18th century total war

Chapter 187 Dangerous situation
Coordinating hundreds of thousands of troops to fight is not something that can be accomplished in a short period of time. The Revolutionary Army for National Salvation needs time to arrange for it to shift from strategic defense to strategic offensive.

Of course, there are also a large number of indispensable preachers who enter the frontline troops to boost the morale of the soldiers of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army and let the soldiers of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army know why they are fighting!

Why was it that the revolutionary army after the French Revolution was able to win repeated battles against the anti-French alliance despite not having superior weapons and equipment?
It is because of these revolutionary troops that most of the soldiers know why they are fighting. They have hope and actively want to change France!

Even in the history of Li Wei's previous life, the strong morale of the French army after the French Revolution was triggered by revolutionary ideas, and Napoleon just played a very good leading role.

If Napoleon at that time commanded not the French army after the French Revolution, but the Prussian army or the Austrian army, he would never have achieved so many brilliant victories, and often won more with less.

An army that does not fight for money but understands why it fights has unimaginable advantages in this era!

However, the current revolutionary army is still far from a certain army with perfect ideological leadership in later generations, and there is still a distance from the real fear of death.

Naturally, Li Wei could not hide the large-scale mobilization of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army.

It's just that Li Wei has already made preparations for the French Revolutionary Government's full-scale attack, even though there are still a large number of National Salvation Revolutionary Army who have not completed their recruit training, and the military strength of the French Revolutionary Government has not reached the peak level!

With the return of Aragon and the successful coronation in Barcelona, ​​the Kingdom of Catalonia was formally established, and the Black Dragon Army's offensive against the Kingdom of Spain became smooth.

Because there are tens of thousands of Catalan legions behind the Black Dragon Legion responsible for logistics and two-wing guards, the main force of the Black Dragon Legion only needs to rush and fight.

However, battlefield advantages cannot compensate for political disasters.

Livy supported the establishment of the Kingdom of Catalonia, which immediately touched the sensitive nerves of the Anti-French Alliance. At this time, King Carlos IV of Spain, seeing that the situation was not good, sent people to the countries of the Anti-French Alliance to 'cry' .

The French revolutionary government has not yet been extinguished, and an important member country of the Anti-French Alliance has emerged as an independent kingdom on its own soil. This is simply a naked provocation to the Anti-French Alliance!
Not long after, Li Wei received a joint warning from the major powers of the anti-French alliance, requiring Li Wei to take back the Black Dragon Legion, publicly apologize to the Kingdom of Spain, and cooperate with the Kingdom of Spain to destroy the independent Kingdom of Catalonia...

It's obvious that Levi, who has a cheat, would do that if his brain was in trouble!

The Anti-French Alliance also seemed certain that Li Wei would not agree, and what they issued to Li Wei was more like an ultimatum.

As soon as the ultimatum time came, the London government immediately cut off the trading channel with the Li Wei regime!

Be real disconnected!

In the face of national justice, no matter how good the British capitalists are, they can no longer openly engage in smuggling trade...

And relying on the amount of smuggling in the shadows and the ultra-high prices is of little use to the current Kingdom of New France.

In addition to the trade blockade, the Anti-French Alliance also publicly designated the New Kingdom of France established by Livy as an illegal rebel organization without any legal authority, and fully supported the French Kingdom-in-Exile regime established by Louis XVIII under the protection of the Austrian army as orthodox.

Naturally, the anti-French coalition's claim is not much different from farting in France, but its influence outside France is still huge.

Under the publicity of the anti-French alliance, those 'foreigners' knew that Livy was a heinous traitor and dictatorial careerist who was oppressing the French people for his own ambitions and desires, and was the same as the French revolution that also exploited and oppressed the French people. The government is engaged in a 'war of ambition'.

In the French press abroad, the French Civil War was declared to be a contest between devils and devils, in order to vilify Livy and the French revolutionary regime.

This is the first time that the anti-French coalition has organized large-scale vilification of Li Wei, which has completely ruined Li Wei's reputation outside of France... Oh, by the way, Li Wei's reputation is also rotten in France...

In other words, from the perspective of reputation alone, Li Wei's current value is definitely negative. Once his army is defeated, he will not even have a place to escape!

In the eyes of outsiders, Li Wei's behavior of offending the Anti-French Alliance means that he is cutting himself off!

However, Li Wei didn't care, the Black Dragon Legion in Spain was still advancing towards Madrid!
The Catalan Legion, which followed the Black Dragon Legion, ate happily. The Black Dragon Legion did not occupy major cities and towns at all, and it was all cheaper for the Catalan Legion.

Of course, the tasks of the Catalan Legion are also very heavy. They need to extract a large amount of military supplies from the occupied area, and then transport them to the Black Dragon Legion in front.

The current logistics line of the Black Dragon Legion is almost entirely in the charge of the Kingdom of Catalonia.

With such a "loyal king" like Aragon, Li Wei naturally didn't have to worry about the main force of the Black Dragon Legion on the front line being cut off.

What makes Li Wei feel uncomfortable is that after several failures, the Madrid government seems to have recognized the huge difference in combat effectiveness between its own army and the Black Dragon Army. Absolutely superior force, and relying on a large number of city defense fortifications, to block the attack of the Black Dragon Army.

This caused the Black Dragon Legion to not see a single battle that met the battle evaluation standards of the Total War system during the process of advancing to Madrid. They were all destructive, fighting with the majority bullying the minority, and Li Wei failed to gain any glory points...

Karl brought more than [-] main forces of the Black Dragon Legion and hundreds of mortars and field cannons. He had just arrived in the province of Madrid when he received a letter sent to him by Li Wei from the rear.

Subsequently, Karl called all the officers of the rank of colonel to his military tent for a meeting.

At the meeting, Karl emphasized the crisis in the rear!

"The leading force of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army of the Paris Revolutionary Government has launched a full-scale offensive against the Dordogne province in the Aquitaine region, and has achieved a breakthrough with an absolutely superior force.

Our army has insufficient troops in the rear, and the Black Dragon Legion is not strong enough to defend the long border. Under the multi-point attack style of the Paris revolutionary government, it is difficult to stop their offensive.

Master Li Wei asked us to complete the occupation of Madrid within a week, and the maximum time should not exceed two weeks.

Because we still need time to withdraw to the French mainland and join the battle. After taking Madrid, we can go home and beat up those Jacobin butchers! "

(End of this chapter)