Chapter 1080 Frankfurt

After teams of Austrian soldiers got off the train, the Frankfurt citizens and caregivers who were waiting for them were a little confused. A few minutes later, several train station managers holding batons finally arrived at the scene.

"Are you here to fight?"

"No, we are here to liberate you!"

The first batch of Austrian troops quickly occupied the Frankfurt train station. At this time, the intelligence personnel of the German Federation arrived at the dock with the news of the defeat on the front line.

In fact, the intelligence on the front line should have been sent back to Frankfurt by telegraph as soon as possible, but it happened that there were some problems with the line from the Bavarian Confederation Telegraph Company to Frankfurt.

(There was no radio at the time. If a private person laid a telegraph line, it was no different from opening a company. The cost of laying and maintaining it alone was sky-high.)

In fact, it is hard to say who is the home court in Bavaria. Although the Bavarian government surrendered to the National Assembly at the first time, it does not mean that Franz's influence here is weak.

In fact, the Bavarian royal family's presence was weak due to its long-term poor performance, but Mrs. Sophie and the Austrian Empire were synonymous with strength in the minds of the Bavarians.

Coupled with the Bavarian Association and the German Customs Union, as well as the years of cultivation of the church, Franz, the emperor from the Habsburg family, had a fairly high degree of recognition in the Bavarian region.

At this time, the Bavarian King Maximilian II was actually very opposed to the union of the German states, and a weak presence does not mean non-existence.

It has to be said that the intelligence personnel of the German Federation have accumulated rich experience in the long-term battle of wits and courage with the governments of the Confederation. They thought of pigeon letters at the first time.

But pigeons are just animals. They can go back and forth to specific places but will not look for specific people, let alone knock on the door and break into the meeting room for emergency.

Moreover, the personnel responsible for handling pigeon letters are not on call 24 hours a day. It is not uncommon for them to be on call for a few hours at night, or even one or two days.

At this time, the speed of horses is completely unable to catch up with the train. In addition to the train, the fastest way to get from the Bavarian border to Frankfurt is to take a steamship.

So the intelligence personnel at the front of the Federation also took a steamer back to Frankfurt just in case, but they arrived too late.

The vanguard of the Austrian Empire has arrived in Frankfurt, and the ships carrying the Austrian army on the river are also approaching.

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

Two thousand well-trained city guards quickly assembled and tried to retake the train station and the dock.

However, this well-trained is only relative to those hooligans and tax defaulters who usually disturb social order, but they are really vulnerable in front of the Austrian army, which is far superior in equipment and discipline.

After all, street fights and tax resistance usually do not use cannons and rockets, and the city guards suffered heavy losses under the bombardment of heavy weapons of the army.

Frankfurt, National Assembly.

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

Deputy Speaker Gabriel Riesel asked anxiously.

"What? Can we still drive them out of the city?"

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

"Can we hold it?"

The man shook his head again and said with a wry smile. "Please retreat first, members of parliament. We will swear to hold back the running dogs of the pseudo-emperor. 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, kid."

The man still had a lot to say, but the members of parliament obviously didn't want to listen.

"Mr. Simson, what should we do?"

A member of parliament asked in panic, 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 dock.

Now everyone go back and start preparing. We will leave from the new station in two hours and then blow up the railway."

Although Edward Simson said it with certainty, most members of parliament were in doubt at this time.

How could hundreds of thousands of people be defeated just like that? Will they be safe when they arrive in Cologne? Is the National Assembly finished?

Once people start to waver, they will have many thoughts, so some people want to escape from the main force alone, some want to take the opportunity to get promoted, and some more ruthless people simply make up their minds to abandon the dark and join the light.

However, most of them failed to achieve their wish. The Frankfurt City Guards did not resist for too long. The Austrian army quickly blocked the main passages of the entire city.

This naturally includes the newly built railway station in Frankfurt and the small ports on the river bank. Even if someone can escape from the private port, they will encounter the Austrian inland patrol on the river.

Franz did his homework for this day, and it is not difficult to plant spies in a place like the Free City of Frankfurt.

Franz's primary goal is to capture members of the National Assembly. Franz needs them to confess the mastermind behind the scenes. He doesn't care about these shrimp soldiers and crabs in the open.

Franz knew very well that he could have as many agents as he wanted, and it would be useless no matter how many he killed. Rash stigmatization would only make himself dirty and be labeled a butcher, which would be meaningless.

It is better to say that this will help the real behind-the-scenes culprits. After all, they can rest assured if these people die, and they can even save the trouble of doing it themselves.

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

It is like a ulcer attached to the bone. No matter how hard you try, you can't prevent it. Cutting your wrists and arms, or even digging out your heart and lungs, it is useless.

The capitalists of all Germany have united long ago, 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 to continue. He wants to break this trend, even if it means being an enemy of the entire German liberals.

Franz's secondary goal is the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. 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 in the Frankfurt Stock Exchange came from the Austrian Empire. In 1820, the first stock listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange was the Austrian Imperial National Bank.

Of course, the headquarters of major banks established in Frankfurt were also protected, but the Austrian army was only responsible for protection, and the banks had to handle the sealing and relocation themselves.

Franz usually didn't force people to do things that were difficult, unless some people didn't know how to behave or had dirty tricks.