"Everyone, the Austrians' army in Italy has been withdrawn. For at least a year, the Vienna government will not be able to organize new troops into Italy, unless Emperor Franz of the Holy Roman Empire does not want his capital of Vienna!

Therefore, now is the golden age of our army. In the rich northern Italy, we only need to face the weak Italian state army.

Oh no, I was wrong. Now there are not many Italian troops left. Our scouts have obtained information through the captured prisoners and local residents. Many Italian troops who fled in an established manner have been disbanded on their own due to fear of being punished after returning home.

So, what we are facing next is the city guards that are as afraid of the enemy as tigers in the rich cities in northern Italy.

I believe that as long as a division of troops appears in their sight and sends an envoy to surrender, these Italian cities can surrender one after another.

Of course, there may be diehards, but if there are diehards, they will provide us with the best reason to rob!

Remember that the Italian region is very large, and we must concentrate enough troops as much as possible to prevent the Austrians from fighting back and the stubborn resistance of the two Sicilian kingdoms in the poor southern Italy.

Next, our strategic goal is to save as much force as possible to persuade cities to surrender. It is best to leave only one or two companies in each city to maintain our temporary occupation and public security issues.

For the remaining main force, I will send two divisions of troops to stay in the Venice area to prevent the Austrians from counterattacking, and all the other main forces will follow me to the south.

We must occupy the entire Italian Peninsula in the shortest time, and then perform the tasks assigned to us by Lord Levi!"

"Lieutenant General Carl, I don't understand one thing. Since we can conquer the entire Italian Peninsula, why not turn this into a land of France?"

Carl looked at the major general who was speaking, and a summary of the other person's personality suddenly appeared in his mind. In simple terms, there were only two words - reckless!

Even with the order issued by Lord Li Wei himself, the major general division commander really likes to take his general guard to the frontline enemy artillery to detect the enemy situation within the effective range of the enemy artillery!

This is not necessary at all!

Carl knew very well that the reason why the other party did this was very simple. This person had a mental illness and was very serious. He liked the smell of blood and smoke on the battlefield!

Carl understands this mental illness, including himself, so the French Defense Forces officers and soldiers who have been trained will have mental illnesses more or less.

Moreover, mental illnesses are all related to words such as violence, bloodthirsty, and madness. It is not difficult to understand that outsiders regard the former Black Dragon Legion and the current French Defense Forces as madmen...

Fortunately, the French Defense Forces adopted closed management. Even in peacetime, soldiers would hardly leave their military camps. The procurement of related materials was responsible for civilian personnel under the logistics department.

The logistics department in the cabinet is to put it bluntly, serving the French Defense Forces department.

However, among the group of mentally ill patients in the French Defense Forces, the condition is also very serious, so serious that they will not give up if they don’t kill themselves…

It’s not that this type of mentally ill patients really don’t want to live anymore, but that their pursuit of stimulating war and killing has reached the extreme of pathology. The environment of bullets and rains is a terrifying hell for ordinary people, but for this kind of mentally ill patients, it is a paradise of happiness...

Carl was extremely sure that if it weren't for the order issued by Lord Li Wei to restrain the senior generals, the other party would definitely be the first major general division commander in his army to die in battle!

Such people cannot be promoted to such a major general in a normal army, but in an army composed of a group of mentally ill patients, Carl can only pick tall ones from a short man, at least the opponent's military ability is still quite successful.

"I hope you understand that the targets we are fighting now are the Austrians and the aristocratic class in the Italian region, at most a church force is added. After all, much of the Italian coalition's military expenditure is supported by the Holy See.

But once we occupy the Italian region for a long time, are those Italians whose languages ​​are completely different from us willing to accept the fate of becoming French?

Don't forget that the Italians have a very good relationship with us.

The weak Spaniards can ignite a large number of lifeless guerrillas when we occupy them, and the Italians can also do it, and there will inevitably be a large number of financial supporters behind the Italian guerrillas.

For the Italian Peninsula, which is spread all over the ports, the financial owners behind the Italian guerrillas can provide them with sufficient war supplies through sea transportation. How many troops do we need to station to maintain stable rule in the Italian region?

Don’t forget that millions of people in our French territory are still hungry!

It is impossible for us to leave too many troops on the Italian Peninsula and continue to exploit local people to provide military supplies for a long time.

By then, I'm afraid that the Italian Peninsula will not be pacified yet, and a new round of large-scale popular uprising will break out in France.

We can no longer allow large-scale riots inside the homeland until the anti-French alliance is resolved.”

The truth that Carl said was naturally what Li Wei told him personally before going to war. Politically, Carl was Li Wei's student, and Carl's political philosophy and insights were almost all passed down from Li Wei.

"Even if we cannot completely conquer the Italian Peninsula, we can build up such a large piece of land to build some vassal regimes to help us rule and let the Italians manage the Italians, so they will not rebel."

The major general who refuted Carl's refutation made a remark unwilling defense.

"A good idea, your political awareness has also grown.

If it is a normal war, we can do this, but don’t forget that our invasion of the Italian Peninsula this time was to solve the financial problems of France and to raise more military expenditure and materials to attack the lowlands and Central Europe!

Only by completely defeating and defeating the anti-French alliance can France gain a valuable period of development. Otherwise, the current anti-French alliance trade embargo alone will be enough to make us French people fall into economic difficulties for a long time.

You might as well think about it, if we plunder all the wealth of the Italian Peninsula and the Italians are reduced to refugees in groups, can the vassal governments we have established to settle those Italian refugees who are full of hatred towards France?

Whenever we withdraw our troops, no matter how many vassal regimes we support, they will be overthrown by Italian refugees who hate us in an instant."

"Lieutenant General Carl, since conquering and swallowing is not feasible, and supporting the vassal regime cannot last long, let's just slaughter the Italian Peninsula.

Brothers can kill you so much, right?"

As soon as this sentence was spoken, most of the major generals present nodded in agreement!

Only Major General Niza, who maintained his self-rationality, frowned and became very worried about the proposal.

Who are these people?

After hearing this conclusion, Carl thought seriously for a while and recalled Lord Li Wei's earnest teachings...

Then, Carl shook his head helplessly: "No.

The Italian Peninsula has a population of 18 million. Once we raise our butcher knife, our first army will not be able to kill the 100,000 people.

After all, the Italians would not line up for us to kill. They would definitely hide and then resist with the support of the anti-French alliance. There were many mountains and jungles in Italy, and an Alps alone would not be able to be encircled and suppressed by our army.

We need at least a few million troops to be organized and without much loss to the people of the Italian Peninsula.

Of course, this is just the first reason.

The second reason is the most critical!

Lord Li Wei won't allow us to do that!

Because killing all the Italians will have no benefit to Lord Li Wei, but will instead make the enemies we face in the future fight against us.

Even if we loot the Italian Peninsula this time, after we retreat a few years, the Italians will recover the losses we caused. When we come in, we can turn the Italians into our coolies and serfs. Why kill them?

This is Lord Li Wei’s plan.

Lord Li Wei once said that population is a tool for creating wealth. We cannot kill all the population of the enemy country. Then we are abandoning our future wealth.

Lord Levi's ambition is to be a profitable conqueror, not an unprofitable killer.

Oh, by the way, there is another very important one. Lord Li Wei once mentioned that he is very interested in Italian girls."

After Carl finished speaking, the many generals present suddenly realized that since this was Lord Li Wei’s intention, everyone would naturally not have any objections.

Let’s do it according to Carl’s plan, everything is based on Lord Levi’s will!

After the plan was settled, Carl finally looked around his major generals and commanders, raised his right hand at an angle of 45 degrees, and shouted loudly: "I hope you will do your duty and complete the combat mission I have assigned.

Lord Li Wei! Long live!”

The major generals and division commanders present snapped, with a very neat heel, straightened their waistboard and raised their right arm to an angle of 45 degrees upwards, and responded loudly: "Long live Lord Li Wei!"

At the end of 1796, the main force of the First Army of the French National Defense Forces captured the city of Milan without bloodshed, and after occupying the entire Lombardy area, the autumn wind swept the fallen leaves mode was started.

The main force of the First Army was divided into two groups, one was composed of two divisions, and accepted the surrender request from the Parliament of the Republic of Venice, successfully entered the city of Venice, and the troops headed straight to the Holy Roman Empire!

Marshal Boliyu, who fled back to the Tyrol area, began to dispatch local garrison troops to set up defenses, without any intention of attacking, and watched the rich Republic of Venice be occupied by the French Defence Force.

In addition, Marshal Boliyu also wrote a handwritten letter to Franz II, the current emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, which actually described the crazy fighting will and strong combat level of the French Defence Force.

It emphasizes the horrific practice of everyone carrying explosive packs on the French Defense Forces.

Yes, Marshal Baoliyu has always believed that the fundamental reason why he was defeated by the First Division of the First Army, which was far fewer than his number, was not that the Austrian army had too weak combat effectiveness.

If the Austrian army has a bad combat power, what level is the Italian army?

Slag ashes?

Therefore, Marshal Boliyu blamed the defeat on the French Defence Force's self-destructive tactics.

The two regiments of the French Defense Forces can block the attack of a large army of 40,000 people by relying on self-destruction tactics!

Although the self-destruction tactic cannot truly reach the level of one against ten (it can be achieved if you fight the Italians), it can greatly shock the Austrian soldiers and repel wave after wave of attacks by Austrian soldiers.

Moreover, the self-destruction tactic gives the Austrian army an absolute advantage on the battlefield, it will still be better than the French defense force (that is, the Austrians die more than the French army).

Marshal Boliyu hopes that the Vienna government can formulate a set of response measures specifically for the self-destruction tactics of the French Defence Force, and then promote it in the Austrian army. Otherwise, if this continues, the Austrian army will not have several times the strength and will not dare to fight against the French Defence Force in the field!

France is a major European country with a large population, and its total population among European countries is second only to Tsarist Russia.

The Holy Roman Empire has a larger population than France, but the Holy Roman Empire is everywhere. The national power that the Habsburg dynasty can truly use 100% of the country, that is, Austrian territory...

Therefore, it is impossible for Austria to besiege the French Defence Force with several times its strength on the battlefield. Even if it encounters such an opportunity, it will suffer heavy losses if it wins!

Marshal Pauliyou's strategic vision is still very accurate. He predicted that if the Vienna government cannot innovate and make effective measures to deal with the self-destruction tactics of the French Defence Force, the war between the Holy Roman Empire and France will always be at a disadvantage, and he will not even dare to take the initiative to attack the French army!

This is a big deal!

Just give up the European overlord to Li Wei!

Unfortunately, Marshal Baoliyu found the key to the problem, but did not propose an effective solution, but kicked the ball to the Vienna government...

It was not because Marshal Bao Liyou was selfish, but because it was difficult for him to find the flaws in the self-destructive tactics.

The guard infantry all carried the explosive bag behind them. It was difficult for them to hit the explosive bag on the battlefield to detonate it. The most important thing is that the soldiers of the French Wehrmacht were not afraid of death. What tactics would be effective for them?

Due to the weapons level of this era, Marshal Bao Liyou really couldn't think of it...

However, he felt that if the Vienna government was full of talents and generals, they should be much better than if they were thinking about it alone.

If you really can't think of it, then consider a discussion with Li Wei!

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