18th century total war

Chapter 289 The Battle of Vienna
"It's over. We can't rush out. All the city gates are guarded by the Berlin City Guards..."

Wright, who was hiding in a private house, had a mournful face, as if the sky had fallen.

At this time, there were only three people around him, all of whom were bodyguards arranged by Fatis.

Friendships are revealed in times of need. After the great defeat, only the soldiers arranged by Fatis for Wright were with him. Two of them even sacrificed themselves to divert the pursuers away while covering Wright's escape...

A bodyguard soldier who was observing the situation outside came in, shook his head at Wright and the other two people and said, "There is nothing we can do. We will probably be searched out here before dawn."

After Wright heard this sentence, his face suddenly became frightened.

Not surprisingly, when the two bodyguard soldiers heard this, they immediately raised their guns and aimed at Wright.

Wright raised his hands subconsciously, his eyes widened, his calves trembling with fright.

Wright knew very well how ruthless these bodyguard soldiers were. Let alone killing people, they would not even blink an eyelid even if they committed suicide!
When Wright was escaping, he tried to get rid of these bodyguard soldiers, but he found that the physical strength of these bodyguard soldiers could completely crush him.

"Wait, don't shoot!
I am one of the highest leaders of the Lindenwan Brotherhood, you must not shoot at me, I order you, put down your guns! "

Wright was at the juncture of life and death, his brain circuits were surprisingly clear, while raising his hands high, he issued 'orders' sternly.

"I'm sorry, Chief Wright, we only obey His Majesty Li Wei, and His Majesty Li Wei asked us to obey the orders of Fatis, not yours. In order to prevent you from falling into the hands of the enemy, we can only send you to see God.

If Chief Wright wasn't so afraid of death, we wouldn't need to bother so much.

But please rest assured, Chief Wright, after killing you, the three of us rushed out immediately. If we can kill a Prussian soldier and earn one, we will never live by idling. "

"No! You can't kill me!
Please, don't shoot, I don't want to die yet, my newborn child will lose his father, don't..."

The three silently watched Wright begging, and suddenly shouted in unison: "Send Leader Wright on his way!"

Bang bang bang!
The three muskets pulled the triggers almost at the same time. Wright couldn't react at such a short distance, and fell into a pool of blood with resignation. After a few twitches all over his body, he swallowed his last breath unwillingly...

The three went forward to inspect Wright's body, and found that he was completely dead before relaxing. Then the three loaded ammunition and walked out of the house.

And there happened to be a group of Berlin City Guard soldiers outside who were attracted by the gunfire.

The three looked at each other, smiled and said, "Let's separate and see who can take away more enemies and go on the road together."

Afterwards, the three sharpshooters left separately and quickly found the hidden obstacle. This group of Berlin City Guard soldiers, a dozen or so soldiers, approached the house and immediately spread out, holding muskets and slowly approaching.

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out, and a city guard soldier trembled violently. He clutched his chest and fell to the ground in disbelief. After gasping for a few times, he vomited blood bubbles and lost his breath.

The rest of the city guard soldiers didn't check the corpses of their teammates at all, and ran towards the direction of the gunfire. The reloading time of the flintlock guns was enough for them to find the enemy!
However, at this moment, the city guard who had just turned around heard another gunshot. A city guard soldier was shot in the back and fell to the ground with a piercing wail, but he couldn't get up.

The officers of the city guards immediately gave an order, and half of them rushed towards the location of the second gunshot.

However, just as the city guard officer waved his hand and gave the order, the third gunshot followed!

The officer of the city guard turned his head to the right, and his body fell on the ground weakly. A huge gash was cut on the side of his head, and he died without any pain...

After the city guard lost its officer, a sergeant who looked like an adjutant stood up immediately, and another group of people rushed towards the position of the third gunshot!
The small number of people on the other side is the greatest confidence of this team of city guard soldiers. After all, they are regular troops, or Prussian soldiers with a strong military atmosphere!
Since Frederick the Great of the Kingdom of Prussia established the Prussian professional army system, the military quality of the Prussian army has been among the best in Europe.

Maybe you can say that the tactics of the Prussian army are dull (it was because of this that it was defeated by Napoleon), but you must not insult the courage of the Prussian army to fight!
Compared with the Austrian army, which relied on the momentum of a great power to fight the war, the Prussian army was more like a pure military force. From the Junker noble officers to the ordinary soldiers, they all strictly abided by military discipline.

Under the encirclement and suppression of the enemy with far more people than our own, the three sharpshooters were quickly picked out and shot to death!
The Vienna Revolution and the Berlin Revolution are just two of the most famous examples of this revolution in Central Europe. Revolutions broke out in almost all developed German states. Except for the victory of the Vienna Revolution, the Oldenburg government was also overthrown by the revolutionary regime, and the The flag of the Lindenvan Free Corps!

In response to revolutions elsewhere.

What frightened the member states of the Anti-French Alliance most was that the revolutionary forces in various places actually colluded with each other because of the existence of the Lindenwan Brotherhood.

Many revolutionary rebellious parties that failed to be driven out of the city were incorporated by the successful Lindenwan Free Army, and launched a fierce attack on surrounding cities that had no successful revolution.

While attacking, they also promoted revolutionary ideas, robbed the rich and aristocratic class who did not support the revolution, used the wealth gained from robbery to recruit troops, and gathered the troops of the poor!
At this time, Alleyn, who had won the revolution in Vienna, did just that. Although his troops did not fight out, Vienna was a city with a developed economy and a large population.

Except for those aristocrats and rich people who supported the revolution before the outbreak of the revolution, all the rich people in Vienna were looted by the Lindenwan Freedom Corps established by Allen!

The charges that the Lindenwan Freedom Corps arranged for those who were looted were counter-revolutionaries!
As the stronghold of traditional forces in Vienna, the crime of counter-revolution is not wronged at all...

The previously exposed Austrian Freedom Party has already tested out the nobles and wealthy businessmen in Vienna who can be wooed.

The aristocrats and wealthy businessmen who were recruited to the revolutionary side did play a role. Not only did they use money to gather a group of private guards (that is, mercenaries) when the revolution broke out, they also donated a sum of money after the establishment of the revolutionary government, similar to political Donate.

Of course, these people also got what they wanted, and there were seats for these people in the revolutionary committee that Allen quickly established.

In order to build momentum and rally people's hearts as quickly as possible, Alleyn formed the provisional government of the Austrian Republic in less than a day and appointed himself the Grand President of the Austrian Republic.

Below the President is the Provisional Revolutionary Committee as the transitional government. If the Republic of Austria can continue to exist in the future, a cabinet will be elected from the Provisional Revolutionary Committee and various military and political officials will be arranged.

There is no limit on the number of members of the Provisional Revolutionary Committee. Anyone who participated in and supported the revolutionary uprising and has a gun under his command can join the Provisional Revolutionary Committee.

Of course, those aristocrats and wealthy businessmen who don't have guns but pay money are also eligible.

Allen did not allow the existence of the budding warlord, and immediately reorganized the Lindenwan Freedom Corps. When Franz I outside the city gathered the surrounding guards and approached the city of Vienna, Lindenwan in Vienna was free. The army already has an armed force of more than 2 people!

Even if these 2 people are [-] armed citizens, including old and weak women and children, who can't do it with a musket, but the number of people is here, and every defensive node in the city of Vienna is full of people.

In addition, Elaine's troops also captured dozens of old artillery pieces of various types (the new artillery pieces were taken away by the main force of Austria) and placed them in various cities.

Allen's preparations were relatively adequate. There were many people in the team who knew how to handle artillery, and they were responsible for teaching the soldiers of the Lindenwan Freedom Corps to operate artillery on the spot.

When Franz I came outside Vienna with thousands of royal guards, he was dumbfounded.

With the cannons all over the city and the dense crowd, even Franz I, a layman, could see the difficulty of attacking the city of Vienna.

It's just that Franz I didn't dare to delay the time at all. Every day it was extended, the revolutionary army in Vienna would recruit a group of people to join the army.

The revolutionary army completely ignored the future development of the city of Vienna. Young and strong people from all walks of life were within the range of being recruited, and the commerce and trade in the city were destroyed in a very short period of time. A large amount of materials entered the revolutionary warehouse controlled by Elaine .

As a large number of nobles and wealthy merchants were looted and almost all the shops in the market were closed, the citizens of Vienna found that they had nowhere to spend their money and could only go to the temporary market opened by the revolutionary army to buy food.

However, the price of food in this temporary market is very high. If you want to buy food at a fair price, you must have family members and relatives to join the revolutionary army!

A family must produce a young man!
In addition, there are many benefits to joining the Revolutionary Army. There are free food in the army, fixed military pay, and extra rewards during battles!

Alleyne understands that revolutionary ideas cannot brainwash people in a short time. Vienna is a conservative city. Except for the group of people who initiated the revolutionary uprising, the rest of the people have to rely on material interests to boost their morale.

In fact, even the mobs during the revolutionary uprising were mostly motivated by their leaders with material interests.

After the victory of the Vienna Uprising, why did Allen loot those nobles and wealthy businessmen?

It is because there are too many benefits promised during the revolutionary uprising. If these nobles and wealthy businessmen are not robbed, the reputation of the revolutionary army will go bankrupt!

Naturally, the subsequent military expansion also relied on the looted wealth.

In fact, the revolutionary army in Vienna was in a state of "puffiness" at this time, relying on looted property and materials.

Under the double drug of revolutionary ideas and material incentives, the morale of a group of armed citizens inflated even higher than that of the regular army!
Because they believe they are righteous!

Is there a more perfect experience than earning a high income in a just war?

However, behind this high morale is a huge expenditure of materials. The regular army only needs to besiege Vienna for a period of time. After the materials looted by the revolutionary army in Vienna are exhausted, the revolutionary army in Vienna will disintegrate without attacking...

Because there is not enough supplies, the various preferential treatment promulgated by the revolutionary army cannot be implemented. After the reputation of the revolutionary army goes bankrupt, the morale inspired by the revolutionary ideas will immediately dissipate, and naturally there will be no combat effectiveness.

It's a pity that what Franz I lacks most now is time!
God knows how long it will take for the Austrian main forces on the front line to get the news that Vienna has been captured by the revolutionary army. This kind of news cannot be concealed at all, not to mention that the French will definitely have spies to deliberately spread this news.

And the main force of Austria, who received the news that Vienna was occupied by the revolutionary army, how much morale does it have to fight against the French Wehrmacht, which is bursting with combat effectiveness?
The Austrian army is not a war machine armed with extreme nationalism during World War II!

To put it bluntly, the Austrian army is fighting for the emperor. If the emperor is driven out of the palace and a new government is established in Vienna, the Austrian army will inevitably be in chaos.

Franz I couldn't even wait for the follow-up artillery unit (the artillery transportation was very slow), so he ordered the Royal Guards to attack.

There is no way, if the artillery is arranged in place, at least one day will be wasted. The situation in Vienna is changing day by day, and it is now on the rise!

There are still many civilian families in Vienna who are not in the food shortage. When most Viennese citizens have no food in their homes, there will inevitably be hordes of Viennese young adults who join the revolutionary army in order to make a living.

Civilian families in this era did not have much food surplus. Without a market to buy food, the citizens of Vienna would not be able to survive for a few days...

This is the fundamental reason why Franz I was eager to regain Vienna!

Of course, this also includes Franz I's confidence in the Royal Guards.

As an elite force composed of military aristocrats, the Royal Guards are still very powerful.

At least, their morale is very strong, and apart from lack of actual combat experience, they can't find any faults...

The Royal Guards are composed of noble children to protect the military forces of the royal family. As long as the Austrian Empire does not encounter a crisis of extinction, the enemy does not hit the city of Vienna, and the emperor does not personally drive the army, they do not need to go to the front line in person.

Naturally, there will be no actual combat experience...

After receiving the order, the Austrian officers who lined up the battle formation at the front drew their command swords and swung them forward.

"God is with us, for His Majesty the Emperor, attack!"

Amidst the shouts, wooden ladders for climbing the city were carried by private soldiers of the Royal Guards and rushed towards the moat at the foot of the city wall...

In front of and behind them is the Musketeers jogging, ready to cover with muskets.

The Austrian Royal Guards without artillery can only attack the city in the most traditional way.

(End of this chapter)