The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1080 Frankfurt
After groups of Austrian soldiers stepped off the train, the Frankfurt citizens and caregivers who picked them up at the station were a little confused. A few minutes later, several train station administrators holding batons finally arrived at the scene.

"Are you here to fight?"

"No, we are here to liberate you!"

The first Austrian troops quickly occupied the Frankfurt train station, just as German federal intelligence officers arrived at the dock with news of the defeat on the front line.

In fact, the frontline intelligence should have been telegraphed back to Frankfurt as soon as possible, but it happened that there were some problems with the line from the Bavarian Confederate Telegraph Company to Frankfurt.

(There was no radio at that time. If you privately laid a telegraph line, it was no different than opening a company. The cost of laying and maintaining it was sky-high.)
In fact, it is hard to say whose home field is Bavaria. Although the Bavarian government surrendered to the National Assembly at the first opportunity, it does not mean that Franz's influence here is weak.

In fact, due to the long-term performance of the Bavarian royal family, its sense of existence is thin, but Mrs. Sophie and the Austrian Empire are synonymous with strength in the minds of Bavarians.

Coupled with the years of hard work of the Bavarian Association, the German Customs Union, and the church, Franz, the emperor who was born in the Habsburg family, has a high degree of recognition in Bavaria.

At this time, King Maximilian II of Bavaria was actually very opposed to the union of the German states, and a thin sense of existence did not mean that it did not exist.

It has to be said that the intelligence personnel of the German Federation have accumulated rich experience in the long-term battle of wits with the governments of the Confederation. They immediately thought of the pigeon letter.

But pigeons are just animals. They can go to and from specific places but do not look for specific people, let alone knock on the door and break into the conference room to ask for help.

Moreover, the personnel responsible for handling pigeon letters are not on call 24 hours a day. It is not unusual for a few hours at night, or even a day or two.

At this time, the speed of horses could not keep up with the train. Apart from the train, the fastest way from the Bavarian border to Frankfurt was by steamboat.

So the federal frontline intelligence officers also took a steamer back to Frankfurt just in case, but they arrived too late.

The leading troops of the Austrian Empire have arrived in Frankfurt, and ships carrying Austrian troops on the river are also approaching.

It must be said that as the base camp of the National Assembly, the army in Frankfurt is still very loyal to it.

Two thousand well-trained members of the City Guard quickly assembled to try to retake the train station and docks.

However, this well-trained army was only compared to the local gangsters and tax defaulters who usually disturbed the public order, but it was really vulnerable to the Austrian army, which was far superior in equipment and discipline to its own.

After all, artillery and rockets are not usually used in street fights and tax resistance, and the city guard suffered heavy losses under the indiscriminate bombardment of the army's heavy weapons.

Frankfurt, National Assembly.

A man with burnt hair and a gray face broke into the parliament hall. The faces of the surrounding members were very ugly.

Deputy Speaker Gabriel Riesel asked anxiously.

"How about it? Can we still expel them from the city?"

The man shook his head, and Deputy Speaker Gabriel Risel continued to ask unwillingly.

"Can you hold it?"

The man shook his head again and said with a wry smile. "Members of Congress, please withdraw first. We will fight to the death to hold back the puppet emperor's lackeys. Please keep hope for the German nation."

"Okay, remember. Don't forget to organize the people to build barricades. All this is for the future of Germany. Go ahead, kid."

The man had a lot more to say, but the MPs clearly didn't want to hear it.

"Mr. Simson, what should we do?"

one of the councilors asked, somewhat alarmed, and Edward Simson said without hesitation.

"Go to Cologne, where there is a military fortress built by the Prussians. The Austrians have blocked the central railway station and the docks.

Now everyone goes back immediately and starts preparing. In two hours we will leave from the new station and blow up the railway. "

Although Edward Simson's words were conclusive, most members of Congress were still confused at this time.

How could hundreds of thousands of people be defeated just because they said they were defeated? Is it safe to arrive in Cologne? Is the National Assembly finished?

Once people start to waver, they will have many thoughts, so some people want to break away from the large army and escape alone, some want to take advantage of the opportunity to rise to power, and some are more ruthless and simply prepare to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side.
However, most of them failed to achieve their goal. Frankfurt's city guards did not resist for long, and the Austrian army quickly blocked the main passages of the entire city.

This naturally includes the newly built railway station in Frankfurt, as well as the small ports on the river banks. Even if someone can escape from the private port, he will encounter the Austrian river patrol on the river.

Franz had done enough homework for this day, and it was not difficult to place an informant in a place like the Free City of Frankfurt.

Franz's first goal is to arrest members of the National Assembly. Franz needs them to reveal the mastermind behind the scenes. These soldiers and crabs on the surface will not take him seriously at all.

Franz knew very well that there were as many agents as he wanted, and no matter how many he killed, it would be useless. The hasty stigmatization was meaningless except making himself smelly and being branded a butcher.

It would be better to say that doing so actually helped the real masterminds. After all, they would be able to sit back and relax after these people died, and even save themselves the trouble of doing it themselves.

At the same time, it can provide them with countless new excuses. As long as this powerful emperor and government are not so powerful, they can jump out and continue to do whatever they want, and stare at these scars.

Just like gangrene attached to the bone, no matter how hard you try to prevent it day and night, you can't prevent it. Cutting off wrists and arms, even ripping out the heart and lungs, all to no avail.

The capitalists across Germany have long united, but the nobles are still fighting among themselves and even empathizing with their enemies.

According to the theory that the butt determines the head, Franz cannot tolerate this situation continuing. He wants to break this trend, even if he is an enemy of the entire German liberals.

Franz's secondary target is the Frankfurt Stock Trading Center. After all, everyone's property should be protected, and Frankfurt obviously does not have this ability.

Franz thought Vienna was good, and most of the stocks on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange came from the Austrian Empire. The first stock listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 1820 was the Austrian Imperial National Bank.

Of course, the headquarters of major banks in Frankfurt are also protected, but the Austrian army is only responsible for protection, and the banks themselves have to handle the sealing and relocation matters.

Franz usually doesn't force others to do anything, unless some people don't know how to behave or have dirty butts.
(End of this chapter)