Chapter 146: Battle on the Front
The Rhine, in the language of the Celts who lived here a long time ago, means clear and bright.
The crystal clear waters of the Rhine, the spectacular scenery and the numerous places of interest make people want to leave.
Throughout the ages, the beauty of the Rhine has fascinated many writers, poets, musicians and artists.
When he comes here in summer, the first thing that greets him is the locust tree with a strong floral fragrance, which is in full bloom, and this floral fragrance gives people a kind of hometown intimacy.
Char and Alicia arrive at Ludiham in the Rhine Valley, a quaint historic city on the opposite bank of Bingen.
In particular, it is famous for a medieval Delossel alley.
Dressel means throat in German, the alley is less than five meters wide, lined with small black wooden buildings, upstairs with flowers, delicate and elegant paving, and the floors protrude into the center of the street, thrilling and rich in architectural beauty.
The alleys are made of stone-paved pavement, rounded and smooth after hundreds of years of trampling.
There were very few people here, and the atmosphere seemed to be a little tense because of its proximity to the North Star, while Char still had a simple storefront in a sparsely populated corner, as in West France, and connected to the tavern.
It's still not much publicity, let it be, he plans to give the first human to come in a treasure hunting fate.
During this time, Char has been paying attention to the situation on the battlefield in West France with clairvoyance.
During this time, Arthur had successfully gained a certain voice in the army, and applied what Char had taught him to the army.
First of all, tactically, he interspersed the essence of the tactics that Char taught him.
Tactical interspersing has a certain role in every era, it is a combat operation that takes advantage of gaps or weak points in the enemy's deployment to insert deep or rear of the enemy.
It is an important means of offensive operations. The purpose is to seize key points in the enemy's depth, divide and disrupt the enemy's disposition, and create favorable conditions for each enemy to be annihilated.
However, the requirements for tactical interspersing are very high, such as the organization of the troops, as well as the liaison.
During World War II, it was because of the presence of various radios that allowed armies to communicate with each other and share intelligence with each other, so that this tactic could be applied to the point of even influencing strategy.
Interspersed tactics should be carefully planned and prepared, and intelligence should be the most important thing, and it is necessary to find out in detail the enemy's defensive gaps, weak points, and troop deployments, terrain, roads, and other conditions.
And without these, the interspersed troops may become exposed to the enemy, resulting in the impossibility of implementing tactics.
Arthur, on the other hand, used magic to solve it all temporarily.
At the same time, the army he led came from the land of the former Beizhou State in the west, and the people were better organized and easier to implement tactical intersperse.
They also matched cavalry, one man and two horses, and used strong mobility to intersperse guerrilla warfare, in line with the 16-character mantra that the enemy advances and retreats, the enemy is stationed and disturbs, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I pursue.
With the strong superiority of the Celtic cavalry, this guerrilla tactic had a striking effect.
From the example of Napoleon's French army defeating the European coalition forces, he clearly understood the effect of spiritual orientation on the morale of an army.
and the impact of the morale of the army on the combat effectiveness of the army.
He had a propaganda committee for every thousand-man unit within the army, and these commissars were not responsible for fighting the war, but their only job was to teach these soldiers.
Let them understand who they are fighting for, not for money, not for those nobles, but for their families, friends, everything they love.
Although it sounds a bit cliché, whether it is ancient or modern, especially in the thousands of years of history of China, the four words "teachers are famous" are the most important.
This is not only related to morale, but also related to the will of the people.
After deciding in their hearts that he was a righteous man, Arthur made a rule in the army, that is, after arriving in a new village or town, no adultery or plunder was allowed, that is, "not a stitch from the masses." ”
This is not a decision of Our Lady, but also to perpetuate her belief in being a "teacher of justice".
Again, people do everything for two reasons, one is to look good and the other is real.
People will often think about that real reason, and we are idealists when we face our hearts, and we will prefer the reason that sounds good.
Everyone has a desire to "become an important person" in their hearts, and everyone wants to be a noble person.
This kind of rule is made to make them feel that they are a noble person and an important person.
In this way, these beliefs will eventually be transformed into their will to fight.
Even in the case of a depressed life, even a shortage of food, it can still maintain a rather terrible combat effectiveness.
Although adultery and plunder can well relieve the inner pressure of soldiers, human nature is difficult to control, and indulging people's hearts also means that it adds unstable factors to the army.
And using morality to restrain people's hearts will make it easier to command.
At this point of people's hearts, Arthur controls it very well.
At the same time, after Char's travel in the past few days, it can be learned that the people inside West France are also full of complaints about this war.
The upper echelons financed the war by exploiting the population, sending the children of the poor to their deaths.
In the troops led by Arthur, there was even a propaganda unit specially created.
And after entering the territory of the West French Empire, everywhere he went, he would publicize this truth to the local people.
You don't even need to be too ugly, you just need to state it truthfully.
Then, they advertised that they were righteous men who had come to save the poor people of West France, not to plunder the land.
At first, the people of West France were naturally not convinced.
But under Arthur's constraints, the army also did "not take a stitch from the masses", and even distributed the wealth and land of the local nobles to the people below whenever they went to the local area.
This made the West Francis understand that these armies from Britannia were completely different from the ones they had seen before.
They are not evil, but have come to save them.
Of course, the main reason is that there are actually many Celts in the West Francis Empire, and there is a national base.
At first, the Celtic generals of the Britannian Empire were very dismissive of Arthur's rule prohibiting adultery and plunder.
The Celts were nomadic peoples, and plunder was imprinted in their blood, and in their view, going out to war was to plunder resources.
What's the point of fighting a war like this?
And if you don't rob the people, you won't rob the people, what's the matter with distributing the robbed aristocratic finances to the people?
Soon, however, they got a taste of the sweetness of this approach.
The people of the West Francis Empire spread the word about what the Britannian army had done, and all West Francis were looking forward to the arrival of the Britannian army.
even did "eat pot pulp to welcome the king." ".
On the way, they even encountered the siege of the city, and they were overthrown by the people internally.
Ideas from another era swept through the land like a tsunami.
These Britannian generals had apparently never fought such a battle.
Everywhere I went, the people were all wholeheartedly welcomed, and it could really be said that the time was all over the place, and the realm of vitality and competition of all things was still in front of me.
Because of this, their noble spirit was also stimulated, and they even began to restrain themselves from being soldiers.
To be honest, Char didn't really expect him to turn this counterattack into a revolutionary war.
The West Francis Empire is a foreign country, and Arthur can use the power of Britannia to change the social constitution of the West Francis Empire without hesitation, which may be exactly what he wants to do in his heart.
It was a rehearsal of what he had planned.
But
Just as the French people, who were the first to carry out the revolution in another world, beheaded their own king.
Their spirit, their minds, were feared by the powerful forces in the rest of Europe, and thus by the attack of the European coalition.
The nobility of Britannia was also watching the new emperor.
What he is doing now will convey some not-so-good messages to the nobles of the country.
Arthur's position, while giving him the most convenient way to change the country, also added an invisible shackle to him.
Everything he has now is given to him by his class, and if he betrays his class, then he may have nothing.
What exactly Arthur will do and to what extent, to be honest, Char is very much looking forward to it now.
(End of chapter)