18th century total war

Chapter 202 Learning and Plagiarism

"In this way, the Jacobin revolutionary dictatorship can accurately recruit those serf soldiers who are truly grateful to them.

These serfs were ignorant and valued the land more than their own lives. After obtaining the land, they were easily brainwashed by the policy preachers sent by Jacobin.

In addition, the National Salvation Revolutionary Army under the leadership of Robespierre also specially selected poor men who did not have enough to eat to join the army in big cities with a strong revolutionary atmosphere.

These people had a very difficult life on weekdays. After entering the army, they could eat and drink enough. In addition, Jacobin’s preachers continued to carry out revolutionary brainwashing propaganda, and they also developed a strong sense of dependence on the Revolutionary Army for National Salvation.

Although they were not as hard-working as those serf soldiers who were assigned to the land, they also had the morale of a soldier who dared to fight tough battles.

The children of serfs and the poor in revolutionary cities were the largest source of soldiers for the National Salvation Revolutionary Army. In addition, when Robespierre dispatched the National Salvation Revolutionary Army to support the front line, he would specifically plan the provincial areas where they would pass through the land.

Then, Jacobin preachers were sent to organize the people, to provide food condolences to the large troops passing by, and to take the opportunity to strengthen the re-education of revolutionary ideology, which once again improved the fighting morale of the Revolutionary Army for National Salvation.

Of course, on the battlefield, the Revolutionary Army for National Salvation gave full play to the exemplary role of the officers in leading the charge, and put an end to the military ethos of the officers' shrinking, which also played a great role.

Most of the grassroots officers of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army are illiterate veterans, and the replenishment speed is very fast. Even if the consumption is huge during the battle, they can hold on.

This is the reason why the combat effectiveness of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army has been rapidly improved.

However, this morale boost is short-lived. According to our speculation, the Jacobin dictatorship is facing a severe national debt crisis, and the longer the confrontation lasts, the more debt they will accumulate financially.

In the worst case, the Jacobin dictatorship may well have to mortgage the right to issue money to the financial bank capitalists in Paris!
Therefore, the French revolutionary government could not support hundreds of thousands of troops to fight a protracted war.

The food support obtained from the distribution of fields and land was not lasting. Although the serf families who got the land divided up the property of the nobles and the church, they did not have much food surplus, and it was impossible to support the food consumption of the front line for a long time.

Compared with our army's logistical supply, the logistical supply of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army is like an attic in the air. The longer it drags on, the faster the chassis below will shatter.

Therefore, even if the National Salvation Revolutionary Army is not fully prepared, I am afraid that it will launch a large-scale all-out attack again around 1795. This will also be the last offensive of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army.

Once they are unable to make progress, whether it is financial problems or defeat on the battlefield, the French Revolutionary Government led by Robespierre will face the crisis of collapse. "

Li Wei nodded slightly after hearing this, and asked again: "How is the situation in Spain?"

"Report to my lord.

Under the call of Carlos IV, the provincial nobles from all over the Kingdom of Spain sent a total of 16 troops, totaling more than [-] people.

Surrounding the province of Madrid from all directions.

However, half of the 16-strong troops are militia troops trained by third-rate mercenaries and conscripted serfs, and their combat effectiveness is worrying.

Of course, that's for us.

For the Kingdom of Catalonia, the 16 troops made them feel unmatched pressure.

The cabinet of the Kingdom of Catalonia led by the King of Aragon had no intention of defending Madrid, and made a strategic plan to implement the scorched-earth policy while retreating.

He intends to retreat all the way to the mainland of Catalonia to establish a defense line, relying on the support of the Catalan people to fight a national defensive battle.

At that time, the King of Aragon and his cabinet are sure to arm the Catalan militia with the same number of 16 enemy troops in the Catalonia region to help the Catalan army resist the attack of the Spanish army .

The King of Aragon did not ask us for support, and the Kingdom of Catalonia should not be in danger of subjugation. "

"Scorched earth policy?"

Li Wei raised his brows and said puzzledly: "I remember that the towns from the province of Madrid to the Catalan region have been ransacked by the Catalan army?

Why do we still need to implement the scorched earth policy?
Do the Catalans want to burn down the houses of local residents?

There is no benefit in doing so except to push the local people towards the Spanish government.

Aragorn shouldn't be so short-sighted. "

"My lord is wise.

If even the houses are burned, the local people may have to join the Spanish army and fight the Catalans to the end.

Although those areas where the scorched-earth policy had been implemented had been looted and there was not much food and property to plunder, the King of Aragon planned to rob the young men in these areas.

The Spanish army that came over left a land full of old, weak, sick and pregnant women!
In this way, not only will it leave a huge burden on the Spanish government, but it will also cause a devastating blow to the local economy.

After all, young men are the most important source of productivity and soldiers in this era.

And these plundered young men will all be demoted to slave labor when they arrive in Catalonia.

The King of Aragon wants to imitate our labor agency system and use these Spanish men to farm land to make up for the imbalance of rural labor caused by the large number of Catalan men joining the army.

In this way, the King of Aragon could freely recruit a large number of Catalan men to join the army and maintain the logistics to fight a long war. "

"Hehe, our current system has been learned by many people.

Aragon learned from our labor service system, and the French revolutionary government copied our military system and supervisor system. The only thing that has not changed is the arrogant anti-French alliance countries. "

Li Wei laughed at himself.

However, Manid, who was in the lower position, reminded softly: "My lord, many countries in the anti-French alliance are actually imitating our army's military system on a small scale, setting up fixed battalion and regiment levels above the company, Division-level combat units.

It's just that they are only implemented in a small number of experimental units, at most the size of a division, and have not been widely promoted. "

"Oh, according to you, the whole of Europe is learning from us.

It's really a great honor! "

"Sir, there are many countries on the continent of Europe that sneer at our military system. As far away as the Russian Empire in Eastern Europe, and as close as there are many countries in Italy, including the Kingdom of Sardinia.

The Kingdom of Sardinia, in particular, has been belittling our military system in political propaganda. "

(End of this chapter)