Chapter 2711: Fortresses are easiest to breach from the inside

In addition, it is said that the army was defeated, and the rest of the troops retreated to the fortresses on the southern border of France and Italy to fortify, and then there were reinforcements from nobles from all over the place and militia conscripted, trying to defend well.

This group of fortresses was the painstaking work of Count Loufoy, the Minister of Military Affairs of the French Army under the instructions of Louis XIV.

Based on the performance of the Eastern Army on the battlefield, Count Loufoy believed that although the Eastern Army has strong firepower and sharp attack power, it also attaches great importance to fortification defense. Defensive counterattack", first consume the enemy's offensive posture with fortification defense, and then turn to counterattack, this trick is worth learning!

At the same time, it is also possible that the French army will fail in battle, so it is necessary to rely on fortifications to protect themselves and resist invasion.

According to the geographical location of France, the southern region is far away from Paris and close to the sea, which can be called the soft underbelly of the French nation, so it is necessary to build a group of fortresses.

There is also the excellent artillery power of the eastern enemy. The talented Count Loufoy built a solid defense in southern France.

The foundation is a bastion-style fortress, the bastion protrudes outside the city wall, and two adjacent bastions and the middle embankment (the wall between the bastions) form a bastion front. Several bastions strengthened by auxiliary fortifications are connected frontally, which is called the bastion system, that is, the bastion-style fortress.

On this basis, a defense system is established. The depth of this kind of fortress can reach more than 10 kilometers. , The distance between the fortresses is 3-4 kilometers. Configure the second-line fortress belt between the first-line fortress belt and the inner fortress belt.

The fort is the main point of support for the fortress, housing artillery and infantry. There are heavy artillery batteries between the forts, and their artillery fire can support the forts on both sides. The fortress is also equipped with a strong reserve team, and field fortifications and maneuvering roads have been built in advance, which improves the flexibility of the fortress defense and increases the difficulty of the enemy's siege and detour.

In order to enhance the endurance, the fort has a command post, barracks, medical station, conference room, kitchen, ventilation hole, water storage tank and ammunition depot, as well as warehouses, etc. He also creatively built good toilets.

Uh, why the bathroom specifically?

Because before the influence of the East, the French in the early 17th century and even the Europeans did not have toilets. Yes, just like the Indians in the new era, they are still struggling with whether to have toilets at home!

One of the reasons why white skins and Indians do not have toilets is religion, because the land of reincarnation of grains is filthy, and setting them at home affects their worship of gods (gods are too dirty to come to the door), so before the French did not set up toilets at home, how to solve such problems? Let's not talk about the toilet, so as not to disgust the judges.

Due to the increasing influence of the East, when Louis XIV built the Palace of Versailles and the Earl of Louvre built fortresses, toilets were installed in the buildings, so the living conditions were improved, and the officers and soldiers guarding them lived comfortably and were less likely to get sick.

The defense of the fortress is strong. During the construction, Count Loufoy bombarded the city wall with heavy artillery to test to ensure that it could withstand the power of heavy artillery.

Not to mention the firepower. After completing the construction of the fortress group, the French spared no expense to build a heavy gun with a caliber of 210mm. This kind of heavy gun cannot be maneuvered, it is big and stupid, and it is mainly placed on the fortress. It has powerful attack power. Cover the perimeter.

This much pleased the French: "We finally have Thor's Hammer!"

The French tried their best to drag the heavy artillery onto the city wall, and then built small artillery fortifications and musket holes around them. After the completion, they only felt that the defense was impenetrable. They arrogantly said: "We want to take down our Fortress, unless their gods come to battle in armor!"

No matter how high it climbed, it would be as heavy as it fell. The army of the invading Shenluo Empire did not shed much blood under such a strong city wall. The first and strongest Modana Fortress changed hands!

The fortress is guarded by Count de Richard, a French nobleman. soldiers.

Seeing the Shinra army approaching, he was urging his subordinates to pay attention to observe and strengthen the defense. A guest came to visit and said he was an acquaintance.

Looking at the greeting post, De Richard didn't want to see him at first, but after thinking about it, let's see him.

It's fine if the talk is good, but if the talk is not good, let him sacrifice the flag!

The visitor is Lieutenant General Biert Balzac, a French foreign defender!

After the two met, Lieutenant General Biert Balzac didn't say much. He first introduced the situation of Austria and the situation of the foreign defense personnel.

Then he drummed up his tongue and said: "Louis XIV was harsh, destroyed the aristocratic system for thousands of years, and implemented a centralized monarchy. We nobles suffered a lot from it. We lost control of the territory. Lost financial power, can't afford to support the army, can't even support the family, and is heavily in debt, unable to give to God!"

Just scratching Count de Richard's itch, he was stunned, because what Lieutenant General Biert Balzac said was the dilemma that Count de Richard was facing.

He set up a card in the territory to collect taxes, but when Louis XIV strengthened the royal power, the goods that had paid taxes to the country did not have to pay taxes when they passed through the territory of Earl de Richard, which was conducive to the circulation of national goods. But it made Earl de Richard's wallet shrink greatly.

As an old-fashioned person, he is not good at management. In the past, he could use the land to get money---farming the land and setting up cards to collect taxes. Now farming is not as fast as commercial and industrial investment, and he can't collect taxes. High, so that his life was greatly affected, he had to borrow money to live, and his life was quite difficult.

Yes, the era of great voyages has begun. Many people invest in maritime trade and earn a lot of profits, but the risks are also great. After all, merchant ships are at sea, and anything can happen. There is also financial speculation that can also bring in money, but the risk is also huge. For example, the Spanish kingdom has mines at home. The king declared bankruptcy several times, and the banker who lent money to him lost his pants!

The Count de Richard dared not take the risk. He was over sixty and sickly, but he had to go out to fight, just to get some money to support his family, and it was really sad to say.

Lieutenant General Biert Balzac articulated the strategy of the Shinra Empire, that is, God's to God, King's to King, and Noble's to Nobles!

There are many states in the Shenluo Empire ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The most powerful Austria does not pursue a unified empire and respects the rights of states, that is, states independently handle internal affairs and collect taxes on their own.

Similarly, the Shenluo Empire will not covet the territory of the Kingdom of France. It mainly wants to overthrow Louis XIV. As long as France returns to the political situation before Louis XIII, the war will naturally cease. At that time, the two sides can sign a peace treaty and respect their respective territorial integrity!

When Louis XIV's father, Louis XIII, was in power, there was a ruthless man in France, Cardinal Richelieu. In order to seek France's hegemony in Europe, he advocated strengthening the feudal kingship in order to concentrate national power to do great things.

The cardinal implemented the strategy of a strong monarch and weak nobles. Under his leadership, the king started the brick rule and continued to erode the power of the nobles. It was the same until the period of Louis XIV. Drive away, but unfortunately failed in the end.

Earl de Richard pondered, thinking of the plight of his family, he looks good, but the bread he ate was bought with borrowed money!

Thinking of the ugly faces of the Jews who lent him money, they even wanted to hit the noble lady of the noble count's family... 2084/10092426