18th century total war

Chapter 98 Differences
Among the three field defense lines outside Caen City, the first line of defense occupies the largest area, after all, it is the outermost 'circle'.

Naturally, Cenavi deployed the most troops here, with more than [-]% of the troops deployed here.

The idea of ​​Sennawi, an armchair expert, is very simple. The first line of defense is large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of troops. To deal with the powerful Levi rebels, the more troops the defenders have, the better.

Secondly, if the first line of defense can't be defended, Li Wei's rebels can't gather and annihilate all the provincial coalition forces inside.

No, pigs know how to run for their lives!

Therefore, it does not matter if the strength of the two lines of defense at the back is small. When the defeated troops of the first line of defense rush in, the strength of the two lines of defense at the back will naturally become abundant in an instant.

As for the morale of the defeated troops, Senawi has always believed that the slogans of freedom, equality, fraternity, or death are extremely powerful in deceiving people, not to mention that the morale threshold required to rely on fortifications to fight a war is not high.

As a result, [-]% of the troops of the provincial coalition forces with a size of tens of thousands in the Caen line of defense are constantly mobilizing through the inside line of the first line of defense, rushing towards the breached opening, trying to force the troops who have not gained a firm foothold. The Levi rebels were driven out.

In Senawi's eyes, Major General Carl of the Li Wei rebel army had only invested a few thousand people. Wouldn't it be possible to drive the other party away by fighting one out of ten?

Although the provincial coalition army is relatively weak, they have been training for two years. Even if they recruit only new recruits at the beginning, after two years, they will be enough to become qualified line infantry!
Coupled with the inspiring revolutionary slogans of the Paris Revolution, Senawi felt that his chances of winning this battle were quite high.

Not to mention, the military barracks in Caen are now working overtime, and the National Self-Defense Force, which has just recruited tens of thousands of Caen citizens, is conducting Type 997 training.

These are not soldiers forcibly recruited by Senawi, but a team built up by promoting the revolutionary slogan of freedom, equality and fraternity, plus some temporary subsidies for joining the army.

In fact, most of the low-level soldiers of the provincial coalition army in the defense line of Caen at this time were "volunteers" who voluntarily joined with revolutionary slogans, rather than so-called conscripts.

Of course, many of the volunteers here also came here for the wartime subsidies.

For the people of Normandy, joining this army not only stands on the moral high ground, but also brings extra income. Why not?
As for the threat of Levi's rebels?
Two years ago, who the hell knew that the Li Wei rebels would not march towards Paris, they insisted on staring at Normandy!
The Duchy of Brittany, the last independent country in the French region of the world, was annexed by the Kingdom of France as early as 100 years ago. After a long period of assimilation efforts, the embryonic form of the French nation has now taken shape. Who occupies the French nation? The political center of Paris, whoever has some orthodox authority innately!

This is why once the Paris Revolution succeeded, the entire Kingdom of France immediately changed.

Everyone is used to deciding their own political direction based on the political direction of Paris.

If it weren't for the continuous deprivation and suppression of the privileges of the king, nobles and traditional Catholicism after the Paris Revolution, there would never have been a large number of traditional nobles and priests fleeing and rebelling after the Paris Revolution.

Therefore, in the eyes of most people, if Li Wei, the "rebel leader", really wants to seize the French regime, the first attack target must be the city of Paris, take down Paris, put Louis XVI back on the throne, and even Don't be ashamed to support other orthodox heirs of the Bourbon dynasty to ascend the throne, maybe the whole of France will surrender!
At that time, how can there be any need to gnaw at the various regions of the entire French Kingdom step by step?

Even the strategic goal of those foreign intervention forces was to capture Paris, and they did not plan an offensive direction after capturing Paris.

Because in the eyes of the European powers, the French government almost surrendered after the fall of Paris.

In fact it is.

It is this kind of European inertial thinking that made Li Wei's Napoleon the Great in the history of his previous life, full of joy, thinking that he would surrender if he won the Moscow old man.

As a result, I miscalculated that Lao Maozi’s political tradition is different from that of Europe. Lao Maozi’s political teacher is a Mongolian, inherited from the East...

The legal system in the eyes of the Eastern Dynasty is the same. Although the capital is also important, it will not be to the point where the country will perish if the capital is lost.

In the Eastern Dynasty, how many dynasties lost their capitals, but finally stood firm!
Therefore, the Principality of Moscow, which was ruled by the Mongols at the beginning, and later the Tsarist Russia, naturally has many similarities with the East in terms of political inheritance.

For example, the scenes of father and son killing each other and brothers fighting in Lao Maozi's coup are similar to the palaces of Eastern dynasties.

On the other hand, in the countries of Central Europe and even Western Europe, the royal family and nobles are really friendly and friendly. Even if they win the battle for royal power, they will take the initiative to release the captured brothers, and then wait for the brothers to make a comeback again and defeat themselves to win the throne...

In the eyes of European nobles, cutting grass and roots is a cruel and inhumane act!

This is one of the reasons why Western Europe despises Central Europe, Central Europe despises Eastern Europe, and the entire continent regards Lao Maozi as a barbarian.

To put it bluntly, most Europeans cannot accept the unscrupulous approach of Eastern politics for power. They prefer to stay on the sidelines, or say that their enfeoffment system is not worthy of their extermination!
Regardless of how 'surprised' Levi's offensive strategy for the Normandy region is, the war has already broken out and even hit Caen, the capital city of the Normandy region. I can only bite the bullet and work hard.

The political status of Caen to the Normandy region is similar to that of Paris to the entire French region.

Once the city of Caen falls, the resistance in the Normandy region will be reduced by more than half!

If it weren't for the orthodox support of the Paris government behind them, perhaps the people of the Normandy region would simply give in and surrender to the new conquerors.

After all, for the people at the bottom, who is the boss and cannot collect taxes?

Those who have to pay the rent have to call the rent, and they can't be miners even after a tiring day at work!

Facing more and more volleys of guns, the guard infantry paid a high price at the beginning. It can be said that almost all the deaths of the guard infantry attacking the first chest line of defense were thrown here!
However, with no one flinching, more and more Guards infantry climbed over the breastworks and formed the first tight volley formation to counterattack. In the real face-to-face lining up to be shot, the provincial coalition infantry was ultimately inferior. Guards infantry who are not afraid of death!
(End of this chapter)