Struggle in Russia

Kornilov and Nakhimov have no confidence in the Danube Fleet but they are very confident in mines, because the current Black Sea Fleet damage to Britain and France is almost all caused by mines and storms.

Among them, natural disasters such as storms are hard to come by. If you can encounter it once, it is already a blessing from God. Don't expect God to open you up every day.

Although the mines have not sunk any local battleships, the damage to the battleships is quite impressive. A total of seven or eight British and French frigates and cruisers were sunk.

If the Danube Fleet can go to mine the channel where the British and French ships are active, it is conceivable what kind of blow they will be hit when they are unsuspecting.

Thinking of this, Kornilov and Nakhimov felt excited. I really hoped to see the stunned expressions of Britain and France soon. Since the sea power changed hands, they were fed up with the brilliance of the British and French fleets, and they really wanted to breathe a sigh of relief!

Li Xiao also did not expect that what finally convinced Kornilov and Nakhimov was the ability to mine mines. From this, we can also see how embarrassed the Russian Navy was. They are always in a situation where they are incomparable to others, and they are always some distance away from the strongest in the world.

When encountering a real naval power, it can only be hanged and beaten. The huge fleet built with great effort can only be used to bully some trash fish. The cost-effectiveness ratio is really a mess.

What's even more funny is that the Russians are still enjoying it. The navy has been broken and built, and they have tossed back and forth many times. Every time they just come up with something that they think they can make a big difference, they suddenly return to before liberation.

Li Xiao admired their tossing spirit, but he might have lost his temper long ago.

Not to mention the broken affairs of the Russian Navy, after finalizing the Black Sea Fleet's cooperation with the Danube Fleet to break through the blockade. The focus of Li Xiao and the others returned to the land.

"Prepare as soon as possible," Li Xiao sighed: "Koscia is expected to kick the iron plate this time, you better prepare for failure in advance, I think the morale of the Sevastopol defenders is already low. At the bottom of the valley, I am afraid to do it again..."

Kornilov is also worried about this problem. The morale accumulated in the battle of the Alma River has been squandered by Menshkov. Now the whole army is generally very pessimistic, especially those nomadic Cossacks. There is no idea of ​​fighting at all, except for paddling in the water and robbing one's own people, it can give people a death!

"The performance of the Cossacks is really bad." Li Xiao nodded.

As long as the eyes are not blind, everyone can see, everyone is light cavalry, but the Cossacks are like the sky and the ground compared to the British light cavalry. It's rude to say that a single British hussar can beat at least five Cossacks, and this group of people is simply here to do bad things and get together.

"Then you can make some adjustments and discuss it with Kostya, and use your Cossacks and dragoons for his infantry. Anyway, those scums are meaningless to defending the city, so it's better to leave them to Kostya. English and French have delivered the food!"

Kornilov and Nakhimov were speechless for a while, because the idea was so bad that they didn't take the Cossacks seriously. But well, it can be done.

Now they still have nearly 6,000 cavalry under their command, and they have no use in defending the city. They have to put food and fodder in it, and it is better to exchange them for the infantry in the hands of the Archduke Constantine.

"Six thousand cavalry for twelve thousand infantry?"

Konstan was also forced to be the Grand Duke by Kornilov's high conditions, which was the first time he had seen such a thing.

However, he was also a little excited about this proposal. According to Nicholas I's request, he now has about 60,000 troops on hand, including more than 10,000 cavalry, and the rest are light infantry.

If he can have a little more cavalry, then the impact is definitely not ordinary, that is, 6,000 for 12,000 makes him feel a bit expensive.

"Why is it expensive?" Kornilov flickered in response to Li Xiao's suggestion, "The combat effectiveness of cavalry is comparable to that of light infantry. It is rude to say that one cavalry can withstand four infantry. The troops here are tense, how can six thousand cavalry have to be replaced by 18,000 infantry!"

However, Archduke Constantine is not so easy to fool, he snorted: "Since the cavalry is so powerful, why do you want to change the infantry with me?"

Kornilov spread his hands and replied with great frustration: "Your Majesty has entrusted you with the offensive task. I am only responsible for guarding Sevastopol. What use can the cavalry have? It is better to leave it idle with me. Leave it to you to let them ride the battlefield to help you build merit!"

Archduke Konstantin glanced at Kornilov. Although he did not believe that Kornilov would be so kind to help him, a little more cavalry was indeed more helpful. After all, his strategy this time was to flank the coalition. A little more mobility is better for suddenness.

It's just that he still thought the asking price was too high, and he immediately exchanged money: "Six thousand cavalry can only be exchanged for eight thousand infantry at most! This is mine..."

Kornilov turned around and left before he finished speaking, he could only swallow the words he had not finished and raised his bid: "For ten thousand, no more is impossible, after all, my troops are also very nervous. !"

Kornilov gritted his teeth and nodded, agreeing to the conditions, looking like he had suffered a big loss. But when he walked out of the living room of Archduke Constantine, his complexion completely changed, and he was as happy as eating magpie xiang.

"As expected, six thousand for ten thousand people." Kornilov said happily to Li Xiao, "How do you know this is his bottom line?"

"Guess~www.readwn.com~ Li Xiao pouted his lips contemptuously. For him, Duke Constantine's temperament is not difficult to guess. If you want to take advantage of him, you must first pretend to be at a disadvantage, and The price has to be raised in the first place.

You see, as expected, he was fooled!

"You have to go through the formalities quickly. Although Kostya is stupid, it's not that there are no smart people around. Hurry up and get them back, so that he won't regret it after a while!"

It's just that Li Xiao guessed wrong this time. The smart people around Duke Constantine didn't realize that this was a pit. They still recognized the behavior of Duke Constantine's exchange of 10,000 infantry for 6,000 cavalry.

So Kornilov took the people back without any effort, and after they were done, he quickly grabbed these people and assigned them to the task, and did not give Archduke Konstantin a chance to go back.

With this extra 10,000 infantrymen, Kornilov suddenly felt that he had a lot of money on his hands, at least better than when those cavalrymen who were only eating and not working were in their hands. At that time, the cavalry was really busy. He can't help, and he's still making trouble. Now he can finally strengthen his defense and wait for the next round of the coalition's offensive... 4255/10558545