As a squadron leader of the French Royal Guards, Franco's family has a rich history. The 27-year-old Franco can become a glorious squadron leader of the Royal Guards with the help of his family.
It also played a certain role.
Although Franco's family has never been powerful or wealthy in the history of France, perhaps it is precisely because it has never climbed to the pinnacle of power that Franco's family has been able to last for hundreds of years.
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Before the Allied Forces came to Paris, Franco's life was quite good. Franco, who was born in a small aristocracy, had a well-matched wife, two lively and lovely sons, and his prominent position
, life can be said to be harmonious and beautiful.
However, after France experienced several defeats, especially after the Allied Forces pointed their sword at Paris, the Franco family, like thousands of families living in Paris, was suddenly thrown into a desperate situation.
With all the kingdom's financial resources being used to recruit soldiers, even Franco, a squadron leader who commands nearly a hundred Royal Guards, has not received military pay for three months, while prices in Paris are as low as
The skyrocketing prices have made it almost impossible for people to survive.
As for the enemies outside Paris, Franco knew how powerful the enemies were. As a middle-level officer in the Royal Guards, he could often see a trace of resentment and panic toward the coalition forces on the faces of the kingdom's dignitaries.
Under this situation, Franco had to let his parents take his wife and children to leave Paris and flee to the west of the kingdom. Franco himself was unable to leave because he was a member of the Royal Guards.
Paris.
Standing on the city wall of Paris, looking at the enemy appearing in the distance, Franco felt his calves twitching.
The French Royal Guard is not like the Prussian Royal Guard. In Prussia, because its monarchs were warlike and good at fighting, the Royal Guards that protect the monarch are all composed of veterans who have experienced many battles.
In France, because Louis XVI would not send the Royal Guards around him to the battlefield at all, and because of Louis XVI, a large number of nobles exhausted their brainpower to place their children among the Royal Guards.
This directly resulted in the fact that the French Royal Guards were far inferior to the Prussian Royal Guards. Even the combat effectiveness of the veterans under Napoleon's command was much higher than the combat effectiveness of these seemingly glamorous Royal Guards soldiers.
Because Louis XVI had fully appointed Napoleon as the commander of the Paris city defense. As an important member of the armed forces in Paris, Louis XVI's royal guards were naturally mobilized by Napoleon to participate in the defense of Paris.
"Squadron Captain, do you think we can defeat those Prussians?"
Several soldiers of the Royal Guards who had been frightened by the shelling by the coalition forces stood beside Franco and asked their squadron leader with a trembling voice.
Although the shelling just now scared Franco out of his wits, facing his subordinates, Franco naturally had to act like a superior. Franco reluctantly said:
"Even though there are so many enemies outside the city, the enemies can't enter Paris at all! Don't forget, our commander is Napoleon, the number one general in the kingdom!"
Hearing Franco mention Napoleon, the faces of the soldiers around him looked a little better.
In France, although Napoleon was not recognized by the top leaders as France's number one general because of his age and seniority, among the middle and lower classes in France, Napoleon's name was famous.
Whether it was suppressing the rebellion of the Duke of Orleans in Paris, suppressing the rebels in southern France, or annihilating the British Expeditionary Force in the Netherlands, each of these was an incredible achievement.
Although Napoleon subsequently suffered a defeat, anyone who has carefully analyzed the strength comparison between the two sides would not think that he could do better than Napoleon by handling it in another place.
"Squadron Captain, we are the Royal Guards. Why do we have to guard the front line on the city wall like those untouchables!"
"That's right, that's right, squadron leader, we are all noble children, how can we be equal to those untouchables!"
Two soldiers who spoke nonchalantly spoke carelessly beside Franco, but when he heard what they said, Franco was trembling with fright.
Although what these two soldiers said is not wrong, more than 80% of the soldiers in the French Royal Guards are from noble families, and there are even many children of noble families above the count.
Just like Franco, although he is only a squadron leader, his father is a viscount. As the eldest son, Franco is obviously the heir to the title, and the two soldiers who just spoke to him are from a baron family.
, and the other one belongs to the Count's family.
"You don't want your life. You haven't heard the military orders issued by the Marshal before!"
As he spoke, Franco looked to both sides. When he noticed that no one was paying attention to his side, he felt relieved and said:
"Don't say that again. Fortunately you are lucky that the military judge is not here. Otherwise, no one can protect you!"
When Napoleon recruited these Guards soldiers, he thought of the complicated relationships within the Guards. Therefore, Napoleon also issued an order to prohibit any words that disturbed the morale of the troops in the army, and among them, he was timid before fighting.
, fearing the enemy like a tiger and despising colleagues are ranked first in the punishment list.
After saying that, Franco stopped paying attention to the two boys under his command.
In fact, there are many people in the Royal Guards who are dissatisfied with Napoleon. When the news came out that Napoleon was going to mobilize the Royal Guards, a large number of nobles wanted to remove their children from the Royal Guards through their connections.
Come out, especially those nobles who originally only put their legitimate sons in the royal guard to be gilded.
But faced with this situation, Napoleon decisively said no.
Of course, there is one exception, that is, the soldier is missing an arm or a leg, so he does not need to go to the battlefield.
This harsh rule naturally made many nobles dissatisfied with Napoleon. In the view of these nobles, the reason why nobles are nobles is that God has given them the mission to rule. But now Napoleon actually treats the children of the nobles and the untouchables equally.
This is simply ridiculous!
In less than half an hour, the coalition forces were less than 500 meters away from the city walls of Paris.
"Soldiers in the front row are ready, and officers at all levels are waiting for orders!"
A voice of order spread on the city wall, and upon hearing this order, the soldiers guarding the first line of defense on the city wall and in the towers raised their loaded rifles.
The artillery on the city wall has also been reloaded with ammunition.
The coalition forces had already anticipated this situation. They saw that the coalition's formation suddenly changed from the original tight formation to a skirmishing line. Although the soldiers carrying siege equipment were not easy to disperse, they were in front of these siege teams.
Countless huge shields made of thick wooden boards and coarse cloth were also immediately erected.
These wooden boards, which are ten centimeters thick and wrapped in several layers of coarse cloth, are enough to withstand the shots of those rifles, and they can also play a certain role in dealing with those artillery shells.
After all, today's thermal weapons are not as powerful as those of later generations, otherwise it would not have been the turn of those cuirassiers to show their prowess during the Napoleonic Wars.
Standing in the garden of the Brandenburg Palace, William held little Eric in his arms and kept teasing him, but it seemed that little Eric was very unfamiliar with William. Even though William tried his best, little Eric
Ke turned his head aside in shame.
This scene made William touch his nose in embarrassment.
"Pfft, okay, William, Eric is still so young, how can he talk? You are really too impatient!"
Anna walked up to William and took Eric from William's arms, and said with a bit of complaint.
When Eric arrived in Anna's arms, his behavior was completely different from that in William's arms. A bright smile burst out on the little guy's face, and he even rubbed his mother's face with his saliva-filled mouth.
A few times.
Although her face was drooled, Anna still laughed. No mother would not want her child to act like a baby in her arms, and for Anna, Eric trusted everything in her.
Seeing the happy relationship between Anna and her son, William became even more embarrassed. At this moment, it seemed as if William as a father was completely unnecessary.
Unwilling to be reconciled, William came to Eric again, and then took out an exquisite ring like a magic trick.
"Eric, Eric, smile and daddy will give this to you!"
William placed the ring in front of Eric and waved it with a smile that seemed to be flattering on his face.
But Eric still didn't give William any face. The little guy even looked like he was about to cry under William's repeated teasing.
And Anna was already a little shocked when she saw the ring in William's hand. The ring that William took out was the Hohenzollern ring that was previously worn on William's hand, which is the family name mentioned above.
Crest ring.
Although William only used it to tease Eric, Anna was still shocked when William took out the ring.
Anna, who calmed down for a while, quickly cooperated with William to make Eric smile and then reached out to take the ring, but little Eric still refused to give him face.
In the end, William had no choice but to put the ring on his hand again, which made Anna feel a little regretful.
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