the attack on both sides.
The back road has been blocked. In this case, there is only one dead end besides trying hard to get a glimmer of hope!
After thinking for a long time, Shien decided to inform the entire army of the Pu army in the rear. At the same time, he also revealed the current situation of the Imperial Army to the soldiers of the army. In other words, there was no other way for the Imperial Army to defeat the 18th Division on the opposite side and seize a glimmer of hope.
Originally, Xien's idea of informing the entire army was blocked by all the senior Imperial Army leaders, but Xien insisted on his own, and finally all the Imperial Army soldiers learned the news.
To everyone's surprise, after Sheen and Pan revealed the pros and cons of the choice, almost all the Imperial soldiers chose to attack forward, and everyone knew that retreating was only a dead end.
It is not unreasonable for Sheen to attack. Hundreds of miles west of Bohemia, there is no established Prussian army on such a vast territory. Don’t forget that the Prussians had only arranged three divisions to the west of Bohemia. Now two divisions appear around Bamberg, so those areas that have been occupied by the Prussian army will definitely have no guardian power.
Although the sudden appearance of the Third Division in Bamberg made Shihn a little disappointed with Coburg, Shihn did not think that the Prussians would give up their attack on Coburg. After all, if Coburg still did not fall into the hands of the Prussian army, even if the Prussian army captured Bamberg, from the overall strategic point of view, the Prussian army did not achieve a decisive victory.
As for whether Coburg was lost, Sheen didn't think Coburg could be lost at all. After all, in such a dangerous place, if the Prussian army could conquer Coburg in a short time, it would be a god.
Besides, even if Coburg is lost, the Pu army will definitely have to arrange a lot of defensive forces, which will reduce the number of Pu army.
In the subsequent attack, the Imperial Army completely changed its appearance. Even the soldiers of the vassal coalition forces who were ineffective and were a little greedy for life and fear of death showed the courage to be on the way to death. No one was willing to die in shame on the way to escape. Compared with this, as a warrior, dying on the road to charge is the best choice for a warrior.
As a result, the pressure on the 18th Division was unprecedentedly huge. When the battle was at its most intense, Buschman even led his own guards to fight. Fortunately, the Imperial Army's logistics supply difficulties caused the Imperial Army soldiers who had exhausted their ammunition to stop the offensive.
Buschmann had already received news from the Scharnhorst sent people. After learning the news, Buschmann knew that victory was not far from him. However, once these imperial troops were allowed to break through their defense, then Bayreut and Ansbach were completely unfortified behind him. Even if these imperial troops directly penetrated into Bohemia, the advantages that the Prussian army finally gained in the early stage would become nothing.
Hundreds of miles west of Bohemia, the Prussian army had no troops left behind. The local defense relied on guards from all over the country, but how could these guards be worthy of regular soldiers? Moreover, the number of these guards was small and they did not have the ability to engage in local combat at all.
"The entire army must block the attacks of these enemy troops and tell the entire army that the Third Division will arrive within four days, and that the enemy's death will be the time for death!"