18th century total war

Chapter 154 Multiple Attacks
"Salva, the document appointing Fatis as the special commissioner has been issued, and within a few days all Fatis' people will be evacuated from Rouen.

You are the most loyal to the revolution among the many generals. I am optimistic about you. As long as you can keep the city of Rouen from falling, you will be reused by the Paris National Salvation Committee.

At that time, whether it is a source of soldiers or ammunition, it will be provided to you free of charge!

As a vital nail, you'll get whatever support you want. "

At this time, Commissioner Taylor was encouraging the bearded Sharva with earnestness.

Salva was chosen by Commissioner Taylor to take over his position after Fatis left and to be the 'commander-in-chief' of all the armed resistance forces gathered here.

Although Commissioner Taylor can take this position directly, he has the appointment of the Paris Central Committee and will not be opposed by the "generals" below, but Commissioner Taylor is still very clear about his own weight.

Let him decide that it is no problem to fight and defend strategically, and let him command the army specifically, and Taylor will be blinded.

In fact, the most important thing to manage an army well is not to dispatch the army to fight whom, but to arrange the various consumption of the army, to understand what the officers and soldiers below want, and how to do it to stimulate them to the greatest extent. The courage with which they fought.

At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that there will be no various internal strife and contradictions in the army under his command, and it will be orderly.

These complicated affairs seem not difficult, and it is enough to make non-professionals do not know where to start.

Just how to establish one's personal prestige in the army is not a simple matter. This is why the frontline army is most taboo about changing generals on the battlefield.

As for the various guerrilla forces gathered by Fatis in the name of Jacobin, most of the leaders claimed to be generals. Although the Jacobin National Salvation Committee in Paris did not officially recognize them, they are needed now, and There was no objection to this out-of-process general appointment.

Simply came a blind eye.

Commissioner Taylor, who came here in person, was very friendly to the leaders of the guerrillas and resistance forces, and called them very affectionate, allowing him to quickly open up the situation among the complex guerrilla resistance forces.

After in-depth understanding, Taylor chose Salva, who had more troops under his command and had never been captured by the Li Wei regime, nor had he served as an official in the area occupied by the Li Wei regime. He had joined the Jacobin Club as Fatis's successor.

Although the revolutionary government in Paris didn't understand why Li Wei was able to instigate so many 'revolutionary cadres' successfully, they didn't understand the reason, so wouldn't they know how to eliminate them?
Summarize the cases of those who betrayed the revolution and took refuge in Li Wei, and you will find common ground.

Those who betrayed the revolution had either been caught by Li Wei's people, or had served as officials in Li Wei's regime, or had done things for Li Wei's regime.

The latter was initially used by the Paris revolutionary regime as a means to infiltrate Li Wei's regime. After reaching a certain position, they were all beaten, and all the revolutionary elites sent over betrayed the revolution!

After such exclusions, the Paris revolutionary government has figured out some rules. This is also the fundamental reason why Fatis is suspected.

Therefore, it is nothing special, just because the background is clean, the barrel of the gun is not too small, and he voluntarily joined the Jacobin Club, Salva was lucky to become the successor of Fatis.

Of course, this successor is just a promise from Commissioner Taylor, and he needs to make achievements to convince the public!
However, Taylor, a military layman, would ask Sharva for advice on many things he didn't understand about the mobilization of the army at this time. He had already indirectly controlled the command of tens of thousands of revolutionary armed forces.

It's a pity that it was Taylor who had the final say, and Taylor's strategic intentions gave Sharva a headache at this time.

After some touting, Sharva got straight to the point and made suggestions on Taylor's just-announced strategic plan.

"Commander Taylor, the army of Li Wei's rebel army is stronger than our army in terms of equipment and individual combat capabilities, and the bosses of the guerrillas are not convinced by each other, and it is very problematic to cooperate in combat. If they take the initiative to attack, It’s easy to fail miserably.”

Salva felt that Taylor was good everywhere, but he was too stubborn on the strategic level. After he took over the power, he actually wanted to take the initiative to attack the occupied area of ​​​​the Kingdom of New France!
The odds of winning a defensive battle are not high, but Taylor wants to attack, which makes Salva extremely uneasy. He would rather take the risk of offending Taylor than stop him from taking the initiative to attack.

When the strategy he strongly advocated was questioned, Taylor did not look angry at all. Instead, he smiled very friendly and explained carefully:

"General Salva, it is precisely because of our large number of soldiers that we are in chaos, so I proposed the strategy of taking the initiative to attack.

You have seen the active attack strategy I mentioned. It is divided into multiple groups. In this way, the various guerrilla armed forces that gather together and do not belong to each other, or even have internal conflicts, can disperse and fight, saving them from making trouble. .

If we do this, won't our internal problems be easily solved?

If these tens of thousands of people were gathered in Rouen to defend the city, it would be easy to be wiped out by Li Wei's rebels in one fell swoop, just like the original battle of Caen, Li Wei only needs to win a decisive battle, and the whole situation It collapsed!
In addition, we divide our troops into multiple routes. If the coming Li Wei rebels do not want to be breached in the rear, they will definitely divide their troops to intercept them. We can effectively disperse the forces of the Li Wei rebels. At that time, General Salva will be able to With the guerrilla forces I have screened, concentrate on attacking one of the Levi rebels.

If this continues, we can disperse and defeat the Levi rebels who came to attack little by little, and end the myth that the Levi rebels are invincible!
General Salvat, you have to understand that the French revolution is in dire straits now. Since Louis XVI was beheaded, Prussia, Austria and Britain have been trying to recruit allies everywhere. , how to face the internal and external pincers of the foreign intervention army and Li Wei's rebels?

It is the strategic intention conveyed by the Paris National Salvation Committee to fight against the outside world. If we don’t defeat the Levy rebels and the rebellious Dumouriez, we don’t know how much blood the French nation will shed! "

Taylor did not say that the revolution might fail. In his eyes, revolution is the general trend and the final outcome will not change. The only difference is how many people need to die during the revolution.

This is not a paranoid view, it is easy to understand, after all, the revolution represents the interests of the French people at the bottom!
And the revolutionary government is still firmly occupying Paris, the capital of France!
(End of this chapter)