18th century total war

Chapter 66 The decisive battle begins

"Unexpectedly, Lesarit's ability was unexpectedly good, and he even used a team of less than [-] people to delay it for more than an additional month.

Now I have all the original basic line infantry completed the upgrade training of the guard infantry, and I have also trained an additional [-] guard infantry.

Lessarit also returned with a skirmishing battalion, which together have more than 4000 troops. They should be able to resist the coalition forces from the two provinces in Rennes for a while. "

At this time, tens of thousands of troops could be seen on the outskirts of Rennes City. The blue, white and red flags were intercepted by a field defense fortification outside.

Although Levi was prepared for street fighting in Rennes, he did not intend to put the enemy into the city from the beginning.

Street fighting caused great damage to the city. Rennes is a very wealthy city, and there are many important handicraft workshops and steam factories in the city. If there is a street fighting, the loss will be serious.

For Li Wei, who already regarded the city of Rennes as his private property, he would feel distressed if any factory building in Rennes was destroyed.

Therefore, Levi established two outdoor defense lines on the outskirts of Rennes, and barricade defense lines were deployed on every street in the city where carriages could travel.

Guards wearing black police uniforms, led by the police captain enlightened by the total war system, patrolled the entire city, helping the Black Dragon Legion maintain law and order in the city.

Most of the black dragon army went to the field fortifications in the outskirts, resulting in very few troops in the city, and could only rely on the police to maintain law and order.

Fortunately, in the past few months, the city of Rennes has been confiscated by Li Wei's successive campaigns to ban guns, confiscating a large number of firearms held by the people, even the homemade shotguns!

Even if the citizens of Rennes want to riot, they probably can only take to the streets with kitchen knives and axes...

The citizens of Rennes are very aware of the fighting power of the Black Dragon Legion. Before that, many passionate young people joined the National Self-Defense Force under the call of Wallace and his party, and then they were beaten by the Black Dragon Legion in World War I.

Therefore, the existing citizens of Rennes City can be regarded as obedient citizens, knowing that the Black Dragon Legion is not easy to mess with, and making trouble is purely a truth that can't live with their own lives.

Therefore, only a few police officers are needed to maintain law and order in Rennes.

The premise is that the enemy did not come in and break out street fighting!

Once street fighting breaks out in Rennes, it means that the Black Dragon Legion's control over Rennes will disappear.

This is why Li Wei tried his best to avoid street fighting.

Rennes is a city marked by the total war system, and Li Wei couldn't give up this city because of the cheat in his hand.

However, Li Wei did not have enough troops to keep the enemy out of the country. More than 4000 troops seemed to be a lot, but compared with the hostile [-] troops, it would be deadly to divide them into a decisive battle!
At this moment, the administrative staff enlightened by Li Wei played a vital role. Without their loyalty, civil unrest would inevitably break out in Rennes City when the enemy army arrived.

After all, the Black Dragon Legion's rule over Rennes is unpopular.

Li Wei is the rebel leader who wants to go against the grain and restore the traditional aristocratic privileges!

Perhaps in the eyes of foreign forces, Levi, a French troublemaker, deserves praise, but in the eyes of the French people, Levi is a naked devil.

Even the reputation of Louis XVI is much stronger than the current Li Wei...

Louis XVI, at least, did not object to the Declaration of the Rights of Man.

A series of artillery has been deployed on the first line of defense in the suburbs. The first line of defense in the outskirts is actually the main line of defense. The second line of defense is more like a support line of defense, used as a channel for internal troop maneuvers.

As long as the enemy launches an attack on the first line of defense, a decisive battle will erupt immediately between the two sides!

As a matter of course, the first line of defense in the suburbs, which Li Wei regards as the key point, was built with great care.

First there is a circle of horse-rejecting wooden stakes, and then a trench several meters wide and filled with wooden thorns underneath. Behind the trench is a parapet as high as half a person, and there are sharp spikes on the parapet to prevent climbing.

There is not only one layer of the parapet, but the high ground behind the parapet has two or even three layers of parapet shooting positions. Those artillery positions are also arranged on these high points, which can easily cover the heads of the enemy attacking the parapet.

The first and widest parapet is built against the ditch, and to climb the parapet, the ditch must first be filled.

Even if the enemy breaks through this layer of parapet, on the undulating ground behind, every high point will have a ring of fortifications as a fulcrum, shooting at the enemy who breaks through the first parapet line of defense.

At the same time, there are ditches and rafts in front of each defensive fulcrum, and the artillery positions are also surrounded by ditches.

Obviously, the design of these fulcrum defense lines did not consider the retreat of the soldiers inside at all. When the soldiers inside faced the enemy's onslaught, they had only two choices.

Repel the enemy to leave the defensive fulcrum, or be wiped out entirely.

The fortifications built by Li Wei are not too surprising. For example, measures such as stacking sandbags on the parapet to prevent guns have already had precedents in this world.

It is precisely because of the effect of sandbags that the breast wall, which does not look very strong, is strong enough to resist the violent bombardment of solid iron bullets.

The two major provincial coalition forces that were harassed and harassed by Lesarit with a skirmisher battalion all the way, now have less than 2 troops. After coming to the outskirts of Rennes and seeing this complete field fortification, they can't help but retreat.

Those officers and soldiers who made a small fortune in Morbihan Province were unwilling to fight the Black Dragon Legion here.

They want to surround Rennes City and slowly kill the Black Dragon Legion by starving themselves for food.

They gave Li Wei a few months to prepare, and Li Wei sent troops around to plunder or extort money, and they also took away the old, weak, sick, disabled and pregnant in Rennes... and waited for the "useless people" to be expelled. Enough food supplies for the city of Rennes to consume for more than a year.

If the enemy really besieged Rennes City and planned to starve Li Wei to death, then Li Wei would die laughing.

Because more than a year is enough for Li Wei to send out tens of thousands of troops!
At that time, it’s still unclear who will hit whom!

However, the coalition forces of the two major provinces did not expect this. They did not dare to rely on the siege and hunger to deal with Li Wei, mainly because the Paris government was too tight.

Wallace was unable to persuade the coalition forces of the two major provinces, but it did not prevent him from sending someone to the Paris government to 'complain'.

The 'members of the army' of the two major provinces have been warned by the Paris government. If the delay continues, everyone's members will probably have nothing to do...

In today's Kingdom of France, the status of a member of parliament has many advantages for capitalists, and no one is willing to give up the status of a member of parliament.

Therefore, even if Rennes City looks difficult to fight, you have to find a way to get in!

(End of this chapter)