In the middle of 1793, when the French Republic led by Lin Haoda was in full swing to reorganize and restore the control of the control area, a "special arsenal" was added to the city of Paris, which was several times more tightly guarded than in other places, and collected almost all the experts in the arms manufacturing industry that could be found in the occupied areas of the Republic, as well as skilled gunsmiths.

The arsenal's mission was to replicate the incendiary, lime and shrapnel used for six-inch howitzers.

The imitation of shrapnel is the easiest, because the original shrapnel detonated by delay has already appeared in Europe in this era, and the British have even used it in actual combat, and the five major powers of the European continent basically have the research and development technology foundation of shrapnel, and the reason why it is not widely used in war is simply because the technology of shrapnel is still in the primitive stage, and the detonation performance is very unstable.

After all, although the first industrial revolution of this era has started for many years, it has not yet completed the transformation of the first industrial revolution, and the main social productive forces still rely on manual construction, and the products made by the ancient steam engine are not reliable and stable at all the weapons handmade by blacksmith workers, and naturally, the instability of the howitzer and the high manufacturing cost have become an obstacle to the large-scale application of howitzers on the battlefield.

However, although there are many shortcomings of shrapnels, if their war use is really unexpectedly good, presumably European countries will definitely increase investment in research and development.

In the great powers of the European continent, whose scientific and technological foundation is very thick compared to other continents in the world, it is not difficult to develop a practical shrapnel.

With the reference of the sample shrapnel provided by Lin Haoda, the French naturally easily completed the research and development of the finished shrapnel and began to produce it.

Nowadays, the only problem that bothers Lin Haoda is that the cost of shrapnel is several times higher than that of solid bullets or even grape bullets, which is too pitiful......

Today, Lin Haoda has put 10,000 young guards in the newly divided Brittany theater, and the 50,000 young guards have not been withdrawn because the Marseille theater has to deal with the counterattack of the French reactionary aristocratic mercenaries led by the Count of Provence.

In fact, after Lin Haoda became the 'legitimate' chief consul of the French Republic, the guerrilla movement in the Marseille theater, which had been suppressed for a long time, had ceased considerably, and the Young Guards, who had been stationed there to clear up the guerrillas, could devote a large number of men to defend against the attacks of mercenaries from the Kingdom of Sardinia (later the Unifiers of Italy).

After analyzing the various battles since the rise of Lin Haoda, the French nobles such as the Count of Provence generally believed that Lin Haoda's army was suitable for large-scale main battles, so the French aristocratic mercenaries in exile under the leadership of the Count of Provence adopted the mode of dividing their troops and attacking on multiple fronts in the entire southwestern border of France!

The Count of Provence and other French exiled nobles believed that they had an absolute advantage in troops, and they were not afraid of defeat and loss of military strength, as long as one army could break through the defenses of the Young Guard, they could achieve a decisive victory!

It's a pity that even if the Young Guards were greatly apportioned in their forces, it was not something that this group of Italian mercenaries could handle......

The Marquis de Lafayette complained more than once that the noble mercenaries under the leadership of the Count of Provence were making slow progress, and now almost everyone thinks that Lin Haoda, who has taken over the inheritance of the French Republic, after stabilizing the basic market, the first goal must be to stab Lin Haoda in the back and destroy the Marquis de Lafayette of the entire northern legion.

Therefore, the Marquis de Lafayette had already shrunk his main force at this time, digging a large number of war fortifications to guard against the attack that Lin Haoda was likely to launch, and because of this, the unadult-like Lindon who had been abused by the Marquis Lafayette. The 10,000 Local Self-Government Alliance finally avoided the catastrophe and had a chance to breathe.

Relatively speaking, the Girondists were a lot easier, except for leaving nearly 100,000 National Guards to guard against Lin Haoda's possible attack, they safely cleaned up the remnants of the local feudal aristocracy, or co-opted or eradicated, and constantly expanded the Girondists' control area.

If it weren't for that Lyndon who came out of nowhere. General Wan rushed into the Vendée region with 30,000 horses, and pulled people everywhere to punish the traitors (in fact, it was to label the slightly wealthy families as traitors, and then justifiably raid their homes to collect military supplies...... ), to the Vendée area to engage in a miasma, the people are not happy!

To the Girondists' headaches, this Linden. Because of his reckless background, General Wan did not care about any face, and he really carried forward the essence of the enemy's advance and retreat, and the enemy's retreat and disturbance to the extreme; he could not disperse a large number of reconnaissance teams, and as long as the main force of the National Self-Guard came to encircle and suppress, he would inevitably use the method of transferring his troops to concentrate his forces to attack the weak points with few people, and immediately 'retreated' after taking advantage of them......

In fact, the enemy advances and I retreat, and the enemy retreats and I disturb me, but Linden. General Wan just put gold on his face, his behavior is no different from the behavior of the rogue army, except that the rogue indiscriminately kills and robs materials, and Linden. General Wan held high the righteousness of the French nation, first using a reasonable way to label the French civilians who did not cooperate as traitors, and then proceeded to do the deeds they liked to see......

Linden. General Wan was deeply aware of the essence of Robespierre's theory, and the principles of freedom and equality were like textbooks, hanging on his lips all day long, and then the whole team shouted every day to fight for the nation, fight for freedom, and punish the traitors for the revolution......

Under such frequent brainwashing, it will not be long before those French peasants who are drawn into the ranks and are illiterate and have no opinions, will be assimilated into the big family of 'revolutionaries', warming up to join the ranks of catching traitors, confiscating family property, and fighting local tyrants......

On top of that, this Linden. General Wan knew that his root was this army, and he was very generous to the officers and soldiers under his command, and also stipulated that the food for soldiers and officers should be the same, and everyone should share weal and woe in the difficult period of the revolution!

Anyone would say this kind of big talk, but Lyndon. General Wan was ruthless, and he himself took it as an example!

In addition to the ornate military uniforms that reflect his identity, Lyndon. General Wan's food is really not much different from that of lower-level officers and soldiers, and if he gets good things when punishing the traitors, he will also take them out to reward the army!