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322 The Destructive Landing(1/2)

With the three Balkans strongmen helping to see the door, the Li Wei government's plan to mobilize troops has been very smooth, and it will not take long to start the decisive battle between China and Europe.

Until Livi received news in Vienna that the Royal Navy bombarded multiple port cities, and within just a few days, three landing sites with complete port facilities were opened!

This is the first time that Li Wei deeply felt how strong the combat effectiveness of the British Royal Navy is.

In the battle report received by Levi, the British Royal Navy launched a raid on three Greek port towns with half of the Mediterranean fleet alone.

Greek ships could not even block a volley in front of the battleships of the British Royal Navy...

The shore defense forts of the Greek Republic were all inherited from the Ottoman Empire. It was not a big problem to be disrepaired. When it was time to fight, the defenders of the Greek Republic found that many artillery exploded as soon as they were opened!

After the battle, hundreds of Greek defenders were killed and injured by the explosion alone...

This is a crushing battle.

The Royal Navy is completely fighting this landing battle with the experience of fighting the indigenous kingdoms.

First, we took advantage of the crushing-level naval gun advantages to clean all the turrets in the Greek port.

Then the barracks near the port were cleaned up. Wherever the British Royal Navy could see, the Greek soldiers who appeared would be baptized by countless artillery shells.

The battle report emphasized that because the resistance of the Greek defenders was too weak, the British Royal Navy sent many small gunboats (the kind of wooden sailboats sailing in rivers) to approach the shore and use grape bombs to kill Greek military and civilians in the face.

What?

Can't war hurt innocent people?

Hoho~

Not to mention this era, even during World War II, the agreement that did not hurt civilians was just an international practice...

Whether it was the Allies or a certain Sith, the number of civilians massacred during World War II was beyond description!

Of course, the Allies, as winners, can erase the crimes they committed, but the records of massacre revealed by a certain Sith country alone are enough to shock the world!

If not, why would many European countries have more women and fewer men after the end of World War II?

Could it be that all the men died on the battlefield?

Stop kidding!

Even a certain Japanese soldier who lived a good life would not have fought for the last one!

Not to mention the European army that did not shame on surrender!

Whether they are captured and massacred or "inadvertently injured" on the battlefield, most of the killed males were not killed during the battle.

Anyone who has studied war knows that killing a soldier in war is much more difficult than putting down his weapons and civilians!

Most of the soldiers killed on the battlefield were not killed in battle when resisting, but were chased and killed when they fled!

Of course, Levi is not related to the Greeks' losses in this sudden landing war. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland are just proving to the world how big the gap between great powers and ordinary countries is in this era!

What surprised Levi was that after the British Royal Navy completed the occupation of the landing site with a destructive force, all the British King German Corps, which were originally used to seize the landing site and expel Greek remnants, were all Indian soldiers!

As a unit with brilliant achievements in Great Britain and the United Kingdom of Ireland, Li Wei is naturally familiar with it.

It can be said that the combat effectiveness of these Germans is comparable to the most elite local troops in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and is much more capable than ordinary redshirts!

The combat effectiveness of the army in Great Britain and the United Kingdom of Ireland is interesting, and there is no particularly famous force among the Englishmen who dominate the country.

The most capable of fighting were the Scottish Highlands and the British German Corps.

It is obvious that the British German Corps was a national mercenary. At first, it was ordinary mercenaries to fight for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Later, the British royal family found that they were more useful than the local Redshirts, so they simply turned them into regular troops.

As long as it is a battlefield that Britain attaches importance to, the figure of the British King German Corps can be seen.

The Levi government has also analyzed the strong combat effectiveness of this army. The reason is that most of the German mercenaries in this corps are veterans. In addition, the generous treatment of Great Britain and the United Kingdom of Ireland has high morale and a glory that belongs only to the British royal family, so their combat effectiveness is naturally overwhelming.

The Scottish Highland Corps in Great Britain and the United Kingdom of Ireland are strong in combat, mainly because most of their troops come from the bitter and cold land of the British Isles - the Scottish Highlands.

The residents living there were even called barbarians by the English.

The truth that poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people is also applicable on the European continent.

During the Middle Ages of Great Britain, the troops produced in Wales were also quite powerful. Wales were relatively poor at that time, but now the Wales region has almost assimilated with the England region and entered the industrial age. Compared with other parts of the British Isles, the living standards are quite good. The Welsh troops have never entered the sequence of elite troops again.

This time the attack on Greece and London government did not take all the old foundations, so it only sent the British German Corps.

The Scottish Highland Guards were left behind the British Isles for another purpose.

Of course, the current London government not only recruits a large number of Indian cannon fodder, but also conducts a gradual expansion of the Red Shirts on the local area.

The expansion speed is not fast, so as to ensure the quality of the Red Shirts as much as possible.

The British stick-style military training technique was relatively reliable in this era, and it was easy to practice the rigid and dogmatic line infantry.

What British instructors need to do is to make recruits afraid of officers more than the enemy's bullets.

"How did the Aristotle government respond to this crisis?"

Li Wei put down the battle report and asked Manid, the director of the General Administration of Military Information in front of him.

Since Aristotle came to power, the General Administration of Military Intelligence has established a branch in Athens and has maintained close contact with the Aristotle government for a long time.

Of course, this is not an open branch, it is two different concepts from the diplomatic embassy.

It is natural that the current Greek Republic has no secret to the General Administration of Military Information.

These are all achievements made by the Aristotle government with the acquiescence.

"Report to Your Majesty.

Aristotle had issued a national mobilization order, but the military system he established had already used the human resources of the Greek Republic to the limit. After all, the population base of the Greek Republic is not high. Even if Aristotle accepted many minorities from the Balkans, it could not make up for the shortcomings of Greek population.

Moreover, due to the poor financial situation of the Greek Republic, Aristotle's universal mobilization order only strengthened the strength of local militias and city guards, and was unable to increase the strength of the Greek Wehrmacht.

Aristotle's response plan was to personally lead 100,000 Greek Wehrmachts, relying on militias and city guards from all over the country to maintain local rule, and personally face the landing British Indian troops.

Aristotle's movement speed was still good. After all, he knew that if one more day delay, the British fleet would be able to unload an additional batch of Indian soldiers and military supplies.

According to our estimates, starting from today, the 100,000 Greek Wehrmachts led by Aristotle himself will contact the landing British troops in three days."

"The London government really trusts the Indians. It actually armed a total of 100,000 Indian vassals, and it seems that there is no sign of a stop.

Are they not afraid of financial bankruptcy?”

In the battle of intelligence, the Levi government has never been able to penetrate into the upper class of the British Isles, so its plans for the London government are very vague.

It was also after the Indian vassal army landed in Egypt that Li Wei learned about the London government's crazy combat plan.

If the Greek Republic really can't stand it, perhaps the London government can really force Levi to suspend the launch of the China-Europe offensive and continue to maintain the strategic balance between the two sides, and continue to waste it...

This is obviously a result that Li Wei did not want.

After all, in addition to the Central and European front, the Ottoman Empire had a clear advantage in the war in the Balkans. The Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Bulgaria were completely trying their best to barely block the Ottoman Empire's offensive. If time goes on, the Kingdom of Bulgaria will inevitably collapse.

The Ottoman Empire can arm the troops, which are more armed than the Bulgarian nation’s young and strong age!

What's more, after the Greek Republic was over, Levi had to dispatch the French Wehrmacht to rescue the ground, and at that time he would fall into a long war of attrition with the British vassals between the Greek mountains.

With Indian soldiers, the war is really a matter of money left for the London government.

The most important thing is that without ending the Fourth Anti-French War, Li Wei’s comprehensive war system will not be settled, and he will not be able to obtain glory value to train the brainwashing army to supplement it!

Therefore, the Fourth Anti-French War dragged down the trouble of European countries such as the Kingdom of Prussia and the Russian Empire, and Li Wei also felt very uncomfortable...

Even the London government did not gain any benefits in this war. Before the wealth earned by monopoly overseas trade was warmed up, all of them were devoted to the bottomless pit of the war.

Many of the military expenditures of the Russian Empire and the Prussian Kingdom were supported by low-interest loans provided by the London government.

Although all these loans were digested into various materials within the British Isles before being transported to the continent to allies, it was only the British capitalists, not the London government that made money!

The Fourth Anti-French War caused the London government's national wealth to continue to lose, but the domestic economy became abnormal and prosperous, especially the military industry and financial industry. It was so hot that it could not be hot anymore, and indirectly solved the work problems of a large number of civilians at the bottom.

The continuous opening of various military supplies (not only arsenals, but also factories that produce various supplies) has supported tens of thousands of workers!

However, the London government is very clear that this prosperity is false and is based on the rapid loss of government wealth. It will not take long for Great Britain and the United Kingdom of Ireland to be in debt!

The politicians are not unaware of the consequences of the country's financial poverty and the gathering of private wealth.

What's more, the wealth of the people is gathered in the hands of the bourgeoisie and aristocrats of a few people (the British aristocrats also have many part-time capitalists and factory owners), and is not scattered in the hands of the vast majority of civilians.

Once the war is over, a large number of factories producing strategic materials will inevitably fall to bankruptcy.

Those bosses can temporarily take it off, but what should the laid-off workers do?

As time goes by, the country's fiscal deficit is getting bigger and bigger, and then we can't even pay for the money to appease unemployed workers!

Great Britain in this era is not the United States of later generations. The government has not been completely controlled by capital chaebols. Britain is still the royal industry!

Therefore, even the London government is gambling, betting that Levi's government will not be able to hold on to the peace first.

For the London government, the fourth anti-French war must not be as devastating as the previous three times, otherwise it would be difficult for the European continent to find an opponent that can match the Levi regime!

At that time, Li Wei, who unified the European continent, could kill the British even if he did not use war means.

The industrial productivity of continental Europe alone is not comparable to that of the British Isles.

Industrial production capacity is the biggest advantage of the British Isles in this era compared to other continental countries, no doubt about it!

This is the result of quantitative change causing qualitative change.

After listening to Manid's report, Levi pondered for a moment and ordered: "Let General Napoleon prepare in advance.
To be continued...
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