18th century total war

Chapter 162 Four Cities Left

In the office of the Toulouse City Government, Li Wei, who is taking a break from his busy schedule, is closing his eyes and resting his mind, scanning the extremely crude European map of the total war system in his mind.

"Why is it that only the cities in France can be occupied in this marked city, and the occupation outside of France shows that the occupation is invalid?

Is this the Total War system reminding me that we must first take down a country's capital and all the designated cities before expanding abroad?

Well, this point coincides with my strategic plan.

Steady advance or something, the safest!
However, I remember that when I played Napoleon Total War, the capital city of Corsica, Turin in the Piedmont region, and Brussels in the Austrian Netherlands also belonged to the sphere of influence of mainland France.

Why did these cities become 'foreign cities' after arriving in this world?
Just because France does not occupy these three cities now?
In the game, the history of Napoleon's rise to power begins. Was the area represented by these three cities captured by France later?

Alas, if I had known about time travel, I shouldn't have written a love letter to my first crush in history class...

It seems that the information in the Napoleon Total War game I played in my previous life can no longer be copied to this world as a reference. When I win the capital of France and all the calibrated cities in the mainland of France, this total war system may appear. What a change.

Excluding those calibration cities that are not in mainland France, I only need to occupy four target cities next.

As the capital, Paris has always been an area where the revolutionary government has gathered heavy troops. Since the last time the Prussian-Austrian coalition forces attacked the gates of Paris, these revolutionary leaders have desperately hoarded troops at home to train the new army...

Therefore, Paris cannot be fought for the time being.

Lance is too close to Paris, and there are also a large number of troops, so they can take it together when they attack Paris.

Strasbourg is close to the Rhine River, and the distance is too far. It does not cross the Paris Municipal Area (the Paris Capital Area of ​​France was very large at this time, covering almost half of central France). If you take a detour, the distance will be even further. , and may also be stabbed in the back by the National Salvation Revolutionary Army gathered in Paris.

This location of the calibration city Strasbourg is really not good for me.

Moreover, it is said that Strasbourg is an important military town in the eastern part of the French army. It also has many permanent and complete fortifications. Some areas can even withstand heavy artillery bombardment. It is not very easy to fight...

Even when the Prussian-Austrian coalition attacked Paris, they were unwilling to attack Strasbourg. "

Li Wei was lost in thought.

After winning Marseille, should he choose Paris and Reims, which has more soldiers but leaks everywhere, or Strasbourg, which has fewer troops but stronger fortifications and more dangerous terrain?

"To be on the safe side, let's attack Paris and Reims first after winning Marseille. Once we win Paris and Reims, I will have [-]% or [-]% of France. At that time, I will be nominally orthodox, gathering most of France's power. , could consume Strasbourg.

What's more, at that time, the defenders in Strasbourg may not have the determination to continue to resist. "

Soon, Levi determined his future strategic direction.

At the same time, the infantry guards who have completed training under Li Wei's command have broken through the [-] mark, and their glory points are still 'burning'.

When all the glory points are burned, the total force will reach more than 60100, not counting the loss of Li Wei's infantry guards during this period.

Li Wei did not invest any glory points in the sharpshooter unit. After all, there are more than 500 sharpshooters, which is enough for Li Wei.

The frontal battlefield can only be used as auxiliary sharpshooters, and the battle losses are often very low. The opponents of the mountain jungle divisions composed of sharpshooters are basically guerrillas with militia strength, which are completely crushing. In the battle, not many people died.

Even the guerrilla armed forces will not let the mountain division composed of sharpshooters catch their heels!
The arrogance of the guerrillas in southern France was quickly suppressed by the Li Wei regime. Thanks to the mountain division composed of sharpshooters, those guerrillas who were familiar with the terrain did not dare to show their traces...

It's a pity that in the era of queuing up and shooting, the generals of the armies of various countries are unwilling to fight in the mountains and jungles, because it means that many accidents will happen.

Moreover, it is difficult for the large corps to deploy in the mountains and jungles. Once a battle breaks out, there will often be fierce fighting in some areas, and soldiers in other large areas will have nothing to do, eventually forming a situation of refueling tactics.

In addition, the popular direct-firing field artillery and cannons in this era are not very effective in mountainous jungles, and the effective range of curved-firing mortars is too low. The embarrassing situation of shooting!
The rate of fire of the mortar is in front of the musket, how many shells can it shoot?

This led to the mountainous jungle warfare of this era, the deterrent effect of artillery was greatly reduced, and both sides basically relied on muskets and bayonets for melee.

For the party with poor quality and insufficient troops, mountain jungle warfare is naturally of great benefit, which can greatly make up for its own weakness, but now Li Wei's opponent, the French revolutionary regime, does not think that he is a weak party!
Even if the National Salvation Committee at the top of the French Revolutionary regime admitted that Li Wei's Black Dragon Legion's combat effectiveness had reached the first-class European standard, but with hundreds of thousands of National Salvation Revolutionary Army standing there, how could the Paris Revolutionary Government not have the confidence to fight a decisive battle head-on?
Not to mention the revolutionary government of Paris, even the current Li Wei is not sure about using the Black Dragon Army to attack the Paris area.

There are too many people on the other side!
Therefore, most of the frontal battles that Li Wei's troops encounter now are fought on relatively flat terrain, with at most some unsightly woods around them. Real battles into the mountains are rare.

In the previous battle with Arno of the Marseilles, the two wings detoured, but a mountain jungle battle broke out in some areas. It turned out that the French army surrendered in the face of the sharpshooter's interception...

Since then, the revolutionary government of Paris has known that Li Wei still has an elite team who is very good at mountain jungle warfare, and it is even more impossible to send regular troops to fight in the mountains with Li Wei.

Of course, the difficulties in logistics and supply transportation in the mountainous jungles are also one of the reasons why European powers are unwilling to fight head-on battles in the mountains and forests in this era.

Li Wei is preparing for the war, and the revolutionary government in Paris is not idle. The first batch of veterans and recruits to complete the training has been continuously heading for the Provence area and Languedoc-Roussillon, which is next door to Li Wei's territory. area.

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(End of this chapter)