Struggle in Russia

The Alma River was full of British corpses, and the clear water was dyed crimson. Many British soldiers were so frightened that they huddled on the riverbank and refused to go into the water. The officers ran back and forth on their horses, shouting at the soldiers to cross the river quickly, and even drew their sabers to slash.

It's just not very useful, because the Russian artillery fire is too fierce, pressing the British army to the ground and rubbing, even if a soldier has just been dragged up by the officer, he will immediately be intimidated by a new round of artillery fire.

The British soldiers who crossed the river were even more chaotic. The soldiers of different companies were mixed together, and the formation of the two columns became crowded.

Seeing the rare opportunity, Kornilov immediately ordered the soldiers and field artillery of the Russian army ambushing on both sides of the "big earth hill" to fire violently at the British army.

Under the Russian army's accumulation of shooting, just trying to reorganize the new British officers who were killed or wounded, the British troops crossing the river almost completely lost control.

The British army who finally crossed the river was tortured and exhausted, and would rather hide on the bank of the river and be shot by the Russian army than take a step forward. Some British soldiers hiding in the blind spots of Russian firepower simply dropped their rucksacks and rifles, took out bread and jerky, and started to eat lunch.

Aware of the dire situation, Major General Codrington, commander of the 1st Brigade of the British Light Infantry Division, eagerly attempted to regroup his men. He charged up the hill on a white Arabian horse and shouted to the scrambled infantry:

"Get the bayonet! Get off the bank! Charge forward!"

With Codrington's tireless efforts, the British soldiers recovered a little bit of fighting spirit, and they began to climb to the Kurgan Mountains in groups under the leadership of Codrington.

At this time, the British army had no formation or organization at all. Officers at all levels gave up the attempt to reorganize the formation, because there was no time and no possibility. They could only scatter around as much as possible. The soldiers rallied and ordered them to "Go forward! Keep going!"

When the chaotic British army climbed the open hillside, most of the soldiers began to shout and charge towards the Russian army positions on the large earth hill about 500 meters above the hillside.

Seeing more than 2,000 enemies rushing towards him, although the Russian artillerymen on Datugang were a little surprised, they did not show any mercy. Because the British army hedgehogs are grouped together, this makes it easier for them to find their targets.

Clusters of grape bombs and shrapnel shrapnel generally covered the British charging queue. The British soldiers were knocked down no matter how low they were. Before they could get up or struggle, there was a mess behind them and the officers urged them to charge. The comrades stepped over ruthlessly.

For a time, it was terrible to see, and the number of British soldiers who were trampled to death alone was as high as hundreds.

However, the British army was so numerous that it finally rushed forward under the fierce artillery fire of the Russian army. Some British vanguards rushed into the Russian trenches in Datugang, they climbed over the parapet or simply drilled into the earthen mound through the gunhole, and began to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Russian army.

Just as the big earth hill position was about to change hands, the Vladimirsky regiment suddenly rushed down from a height to the big earth hill according to Kornilov's order. At the same time, the Russian mortars higher up the Kurgan Mountains also began to bombard Datugang.

The Russian soldiers of the Vladimirsky Regiment held a rifle with a bayonet and shouted: "Ulla" to drive the British out of Datugang in one breath, and continued to fire on the fleeing British.

On the other side, Major General Codrington quickly reorganized a wave of counter-charges, ready to try to capture the big earth again.

Just as he was about to try, the British army's bugle suddenly sounded the ceasefire sound, and in Codrington's puzzled and confused eyes, the British light infantry division gave up the counter-charge and stayed in place stupidly. Leng Leng watched the Russian army regain its footing.

This fatal trumpet completely disrupted the rhythm of the British army, and the reason was beyond laughter. It turned out that an officer mistook the reinforcements of the Russian army for the French army and ordered his men to cease fire. Under his leadership and demonstration role, other British troops also followed suit by blowing trumpets and ordering a ceasefire.

When Codrington figured out the reason, he was naturally furious, but he had no chance to punish the **** perpetrator, because when his troops did not understand the situation, the Vladimirsky regiment suddenly launched. Charged, beat his light infantry to their knees, and drove them back to the banks of the Alma like a hound driving a rabbit.

Looking up, from the bank of the Alma River to the Datugang, there were dead and wounded British soldiers everywhere along the way, it can be said that the mourning is horrific.

The most important reason why the British army failed to occupy Datugang was the lack of reinforcements from the second echelon of the British army. The Duke of Cambridge did not send his guards to reinforce the Light Infantry Division, because he did not receive Raglan's order at all. If Evans on his right found that the Light Infantry Division was in bad shape and needed support urgently, he pretended to be Raglan to give it to him. The Duke of Cambridge ordered, otherwise this man would have been watching the light infantry division be eaten by the Russians to the point where there were no bones left.

What is intriguing is that not only did the Duke of Cambridge fail to receive Raglan's orders, but other British generals on the battlefield did not know where Raglan went.

It wasn't that Raglan went AWOL, but after giving the order to attack, Raglan made an incredible decision, as if to prove his intrepid mettle, he rode away with a full staff of staff. Front of the line ~www.readwn.com~ Raglan crossed the Alma River and rested on an exposed high on Telegraph Hill. The position was far beyond the vanguard of the British army, almost nose to nose with the Russian army.

According to Captain Gage, Raglan's staff officer, later recalled: "How I escaped death is really a miraculous thing. I arrived at the forefront with the commander, and the shells flew from my sides and over my head. The sound of Nirvana and Russian rifles screamed in my ears, and the horses and riders of Lord Raglan's staff (where I was) were shot down beside me, dead or wounded! I was very safe, and I didn't even rub off a piece of skin..."

It is not only Captain Gage who is extremely lucky, but Baron Raglan might as well let him go. Ordinarily, he is wearing a full marshal's dress and a full of medals. He should be the most dazzling cub on the battlefield.

But the Russian gunners and gunmen seemed to be blind, or simply didn't look in his direction, allowing Raglan to jump up and down under his nose with no response.

If Kornilov were to know the mistakes of his soldiers, it would be a pity. Being able to kill the enemy coach would definitely be a major benefit for him. But if Li Xiao knew what he was thinking, he would probably dismiss it, because he knew that Raglan's existence was a major benefit to the Russian army...