Struggle in Russia

"Struggle in Tsarist Russia (

Although Peter Gorchakov was not a famous general, he did not compromise on the tasks assigned by his superiors. He carefully arranged the line of defense in accordance with Kornilov's requirements, and also led to Sevastopol under the telegraph mountain. A large number of mines have been laid on the road. Even for him, the roadbed was destroyed so that no vehicle could pass.

When the 80,000 coalition troops arrived at the Alma River again, the scene they saw made them shudder. There are trenches all over the mountains and plains, and there are three layers inside and three layers outside.

Fighting on this terrain is simply terrible, and according to Kornilov's request, the Black Sea Fleet specially dismantled some heavy artillery to support the Telegraph Hill defense line.

When the coalition army had just formed a team on the other side of the river, it was mercilessly attacked by the heavy artillery on the Telegraph Mountain.

Raglan and St. Arnault had to order the troops to retreat and re-form. After tossing for a morning, the coalition forces reached the Alma River again, and they began to cross the river again under the heavy fire of the Russian army.

This time, the British army and the French army finally reached an agreement, and there was no scene like the last time when the French fought alone against the British army and watched the play in place.

The coalition forces lined up and put in 30,000 troops in one go, ready to conquer Telegraph Mountain in one go. Looking at the top of the telegraph from a distance, you can see that allied troops are all over the mountains and plains. The red British army and the blue French army are marching forward step by step on the node of the snare drum.

The original intention of Raglan and St. Arnault was to throw an absolutely large amount of troops to defeat the Russian army in one go. That's why they invested more than 30,000 troops, but they forgot one point. The space on the battlefield is really limited. Throwing 30,000 people in can be said to be crowded.

Such a dense formation is a natural target for the Russian army. Neither riflemen nor artillerymen need to aim accurately, just shoot their guns.

For a time, the Russian army was full of firepower, and desperately poured firepower on the coalition forces.

In just one hour, the coalition forces had at least 5,000 casualties since they rushed to the other side of the river.

Note that this is not the end, but the beginning of a coalition nightmare, with potholes on the other side of the river riddled with traps and mines, further disrupting the coalition. Even if they managed to organize a few waves of offensive, they stopped abruptly as soon as they rushed to the front of the big earth mound and cliff, and could no longer move forward.

After three hours of fierce fighting, the coalition forces were finally unable to withstand the firepower of the Russian army. As the vanguard began to collapse, a chain reaction was immediately triggered.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, when Raglan and St. Arnault had to call out their troops, it was discovered that the casualties were as high as 15,000.

That is to say, the coalition has not seen the shadow of Sevastopol, and lost nearly 30,000 people on this little-known bank of the Alma River.

This kind of casualty efficiency can scare people to death, because the coalition forces only launched two attacks, and they fought for two days, losing 30,000 people in two days. What kind of casualty rate is this?

Anyway, both Raglan and St. Arnault were stunned. Looking at the hill not far in front of them, they couldn't figure it out. How could such a small hill be so difficult to chew?

In fact, it's not that Telegraph Mountain is dangerous, but the tactics of the coalition forces are too useless. Whether it is Raglan or Saint Arnaud, they are still in the Napoleonic era, and they use completely outdated tactics to deal with completely new enemies. This is not looking for abuse. what is it?

It's just that the coalition can't just give up. Whether it's Raglan or St. Arno, they know that if they don't want to endure forever, the only way is to grit their teeth and cross the Telegraph Mountain!

They turned around and invested 20,000 in one breath to continue the attack. It should be said that they still learned a certain lesson, knowing that too many people may not be effective, so they restrained and only invested 20,000.

On this day, the performance of the coalition forces was a little better, and they finally reached the front of Datugang again, and they had a hand-to-hand battle with the Russian army.

It’s just that because crossing the river consumes too much physical strength and the Russian artillery fire is too fierce, they have never been able to attack Telegraph Mountain in an echelon. As long as the Russian army withstood the first wave, it is not special even if the coalition forces continue to rush up. horrible.

The battle on this day lasted for a whole day, and the coalition forces almost lost 10,000 people, and the corresponding Russian army also paid the price of nearly 3,000 casualties. This is the biggest damage the coalition has caused to the Russian army since the war.

However, it was the coalition forces that couldn't stand it first. Two consecutive days of tragic battles resulted in the loss of almost one-third of the coalition forces. Such a horrific casualty rate was a particularly lethal blow to coalition morale.

So much so that Raglan and San Arno had to stop attacking and rest in place~www.readwn.com~ This trip took three days to rest until a new batch of coalition reinforcements arrived at the scene and brought them from Bulgaria Morale eased only after the precious supplies were delivered.

Then, the coalition forces launched a fierce attack again. It was the original prescription, 20,000 people, in a dense formation. Anyway, Peter Gorchakov was not surprised, because the coalition forces did this over and over again, and there was no other way. of.

This attack by the coalition forces finally lasted for three days. After another loss of 20,000 horses and annihilation of 5,000 Russian troops, they had to stop and breathe a sigh of relief.

Let's put it this way, the coalition forces have lost nearly 50,000 people on the Alma River, which is equivalent to all the troops who landed in Crimea in the first wave of the coalition forces.

Such tragic casualties caused uproar in London and Paris, with MPs condemning Raglan and San Arno for incompetence and sharp criticism of the battle plan for the Crimea landing.

It's just that criticism is criticized, but the battle has already begun. If you just return like this, all the losses will be in vain. Britain and France, who have no way out, can only continue to increase their weight, and they will increase their troops by 100,000 when they bite their teeth and stamp their feet!

Naturally, the Russians did not know this news. Peter Gorchakov was busy reorganizing the defense line and repairing the fortifications. Although he had completed the task given by Kornilov, since the coalition forces were so ineffective, even a telegram mountain was crossed. But it doesn't make sense for him to just let the other party go there, right?

Continue to persevere and continue to kill more of the living forces of the coalition forces, these are all military merits!

As for Kornilov, he is very satisfied with the performance of Peter Gorchakov, which has bought him a lot of time, which can help him continue to strengthen the defense of Sevastopol and even Spare my energy to do some other related arrangements...