The conflict between Austria and Russia immediately attracted the attention of the whole of Europe. People who didn't like Russia felt that the polar bear was seeking death and were gloating about Russia's misfortune. Those who liked Russia were worried about it and were deeply moved by it.
Worry about your own destiny.
But what these two groups of people didn't expect was that just when they were happy or worried, the olive branch offered by Britain and France to Austria through secret channels was flatly rejected. After all, the Austrians did not dare to take the final step and chose to fight with Russia.
Completely turned away.
However, from the perspective of historical trends, this is not actually important, because regardless of whether Austria joins or not joins this polar bear hunting operation, Russia's fate is basically doomed.
The difference is that Austria did not become the straw that broke the camel's back. It's just that if Austria is not the straw, sooner or later other countries or other people will come with this straw, which is irresistible.
Closer to home, the dispute on the border between Wallachia and Transylvania soon ended with the "tacit cooperation" of both parties. Austria only verbally warned and condemned Wallachia, showing off its bluff.
After howling twice, there was no new movement.
Russia, on the other hand, seemed to have nothing to do with this matter at all. There was no response from the diplomatic system at all, not even a passing mention.
As for the so-called Wallachian side, they justly warned Austria not to cause trouble across the border again. If Austria insists on challenging the sovereignty and integrity of Wallachia, it will stay with it until the end.
Anyway, after shouting twice, there was no other action. Although the soldiers on both sides of the border were well prepared, both the Austrian and Wallachian National Army were ordered by their superiors not to act arbitrarily, especially not to provoke new conflicts.
conflict.
Then this conflict, which was not particularly large in scale, subsided. The two sides were hostile to each other on guard, but in the end no further action was taken.
However, it is not difficult for those with sharp eyes to see that this incident, which both sides deliberately treated coldly and downplayed, has actually announced the complete disintegration of the Holy Alliance and the complete breakdown of the alliance between Russia and Austria.
Now they are just the last strange bedfellows before divorce. It is conceivable that the situation in Central and Eastern Europe will be completely rewritten in the next decades or even hundreds of years, and fierce conflicts may break out around the loose empire of Austria in the future.
But these are still too far away, let’s talk about what happened on the battlefield first. The situation of the Russian army in Ineada is getting worse day by day. After half a month of non-stop artillery bombardment, the coalition forces finally made up their mind to start a total of
.
About 50,000 British and French allied forces launched wave after wave of fierce attacks on Ineada from three directions, and the Russian army was suddenly under great pressure.
"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, as of 18:00 today, three streets on the front of our right-wing position have been occupied by the enemy. The 17th Army on the right-wing launched three counterattacks, but they were all repelled by the enemy's superior artillery fire. Our army lost about 3,000 people.
people."
"Today the left wing repelled a total of five enemy attacks. The boys of the Second Guards Infantry Corps were very tenacious. They launched a counter-charge despite the lack of artillery cover, killing and wounding approximately 2,000 enemy prisoners... only
However, they have also suffered heavy losses, with about 4,000 dead and wounded, and they are in urgent need of replenishment."
"As for the center of our army's position, the pressure was particularly huge. We encountered a fierce attack from about 20,000 enemies in the front. The Fifth Guards Corps and the naval infantry held their positions for a whole day under the enemy's bullets, preventing the enemy from taking a step forward... However,
Our army also paid the price of nearly 4,000 casualties."
There was no expression on Paskovich's face, as if he had not heard the terrible toll of casualties. Even on this old face, there was nothing but gray age spots, and his brown eyes
It's dull, like a dead eyeball.
His chief of staff failed to wait for his instructions for a long time before cautiously reminding him again: "Your Excellency, Commander, the frontline troops are strongly requesting reinforcements and urgently need to replenish urgently needed medicines and food. Do you think..."
"Is it something?"
Paskovich spoke quietly, but in a rush, like a wounded beast roaring.
"Can we retreat? Tell them, I will shoot anyone who dares to retreat!"
The chief of staff stood silently, not only because he didn't know what to say, but also because he didn't dare to offend this injured old beast.
"Is there any news from Constanta?" Paskovich sighed and asked quietly: "Has Duke Mikhail agreed to send reinforcements to meet us?"
Yes, just three days ago, after suffering an unprecedented violent attack, Paskovich also realized that it was very difficult to hold on to Ineada with his existing troops, so he hoped that Duke Mikhail could pull him
A handful of reinforcements, tens of thousands of people, to help him consolidate his position so that he could hold on until the day when St. Petersburg conveyed Nicholas I's will.
It's just that he definitely couldn't say this idea directly, because it would be very shameless to say it directly, and he would lose his face. He said that the reason he gave clearly was to call for reinforcements so that he could continue to complete the set task.
According to his idea, as long as there are reinforcements, he will have to block the onslaught of the coalition forces even with all his strength. Then, after waiting for Nicholas I's latest decree, if he is asked to retreat, he can just pat his butt and leave calmly. If that Majesty,
Let him continue with the established mission, then he can continue to find Duke Mikhail to ask for people openly. Even if he fails to complete the mission in the end, it doesn't matter. He can completely blame the enemy and say that the enemy is stronger than expected. It's not that our army is ineffective, but it is the enemy.
Use the human wave tactic!
The chief of staff naturally knew what Lao Qiu Ba was planning, but in his opinion, this plan was probably useless to Duke Mikhail. Not to mention that Duke Mikhail was also extremely tight and could spare tens of thousands.
It's hard to say if anyone can come to reinforce us.
Even if someone is there, they may not be willing to help you with this. After all, they have tried their best to oppose your landing operations before. Now that you can't get up or down, you want others to help you move a ladder to get down. How is that possible?
Anyway, if he were Prince Mikhail, he would directly reject Paskovich's request, and maybe he would take the opportunity to make a sarcastic comment.
Most of the chief of staff's guesses are reliable. Duke Mikhail certainly does not have tens of thousands of reinforcements, but he is not sarcastic. That is not in line with officialdom, and how can a person like him get things done?
So ugly?
Even if you want to be sarcastic, you have to make it so that others can't find fault but can tolerate you, Lao Qiu Ba, isn't it...