18th century total war

Chapter 316 Easy Expansion
In the private room of a restaurant in Athens, the capital of the Greek Republic, Meyer held an internal meeting of the Rothschild family in Greece for the last time before leaving.

Since the defeat of the Legion of Honor and the news of Aristotle's disappearance, the Rothschild family has been preparing to withdraw from business and return to the UK. Even the head of the family, Meyer, sent a message to his sons in London, asking them to send messages to them. The United States of America across the Atlantic Ocean secretly transfers property!

The sharp-eyed Meyer has already felt the crisis before the storm in the Greek Republic.

"Patriarch, are we really not withdrawing our funding for the Legion of Honor?

You must know that all other Jewish chaebols who supported Aristotle have withdrawn their funding, and it is only a matter of time before the Legion of Honor is destroyed. "

"Because of Aristotle and his Legion of Honor, now only with the support of our Rothschild family, the Rothschild family will be valued more by the Legion of Honor and Aristotle!"

"However, Aristotle has disappeared now. Even if he didn't die, he was destined to be captured by the French Defense Forces. Is there any point in his regard?"

"First of all, I can confirm that Aristotle is not dead. Whether it is the French Defense Forces or other troops of the Holy Alliance, once Aristotle's body is discovered, it will never be so quiet. It will not do anything to them. benefit!

The Legion of Honor has not been disbanded yet, isn’t it because of the idea that Aristotle has no death?
If I were the controller of the Holy Alliance, it would be more straightforward to simply release the news of Aristotle's death, and I will not hide the news of Aristotle's death anyway!
Therefore, Aristotle must not have died, unless he was dismantled and smashed on the battlefield, and even the victor would not be able to discern his identity.

I don't think about things with such a small probability. "

"However, if Aristotle did not die and was captured by the French Defense Forces or the Serbian army, why is there no news from the Holy Alliance?

As soon as this news gets out, the Legion of Honor will surely be doomed. "

"This is why we, the Rothschilds, continue to support the Legion of Honor and Aristotle.

Also, the battle in which Aristotle was defeated and disappeared was fought against the French Defense Forces, and it was almost impossible for the Serbian army to capture Aristotle.

Even if the Serbian army is captured, news of Aristotle's capture will definitely flow out due to the nature of the Serbian army.

Only the French Defense Forces, who are tight-lipped from top to bottom, have the ability to conceal the news that Aristotle was captured!
Are you curious why the news of Aristotle's capture has not been announced after so many days after the French Defense Forces captured Aristotle? "

"why?"

A collateral member of the Rothschild family couldn't help asking.

"I do not know either."

Meyer spread his hands and replied.

Under the stunned eyes of everyone, Meyer added: "But I know that Aristotle is still alive and the news of being captured has not spread, which means that Aristotle still has high value.

that's enough!
Even, once Aristotle returns to Greece, he will create the results we have been expecting.

If Aristotle, who was captured by the French, returned to Greece, what do you think would happen? "

"Shall we report this to the London authorities?"

Another Rothschild family member suddenly suggested.

Meyer squinted at him and spit out a word in a cold voice: "Stupid!
What is our Rothschild family in the eyes of the London government, you want to work so hard for those noble lords?

The interests of the family are above all else, have you forgotten this one? !
Well, I won't explain the extra things. You just need to continue to do things in Greece according to my requirements.

Once the news of Aristotle's return to the Legion of Honor came back, he immediately contacted Aristotle at all costs and expressed to him the most noble friendship of the Rothschild family.

Because the returning Aristotle will have a qualitative transformation, don't ask me why, this is a family secret.

This is the secret code for the Rothschild family’s rapid rise in Greece! "

In the end, Mayer used his power as the head of the family and rejected all questions.

Even if all this is his personal reasoning.

However, as the small businessman Meyer who founded the Rothschild family, his words have an unparalleled deterrent power in the Rothschild family.

Even if it all sounds ridiculous.

Of course, the members of the Rothschild family who stayed in Athens didn't have to wait long. Less than two days after Meyer boarded the merchant ship back to London, the good news of Aristotle's return to the Legion of Honor came from Athens. .

This is only good news for the Rothschild family, and for the whole of Greece, there is another huge and incomparably good news!
After Aristotle's return, it took only one week to smash the encirclement and suppression of the Serbian Legion, successfully broke out, and wiped out the Serbian Legion with a total of more than 3 people!

So far, the Serbian Legion has lost the ability to encircle and suppress the Legion of Honor in a short period of time.

Subsequently, Aristotle's Legion of Honor captured a port town in Albania, received a large number of firearms and ammunition funded by the British, and even a dozen mortars and small-caliber field guns!

Aristotle simply recruited minority youths in the Kingdom of Serbia in the local area, and specifically selected those "angry youths" who had been oppressed by the Serbians.

The cynics of this era are not the same as the cynics of the 21st century, they literally mean angry youths.

They are not cynics who talk about the party, but cynics who are willing to join the army and fight against the government that oppresses them!

This is the true meaning of cynicism!

Taking the supplies from the British, Aristotle recruited troops all the way along the coastline to expand his strength, and soon restored the peak strength of the Legion of Honor!
Subsequently, Aristotle led the Legion of Honor to fight and train troops, broke through the interception line of the Serbian Corps three times in succession, and successfully broke into the territory of Greece!

This time, Aristotle changed his normal behavior and no longer attacked large and medium-sized cities, but only stayed in the vast rural areas. This allowed Aristotle's Legion of Honor to easily avoid areas heavily garrisoned by Serbian legions without having to go Fighting a tough battle, the Legion of Honor naturally does not have to face big losses.

And those three interception lines, in fact, the number of Serbian corps is not large, they can only be regarded as partial battles, not only allowed Aristotle to experience the newly recruited recruits, but also defeated the Legion of Honor by the French Defense Forces through many victories The backbone of the military spirit was erected again.

Naturally, the Legion of Honor generally has a personality cult sentiment, thinking that only the Legion of Honor led by Aristotle can be invincible!
The middle and high-level members of the Legion of Honor are all confidants who were conquered by Aristotle through his personality charm. Naturally, they also tried their best to promote the image of Aristotle in the army. The Legion of Honor was firmly united in Aristotle. Dodd's side.

After a series of victories, the government of the Hellenic Republic named Aristotle the first marshal of the Hellenic Republic in order to arouse the public opinion of the Anti-Japanese War (the war against the Holy Alliance)!
This move instantly suppressed the warlordism that emerged in the Hellenic Republic.

After all, as the Greek regular army was defeated one after another on the front line, not to mention the French Defense Forces, even the Bulgarian Army and the Serbian Army were unable to defeat it. Naturally, the Greek generals in the territory had a wrong idea. They felt that they could lead their own troops without worrying about the Greek government. Army encirclement and suppression.

The restoration of the Legion of Honor naturally made the Athenian government, which was deprived of central power, eager to use it. Aristotle was made a marshal to suppress those Greek generals who wanted to stand on their own but did not listen to the announcement.

It is obvious that the Legion of Honor, which massacred all parties in the Kingdom of Serbia, really shocked the Greek generals with the warlord mountainous ideology.

Because these Greek generals know a simple math problem.

The Greek army can't beat the Serbian army, the Serbian army can't beat the Legion of Honor, and the Greek generals who are mercenaries and miscellaneous troops in the Greek army, what will happen to them against the Legion of Honor?
The answer is self-evident...

What's more, don't they know what the troops of the Greek generals look like?
Robbing civilians is as fierce as a tiger, and each one is greedy for life and afraid of death on the battlefield...

No way, the government of the Greek Republic is not a fool. For those Greek generals who are entrenched in places and do not want to go to the front line, they directly stop their military pay and supplies. Without the financial support of the central government, these Greek generals can afford to rely solely on searching places How many troops?

What's more, the Greek general and the middle and high-level officers under him shouldn't make more money!
Especially those military officers who are willing to obey the orders of the Greek generals instead of the orders of the Athens government, isn't it just for the word power and wealth?
It was in this environment that the Greek Republic welcomed back the national hero Aristotle in the eyes of all Greeks.

The Legion of Honor brought back by Aristotle has a strength of [-] troops!
After entering the territory of Greece, a large number of poor Greek children immediately joined the army!

With the rise of Aristotle's reputation in Greece, Aristotle's original idea of ​​​​building an army of poor people is also well known to everyone. The most important thing in this era is the poor!

These meals are not enough to eat, and many people still look like malnourished and emaciated Greek youths. They have long hoped for the stars and the moon to join the Legion of Honor.

Whether it is material needs or spiritual satisfaction, the Legion of Honor is the best place for these young people from poor backgrounds.

Aristotle did not refuse the Greek youths who actively joined the army. Except for those Greek youths who were unhealthy or even disabled, the rest could join the army.

However, Aristotle sternly rejected a group of Greek local dignitaries who wanted to enter the Legion of Honor and start as officers.

Aristotle claimed that the Legion of Honor is an army composed of civilians, and all people must be treated equally, regardless of your origin. After joining the army, you must start from the lowest recruits.

Only after completing recruit training can one become a private.

The military structure of the Legion of Honor is modeled on that of the French Defense Forces. Privates need military merit to support their promotion. Above privates are privates, then first class.

Private first class and above are non-commissioned officers.

Moreover, non-commissioned officers are divided into several levels, so that soldiers have ample room for promotion...

In the Legion of Honor, mid-to-high-ranking non-commissioned officers have a chance to be similar to the squad leader, in fact, they are the second lieutenant's deputy.

After all, the army of this era does not have the official positions of squad leader and platoon leader.

The so-called platoon leader is the leader of a long platoon of non-commissioned officers, who is the second lieutenant's deputy.

The captain or senior lieutenant often serves as the company captain, and the second lieutenant generally serves as the company captain's adjutant.

In the Legion of Honor, there is no threshold for serving as a non-commissioned officer. As long as you have military exploits, you will be promoted immediately.

But if you want to cross the threshold of a second lieutenant, you must not only have military exploits, but also be able to read and write.

In addition, Aristotle also set up an additional political review of officers. To put it bluntly, it tests the officers' philosophy of why they fight and their admiration for Aristotle (loyalty).

Formally relying on this relatively complete system, Aristotle established a legion of honor that is absolutely loyal to him from bottom to top.

If it hadn't been for Napoleon of the French Defense Forces and was beaten up, the Legion of Honor would definitely be the most progressive army in this era!
From the lowest recruit to the general, the Legion of Honor knows why they fight!

Interestingly, when Aristotle's Legion of Honor returned to Greece with great success, the Livy government used the urgent war situation in Central Europe as an excuse to withdraw the few remaining French defense forces from the Balkans. Even Napoleon was transferred. gone!
All battles were given to the Bulgarian Legion and the Kingdom of Serbia.

The Bulgarian Legion has only tens of thousands of people, and the main force is still the Kingdom of Serbia.

Therefore, the frontline pressure of the Greek army suddenly lightened.

After Aristotle entered the Greek region, his journey was naturally smooth.

Didn't encounter any fighting.

From the Greek border to the city of Athens, the Legion of Honor easily expanded its army to 12 troops!
It's not that there are not enough soldiers, but that there are not enough weapons, ammunition and supplies!

Although the Legion of Honor has no military pay, and the officers and soldiers eat from a big pot and sleep in the simplest marching tents, they must ensure that they have enough to eat. Naturally, Aristotle did not dare to expand the army.

This is also the reason why he is eager to enter the city of Athens.

Athens was the richest city in the Greek Republic at this time.

Naturally, Aristotle, who entered Greece, also received friendship from the Rothschild family. Of course, Aristotle, the capital tycoon who came to his door, would not refuse, and it happened that he was still screening the future Greek National Bank. of the managers.

This is not to say that the financial system of the Greek Republic was handed over to Rothschild. What Aristotle handed over was only limited management and operation rights.

Even so, the Rothschild family can make a lot of money!
(End of this chapter)