128 Marseille Legion
"The man who advances to the motherland of France,
The moment of glory has come!
The tyranny oppresses us
The land of the motherland moaned in pain!
The land of the motherland is groaning in pain!
You can see the fierce soldier,
Killing the people everywhere,
They come from your arms,
Take the life of your wife and children!
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The Place de la Revolution in Paris, which was originally ordered to be built by Louis XV, to demonstrate his supreme royal power.
Of course, after the outbreak of the Paris Revolution, the name of this square was changed to the Revolution Square (it was the Place de la Concorde in later generations).
At this time, the square was full of young soldiers wearing blue military uniforms, holding up red, white and blue tricolor flags, wearing black triangle hats, and inlaid with revolutionary hat badges.
It's really young, just like this army, it's been established less than half a year!
Most of the soldiers are not even eighteen years old, so they are definitely underage in the 21st century!
But in this era, France is already a passionate young man who can carry muskets and prepare to step onto the battlefield...
When these young people sang the Marseille March in unison, they knew that they were essentially different from the soldiers who had forced their troops in the past. They volunteered to participate in this new army that completely banned the noble officers and was led by the Jacobin revolutionaries!
Marseille, as the second largest city in France at this time, was naturally the revolutionary city of France, second only to Paris.
After the news of the victory of the Paris Revolution passed, the Marseilles took up their weapons and expelled the Duke who ruled them!
Arnault, the leader who led the Marseille to capture the Marseille Fortress and scared away the Duke, was also valued by Jacobin and became the general of this new Marseille Legion with the Marseille as the main body.
The predecessor of this Marseille legion was the Marseille Volunteer Army who entered Paris to support the revolution!
Now he has become a regular person.
After singing the song "Marseille March", representatives sent by the Paris Commune personally awarded the Arnor Marseille Legion Army flag.
It is not a military flag with the characteristics of the times. The current revolutionary army flags are all red, white and blue, which banned the various military flag styles of the army during the French King period.
Military uniforms are also commonly used to match blue uniforms and white military trousers. It is said that the main reason is because of the cheapness. France produced an indigo dye in the colonies of Central America. This is an important reason for the French army's financial difficulties after the revolution to adopt blue military uniforms!
Except for the British Empire, the colonies of this era did not have the characteristics of political independence. Basically, whoever ruled the local government would obey the orders...
Of course, the exception of the British Empire is not only because the British Empire's colonies are too vast, but also has a lot to do with the British Empire's colonial autonomy policy.
To put it bluntly, the potential for America to be independent is still a hidden danger left by the British Empire’s colonial autonomy policy!
However, the British Empire's colonial autonomy policy also greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of local people to immigrate, making the British Empire a rising star in colonial expansion, and thus the British Empire's territory, which now covers most of the world!
It can be said that colonial autonomy policy has both advantages and disadvantages.
However, other European countries did not learn from the British, and their colonial policies were directly under the local central government, which made the colonies of other European countries slow to develop (mainly because immigrants were unwilling to go there), but their control over the colonies exceeded that of the British government.
Therefore, after the victory of the Paris Revolution, overseas colonies did not hesitate to fall into the arms of the new government. In the eyes of the French overseas colonial government, whoever becomes the master of Paris is their master.
The overseas colonies of France have no industrial and commercial foundations, so they dare not rebel at all, and they lose their local support and blood transfusions. Of course, they cannot defeat the French local army...
During this period, the military strength of the continental local army and the strength of the colonial army was as big as the gap between the regular army and the indigenous savages, and the two sides were not comparable at all!
The combat effectiveness of the colonial army has been truly improved, and it will take until the era before World War I.
At the same time as the Marseille Legion was established, the office door of the leader of the Gironde, Jacques Pierre Brisso de Valville, was knocked.
After Brisso's supporters came in, they immediately reported to Brisso about the establishment of the Marseille Legion of the Paris Commune!
Brisso was angry, but he was helpless.
This is not only because the Marseille Legion was established to fight against Levi's Black Dragon Legion, but more importantly, the Paris Commune has become the veritable "Second Government" of Paris with the full support and joining of the Jacobin radicals!
The Paris Commune was originally established to protect the fruits of the Paris Revolution, and was born through an equal electoral system by the lower class people, less wealthy intellectuals and middle-class groups.
This is actually the ideal new government in the minds of the Paris citizens who launched the Great Revolution in their blood!
Candidates are not identified according to the tax amount. As long as they are legal French citizens, everyone has the right to participate in elections and the right to vote!
During the period when the constitutional monarchs were in power, the existence of the Paris Commune naturally became an opposition to the new government.
However, the people in the Paris Commune were elected by Paris citizens and had an unparalleled influence in the city of Paris. Robert Spear and others have participated in the Paris Commune!
In addition, the Paris Commune also controls the National Self-Defense Forces composed of a large number of Paris citizens. After the Paris Revolution, the government was unable to confiscate the hidden guns of the people. Once the Paris Commune was overturned, it would be easy to detonate the Paris citizens to launch another revolution.
This has led to the existence of the Paris Commune, a government agency that sang against the government. At present, when the Jacobin radical trend was formed, the Paris Commune even publicly formed a legion and rushed to the front line!
This is a great thing, even Brisso cannot object. After all, suppressing Levi and his Black Dragon Legion is the political correctness of Paris today!
As for the financial expenditure for forming the Marseille Legion, of course, the country paid for it!
The Paris Commune is only responsible for the contribution, and the money issue still needs to be responsible for the national regime under Brisso.
What?
Don't you want to pay?
Paris citizens, traitors have appeared, pick up their weapons and explode!
This is what Brisso is facing now!
Even if he is the leader of the ruling party, he will coax the Parisians who have guns at home.
It’s not that the combat effectiveness of the armed citizens in Paris is so great. How powerful can a group of gun enthusiasts who have not undergone several days of military training have?
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Thank God for your grass reward of 100 starting points coins.
Thanks to humility, I cannot reward 100 starting coins.
Chapter completed!