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When the letter was sent back to Berlin, the entire General Staff was confused. What was the origin of Japan? Prussia had so many great generals with such elite weapons that they actually fought for a month without defeating the shogunate.

Not only did the shogunate not be defeated, but it was also repulsed?

Marshal Molk of the Prussian General Staff was the chief of general staff when Moltke was away. He was also deeply trusted by Moltke. He personally came to the Prime Minister's Office to hand the letter to Tina.

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Tina was originally in a good mood today. August had been busy with some things recently and had no time to chat with her. She was still a little depressed.

It wasn't until this morning, when Valentina personally gave her a dress, that Tina knew that August had been designing clothes for herself these past few days.

This is a black dress. The ups and downs of the chest are looming, separated by a layer of black gauze and the classic Prussian black silk. From the front, it is exposed but not completely exposed. It is a bit astringent, hard to say.

I have to say that the overall aesthetics of Prussia are gradually moving in a strange direction. After all, August is the leader of Prussia, so isn’t it normal to follow the leader?

Then August thought that good things must be good things. As a result, Prussian clothing has gradually become extraordinary in recent years, especially women's clothes. Without black silk stockings and high heels, you would be embarrassed to say that you are a successful Prussian woman. .

Obviously, Tina had been wearing long boots and not much black stockings, which looked weird, so August customized a gorgeous dress for himself, which looked very nice.

Valentina also successfully became the only one in the entire Prussian Congress to wear white silk, but she wore white silk purely because August thought her style of maid uniform was more suitable for white silk.

Of course, black stockings are not something that cannot be considered...

Wearing a dress for the first time today, I'm still a little uncomfortable and feel an inexplicable coolness.

"Miss Bismarck! Letter from General Moltke!"

Molke knocked on the door, and Tina thought it was Moltke who had won the battle and sent a letter back. If so, then it can be said that today is a day of good luck.

"General Moltke's letter? Has he brought news of victory?"

"Um...it's a message asking for help..."

After Tina read the whole letter, she felt bad. Of course you said there was no good news, right? There are also, for example, Kyushu, Shikoku and Hokkaido have been captured, and Honshu has also captured Mito. It is not wrong to say that there are no results, but if you want to say that there are decisive results, there is indeed no result.

Moltke pointed out in the letter that a veteran who was familiar with mountain warfare and had rich experience in guerrilla warfare was needed to take command. Otherwise, relying on them alone, it might be necessary to recruit another [-] troops.

In fact, it was not without reason that Moltke felt troubled by this situation. First of all, there were basically no hills in Prussia, but there were quite a few forests. Their military theory was generally used for plain operations. When it came to Japan, which had many mountains, The terrain with few plains made it difficult for the Prussian cavalry to cross the endless mountains, and it was difficult to transport supplies. It was also difficult to grab any supplies along the way. After all, Japan was no better than Europe, and the common people could not squeeze out a single penny. Instead, they had to eat supplies from the Prussian army. In addition, the morale of the Japanese was not low, and the officers were not mentally retarded.

Various unfavorable factors made it difficult for the Prussian army to advance.

"Mork, how do you think we should respond?"

"Since General Moltke said this, we should try to win over Garibaldi. What's more, according to the EU treaty, when an EU member state is attacked by a certain country, it will be regarded as an act of war against all member states, so we are completely Italy can also be drawn into this war."

"Okay then, go and send a telegram to Milan."

The Kingdom of Italy has not been very peaceful recently. First of all, the first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy, Cavour, died of illness. Many people attended his funeral. Of course, he did not have a good reputation, because he Voy and Nice were betrayed to the French, but his achievement was the unification of the entire Italy. This was the second country to unify the Apennine Peninsula after the Roman Empire.

In any case, he served as prime minister for many years. In the eyes of many people, he was the only Italian prime minister. At his funeral, Vittorio paid tribute to him, calling him the greatest statesman in Italy and the greatest politician in Italy. helmsman.

And Garibaldi, who had little dealings with him, also praised him as the calmest person, "Although he did some wrong things and hurt many people, his efforts saved our regime from disaster and war. Among them was his A credit, he is the best choice for Italy."

To commemorate his death, flags in Prussia and the European Union member states of the North German Confederation flew at half-mast.

This is the first time in the history of Europe that a country has lowered its flag at half-mast in response to the death of a leader of another country.

And because of this incident, Italy's favorable impression of Prussia has also improved to a higher level. After all, Prussia really gives whatever it wants, and is both a father and a mother. It can be said that Prussia carried Italy into the gate of industrialization. .

The new Prime Minister Farini also followed Cavour's footsteps, continuing to industrialize and improve relations with Prussia, and strive to receive more aid.

At this time, Prussia asked for help from Italy. Japan attacked Prussian merchant ships. Now that Prussia has declared war on Japan, Prussia needs Italian assistance.

Japan? What the hell? Where?

The easternmost part of the world, further east than the Ming Dynasty? Prussia, your merchant ship can travel quite far, right?

Since Prussia and Italy have an open border, the Italians have actually known about this for a long time, but at first they thought that Prussia could easily win, so there was no need for Italy to join the war. As a result, not only could Prussia not win easily, but it actually Can't win.

The Prussian army hoped that Garibaldi could participate in this battle and help Prussia. If the battle was won, Prussia would be able to annex the entire territory of Japan, which has a population as large as France, or even more than France.

Farini certainly didn't want to miss the opportunity to get closer to Prussia, but if Garibaldi was unwilling, he couldn't force it, because after all, Garibaldi was also a founding father, and he was far behind in terms of prestige.

Farini discussed this matter with Garibaldi. The Italian God of War also held the same view. Prussia was too important. If Prussia and Italy were separated, neither one of them could defeat Austria. But as long as Italy and Italy If Prussia joins forces, it will still have some combat effectiveness. Prussia took the initiative to declare war. Italy does not need to participate, but it still needs to provide assistance.

Garibaldi agreed and wrote a letter to the Prussian Army Staff. He agreed to go to Japan as a staff officer to help the Prussian Army win the war.

There were [-] Italian volunteers who went to Japan with Garibaldi. These people were all former red shirts. They followed Garibaldi to defeat Austria and the Two Sicilies. Now they are willing to follow Garibaldi to fight again. battle.

Garibaldi first went to Berlin, where Tina received him and asked him what he needed.

Garibaldi said, "Just give me the map."

Garibaldi is very old, but his voice is still so sonorous and powerful.

Tina was also very generous. She recruited another [-] Prussian troops, [-] rifles, [-] bullets, and assembled four or five large transport ships. Prussia's investment in this battle can be said to be very large. It was so huge that industrial investment shrank by [-]% compared to before the war. If this were the case before, those congressmen would still be barking for days.

Garibaldi has never seen this battle. Prussia is rich.