Struggle in Russia

According to Kornilov's plan, the attack would first be started by Liplandi's cavalry, but the fog was particularly heavy that day, and Liplandi's troops lost their way soon after they set off and headed towards the foot of Inkerman Mountain. British army positions.

Although Liplandi's cavalry did catch the British by surprise, and took the battlefield effortlessly, according to the original plan, he should have informed the infantry behind to quickly follow and support. M..

So he sent a messenger to inform Kornilov that the problem was with this messenger. After he found Kornilov in a panic, he just said, "General, we have captured the enemy's position as planned. , your support is urgently needed now!"

Yes, the messenger did not make it clear to Kornilov that Liplandi had deviated from the original plan and had taken the British positions, not the French positions on the Cholnaya River.

But because he didn't make it clear, Kornilov misunderstood. He thought that Liplandi had captured the French position as originally planned, and naturally he ordered the infantry to follow with a big hand.

What's more interesting is that Kornilov's sense of direction is much better than that of Lipranti, so he did not get lost, but slammed into the French position.

At this time, the situation is very interesting. When Liplanj attacked the British position, although the British were caught off guard and quickly lost their position, their response was not slow. Immediately they not only started to organize a counterattack, but also immediately Ask for help from the French friendly forces on the flank, and hope that the friendly forces will pull the brothers together!

The French are also true, thinking that the British army is the key target of the Russian army's attack, and immediately sent 2,000 people to support without a word, so the 5,000 French troops that were originally stationed were removed by half, if you count yesterday. Those French soldiers who were drunk on drinking and binge drinking, in fact, there were only a thousand people left in the French army who could hold guns.

Kornilov threw nearly 6,000 people into the charge in one breath, and used the cover of the fog to kill the French army without any effort, and the French army suddenly fell into chaos.

After a short battle, Kornilov took the French position without much effort. Only at this time did the main force of the French army react and order artillery support.

It's just that the fog is so big that the French artillery can only shoot artillery shells indiscriminately in the fog, hoping to prevent the Russian army from attacking.

Most of these shells were knocked down behind the Russian army, probably the French did not expect their first-line positions to be easily broken through.

According to the battle so far, the situation for the Russian army should be said to be very good. Kornilov was surprised to find that it was possible to achieve his intended operational goals. After hesitating for a while, he immediately ordered his infantry to charge deep into the French army to see if he could clear the French army on the banks of the Cholnaya River in one go.

But a new accident happened again immediately. The Russian infantry who charged the French army in depth unfortunately ran in the wrong direction and just hit the French fort. Just one shot of shotgun smeared the face, killing hundreds of Russian troops in one breath.

On the other hand, Liplandi, who had been waiting for Kornilov's reinforcements, was also madly counterattacked by the British army. His cavalry managed to repel the British army's two attacks, and finally counterattacked the third time. After losing the battle, he left more than 500 corpses and fled back to Sevastopol in embarrassment.

That is to say, Kornilov will soon be counterattacked by the British and French coalition forces, and the situation is really going to be bad.

At the critical moment, Kornilov's quality came into play. With a big wave of his hand, he made a decisive decision to retreat. After laying hundreds of mines on the French army's position, he retreated like a wind.

As a result, this counterattack, which gave Nicholas I the last hope, ended so hastily. In the battle, the Russian army lost more than 1,000 people, killed 1,500 British troops and 2,200 French troops.

In addition, the French army's positions were ruined, and they had to worry about landmines in the future.

It's just that these are irrelevant. After all, the coalition has a huge military and material advantage. This loss is a drizzle to them, and it will be fine to lick the wound for two days. On the contrary, even if the Russian army achieved some kind of tactical victory, the morale of the troops was getting lower and lower, because it turned out that even if they were covered by fog and suddenly attacked, they could not defeat the coalition forces from the front.

And this also means that any attempt to turn the tide of the battle with a crucial victory is simply impossible, waiting for them to have only one path, and that is to surrender or die.

The sad ending of the attack on the Jolnaya River hit Nicholas I especially hard. When he received the news, his face was blue with anger, his lips were trembling, and his eyes almost burst into flames for a long time. Only then did he swallow his anger, and UU reading www.uukanshu.com just said coldly to Chernyshov, who was reporting the military situation:

"Tell General Kornilov to try a few times if you fail, and keep trying!"

But even he himself knew that Sevastopol had no chance of trying again. This time the coalition forces were caught off guard and would definitely step up their vigilance, and as their reinforcements continued to arrive, Corniello Where is there any chance of a comeback.

That night, Nicholas I rarely attended the family dinner, nor did he call any mistresses to come to sleep. He sat blankly in the study by himself, staring at the map of the Black Sea on the table in a daze.

It wasn't until the next morning that rumbling thunder and lightning woke him up. A huge bolt of lightning struck the attic of the Winter Palace, setting off a fire.

In the face of this sudden natural disaster, Nicholas I's face was even more ugly. He disregarded the advice of his attendants and went to direct the fire in person. This torrential rain fell for a day and a night. Although it prevented the spread of the fire, it also extinguished the ambitions of Nicholas I in a sense.

The next morning when he returned to the study, he soon developed symptoms of a cold, and his body temperature was terrifyingly high, but he refused to admit that he was ill and needed to rest. There is no hope in the job.

At first, everyone didn't take this small illness to heart. After all, Nicholas I has always been in good health and is unlikely to be defeated by a little cold, but the situation will soon change.

When Nicholas I worked frantically regardless of his illness, and inspected everywhere to stabilize his heart, the virus continued to invade his body, from the throat all the way to the trachea to the lungs. A few days later, when he suddenly fainted at work, the imperial doctor did not Found out he has pneumonia!