18th century total war

Chapter 365 The Rise of Sea Power
"Extra! Extra!

According to research by experts from the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Emperor Li Wei was a messenger sent by God to the world.

He is the guide who brings new hope to the suffering Europa! "

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The science of religion, unimaginable in the 21st century, can be seen everywhere on the streets of Vienna at this time.

Following the propaganda department of the Federation of Europa Empire, the shameless propaganda bombing offensive to the extreme, and the civilian class on the continent of Europa who have not yet been educated, they have already begun to be suspicious of Li Wei's "charismatic grace" and the status of God's apostle. Out of resentment, it turned into suspicion, and in the end there were even more and more people who believed in it!

The Europa Federation Empire has made full use of the herd mentality of human beings, and the truth that three people become tigers is fully reflected at this moment.

As long as public opinion spends money on newspapers and other media regardless of cost, people will gradually choose to believe it due to changes in the general environment.

As long as the first batch of 'believers' are born, with the help of policies, this idea can spread rapidly.

After all, in human society, the wise are always a minority, and the foolish people occupy the majority.

Perhaps, the "God-making Project" formulated by Li Wei's cabinet would be regarded as a joke in the 21st century in Li Wei's previous life, but in the 19th century Europa, where compulsory education was not yet universal, it is steadily marching towards victory .

Li Wei doesn't need to care about whether the civilians who accept the concept of divine grace are false believers or true believers. As long as they support this view in public, it is enough to guide more and more people to believe in this view.

This is like the civilized world in Li Wei's previous life. When the concept of environmental protection was first proposed, most people seemed to not care at all, but as more and more people and even organizations shouted environmental protection slogans, even one Aunts who have not graduated from primary school understand the concept of environmental protection.

Perhaps these people will not sincerely support environmental protection, but if the media really asks whether they support environmental protection, they will basically choose to support it verbally!

This is the public opinion guidance brought by the big environment!
Li Wei knew that it would be a foolish dream to let everyone sincerely believe in him. All he needed to create was a big environment, so that the image of himself as an apostle of God could be understood by the public.

Just like Europeans all believe in God, but only they and their closest people know whether they truly believe in God.

Of course, in the eyes of other countries headed by the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland, the God-making Project of the Europa Federation Empire is simply a milestone in the retrogression of civilization!

No matter what age, there are still people who deify themselves!
What is the difference between this and the ignorant indigenous countries in Central Asia and the Far East?
The operation of deifying monarchy was naturally not original to Livy. The Persian Empire in Central Asia was a country that combined theocracy and political power.

The Ottoman Empire, which had never surrendered, was also this type of regime.

Even in the Manchu Qing Empire in the Far East, isn't the emperor a shameless person calling himself the emperor one by one?
Son of Heaven means, isn't it the Son of Heaven?

How shameless do you have to be to claim yourself like this?
Of course, this shameless view must come from a civilized society. In a feudal society, who would dare to say that the emperor is shameless as long as he is not stupid?
Even those ministers who have had close contact with the emperor know very well that the emperor is a mortal just like them, and dare not deny the concept of the emperor.

This is actually the divine right of the king, which is not much different from Li Wei's god-making plan.

The only difference is that there is a difference in the way of expression, and Li Wei can really brainwash others, and has a solid foundation of "miracle" as evidence.

Of course, when the Propaganda Department promotes Levi's abilities, they must not use the rhetoric of brainwashing. Brainwashing is a derogatory term!

Although Li Wei did not dare to use terms such as political transformation in the 21st century to describe it, no one would understand it...

But Li Wei can integrate the concept of religion together. Don't all Europeans believe in God?
Very well, Li Wei claimed to be an apostle of God.

After all, it is a bit nonsense for God to come down to earth in person, and besides brainwashing, Li Wei has no other superpowers...

As for the brainwashing ability, it is naturally influenced by divine grace!

Those who contribute their share to God's cause of ruling the world and die fighting for it will surely ascend to heaven after death and live forever...

In terms of religious guidance, with the contemporary pope as the technical leader, Li Wei naturally doesn't need to worry about the foolish rhetoric.

The launch of the god-making project was carried out at the same time as the political reform of the Europa Federation Empire.

The Europa Federation Empire also confirmed the political system of internal state and external domain.

Although Neibang claims the title of state autonomy, it is actually used to fool the common people. The local self-government council that seems to have the most power only has the pitiful power to participate in and discuss state affairs, let alone other departments?
Although the civilians in Europa couldn't figure out the division of power in the state-state regime of the Europa Federation Empire, those intellectuals and upper-class people still knew it very well.

Bangguo is the local government directly under the Europa Federation Empire!

It is fundamentally different from the traditional feudal system in Europe. The central government of the Europa Federation Empire can be seen without planning any territory directly under its jurisdiction.

As for the foreign vassals, they are the two major vassal states of the Russian Kingdom and the Ottoman Kingdom.

Outer vassals are completely different from inner states. Except for limited military obligations (the suzerain state is in war, the vassal states need to send troops to cooperate in combat), and the tribute that accounts for half of the tax, the rest of the power can be independent.

It is equivalent to a semi-colonial country.

The only deterrent for the Europa Federation Empire to these vassal states is military power. It seems unreliable, not even a garrison, but for the current Europa Federation Empire, it is completely enough.

As long as Alexander I and the Ottoman sultans don't go crazy, they will never dare to challenge the suzerain authority of the Europa Federation Empire, even with the full support of the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland...

The end of the Fifth Anti-French War, in addition to creating the terrifying behemoth of the Europa Federation Empire, also brought the international influence of the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland to an all-time low.

Not to mention Russia and the Ottoman Kingdom, which have been miserably cheated, as long as they are countries that know about the Fifth Anti-French War, they have great doubts about the military strength of the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland.

One of the biggest losses was the fledgling Indian colonial rule of the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland. After the end of the Fifth Anti-French War, a large-scale rebellion suddenly appeared.

The leaders of the rebellion were all Indian aristocrats. After learning the results of the fifth anti-French war, they thought that the fighting power of the British was no more than that. They wanted to seek the independence of India and get rid of the British vampire rule model.

The result is obvious. Not long after the rebellion broke out, the Indian rebels were beaten back by the British red shirts...

Obviously, the Indian nobles only knew the results of the fifth anti-French war, but did not know the specific process. They could not imagine the cruelty of the European battlefield and the popularity of guns.

So much so that the vast majority of Indian nobles are still using the tactics of muskets and cold weapons against the red shirts of the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland.

The ending is naturally repeated defeats.

In the field, the red shirts even played a textbook victory.

First use the advantage of the artillery to defeat the enemy's formation, and then the infantry presses in to give it a final blow, and the cavalry follows up to expand the results and massacre the defeated soldiers...

It was this simple tactic that defeated the Indian rebels who had always had the upper hand, and once again realized the strength of the British big brother...

It has to be said that the timing of the rebellion chosen by the Indian aristocrats was really stupid. They just chose the period when the fifth anti-French war had just ended and the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland could withdraw its energy from the European battlefield.

To deal with the rebellion in the Indian subcontinent, the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland does not even need to expand its army. It only needs to transport the Red Shirt Army, which has suffered a crushing defeat on the European battlefield, to the Indian subcontinent to teach those Indian nobles how to be slaves.

The rebellion in the Indian subcontinent did not shake the dominance of the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland in India. On the contrary, it immersed the whole of Central Asia in the terrorist war capabilities of European whites.

Among them, the most infected is not the Indians, but the Persian Empire in Central Asia.

The high-level leaders of the Persian Empire had to think about a question. The defeated army of the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland on the Europa battlefield was so terrible. How strong was the army of the victorious Europa Federation Empire?

In addition to cranky thinking, the fiasco of the nomads in northern Central Asia also sounded the alarm for the Persian Empire.

The followers and serfs of Alexander I who were driven to Central Asia by Li Wei, the re-armed army regained the glory of 'Ula' in the battlefield of Central Asia.

The nomadic cavalry who licked blood with their blades, faced the defeat of the remnants and the guns of the reorganized Russian Kingdom Defense Forces, were mercilessly crushed into corpses, and the nomadic tribes of Central Asia accepted Alexander I's conquest and even enslavement humiliatingly for a month !

Relying on the blood and wealth of the Central Asian nomads, the team led by Alexander I finally recovered some of the wounds of war.

It's just that this kind of recovery is only a temporary solution, not the root cause. After all, the Russian Kingdom has lost its industrial base in Europe. Even the weapons and ammunition they carry are only one shot and one shot less. It is very difficult to supply them, and they can only use the plundered wealth Buy from Europa Federation Empire!

Enduring the high price difference in the arms trade!
The most irritating thing is that the arms sold by the Europa Federation Empire to Alexander I were all inferior guns seized from the former Russian Empire, which was equivalent to Alexander I spending enough money to buy a new type of musket, buying a batch of inferior Russian-made guns...

These munitions left over from the Russian Empire are large in quantity, but because of quality problems, it is impossible to list them in the Imperial Army of the European Federation, and even the local militia will not use them.

After all, the military factories in Central and Western Europe of the Europa Federation Empire still need orders to maintain production vitality.

Under the control of the Li Wei government, the military industry has never been reduced, and it is directly controlled by the state.

The curse of loss of state-owned enterprises has also been fundamentally resolved in terms of the loyalty of administrative enlightenment.

At least those state-owned enterprise executives will be hindered by the loyalty of enlightenment when they take bribes, and consider whether doing so will endanger the national interest.

Harming the interests of the country is naturally harming the interests of Emperor Li Wei!

This is something that enlightened loyalty will not allow.

Because of this, the military industry of the Europa Federation Empire has always been controlled by the state, but it has not suffered large losses in peacetime.

In 1815, after two years of political reform and post-war restoration work, the domestic and foreign vassal systems of the Europa Federal Empire had been fully completed.

For the next strategic layout, Li Wei did not hesitate to invest 500 honor points in army training, adding a full 50 infantry guards!

The regular army of the Europa Federal Empire, which is the Imperial Guard adapted from the Roman Guards, has a number of nearly one million!

This is just the front-line combatants. If you count the various miscellaneous and logistical personnel serving this army, the army establishment has already exceeded the 200 million mark!
Obviously, even if the Europa continent has been unified and limited by the population, such a high army ratio is unscientific.

At least, monstrously under the prospect of peace!
Even if the front-line combat troops do not need to receive military pay!
After all, this is only the imperial guards. In addition to the regular army, the Europa Federation Empire also has a larger number of local militias and national defense forces.

The militia and the national defense force have the same combat effectiveness standards, except that those who guard the township are called the militia, and those who guard the big cities of the state are called the defense force.

The titles are different, but the level of training and weaponry are the same. At most, the defense force can have a few more artillery pieces.

Whether it is the National Defense Force or the militia, they are actually paramilitary forces, similar to the police system.

Similar to the armed police in Levi's previous life.

The main duties are to suppress bandits and assist the police to enforce the law violently and suppress the revolutionary party.

For the Europa Federation Empire in 1815, in addition to the improvement of the political system, the most important thing was that the steam ironclads installed by the navy had completed training.

The Europa Federation Empire took advantage of the resource integration of the entire Europa continent. As a rising star, it stepped on the shoulders of the naval technology reform of the steam ironclad ship and successfully threatened the global hegemony of the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland on the issue of sea power!
When the Europa Federation Empire installed 5 steam ironclad ships and completed naval training and preparations, the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland, which started a step slower, had just completed the research and development of the first steam ironclad ship!
The progress of sea power once again filled the sky over Europe with the cloud of war. After all, on this continent, everyone knew about Li Wei’s ambitions. Now that the Europa Federation Empire has the strength to challenge the sea power of the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland, how could it continue? Keeping the illusion of peace?
(End of this chapter)