18th century total war

Chapter 166 Can't even cross the border
In the theater of the Austrian Netherlands, Fatis took a few trusted guards and took advantage of the rest of the front-line battle to come to the soldiers who were resting behind the chest barrier.

The arrival of Fatis immediately made the officers and soldiers who passed by excitedly get up from the ground. Many soldiers even had cloth strips wrapped around their arms or heads, and the cloth strips were covered with red and black blood!
These wounded were the lucky ones, if the buckshot hit their torsos, or entered their bodies, they would not have been able to stay here.

"Brave soldiers, Paris is watching us from behind, the flag of Free France leads us, the more foreign invaders we kill here, the safer our families behind the lines will be.

The great Jacobin can then mobilize more troops to protect our family and friends, and suppress the evil Levi's rebels!
For freedom, equality, and fraternity, French citizens will never back down! "

Fatis gave a very simple impromptu speech on the front line, which immediately made the officers and soldiers on the front line stand up collectively, shouting the revolutionary slogan of 'freedom, equality and fraternity'.

It is this kind of belief that allows them to withstand nearly double the repeated attacks of the enemy here!

At this moment, the anti-French coalition position on the opposite side suddenly burst into rumbling gunfire, and the French revolutionary soldiers who had just stood up immediately returned to their combat positions under the shouts of the grassroots officers.

However, the northern French army led by Fatis, who was seriously short of artillery ammunition, did not dare to engage in such a poorly aimed artillery battle with the opponent in order to save shells and gunpowder. Fatis quickly left the dangerous area under the cover of his own guards. forward position.

Over the past few days, the position of the commander of the Northern Army Group has allowed Fatis to develop a bureaucratic style that is common in this era and even in the 21st century.

However, Fatis, who was able to come to the front line to condolences at such a time, was already considered a relatively outstanding type in the 18th century. The noble generals of those monarchy countries rarely took the initiative to go to the dangerous front line for inspection.

In this era, the so-called aristocratic officers who take the lead in charging actually refer to officers below the school level. When it comes to majors and above, basically it is rare to take the lead in charging.

Not to mention generals!

Therefore, the frontline soldiers of the Northern Army were excited by Fatis' visit to the frontline in person.

The status of Fatis today is much higher than that of an ordinary small 'cadre' of the Jacobin branch.

There were not many casualties, but after the bombardment that smashed many roadblocks, waves of large battalion-level squares flying Dutch, Prussian, and Austrian flags began to rush towards the defense line of the Northern Army.

Not long after Fatis left, there was a dense volley of gunfire from the front line, and it quickly turned into the sound of shouts and bayonet melee.

One after another, the troops continued to support and replace the teams with more losses and huge physical exertion, against the enemy's attack echelon that kept coming up.

After the fight lasted for several hours, the attacking anti-French coalition troops withdrew due to lack of stamina and casualties.

Then came another round of shelling!

In terms of firepower, the northern group army led by Fatis was at an absolute disadvantage. Only when the enemy infantry rushed up, would they let their own artillery bombard them.

"General Fatis, the enemy's offensive is very fierce. Although our morale is good, we have lost a lot. If we continue to fight like this, our soldiers will not be able to withstand the exhaustion."

Wright, who was used to the position of staff officer, found Fatis and handed him a battle damage report and reported it.

Fatis looked around and found that they were all the sharpshooter's own people assigned to him by Li Wei, he shrugged indifferently and said: "I will send some more preachers to the troops below to do ideological education work.

Anyway, these people are loyal to the Jacobin government, and they are not our own direct troops, so what if they are all dead?
And the more tenaciously we fight here, the more meritorious service we will have on the side of the Paris Revolutionary Government, and the less likely they will revoke my military power. Didn’t you see where we are now? Didn’t the Paris Revolutionary Government send a special commissioner?
Oh, by the way, I will summarize the casualty data, and I will submit it to the Paris Revolutionary Government when I have a chance in the future, so that they can worry about pensions! "

"General, with so many casualties, if the revolutionary government of Paris finds out, I'm afraid they will question our command ability."

"That's why I said looking for an opportunity. I definitely can't send it now. Lord Li Wei has already sent someone to inform us. The more victories we win, the better!
And look at how beautiful the land of the Austrian Netherlands is. If we withdraw to the mainland of France, how can we have any reason to let our soldiers replenish on the spot?

The financial resources of the revolutionary government in Paris are all tilted towards the Revolutionary Army for National Salvation. The logistical supplies for us are only some ammunition and ammunition, and most of the food needs to be raised by ourselves!

So, we need to be nailed here, nailed here no matter the cost! "

Naturally, Fatis' performance could not escape the eyes and ears of the revolutionary government in Paris, or Fatis did not have the prerequisites to hide it at all.

However, Fatis resisted the most powerful Dutch, Prussian, Austrian and some Holy Roman Empire state troops who acted as "cheerleaders", which made the Paris Revolutionary Government very satisfied.

Even Robespierre, a suspicious dictatorial politician, no longer looked suspiciously at Fatis, but devoted himself wholeheartedly to the training and formation of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army.

In addition to the good news from Fatis, the news that the Revolutionary Army for National Salvation in the south, with far fewer troops than the enemy, repelled the Spaniards also reached the revolutionary government in Paris.

Not long after, good news came from the east. More than 3 Italian coalition forces with the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia at their core were repelled by more than 1 National Salvation Revolutionary Army defenders!

The anti-French alliance's very high-profile three-sided attack, none of them penetrated into the territory of France!
With such a brilliant record, the public opinion newspapers controlled by the National Salvation Committee naturally tried their best to add more publications to publicize the victorious achievements of the revolution and boost the morale of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army!

Now, after the military reform led by Robespierre (mainly learning from Li Wei's supervisor system), the miscellaneous troops under the Paris Revolutionary Government have been selected by the survival of the fittest, and merged with the recruits to form the National Salvation Revolutionary Army.

Only the northern group army led by Fatis in the Austrian Netherlands, which is still deep outside the French mainland, did not carry out the reform of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army.

However, Fatis has already handed in his report on the establishment of a preacher system following the example of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army. Otherwise, the Northern Army Group would not be able to erupt such a strong combat effectiveness. Facing the anti-French coalition forces with more troops than themselves and the advantage of artillery, Can stand upright.

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