18th century total war

Chapter 417 Everyone Must Sacrifice

"This... is this a naval gun?
The Arigado Empire is over, the losses of those aliens must have been huge this time..."

Thinking of this, Alexei's face suddenly turned pale.

"There, the advance army had no time to evacuate, and the empire's naval guns blasted into the sky with our own people!
No, with so many people participating in this battle, the empire will not be so cruel..."

Alexei muttered to himself, as if he was constantly strengthening his belief in the empire, but his heart had already told him the answer.

The advance legion he belongs to is probably really thrown here as cannon fodder!

Because even he, a small soldier, knew very well that none of the advance legions were Emperor Li Wei's confidant Imperial Guards, and they were all soldiers from the local garrison and supplementary corps.

As one of them, Alexey has 13 numbers in his heart.

In the eyes of the rumored ruthless Emperor Li Wei, the local garrison was not comparable to his imperial guards at all.

Judging from the past record of Emperor Levi's unification of the European continent, even his most loyal Imperial Guards can be filled into the battlefield meat grinder, let alone second- and third-line troops like them that are not taken seriously?

Even with individual weapons, both sides have an insurmountable gap.

Alexey knew very well that the Charles III rifle in his hand had already been eliminated in the Imperial Guard. An ordinary soldier in the Imperial Guard held a semi-automatic rifle.

A rifle that can fire continuously without pulling the bolt!
As a veteran of the battlefield, Alexei is very aware of the gap between the rifles in the hands of the soldiers of the Imperial Guards and the Charles III bolt-action rifle in his own hands!
It is no exaggeration to say that in a cross-fire, the rifle firepower of a squad of the Imperial Guards can easily suppress the rifle firepower of a platoon of the Garrison Corps, and there is still a lot to spare!

Of course, even so, the performance of the Charles III rifle in Alexei's hands is much higher than that of the single-shot breech-loading rifles in the hands of the American puppet army, so this kind of differential treatment did not cause any bad news in the local garrison. remarks.

After all, in addition to their own leading officers, the landing troops reorganized by the local garrison also have a large number of trainers for supervision and ideological education.

As a social youth from the 21st century, how could it be possible not to understand the importance of political education in the army?

The absolutely loyal imperial guards naturally don't need to arrange positions similar to 'Zheng Committee', but other troops definitely need the position of trainer.

Moreover, although the trainer's rank is low, he has high power in the army. When necessary, he can even hold his own small pistol against the heads of the front-line officers and order them to lead the team to launch a suicide attack!
This is the power of the trainer!
Of course, this kind of power is generally not used, and there must be specific orders from the headquarters.

For example, the decoy tactic Alexey encountered was that under the control of the trainers, senior officers did not disclose the news of the departure of the advance army reserve team, keeping more than 2 front-line soldiers in the dark.

"No, I can't stay here any longer, otherwise I will be killed by the guerrillas formed by the American puppet army, or I will starve to death here."

Alexei remembered what the trainers had said before they landed.

The Americans have been bewitched by humans from other worlds, and have lost their minds. They are very hostile to the soldiers of the Europa Empire, and would rather commit suicide than fall into their hands!
Alexey is not a newcomer to the battlefield. Even if the trainer's words are exaggerated, he also knows that the empire's landing force is a proper invader for the locals in the United States.

Even if they are in the name of liberating fellow human beings in North America...

What's more, in the several villages that Alexei passed through after landing, he witnessed with his own eyes how friendly soldiers collected all useful supplies and dragged those young women into unoccupied rooms or corners...

Even Alexei himself shot and killed an old American man who was holding a hoe to kill him.

As the main force of the advance army at the forefront, Alexei's unit itself has the task of clearing the way and raising supplies.

Although the place where they passed has not become barren, rivers of blood are unavoidable, especially those old people who seem to be of no use. Basically, as long as they show a little dissatisfaction, they will be killed by the soldiers of the advance legion!

Moreover, Alexei had received an order to cut the weeds and root them out.

It is to prevent those whose family members were killed, because they hate to join the puppet army of the United States. Soldiers like Alexei are required to kill the other party's family as much as possible after killing people, so as not to leave any future troubles!

To put it simply, if you don't kill, you have to kill the whole family.

This is war!
Naturally, the advance regiment that committed such atrocities was frequently attacked by small groups of guerrillas. Some of the guerrillas were organized by the American puppet army, and some came purely for revenge.

So Alexei was very aware of the enmity between soldiers of the Europa Empire and the Americans.

The more remote the countryside, the more families were massacred. On the contrary, those towns rarely experienced the phenomenon of entire towns being massacred.

Naturally, this is because there are more "cultural people" in the towns and cities, and they understand the truth that those who understand current affairs are heroes, and the spirit of resistance is weak, or they are good at acting.

Of course, there are also densely populated towns, and the soldiers of the Europa Empire who entered the towns are not easy to openly wreak havoc.

The soldiers did not dare to openly burn, kill and loot, and naturally the common people would not take the initiative to provoke.

On the contrary, in the remote villages, the imperial soldiers have relatively little restraint. After all, the remote villages are not well-known, and even if the whole village is massacred, it will not cause too much bad influence.

However, the seeds of war hatred had already been planted, and Alek Xie would never take the initiative to seek help from the locals, even if he returned so alone, he would easily be treated as a deserter by the imperial army.

The penalty for being a deserter after the entire army is wiped out or routed is less serious than being caught as a deserter on the battlefield.

This is actually the principle that the law does not blame the public.

A day later, under the escort of a reconnaissance squad, Alexei entered a strange imperial barracks.

Soon, he was taken to a remote barracks. After a brief chat, Alexei discovered that the soldiers in this barracks were deserters from that battle just like him!

That's right, just as Alexei expected, he was branded as a deserter, even though the infantry division he was in had been wiped out...

But relatively speaking, Alexei was not punished too severely for desertion.

There was no demotion, let alone corporal punishment, just being confined in a separate barracks with other deserters.

Through chatting, Alexey learned that these deserters would be organized into a temporary punishment camp.

For deserters, the punishment of being sent to a punishment camp during the war was not too severe.

After all, the military laws of the Europa Empire were strict, and they were often executed by shooting. Entering the punishment camp was just to fight on the front line after the war broke out.

For front-line soldiers like Alexei, even if they are not pulled into the punishment camp, after the outbreak of the war, they still need to participate in the front-line battle...

Therefore, the danger may be a little greater, but for Alexei, that's all.

This is also the reason why these deserters who got together did not panic too much.

However, in chatting with everyone, Alexey confirmed his thoughts even more - the two advance infantry divisions they belonged to were sacrificed as bait!
However, they only dared to say this kind of nonsense in private. On the official level, the two infantry divisions they belonged to were wiped out by the enemy because of their disadvantages in combat!
It was this kind of official rhetoric that made Alexei's deserters very dissatisfied, but they were so soft-spoken that they dared not even testify publicly.

Headquarters of the North American Expeditionary Force of the Europa Empire, Admiral Carl with a full head of hair, looks very tough.

Karl was able to come out again, thanks to the magician's arm of the newly established Ministry of Magic of the Empire, who cured Karl's senile disease with the power of magic.

And this expedition to North America was the ultimate battle for Karl to win the marshal's scepter for himself before he died!
It can also be regarded as a chance for Li Wei to die well for this veteran who followed him from the beginning of infancy.

"Commander-in-Chief, we have collected the deserters who escaped from the bait plan and reorganized them into the punishment camp. How should we deal with them next?"

"Arrange the punishment battalion in all the front-line battles in the future, so that all deserters will die on the battlefield.

These deserters will definitely be dissatisfied with the empire, and none of them can be allowed to return to their hometown alive and spread remarks that are not good for the empire.

The empire has never had any bait plans, only two infantry divisions of the advance legion rushed forward rashly, giving the enemy an opportunity to wipe out the entire army.

The imperial naval guns locked the enemy's target in time, smashing the enemy's counterattack plan! "

Karl ordered together, completely sexing those poor survivors.

Not to mention a small person like Alexei, even the commander of the infantry division is a victim of this bait plan!
Of course, that teacher was willing, because his mind was manipulated by Li Wei...

"The imperial guards don't need to take action yet, let the imperial guards who have already landed guard the port, wait for the unloading of the tanks and chariots, and accumulate strength.

The number of alien humans in the Arigado Empire is small, and the American puppet army organized and established by them is not strong in armament and fighting will. It is enough to attack with the advance army assembled from the Imperial Garrison Corps and Supplementary Corps.

Let the air force be on standby at any time. Once the aliens dispatch the air power, all of them will be dispatched immediately, and all the species of the aliens that can fly in the sky will be wiped out at all costs!

The White Tiger Legion, the main force of the land battle of the aliens, suffered heavy losses, and only the Azure Dragon Legion remained. After the air power of the aliens was eliminated, the rule of the Arigado Empire on the east coast of North America came to an end. . "

Karl said confidently to the generals and staff officers present.

"The empire is victorious!
Emperor Li Wei!Long live! ! ! "

After Carl's voice fell, all the people present immediately raised their chests and heads, raised their right arms at a 45-degree angle, and shouted frantically.

At the same time, poor Alexei still didn't know that the punishment battalion he was in had been defined as a unit that must be 'sacrificed' by the North American Expeditionary Force Command, and was following the large force of the advance army towards the control of the Arigado Empire. Heading down to New York City.

The advance corps is a temporary corps reorganized from all local garrison corps and supplementary corps after landing in North America.

As a distinguishing title from the Imperial Guard.

However, since the landing of the North American Expeditionary Force, those who have been fighting in the front and clearing out the American puppet troops have been all members of the advance legion. On the contrary, it is the Imperial Guards, recognized as the most capable in the Europa Empire, who have been acting as rearguards, and even Not one is far from the shoreline!

The task of the imperial guards is to wait for the ship to unload tanks, armored troop carriers, ordinary military trucks, and tons of tons of military supplies, and then escort them to the military warehouse adjacent to the coastline... …

The armored forces of the North American Expeditionary Force were steadily increasing, but they did not send a single tank or even an armored vehicle to the front line. They had always used the advance corps with only infantry and artillery as the main force.

Carl did this for three reasons.

The first, and the most important point, is to preserve the strength of the imperial guards!

After all, the enemies of the expedition to North America are not only aliens, but even aliens are not regarded by Li Wei as the strongest enemy.

Having lost the Magic Guild and the Black Tortoise Legion, the Suzaku Legion suffered heavy losses in the war with the orcs. The Arigado Empire, which did not bring in too many people, was even inferior to the orcs in Merlin's war potential evaluation...

Not to mention being compared with the very mysterious elves.

Originally on the Makabaka Continent, the physical strength of the human race was recognized as the weakest. No matter whether you are a knight commander or a grand knight, in terms of physical body, there is no way to match the strong among the orcs.

The main military force of the human race on the continent of Makabaka is actually magicians and air troops.

Dragon Knight is really too strong!

However, after coming to the new world, magic became rootless, and the Magic Guild was handed over to Li Wei by Merlin. Even the military power of the Arigado Empire itself, the millions of Xuanwu troops, was completely wiped out by Li Wei. !
You know, the combined strength of the three major legions of Qinglong, Baihu, and Suzaku is only a fraction of the expanded Xuanwu Legion!

The Xuanwu Legion is the regular force of the Arigado Empire.

This is also the reason why the Arigado Empire focused on appeasing the forces that incorporated the United States of America after it came to the New World, and did everything possible to avoid conflict with the orcs.

Their family fortunes were so badly deceived by Merlin...

Therefore, Merlin told Emperor Levi that the biggest enemies of the North American Expeditionary Force were actually the orcs and elves!
Especially the elves. Just the elves' arms revealed by Merlin are enough for Levi to take them seriously!
Li Wei is also not sure whether his armored corps can fight against the elves' treant corps and mountain giants.

Second, to seduce the core strength of the alien humans in the Arigado Empire.

third……

(End of this chapter)