Struggle in Russia

When the coalition started shelling Sevastopol, Menshkov, who arrived late, arrived in Bakhchisaray with 60,000 reinforcements. The old lady listened to the latest battle report from Sevastopol. , and formulated a set of tactics that he thought was the most appropriate.

The old **** believed that some of the coalition forces were seriously scattered north of the Alma River, but the main force was outside Sevastopol.

So where does he think the seven inches of the coalition are?

He thinks in the balaclava. In Menshkov's view, this small fish port is the lifeline of the coalition forces. As long as the supply line of the coalition forces is cut off, the coalition forces will soon collapse without a fight, and victory will be at hand.

In a way, this is indeed true. The supply of the coalition forces relies heavily on Balaklava. Without this port, the coalition forces will lose all channels for obtaining supplies, and even whether they can safely escape Crimea.

Therefore, the old **** ordered the 12th Infantry Division commanded by Lieutenant General Pavel Liplandi to set up camp in the Fijukshi Heights near the village of Qalgan. Condition.

Naturally, the movements of the Russian army could not be concealed from the eyes of the coalition forces. The British army also knew that their forces were seriously scattered. If the enemy used a large number of troops to carry out a surprise attack on their supply base, they would be powerless to fight back.

At this time, six small forts were built on the ridge known as Causeway Heights to guard the Vorontsov Road. This is an east-west road that divides the Balaclava Valley into two parts, north and south, with the Fijukshi Heights on the north side of the road, and the road leading to Balaclava Port in the valley south of the road.

The coalition stationed Turkish guards, mostly recruits, in four small forts, supported by two or three twelve-pounder guns.

Behind these forts, on the south side of the valley, was the 92nd Highland Infantry Brigade of the British Army, commanded by Sir Colin Campbell, who was also the commander-in-chief in charge of the defense of the Balaclava port.

In addition, the Highland Brigade was flanked by a cavalry division led by Lord Lucan, and a thousand Royal Marines and some field artillery were stationed further back on the high ground overlooking the gorge.

In the event of a Russian attack, Campbell could call in British infantry reinforcements. In addition, two French divisions led by General Bosquet, who were stationed outside Sevastopol, could also come for reinforcements.

All in all, the coalition's guard force in Balaclava was about 5,000 men.

At dawn on October 25, the Russian army's offensive began. After a temporary fort was built near the village of Kamala, the Russian army began to launch heavy artillery fire on the adjacent Coalition Force No. 1 Fortress.

Fort No. 1 was built on the so-called Canrobert Heights, which the British named after the new French commander-in-chief.

The coalition had heard of the attack because Raglan had been warned the night before by Russian deserters that the attack was about to begin.

The only problem is that three days ago, Raglan had heard a false report from the Russian deserters that Menshkov was about to launch an attack. At that time, he deliberately sent a thousand people to reinforce it. But after two or three days, nothing happened. So this time Raglan didn't believe a word of the information about the Russian deserters.

Just like in Bulgaria, the five hundred Turkish soldiers on Fort No. 1 resisted extremely stubbornly for more than an hour, losing more than a third of their manpower.

When 1,200 Russian troops began to charge with bayonets, the Turkish troops finally couldn't hold it any longer and could only give up their positions and escape.

At that time, Raglan, who heard the news of the Russian army's attack, was observing the battle situation on the Sabone Heights. When he saw this, he was very angry and sternly accused the Turkish army of being too useless.

It can only be said that Raglan said this too early. Because of the tragedy of No. 1 Fortress, the other three fortresses garrisoned by the Turkish army collapsed in an instant. The Turkish army left their positions and weapons and ran away, rushing straight towards It's funny that these guys didn't forget to take the sheets, the crock pot and the pot when they escaped. It can be seen that they pay more attention to the guy who eats and sleeps.

When the Turkish troops crossed the British 93rd Highland Brigade line, Campbell was stunned to see them running away without forgetting to shout, "Get on board! Get on board!"

A thousand Turkish soldiers, chased by the Cossack cavalry, fled in all directions, in such a state of confusion that it was impossible to believe that they were still stubbornly resisting an hour ago.

A group of British soldiers' wives jeered at the fleeing Turkish soldiers from the side of the road as they passed the village of Kadikoy. One of the laundresses had huge arms and thick wrists as hard as horns.

When a Turkish soldier bumped into his laundry, the washerwoman grabbed him and kicked him hard. Especially when she realized that the Turkish soldier had abandoned the 93rd Highland Brigade to which her husband belonged, she immediately cursed:

"You **** coward, you run away and let the brave Highland Christians stand up to the brutal Russians!"

The surrounding Turkish soldiers tried to appease her, but some called her "Corinna".

This naturally made the washerwoman even more furious, and she was so angry that she swung a stick and beat the troop of the Turks into a frenzy. She fled for two miles before stopping to rest.

The tired and frustrated Turkish soldiers simply threw their belongings to the side of the road, fell down on the side of the road and began to rest their breath. Some of the more devout ones simply spread out their prayer rugs on the ground and began to pray in the direction of Mecca.

Objectively speaking, the performance of the Turks is indeed very hot, but in fact, the Turks cannot be completely blamed. Because most of the Turkish soldiers sent to Crimea were from Tunisia, they had no systematic training and no combat experience at all.

Even when they arrived in the Crimea they were hungry, because they had not received any rations for the Musmumu since they boarded the ship in Varna.

While the Turkish soldiers were busy with their own business, Lord Lucan ordered Brent to ride up to the fleeing Turkish soldiers and order them to regroup in his rear.

But the Turks didn't eat this at all, and instead asked Brent why the British did not support them, and why they were left in the fort for several days without anyone giving them food and water, and said they were supplied The shells of the fort do not match the cannons in the fortress, and in short, they refuse to obey orders.