18th century total war

Chapter 86 A Stable Source of Troops

Now after the expansion of the Black Dragon Legion, it has been reorganized into two division-level combat units.

Guard infantry and sharpshooters are not organized separately, sharpshooters units are mixed into various infantry regiments.

Unlike the army of the Kingdom of France during this period, which generally used the battalion level as the basic combat unit, Li Wei's Black Dragon Army used the regiment level as the basic combat unit.

Take the pursuit of the decisive battle of the large corps as the tactical goal!
The two division-level establishments of the Black Dragon Army, together with the logistical teams such as the logistics regiment and the engineering regiment composed of ordinary people, each have more than 1 people.

The entire Black Dragon Legion, plus those messy logistical support teams, has a strength of nearly 3 people!
The loyalty of ordinary people is not high, but it is no problem to be used as logistics coolies.

The guard infantry and sharpshooters are basically evenly distributed among the two division-level units. The artillery of the artillery regiment is not concentrated together, but is divided into two artillery battalions, which are allocated to the two division-level teams. .

There is no way, now that Li Wei's territory is too large, it is impossible for him to gather his troops together, and he can only disperse them across the long border to maintain defensive nodes.

The current armed force of the regime established by Li Wei is not only the Black Dragon Legion, but also local garrisons in each city.

It is equivalent to the second-line troops of other countries. Of course, the combat effectiveness cannot be compared with the second-line troops of powerful countries. The main tasks of these local garrison troops are to arrest foreign spies and wipe out bandits and guerrillas. The city where the city is located and the villages under the city's jurisdiction are safe.

The garrisons of each city are not subordinate to each other, similar to the previous city guards, but the high-level officials of each city can jointly send troops to encircle guerrillas or bandits.

As for the high-level officials in various cities, they are naturally officials enlightened by Li Wei's administration.

Now there are not many enlightened administrative officials in Rennes City, and most of the enlightened places are allocated to various provincial cities.

Li Wei did not restore the original parliamentary system, but adopted a centralized system in which power was concentrated in one person.

The mayor of a city is the boss of the military and government.

Of course, the army here is not a regular army, but a garrison and police force in the city.

As a matter of course, the mayor must be a candidate for administrative enlightenment and guarantees absolute loyalty.

Under the mayor, Li Wei appointed two deputy mayors, responsible for taking over the position of the mayor in a timely manner after the mayor was promoted or encountered an accident.

Because the power of the mayor is too great, it cannot be left vacant for too long.

Naturally, these two deputy mayors are also officials of administrative enlightenment, and a city is allocated three places for administrative enlightenment.

Of course, the city here refers to those big cities. Ordinary cities generally only have the mayor as the enlightenment person, and there is no deputy mayor.

According to the importance of the area, the size of the population, the degree of economic prosperity and other factors, Li Wei divided the cities in the Brittany region into two types: first-tier cities and second-tier cities.

Further down are towns and villages.

Of course, towns and villages, except for those close to the city, have been entrusted to the traditional nobles who have taken refuge in Li Wei, so Li Wei doesn't need to worry about management.

First-tier cities are allocated three administrative places, the mayor and two deputy mayors.

Moreover, these two deputy mayors are not only the mayor's 'reserve', they also hold important positions.

A deputy mayor also serves as the chief of the city's police department, controlling the police force in the entire city and surrounding villages and towns.

A deputy mayor who also serves as the Ombudsman of the District Court is basically the head of the city's judicial system.

As for the city's garrison, it is generally under the direct control of the mayor.

This is the administrative system of the first-tier cities under Li Wei's rule.

In Li Wei's regime, the original chaotic police system of the Kingdom of France was completely abandoned, all security stations were abolished, and the two departments of the garrison and the police were integrated.

The responsibilities of the two parties overlap somewhat, but they are also distinct.

The police are mainly responsible for arresting thieves and ordinary criminals, and they are also responsible for solving crimes.

To put it bluntly, the police mainly sell their brain power, and their armed forces are not strong. Most police officers are not even allowed to wear guns, they can only carry cold weapons.

After all, the people of the Kingdom of France banned guns, and the Brittany region under Li Wei's control even issued a ban on guns.

If a citizen in the city is found holding a gun, it is a serious crime, and he needs to be arrested and sent to a labor service center for reform!

The garrison will naturally be equipped with guns, and when the police solve vicious cases, they can request the garrison to provide force support.

Therefore, the number of police officers is not large, far inferior to the garrison.

In addition, Li Wei made the original laws of the Kingdom of France more stringent, and ordinary petty theft required a few years in a labor office.

All the prisons have been transformed into labor offices. As the name suggests, the labor offices are reformed through labor!

From then on, all prisoners not detained under Li Wei's rule were reform-through-labour prisoners.

These reform-through-labour prisoners actually have another purpose. Li Wei will give these reform-through-labor prisoners a hope. As long as there is no evil in the process of labor reform, they can get the opportunity to join the army. When the Black Dragon Army needs to expand, they will be directly recruited into the training camp. .

You must know that the laws set by Li Wei are several times stricter than the original laws of the Kingdom of France. Even if it is only the crime of stealing, it can last for several years!

If you enter a labor agency, you will have to work in vain for several years!

And the food in the labor office is the minimum standard to ensure that you will not starve to death and work exhausted.

After a few years, the whole person will become useless. In the two years since Li Wei established the labor service center, dozens of unlucky people have died of natural causes due to labor and poor food conditions.

Of course, there is also a reward mechanism in the labor office. If you complete the task beyond the limit, you can get extra food. At least filling your stomach is not a problem.

Under such a reward system, the fittest will naturally survive, and those prisoners who are weak and sick and unable to work much will be eliminated. Those prisoners who are young and strong and can often exceed the tasks will be able to eat every meal, forming a virtuous circle.

Then, these young and strong guys can also get the chance to be drafted into the army in the future through their excellent performance.

In the eyes of most criminals, joining the Black Dragon Legion as a soldier is much better than working as a free laborer in a labor agency!
At least in the Black Dragon Legion, there is no need to work hard for food.

The criminals in the labor agency saved Li Wei a lot of labor hiring costs!
Even Li Wei frantically set the minimum standards for catching criminals in each city, so that the police and garrison in each city had to cheer up and arrest as many criminals as possible and throw them into labor offices.

This is directly linked to their performance bonus!
(End of this chapter)