18th century total war

Chapter 112 Escorting the Prisoners

At this moment, Captain Wright suddenly felt that Levi might really be able to defeat the Paris government!

Captain Wright quickly arrived at the location designated by the leading private.

An officer, several guards, and several record-keepers with notebooks stood here.

At the same time, Captain Wright also saw some acquaintances, captains and even a major who were captured like him!
Majors are the threshold for mid-level officers and are very rare in number. Moreover, when the Black Dragon Legion attacked, the fighting was so fierce that many majors had no time to surrender and run away!

Therefore, the number of majors who were killed in the defenders of Caen was much higher than the number of majors who were captured.

Captain Wright didn't dare to say much. After waiting for a while, he found that the people being escorted over one after another were at least the same captain as himself!

In the French army at this time, captains were actually senior officers at the grassroots level. Many captains were good enough to serve as majors, even lieutenant colonels and colonels, but they were always suppressed because of their background.

Before the captain, there was no such suppression. Obviously, the senior officials of the First Division of the Black Dragon Legion also knew this, so this time all the officers who were summoned were the captain and above.

Probably when all the people arrived, the officer of the Black Dragon Legion who kept his expression on all the time took a step forward and asked Captain Wright and his party loudly:

"The plenipotentiary speaker of the Normandy region, Senavi, has decided to surrender. In two days, the flag of our Black Dragon Legion will be planted on the top of the high-rise building in the city hall of Caen. Lord Li Wei's will will soon become Normandy's leader." Master of the district!

You defeated prisoners, the lowest rank is captain, even if it is only the captain of the second-line army of the Kingdom of France, it shows that you have certain real skills.

Therefore, on behalf of the Brittany government, I extend a sincere invitation to you. As long as you are willing to join the Black Dragon Legion, I promise that you can maintain your current military rank and become an officer with real power.

Our Black Dragon Legion attaches great importance to military merit, and we never look at our origins during the promotion process.

Alright, I've said all I need to say, and now those who disagree will stand up! "

Captain Wright looked at the Black Dragon Legion officer whose face gradually became fierce. The leg he was about to take out was retracted in time due to his strong desire to survive.

God knows if I will be killed by the black dragon army who loves to kill after I stand up. Even if I don't die, I will be sent to the notorious labor camp in Brittany, and I will be abolished for the rest of my life!
Captain Wright knew that prisoners of war like him were different from ordinary criminals. Once they entered the labor camps in Brittany, joining the army became the only way to regain their freedom.

That being the case, why don't I change the lintel now?

Now that you join the Black Dragon Legion, you can still retain your captain's rank and don't have to climb up from the bottom...

However, the Black Dragon Legion is said to be very evil, and those who join it are all brainless and fanatical about Levi, which is very scary. This is also the reason why Captain Wright instinctively resists joining the Black Dragon Legion.

But does he have a choice now?

Many officers who had the same thoughts as Captain Wright began to hesitate when they took half a step. Everyone looked left and right, trying to find an early bird, but they were swept away by the black dragon army officer who made a sound, as if looking at a dead man. After that, I immediately became honest...

To put it bluntly, the Caen city garrison officers captured here are not tough guys. If they were really willing to devote themselves to the revolutionary cause or were loyal enough to the Paris government, they would not be captured by the Black Dragon Legion!
When the Black Dragon Legion captures prisoners, they don't knock them unconscious and take them away. Instead, you will be treated as prisoners only if you surrender voluntarily. Otherwise, you will be served with bullets and bayonets!
Those who can become captains and officers cannot compare with ordinary private soldiers. Even if they are originally from poor backgrounds, they have been promoted to captains or even colonels after hardships, and their vision has been cultivated.

You know, except for the American War of Independence, the previous Kingdom of France did not fight a single large-scale war. If you want to be promoted quickly in the army, you can only rely on reincarnation!

After waiting for a short while, the Black Dragon Legion officer who asked the question nodded with satisfaction and forced a stiff smile on his lips.

"Very good. I am very satisfied with your attitude towards the Black Dragon Legion. It's a pity that my plan to kill someone to relieve fatigue today failed."

After the last words were spoken, the chests of the officers and prisoners present immediately straightened up, trying to appear as 'loyal' as possible.

Captain Wright was also secretly glad that he hadn't taken that step, otherwise the guy in his family would probably have remarried next year...

As a captain, Wright is naturally not single!
Don't look at the captain of the French second-line army as a lamb waiting to be slaughtered by the Black Dragon Army. In fact, a captain's status among the people of the Kingdom of France is comparable to that of the middle class!

The Kingdom of France has no tradition of despising soldiers.

Even retired captains are quite popular in the French folk blind date market.

Because in the current Kingdom of France, the so-called retired officers are actually reserve officers. As long as they expand the army and prepare for war, they will be the first to think of them, and they will be reinstated immediately after taking up their posts.

Thanks to the fact that the European colonial wars had more victories than defeats, the European powers did not dislike wars. Even many troops who went to fight overseas turned into small rich men in their hometown after returning home. Such examples abound!
Afterwards, Captain Wright and other colleagues made a simple oath of allegiance in front of many prisoners of war, under the eyes of the Black Dragon Corps guards.

Then Captain Wright got a temporary mission to take a group of prisoners and cooperate with the local garrison in Brittany to escort them to the rear.

Of course, not all the 'surrendered' officers were given the task of escorting, and Karl did not have so many Brittany garrison troops to help escort the prisoners.

In order to prevent these prisoners from rioting and escaping midway, they were escorted to the rear in batches, and the number of each batch was small.

As for the soldiers of the Black Dragon Legion headquarters, they naturally would not do such chores as escorting prisoners.

Generally, the Black Dragon Legion would only occasionally act as guards to protect the logistics team. In the eyes of the Black Dragon Legion executives, food was far more important than captives.

The purpose of recruiting the officers of these prisoners of war in advance is to facilitate the escort of the prisoners, and to use the personal prestige of these officers to manage the escorted prisoners and reduce the pressure on the soldiers of the local garrison during the escort process.

The local garrison troops from the Brittany region followed with a small number of people, far less than the first division of the Black Dragon Legion. Only slightly more than yourself, and unarmed prisoners of war, is also risky.

(End of this chapter)