18th century total war

Chapter 353 Lin Dengwan's Destruction

On the way back to the barracks in a hurry, Nicholas clearly felt that the order in the city had become more chaotic. None of the soldiers directly under the Lindenwan Brotherhood who had been patrolling the streets to maintain the order of the revolutionary thugs could be seen.

The poor thugs found that no one restrained them, and the news that Elaine was shot was seen by too many people, and it had been widely spread. The poor thugs, whose hearts were filled with tyranny, began to quickly slide towards disorder.

When Nicholas saw several poor thugs snatch the gold and silver jewelry from a poor thug who was alone, and beat him to death, he knew that the Lindenwan Brotherhood had lost all of their lives with the death of Elaine. Control of the revolutionary mob.

What Nicholas didn't know was that the revolutionary soldiers of the Lindenwan Brotherhood had been called away by the leaders of their respective organizations to gather together, which led to this chaos.

On the way back, Nicholas didn't have a musket in his hand, and he was even poorer. Naturally, no one would be free to come and rob him.

On the contrary, Nicholas met a group of thugs with three times or more than a dozen people, who stopped him and tried to pull him into the gang.

Fortunately, after being rejected, those people did not attack Nicholas, and left after cursing at most, allowing Nicholas to return to his barracks without any danger.

After returning to the barracks, Nicholas reported his results, and was personally promoted to the rank of lieutenant by the highest officer of the barracks, a Prussian major!
This is a great honor for an officer of civilian origin in the Prussian army!

After all, Nicholas, who got promoted, just shot one guy.

After Allen's death, no one besieged the barracks in the west of the city anymore. Even though several high-level real power leaders of the Lindenwan Brotherhood reached a temporary settlement later, no civil strife broke out, and most of the poor mobs who were running around were controlled. Storm the formidable barracks west of the city.

A day later, Napoleon, who was marching towards Hanover, received the news that the leader of the Lindenwan Brotherhood, Elaine, had been assassinated.

Upon receiving this news, Napoleon immediately ordered the whole army to stop.

Several regiment leaders under Napoleon couldn't help but come to the door.

"General Napoleon, why should we stop our progress?
We go one day late, and the Prussian reinforcements will arrive in Hanover. Without Elaine's leadership, the revolutionary rebels in Hanover will not be able to hold on for long. "

"Everyone, don't be impatient, I have been given full command by Commander-in-Chief Karl.

I made this arrangement in order to use the hands of the Prussian army to wipe out the revolutionary mob in Hanover. "

When many regiment leaders heard that the Lindenwan Brotherhood that Napoleon said was labeled as a mob, their faces changed.

Ordinary soldiers don't know, but they, middle and high-level officers, know very well that Lindenwan Brotherhood was established by them, and Elaine even registered with the General Administration of Military Intelligence and the Secret Service.

After this war is over, if Elaine does not die, he is likely to enter the cabinet and become a minister!
But now, Napoleon actually referred to the Lindenwan Brotherhood as a revolutionary mob. Even if Elaine was assassinated to death, it seems inappropriate to call it that...

Although the Roman guards were very cruel to the enemy, they treated their friendly troops well. The friendly troops here refer to the friendly troops they recognize, not the nominal friendly troops like the vassal servants.

Seeing the faces of his subordinates, Napoleon naturally understood what they were thinking.

Without waiting for the other party to open his mouth, he explained first: "In the Lindenwan Brotherhood, the only one who is really on his own is Elaine.

In the past few years of lurking in the Lindenwan Brotherhood, Elaine has sent our own people back one after another, in order to better and faster abandon the terrible revolutionary organization of the Lindenwan Brotherhood.

Now that even Elaine is dead, is it necessary for us to rush to Hanover to rescue him?
Today's top executives of the Lindenwan Brotherhood are all promoted by Elaine. They don't know where the Lindenwan Brotherhood originated, nor do they know the relationship between the Lindenwan Brotherhood and the empire.

Whether those people died or were captured, there was no loss to the empire.

On the contrary, without Elaine, once the Lindenwan Brotherhood really grows, it will be the threat of an outbreak of nationalism!

Now that we are rushing to Hanover, the Prussian soldiers from the source will inevitably be afraid to use their full strength. There is no Lindenwan Brotherhood under the command of Elaine in Hanover, and they will not obey our orders.

When the time comes, will we fight the Prussians, or clear out the revolutionary forces in Hanover?
There are tens of thousands of Prussian soldiers from the source, and we only have the strength of a full division.

Even if we win, we will inevitably suffer heavy losses. If we attack the Lindenwan Brotherhood in Hannover, wouldn't our entire division be buried on this battlefield?

The Roman Guards are not afraid of sacrifices, but they will not make unnecessary sacrifices. Now the Prussian soldiers have enough reasons to completely cleanse the revolutionary forces in Hanover. Why don't we wait for the Prussian soldiers to wash Hanover before sending troops to attack Prussia, which has just finished the war? What about the Corps?
The Lindenwan Brotherhood had already controlled most of the city of Hanover at this time, and it is said that only a barracks in the west of the city where the Prussian army was stationed was still resisting.

In this way, as long as the Lindenwan Brotherhood is not stupid, it can pull up a large number of mobs in Hanover.

Hannover is a populous city, and half of the population of the Hannover city-state lives there!

Moreover, Hanover has dense buildings. As long as the Lindenwan Brotherhood organizes a little bit, the Prussian soldiers can bleed in street battles.

The Prussian soldiers who have lost too much will also carry out the most thorough retaliatory massacre to help us wipe out all revolutionary forces.

Central Europe no longer needs the Lindenwan Brotherhood, let alone the existence of revolutionary ideas. I hope everyone can understand this.

Of course, there is a trivial benefit that I didn't mention.

Stop the hasty march and let the soldiers get a full rest before they can join the battle in the best condition.

We not only want to defeat the Prussian soldiers, but also win this battle with an absolute advantage!

The military strength of the Anti-French Alliance far exceeds that of the Empire, we cannot waste too many troops on the battlefield. "

"General, shall we just stay here and waste time?
There are no battles to fight, nothing to do, and I always feel uncomfortable. "

A group leader said in a muffled voice.

"Ha ha.

I just said that we should not go to the city of Hanover first. We can take a detour and sweep through the small towns and villages in the city-state of Hanover. Anyway, taking Hanover will have to be done sooner or later. It is better to start from the countryside to establish an order loyal to the empire, and then attack later. City of Hannover. "

"General, do we need to divide our troops?"

"No, we don't really want to establish order in the villages and towns. We just want to delay the time. After dividing the troops, once they are captured by the Prussian soldiers and surrounded and wiped out with superior forces, wouldn't it be a military achievement for the enemy?"

Napoleon retorted with a cold face.

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There was a loud bang, and the section of the city wall close to the barracks in the west of the city was blasted with a huge gap by the heavy black gunpowder. Nicholas watched with excitement as the military flag of the Kingdom of Prussia appeared in his field of vision.

After waiting for three days, they finally got reinforcements!

In the city of Hanover, there had been scattered resistance all over the place from the beginning, but now there is only one military camp resisting, and they have to face several strong attacks organized by poor thugs every day.

Even Nicholas saw many Hannover citizens who were forced to rush up to fill guns and shells!
That's right, there are artillery in the barracks, a full two field cannons, providing a solid backing for the Prussian soldiers in the barracks.

Without these two field guns, Nicholas believed that they would not be able to hold on to a barracks for three days, under the attack of tens of thousands of mobs in turn!
The full-staffed independent battalion where Nicholas is located now has less than one company left.

And that major, in the defensive battle last night, was sent to heaven by a clay-made mine.

Nicholas, a lieutenant, became the highest rank in this barracks!

Seeing hordes of soldiers pouring in from the gap, laying new explosives, and preparing to clear a smooth path for friendly troops, Nicholas couldn't help but burst into tears.

He has lived up to the expectations of the motherland and is worthy of his oath to the king!
Of course, the most important thing is that he does not have to make his beloved wife a widow.

Family is the most important part of supporting Nicholas to fight until now.

Because Nicholas had witnessed the behavior of those revolutionary thugs with his own eyes, he was not at all tempted by the surrender olive branch handed over by the Lindenwan Brotherhood. He knew very well that as long as he and the others put down their weapons, they would be punished by those revolutionaries without any moral bottom line. The thugs slaughtered to death!

"For freedom, go!!!"

Nicholas' expression changed when he heard the shouts coming from the main gate of the military camp in the distance, but he soon relaxed again. This time, he didn't need to continue to garrison with the remnant soldiers. Revolutionary mob.

The revolutionary thugs with all kinds of messy weapons in their hands, driven by the soldiers of the Lindenwan Brotherhood, rushed to the gate of the barracks piled up with various debris obstacles as before.

However, before they could remove these obstacles, densely packed Prussian private soldiers rushed out from inside, and advanced while shooting under the command of the officer.

After three or four rounds of firing, the corpses of the revolutionary thugs suddenly piled up at the entrance of the military camp. The originally ferocious-looking revolutionary thugs retreated with fear on their faces.

"Prussian reinforcements are here, run!"

"There are too many enemies, I can't beat them, so go home and run for your life!"

"I don't want to participate in the revolution anymore, I don't want to die..."

This time the retreating revolutionary thugs were obviously different from those in the past. They screamed in terror while running, which stunned the backbone soldiers of the Lindenwan Brotherhood who supervised the battle.

However, they had already heard the news of the arrival of Prussian reinforcements, and the outside of the city had long been surrounded by the Prussian army!
Soldiers of the Lindenwan Brotherhood gathered the revolutionary thugs and shouted loudly: "Everyone, don't panic, freedom will surely triumph!

Those running dogs of the King of Prussia will not let us go. Only by taking up arms and resisting to the end can we win a chance of life and win the future for our descendants!
Do you think that the victorious Prussian army will spare your life?
Look at your hands, who is not stained with blood!

Most of the Prussian soldiers in this military camp have been slaughtered by us. Do you think the Prussian army from which they came from will retaliate?

Throwing down your arms and going home now, you are only giving your life to the Prussian butchers! "

A series of shouts made the collapsed revolutionary thugs 'wake up'.

The great cause of the free revolution is not enough to make them throw their heads and blood.

But the revenge of the Prussians is an imminent threat!
Even the revolutionary thugs who did not burn, kill and loot on the streets knew how many Prussian soldiers they had killed. Think about it in another way. My brother was killed by the enemy. Can I go back without revenge?
Therefore, the revolution has to go on, and if you don't do it, you have to be killed!
I heard that the king's troops were the most unreasonable, especially when dealing with rioting civilians.

The morale of the revolutionary thugs was temporarily stabilized, but the defeat did not reverse in the slightest.

Willing to continue the revolution does not mean that these revolutionary thugs will really risk their lives on the battlefield. After all, human beings are greedy creatures who fear death, especially these revolutionary thugs have not received formal military training at all!

The influx of the Prussian army quickly formed a numerical advantage in some areas, and quickly opened the gate of the barracks, defeating the revolutionary rebels. If it weren't for the too many buildings in the city, the criss-crossing trails, and the continuous black guns, the Prussian army would have been out of the way for a long time. Wave defeated the revolutionary rebels.

At this moment, the cruelty of street fighting was revealed.

The rest of the Lindenwan Brotherhood executives knew that they were charged with certain death. They were surrounded by the Prussian army outside and had nowhere to run, so they could only bite the bullet and do it hard.

It's not that the top leaders of the Lindenwan Brotherhood didn't want to surrender, but that the Prussian army didn't accept their surrender at all!
The Prussian army's hatred of the Lindenwan Brotherhood is definitely ranked first. In the last anti-French war, the Lindenwan Brotherhood's full-scale uprising in the Kingdom of Prussia killed many Prussian families, and even now many of the Prussian army Soldiers, family members died in that great uprising.

Of course, compared to the hatred of ordinary people, the Junker nobles have a deeper hatred for the Lindenwan Brotherhood. After all, when the Lindenwan Brotherhood revolted, the first targets were nobles and capitalists.

Soon, the Prussian army opened several other city gates, and more and more Prussian troops poured into Hanover.

One side is the revengeful regular army, and the other side is the miscellaneous army that has to fight in order to survive. The combined number of the two sides has already exceeded the [-] mark, and they have been fighting in the city of Hannover for two full days and two nights!
Obviously, Napoleon's strategic goal was achieved, and the Lindenwan Brotherhood was completely destroyed in Hanover. The Prussian army paid the price of thousands of deaths for this!

(End of this chapter)