18th century total war

Chapter 307 The Hip-pull Serbian Army

"General Aristotle, the news from our people is very good. The surrounding non-Serbian villages are willing to support us. They not only sent us supplies, but also sent their children and brothers to us. Join the Legion of Honor!

Their only request is to let us beat the Serbs hard!

Li Wei's tyrant's trick is really sinister. He uses Serbs to bully other minorities. Now those non-Serbs living in the Kingdom of Serbia not only have to bear twice the tax of Serbs, but also regularly do it for free. labor.

The Li Wei government called this administrative method 'corvement'.

And if those ethnic minority settlements are slightly disobedient, they will be suppressed by the Serbian army. Now the Serbs have become loyal lackeys of the French. They have completely forgotten that they need to pay nearly half of the fiscal revenue to the French Empire! "

"Hehe, the top leaders of the Kingdom of Serbia naturally don't care about the amount of tribute to the French Empire, because these extra state financial expenditures are apportioned by the Serbian government to the ethnic minorities in the territory.

The Serbs have suddenly become the 'masters' of many ethnic groups. They can dominate and have their own country. Naturally, they will not continue to be hostile to the powerful French Empire. "

Aristotle replied with a mocking face.

"General Aristotle, we now have the support of the minority communities in the surrounding area, what should we do next?"

"Of course to fulfill our promise to those ethnic groups who support us, the Legion of Honor is a team that keeps its word!

We are an army of civilians, and an army that values ​​honor above life! "

Aristotle spread out the marching map drawn by himself, and hit a big city at the center of the map.

“The Legion of Honor will either not fight or attack the enemy’s important cities.

This time, we take Tirana, liberate those Albanians, and help them restore their country!

Completely start the name of the Legion of Honor!
We will be a nightmare for the Holy Alliance! "

"General Aristotle, the Serbian garrison there is twice our strength, and there are a lot of artillery for defense. Can we really win?"

“The Serbian army is just a reorganization of militias that have not experienced much war, and their combat effectiveness is not to be feared.

Moreover, there is not a single French soldier in Tirana. Without facing the crazy French Defense Forces, will our Legion of Honor still fail? "

After Aristotle finished speaking, there was no more objection.

After the Legion of Honor infiltrated the Kingdom of Serbia, they had naturally seen the combat effectiveness of the Serbian army. In the eyes of Aristotle, the Serbian army was inferior to many regular Greek troops.

Naturally, it is impossible to be the opponent of the Legion of Honor, which has implemented the spirit of hard work and hard work from top to bottom.

As for the gap in weapons, everyone uses bayonet muskets, what is the difference?
At most, the Serbian garrison can have a few more city fire artillery.

Aristotle doubted that the Kingdom of Serbia could find a few qualified artillerymen.

Everything in this new country supported by the French Empire is so fragile, it has not yet experienced the test of blood and fire, and it is immature in Aristotle's eyes.

A few days later, a caravan of hundreds of people slowly walked towards the gate of Tirana.

The captain of the Serbian goalkeeper at the city gate lazily glanced at the banner displayed by the caravan.

When he saw that they were Albanians, his eyes lit up, and he quickly called out to his subordinates and shouted: "Brothers, the fat sheep is here, hurry up and work!"

Hundreds of Serbian soldiers immediately gathered their muskets, and gathered in a loose formation, but the captain didn't mind, and proudly led his subordinates, lined up in front of the caravan.

The ordinary people passing by gave way one after another, among them the Serbs were gesticulating and laughing, and their language was full of insulting words like 'inferior'.

The way the Ottoman Empire used to treat the Serbs was quickly learned by the Serbs, and the bad roots of human nature were fully reflected at this moment.

As for people of other ethnic groups, they are either numb or hiding their anger to avoid this disaster.

After the establishment of the Kingdom of Serbia, in order to more conveniently squeeze other ethnic groups to pay tribute to the French Empire, the government of the Kingdom of Serbia has defined other ethnic groups as inferior ethnic groups according to the legal situation!
It’s not about labeling other ethnic groups as inferior people, but providing Serbs with some popular privileges in all aspects of life. For example, when non-Serbs commit crimes, they will add one or even three grades to the crime according to the severity of the crime!
Moreover, there are a large number of death sentences in the criminal law for non-Serbians who violate the law, and there is no provision for probation for all death sentences.

All are 'decisions'!
On the other hand, Serbians, as long as it is not a major crime such as treason, even if they violate the death penalty, they will have varying lengths of probation. They can eliminate the death penalty and change it to life imprisonment based on performance, gradually weakening their sentence.

This is only in terms of criminal law. In the commercial and administrative fields, the discrimination against non-Serbs is even more naked.

If non-Serbs want to start a business, it is very difficult to apply for a license. It will cost several times the price of Serbs, and it may not be successful...

As for the administrative department, it is expressly stipulated that non-Serbs will not be advertised!
In other words, the Kingdom of Serbia stipulates that all public officials must be Serbs!

Aristotle saw this kind of injustice, so he took the Legion of Honor to avoid the front of the French Defense Forces, and secretly lurked to the border of the Kingdom of Serbia to develop.

Sure enough, when the Greek army was fully contracted, the sudden appearance of the Legion of Honor brought new hope to those oppressed non-Serbians. The Legion of Honor easily took root in the mountain villages and established a solid guerrilla warfare base.

"Hey, Albanians, expose all your goods, we want to inspect them one by one!"

After the captain finished speaking, before the caravan on the opposite side made a move, he waved his hands and let the soldiers under him rush forward.

However, what they didn't know was that these hundreds of ordinary caravan members were all disguised as elite soldiers of the Legion of Honor.

They watched silently as the group of soldiers came forward, their palms already stretched into their bosoms.

It's a pity that under the war situation where the French Defense Forces are advancing triumphantly, the Serbian army has never been to the front line, and their vigilance has long been relaxed, and they are not prepared at all.

Suddenly, most of the middle-aged men who were the leaders of the caravan shouted loudly: "Do it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he had already pulled out a flintlock pistol, and pulled the trigger on the Serbian captain who had a bewildered face and fear quickly crawled up his cheeks.

The distance between the two sides was less than ten meters, and it was impossible for the flintlock pistol to miss.

Accompanied by a gunshot, the Serbian captain fell to the ground on his back, and the gunshot became the signal for the entire caravan to erupt.

All the caravan members either took out short blades or flintlock handguns, and launched a sneak attack and kill the unsuspecting Serbian soldiers who came towards them.

The people in the back row of the caravan suddenly opened the linen cloth on the carriage. What was underneath was not any cargo at all, but muskets!

These caravan members picked up their muskets, mounted bayonets and rushed towards the battle group in front.

The surrounding crowd suddenly exploded, and swarmed towards the city gate like headless chickens.

And the Serbian soldiers in the city gate had already come out on their own initiative, and no one went to close the city gate for a while!

Aristotle, who was hiding in the forest in the distance, holding a monocular in his hand, saw this scene, and waved his hand violently, and the jungle suddenly sounded fiercely.

Accompanied by a rustle, the soldiers of the Legion of Honor began to walk quickly towards the city of Tirana.

The reason why it is useless to run is mainly to preserve energy.

The battle at the gate of the city was over in just a few minutes. As Aristotle predicted, the Serbian soldiers had no will to resist the sudden attack, and after a dozen people died, they rushed away. They dispersed and were followed and chased by elite soldiers of the Legion of Honor disguised as members of the caravan.

The members of the caravan who entered the city gate immediately gathered in a row of guns, facing the scattered Serbian soldiers rushing over from behind the city gate.

After firing, these elite soldiers of the Legion of Honor directly launched a bayonet charge, defeating hundreds of scattered Serbian soldiers who came to support them, and occupied the entire city gate!
After occupying the city gate and the walls around the city gate, the soldiers of the Legion of Honor immediately occupied the commanding heights and shooting positions, preparing to hold on until the large forces rushed in.

It is a pity that they did not wait for the attack of the large Serbian troops, because when a small group of disguised soldiers of the Legion of Honor seized the city gate, the senior officials of the Serbian garrison in the city were drinking and having fun. Many of them had their pants down when the gunfire rang out. None of them were worn...

The fierce gunfire plunged the city of Tirana into chaos. After the Serbian soldiers near the city wall were defeated, the confused Serbian soldiers shouted and shouted, and some even shouted that the British were coming!
The United Kingdom is the endorsement of a powerful country in Europe in this era, especially for a small third-rate country like the Kingdom of Serbia, it is absolutely deterrent.

Because it is impossible for the Kingdom of Prussia and the Russian Empire to fight over, only the British with strong shipping capabilities can land and fight over.

That's why those frightened Serbian routs shouted for the Brits instead of calling for the Prussians and Russians to kill them.

The bad news that the British had entered the city quickly spread throughout the city. After all, Britain's reputation was so great that many people really believed it.

Tirana is not a city populated by Serbs. The main residents are Albanians. These people have long been fed up with the violent rule and cruel exploitation of the Serbs. After hearing the news that the British came in, many bloody Albanian men He took out his handy weapon from home and started to call friends on the street.

Serious riots broke out in the city soon!

It's just that these mobs have no organization and few muskets, so they pose little threat to the Serbian garrison.

It just delayed the reaction time of the main force of the Serbian garrison for a few hours.

After these few hours of delay, Aristotle had already led the main force of the Legion of Honor into the city of Tirana.

After the established Legion of Honor entered the city, it began to attack the barracks, police station, city government and other important departments in the city with a clear goal. Thousands of Legion of Honor quickly caught the Serbian garrison who had gathered in a hurry by surprise.

Even though the generals of the Serbian garrison later clarified that it was not the British who came here, but a Greek 'guerrilla'.

The morale of the Serbian garrison still did not improve much.

Because these so-called Greek partisans, it was crazy to fight.

They completely learned the tactics of the British. After pressing into the distance, they fired a round of volleys, and then directly inserted their bayonets and began to charge. All of them were like desperate lunatics. It was the first time for Serbian soldiers to see such a terrifying enemy. How to resist?

Rely on the mouth to resist?

And the city of Tirana is full of local Albanian residents who oppose Serbian rule. These people regard the Legion of Honor as a 'friendly army' to liberate themselves and keep providing them with news.

The Serbian army was constantly harassed. In street fighting, the Serbian army not only had to face the Legion of Honor attacking ahead, but also faced the cold guns fired from time to time from the buildings on both sides.

As the Legion of Honor seized more and more urban areas, many Albanian youths even picked up weapons from the corpses and joined the Legion of Honor's offensive sequence.

As a result, Aristotle was surprised to find that more and more people under his command were fighting in this battle!
The Serbian garrison, which clearly had an absolute advantage in military strength, fell into a disadvantage in such a muddled manner, and was quickly cut into two by the Legion of Honor.

At this time, the outcome of the battle was actually destined. The divided Serbian garrison soon faced the dilemma of being attacked from two sides. Most of the Serbian army could not withstand the pressure and surrendered and fled.

In less than a day, Tirana, the capital city of the Albanian region, was captured by the Legion of Honor!
After Aristotle captured Tirana, not only did he not let the Legion of Honor become the master of the city, he also took the initiative to invite Albanian celebrities in the city to put himself in the position of liberator.

Except for some field guns and mortars left behind by the captured arms of the Legion of Honor, the rest were armed to Albanian youths who were willing to join the army.

Because Aristotle won the friendship of the Albanians, he soon received command of the temporary Albanian army and established the Albanian Youth Army!

As for the battle losses of the Legion of Honor, they were all quickly replenished with the enthusiastic participation of young people from ethnic minorities who enthusiastically joined the army.

(End of this chapter)