18th century total war

Chapter 253 Destroying the Glory Points of the Kingdom of France

Step, step, step...

The sound of uniform footsteps resounded on the streets of Geneva. Soldiers wearing ship-shaped cocked hats and dark blue or black military uniforms walked on the street with bayonets and flintlock guns.

In the distance, the white iris flag representing the Bourbon dynasty has been thrown to the ground, and the red, white and blue tricolor flag symbolizing the French Republic is slowly rising. At the same time, beside the red, white and blue tricolor flag there is A black dragon battle flag fluttered in the wind.

Geneva, the capital of the restored French kingdom, fell into the hands of the French Wehrmacht without any resistance.

Today's French Defense Forces uniforms mainly have two styles, one is dark blue during the French Revolutionary Government period, and the other is black during the original Black Dragon Legion period.

With the large-scale military expansion in a short period of time, Li Wei had to make concessions in less important places such as military uniforms in the face of the poor French finances.

After the original blue military uniform of the French Revolutionary Government was restructured, it was worn by the reorganized French Defense Forces.

Otherwise, Li Wei would not be able to spend enough money to buy hundreds of thousands of black military uniforms.

The original French revolutionary government chose blue uniforms not because the national flag of the French revolutionary government was red, white and blue, but because France had a colony in the West Indies, which was rich in indigo dye, which allowed the French government to obtain cheap blue Dye to make military uniforms.

Later, after Britain declared war, the French navy could not beat the British Royal Navy, and the shipping route between the colonies rich in indigo dye and the French mainland was cut off by the British Royal Navy, which prevented Levi from mass-producing dark blue military uniforms.

Therefore, the current French Defense Forces are black uniforms juxtaposed with dark blue uniforms.

As for the police uniform, choose the cheapest white uniform...

For European countries at this time, except for the fact that the British army, which had colonies all over the world and was capable of escorting them, had no uniform color restrictions, the uniforms of the European armies tended to be cheap.

As the size of the army becomes larger and larger, military uniforms have become a vital military expenditure. After all, a soldier cannot only have one set of military uniforms. Wear and combat consumption must also be considered.

The most expensive raw material in making military uniforms is dye.

Of course, white military uniforms are the cheapest (because no dye is needed), followed by black military uniforms, and the prices of other colors of military uniforms are not much different.

Of course, if the colony or native has a corresponding dye production area, it will become very cost-effective.

Why did Prussia use black and gray military uniforms?

Because of the capital word 'poor'!

For example, Britain adopts red military uniforms, and Spain adopts shit-yellow military uniforms. This actually demonstrates the financial resources that the two countries have plundered from their colonies.

As for Austria, naturally only cheap white can be used...

Of course, these military uniforms are mainly aimed at big countries, and there are no restrictions on small countries. After all, small countries don’t have many troops, and there is no need to buy cheap dyes for the amount of military uniforms.

After the fall of Geneva, Livy's government immediately announced that the rebel Kingdom of France had been destroyed, and the French Republic had achieved true unity.

Subsequently, Karl's First Army, which occupied the southeast of France, just like those things that had been done in the south of France, began to hunt down people who were originally associated with the Southeastern Liberal League and the restored royalist party.

Those charged with light crimes will be sent to labor offices and Jiaofang Division, while those with serious crimes will be sent to the gallows or guillotine (judging according to their status, those with low status will go to the gallows, and those with high status will go to the guillotine).

In this purge, the beauty of women has become very important. After all, beautiful women are an important tool for making money for the Secretary of the Li Wei regime. They will be executed, and at most they will be sent to the Jiaofang Division for 'intensive' training.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the low social status of women in this era and it is difficult to become the backbone.

After the news of the liberation of Geneva and the fall of the Kingdom of France spread back to Paris, enthusiastic Parisians immediately took to the streets to organize celebrations. Many of them were sponsored by capitalists. These capitalists were more or less related to the Paris Revolutionary Party. A disconnected relationship.

The Revolutionary Party in the French Republic is not an illegal organization. Livy's entry into Paris was a peace agreement signed with the former Directory. The Parliament of the French Republic should have been the base camp of the Revolutionary Party. This is the most direct affirmation of the achievements of the French Revolution. .

Therefore, colluding with the Paris Revolutionary Party is not an illegal act, but what these capitalists don't know is that their actions have been secretly recorded by the spies of Manid's General Intelligence Bureau, and they will wait until the big purges come in the future Finally, let’s clear up together.

With the financial help of the capitalists, the citizens of Paris, whose pockets are cleaner than their faces, will naturally have drinks for celebration.

This spontaneous celebration by the citizens of Paris was supported by the Propaganda Department of the Li Wei government. After all, this was an opportunity to boost Li Wei's reputation.

The failure of the restoration of the Kingdom of France was a real achievement of Li Wei, the Chief Consul!

At the same time, Levi also received a strategic victory reward from the total war system.

Although the Kingdom of France had never been destroyed, and the French Defense Forces had been beating the Army of the Kingdom of France in a destructive situation, the political bonus for this victory was very high, so Li Wei was rewarded with a full 30 Glory Points!

Li Wei received such a generous reward, which naturally had a lot to do with the fact that the royalist forces in the French Republic were unable to recover after experiencing this blow.

After Geneva was captured and the news of the fall of the Kingdom of France came back, the cabinet of the Li Wei government immediately received a large number of middle and low-level government employees who took the initiative to report, and the secret line of the Royalist Party in Paris was uprooted!

This time, it is not the administrative enlightenment that is helping, but the real desire of the people!
Most of the government officials and even bureaucrats who were promised to be bought by Louis XVIII chose to report.

Of course, these people are also guilty. After reporting, they will inevitably be reviewed. Demotion punishment or suspension of salary for a few months are very normal phenomena.

However, this kind of voluntary surrender and reporting has an advantage-you will not be kicked out of the government department and lose your job.

This is why many people take the initiative to report the royalist forces.

In the eyes of most French people, the Bourbon dynasty is completely out of control in France. Louis XVIII fled to Vienna with his followers to form the French Kingdom's government-in-exile, which is more like a political joke.

Everyone saw the defeat of the Prussian-Austrian coalition and remembered it in their hearts.

After the French National Defense Forces' training was completed, Levi began to screen the Prussian prisoners of war and send them to the system military camps.

Of course, it is impossible for all the more than 6000 Prussian prisoners of war to be trained as systematic guard infantry. Among them, those with hidden injuries and old age must be eliminated, leaving 1 people for brainwashing and training.

Li Wei didn't want his infantry guards to die of old age before dying on the battlefield...

Li Wei spent 10 points of glory to start training the first batch of French Foreign Legion - the Prussian Legion.

The Prussian Legion will become the regular army of the French Republic. It is claimed that the Prussian prisoners of war have been educated by the Li Wei government and are willing to serve Li Wei, the chief executive of the French Republic, thus forming the Prussian Legion.

After a series of great victories, Livy no longer covered up and directly promoted that the Prussian Army was loyal to himself and not to the French Republic!

After the fall of the Kingdom of France, the war in France came to an end temporarily, but the anti-French alliance was not calm at all.

In the Prime Minister's Office in London, Prime Minister Pitt's angry growls were heard.

"That fool Godoy, who unites with the enemies of Spain against his allies!
Even willing to recognize the independence of Catalonia!

Are Spaniards all idiots with shit in their heads? ! "

His remaining sanity prevented Prime Minister Peter from publicly abusing members of the royal family like Carlos IV.

In Europe at this time, the identity of the king is very sacred. Even if it is a hostile country, as long as it is a king with legitimacy and recognized by European countries, it will not abuse without reason, otherwise it may become a political stain. .

At least, a prime minister whose status is lower than the king cannot do this. If everyone is a king, there will be no such concerns.

Pete is only the prime minister and not the king. He naturally dare not abuse Carlos IV at will, and spread it to create an unnecessary stain on his political career.

The reason for Prime Minister Pete's anger is naturally because the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of France formed a military alliance and used the army originally used to attack France to attack the Kingdom of Portugal.

By the time the London government received the news, most of the territory of the Kingdom of Portugal had been occupied by the Army of the Kingdom of Spain.

If it weren't for the guerrillas in the occupied areas of the Kingdom of Portugal to resist the Spanish invasion, it is estimated that the Spaniards have already entered Lisbon, the capital of the Kingdom of Portugal...

However, when the London government got the news, the main force of the Kingdom of Portugal had been completely defeated. Although the Lisbon government announced that all citizens would be armed to fight the Spanish invaders to the end, all fools knew that there was a gap between the young and strong citizens who were temporarily armed and the regular army. How big!
If the war is allowed to continue like this, it will only be a matter of time before the Kingdom of Spain perishes and the Kingdom of Portugal will be destroyed. The difference in size between the two sides lies there.

Moreover, in order to "recover blood" from the Franco-Spanish War, the Kingdom of Spain is extremely united in this war against the Kingdom of Portugal. Those Spanish nobles who originally liked to make Carlos IV uncomfortable also supported each and every one of them, just because Carlos IV promised to set aside a large piece of land from Portugal's territory to the Spanish nobles as fiefdoms.

There is no noble who does not like the expansion of his fiefdom!

The Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Portugal are absolutely unstoppable.

"Your Majesty Prime Minister, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Portugal hopes that we can send troops to rescue Lisbon."

Listening to the foreign minister's words, Prime Minister Pete was silent for a moment, calmed down the anger in his heart, and calmly replied: "Tell the envoys of the Kingdom of Portugal that we have not resolved the rebellion in Ireland, and we cannot dispatch the army to help them for the time being.

However, the Royal Navy of Great Britain can help them attack the "Invincible Fleet" of the Kingdom of Spain, and deliver the war supplies they need to their soldiers and civilians.

The British Empire will never abandon its friends. "

Prime Minister Pitt politely rejected the request to send an army to help the Kingdom of Portugal, just as the Spanish cabinet government had expected.

The suppression of the Irish rebellion is all a pretense. Now the Irish rebellion has not subsided, but the Irish rebels have been beaten by the red shirts and dare not go out of the jungle and mountains. It is only a matter of time before they starve to death and flee.

The British Red Shirts did not pursue it, just to avoid excessive losses.

The reason why Prime Minister Pete did not send troops to land is simple.

The size of the British Continental Army was too small, and he didn't want to expand the British Army, so he had to give up supporting the Kingdom of Portugal.

Of course, there is another point. Now that the capital of the Kingdom of Portugal has not fallen, Prime Minister Pete feels that the Portuguese can continue to play with the Spaniards.

It is better to die the Portuguese than to die the British.

As for the Armada that attacked the Kingdom of Spain, it was naturally Prime Minister Pete's means of revenge.

The navy of the Kingdom of Spain is very powerful, and Prime Minister Peter will never allow the navies of France and the Kingdom of Spain to merge into one, taking advantage of this opportunity to destroy as many Spanish warships as possible.

Attacking the fleet of the Kingdom of Spain can just consolidate Great Britain's maritime supremacy.

Nowadays, apart from the civil war ships huddled in ports defended by shore guns, the French fleet has only a handful of active ships on the ocean. France has completely lost its sea power. Prime Minister Pitt thinks that the Kingdom of Spain can also lose its sea power.

Instigated by the London government, the anti-French alliance declared war collectively on the Kingdom of Spain, which was allied with the French Republic. The British Royal Navy launched a brazen attack, searching for the main force of the Kingdom of Spain's Invincible Fleet in search of a decisive battle.

Under the blockade of the British Royal Navy, the sea route between the Kingdom of Spain and the colonies was almost cut off, causing the Kingdom of Spain to lose a lot of wealth.

After the Kingdom of Portugal received the endorsement of the British, it rejected the armistice treaty proposed by the Madrid government to cede territory and pay compensation, and the Spanish-Portuguese War continued.

The British merchant ships not only supported the Lisbon government, but also supported the guerrillas on the Portuguese mainland to fight against the Spanish army.

And the Spanish Army once again took out the means to deal with the Catalonia region, launching a search and massacre of towns and villages in those areas where the guerrillas are active!

Rape and looting had become a routine operation of the Spanish Army in Portugal.

This further inspired the anti-aggression struggle of the Portuguese people, and the Spanish Army had to leave a large number of troops stationed in the occupied area to suppress local guerrillas.

Thanks to the frozen purple maple leaf for rewarding 100 starting coins.

(End of this chapter)