As the Heixinggen Development Company was undergoing a vigorous reorganization, the battlefield in Schleswig was mired in stalemate.
After the main force of the Danish army successfully retreated to Flensburg, the new Danish commander began directing Danish cavalry to delay the Allies' march.
In pursuit of the retreating Danish army and to combat the harassment from Danish cavalry, the Prussian cavalry continually launched attacks, with both sides engaging in a relentless pursuit across the vast snowy plains.
Using villages, forests, farmlands, and scattered buildings to their advantage, the Danish cavalry appeared unpredictably, often emerging from places unexpected by the German Allies.
In narrow terrains, the Danish cavalry could even completely annihilate small Allied units, causing trouble for the Allies.
The Allied commanders began to grit their teeth at the Danish cavalry, and with an order from the command post,
the long-prepared large cavalry force of the Allies finally took the field.
The previous trench warfare was not the domain of cavalry, and the cavalry officers could only watch their infantry colleagues earn military honors.
Now, they could finally showcase their skills on the battlefield; the cavalry quickly assembled and charged.
Facing the overwhelming numbers of the Allied cavalry, the Danish cavalry began to falter, with the Danish commanders directing their cavalry to fight and retreat simultaneously.
Familiar with the terrain, the Danes always found escape routes; although the Allied cavalry had numerical superiority, they struggled to annihilate the Danish cavalry completely.
The Allied cavalry commanders became determined, starting to scatter their troops into several columns to pursue the Danes separately.
As long as they could delay the Danish cavalry's retreat, they could severely damage the Danish cavalry units.
Using their numerical advantage, the Allies quickly discovered the movement patterns of the Danish cavalry, and after coordinating with relevant units,
they seized the opportunity, pinpointed the location of the Danish cavalry, and both sides engaged in a brutal encounter battle.
The Prussian and Austrian cavalry, who had galloped across the European continent for years, proved to be formidable foes.
In terms of equipment, horses, and even personnel quality and experience, the Allies clearly held the advantage.
Under the leadership of battle-hardened Prussian cavalry commanders, the Allies easily countered the Danish tactics.
The Allied cavalry, particularly the leaders from the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire, demonstrated superior command capabilities.
On the snowy plains, they launched a full-scale charge against the Danish cavalry, causing the Danes to lose over half their forces within just half an hour.
The Danish cavalry commanders were forced to order a retreat, but the Allies showed no intention of letting them escape.
The fleeing Danish cavalry suffered further heavy losses from the pursuing Allied cavalry, with only a few managing to escape to Flensburg.
Shortly after the significant victory by the Allied cavalry, the main Allied infantry forces arrived, launching the Battle of Flensburg.
On the 7th, perceiving the difficulty in defense, the Danish troops withdrew from Flensburg, retreating to Denmark, and the Allies pushed the front to the Danish border, bringing the war to a close.
On February 18th, the Prussian army occupied Kölling. The Danes, using any available buildings and terrain, attempted to form a new defense line, but the time was too short, and it was impossible to complete.
However, the Austrians provided support for the Danes, and Schleswig had already been fully controlled by the Allies. The Austrians did not wish to continue advancing, leading to a temporary ceasefire between the two sides.
The Austrian Empire was initially a reluctant participant in this war because the Austrian Empire understood that even without their involvement, Prussia and the German Confederation could achieve victory over Denmark.
However, if Austria did not join, it would inevitably lead to the expansion of Prussia's influence in the German Region.
This could result in Austria being abandoned by nationalists, and at this time, Prussia actively offered to share the leadership of the war with the Austrians equally.
Bismarck even used the Duchy of Holstein to entice the Austrians to join the war, with the promise that once the war ended, the Austrians could gain control of the Duchy of Holstein.
Under such circumstances and incentives, the Austrian Empire entered the war, and now that Schleswig had been recaptured, the Austrian Empire no longer wished to expand the scope of the war.
While Prussia and Austria were in negotiations, Allied troops were resting at the Danish border.
Kane, an ordinary Austrian farmer, was conscripted into the army by the local lord when the war broke out.
Kane participated in the Kingdom Mountain campaign and subsequently experienced the Battle of Flensburg, now resting at a temporary position on the Danish border.
Surrounding him were fellow soldiers, all familiar faces from Kane's village or nearby villages, led by the village chief.
"Kane, do you have any more cigarettes?" a fellow villager asked.
Kane lay on a dirt mound, his hands behind his head, legs crossed, eyes gazing at the sky. He answered, "I'm out of them, smoked the last one yesterday."
"Sigh, who knows when this war will end? I wonder how my family is doing," another colleague of Kane's remarked.
"Young men, don't worry, this war isn't much. Back when I joined the Imperial army to resist Napoleon, that scale of war was truly terrifying, waves of people as far as the eye could see. We could only charge forward with our comrades." The speaker was the village chief.
The village chief was an elderly man, having participated in the war against France in his youth.
"Uncle Mo Lei, how do Napoleon's troops compare to the Danes?" Kane called the village chief by his name and asked.
"Napoleon, ah! He was an extraordinary figure. I knew of him even before I entered the battlefield."
Mo Lei reminisced thoughtfully, then continued, "Back then, I thought Austria was the most powerful country in the world, yet our emperor's army was defeated by Napoleon. I only learned later, when I joined the military, that the entire European nations had to unite to bring down this usurper Napoleon."
Mo Lei recounted what he knew; of course, as an old farmer, Mo Lei had only heard a few things from his commanders in his youth.
"Back then, the war was much more brutal than now, France was at its zenith, and it was rumored that Napoleon's officers all used demon techniques, making the French soldiers charge forward fearlessly under their influence!" Mo Lei, taking advantage of the conversation, produced a cigarette from somewhere, lit it, and took a puff.
"The unit I was with clashed with the French at a place called Garrison (fictional), and under Napoleon's leadership (actually other French officers), they charged at us." Mo Lei took a deep drag from his cigarette and exhaled a plume of smoke.
"The French were like madmen, and one by one, my fellow soldiers around me fell, some lost arms, others legs, and the most unfortunate lost half their face!" Mo Lei seemed to return to those distant war memories.
"Fortunately, reinforcements arrived just in time. We relied on our numbers and strength to drive the French back. At that time, every day was a battle, with new faces replacing those around us every few days. Luckily, I had great fortune and survived..."
Mo Lei shared his youthful experiences as the young men around him listened intently to the "story."
Preparing for new wars to come.