18th century total war

Chapter 294

The demise of the Austrian Empire gave the Ottoman Empire a shot in the arm. The decaying Ottoman Empire, even in the face of the Russian Empire, which was fighting on two fronts, still lost more than it won on the battlefield, let alone recovering the hinterland. One of the energies is devoted to the French Empire. The Russian-Turkish war initiated by the Ottoman Empire is estimated to have to be ceded to end...

Putting energy into the Russian Empire does not mean investing in troops. Due to the poor road conditions and the corrupt financial system in the Russian Empire, it is easy to recruit gray animals, but it is difficult to assemble (because they need to be responsible for the basic necessities of the gray animals, and without military pay, the gray animals must not be hungry. Stomach), it is even more difficult to transport to the front line!
There are many reasons, but it boils down to one thing: money.

Even if there is funding from the British, it will be in vain. After all, the materials provided by the British have to be transferred to the aristocratic bureaucrats of the Russian Empire, and not even half of them are actually implemented!

This is war time!
In peacetime, the aristocratic bureaucracy of the Russian Empire would even be able to allocate [-]% of the funds, leaving only [-]% or [-]% at the grassroots level...

It is not difficult to understand why the current Tsar Paul I hates the corruption of the aristocratic class. If it were not for the greed of these Russian aristocratic bureaucrats, the entire Europe would be surrendered at the feet of the Russian Empire with the size of the Russian Empire!
By the standards of this era, the Russian Empire's population, agricultural economy, ability to mobilize gray livestock, and territorial area and strategic depth are all well-deserved No. 1 in Europe.

The population advantage of the Russian Empire was enough to make up for the productivity gap brought about by the first industrial revolution in the 18th century to the early 19th century.

In the era of queuing to kill, the requirements for military weapons were relatively low. With enough food, weapons and ammunition, the war could be sustained.

Moreover, limited by the reloading time of front-loaded weapons, the ammunition consumption on the battlefield has not been high. Even the Russian Empire, which relies on handicraft workshops as the main body, can afford the ammunition consumption on the front line.

As for the pillar industry of the Russian Empire-agricultural economy, it can provide the Russian Empire with sufficient and cheap food and maintain more troops!

The strict serf system allowed the Russian Imperial Army to supplement a lot of recruiting procedures, allowing noble lords to directly recruit strong serfs from their fiefs to join the army, so the mobilization ability is also good.

In a sense, if the Russian Empire does not care about agricultural production, it can arm all the young and strong serfs for combat!
The Russian Empire's territorial strategic depth advantage makes the Russian Empire invincible no matter who it launches a war with.

After all, the current Eastern European countries have almost been weakened. Without the cold resistance of the Eastern European race, no matter how strong the armies of the powerful countries in Central and Western Europe are, they will be bruised all over by the winter of the Russian Empire after they penetrate into the hinterland of the Russian Empire.

You must know that even during World War II when the second industrial revolution was completed, the German army, recognized as the strongest army in Europe at that time, was defeated in the winter of the Russian Empire.

At that time, there was already a well-developed railway transportation network, and the supply of materials was many times faster than this era, but it still could not make up for the winter advantage of the Russian Empire. This shows how lethal the winter of the Russian Empire is to the people of Central and Western Europe.

This is actually very easy to understand. In the era of Li Wei's previous life, when the southerners went to the Northeast, in winter, no matter how thick they were, they felt that they were not warm enough...

It would be even more frightening if it was an old Maozi in the north and colder. A strong Maozi brother can roll in the snow naked, but a friend from the south dare not do that in a thick down jacket...

People in different living environments are really different in their ability to resist drought and heat. Unless the soldiers who have been strengthened after brainwashing training in the Li Wei military camp, their physical fitness has been raised to the peak of ordinary people, they can ignore the factors brought by the environment.

Even so, there will be problems if the current French Wehrmacht soldiers wear vests and shorts to roll in the snow of the Russian Empire!

The Russian Empire, which has so many advantages, has been firmly blocked in the land of Eastern Europe. Even small second- and third-rate countries like the Kingdom of Sweden dare not invade. The main problem is the corrupt system of the Russian Empire.

Therefore, after St. Petersburg learned of the disintegration and collapse of the Austrian Empire, even though they still had hundreds of thousands of troops on the surface, the St. Petersburg Duma Council (that is, the aristocratic authority of the Russian Empire) still made a peaceful resolution.

Even Paul I became hesitant.

Of course, peace is not limited to the truce between the Russian Empire and the French Empire. If there is a truce, everyone must cease fire. Otherwise, if the Kingdom of Prussia is destroyed again, the Russian Empire will have to face Levi's hypnotic monster alone.

As a result, the Russian Empire sent diplomatic ambassadors to Berlin while coping with the "incompetent onslaught" of the bloody Ottoman Empire.

Obviously, the Kingdom of Prussia is more eager for peace than the Russian Empire at this time!

Without the Austrian Empire, the armies of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Russian Empire seem to be able to compete with the French Empire, but it is only [-]-[-].

Facing the fearless French Defense Forces, fighting a [-]-[-] war is obviously not what the Kingdom of Prussia and the Russian Empire want to see.

Most importantly, too many people have died on both sides of this war.

Leaving aside the army that was destroyed by the Austrian Empire, after the fall of the Austrian Empire, the French Empire launched several offensives against the Kingdom of Prussia. Although the Kingdom of Prussia and the Russian Empire led a group of coalition forces of small countries, relying on their strength and fortifications, they barely blocked the French Empire. attack, but lost far more troops than the French Empire.

After all, the French National Defense Forces not only know how to use self-destruction tactics, but their individual combat capabilities are also quite strong.

Whether it is fighting with guns or bayonets, the anti-French Allied Forces are no match. The armies of those small countries are filled with a large number of new recruits. Once they collapse, it will become a large area!
Since the London government is unwilling to negotiate peace, the words of those small European countries have little weight. The Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia also intend to use those small countries as bargaining chips in exchange for peace, so naturally they will not involve many states in the German region.

After the St. Petersburg and Berlin governments reached an agreement, Li Wei, who was far away in Paris, soon received news of the peace talks from the Anti-French Alliance.

As in the past, the diplomatic envoys of the Anti-French Alliance were reluctant to enter Paris, so Li Wei had no choice but to send the foreign minister who had been enlightened by the administration to Munich to negotiate with the diplomatic envoys of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Russian Empire of the Anti-French Alliance.

So far in the war, the French Defense Forces have killed more than 4000 infantry guards, more than 2000 sharpshooters, and more than [-] cavalry guards.

This has not counted the losses of the slave army!

Calculated from the military forces placed on the front lines of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Russian Empire and the continuous reinforcements from the rear, if you want to destroy the Kingdom of Prussia, in the best case, you will need to consume more than [-] brainwashing troops!

Because the deeper you go into the territory of the Kingdom of Prussia, the stronger the resistance of the Prussian army. Now the Kingdom of Prussia has not yet issued a mobilization order for the whole people. Once the people of the Kingdom of Prussia are mobilized, all young and strong men will be pulled into the battlefield, and only the necessary production departments in the rear will be reserved. , At least hundreds of thousands of troops can explode.

Even if these hundreds of thousands of Prussian troops only train for one to three months, they can still shoot and kill the infantry guards of the French Defense Forces.

This is the era of queuing and shooting.

The competition in this era is still human resources.

Because front-loading smoothbore guns have very low requirements for industrial standards, the level of industrial development has far less impact on the production of weapons and ammunition to the extent of generational differences.

When the two sides started peace talks in the Munich area, the London government was in a hurry and quickly instigated the Madrid government of the Kingdom of Spain to launch an offensive.

Then it was sternly rejected by the Madrid government of the Kingdom of Spain, and incidentally joined the Munich armistice negotiations.

Faced with the joining of the Kingdom of Spain, Li Wei's government would naturally not refuse, and what they could get from the negotiating table naturally did not need to die too many of their own on the battlefield.

The collapse of the Austrian Empire has already made the Li Wei government a lot of money, not to mention that President Allen of the Austrian Republic is still one of his own!
The supreme leader of a country is a spy of the country. Of course, such a good situation requires a ceasefire and sorting out.

As long as the Austrian Republic is allowed to complete the centralization of power, the Levi government will be able to pull in a decent thug cannon fodder in the next European war.

Rather than being like today's servant army, they can only follow behind to do some work of maintaining logistics and maintaining security in the occupied area.

Seeing that the situation in the Munich peace talks had taken shape, the London government had no choice but to abandon the third anti-French alliance and instead focus on expanding the colonies.

The French Empire's successive victories made the London government realize that the navy alone could never defeat the Livy regime, and Great Britain must get rid of the 'pocket army' dilemma!

The size of the British army is small, mainly due to financial problems. The treatment of soldiers in the British army is significantly higher than that of other countries in the European continent. In addition, the navy is eyeing it, making it impossible for the London government to expand the local army on a large scale.

And the population base of Great Britain is not very large...

In this case, the London government naturally has to solve two major problems-cheap troops and more fiscal revenue.

Therefore, it is no surprise that the London government has set its sights on the Indian subcontinent.

With the decline of the French Empire's navy, the French Empire's colonial strongholds in India had long been occupied by the British. When the British wanted to invade France's American colony, Louisiana, they were sold cheaply to the Yankees by the Paris government.

No matter how cheap it is to sell to the Yankees, it will pay off, which is much better than British Canada.

Moreover, after the Yankees obtained Louisiana, their territory increased dramatically, and they were able to compete with British Canada.

However, no matter how abundant the resources in the Americas are, the insufficient population base is a huge flaw. No matter how the London government develops in the American colonies, it is impossible to get a quick return.

Only the Indian subcontinent is the easiest place to make quick money.

Nowadays, almost all the coastal areas of the Indian subcontinent are controlled by the British, which have deep colonial roots. In addition, due to the deep-rooted caste system in India, the Sudras and Dalits who make up the majority of the population are very obedient and will not resist the invaders at all. of conquest.

The British East India Company only needed to defeat the Kshatriyas in the Indian subcontinent to complete their conquest.

India in this era was not a unified country. The Mughals, the most powerful Indian dynasty in the north, had already declined, with internal and external troubles, and could not resist the British invasion at all.

The London government has made a strategic assessment. As long as they deploy tens of thousands of troops to the Indian subcontinent, they can conquer this fertile and easy-to-govern territory.

At that time, the London government will have a steady supply of cheap soldiers and a large amount of wealth created by India's untouchable labor force.

As a result, the London government also contemplated a temporary truce with the French Empire.

In this way, the London government also sent people to join the Munich peace talks halfway!
The armistice negotiations lasted for a whole month. During this month, the army of the French Empire has been replenishing troops, transporting logistics supplies, and preparing for a new war. attack.

It would be best to be able to get what Li Wei wanted on the negotiating table, but if he couldn't get it, Li Wei could only continue to maintain a state of war.

The bottom line of the Li Wei government in this peace negotiation is to let the Kingdom of Prussia spit out the occupied Bohemia region, hand it over to the French Empire, and incorporate it into the Rhine Alliance.

And all the German states in the west of Central Europe must be merged into the Rhine League, and there will be no buffer zone between the Rhine League and the Kingdom of Prussia.

Of course, the French Empire is also willing to support the Kingdom of Prussia in annexing German states in other directions. Anyway, the war has continued until now, and most of the armies of those German states have been disabled and have no ability to resist.

Even Saxony, with the strongest combat effectiveness, is now facing the Kingdom of Prussia with pebbles and stones.

As for the Republic of Austria, of course, it is necessary to ensure the integrity of all the current territories. Interestingly, the Munich Armistice Conference excluded the Ottoman Empire. The Li Wei government seems to have completely forgotten the strategic alliance with the Ottoman Empire.

This made the Russian Empire very satisfied and indirectly contributed to the smooth negotiation.

However, the request made by the Li Wei government to the Kingdom of Spain was unacceptable to the Madrid government. Li Wei demanded that Carlos IV of the Kingdom of Spain be restored!

The Livy government claimed that the current regime of the Kingdom of Spain was an illegal government caused by rebellion and must be restored to the original government of Carlos IV!
In this regard, the attitude of Li Wei's government is very firm.

I have something to do today. In order not to ask for leave, I managed to find time to code a chapter, so there is only one update today, but the chapters I updated are two chapters in one chapter, and one chapter is equivalent to two chapters in other books from the starting point.

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