Struggle in Russia

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Lucan was at a loss when he received Raglan's orders.

why?

The reason is that Raglan's order is too vague. Perhaps from his point of view, the order is very clear, that is, to take back the artillery that was towed away by the Russian army, which cannot be clearer.

The problem was that Lucan was at the west end of the Causeway Heights, and all he could see was that the British artillery in the fort on his right was intercepted by the Russians from the Turkish defenders; Even at the very end of the northern canyon, a large number of Russian troops were assembled, and he could see that the Russian troops were also dragging their artillery there;

And that's not all, on the far left, on the lower slopes of the Fydzyukshi Heights, he could see the Russians there also deploying artillery.

Well, Raglan has given an order to seize the cannon. How does Lucan know which cannon to seize?

In fact, this problem could have been avoided, if Raglan could be more precise when giving orders, if Raglan's adjutant who was sent to convey the order, that is, Captain Nolan of the King's Royal Cavalry, could accurately convey Raglan's Intentions, the outcome of the next British light cavalry charge may be very different.

It's just that Captain Nolan has a big problem. Like many British cavalry officers, he resents Lucan's inaction during the Crimean War. I feel that the reason why the great British cavalry did not perform well is that the commander, Lucan, was as timid as a mouse, and did not give full play to his bold and valiant charge at all.

This is not once or twice. Before the Battle of the Alma River, Lucan stopped the hussars from chasing the fleeing Cossacks, and after landing in Balaclava, Lucan stopped the cavalry from chasing the fleeing Russians. Army skirmishers.

And just now, when the heavy cavalry faced off against the Russian army, it was obvious that the heavy cavalry was not dominant in numbers. The Lord refused to call upon the hussars to pursue the fleeing enemy.

This forced the soldiers of the light cavalry brigade to watch helplessly as their comrades in the heavy cavalry brigade fought against the Cossacks for 300 rounds. Many officers requested to attack more than once, but Kadigan categorically refused, which made the light cavalry brigade from officers to soldiers. Signs of disobedience began to appear.

Many cavalrymen stood upright with their stirrups and shouted, "Why are we here?"

Some people rushed out of the queue and then ran back, repeating back and forth, obviously dissatisfied to the extreme!

At this time, Nolan played the role of adding fuel to the fire. But when Lucan asked him what Raglan's order meant, the relationship between the two became extremely tense, and Nolan obviously committed the following!

Nolan pointed to the far end of the canyon in the most irreverent and most certain gesture and said, "Your enemy, sir, is there! Your cannon is there too!"

According to Lucan, Nolan was referring not to the artillery of the British army on the Causeway Heights at that time, but to the main force of the Cossack cavalry assembled at the end of the furthest canyon.

At this time, the Russian army had arranged a large number of cannons and new-style riflemen on both sides of the canyon. To be honest, Lucan himself knew that it was not very risky to let a light cavalry dig into this kind of pocket, but after hesitating, he still accepted this outrageous order.

Then Lucan found Cardigan. As mentioned earlier, the two were brothers but the relationship was extremely tense. When Cardigan heard this outrageous order, he directly questioned that it was a death sentence, but Lucan threw the pot to Raglan, saying that it was the commander-in-chief's order that must be implemented.

In fact, the British army still had the opportunity to avoid the tragedy at this time. If Lucan and Cardigan can negotiate well, or unite as one, it will not be difficult to refuse Raglan's orders.

After all, the British army had done similar things several times before, and the reason why Lucan and Cardigan didn't do it was that the two were at odds, and they were not of one mind at all.

So under the strict order of Lucan, the 661 cavalry of the light cavalry brigade began to advance along the gentle downhill of the northern canyon. The 13th light dragoon regiment and the 17th spear dragoon regiment formed the first A front, led by Cardigan, followed by the Eleventh Dragoons. At the rear were the lines of the 8th Hussars and the 4th Queen's Light Dragoons.

They were two kilometers away from the end of the northern canyon, and it took seven minutes to pass at standard speed. During this time, they will face Russian artillery fire from the left, right and front.

When the first line of cavalry entered the trot state, Nolan, who was with the 17th Lancer Regiment, rushed forward alone, waving the sword in his hand and shouting to the cavalry.

In various versions of his recollection, most say that he wanted the cavalry to speed up as quickly as possible, although there are other versions that he realized his mistake and tried to steer the cavalry towards the causeway heights or the southern gorge, where the light cavalry could avoid it. Russian artillery bombardment.

But no matter what the actual situation was, the first wave of grenades fired by the Russian army exploded directly above Nolan's head, and Nolan received the lunch on the spot.

I don't know if it's Nolan's role model or the light cavalry is really eager to fight, or they want to increase their speed and quickly pass through the canyon to avoid the damage of flanking fire. Anyway, the two leading cavalry regiments have not received the order of Cadigan to charge. He started to run wildly.

The British light cavalry marched forward at full speed despite the crossfire from the surrounding hillsides. uukanshu.com Cannonballs rained like hail, hitting the soldiers and knocking down the horses. The cannonades and explosions were deafening, and the smoke was so thick that it was almost impossible to see anything. War horses and cavalry fell everywhere, and the uninjured war horses were also frightened, and there was no way for them to continue running in a straight line.

Whiteman, the 17th Lancer, saw his sergeant get hit "his head was blown off by a cannonball, but the headless body, still sitting on the saddle, continued on for about thirty yards, The spear was still tightly clamped under his right arm."

There were so many fallen soldiers and warhorses on the first British front, that the cavalry on the second front 100 meters behind had to detour or slow down, but this further disrupted and opened up the British formation. , so that the impact of the cavalry cannot be exerted at all.

A few minutes passed, and the surviving cavalrymen from the first line of charge finally rushed to the Russian artillery positions.

Cardigan is said to have crossed the Russian lines first, and his horse shrank at the last minute, dodging a close salvo.

Flames, smoke, and roars rushed towards you. The British cavalry slashed a few Russian artillerymen with their long swords, then ran to the Cossack cavalry and killed them...