18th century total war

Chapter 313
"Has the French not attacked yet?"

"General Aristotle, our scouts have not found any signs of the French attack, but the French cavalry has been cruising around the periphery of our army. As long as our army pulls out of camp, they will immediately notice it.

Our cavalry is too small to fight against the French cavalry, so we have never been able to break through their blockade to find the French barracks. "

After hearing this, Aristotle was silent for a moment, then turned to look at another general and asked, "How is the mood of the soldiers in the camp?"

Aristotle had actually inspected the camp and knew that the morale of the army was declining rapidly at this time, but he still had a glimmer of expectation in his heart, and at the same time he wanted to see the mentality of the generals under his command towards this battle.

The general who was watched by Aristotle lowered his head and blamed himself: "Sorry, General Aristotle, I failed to revive the morale of my troops.

The tragic situation of the First Division has spread throughout the army, and even the remaining soldiers of the First Division are in a trance, and the soldiers of other units are terrified of this tragic battle. "

With a long sigh, Aristotle snuffed out the last trace of luck in his mind. He stood up, looked around at the senior generals following him, and ordered: "We can't wait like this. The whole army breaks out and moves on. If the French still want to intercept, we will rush to kill them all!
Victory will belong to the Legion of Honor! "

"Yes!"

The high-spirited echo made Aristotle feel a little more relaxed, at least these senior generals have not given up.

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After being unconscious on the battlefield, Ettore, who survived because of the voluntary evacuation of the French army, wrapped a blood-stained turban on his head to wrap the injured part.

Ettore was successfully downgraded from a company captain in charge of more than 100 people to a captain with an empty rank but no soldiers...

The reason is simple, he is the only one left alive in his company!

When Ettore first got the news, he was stunned for more than ten minutes before recovering. It felt as if the whole world had collapsed.

Even now, Ettore's eyes have become erratic, and the firmness he once had is long gone.

At this time, Ettore was assigned to the pathfinding troops in the second division, and walked forward silently with his own weapon.

"God bless, I hope we don't encounter the French Defense Forces, otherwise we will definitely die like the first division..."

When Ettore heard an ordinary soldier with the rank of private next to him keep making the sign of the cross on his chest and muttering prayers, he immediately became angry.

The silent Ettore grabbed the praying private like a ferocious beast, and leaned against his bewildered and terrified cheek with a ferocious expression.

"Damn bastard, the first division is not dead, I belong to the first division!"

"Ettore, what are you doing?!

Let go quickly, how can you do something to your own people? !
Regardless of which unit the Legion of Honor is in, they are all brothers of the same big family! "

After seeing this scene, the captain who led the team stopped immediately.

Obviously, the other party knew Ettore's identity and military rank very well.

After hearing the scolding, Ettore's feverish mind cooled down a bit, and he let go of his palm, throwing the frightened private aside.

The private wanted to explode, but when he saw Ettore's rank epaulets, he just clenched his fists angrily.

Although everyone in the Legion of Honor claims to be brothers, the ranks in the army are strict. Only in this way can the overall combat effectiveness of the army be guaranteed.

If soldiers and officers really become brothers, what if the officers let them charge when they go to the battlefield, and the soldiers are afraid of death and dare not approach the officers to intercede?
Therefore, brothers in the army are just a popular appellation on weekdays. The Legion of Honor is often more cruel on the battlefield, especially when dealing with deserters. In the military discipline promulgated by Aristotle, the punishment for deserters is only one word - kill !

On the one hand, ideological education is used for brainwashing, and on the other hand, strict military discipline is used to restrain soldiers, which ensures that the combat effectiveness of the Legion of Honor will not decline.

"I heard that only one out of ten members of the First Division survived. I didn't expect that there was only one of us here. It's really..."

A non-commissioned officer next to him whispered.

"Ettore, why did you do something to this private?

Although you are a captain now, you are not the commander of this unit, understand? "

The captain who scolded Ettore came over and asked with a serious face.

Officials in the Legion of Honor have a tradition of protecting the calf. This is actually guided by Aristotle on purpose. This will make it easier for the soldiers to unite with the officers, especially the front-line officers. It is easy to mobilize emotions on the battlefield.

At that time, Ettore was able to let the soldiers of the company under his command, which had suffered heavy casualties, rush and fight, relying on this atmosphere of the Legion of Honor.

"He insulted the First Division and said that everyone in the First Division was dead!"

After the private soldier heard Ettore's words, he instinctively lied and retorted: "No! I didn't!

Captain Ettore was from the First Division. He must have been mentally stimulated, so he had hallucinations, so he suddenly attacked me. "

The private soldier recalled that when he was praying just now, Ettore was the only one around, and he immediately became more confident.

The First Division has been defined as a heroic unit by Aristotle and the senior generals of the Legion of Honor. Anyone who dares to insult the First Division at this time will really think their life is too long.

So as long as there is no solid evidence, the private has no courage to admit his mistake.

After hearing this, Ettore laughed out of breath, and just about to curse at the other party, suddenly there was a gunshot in the distance, and then the gunshot was like a starting gun, attracting gunshots one after another!
The lying private suddenly trembled, clutching the blood that was blooming on his chest, and fell to the ground in disbelief. He wanted to ask for help, but he spat out a mouthful of blood!

It didn't take long for the private soldier to die...

For the sharpshooters of the Wehrmacht, aiming for the chest was far more likely to hit the head than aiming for the head, and was almost as deadly.

After all, there are a large number of organs in the human chest, no matter which organ is hit, it means death in this era.

"Enemy attack!"

The captain shouted hoarsely.

And Ettore stared at the last soldier in a daze for a few seconds, quickly replaying in his mind the scene before he fell into a coma in the last battle, and the Shura field full of corpses after waking up.

"The French Defense Forces are coming!
Those demonic soldiers are coming!

It's over, it's impossible for us to win, how can people beat the devil? ! "

Ettore seemed to be suffering from hysteria, throwing away his weapons and striding away towards the rear. As a surviving 'hero' of the first division, Ettore actually became a deserter as soon as he encountered the attack!

The surrounding officers and soldiers of the Second Division were shocked when they saw Ettore strutting away. From the sound of gunshots, it was easy to tell that they encountered only a small group of pathfinding pioneers from the French Defense Forces, and they were definitely not as numerous as them. As for escaping?
The Legion of Honor has zero tolerance for deserters!
Sure enough, the captain who had just scolded Ettore suddenly ordered the surrounding soldiers: "Captain Ettore escaped during the war, shoot him to death!"

After finishing speaking, the captain drew his gun first and fired at Ettore's back.

The surrounding soldiers would naturally not refuse such a live target that was so close at hand, and killing deserters on the battlefield was their instilled responsibility.

In the Legion of Honor, any soldier has the right to shoot deserters who flee in battle!

After several gunshots, Ettore felt a sharp pain in his back, and his whole body fell forward under the impact inertia of the lead bullets. After falling down, Ettore had no strength to get up again.

Until this time, Ettore seemed to have regained his clarity and reason, and he couldn't help but be filled with regret. He even forgot the wartime regulations of the Legion of Honor!

"I'm such a pathetic person. I wanted to die on the battlefield with all my blood, but in the end I was treated as a deserter and killed by my own people..."

After this idea appeared in Ettore's mind, he was engulfed by the surging exhaustion and darkness.

However, killing Ettore did not improve the situation of this pathfinding unit. The sharpshooters of the French Defense Forces on the opposite side were like gods in this small-scale confrontation.

Nearly half of the pathfinders of the Legion of Honor were killed in less than 10 minutes, and they were routed without causing any casualties to the sharpshooters.

Then, the French Wehrmacht in battalions appeared in front of the Legion of Honor, which was marching abreast, left and right!

After a few small, portable cannons roared, the French Defense Force quickly launched an attack.

This time, the French Defense Forces did not put in a tight formation, but let the infantry guards directly hold their bayonets and charge in a loose battle line.

First, walk quickly, and then start running quickly when you are close to the effective range of the enemy's musket.

Even Aristotle, who was riding on a tall horse, saw the French Defense Forces coming from three sides. They were clearly not as numerous as their own, but they rushed out with the momentum of thousands of troops.

And the Legion of Honor, which had just launched a defensive formation, only fired a round of guns, and was thrown by the attached infantry with a round of grenade throwing bombers.

This time, the Legion of Honor did not launch a counter-charge against the grenades of the French Defense Forces like the previous First Division, but retreated steadily after being bombarded by the grenades.

As soon as the peripheral soldiers of the Legion of Honor retreated, the entire defensive battle line suddenly became torn apart. The infantry guards easily penetrated in and started a fierce fight.

Among them, the infantry guards with white cloth strips on their arms and without military caps rushed to the front, carrying a pack of smoldering explosives behind them.

These people were all scattered in a few sporadic groups, and they rushed towards the crowd.

Accompanied by explosions one after another, the last defensive tortoise shell of the Legion of Honor was completely smashed.

Aristotle rode on a tall horse and kept shouting and giving orders. In all directions, there were routs and scattered soldiers of the Legion of Honor. Many soldiers of the Legion of Honor even knelt down on the ground and raised their hands!
What Aristotle feared the most happened!

What was even more unfortunate was that the horse Aristotle was riding was hit by a stray bullet shot from nowhere, and Aristotle was flung away with a whine. When he woke up, he had already appeared in the barracks of the French Defense Forces.

Aristotle, the leader of the all-powerful Legion of Honor in the Kingdom of Serbia, was just captured alive!

However, the Legion of Honor is indeed an army of poor people. The skill points for running away are almost full. Aristotle often asks soldiers to train their physical fitness. In addition, the French Defense Forces have insufficient pursuit troops, so many people still escaped. .

For Napoleon, of course, his goal had been achieved.

He knew that Aristotle was the core soul of the Legion of Honor. Without Aristotle, even if the Legion of Honor had not been wiped out, it would be impossible to maintain its original combat effectiveness.

The first thing Aristotle saw when he woke up was a short general.

Napoleon looked curiously at the leader of the guerrillas who had turned the Kingdom of Serbia upside down.

In the eyes of Napoleon, Aristotle did not excel at the strategic and tactical level. This rumored third-rate Greek writer had thoroughly studied the essence of the French Revolution.

The reason why the Legion of Honor can turn a group of poor people into a group of brave men who dare to fight is the teaching of Aristotle!

The unanimous hard-working spirit of the Legion of Honor surprised Li Wei who was far away in Vienna.

Because the Legion of Honor allowed Li Wei to see the shadow of a certain army in a certain country in his previous life. Although there is still a big gap with that shadow, at least there are similarities. What is missing is a more complete core idea and a powerful 'unit' like a political commissar.

Even Li Wei once suspected that Aristotle was a time traveler, but after various investigations by the spies of the General Administration of Military Intelligence, it was confirmed that Aristotle only developed such a set of military management methods because he read a lot and studied extensively. .

Since then, Livy has issued an order to capture Aristotle as alive as possible on the battlefield.

With such a capable talent, Li Wei naturally needs to be enlightened administratively!
Aristotle was born to be a revolutionary!

Whether it is the Lindenwan Brotherhood or the Davari Mutual Aid Society, they all need a revolutionary genius with practical experience like Aristotle.

After Aristotle looked at the French soldiers around him, he immediately realized his situation. He smiled bitterly and said to Napoleon in front of him: "General, are you going to kill me or lock me up?"

Napoleon shook his head, and replied without any concealment: "I was just ordered to bring you back to Vienna, and His Majesty the Emperor wants to see you in person."

Aristotle, who had seen through life and death, suddenly widened his eyes in fear. He was extremely sure of his previous speculation at this moment.

"Sure enough!
Li Wei is a real devil, he has a way to control people's hearts!
Perhaps, a general like you is also a plaything controlled by Li Wei! "

(End of this chapter)