18th century total war

Chapter 133 The Southern Group Army

"Humph!

This Arnault has a big heart, he actually wants to surround us with making dumplings, and he doesn't even look in the mirror, does he have those good teeth? "

Carl said while summarizing the information he had just obtained, and handing it over to several senior colonels around him.

Now the highest rank of the Black Dragon Legion is Major General. This is not because Li Wei deliberately suppressed the rank of his direct army, but because the size of the Black Dragon Legion is so large, it is impossible to get a bunch of generals and even marshals out of 2 people. …

Although Li Wei has been in this world for a few years, his thinking mode is still stuck in the 21st century society in his previous life. In Li Wei's impression, if you don't command a group army, how can you have the nerve to call yourself a general?
How can you be called a marshal if you don't command an army group?
In this regard, Li Wei is quite rigorous.

Therefore, major general Karl is the only major general who is currently the main force of the first division of the Black Dragon Legion, and naturally the only general!
The Second Division of the Black Dragon Legion has been undertaking the task of defending Li Wei's safety and guarding the cities of Rennes and Caen. Most of the troops were transferred to the First Division, so Karl is now the most powerful under Li Wei's command. There is no one like that person!

Li Wei's preference for Carl is naturally not because this kid's name is the same as that of a hero in a league game that Li Wei liked in his previous life. It went very smoothly.

The performance in several battles commanded by Karl was also very good. Karl has always served as the supreme commander of the main force of the first division.

Not surprisingly, after the Black Dragon Legion expands again, Karl will go one step further than the commander of the second division, Gascoll!
Become the immediate boss of this old Carl superior.

Fortunately, none of the officers who have been brainwashed by the training camp have any jealousy. Otherwise, Li Wei's promotion system that does not rank according to the military's seniority will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among factions within the army.

Of course, it is impossible for the troops brainwashed in the training camp to form factions. They even seem rigid in communicating with normal people. How can they have extra energy to pull mountains to form factions?

In a sense, the brainwashing model of the training camp is equivalent to building a very pure army.

"General, shortly after Arnaud arrived in the Gironde province, he incorporated the troops that confronted us. Without the authorization decree of the National Convention, he secretly gave himself the name of the Southern Army Group, and thought that the southern Commander of the Army Group.

Such actions seem to indicate that the internal strife in Paris has reached a fever pitch.

Arnault is a Jacobin radical, but he acts so recklessly. As a member of the ruling party, the Girondists, their control over Paris is not as strong as it seems.

However, among the Southern Army Group reorganized by Arnault, the newly formed [-]-man corps are all troops gathered by the Girondists, and they may not have much obedience to Arnault, the "self-reliant" commander.

Arnault divided the five legions into four and made a big roundabout from the two wings, trying to outflank us. It seems that the two pincers are very hard, but we might as well touch them, maybe they just look like silver guns with wax heads. "

Colonel Bolcha suggested.

Bolcha's act of killing his own brother and reporting it was appreciated by Li Wei. Later, he escorted Li Wei to Caen, and discovered the unprofessional ambush circle under Fatis in advance, and fought a beautiful siege He was promoted from lieutenant colonel to colonel by Li Wei on the spot.

This time the battle going south is very critical in Li Wei's eyes, so Li Wei naturally wants to send a capable colonel like Borcha to assist Karl.

Most of the sharpshooters trained by Li Weixin who went south this time were allocated to the First Division, and they had extremely high expectations for the First Division to capture the city of Bordeaux, which was designated by the Total War system.

So I handed over all the people I could assign to Karl of the first division.

"Well, you're right, no matter how brave our soldiers are, they still need to eat and drink, and we can't let Arnault build up the encirclement.

However, the main force of the Chinese army led by Arnault has been approaching us, but has not made direct contact with us. The cavalry ratio in the southern army organized by Arnault far exceeds ours, and their cavalry scouts are everywhere in our army, so Once we divide our troops in large numbers to intercept the enemy's detours on both wings, Arno will definitely notice it.

At that time, Arnault, a madman brainwashed by revolutionary ideas, will inevitably take the initiative to attack us with his proud Marseilles and the one he left behind.

How much should we divide our troops? "

"General, the other troops in the Southern Group Army are terrified of our Black Dragon Legion. Before, they clearly had an absolute superiority in strength, and the number of artillery far exceeded ours. They were still fighting on the local interior line, but they only dared to build field fortifications and take a defensive posture.

Therefore, we don't need to send too many troops to intercept the four legions on the two wings. We only need to gather the sharpshooters sent to us by Mr. Li Wei, and temporarily reorganize them into two intercepting columns, constantly harassing and killing the two large detours. The legion can buy us enough time! "

Having said that, another colonel came to the marching map, pointed to the two big arrows on it and said:

"Look, general, if the four legions of the enemy's Southern Army, whose two wings are roundabout, don't want to take a long way, they will inevitably pass through a large area of ​​jungle and hilly areas. This is already the most suitable route for large troops. Presumably those who are not willing to fight Gao's revolutionary army is also unwilling to cross mountains and mountains.

And the sharpshooter troops we dispatched can carry out layer-by-layer interception here, here, and there.

It would be better if we could defeat the enemy. Even if we couldn't defeat them, we would not be able to cut off our retreat in a short time if the troops of the four legions would not dare to march freely and suppress their footsteps in this area! "

"The plan is good. If we only send sharpshooters, we still have about [-] infantry guards available. Even if Arno on the opposite side has [-] troops, we will surely win!"

"No, General, we cannot leave ten thousand Guards infantry behind. If we do that, Arnaud on the other side will never take the initiative to attack us with 2 people as long as he is not a lunatic with a lunatic mind.

The record of our Black Dragon Legion is too brilliant, even an army brainwashed by revolutionary ideas would not do that!

Therefore, we can divide another group of infantry guards to be used as a supplementary force for sharpshooters to intercept.

It is difficult to defeat a large-scale enemy army with sharpshooters alone, and the final decisive victory still requires the bayonet of the infantry! "

(End of this chapter)