Holy Roman Empire

Naturally, European immigrants alone cannot afford a million-strong army, but with the addition of Lanfang Autonomous Province, it becomes more than enough.

To blame can only be blamed for the attractiveness of the military title system.After so many years of operation, the reputation of Franz the Great has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

In the past, everyone had no chance to participate.The main reason is that it is too far away from the battlefield, and if the call-up order can't reach this side, the people will get together.

Now that the opportunity has come to the door, Lanfang's Chinese family can't sit still.Driven by interests, everyone overcame their fear of the British and joined the war one after another.

Coupled with the fact that the nobles continued to recruit private troops in order to gain greater military exploits, the coalition forces expanded rapidly.

If you don't love war, it's just that you don't have enough interests.Everyone knows that the emperor was generous enough to allocate land in hectares.

Even if you can't get the title, it is worthwhile to divide a piece of land.Wealth and wealth are sought in danger, but all aspiring young people who want to stand up have appeared in the army.

If you look carefully, you can also find foreign students.Not only participated by himself, but even returned to China to attract people.

The momentum of the army of one million has increased, but its combat effectiveness has decreased.In addition to the troops directly under it, only the nobles and private troops have combat effectiveness, and the rest are mobs.

Including the troops sent by Spain and the Netherlands, in the eyes of Governor William, they all followed suit.

Knowing that it was a mob, William couldn't refuse everyone's enthusiasm for participating in the war.On the one hand, it is a bundle of interests, and on the other hand, it is to put enough pressure on the British.

Regardless of whether it is a mob or not, the number is here, and the British must send heavy troops to intercept it.

Anyway, it was a bad time. The Continental Alliance's main battle force was only 30 million, and the rest were mobs. The British were even more miserable.

The reinforcements rushed from the mainland were all newly formed troops, and the temporary colonial army was the best among the mob.

If there was a fight, William felt that his side had a better chance of winning.There are also a lot of mobs, at least the morale of the troops on my side is high.

The large number of civilian armed forces were not recruited by William. He just issued a call, and everyone took the initiative to send them to the door.

Since they are fighting for themselves, their morale cannot be lowered.Especially during the swearing-in before, William's speech came to the fore, and he directly promised the whole army that after winning the war, the death pension would not be less than [-] Aegis, or five hectares of land.

The local immigrants and the regular army didn't feel much. According to past practice, this was just a normal operation. The sum of various subsidies one after another was often higher than the pension in the end.

But other people can't do it. Five hundred Aegis is equivalent to thousands of taels of silver. Judging from the economic level of the Far East, it is an astronomical figure for 90.00% of the people.

The temptation of five hectares of land is even greater, because it is a military field.In the Holy Roman Empire, as long as military merit fields are not sold, they are permanently tax-free.

This kind of money for life is already sky-high in the Far East.In a sense, the continuous stream of people joining was also stimulated by William himself.

Now that the word has been spoken, it must be fulfilled.Influenced by Franz for a long time, William naturally knew the importance of reputation.

The reputation of the Habsburg dynasty cannot be bought with money, and there is no need to rely on its own reputation in order to save 8000 million yuan.

What's more, from his point of view, five hundred Aegis is really not that much for one person to work hard.Not to mention the land, it was all taken from the enemy, so there is no need to feel bad about it.

As a king's reserve, William also needs to establish his own credibility.

There are many ethnic groups living in the Nanyang area. If you can spend hundreds of millions and 8000 million yuan, you can establish your own reputation among various ethnic groups. With William's understanding of his father, he is absolutely willing to pay the bill.

What's more, there is no need to pay for it now. The war funds have always been fully borne by the Vienna government, and the royal family will take the lead in donating at most critical moments.

Now even donations are not needed, the war has only been going on for a few months, and the pockets of the Vienna government have not been exhausted so quickly.

It is impossible to lead a mob to fight without psychological pressure.Don't expect to fight all the way to occupy India, at least to conquer the Indochina Peninsula.

Chapter 149 The Americas of the Americans

Facing the menacing mainland coalition forces, the colonial government of the British Indochina Peninsula was dumbfounded.The Indochina Peninsula, which has lost its sea rights, is like a house with air leaks on all sides, unable to withstand the wind and rain.

Even ignoring the difference in combat power between the two sides, the Indochina Peninsula alone can't make up a million.However, the enemy also has the advantage of sea and air, and can attack from all directions.

Telegrams calling for help went to London and then to India.

After the Malacca naval battle, the Far East route was interrupted.Even if the mainland sends reinforcements immediately, it will take a detour from India.

Time waits for no one on the battlefield, and the Continental Allied Forces are coming to kill them. Now only India can support the British Indochina Peninsula.

After the hegemony war broke out, the Indian colonial army expanded rapidly, and its total strength exceeded the 400 million mark.

The data on paper is absolutely strong.Even the combined army, navy and air force of the Holy Roman Empire has a total strength of less than 300 million.

But now is the era of industrialization, and the crowd tactics can still play a role, but this role is being weakened.

My family knew their own affairs, and Governor Robert Jervis couldn't be more clear about what these more than 400 million colonial troops were.

Command, equipment, training, morale, there is no qualified army, and the combat effectiveness can be imagined.

If they really have combat effectiveness, they don't need to worry about being besieged by Russia and Austria, but they are dispatched to find the bad luck of the two countries.

Looking at the help telegram in his hand, Robert's heart collapsed.To the north is the Russian army going south, to the west is the Shinra army going east, and now there are millions of colonial coalition forces emerging from the east.

At the same time, facing the world's two major army powers and fighting on the third front, anyone who encounters it will feel numb.

But no matter how difficult it is, Indochina must be saved.Otherwise, the enemy will kill all the way, and India will be unlucky in the end.

Even if the enemy cannot be defeated, at least the enemy must be dragged to the Indochina Peninsula to buy time for the domestic situation to break through.

After hesitating for a long time, Governor Robert: "Order the Seventh Army and Eighth Army to rush south to reinforce the Indochina Peninsula.

Inform the heads of various departments to come to a meeting at night to discuss the matter of military expansion. "

Although it has more than 400 million troops, it still feels that the troops are not enough.It's incredible to think about it, but the reality tells Robert that if he wants to keep India, he must continue to expand his army.

Hearing this appalling news, the assistant on the side hurriedly persuaded him: "Your Excellency, our army has expanded to its limit, and now we may continue to expand..."

"There are not so many fears. The enemy is coming fiercely, and our mobile forces are insufficient. If we don't expand our army, what can we do to resist it?

If the number of grassroots officers is insufficient, they will be trained quickly, or they will be directly promoted from veterans.

If there is not enough weapons and equipment, go to the people to collect them.It doesn't matter what kind of weapon it is, as long as it can kill the enemy.

What's more, the country has also given us strong support.Didn't the equipment of the two divisions just arrive yesterday?After the immediate urgent need is over, everything will be fine later. "

It's not that Robert likes to make excuses and change concepts secretly. The situation is really difficult. As the governor, he must show confidence.

The equipment of the two divisions is not a small amount, but compared with the millions of colonial troops now, it is a drop in the bucket.

In order to satisfy everyone with a gun, even the flintlock guns of the last century appeared in the army.The age of the artillery is even older than Governor Robert himself.

No matter how unreliable, something is better than nothing.Pulling out to fight in the field is not enough, and defending fortifications can always play a role.

There is no way to do this, and the Indian colonial army is not the only one with disorganized weapons.Even the troops in the British Isles cannot guarantee uniform equipment.

It's not that the British government is weak, it's mainly due to innate restrictions.As a sea power country, the British Army has long followed the "short and sharp" route.

In the capitalist world, it has always been "market orders determine the scale of industry".With few orders from the Army, the related industrial chain will naturally not grow up.

If you have a little understanding of the British military industry system, you will know that the army's military industry is basically attached to the navy's military industry.

Purely relying on the Army's orders, I am afraid that even the industrial chain cannot be maintained.After all, there are still few high-value-added equipment these days, and rifles, machine guns, and ordinary artillery have all passed the period of huge profits.

In a sense, the emergence of armored forces also saved the Army's military industry.

It's a pity that this thing is not practical at all for Britain.

This kind of big killer is usually not needed. When it needs to be used, the enemy has already landed in the British Isles, and the situation is gone.

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When peace cannot suppress the world, the devil will come out, and the whole world will fall into "blood" and "panic".

From Africa to Europe, and then from Europe to the Near East, Far East, and Indochina Peninsula, the entire World Island is immersed in blood and flames.

However, this is just the beginning.The American continent, which is isolated overseas, has also not been able to survive alone. Since the failure of secret negotiations, the Ocean Alliance has launched an attack on Shinra's colonies in the Americas.

Overnight, Latin America, South America, and the Caribbean were all reduced to battlefields, and the scope of the world war expanded again.

Austrian Central America is a great place. Shinra has been operating there for decades, with a population of more than 100 million and a territory of more than [-] million square kilometers. Extreme mobilization can pull out an army of one million.

Even if it was besieged by the enemy from the north and the south, it would not be a disadvantage, and the flames of war even burned to the hinterland of Mexico and Colombia.

Austrian South America is also barely able to make do. Although the local population is just over one million, it is not a problem to block the enemy's attack by sitting on the Andes Mountains and relying on the geographical advantage.

What's more, Shinra is not without allies in the Americas. Although it does not directly stand in line, it is not difficult to hold back the Ocean Alliance.

The war has progressed to the present, except for the fall of Alaska in North America, Shinra has never lost a large piece of territory.

The persimmon needs to be pinched softly. If it can't beat the boss, it will look for the younger brother's bad luck, and then Spain will be in tragedy.

The Americans, who had been coveting Cuba for a long time, couldn't hold back their ambitions, and stretched out the devil's hand to the Caribbean.

It's just that the luck of the United States was not good enough. After the Spaniards suppressed the rebellion, they did not disband the French mercenaries immediately, but instead hired them for a long time.

The situation of the Spanish-American Cuban War changed in time, and the situation is naturally very different.Unlike the one-sided one in the original time and space, now the battle has fallen into anxiety.

Facts have proved that American soldiers these days are really not suitable for fighting. Even if they have an absolute numerical advantage, they are suppressed by mercenaries.

If it weren't for the limited number of French mercenaries and their unwillingness to work for the Continental Alliance, the U.S. troops who might have landed would have been left alone.

It is embarrassing for the three major battlefields to stop cooking collectively.As the mastermind of this operation, Theodore Roosevelt felt nothing but pressure.

There is a voice deep in his heart, constantly reminding him: to work hard, otherwise he will be with the unlucky Lincoln and become the worst president since the founding of the United States.

Although it was led by Roosevelt, the countries that chose to send troops at this time were actually forced out.

After contacting the Vienna government privately to no avail, everyone knew that nothing would be done. When the big British ship sank, everyone would be buried with it.

The war has continued until now, and the British boss has been performing very hard, completely being suppressed and beaten.

Sending troops to attack the European continent and helping the British boss win the war is naturally a no-brainer.

Everyone still has self-knowledge. The Ocean Alliance combined, in Europe, is not enough to beat the Shinra family.

Since it was impossible to attack, President Roosevelt took advantage of the situation and proposed "American America" ​​in an attempt to "protect himself by taking advantage of the ocean."

To achieve this, we must not only have a powerful navy; more importantly, we must pull out the nails around us and not leave a foothold for the enemy.

It's just that the plan can't keep up with the rapid changes. The enemy left nails too stubbornly, and their methods of pulling them out were too clumsy.

Not only did he fail to pull out the nails left by the enemy, but he accidentally injured his own hand.

As the battle reports from the front came one after another, Theodore Roosevelt's temper became worse and worse.

"It's all a bunch of trash!"

"A bunch of trash!"

"The United States is corrupt in..."

……

Facing the president's endless scolding, the military representatives lowered their proud heads one by one.There is no other way, and there is no confidence to say anything after losing the battle.

For this operation, all member states of the Oceanic Alliance except Britain and Japan sent the most "elite" troops in the country to participate in the war.

Start with the king and get a bronze record.The coalition forces, which seemed to have an absolute advantage, were directly beaten by the enemy on the battlefield.

Not to mention the heavy losses, the key is the bankruptcy of the strategic plan.If the enemy cannot be expelled from the American continent, they will not be able to stand up once the future is settled.

The law does not blame the public, and whether it is applicable depends on the occasion.In high-stimulation games such as participating in World Wars, there are always killing mistakes, so don't let them go.

There may be a chance for other countries to surrender; once the United States surrenders, their fate is to be split again.

The failure of private contact is the best evidence.If it were not for the preparation of a ruthless hand against the United States, the Vienna government would not directly demand an unconditional surrender.

From this point of view, the other members of the Oceanic Alliance are actually implicated by the United States.

Without this big boss, the small country is not worth targeting by the Vienna government at all, so let it go.

Perhaps it was because Roosevelt scolded too harshly, or maybe it was to preserve the last face of the military. Secretary of State Melchor said: "Your Excellency, now that something has happened, it will not help to pursue the responsibility. The most urgent thing is to deal with the follow-up issues as soon as possible. .

The strategy of driving the Holy Roman Empire out of the Americas cannot be shaken, and the strength of our allies is not reliable. We must find our own way. "

After all, fooling around is not a long-term solution, and the governments of various countries are not fools, and they will react sooner or later.

Knowing that the Vienna government really wants to target only the United States, everyone knows how to choose.

Even if the governments of various countries are slow to respond, the Vienna government will remind them at the right time and guide them to make the right choice.

"Join if you can't win" is not something to be ashamed of. The real shame is the repeated mistakes.

There is only one news in the middle of the betrayal of the allies.But whenever it is determined that the British Empire will be defeated, all countries will immediately choose to cut their flesh and stop losses.

It's fine to withdraw. The most fearful thing is that these countries will turn against each other and stab the United States again.

In this regard, the Vienna government is professional and best at turning the enemy's younger brother into its own younger brother.

The subject was changed, but the military representatives dared not answer.Relying on your own strength is simple, the problem is that you really can't win!

The most elite troops in the country were sent out, but in the end they couldn't even take down the Spaniards' Cuba, not to mention facing the even more powerful Holy Roman Empire.

Of course, this doesn't mean that the United States can't do anything to Shinra's colonies.As long as there is enough time, relying on national strength can drag Shinra Reaper's colonies in America.

The reason why everyone is worrying now is because time does not allow it.The hegemony war has reached a critical moment, and the British Empire will be gone if it is not good.