18th century total war

Chapter 227 Occupying Marseille
It's a pity that the king of Aragon and his cabinet ministers, who were enlightened by the administration, could not violate the orders issued by Li Wei in private-resolutely resist to the end, and try their best to bleed the Kingdom of Spain!

Even King Aragon and his cabinet ministers, Li Wei helped arrange the retreat. Once the city of Barcelona could not be defended, King Aragon could take his confidants and cabinet ministers and flee to the city controlled by the Li Wei regime. In mainland France, Li Wei will temporarily protect them secretly.

When needed, these escaped people can be transformed into the government-in-exile of the Kingdom of Catalonia.

Li Wei didn't care about the deaths and injuries of the Catalan people, but the administrative enlightenment talents he managed to fool needed to be protected.

Li Wei will not let them die easily until the value of Aragorn's party is drained.

As a port city in Barcelona, ​​it is not difficult to escape a few people.

Now Li Wei really doesn't have the energy to take care of the Kingdom of Spain, let alone the endorsement of the Kingdom of Spain by the Anti-French Alliance. In a vague way, Li Wei has already seen the encirclement network formed by the Anti-French Alliance, trying to lock the road to the rise of France .

Fortunately, the Anti-French Alliance is still not sure how big Li Wei's ambitions are. For a country bumpkin baron, it is already a great honor to become the ruler of a country, and it is time to stop!
If Li Wei didn't have a total war system, Unified France would naturally be satisfied, but as a qualified fighter, how could Li Wei stop his war steps?
The country's fear of war and the pursuit of peace are, to put it bluntly, based on the fact that the outcome of the war cannot be determined.

Once a national government determines that a war must be won, it will definitely launch an invasion without hesitation. This is how most wars in human history have broken out.

Levi didn't want to deal with foreign affairs for the time being, and all his focus was on the attack on Marseille.

Karl is leading more than 2 main forces of the Black Dragon Legion into the Languedoc-Roussillon area in a mighty manner. He has not encountered any organized resistance along the way. The destruction of the Southern Army has almost made this area lie flat Waiting for the Li Wei regime to come and take over...

It wasn't until the main force of the First Division of the Black Dragon Legion led by Karl entered the Provence area that they encountered real resistance. It's a pity that the opponent's troops were not many, and even a charge of the main force of the Black Dragon Legion could not be blocked...

Since the Southern Army of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army surrendered, Li Wei's troops became more abundant again. The French Revolutionary Government's National Salvation Revolutionary Army shrank its front completely. Many regions and provinces withdrew the National Salvation Revolutionary Army and handed it over to local armed forces and even urban armed forces. The citizens came to the defense.

Of course, under this situation, how many provinces and cities will sincerely resist?

The reputation of the Black Dragon Legion in France is tens or hundreds of times higher than that of foreign countries. After all, foreign governments will not publicize Li Wei's Black Dragon Legion record, and even try their best to block information to avoid panic.

In the era of only paper media, this kind of information blocking is very effective.

Even if the so-called gossip flows in, most people will instinctively trust the regular media newspapers managed by government agencies.

This is just like the reason why in the 21st century, the news released by the central government often has the final word. Regardless of whether you believe it or not, official media information will openly support the central government.

Otherwise, people around you will say that you have ulterior motives, or that you have a problem with your thinking...

This is actually the public opinion bonus brought about by government authority.

In the Internet age of the 21st century, the media in different countries will present diametrically opposite arguments, let alone in this era when public opinion communication tools are outdated?
Not to mention the differences in public opinion between countries, even in France itself, there are often different opinions in different regions.

In many provinces and cities under the control of the Li Wei regime, the people still yearn for the French revolutionary regime in private. For the same reason, in some provinces and cities under the control of the French revolutionary regime, most of the people also believe that the revolutionary regime is about to fail and are ready to welcome the French revolution. Reign of the Livy regime.

Even the fugitive nobles who were hiding in XZ dared to reveal their identities publicly!
Although the army led by Karl only has more than 2 people, its military superiority is at the crushing level. After several crushing defeats in field confrontations, the Marseille Municipal Revolutionary Committee finally recognized the reality.

Their confrontation with the First Division of the Black Dragon Legion led by Karl in the field is no different from hitting a stone with a pebble!
As a result, the Marseille Municipal Revolutionary Committee began to go all out to arm the citizens of Marseille who were eager for revolution, and began to gather all the troops that could be gathered in the Provence region.

Even the public security police in the countryside did not let go.

When the army led by Karl approached Marseille, Marseille had gathered more than 10 armed forces!

In addition to the young and strong men in the necessary production positions in Marseille, all Marseille men who can fight are required to take up arms.

Even due to the lack of firearms, many old and young Marseille 'militia' were equipped with cold weapons.

Swords, spears and even shields, bows and crossbows can be seen everywhere here.

Prior to this, the Municipal Revolutionary Committee of Marseille had requested weapons assistance from the National Salvation Committee in Paris, but Robespierre rejected the request of the Municipal Revolutionary Committee of Marseille on the grounds that the inventory of weapons in the Defense of Paris was insufficient...

Robespierre did not deliberately embarrass the city of Marseilles, but Paris really did not have extra muskets for them!

However, Robespierre was not without any assistance. He sent a large amount of potatoes to Marseille...

Well, at least the food problem after the siege of Marseille was solved.

2 people attacked a city guarded by more than [-] people. Judging from the data alone, it seems that Marseilles will undoubtedly win, but neither the Municipal Revolutionary Committee of Marseilles nor the National Salvation Committee in Paris has much confidence in victory...

As for the Li Wei regime, it is believed that this is a war without any suspense.

At the defense line on the outskirts of Marseille, Karl put down his monocular and gave a calm order: "Start attacking."

Due to inexperience in the war, the Marseille militia defenders, who were killed and injured a lot in the bombardment of the Black Dragon Corps, had not recovered from the large-scale bombardment when they saw groups of infantrymen in black uniforms striding forward. Come.

Their faces were cold, and they completely ignored the solid iron ball flying past them. They didn't even look at their teammates who were smashed by the iron ball, and kept closing the distance between the two sides steadily and in unison.

Then there was a volley of guns that the Maasai militiamen had never seen before. They hit the Maasai militiamen who appeared, killing and wounding them, and they were so frightened that they all retracted their heads.

The Guards infantry completed the fire suppression with great ease, even though their troops were much smaller than the Marseille defenders opposite!
At the same time, the mortars behind were also lifted up, and began to bombard the Marseille militia behind the chest defense line continuously.

Have the Maasai militia ever seen such a war scene?
A boy who looked less than 14 years old was holding an arquebus that was longer than his height, lying on the ground sprawled on the ground, crying with his own breastfeeding strength while streaming tears and snot:
"Mom! I'm going home!

I don't want to fight, I was wrong!I should have listened to my mother..."

Such a shameful statement was not despised by anyone, because there are many people around who broke down like this boy to the point of crying, and some even fainted from fright!
Behind the chest defense line, there was a strong smell of urine. Perhaps even the infantry guards of the Black Dragon Legion would not have thought that the Marseille Legion that came out of this city had caused unimaginable losses to the Black Dragon Legion. As a result, the citizens' armed forces in Marseille turned out to be so vulnerable.

During the process of clearing the roadblocks and filling the trenches, the infantry guards received almost no return fire. It seemed that the Marseille militiamen behind the chest defense line were all killed by poorly aimed mortar shells...

Of course, if the mortar shells had such terrifying power, they would have been killed by the enemy's mortars long ago with the Black Dragon Legion's tactics!

In fact, except for the Marseille defenders who escaped, most of the Marseille defenders were lying behind the chest line of defense, holding their heads and shrinking their bodies, like helpless little quails...

Even though the resistance of the Marseille defenders was so weak that it did not match the reputation of the Marseilles, the infantry guards still followed the established tactical requirements and threw large grenades one after another before climbing the small wooden ladder and crossing the chest defense line.

After the explosion, before the smoke cleared, the first group of infantrymen had already crossed the chest line.

Many Marseille militiamen suddenly saw their mortal enemy jumping into their field of vision in a black military uniform, and seemed to be inspired to bleed courage.

A young man was murdered by the Black Dragon Legion because his own brother joined the Marseille Legion. In an instant, he overcame the fear in his heart, jumped up from the ground with a hideous face, held a machete, and moved The infantrymen rushed over.

"what!!!

I'm fighting with you demons! "

bang~
The infantry guards raised their guns to aim and shoot in one go. Within a distance of less than ten steps, lead bullets accurately passed through the head of this Marseille militiaman who was trying to desperately.

However, there are more than just one or two Marseille militiamen who have a bloody feud with the Black Dragon Legion.

After seeing the uniforms of the Black Dragon Legion, many Marseille militiamen rushed forward with their own weapons as if they had been beaten with blood.

"Return my father's life!"

"Son, I will avenge you today!"

"Brother, brother, I will accompany you soon!"

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The cries of revenge one after another are louder than revolutionary slogans, and they are more likely to arouse the blood in the hearts of the people.

Soon, behind the chest line of defense, the Maasai militia launched a real resistance!
The destruction of the Marseille Legion almost made every family in Marseille city mourn. Even if no family members were killed in the battle, there were still relatives and friends who died at the hands of the Black Dragon Legion.

The Municipal Revolutionary Committee of Marseilles made good use of this point. Most of the defenders and militias stationed at the main line of defense on the outskirts of Marseilles were people who had blood feuds with the Marseilles Legion.

It is true that some of these people were cowardly and cowardly, but most of them, driven by the revenge slogans of the surrounding crowd, climbed up one after another with red eyes, and killed the black dragon army with a posture of being the only one!
In this way, fierce hand-to-hand combat broke out behind the chest line of defense. Although the Marseille defenders' militias were insufficient in combat effectiveness, their victory was due to their daring to work hard and their numbers!
The number of infantrymen who have just crossed the chest line is still relatively small, and many infantrymen have to face double-digit double-teaming by the enemy!
The principle that two fists are difficult to defeat with four hands is common everywhere, and the infantry guards soon suffered a lot of casualties!
This was something Carl hadn't thought of.

The real casualties of the Black Dragon Legion's attack on Marseille turned out to be in the close-quarters combat!

However, this level of casualties is a fatal blow to the ordinary regular army, and it is nothing to the Black Dragon Army. Even if all the first batch of infantry soldiers were killed in battle, none of them retreated. Troops have won valuable time and space!

As more and more guard infantry rushed in, the slogan of revenge became less and less, and the screams of people before death became the mainstream. Many Marseilles were exhausted physically, or were shocked by the tragic casualties around them. Militia, fear reignited.

They cried and shouted, threw away their weapons, and fled towards the urban area of ​​Marseille.

Under the pursuit of the guard infantry, the rout quickly became the mainstream, and the guard infantry relied on their stronger physical fitness to easily break through the Marseille side wall defense line following a large group of rout soldiers.

After all, the regular army in Marseille is too small, less than [-]% of the [-] defenders!
Under the momentum of the crushing crowd, this regular army couldn't resist at all, even the city gate couldn't be closed!

It didn't take long before thousands of infantrymen rushed into the urban area of ​​Marseille with a large number of broken soldiers, and fierce street fighting broke out in the urban area of ​​Marseille.

As the second largest city in France with a strong revolutionary atmosphere, the resistance of Marseille is still very strong, and the advantage in military strength is too great.

Almost every Maasai militiaman holding a musket was followed by a Maasai militiaman holding a cold weapon. When the musketeer died, another Maasai militiaman picked up the musket and continued to fight.

If the enemy rushes up to fight hand-to-hand, the Maasai militia with cold weapons can still help.

It's a pity that the tactical ideal is very rich, but the actual battlefield is too cruel.

Frightened by the enemy's offensive and the tragic battlefield, many Marseille militiamen dropped their weapons and fled back to their homes. In the face of death, revolutionary enthusiasm seemed not so reliable.

Even those Marseille militiamen who were sincerely willing to fight to the end for the revolution were retreating steadily under the strong individual combat effectiveness of the infantry guards!

The defenders of Marseille tried their best to resist. Tens of thousands of people rushed to the barricades one after another, but in the end they only resisted for a day and a night.

During the night battle, the Marseille City militia wanted to regain the lost position by relying on the darkness, but unexpectedly the Guards infantry went with them. As a result, a collision in the dark caused the entire city of Marseille to fall completely!

(End of this chapter)