18th century total war

Chapter 356 The Defeat of Madrid

“We must take the initiative and attack!
The tyrant Li Wei's army was able to take down Hannover when its forces were weak. Once he eliminated the enemies on the Iberian Peninsula and brought back the 20 troops there, who could stop the tyrant Li Wei's attack on the Eastern Front? "

The London Plenipotentiary from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland suggested sternly.

"Our spies have sent definite news that the troops deployed by the tyrant Li Wei on the border are as powerful as the previous French Defense Forces, only with a different name.

Their fortifications are solid, and their logistics supplies are unimpeded. Even if we have several times the strength advantage, if we attack by force, we will suffer heavy losses and deal a major blow to the morale of the Allied forces.

Although Hanover fell, the army led by Napoleon suffered heavy losses. He had no spare energy to continue to attack the east, so it was nothing to worry about.

As for the war situation on the Iliban Peninsula...

I remember that there were 10,000+ troops there, and a large number of people who opposed the French rule supported the Allied Army. Not all 20 troops poured in. It should not be a problem to delay for a while. "

The Moscow representative from the Russian Empire retorted.

"Of the 10,000+ allied forces on the Iberian Peninsula, only the British King's German Legion with more than [-] people can compete with the tyrant Levi's Guards. The rest of the troops are no match for the Guards in defensive battles. Why? Rely on them to hold the Iberian Peninsula?

As for the support of the people on the Iberian Peninsula, don’t forget that the tyrant Livi still has the orthodox title supported by the idiot Carlos IV in his hands. The tyrant Livi’s guards carried out the invasion war in the name of restoring the Spanish orthodox royal family. !

How many Spaniards will stand up against the tyrant Livy's Guards?

What's more, everyone here should be very clear about the strength of the civilian armed forces. Can the guards, which are difficult to deal with even the regular army, be able to beat the militia?
It is estimated that even a round of guns from the Guards can't hold back on the battlefield! "

The representative of London explained righteously.

The London government undoubtedly knows the battlefield of the Iberian Peninsula best, and his words are still very convincing.

However, the representative of Berlin from the Kingdom of Prussia asked back with a dissatisfied face:
"On the Iberian Peninsula, why is there only one British King's German Army with more than [-] people?

The United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland is also a big country in Europe. Shouldn't it be more powerful in this anti-French war?
You can't just rely on the navy.

Now that the tyrant Li Wei is focusing on land warfare, he has given up command of the sea long ago, and even the Ottoman Empire has stopped attacking. Is Britain planning to watch the European battle end like this? "

"We are already mobilizing, but we don't have enough troops. The number of troops sent to the Iliban Peninsula is too small to have any effect.

If too many are dispatched, what will happen to our homeland defense in the British Isles?
After all, the Irish Revolutionary Organization has not been completely wiped out, and we need to maintain enough defense forces in our homeland.

It is also necessary to prevent the tyrant Levi from suddenly going crazy, sending a few ships to transport a small group of troops to land on the coastline of the British Isles, and waging havoc and harassment. "

The representative of Berlin shook his head after hearing this: "This is not a reason for Britain to avoid the war passively. Your army is not enough, but you can support this anti-French war to liberate all of Europe from other aspects.

For example, offering a new interest-free loan. "

As soon as the representative of the Berlin government spoke, the Moscow representative next door suddenly opened his eyes and responded repeatedly:

"That's right, since the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland can't provide much military help, it must make up for it in terms of money and materials.

As long as the interest-free loan is in place, the Russian Empire can continue to expand its army and recruit troops to make up for the share of the army that you Britons should bear. At that time, we can naturally launch a fierce attack on the Eastern Front. "

The London representative looked around with an ugly expression. Although the representatives of those small countries had no right to speak, they were obviously very interested in this proposal.

"Our government's finances have fallen into a deficit crisis, and we can no longer provide excess interest-free loans. We can only discuss with the financial capitalists in London..."

"That's not our problem. Since the British don't want to die too many boys on the battlefield, they have to pay extra in money. If the London government can't make those rich Britons understand this truth, the Russian military police can help them."

The Moscow representative urged impatiently.

"The loan can be issued, but!
When are you going to launch the general offensive? "

"Materials and military expansion training will take time. A year and a half is not too much. Let's talk about the loan amount and the types of materials purchased."

"Wait, you don't care about the situation on the Iberian Peninsula?"

"It's not that we don't care, but that we are powerless. The Prussian army lost nearly 2 people on the Hanover battlefield!

Hanover is the fiefdom of the British king. We Prussians have done our best. We can't let us cross the ocean to help the Spaniards and Portuguese fight against the 20 tyrant Li Wei's guards.

If we had that ability, we would have launched an offensive on the Eastern Front long ago. "

The representative of Moscow added in a tone of voice: "The London government can go to the sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Now the military pressure of the Ottoman Empire is the least. The Ottoman Empire is still a big country, so it should send troops to support this war."

"Do you think we didn't ask?

The Ottoman Empire is now unable to deal with the Czechoslovak Legion on the mainland of Asia Minor. The new Ottoman army has launched five general offensives, all of which have been repelled. The loss of the new Ottoman army has almost reached half. The Ottoman capital had to be taken.

The Ottoman Empire has no strength to support other battlefields.

This decaying empire is not worth our wooing! "

The representative of London said angrily.

"I'm very sorry, but we really can't do anything about the situation in the Iberian Peninsula. We can only expand our army as much as possible and launch an offensive on the Eastern Front. All of this will take time.

Therefore, the war situation in the Iberian Peninsula can only rely on the London government.

There is no need to win, as long as the 20 tyrant Livy's guards are left on the Iberian Peninsula. "

The representative of Berlin spoke to the representative of London.

Next, enter into the negotiation of the amount of the interest-free loan.

Only the government is poor in the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland, and the power of the capitalist community is still very strong.

This war is not only fought for the monarchs of various countries, but also the capital circles in Europe must bear the responsibility.

On this point, the governments of various countries have long explained their interests to those top capitalists.

The idea that capital has no borders will not work in the Li Wei government. In the Li Wei government, the state controls everything. No matter how big or powerful your capital is, it must change its shape according to Li Wei's will when it comes in.

The Wallace business alliance is a sharp weapon specially used by Levi to deal with capital.

This clause naturally dissatisfied and even panicked the capitalists of European countries, which is why the Anti-French Alliance can always obtain large war loans and sell large amounts of war bonds.

It's not that the capitalists have much confidence in the victory of the Anti-French Alliance War, but that they don't want the tyrant Levi to win the war!
The stronger the power of the capital plutocracy, the more it rejects the Wallace business alliance of the tyrant Levi.

On the contrary, those small and medium-sized capitalists are more cautious. Regardless of which capital boss is in charge, they are all destined to be eaten.

Of course, compared with the freer continental European capital world, the capital rules under the tyrant Li Wei are more resistant to even small and medium-sized capitalists, but the resistance is not so strong.

Integrating into the Wallace business alliance, the small and medium-sized capitalists will not lose much in wealth, but what they will lose is the opportunity to become a business giant in the future.

Because the Roman Empire only allowed one business monopoly behemoth - the Wallace Business Alliance!

Once entering the commercial system of the Roman Empire, it is basically impossible to become a commercial plutocratic oligarch.

Unless the Roman Empire fell apart and the system was completely changed.

However, now that Li Wei is in his prime, who would dare to fight for the future in the Roman Empire?
However, not all capitalists in the capital world are hard-headed capital plutocrats who want to rely on money to defeat Levi. There are also some capitalists who are more timid or frightened by Levi, and go to the United States of America where capital is more free.

However, the capitalists who ran over did not have much sense of security. After all, everyone knew that Europe was the center of the world at this time. Once the tyrant Levi took control of Europe, with the expansion ambitions of the tyrant Levi, as long as he did not die, sooner or later he would land. American continent!
At that time, relying on the strength of the United States of America, it is better to surrender than to fight against the whole of Europe!
Don't think that the Yankees won the War of Independence, and think that their army's combat effectiveness is comparable to that of the European army.

In fact, the Yankees themselves know very well how they won the War of Independence!
The normal American War of Independence is actually the American version of the Anglo-French War!
The Continental Army led by Washington was either playing support or playing soy sauce. In the few face-to-face confrontations, the Red Shirts fought hard and turned strategically. They dared to claim a great victory if they kept the foundation of the Continental Army!

In fact, most of the tough battles were fought by the French army in the name of mercenaries.

From naval battles to land battles, the French spent more money and people in the American War of Independence than protecting their own colonies!

Even when the British surrendered to the armistice, they did not accept Washington representatives at all. The target of their surrender was very clear, the French general!

Of course, Washington at that time was also self-aware. During the Armistice Conference, he stood behind the French general most of the time, serving as a background board...

It's just that later, after the rise of the United States, it beautified this period of glorious history and weakened the role of the French in the American War of Independence.

The Americans in this world don't have that kind of self-confidence. They know very well how the American Revolutionary War was won, and they also understand that the fighting power of the French and the British can beat them by a few blocks!

The only barrier for the United States of America is the Atlantic Ocean. As long as there is no obstacle from the Atlantic Ocean, the United States of America can only rely on guerrilla warfare to resist foreign enemies...

Facing the tyrant Li Wei is a completely different concept for the US government than facing the red shirts back then.

Because during the American War of Independence, many officers of the British Red Shirt Army regarded American immigrants as their own, so they did not let go of the massacre. If the army of the tyrant Levy landed in the United States, look at the tyrant Levy’s actions to his compatriots during the French Revolution. One can imagine what kind of atrocities the tyrant Levi's army will commit in the United States.

If it was a guerrilla attack, it would not be surprising that the tyrant Li Wei ordered the slaughter of cities.

Therefore, the European capitalists who fled to the United States of America at this time generally had two mentality.

One is to lie down and not participate in the European war. Everyone is happy if the anti-French alliance wins. If it loses, I will lie down and wait for the tyrant Levi to come over, and then kneel and lick the Wallace business alliance...

The other is a fluke mentality, thinking that the tyrant Li Wei may not be able to unify Europe in his lifetime, or after unifying Europe, his ambitions will not be aimed at the United States of America across the Atlantic Ocean, but will be interested in Asia, all the way to the Far East. push.

In this way, as long as the tyrant Li Wei, who has no fertility and legal heirs, is killed, the empire established by the tyrant Li Wei will inevitably fall apart, just like the Alexander Empire in history.

After all, everyone knows very well that the absolute monarchy empire established by the tyrant Li Wei relying on power does not have much popular foundation. Without Li Wei and his successor, this empire will not go far at all.

Even if the tyrant Li Wei is now in his prime, isn't there a revolutionary organization in the country?
In fact, if the pace of the tyrant Li Wei's expansion was not too tight, the European countries would not be willing to fight Li Wei to the end.

The anti-French war is not so much a self-defense war of European countries as a self-defense war.

Of course, the governments of continental Europe are still rational. They understand the two hobbies of the tyrant Li Wei - women and expansion, and they will never stop.

Even if the tyrant Li Wei is no longer able to sing and sing every night because of his age, it is impossible to stop the pace of expansion!

Therefore, war is inevitable.

Escape will only bring disaster.

Especially big countries like Prussia and Russia are naturally unwilling to be the younger brother of the tyrant Li Wei.

However, the war situation did not develop in the direction expected by the Anti-French Alliance, and the Spanish and Portuguese armies were even worse than expected.

In the winter of 1810, the main force of the 10,000+ Spanish and Portuguese coalition forces suffered a disastrous defeat in the Battle of Madrid. Most of the troops were captured, and less than 5 troops fled...

Porza led less than [-] Roman Guardsmen and won a victory worthy of being listed in military history.

Since then, the King's German Legion was frightened and fled back to the fortress of Gibraltar overnight, and boarded a ship to return to the mainland.

The defeated troops of the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Portugal were chased and fled by a partial division sent by Borza, and they completely dissipated!

(End of this chapter)