288 Lindenwan Free Regiment
"Captain Eren, our men have taken the palace, but Franz I and his palace guards broke through our interception and fled Vienna.
Should we send someone to pursue it?"
"Need not.
There are thousands of guards loyal to Franz I in the suburbs. We send people out and are easily annihilated. Now our main task is to quell the chaos in the city as soon as possible and clean up the fleeing soldiers and police.
Everyone, whether old men, women, strong men and young men, as long as they are devoted to the great cause of revolution, will bring them into the revolutionary ranks and distribute the weapons we have plundered."
After Arain finished speaking, he turned around and looked at the other group behind him and ordered: "Now you take your confidants to various blocks to tell everyone that we have taken down the city government, police station, city guard barracks, and palace!
The entire city of Vienna has been controlled by the free army, and Austria will usher in the republic era!
I will promote the propaganda of beating drums and drums, and I will recruit people to join the revolutionary ranks, paying settlement fees to those who join the revolutionary ranks, and letting them know that we are not a team that fights by just slogans and willpower.
As long as you join the Revolutionary Army, you can enjoy the military salary of the regular army private!
There will be additional rewards for each battle.
You must remember that most of the citizens in Vienna now do not have a high level of revolutionary awareness. They only know that they live in a daze. It is difficult for us to awaken their deep yearning for freedom by relying on slogans, so we must first win over people's hearts with generous gifts.
All the gains this time are used to expand the army!
Don't worry about the main force of the Austrian Empire coming. The French Defence Force cannot let them retreat. All we need to face is the royal guards stationed in nearby suburbs.
If you keep Vienna, the Austrian Republic will survive!”
"Captain Eren, if the Austrian Empire is defeated, will the French recognize the republic we established?"
“Of course.
Don’t forget that the ideas of the Great Revolution were passed down from France. The republic we established had a common revolutionary concept with France and was a brotherly country!
Don't worry about this, I will send someone to negotiate with the Li Wei government.
I am fully confident that the Levi government will recognize the establishment of the Austrian Republic!”
The confident smile that appeared on Arain's face immediately reduced the doubts in the hearts of many leaders around him.
On the eve of the revolution, everyone was concerned about whether they could win Vienna. Now that Vienna has been obtained, the thoughts in the hearts of the many leaders present naturally became active.
It’s not that they betrayed the Revolution, after all, revolution does not conflict with obtaining high-ranking officials and generous salaries.
Officials in the revolutionary government are also officials!
And only by being an official can you implement the revolutionary concept you agree with. It can be said that being an official is complementary to promoting revolutionary ideas!
Therefore, the many revolutionary army leaders present were not ashamed of the desire for power that arises in their hearts. Many people even numb themselves, implicating the birth of the desire for power with the promotion of revolution and the whole person's ideological realm was immediately sublimated...
Once a person has reasonable excuses to seek benefits, he will firmly believe that he is on the right side.
Except for the extremely evil people, everyone has their own justice in their minds, but some people succeed, so the justice in their minds becomes the justice recognized by everyone. When some people fail, the justice in their minds is regarded as evil by outsiders.
"Captain Aren, we have successfully taken Vienna. How can our revolutionary army claim to be external?"
After hearing this question, Aren smiled and said, "Now everyone knows that our organization is called the Lindenwan Brotherhood, and the purpose of this revolution is to build a free country.
Therefore, our revolutionary army should call itself the Lindenwan Free Army to the outside world!
Believe me, in Central Europe, there will be no only Lieutenant Free Army in Vienna. Soon you will hear news about Lieutenant Free Army from other cities and places!
The corrupt monarchy in Europe will surely be overthrown by Lindenwan’s Free Army!
Freedom is with us!”
“Freedom is with us!”
Everyone present shouted enthusiastically.
Then, everyone left to execute the orders given by Iran.
And Eren was not idle either and took people to the Vienna Palace, where he would reorganize the messy revolutionary army and turn it into the real Lindenwan Free Army!
Of course, it is time to reward merit and reward, and the enfeoffment of official positions is also a way to win over people's hearts. Those who have gained power will inevitably work hard in the future defense of Vienna for their own power and status.
Aren didn't have much confidence in guarding Vienna, and now he had to do his best to leave his fate...
What broke out in Vienna was that except for the big cities near the front line, the Austrian Empire broke out in revolutionary uprisings of varying sizes in other cities.
However, because the power dispersed by the Lindenwan Brotherhood was too weak, the uprising was mainly based on the fooled local revolutionaries, and there were very few successful uprisings.
Even so, these frequent revolutionary uprisings in big cities attracted the few troops stationed by the Austrian Empire in the rear. Franz I, who escaped from the capital of Vienna, was unable to gather troops from other cities to siege Vienna!
As for the Austrian main force on the front line, they were already attracted by the French Defence Force, and the forward troops of both sides had exchanged fire.
This is actually the secret code of the Linden Wan Brotherhood launching an uprising in the rear. The Linden Wan Brotherhood uses newspaper information to determine when the uprising will be launched.
Because the senior executives of the Lindenwan Brotherhood knew that as long as the French Wehrmacht launched an attack, relevant information would inevitably be published in the newspapers. In order to make money, those newspapers had special people arranged to observe on the front line, control first-hand information, and were equipped with fast horses to convey messages!
This makes the interval between the uprising very small, only the big cities in the eastern and northern Austrian Empire launched the uprising slightly later.
Fire broke out in the rear of the Austrian Empire, and the Prussian Kingdom, as another major military power, would naturally not be spared.
Before the news of the Vienna uprising reached the Kingdom of Prussia, Fatis sent to Berlin to command the Lindenwan Brotherhood and its subordinate revolutionary organization, Wright launched the uprising.
However, although the number of troops stationed in Berlin by the Kingdom of Prussia was not large, they were all absolutely elite.
In addition, the military atmosphere of the Junker nobles in the Kingdom of Prussia was very strong. The combat effectiveness of the Prussian garrison commanded by the Junker nobles was far superior to the troops stationed in Vienna. Shortly after the Berlin City Uprising broke out, Wright received a series of news of failure!
Leader Wright naturally didn't need to continue to win over them.
In fact, these gang bosses were willing to follow Wright because they were defeated by the underground forces developed by the Lindenwan Brotherhood and wanted to seek opportunities to rise to power in this revolution.
To put it bluntly, they are all thugs and cannon fodders who were coerced and deceived by coercion and temptation.
He himself does not have much loyalty to revolutionary ideas.
The gang boss rushed back to report at this time, but because his gang has been completely exposed, traitors will undoubtedly die in any country!
Therefore, at the moment when the Berlin Revolution broke out, this kind of gang boss was already bound to the Lindenwan Brotherhood and had no way out.
Of course, the desperate gang boss naturally rushed to Wright for asylum, and he knew that the Lindenwan Brotherhood was powerful!
A gangster boss like him is nothing if he leaves the city where he takes root, but a revolutionary party like the Lindenwan Brotherhood, which has a wide path, is still a revolutionary party if he leaves Berlin!
The idea of freedom and equality also had a broad market in the Kingdom of Prussia. The reason is very simple. A large number of civilians in the Kingdom of Prussia lived under the exploitation and oppression of the Junker nobles.
If there is oppression, there will naturally be resistance, not to mention that many people cannot even fill their stomachs.
After Wright quickly gathered a group of defeated soldiers gathered around him, he roughly counted that there were hundreds of people, and most of them were equipped with guns!
You should know that the Berlin Revolutionary Army had completely collapsed at this time, and the Berlin garrison and royal guards were chasing the rioting revolutionary army members all over the streets!
Even in this environment, Wright still gathered hundreds of people who did not throw away the muskets. It is conceivable how strong the revolutionary armed forces developed by the Lindenwan Brotherhood in Berlin were developed.
The few people who were gathered together were like the gang boss who had no choice but to surrender, and most of them were sincerely devoted to liberal revolutionary ideas and gathered around Wright.
Now Wright felt extremely uneasy. He gathered as much as possible and broke through to the city gate!
Wright thought that as long as there were enough people around him, breaking through would naturally become safer, but he didn't know that a large number of people also meant a big goal, and the hundreds of people had an organizational structure, and it was obvious that they were a big fish.
As expected, before Wright and his group could break out of the city gate, they were noticed by the royal guards in Berlin.
Unlike the Berlin City Guards, which have been dispersed and pursued the remnants of the revolution, the royal guards have always gathered together to maintain a large organization, which is used to deal with revolutionary troops like Wright, which are organized!
The two sides soon broke out in fierce street battles in the streets and alleys. The people gathered by Wright had just experienced the failure of the revolution. Not many people were willing to die here. Under the offensive of the royal guards, they were completely defeated in less than half an hour.
Chapter completed!