18th century total war

Chapter 92
"The black dragon rebels are coming!"

When the black dragon battle flag appeared on the horizon, shouts and whistles sounded one after another immediately behind the chest barrier.

Others beat on a tour with a gong, calling out all the officers and soldiers resting behind the fortifications.

Teams of soldiers, with the company as the basic unit, first gathered around their own officers carrying the military flag, and then formed a simple square formation before entering the preset position.

These soldiers are not the regular army of the Kingdom of France. Because of the further deterioration of the situation, the Kingdom of Prussia declared war on the Kingdom of France according to the treaty of alliance within a few days after the Kingdom of France declared war on Austria.

Therefore, the Kingdom of France took away a small number of regular troops from various regions to deal with the confrontation with the Prussian-Austrian coalition forces.

This made it possible for the Normandy region to prepare for a full two years, but the quality of the soldiers was not that high, but they were much better than the militia, and many veterans who were greedy for life and afraid of death were eliminated.

In order to eliminate the barriers between the provincial corps, Sennawi integrated their establishments for training and renamed each battalion-level unit according to numbers.

Cenavier built three defense lines in depth around Caen, and also built a large number of barricade defense lines in the suburbs and interior of the city, trying to fight against Li Wei's black dragon army at the last moment to restore the decline!

Under the revolutionary slogan of freedom, equality, fraternity or death, the morale of these officers and soldiers from various provinces is still good.

Even the troops that were formed on the border and destroyed by Karl recovered a lot of combat power after resting in Caen for a period of time.

The most important thing is that this time they have an absolute advantage in the defense of Caen, and their confidence has greatly increased.

The main fighters of the Black Dragon Legion led by Karl only have a scale of more than 1 people, but there are [-] to [-] armed with guns in the three field defense lines in Caen City plus the street defense line in the city!

Moreover, every day, routs and recruits from all over the country enter the city of Caen, and are reorganized by Senawi and sent to the frontline theater.

Most of these broken troops and new recruits came from training camps in various provinces and border defense areas.

After the long border defense line was torn apart, most of the provincial coalition forces in the Normandy region were defeated. Many officers and soldiers were separated during the escape, so the time of gathering in Caen was different.

Of course, in Senawi's eyes, anyone with a gun can be regarded as a soldier...

These 8 to [-] people are not much stronger than the [-] provincial coalition forces commanded by Wallace before.

The irony is that now 8 to [-] people are within the line of defense, and they dare not go out to attack the Black Dragon Army led by Karl. After the officers and soldiers on the first line of defense saw the battle flag of the Black Dragon Army, the morale of the army, which was not bad, was visible to the naked eye It's dropped a bit!
Many defeated soldiers who had been violently beaten by Karl in the border defense area subconsciously began to tell their experiences in the army.

However, the quality of the provincial coalition forces was mixed, and the military discipline was good and bad, and the officers did not strictly stop this behavior.

A field artillery was deployed on the high ground hundreds of meters away, and then began to bombard the first line of defense outside the city of Caen.

Under the large-scale artillery bombardment of the earthquake, the officers and soldiers behind the chest fortifications looked miserable. Many people huddled in the corner and shivered.

If it weren't for the officers with guns leading the military discipline team to enforce the law, these people would have escaped long ago.

"Don't be afraid, don't worry, we are glorious revolutionaries, we are creating a better future for France.

Don't you want your children and grandchildren to enjoy the rights of equality and freedom for everyone?
Don't you want your children to live happily in a society of fraternity and mutual assistance?
Not wanting to let his children experience the pain that he had suffered, he raised his head, grabbed the musket in his hand, aimed at the enemy, brought it close, and then fired!
Defeat the black dragon rebels, and we can enjoy a better tomorrow. If the black dragon rebels come in, not only will you be killed, but the women and children in your family will also become slaves to Li Wei's nobles! "

A military officer kept preaching loudly to the soldiers under his command, which was naturally written by Senawi!
Cenavi knew that the individual quality of his own army was not worthy of the Black Dragon Legion, and his biggest advantage should be morale.

After all, the Paris Revolution represents justice and is in the interests of the majority!

Therefore, Senawi personally sent people to look for eloquent people, and collectively taught those officers. Within two years, officers at all levels of the provincial coalition forces under Senawi's control, especially middle and low-level officers, have learned this set of tactics. The rhetoric of the previous speech.

It was not the first time for the soldiers of the provincial coalition army to hear this set of rhetoric, but now that the black dragon rebels representing the evil are on the opposite side, listening to the officer's lecture at this time, the feeling is naturally different.

They worry that their families and future children will continue to suffer from the torture they have suffered before after Levi's victory, even if life is not much better now...

But the revolutionary government has said that a better future is only a matter of time!
After the Paris Revolution, everyone was still hungry because there were rebels like Li Wei inside the Kingdom of France who wanted to restore the old system, and there were decaying and backward feudal monarchy countries outside the kingdom trying to invade their hometown and motherland, so everyone's life is so smooth. Didn't get better!
All in all, the bad days are the fault of the rebels and foreigners, and have nothing to do with the revolutionary government...

As long as we follow the revolutionary government to defeat foreign enemies and suppress the rebels, good days will come for everyone!

Needless to say, this set of rhetoric is very popular among the common illiterate civilian class. If you think about it, it seems that it really is the same thing.

Now that the country is in civil war and facing foreign invasion, naturally there is no way to seek welfare for the common people.

Therefore, if they are defeated by Li Wei, they will continue to be serfs of the nobles, and if they are defeated by foreign invaders, they will become slaves of the subjugated country!

This is why everyone is willing to take up arms and fight.

Otherwise, the Normandy region would not be able to raise so many troops. You must know that the Paris government did not allocate additional funds to the Normandy region.

There are so many places to spend money, and the Paris government already has a fiscal deficit. How can it have money to allocate money to local governments?

Not raising taxes is already very worthy of the people of Normandy.

Without much financial support, the Normandy region mobilized several times more troops. Naturally, they relied on revolutionary ideas to deceive... Oh no, they were guiding people's hearts!
A revolution requires getting used to hardships and hardships. How can one only focus on 'money'?
People who only recognize money are not firm enough in revolutionary thinking, they are counter-revolutionaries, and they can only die!

(End of this chapter)