313 Annihilation of the elite of the National Guard
The commander of the cuirassier at the head raised the cavalry command knife high forward, and the cavalry behind followed with steel sabers in hand, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves shocked the National Guard soldiers who were retreating in confusion under artillery fire.
The National Guard soldiers could barely form a loose battle line before the cuirassiers rushed up, and after firing a volley, they were slammed in by the accelerating cuirassiers!
The infantry did not form a dense bayonet phalanx to face the cavalry troops, there was no defense at all, there was no bayonet to force the war horses, these high-headed war horses trained by professional battlefield artillery under the control of the cavalry, did not change direction on the relatively short and fragile human body, at the same time, the cavalry on the war horse used the kinetic energy of the speed to rush forward, and the arm gently waved the saber, which can cut the hardest bones of the human body!
Although these cuirassiers didn't understand the concept of acceleration potential energy, they understood that on high-speed moving horses, they didn't need to waste much effort to chop any part of the human body!
The loose battle line that was temporarily established was torn apart by the instantaneous impact of the cuirassiers, and the soldiers of the National Guard behind the palace cried, screaming and wailing like women and fled to the rear, and even many soldiers even threw away their weapons, throwing away weapons can only show that such soldiers have completely lost their resistance mentality, and there is only one concept left in their minds - escape and live!
Cuirassiers, sabers aloft, slashed at the scattered officers and men of the National Guard, and where there was any sign of gathering resistance, they rushed to it!
Soon, the shelling stopped, and the Young Guards reorganized themselves into several columns and turned to press on the National Guard, who were being killed by the cuirassiers, and when the Young Guards column was inserted into the National Guard line, the battle was largely decided.
It was impossible to annihilate the National Guard, which still had tens of thousands of remnants, with more than a thousand cavalry troops alone, but with the addition of the main force of the Young Guard, the only thing the National Guard soldiers could do was to raise their hands and surrender......
Because the soldiers of the National Guard knew that it would be difficult for them to escape under the pursuit of the cavalry, of course, this was also related to the fact that Lin Haoda no longer killed prisoners of war indiscriminately, since becoming the leader of a faction, Lin Haoda rarely slaughtered prisoners of war on a large scale, but captured them and threw them into concentration camps, factories or mines as coolie workers.
If the status of the captured officer is very high, and the family can afford to pay for the ransom, and guarantee that they will not fight against Lin Haoda's forces, they can also be free, but the price of the ransom is very high, even if the ordinary rich family is bankrupt, it can't be paid, only the real traditional nobles and rich businessmen and capitalists can come up with such a large ransom, and these money are also Lin Haoda's income to maintain the army.
Even if the salaries and salaries of the army soldiers produced by his all-out war system are extremely low, as long as they are people, they have to eat, drink and Lazar, and the living expenses of more than 100,000 people and the maintenance of weapons and equipment are not a small amount, which is why Lin Haoda was unwilling to be a rogue army with no territory, there is no stable source of income, is it true that his soldiers want to gnaw tree bark and eat grass roots, and count bullets to fight all day long?
It can be said that Lin Haoda's administrative organs in the occupied areas were very simple and incorruptible, and a large number of loyal administrative personnel produced by the all-out war system made it impossible for the local city government locals to enrich their pockets according to the usual practice in the past.
Ironically, after the ravages of war, the population was greatly reduced, a large number of fields were abandoned, houses were destroyed, and factories were suspended, Lin Haoda's regime only let a group of efficient and honest administrators of the all-out war system take over, and the government tax revenue exceeded that of peacetime!
It is conceivable that most of the reasons for the difficulty of a country's fiscal revenue are from the top to the bottom of the 'reaching out', maybe those government personnel take very little at a time, but they can't stand the large number of government personnel, you share a piece and I take a dime, it is not a small amount, and this is not a one-time time, it is daily!
Over time, the accumulated wealth is definitely a staggering amount, so as long as the administrative system is efficient and clean, it is really not a dream to multiply the tax revenue......
The greatest use of the administrative personnel provided by the all-out war system is not to stabilize the people's minds, but to put an end to corruption and bribery, and to increase the financial revenue of the Lin Haoda regime.
The army is a gold-swallowing beast, and many wealthy businessmen who claim to be rich and rival the country, if they really support an independent army, it will not take long to make them bankrupt!
The country is poor not because of low incomes, but because of high expenditures and high levels of corruption in the country's social system......
After the large-scale surrender of the General Reserve of the National Guard, the morale of the soldiers in the third line of defense suddenly collapsed, and the Young Guards took advantage of the situation and took all the positions that the National Guard had worked so hard to build with a single blow, and almost completely annihilated the elite of the National Guard, which numbered nearly 100,000!
The total loss of the Young Guards before and after was less than 10,000 people, most of whom died in the first line of defense, the first line of defense is also the strongest place in the defense of the National Guard, and the role of the second and third lines of defense is mainly used to support the first line of defense, and increase the depth of defense, to prevent the first line of defense from being attacked by Lin Haoda's army.
However, Lin Haoda did not need to attack in a roundabout way at all, and directly launched a frontal attack with artillery, which was not something that the elite of the National Guard could bear......
In war, it is still to speak with strength, as long as the strength is strong enough, any strategy will be overshadowed.
After all, the real war is not a guerrilla war, and it is basically difficult to get back the lost city and land, and before the popularization of tanks and armored vehicles, the gains and losses of one city and one place are the key to determining the direction of the war!
Defeating the elite of the National Guard deployed by the Girondists to defend in the border area is a matter of course in Lin Haoda's eyes, he has the artillery strength to crush the opponent, and he also has a six-inch howitzer that can be called an infantry killer, and the strength is not less than that of the other party, and the Young Guards are all diehards......
Unfortunately, in the upgraded Total War system, rewards are not awarded until a strategic decision is won......