As the drum beat sounded, the gray animals subconsciously followed the company commander's orders and moved forward with their heads held high and to the rhythm of the snare drum.
One advantage of arranging in a tight formation is that, except for the first row, most of the people behind can't see clearly the situation on the opposite side. Not being able to see the situation can avoid most of the panic. And they are more or less shoulder to shoulder.
It will feel a little safer.
Especially as the ranks of the Russian army become more and more concentrated, with more than ten thousand people crowded together, even cowards will have some courage.
Directly behind the Russian column, Paskovich stood on a temporary high platform to observe the battle and said proudly to the left and right: "See, what a majestic formation! This is what a soldier should look like.
What the hell is a ragtag crowd that can’t even stand in line!”
These words seemed to be mocking the Turks and French who were in disarray yesterday, but all the Russian officers knew that Paskovich was referring to Sang Shuhuai, which was a dig at Kornilov and Nassimov and criticized their navy.
Not like a soldier.
Who told these two to persuade someone not to organize a dense formation charge yesterday? This suggestion, which was obviously contrary to military tradition, naturally made Paskovich very unhappy. It is said that after the two naval generals left,
His Excellency, the Prince, directly scolded his mother and reduced them both to nothing.
For other army officers present except the navy, it was obvious that more people agreed with Paskovich. The military lessons they had received since childhood told them that only dense formations can ensure assault power and hit rate.
, in order to defeat the enemy.
It is really impossible for them to give up the principles they have learned since childhood. Of course, not everyone thinks there is something wrong with Paskovich's tactics. Most of them are army troops who have been on the battlefield for a long time.
general.
They had already seen the results of the dense formation charge of the Turkish and British-French coalition forces. They had witnessed the consequences of the so-called concentrated formation charge. Naturally, they did not buy it. However, Paskovich had high prestige and seniority with the Tsar.
He has so much face in front of him, who dares to directly contradict him?
Therefore, most of the sensible army generals only dare to be angry but dare not speak out.
Along with the brisk drumbeat, the gray animals began to move forward, but the various obstacles left on the battlefield caused them a lot of trouble. Whether it was the ruins of the walls, the craters left by yesterday's shelling, and the corpses everywhere, the gray animals
The animals were caught off guard.
Especially those corpses made the cowards who had just gathered some courage start to feel frightened again. Many people's calves had begun to twitch, and they even vomited directly.
In an instant, there was a wave-like commotion in the neat queue of the Russian troops, and Paskovich, who was showing off to Kornilov and Nasimov proudly, suddenly became unhappy.
"waste!"
The adjutant beside him could hear the old marshal muttering in a low voice: "It's just a corpse, what's there to be afraid of? Back then, I wasn't as smooth as before in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. I'm really not as good as the last generation!"
Fortunately, this small commotion was quickly corrected by the company commanders' harsh scoldings and beatings. However, there were too many obstacles on the battlefield, and the gray animals had to lower their pace and move forward slowly.
Walk around.
This undoubtedly gave Britain, France and Turkey a good opportunity. When they found out that the Russian troops were sorting out their queues, they were still surprised and didn't understand what the Russians were going to do. When the Russian troops actually broke out of the trenches and appeared in front of them uniformly,
Their brains are a little short-circuited.
Because they couldn't figure out who gave the Russian army the courage, they actually wanted to attack? Are they crazy?
But they quickly realized that the Russian attack was good news! The polar bears had been hiding in the turtle shells before, leaving them helpless and could only kill people in waves. Now these bastards finally emerged from the shells.
Just enough to catch them all in one go!
"Tell the artillerymen that firing is strictly prohibited without my order!"
"Get closer, don't let them escape!"
It must be said that after receiving continuous teachings from Kornilov and Nassimov, the British and French also learned well and knew how to move the enemy closer and then focus the fire attack, for fear of scaring away the Russians by opening fire too early.
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The positions of the British, French and Turkish coalition forces were completely silent. They seemed to turn a blind eye to the approaching Russian infantry and were indifferent. This made Paskovich on the high platform feel proud again. He pointed at the coalition positions and laughed happily:
"Did you see that these cowards wet their pants in fear?"
"Haha, probably they have never seen such a majestic queue, and they are already shocked by us!"
"Next, as long as bayonets are installed, the boys can bulldoze them with one charge!"
"Gentlemen, prepare for this great victory!"
As soon as Paskovich finished speaking, before the sycophants around him could flatter and help brag, and before Kornilov and Nassimov could warn him, he saw a cloud of smoke and fire rising from the coalition position.
The coalition's artillery finally opened fire, and a hail of bullets instantly hit the dense formation of the Russian army. In an instant, the fire was all over the place and limbs were flying!
Just one salvo exploded the dense formation of the Russian army. The gray animals that were stunned by the bombardment still didn't understand what was happening. The British, French and Migne rifles a few hundred meters away started firing
Roaring, row after row of dense bullet rain harvested life like a sickle.
In just a few breaths, the dense formation that Paskovich was proud of completely fell apart. The remaining gray animals that had regained consciousness either dropped their rifles and turned around and ran away, or they lay on the ground without even daring to raise their heads.
The coalition's bullet rain did not stop, and soon the second round of artillery salvo began again. Explosive bombs exploded among the Russian corpses, turning the already shredded corpses into puddles of flesh.
The gray animal among the corpses was unfortunately blasted to pieces along with Pao Ze.
As for those who turned around and ran away, they were overturned by the shock wave of the explosion before they could get very far. For a while, people were thrown onto their backs and their horses were thrown into a mess.
At this time, no one could prevent the Russian army from reaping a disastrous defeat. The grassroots officers who had been able to supervise the soldiers before suffered heavy casualties. They were either turned into meat dregs along with the soldiers, or they lay in a pool of blood and wailed in pain. The few who survived
They were also stunned. The tragic scene tore their nerves to pieces, leaving them stunned like fools, as if they had lost their souls.
"My God! This is massacre!"
On the high platform, someone finally spoke. He made a cross on his chest and closed his eyes, not daring to look at the tragic battlefield. As for Paskovich, he also froze there, as stupid as a goose...