18th century total war

Chapter 261 How to Restrain Self-Explosion Tactics?

"Everyone, all Austrian troops in Italy have been withdrawn. For at least a year, the Vienna government has no ability to organize new troops into Italy, unless Emperor Franz of the Holy Roman Empire does not want his Vienna capital anymore. !
Therefore, now is the golden age of our army. In the rich northern region of Italy, we only need to face the weak Italian state army.

Oh no, I was wrong. Now there are not many Italian national troops left. Our scouts obtained a piece of information from captured prisoners and local residents. Being punished, they all disbanded on their own.

Therefore, what we are facing next is just the city guards who fear the enemy like tigers in the rich cities in northern Italy.

I believe that as long as there is a division of troops in their field of vision and an envoy to persuade them to surrender, these Italian cities will be able to surrender one after another.

Of course, there may be diehards among them, but if there are diehards, they will give us the best reason to loot!

Remember, Italy is a huge area, and we must concentrate enough troops to prevent the desperate counterattack of the Austrians and the stubborn resistance of the impoverished southern Italian region of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies.

Next, our strategic goal is to save as many troops as possible to persuade the cities to surrender. It is best to leave only one or two companies in each city to maintain our temporary occupation and security issues.

For the remaining main force, I will send two divisions to stay in the Venice area to prevent the Austrians from counterattacking, and the rest of the main force will go south with me.

We want to occupy the entire territory of the Italian peninsula in the shortest possible time, and then carry out the mission entrusted to us by Lord Li Wei! "

"Lieutenant General Karl, I don't understand one thing. Since we can conquer the entire Italian peninsula, why don't we turn this place into the territory of France?"

Carl looked at the major general who spoke, and a summary of the opponent's character suddenly appeared in his mind. In short, there are only two words - reckless!
Even with the orders issued by Mr. Li Wei himself, this major general and division commander also likes to take his general guards to scout the enemy's situation within the effective range of the enemy's artillery on the front line!
This is not necessary at all!

Karl knew very well that the reason why the other party did this was very simple. This person had a serious mental illness, and he liked the smell of blood and gunpowder on the battlefield!

Karl can understand mental illness, including himself, so the French defense officers and soldiers who have been trained will more or less have mental illnesses.

Moreover, mental illnesses are all related to words such as violence, bloodthirsty, and madness. It is not difficult to understand that outsiders regard the former Black Dragon Legion and the current French Defense Forces as lunatics...

Fortunately, the French National Defense Forces adopt closed management. Even in peacetime, soldiers rarely leave their military camps. Civilian personnel under the Logistics Department are responsible for the procurement of relevant materials.

The logistics department in the cabinet, to put it bluntly, is the department that serves the French Defense Forces.

However, among the group of mentally ill patients in the French Defense Forces, some of them are very serious, so serious that they will not stop until they play themselves to death...

It's not that this kind of mentally ill patients really don't want to live anymore, but that their pursuit of the excitement of war and killing has reached the extreme of morbidity. The environment of bullets and bullets is a terrible hell for ordinary people, but for this kind of mentally ill For patients with serious illness, it is a happy paradise...

Karl was very sure that if it hadn't been for Master Li Wei's order to restrain the senior general, the other party would definitely be the first major general and division commander in his army to die in battle!

It is impossible for this kind of person to be promoted to such a high position as a major general in a normal army, but in an army composed of a group of mental patients, Karl can only choose the tallest among the dwarfs, at least the opponent's military ability is still passable.

"I hope you understand that we are fighting against the Austrians and the aristocratic class in Italy. At most, we can add a church force. After all, a lot of the military expenditure of the Italian coalition is supported by the Holy See.

But once we occupy Italy for a long time, will those Italians, whose language is completely different from ours, be willing to accept the fate of becoming French?
Don't forget, the relationship between the Italians and us is not very good.

The weak Spaniards can mobilize a large number of desperate guerrillas when we occupy it, and the Italians can do the same, and the Italian guerrillas will inevitably have a lot of financial support behind them.

For the Italian peninsula, which is full of ports, the gold masters behind the Italian guerrillas can provide them with sufficient war supplies by sea. How many troops will we need to station in order to maintain the stable rule of the Italian region?

Don't forget, there are still millions of people in a state of hunger in our mainland France!
We cannot leave too many troops on the Italian peninsula and continue to squeeze the local people to provide military supplies for a long time.

At that time, I am afraid that the Italian peninsula has not been pacified, and a new round of large-scale popular uprisings will break out in mainland France.

Before the anti-French alliance is resolved, we can no longer allow large-scale riots within the mainland. "

The truth that Karl said was naturally told to him by Li Wei himself before the expedition. Politically speaking, Karl was Li Wei's student, and almost all of Karl's political ideas and opinions were inherited from Li Wei.

"Even if we can't completely conquer the Italian peninsula, we have established such a large territory that we can support and establish some vassal state regimes to help us rule and let the Italians manage the Italians. They will not rebel."

The major general who refuted Karl argued unwillingly.

"Good idea, and your political consciousness has grown.

If it is a normal war, we can naturally do this, but please don't forget that our invasion of the Italian peninsula this time is to solve the financial problems of the French mainland and raise more military expenses and materials for attacking lowland areas and Central Europe!

Only by completely defeating the anti-French alliance can France gain a precious period of development, otherwise the current anti-French alliance trade embargo alone will be enough to put us French people in long-term economic difficulties.

You might as well think about it, if we plunder all the wealth of the Italian peninsula and Italians become refugees in droves, will the vassal government we established be able to deal with those Italian refugees who are full of hatred for France?

At that time, as soon as we withdraw our troops, no matter how many vassal regimes we support, they will be overthrown by the Italian refugees who hate us in an instant. "

"Lieutenant General Karl, since conquest and annexation are not feasible, and the regime of a vassal state cannot be maintained for a long time, let's just wipe out the Italian peninsula.

Brothers can also have a good time, can't they? "

As soon as this sentence came out, most of the major generals present nodded in agreement!

Only Major General Niza, who maintained his rationality, frowned and had strong concerns about this proposal.

What kind of people are these!
After Carl heard this conclusion, he actually thought about it for a while, and then recalled Master Li Wei's earnest teaching...

Afterwards, Karl shook his head helplessly: “No.

There are 800 million people in the Italian peninsula. Once we raise the butcher knife, the 10 people of our First Army will not be able to kill them at all.

After all, the Italians will not wait in line for us to kill, they will definitely hide, and then armed resistance with the support of the anti-French alliance. There are many mountains, rivers and jungles in Italy, and the Alps alone cannot be encircled and suppressed by our army.

We need at least several million troops to massacre the people of the Italian peninsula in an organized manner without suffering much loss.

Of course, this is only the first reason.

The second reason is the most critical!
Master Li Wei will not allow us to do that!
Because killing all the Italians will bring no benefit to Lord Li Wei. On the contrary, it will make the enemies we face in the future fight to the death with us.

Even if we loot the Italian peninsula this time, a few years after we retreat, the Italians will recover the losses we caused. When we invade again, we can completely turn the Italians into our coolies and serfs. Why kill them?

This is Lord Levi's plan.

Master Li Wei once said that population is a tool for creating wealth. We cannot kill all the enemy's population. To do so would be to abandon our future wealth.

Lord Livy's ambition is to be a profitable conqueror, not an unprofitable killer.

Oh, by the way, there is another very important thing. Mr. Levi once mentioned that he is very interested in Italian girls. "

After Karl finished speaking, many major generals and teachers present suddenly realized that since this is what Mr. Li Wei meant, everyone will naturally have no objections.

Everyone, just follow Karl's plan. Everything is based on Lord Levi's will!
After the plan was finalized, Karl finally looked around at the major generals and division commanders under his command, raised his right hand at a 45-degree angle, and shouted loudly: "I hope you will fulfill your duties and complete the combat tasks I have assigned.

Lord Levi!Long live! "

The major generals and teachers at the scene, with a snap, put their neat heels together, straightened their backs and raised their right arms at a 45-degree angle, and responded loudly: "Lord Li Wei! Long live!"

At the end of 1796, the main force of the First Army of the French Defense Forces took down the city of Milan without bloodshed, and after occupying the entire Lombardy region, the autumn wind swept the fallen leaves.

The main force of the First Army was divided into two groups, one consisted of two divisions, and accepted the surrender request of the Venice Republic Council, successfully entered the city of Venice, and the front reached the Holy Roman Empire itself!

And Marshal Pauliu, who fled back to the Tyrol region, began to deploy the local garrison to deploy defenses. He had no intention of attacking at all, and watched helplessly as the rich Republic of Venice was occupied by the French Defense Forces.

In addition, Marshal Pauliu also wrote a personal letter to the current Emperor Franz II of the Holy Roman Empire, describing the crazy fighting will and powerful combat level of the French Defense Forces.

Emphasis was placed on the terrorist practice of the French Defense Forces carrying explosive kits.

Yes, Marshal Pauliu has always believed that the fundamental reason why he was defeated by the [-]st Division of the [-]st Army, which was much smaller than him, was not that the Austrian army was too weak in combat effectiveness.

If the Austrian army's combat effectiveness is sloppy, what level is the Italian army?
Is it ashes?

Therefore, Marshal Pauliu blamed the defeat on the self-destruct tactics of the French Defense Forces.

The two regiments of the French Defense Forces were able to block the attack of a large army of 4 people, relying on self-destruct tactics!
Although the self-destruct tactics can't really reach the level of one against ten (it can be achieved if you hit the Italians), it can greatly deter the Austrian soldiers and repel wave after wave of attacks by the Austrian soldiers.

Moreover, even if the self-destruct tactics allow the Austrian army to have an absolute advantage on the battlefield, they will still be beaten by the French Defense Forces in terms of casualties (that is, the Austrians died more than the French army)...

Marshal Paulieu hopes that the Vienna government can formulate a set of countermeasures specifically against the self-destruct tactics of the French Wehrmacht, and then promote it in the Austrian army. against!

France is a big country in Europe with a large population. The total population of all European countries is second only to Tsarist Russia.

The population of the Holy Roman Empire is larger than that of France, but the Holy Roman Empire is full of states. The Habsburg dynasty can really use 100% of its national power, which is the territory of Austria...

Therefore, it is impossible for Austria to besiege the French Defense Forces with several times its strength on the battlefield. Even if it encounters such an opportunity, it will suffer heavy losses if it wins!
Marshal Pauliu’s strategic vision is still very accurate. He predicted that if the Vienna government cannot innovate and take effective measures to deal with the self-destruct tactics of the French Defense Forces, the war between the Holy Roman Empire and France will always be at a disadvantage, or even completely. Don't dare to take the initiative to attack the French army!
It's a fart!

Just give up your position as European hegemon to Levi!

It is a pity that Marshal Pauliu found the key to the problem, but did not propose an effective solution. Instead, he kicked the ball to the Vienna government...

It's not that Marshal Pauliu is selfish, but it's hard for him to find the flaws in his self-destruct tactics.

The infantrymen of the Guards all carry the explosive packs on their backs. It is difficult for them to hit the explosive packs to detonate them on the battlefield. Most importantly, the soldiers of the French Defense Forces are not afraid of death. What tactics will work for them?
Limited by the level of weapons in this era, Marshal Baoliu really can't think of it...

However, he felt that there were many talents in the Vienna government and a group of generals. If they worked together, it would be much better than just thinking here alone.

If you really can't figure it out, then consider making peace with Li Wei!

Thank you Vision for rewarding 100 starting coins.

(End of this chapter)