The Rise of the European Emperor

How fierce will a legion of tens of thousands of people be in North America? That is simply a sweep! None of the Indians on the North American continent had tribes with tens of thousands of people. Those big tribes generally have thousands of people.

Therefore, an army of ten thousand people is invincible in North America. Defeat is impossible. The only problem is that the enemy may use the dense forest to escape.

However, the Ten Thousand Legion is no joke. With one logging ax per person, the forest area that can be felled every day is also very considerable.

You hid in the forest, didn't you? No problem, I cut down trees with tens of thousands of people, and cut down all the trees. Let's see where you hide? Without the cover of the forest, Indian fighters are nothing in front of the regular army.

Moreover, the places where the trees have been cut down can be reclaimed as farmland and pastures after digging out the roots, and become new human settlements.

When a 10,000-strong army and logging team enters the American jungle, Marin can expect that the speed of North American development will be greatly increased.

Marin plans to open up a state territory near New York now. This state is the state of the later generations of the United States, not a state the size of a small county in Europe.

For example, the canton of Zurich in Switzerland is only 1,729 square kilometers, about the size of a county. And a state in the United States in later generations generally has a size of more than 100,000 square kilometers, which is larger than the mainland of Portugal. For example, New York State in later generations has 141,000 square kilometers.

Of course, Marin's goal now is not to lay down the New York State of later generations, but to lay down the part of New York State near the sea and the coastal area to the south first. It is best to fight all the way to the Philadelphia area in later generations, and cash in Albert's fief by the way.

This area is mainly the later New York metropolitan area, plus New Jersey. The total area adds up to only 30,000 to 40,000 square kilometers. Moreover, most of these areas are relatively friendly Delawares, and they trade frequently with the New York colony, so it is easier to accept Marin's rule.

At that time, Marin decided to capture some Indians from other tribes and give them to the Delawares as slaves, giving them substantial benefits, not afraid that they would not be bought.

After hitting Philadelphia, Marin's direction of attack will change, and he will instead march towards the Great Lakes region to the west. The coal mines in the Appalachian Mountains, and the iron mines in the Great Lakes region, will make Marin's next important target.

In fact, the core of the United States is mainly the states in the Northeast, plus the iron mining states in the Great Lakes region. For example, Pittsburgh, the steel center near the Appalachian Mountains, as well as Chicago and Detroit in the Great Lakes region, are the cornerstones of the country's rise to become an industrial power. And New York and Boston are the foundations of American foreign trade...

As for the south and west, it's not that important. For example, during the Civil War, several states in the northeastern United States and several states in the Great Lakes region singled out the 13 southern states with a larger area. As for the western states, they had only been incorporated into the United States for a few years at that time, and there were no people there yet. At that time, the western states were all making soy sauce...

But the result is that, under the strong industrial strength of several states in the Northeast, they beat the 13 states in the South and won the war with machines...

The main reason is that most of the coal mines in the United States are located in the northern part of the Appalachian Mountains, basically in the Northeast states. Most of the iron ore is in the Great Lakes region...

As long as the Northeast states and the Great Lakes region are mastered, the core of the United States is actually mastered. As for the fertile lands of the South, and the Wild West...it doesn't really matter...

In front of powerful industrial machines, farmers and cowboys are all scum...

If you want to end the United States, you don’t need to throw nuclear weapons all over the United States. You only need to drop nuclear bombs on Washington (political center), New York, Boston (trade center), and several cities such as Chicago, Detroit, and Pittsburgh. over...

And this work can be done by a ballistic missile nuclear submarine fully loaded with multi-warhead giant wave submarine-launched ballistic missiles...

As for the rest of the cities? Is it important? Without those cities in the Northeast,

The old beauty is left with an empty shell...

In the same way, if you want to destroy Huaxia, you must first go to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and then add Xiangjiang. When these cities are over, Huaxia will also get down... As for the huge population in the interior? The population counts as P, without the core, it is an empty shell...

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As soon as Marin's American Legion offensive plan was written, Schwartz sent a piece of news that made Marin feel bad-the first batch of veterans were discharged on a large scale...

According to the report sent by Schwartz, the 400 old brothers who have fought with Marin since 1494, and the 320 who have survived so far, have all reached the prescribed retirement age. Now, they need a discharge ceremony.

After all, those were the first old brothers who followed Marin to fight in the country, and they deserved enough respect from Marin.

Calculating the time, it has been 19 years since 1494, and it will be 20 years in one year. At the beginning, Marin was only 16 years old, and he pulled up a team by relying on flickering. By flattering the emperor, I got a position as a phalanx leader... In a blink of an eye, it has been 19 years...

At the beginning, the group of 400 old brothers who followed Marin were basically over 25 years old in 1494. Because, only people of this age would be willing to follow Marin. As for those who are younger or older, they either still have ambitions and look down on Marin, or they want to go home to retire.

After the Italian war, Marin once divided the money. As a result, a phalanx of more than 1,200 people was full, and only 400 old brothers were left to follow. As for those old brothers, they were basically between 25 and 30 years old. They belonged to the kind who were mature but didn't want to go back to their hometown.

Marin took them to the island of Texel in the Netherlands and allocated land to them. Later, he made them serve as grassroots officers and became the pillars of the First Army.

Although these veterans are uneducated, they cannot take on the heavy responsibility of company captain or above. However, they are all veterans who have followed Marin for 19 years. Except for the 80 unlucky ones, the others have persisted. Many people even got the title of knight.

Speaking of it, this is because Marin has been winning battles. If there are more defeats, half of the 400 old brothers will be considered lucky.

But now, they have basically reached the 45-year-old retirement age stipulated by Beihai State. According to the regulations issued by Marin himself-soldiers who have reached the age of 45 must retire unless they reach the level of a phalanx leader or above.

This is because when a person is over 45 years old, his physical strength will be difficult to support a whole battle, even for grassroots officers.

This year is not the era when future generations rely on electronic equipment to command. In the era of battle, grassroots commanders need to be loud and full of energy. On the battlefield where the guns are rumbling, the loud voices of the grassroots officers are instructions, guiding the soldiers to work hard. People over the age of 45 obviously do not have the ability to continue to serve. Unless, reached the point of senior generals. That way, he'd have adjutants and orderlies and whatnot to do the physical work for him.

However, the first batch of old brothers who followed Marin were all illiterate, and they were all over 25 years old when they followed Marin, and their learning ability was not high.

So, in the end, these people didn't make much progress. The one who did the best was just a deputy phalanx leader. Seeing that everyone has reached the retirement age of 45, they have to retire.

Originally, last year, someone's age expired. But Marin was going to fight at that time. For these veteran officers with nearly 20 years of military experience, how could they be willing to let go? Therefore, Marin finally asked them to delay for one year, and wait until this year to concentrate on retirement.

When he came to the scene of the retirement farewell meeting where the huge banner "Warmly Farewell to Veterans Returning from the 1494 Class of Veterans" was hung, Marin couldn't help crying.

These 320 people are all loyal old subordinates who have been with him for nearly 20 years. These people have been sticking together for 20 years, and none of them betrayed themselves. If they hadn't followed them to Texel, Marin didn't know how to get up again.

If they had run away after distributing the gold coins, Marin might have lost the confidence to dominate at that time. Frustrated, maybe not so ambitious. After all, you don't have many reliable people under your command. How dare you fight for hegemony? You should worry about being stabbed in the back first...

Only with a group of loyal and reliable subordinates as a team can a powerful force be built. In particular, those 400 old brothers fought against Charles VIII together back then, and they are considered veterans who have seen blood.

Based on these 400 old brothers who had seen blood, Marin was able to rapidly expand the size of the army, and had tens of thousands of troops.

Sometimes, a powerful army cannot be established with just one or two famous generals. It needs a group of high-quality grassroots officers to turn recruits into brave fighters. For example, the Prussian army in history was able to defeat the seemingly powerful French army because of the high quality and strong execution of grassroots officers.

And Marin, the 400 old brother, although he has almost no cultural quality, but his execution ability is very good, which perfectly helped him bring out a large number of outstanding veterans. The grassroots officers of the next few legions are basically apprentices of these 400 veterans.

What's more, in this era, grassroots officers in other countries' armies are also uneducated. Therefore, if the generals are selected among the dwarves, these people are considered good. If you encounter the Prussian army in the 19th century, the North Sea Army will also kneel with the same weapon.

But in this rotten era, the army of the North Sea State still surpassed the armies of other European countries. If it weren't for the fear of being beaten by a group, the Beihai Kingdom would have trembled a long time ago...

These 400 veterans also gave Marin a good inspiration. He found that the establishment of a new army is a group of middle and high-level officers, plus 400 squads (25 people per squad). As long as there are 400 experienced squad leaders, the army of 10,000 recruits will quickly form an army. On the contrary, it is difficult to enter the state and gain combat power...

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At the farewell party, Marin opened up to drink for the first time, toasting with his brothers frequently. In the evening, Marin got drunk for the first time. Moreover, this time, he didn't pretend to be drunk, he was really drunk...

After being sent back to the palace, Marin talked a lot of nonsense, even revealing the secret that he was a time traveler. However, when he spoke drunk, he used his hometown dialect from his previous life. Not to mention that Angela doesn't understand Chinese, even Kong Tai and Skangda who understand Chinese may not be able to understand...