Chapter 89: The Civil War Begins
Meunier paused, took a deep breath, Lin Haoda's words led to the deepest fear in his heart, what the constitutional monarchists represented by the Marquis de Lafayette were really afraid of was not Lin Haoda, who had no foundation, but the sprouts of the republican beast released by the people's revolution, the lower class of citizens who tasted the sweetness of the victory of the revolution, who dared to guarantee that the revolution would not continue in the future?
The combat effectiveness of the National Guard has been proven, and the mud-legged armed forces that rely on numbers to support are a military force that cannot be ignored!
Meunier turned around, re-examined Lin Haoda's deep gaze, and said slowly: "I will convey this sentence to the Marquis de Lafayette, of course, whether you can see that day or not, it is not certain." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
When it came, Meunier did not forget to satirize the arrogant Lin Haoda......
To put it bluntly, Meunier actually expressed great doubts about whether Lin Haoda still had 10,000 troops after the bloody battle of the Paris City Hall, and he would not rule out the possibility of Lin Haoda's pretence.
As for the issue of Lin Haoda killing thousands of prisoners of war, the impact on the revolutionary regime will definitely not be greater than the impact on Lin Haoda's armed forces, and with the blood warning of these thousands of prisoners, the resistance of the National Guard will undoubtedly be even stronger!
Of course, the citizens of Paris will become more afraid of Lin Haoda, but under the general trend of revolution, fear may not be transformed into a resolute will to resist!
After Meunier left, Lin Haoda's eyes became cautious again, and he first called the middle and high-level officers led by Casio to have a brief meeting of military preparedness subordinates, mainly on defense.
Lin Haoda knew that after being rejected by himself, more than eighty percent of Lafayette, who was embarrassed and angry, might order an active attack, because the current time was on Lin Haoda's side, and the longer the unification of the Paris city was delayed, the more unfavorable it would be for the Marquis Lafayette, who had become the new ruler.
In any case, the civil war was a great example of negative propaganda for the authorities, and prolonging the war would only reveal the incompetence of the constitutional monarchist regime represented by the Marquis de Lafayette, and increase the chances of a change in the already one-sided revolutionary government!
Therefore, Lin Haoda can be sure that the offensive of the National Defense Forces may be launched today at the earliest!
In the war of this era, the defender still has a lot of advantages over the attacker, just like the battle of Lin Haoda's initiative to attack the Paris City Hall, when attacking the main checkpoints, even if the National Guard is very amateur, the line infantry must bear a large number of casualties before being dragged into close combat......
Relying on more than 2,000 veterans of the First Infantry Corps, four six-pounder infantry field guns, and a battalion of more than 500 light infantry, it was naturally impossible to defend the area from Paris City Hall to Bastille.
In less than half an hour, more than 10,000 full 70 companies of line infantry were assigned to the sequence of Casio's command, enriching all the defensive strongholds on the line from Paris City Hall to the Bastille......
After completing the concretization of the line infantry, Lin Haoda recruited 12 more companies of grenadiers!
As an elite grenadier, it is obviously not appropriate to mix with ordinary line infantry, Lin Haoda looked at the 12 grenadier company captains standing in the front, and said to them: "You are all the elite of the army, with your own glory, I allow you to elect the most trustworthy captain to act as the commander-in-chief of all of you, your 4 companies will be organized into a grenadier pioneer battalion, and the 3 grenadier pioneer battalions will be integrated into a grenadier pioneer regiment, The regimental commander will be voted on by the 12 of you and will be elected from among you, and the battalion officer will be appointed by the regimental commander you have elected.
Do you understand that the commander of the Pioneer Grenadier Battalion has the rank of major, and the commander of the Pioneer Grenadier Regiment has the rank of lieutenant colonel? ā
"General, we get it!" The commander of the 12 tall grenadier companies replied in a loud voice.
"Well, well, now you start choosing the person you think is most worthy of becoming your chief."
As soon as Lin Haoda's words fell, the eyes of 11 of them were very neatly cast on a strong man with a long beard, who was a head taller than Lin Haoda, almost more than two meters tall......
"It seems that you already have the answer in your hearts, 11 people have chosen you, this captain, report your name."
The bearded white man who was two meters tall and was watching took a few steps forward without stage fright, stood in front of Lin Haoda, saluted a standard military salute, and deservedly accepted the recognition of his colleagues......
Lin Haoda knew in his heart that such a unified vote of everyone must have been properly arranged when the all-out war system was injected into memory, and perhaps, when new arms are introduced in the future, the military commander can be promoted in this way, and the choice of the all-out war system is still quite authoritative.
"Report to the General, my name is Siri Rafaeli. Willing to fight for you to the last drop of blood! ā
Lin Haoda nodded with satisfaction and said: "Very good, Siri Lafaeli will be the commander of the Grenadier Pioneer Regiment in the future, you will undertake the most difficult and casualty attack in future operations, don't let me down." ā
"General, please rest assured, before I die, I will definitely complete the task you have assigned!"
If outsiders say this, Lin Haoda will definitely be suspicious, but he knows that the army officers produced by the all-out war system are almost equivalent to loyal spies and dead soldiers, and the soldiers may scatter and flee on the battlefield, but these backbone officer layers will definitely fight until the last moment, the more elite the troops, the stronger the determination of the officer layer to fight to the end, this is the essential difference between elite and ordinary line infantry.
Lin Haoda will Zhaoyun, John Brian, Bertrand. Bray, Casio. After Thunder and the others introduced them to Siri Lafaeli one by one, they asked him to take the grenadier vanguard regiment to reorganize the battalion-level grenadiers, and Lin Haoda naturally didn't have to worry about all aspects of this trivial matter.
He only needs to control the establishment of the general direction, and compared with Lin Haoda, the officers at all levels who have come out of the all-out war system undoubtedly know better who can afford the due duties of the officers and men under his command.
Every time a new army or character is concretized, Lin Haoda will introduce it to the main responsible persons, so that the work of the two sides can cooperate with each other.
After arranging the grenadiers, Lin Haoda used the last card, which was also the first team of light cavalry \ hussar troops that appeared under his command, although the number was only 60 people, but the value of cavalry was obviously far greater than that of infantry, and there was an irreplaceable role for infantry on the battlefield!