18th century total war

Chapter 297 Reorganization of the National Defense Forces

The trade incident in the Vienna area shocked the entire European continent. The European countries never expected that the Elaine government would be so resolutely on the side of the French Empire.

High-level executives from all countries can see that Elaine has completely fallen for the French Empire, and many high-level European officials even suspect that Elaine has been hypnotized and brainwashed by Levi, which is why he is so 'obedient'.

Even though the Republic of Austria suppressed the revolution with ease, although the revolution was not strong this time, it spread widely. Uprisings broke out in most large and medium-sized cities, but many uprisings were extinguished before occupying the city government. So there was no political impact.

However, such a large-scale revolutionary uprising caused considerable damage to the economic foundation of the Republic of Austria, and even caused more damage than the third anti-French war!

After all, during the Third Anti-French War, none of the territory currently occupied by the Republic of Austria was affected by the war.

The Elaine government seems to have obtained the return of [-] presidential guards and the remaining Austrian prisoners of war, which has allowed the Army of the Austrian Republic, which is short of major generals, to recover well, but this is only a military strengthening. The rest of the country suffered heavy losses.

Moreover, the reputation of the Elaine government among the people has also dropped to a historical freezing point, especially the harsh methods in the process of suppressing the uprising, which made many Austrian people and even ethnic minorities hate the Elaine government.

Without the support of the [-] presidential guards, the Elaine government would not last long.

Because of this, in the eyes of European countries, the deal made by the Elaine government is purely "selling blood and kidneys" to support the French Empire. The French Empire that controls the Vienna area can use this rich and densely populated The region is the foundation, and the basic market is firmly established in China and Europe.

Although the Vienna area is an enclave of the French Empire, the Rhineland League caught in the middle will completely lose the confidence to bargain with the French Empire, and it will be a matter of time before the French Empire slowly digests and annexes it as the mainland.

In fact, the governments of the various states of the Rhineland Alliance are also doing the same. They took the lead in changing the teaching materials, which are full of praise for the Li Wei government. In public entertainment facilities, they are constantly improving the image of the Li Wei government. Build momentum for the Li Wei government among the people at all costs!

Isn't this the prelude to seeking peace and merging into the French Empire?
This phenomenon has once again made the European countries horrified by Li Wei's hypnotic methods. The surviving European countries have connected together in private, and after they are ready to recover, they will form an international strategic alliance to jointly defend the French Empire. Probabilistic Expansion Behavior!
The government of the vassal state of the French Empire is too cooperative, and it is only a matter of time before the Li Wei government unifies Central Europe...

Once the French Empire digests all the vassal states, it will become the second Frank Empire!

At that time, if other European countries do not unite, who can fight against Levi?
Now there is no war, just a temporary truce, and everyone is licking their wounds at home.

The Russian Empire was even more caught up in the Russo-Turkish War and could not extricate itself. Although the Russian army had an advantage on the battlefield, the Ottoman Empire was not a vegetarian. The size of the army was there. If the quality of the army was not good, it would be made up of quantity!

The Ottoman Empire's violent force capabilities are not much inferior to those of the Russian Empire.

It’s just that the troops that broke out from the Ottoman Empire, except for the Sudanese Guards’ combat effectiveness, the other troops are basically at the level of armed farmers, and many troops are not even equipped with matchlock guns!
Therefore, the cannon fodder legions of the Ottoman Empire are far inferior to gray cattle.

When the European countries classified the Republic of Austria into the ranks of the younger brothers of the French Empire, Levi in ​​Paris had just received a system reward notification.

There is no doubt about the importance of the Vienna area, and the peaceful handover actually brought Li Wei 10 points of glory!

Li Wei received this benefit before he even sent an army.

Later, Li Wei put all the 10 points of glory into the training of the guard cavalry, increasing the number of guard cavalry to more than 32000.

After the expansion of its sphere of influence, Livy's government naturally obtained a large number of high-quality horses, and there were enough military horses to expand the cavalry force.

In addition, the Li Wei government reorganized the French Defense Forces.

The enemy of Austria no longer exists. Except for the Kingdom of Prussia and the Kingdom of Denmark, Central Europe has been included in the system of vassal states of the French Empire. Naturally, conscription cannot continue to be limited to the mainland of France.

There is no longer any need for the French Foreign Legion to exist alone.

It just happened to fill those foreign legions into the French Defense Force system to supplement the consumption of the main force of the First Army in the third anti-French war.

After adding all the foreign legions to Karl's command, Livi reorganized Karl's First Army into the Eastern Group Army, which had 20 divisions, including infantry divisions, artillery divisions and cavalry divisions.

Among them, artillery divisions are generally broken up and incorporated into various infantry divisions, and will not be assembled for use unless needed.

Livy concentrated all his best artillery into Karl's Eastern Army.

Carl was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Group Army and promoted to the rank of general!

The 20 divisions in the Eastern Group Army are divided into 5 corps-level combat units. However, corps-level combat units are not fixed and will be temporarily deployed according to combat needs. In peacetime, Karl decides on his own.

Li Wei fully delegated power to Karl, allowing him to deploy the Eastern Army under his command at will.

Borcha's Second Army was reorganized into the Southern Army. Looking at the map, you will know that Borcha, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, is preparing to use it to deal with the Kingdom of Spain.

It's just that compared with the powerful Eastern Army, the Southern Army has only five divisions, four of which are infantry divisions and one artillery division.

However, the artillery divisions in the Southern Group Army use obsolete second-line artillery. The quality is not comparable to the artillery divisions in the Eastern Group Army, and they are only used to fill up the quantity.

Of course, the Southern Army is the same as the Eastern Army, and the artillery divisions are divided into individual infantry divisions on weekdays.

The southern army has a relatively small number of cavalry, and they are all equipped for use by each infantry division, so no separate cavalry division has been established.

The Southern Group Army, which was adapted from the Second Army, seemed to have one more division, but in fact it did not have many more troops. It only added some artillery captured in the third anti-French war.

Army Group South was able to have a division of artillery thanks to the collapse of the Austrian Imperial Army in the Third War against France.

The artillery replenished by the Southern Group Army is all "arcane" equipment, and this does not include the newly produced artillery, because the new artillery is equipped with the Eastern Group.

Lieutenant General Kalebel's Third Army was reorganized into the Imperial Defense Corps. The number of troops and artillery was the same as before, only one organization was changed...

The bodyguard division that originally specialized in protecting Li Wei's personal safety was reorganized into the Royal Guard Corps. In fact, it mainly served as a guard of honor. front.

Li Wei is not very interested in going to the front line to command operations in person, and marching is very hard work!

And there are no eyes for cannonballs on the battlefield. What if something happens?
Isn't it good to play match-up games with all kinds of uniform girls in the back?
From time to time, you can also hold a talent show to enrich your harem maid team.

It is so convenient to have a loyal cabinet government. Li Wei only needs to control the command in the general direction, and the rest of the chores are fully in charge of the cabinet government.

As the Secret Service entered the formal stage, Li Wei's rule became more solid. Not that the Secret Service had captured many revolutionary rebels. At this time, in the French Empire, the revolutionary parties were just street rats. Even if they had revolutionary beliefs, they would not Dare to expose.

Recently, the most outstanding task of the Secret Service Division has been its achievements in anti-corruption cases. Those corrupt officials are fat sheep, and if they catch a whole staff member of the Secret Service Division involved, they will get a bonus!
Of course, not all corrupt officials ransacked their homes. After finding out the real evidence, the Secret Service would submit a list to Li Wei, and then Li Wei called the relevant cabinet ministers to check the performance of these corrupt officials.

If the ability to govern is not higher than the amount of corruption of the other party, then the family will be ransacked and the family will be wiped out.

In the French Empire, Li Wei created the implicated company system!

Of course, the implication here is not to pull out eighteen generations of ancestors and chop off their heads, but to imprison them in labor camps to serve as free labor.

The number of death sentences enacted by the Li Wei government is not large. Most of the crimes are working in labor agencies. Many death sentences have been changed to life imprisonment in order to provide sufficient labor for labor agencies.

This is because the Livy government found that shooting criminals had no real benefits other than deterring children. It was better to let them work in labor camps for a lifetime, and then give them the hope of reduced sentences to stimulate their subjective initiative, which could save the government a lot. Labor expenses.

No matter how many prisoners are reformed through labor in the labor office, there is no need to worry about lack of work. Just building a spacious national road suitable for the mobility of a large army in the French Empire is not a workload that can be completed in a year or so.

Not to mention there are various other construction contracting jobs out there.

Nowadays, the French imperial government rarely hires migrant workers to build public facilities, and they are basically contracted by labor reform prisoners in labor agencies.

After all, this kind of coolie work does not require too much IQ, even illiterate labor reform prisoners can give a lot of effort.

The supervisors in the labor office would not be polite if they cheated and cheated. Even now that the French Empire is strong, the labor office still maintains the "excellent tradition" of dying every month.

In the French Empire, regardless of whether they were political prisoners or ordinary prisoners, they were all drawn into labor camps for reform. Unless the prisoner showed extraordinary value, he would be locked up alone, and he would be provided with food and drink without working.

After the reorganization of the imperial army was completed, Li Wei took his own royal guard of more than 2 people and marched towards the city of Vienna mightily.

Li Wei went out, but Karl was too busy. The eastern group that had just completed the reorganization will all mobilize, and arrange strict defenses in the cities of the vassal states that Li Wei will pass through, and even temporarily remove all armed forces (including the police) of the vassal states. Transfer or temporary leave, the French Defense Forces will undertake the security task!
Everything is for the emperor's life and safety!

This is the reason why Li Wei is unwilling to travel far. When he moves, the entire French Defense Force has to follow suit, which is a waste of people and money.

For the financially poor French Empire, Li Wei is naturally unwilling to waste money for no reason, so he usually moves around the Paris area, and will only leave unless there is a special need. For example, this trip to Vienna is for Place a system function building in Vienna.

Levy had to select a building group that met the scale and required standards before adding system functions.

For example, the military barracks of the total war system can never be attached to a horse farm...

As for the system building of the tax bureau, it must be attached to the administrative center building similar to the city government to take effect.

Of course, if Li Wei is not too troublesome, he can also build a new tax building in the local area.

The basic system building does not need to consume any glory points, and Li Wei only needs to come to Vienna in person.

Naturally, Li Wei would not tell outsiders the real purpose of his trip to Vienna. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the French Empire declared to the outside world that this was the great emperor's inspection of Vienna, and he personally stood on the corpse of the Austrian Empire to witness history.

Obviously, Li Wei's trip to Vienna was regarded by the outside world as a political show and a slap in the face of the Habsburg family.

Although the Habsburg dynasty has collapsed, the power of the Habsburg family is still strong, at least their connections and money are still there!
After the successful revolution in the Austrian Republic, Allen was busy destroying the Austrian Freedom Party and gathering power to maintain the dictatorship, so he didn't have the energy to massacre the Habsburg family, allowing the members of the Habsburg family to have time to hide themselves.

On the contrary, the Austrian aristocratic group suffered a fatal blow after Eileen took over the dictatorial power. The Eileen government used the excuse of clearing the privileges of the aristocracy to expropriate the property of the Austrian aristocrats. Even many wealthy religious people were also affected. It seems to be the situation of the second French Revolution.

It was this purge that completely eliminated the aristocratic forces of the Austrian Republic from the political arena, just like France at the time.

Many exiled Austrian nobles fled to the Kingdom of Prussia and the Russian Empire to survive.

What's more, they did not report hope for the restoration of the Austrian Empire, and fled directly to the British Isles, and even crossed the ocean to the United States of America, where the political environment was more relaxed.

Among them are a large number of Jewish capitalists. These Jewish capitalists are terrified of the revolutionary forces and run faster than the Austrian nobles!
Fortunately, Elaine was protected by the [-] presidential guards, which prevented the chaos of the French Revolution from breaking out in the Austrian Republic during the drastic changes.

(End of this chapter)