Struggle in Russia

In late September, the coalition forces finally made all the preparations and went to Balaclava after re-boarding in Kalamita Bay.

However, before that, the coalition was hit by a new round of blows. San Arnault finally couldn't bear the ravages of the disease. He chose to hand over command to Conrobel, and then boarded a steamboat to Istanbul, but the ship was only His body was sent to Istanbul.

The poor old guy died of a heart attack on the boat!

The sudden death of San Arno was a heavy blow to the morale of the coalition forces. After all, it had been in all kinds of troubles since landing in Crimea, and now even one of the commanders of the coalition forces has explained it. This was widely regarded by superstitious rank-and-file soldiers as a bad omen, possibly a harbinger of a major defeat for the coalition.

For a time, people in the coalition were panicked, and all kinds of chaos became more and more prominent.

At this time, the coalition forces started the second landing operation, otherwise the soldiers who had nothing to do would have to make a big deal.

The new landing site chosen by Raglan and San Arno is located south of Sevastopol in a small fish port called Balaclava.

In fact, this place was originally the site of the Genoese. According to Italian, it should be called Bella Clava. It was very prosperous before the 15th century, but Turkey destroyed everything. When the Ottoman Turks occupied it, they destroyed the small port and burned everything.

Strictly speaking, Balaclava is not suitable for use as a real port, because its waterways are too narrow, and the port facilities are difficult to describe. At least it cannot meet the supply needs of tens of thousands of people.

The reason why the coalition forces chose to land here is very simple. First of all, it is relatively close to Sevastopol. From here, you can go north through Kadikoy to Sevastopol under the Mackenzie Heights.

Kornilov is not very clear about the movements of the coalition forces, at least he did not expect that the enemy would suddenly board the ship again and make another landing operation, because this is completely inconsistent with any military common sense. He couldn't make such a crazy decision anyway.

Kornilov's judgment was that the coalition might wait for reinforcements to storm Telegraph Hill again, and then head south to take the northern city of Sevastopol. Therefore, he ordered Peter Gorchakov to strengthen the defense and continue to strengthen the fortifications of Telegraph Hill while the coalition forces were waiting for reinforcements.

So when the coalition suddenly appeared off the coast of Balaclava and began to force a landing, he was not expecting it. He did not deploy any defensive force in this direction. Only some Greek soldiers and local militia were defending this small port. Under the heavy artillery fire of the coalition forces, these people quickly retreated and surrendered Balaclava to coalition.

Kornilov was inexplicable when he learned that Balaklava was occupied by the coalition forces.

In his eyes, this small fish port is worthless at all. Please note that Kornilov's judgment is not wrong, because the balaclava does have little military value, which the coalition will soon find out.

The reason is that the waterway of this port is too narrow to even be marked on the map, and it cannot accommodate a large number of ships. This also means that it is not realistic to use it as a supply port, and it cannot supply the supplies needed by the coalition army of more than 40,000 horses.

On the third day after landing in Balaklava, Raglan discovered this terrible problem. Compared with Kalamita Bay, the supply situation of the coalition forces did not improve at all, and even worsened!

But at this time it was too late to go back on it, and the coalition could not re-board the ship and land in another place for the third time, right?

In desperation, Raglan and Conrobel could only order the main force of the coalition to march towards Kamish and try to seize this small port.

Yes, Kamish is also a small port, located northwest of Balaclava, a little closer to Sevastopol, Raglan and Conrobel mean that since Balaclava is not enough for a port, Then seize another port, two ports will always be better, right?

The truth is correct, but how could Kornilov let them succeed? After learning that Balaklava was occupied by the coalition forces, after a moment's thought, he understood the coalition's intentions, wasn't it that they couldn't cross the Alma River and Telegraph Mountain to find another way? Who can hide this?

As the boss of the Black Sea Fleet, he is particularly familiar with Sevastopol and the surrounding area of ​​Crimea. He naturally knows the actual situation of Balaklava and knows that this port will definitely not meet the needs of the coalition forces.

Since it is impossible for the coalition forces to open up the route of Telegraph Mountain again, the only way for the coalition forces is to find another port. What other ports are available south of Sevastopol? Not even Kamish!

If Kornilov has enough troops, he may have a good fight with the coalition forces in the Kamish generation, and he will definitely teach the coalition forces a profound lesson.

It is a pity that Kornilov did not have enough troops in his hands. The only mobile troops were given to Peter Gorchakov to intercept the coalition forces in the Alma River. trouble.

So the only thing he can do is to completely destroy the port facilities in Kamish, destroy all the piers and lay a pile of mines in the port~www.readwn.com~ directly turn Kamish into a dead port.

So when the coalition forces arrived in Kamish, they saw a pile of ruins. The port and the wharf had been completely wiped out by a fire. It might take ten days and a half months to clean up the ruins.

And when the coalition reconnaissance ship entered the port and was directly blown into two sections, Raglan and Conrobel looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Apparently the Russians had guessed their intentions and did it directly!

In a letter to his wife that night, Conrobel said indignantly: "Once again these damned savages resorted to the tactics of 1812, they burned everything, destroyed their homes, and wanted to starve and trap us. Outrageously savage!"

Yes, everything about Kamish reminds the French of that cold winter of 1812, especially when the Allied forces pushed **** Sevastopol and saw all the villages and towns along the way, all empty and empty. The sense of deja vu intensified when all the wells were thrown into dead bodies and blocked, and all the warehouses and farmland were empty.

When the coalition forces finally reached the foot of Inkerman Mountain, they were all hungry and exhausted. At this time, all the dangerous terrains from Mount Inkerman to Sevastopol are under the control of the Russian army, and it will be a hard battle waiting for the coalition forces!