Struggle in Russia

This change made Lebeuf stunned. Although he knew that the Bajani group did not work for long, it was a bit unexpected to go bankrupt and liquidate so soon. As soon as Archduke Stephen ran away, Baugiani’s responsible cabinet had to announce the resignation of the government chief, leaving only Baugiani himself as the caretaker prime minister as the commander of the polished rod.

This means that the conservative constitutional monarchy can no longer control the political trend of Hungary, and the fate of this country has completely fallen into the hands of Kosut.

At this time Lebeuvre also breathed a sigh of relief, thanking that he and the Baojiani group hadn't reached a conclusion, otherwise they would not cry at the moment. I also admire Li Xiao's foresight. Fortunately, he didn't just go to the doctor!

After watching a white play in Plaisburg, Lebeuf did not stay too much, and continued along the road north. According to intelligence, Paskovic’s vanguard had arrived at the Balkh Pass, and it was said that they had been with the Hungarians. Crossfire.

Only when Lebeuf arrived at the Thousand Pass in Barkha, the battle was over. What he could see was that the Hungarians were celebrating a great victory. Apart from the captured Russian officers and soldiers being dragged out to parade in the streets, there were piles of weapons, ammunition and corpses!

"The Russians are defeated!"

Lebeuvre couldn't believe his eyes anymore, because he traveled northwards day and night, and arrived at the scene within a few days. According to the Hungarians, the Russian army has more than 10,000 men. According to the tradition of the past, the "General War" of more than 10,000 men is normal for a week. After only a few days, the Russians will receive their lunch?

In fact, it is not only Lebeuf who does not believe it, Paskovic does not believe it. In order to put an end to the Hungarian revolution as soon as possible and avoid Duke Mikhail in the east from coming to the cake, he organized an elite vanguard force to enter Hungary.

In Paskovic’s view, it shouldn’t be difficult to beat the Hungarians with one for five or even three for the Russian elite.

His goal is very simple, is to seize the key mountain pass in advance to prevent the main Hungarian force from occupying favorable terrain to prevent him from going south quickly.

To put it bluntly, Paskovic’s goal is to clear the way. In his opinion, 10,000 people will certainly not be able to eliminate the Hungarian Revolutionary Party, but should it be easy to occupy an intersection in the Balkh Mountains?

But who would have thought that the Hungarians, relying on a handful of hurriedly organized National Army, hit his vanguard force heavily at the mountain pass. The troops were killed or injured nearly 4,000, almost maimed!

Suddenly Paskovic was shocked: "Who can tell me what is going on? Even 10,000 pigs can lose to the Hungarians so quickly!"

In fact, Paskovic really looked up to his own troops. At this time, the Russian army was still immersed in the glorious victory over Napoleon, and he looked down upon others. Especially the guards, whose eyes are on the back of their heads from top to bottom, look down upon the Hungarians at all.

For them, being the vanguard this time is probably an armed parade. As long as they fight aggressively before the Hungarians, the opponent will flee like frightened rabbits.

It’s a pity that what awaits the Russian army is not the frightened rabbit, but the Hungarian National Army, which has the same enemy and occupied favorable terrain to wait for work. When the Russians lined up unsuspectingly appeared under their guns, they only needed to open fire. All right.

In this post-queuing shooting era, the Russian commanders still did not get rid of the line tactics. The neat pace of the dense formation is absolutely not to be violated. Therefore, after being hit by Hungary, the Russians were angry and furious. Put more people into battle.

Think about it because it is difficult to travel on mountain roads, Hungary has the advantage of terrain, and the densely lined up Russian army can do more than send more heads.

So in just over an hour, the Russian army left thousands of corpses, and then the gray animals collapsed. Because no one can face death calmly, not even the gray animals that are well domesticated.

So the commander of the Russian army could only temporarily order the troops to terminate the operation. Of course he did not give up. In the next few days, he kept trying to break through the Hungarian defense line in the same way, until someone of him suddenly found out that his troops had already suffered more than half of the casualties, and then... naturally there was nothing more. Then again.

In this short battle with tragic casualties, the Russian army had almost nothing worthy of being one, no matter what tactics or courage, nothing. To put it simply, a group of dull-headed geese used practical actions to interpret what is called brutality and does not end well.

But the Russians don’t have to be discouraged or humiliated, because there are many similar gooses, and there are also in the United Kingdom and France. Even if the weapons and equipment have undergone revolutionary changes, the tactics still remain at the beginning of the 19th century. , Too stupid.

Even a bystander like Lebeuf, after rushing to the field after the war, did not understand how the Russian army failed and how the Hungarians won. In the end he attributed this to Hungary’s topographical advantages and The timidity of the Russian army.

There is no way, because the old people who have come from Napoleon's time feel that this is the only reason that can explain the result of one-sidedness.

"...The courage of the Russian army is not as good as that of Napoleon~www.ltnovel.com~ Decades of cultivation have transformed them from a brave and fighting iron army into a group of cowardly cowards..."

It is conceivable that when Li Xiao received a letter from Lebeuf and saw the old uncle's summary of the reasons for the failure of the Russian army, he was dumbfounded. Of course, fighting requires courage, but it also requires correct tactics. If every battle is the same template, what art is there in war?

It is not the soldier's courage that deserves reflection, but whether the commander's mind is online. And now, it is obvious that most commanders in various countries are not online, so every time something goes wrong, they will just blame the soldiers for not being brave.

But Li Xiao is not such a person. The ancestors have long said that it is easy to find a general in the army, and a good qualified commander is really important. At least for the unified command system in the mid-nineteenth century, which was not thought-provoking, it was particularly important.

However, Li Xiao didn't say much, because for the veterans who had gone through the Napoleonic era, he couldn't listen to his reasonable advice. They believed in their traditional experience even more, and it was useless if you tried.

Moreover, Li Xiao has more important things to do at this time...