18th century total war

Chapter 349 Prussian [-]st Grenadier Regiment

"I believe that the Imperial Guards of the Roman Empire can crush all the enemies in front of them, suspend support to the Asia Minor region, allow the Czechoslovak Legion to consolidate the city it has already occupied, and expand its sphere of influence to the surrounding countryside to prepare for a long-term confrontation with the Ottoman Empire Preparations for a counterattack.

Without any support!
The follow-up troops that landed in the Ottoman Empire were transferred to the northern front line of the Kingdom of Romania, ready to launch an attack at any time.

Even if the Russian Empire does not take the initiative to attack, we will launch an offensive here to attract part of the Russian Empire's troops here and relieve pressure on other fronts.

However, the offensive in the northern part of the Kingdom of Romania does not need to be too fierce to avoid the problem of overstretching the logistics line.

The strategic purpose of the northern front of the Kingdom of Romania is to attract the vital forces of the Russian Empire, not to siege cities.

Once the European War resumes, facing the Russian Empire, we must first take a strategic defensive position and use trenches and fortresses to consume the superiority of Russian gray cattle.

Then, while concentrating on attacking the Iberian Peninsula with all its strength, cooperate with the large-scale revolutionary movement launched by the Lindenwan Brotherhood in the enemy's country, and eliminate the power of the remaining countries in Central Europe such as the Kingdom of Prussia as much as possible.

The best result is that the Kingdom of Prussia is too busy to take care of itself, unable to gather a large army to launch an offensive on our territory, and buy enough time to solve the problem of the Iberian Peninsula.

For the attack on the Iberian Peninsula, the empire will draw at least 20 troops from the French Legion, and the local security that the French Legion is responsible for will be handed over to the local militia and police force.

The 20 French Legion will form the Western Front Army, and the commander-in-chief of the army will be Lieutenant General Bolcha.

The Croatian Legion, Romanian Legion, Serbian Legion, and Bulgarian Legion are in charge of the northern front of the Kingdom of Romania, and are under the control of the Eastern Front Group commanded by Commander-in-Chief Karl.

The main strategic goal is to capture the important town of Iasi occupied by the Russians, and prevent the Russians from infiltrating southward from other directions to destroy. "

The Croatian Legion, the Romanian Legion, the Serbian Legion, and the Bulgarian Legion were originally the second batch of troops that landed in the Ottoman Empire. At this time, Li Wei arranged for another front. Obviously, before the end of the European War, the Ottoman Empire would not have to face the crisis of subjugation. .

Of course, at this time, Li Wei's eyes were already on the unification of Europa, and the Ottoman Empire, which was beaten and disabled, was naturally not in his eyes.

"Except the French Army, all other armies will be integrated into the Eastern Front Army and will be uniformly dispatched by General Karl."

With the conclusion of the emergency cabinet meeting in Vienna, the Roman Empire quickly entered a state of wartime rationing.

At the same time, Elaine, the head of the Lindenwan Brotherhood far in the north of Central Europe, also received the news.

The Lindenwan Brotherhood, which had been silently developing and recovering from the trauma of the failure of the last revolution, immediately became active.

However, the kingdom of Prussia, especially the capital Berlin, which has suffered once, is very strict in arresting and guarding against revolutionaries. Elsewhere.

For this reason, Elaine personally fled to the area controlled by the Roman Empire to discuss with the local supreme commander of the Roman Guards.

The bottom-level revolutionary members of the Lindenwan Brotherhood didn't know who they really served, which was the Roman Empire, the feudal autocratic monarchy that should be revolutionized the most, but the core members of Elaine basically knew who was theirs The boss behind the scenes.

The Roman Empire's war mobilization was naturally not hidden from British spies, and the news that the London government knew was bound to be shared with their temporary allies.

As a result, shortly after the emergency cabinet meeting in Vienna, the countries around the Roman Empire started the war mobilization mechanism.

Among them, the Kingdom of Prussia had the strongest reaction. The reserve militiamen who had been resting in rotation began to be forcibly called up, and even stopped a lot of production work, including crucial agricultural production!

Among the many countries facing the threat of the Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia is undoubtedly the most desperate one.

This is mainly due to the influence created by the important Junker nobles in the Kingdom of Prussia.

Since Li Wei's rise all the way, he has almost completely pulled down the noble class of the conquered land from the altar.

The best outcome is to be 'tamed' by Levi and become a lackey, or a lackey with few privileges!
As we all know, European aristocrats, especially the aristocratic class in Central and Western Europe, are almost all relatives and friends. Li Wei completely suppressed the old aristocratic class in this regard, and naturally offended all the nobles in Central and Western Europe.

Among them, the Junker nobles in Prussia are the noble group with the strongest military strength, and these Junker nobles attach great importance to traditional friendship and noble honor, and advocate the combat style of noble officers leading the charge.

The powerful combat power of the Prussian army is inseparable from the military style of the Junker nobles.

Of course, compared to those European nobles who kowtowed to Li Wei, the Junker nobles were obviously unconvinced. They were unwilling to accept the transformation of Li Wei's government, handed over everything they had, and became a bureaucratic class that was decided by the central government. .

In the eyes of later generations, the bureaucratic class is a very powerful class.

That's right, in the eyes of ordinary people, officials are of course better than others!

However, for the rulers, the bureaucratic class is actually a group of slaves.

For bureaucrats without family property and fiefdom foundation, as long as the rulers look unhappy, they can find any reason to slap them to the end, and it is not impossible to denigrate them as commoners.

In the eyes of today's aristocratic and privileged class, this is a very bad experience.

You must know that the aristocratic class at this time is an official, even if they resign from the official position, they can still enjoy a life of good life and the treatment of a superior person when they go home.

It's not like people in the officialdom of the later generations will take the tea cold.

Moreover, the families behind noble officials often have huge industries and fiefdom foundations, not to mention contacts, and a comeback is not a problem at all.

Looking at the bureaucratic class of the Roman Empire established by Li Wei at this time, although many bureaucrats were nobles who had originally surrendered and retained their jobs, their titles of nobility had long since become a pure honorary title, without the slightest privilege of being superior to others, at least in the legal system. It is stipulated in this way.

As for the fiefdom, don't even think about it. Li Weilian has 'forgotten' the fiefdom he promised to the old French nobles. How could he give the fiefdoms to the new nobles?
The laws of the Roman Empire created by Li Wei clearly stipulated that the whole world is the land of the king!
In jurisprudence, all land belongs to the country, and the country belongs to His Majesty the Emperor!
As for the aristocratic property, it did not directly forcibly deprive it, but under the instruction of Li Wei, the relevant industry departments of the cabinet, especially Wallace of the Ministry of Commerce, unceremoniously used various means to suppress the private property of the aristocrats.

Those who know the truth will pay to join the Wallace Business Alliance, and from now on they will divide their net profits and hand them over on a regular basis.

Those who don't know each other basically go through bankruptcy and liquidation...

The aristocratic class who lost their privileges faced the national monopoly business alliance - the Wallace Business Alliance, like a lamb meeting a hungry wolf, with no hope of confrontation at all.

Therefore, there are only two ways for the defecting nobles in the Roman Empire.

First, and the most chosen route, to be loyal to Li Wei, and then work conscientiously for Li Wei in the officialdom.

The status of defecting nobles will not allow them to receive any preferential treatment in their official positions. On the contrary, they must always be alert to themselves, because the Li Wei government is always worried that those defecting nobles will miss their old masters, and their supervision is often stronger.

After all, Li Wei's administrative enlightenment places are limited.

It is impossible to lay 'loyal ministers' throughout the officialdom.

The second way is to rely on the floating wealth accumulated in the past, or sell one's own property and make other livelihoods.

Or join the Wallace business alliance and become an ordinary businessman they once looked down upon, instead of a capitalist!
In the Roman Empire, except for the Wallace Business Alliance, no capital predators were allowed to be born, otherwise the administrative iron fist would teach you what it means to 'make a wedding dress for others'.

Compared with the hereditary glory in the past, the aristocrats who have become middle-class working class are naturally a negative example in the eyes of other aristocrats in Europe.

If they are nobles who don't have much sense of "knightly honor" and can't beat them, they can only choose this path. At least they can do better than ordinary civilians.

But the Junker nobles obviously do not belong to the ranks of counselor nobles.

Second, the one with the strongest will to resist is the Duma nobles of the Russian Empire.

As for the nobles of those small countries, whether it is the nobles of the Kingdom of Spain or the Kingdom of Denmark, the willingness to resist is not too strong, because the strength of their country is not even qualified to confront the Roman Empire, and it is nothing more than an alliance of interests led by the central government and Britain. Just pull on the warship.

This is also the reason why the nobles of small countries often kneel faster and more thoroughly when facing the invasion of Li Wei's army.

Depending on the national strength, the mentality of the aristocratic groups will naturally be different.

Therefore, under the organization of a group of military Junker nobles for their own interests, the Kingdom of Prussia exploded with 120% enthusiasm for war.

Even without the central government of the Kingdom of Prussia to promote it, those Junker nobles would pay their own money to promote Prussian militaristic nationalism in their fiefdoms and surrounding towns, calling on the Prussian people to take up arms and resist the invasion of the tyrant Li Wei.

The war has continued until now, and the ruling classes in Europe have long known how powerful the idea of ​​liberal nationalism from the French Revolution was in motivating the poor.

Those monarchy countries only need to change the content of this liberal nationalism idea, delete the anti-feudal and anti-monarchy parts in it, and replace it with the idea of ​​loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, and the replacement can be completed.

Not to mention the Kingdom of Prussia, the Roman Empire is also promoting this!
Even the propaganda department is planning to 'deify' Li Wei.

The Propaganda Department of the Roman Empire called it the 'God-making Project'.

At the same time, it also introduced a way that as long as you spend a moment with Li Wei, the son of God, you can be born in a wealthy family in the next life.

And it will bring you good luck in your life.

In short, how mysterious and bragging... Oh no, it's propaganda!
If it were not for the credit of the publicity department, how could so many families send their daughters to the annual fashion show auditions?
The interrogation process of the tyrant Li Wei has long been a secret. After all, the girls who have been interrogated day and night cannot be expected to keep their mouths shut.

Annie's review standards for beautiful bodyguards are very strict. Generally, most of the girls who have been interrogated by Li Wei will fail the final review threshold. After these women get a small amount of settlement money and go back, they will naturally inform their families of the interrogation process. As long as there are one or two family members who spill the beans, they will spread the word...

If the Roman Empire had not imposed too heavy a crime on slandering the emperor, perhaps the scene of the tyrant Li Wei interrogating fashion models day and night would have already become an after-dinner talk in the streets and alleys.

Of course, Levi's actions are not without retribution, but he is not yet old enough, so he doesn't feel it deeply.

Li Wei is indulging in the gentle town all day long, which has a lot to do with the lack of entertainment items in this era.

He really doesn't have many entertainment options.

Hunting, banquets, clown performances, operas, etc. are really not very attractive to Levi whose soul comes from the 21st century. At most, it will be fresh to watch, but it will become boring after watching it a few times.

So, apart from being obsessed with women, what entertainment can Li Wei have?
There are no silent movies in this day and age!

The nobles of this era like to watch opera performances, hold banquets, and go hunting, not because their interest is too low, but because there are few entertainment items in this era.

When the Roman Empire blatantly began to prepare strategic supplies, the London government also tore off the last layer of hypocrisy.

This time, many continental European countries did not hold the alliance meeting in London, but chose Berlin.

Moreover, the Kingdom of Prussia reported a grand military parade in Berlin to boost the morale of representatives from various countries.

The Kingdom of Prussia integrated elite veterans who had participated in several anti-French wars to form the Prussian First Grenadier Corps.

Looking at the configuration of the First Grenadier Corps, you can tell that it is completely imitated by the original French Defense Forces.

All private soldiers are equipped with large grenades, and there are strict requirements on the size of soldiers.

The First Grenadier Corps is worthy of its name, reaching the level that every soldier has the strength of a grenadier!

In the era of queuing and shooting, grenadiers were almost equivalent to elites, all of whom were tall, powerful fighters.

Since grenadiers often need to get close to the enemy line to throw grenades, the requirements for morale and military discipline are much higher than that of ordinary line infantry.

If it were not for the frequent European wars, the Kingdom of Prussia would not be able to form an elite army composed of tens of thousands of grenadiers.

Not only that, the Kingdom of Prussia tried to turn the First Grenadier Corps into an ace force, and equipped them with the best Prussian cuirass guard cavalry and the new field artillery that has only become popular in recent years.

There are everything from a six-pounder cavalry gun that can maneuver quickly to a new 12-pounder field gun that is powerful enough to blast through walled fortresses.

Of course, the most dazzling thing here is the first 7-inch howitzer in Europe!
(End of this chapter)