Paskovich's face turned green. The reason was very simple. The Turks caught him off guard. The problem was not particularly serious. What was serious was that he did not have the troops on hand to counterattack and regain his position.
The tug-of-war these days has exhausted Paskovich's vitality, and he no longer has a reserve team to support him.
However, if the position is not recaptured, the consequences will be very serious. Markov's position originally only had three lines of defense. Once dawn, with the strength and strength of the British and French forces, trying to break through this last line of defense would be like breaking through the window paper.
Just as simple.
At that time, Ineada really couldn't hold on, which meant she lost everything!
"What's going on with Markov!" Paskovich was angry. "I repeatedly reminded him to pay attention to enemy night attacks. Why didn't he take my words to heart?"
This is nonsense, because Paskovich has never said such a thing at all, let alone reminded him repeatedly. In short, this old guy probably wants to pass the blame!
"Tell him!" Paskovich was still chattering and losing his temper. He shouted loudly: "Counterattack immediately and take back the position for me, otherwise military law will be imposed!"
There was a sudden silence in the headquarters, because everyone knew that Markov was unable to regain the position. His troops had suffered the most severe test before and suffered heavy casualties.
The thousands of people who came rushed forward to help them hold up the precarious defense line. Their position had long been lost.
Now Paskovich has unreasonably assigned a task that Markov cannot possibly complete, which makes everyone feel a little bit sad - today it is Markov, but who can guarantee that it will not be him tomorrow?
After all, every line of defense in Ineada is in jeopardy now. There is simply leakage from all sides. Problems may occur in any line of defense at any time!
"Your Excellency, General Markov has tried his best. The problem now is that we are severely lacking in troops and cannot retake the position at all!"
"Yes, Your Excellency, please calm down. General Markov did not intentionally disobey your orders. The enemy is simply too powerful."
Several generals stood up and said good things to Markov, not entirely because of their good relations, but mainly because of the sorrow of the rabbit and the fox mentioned earlier. If they don't speak for Markov now, who will speak for them in the future? Follow Paskovich's example
Damn it, everyone will have to take the blame for him!
"Recapture the position? It's not easy. Which one of you still has a reserve team?" Paskovich glared at everyone fiercely and said coldly: "I'm not being unreasonable, but I'm just talking about things! In this extremely difficult situation.
, any small mistake will cause fatal problems. Markov is definitely to blame!"
Seeing Paskovich's attitude of insisting on killing Markov, everyone was a little confused. Why can't they be blamed? I heard what you mean, without a reserve team, I can only sacrifice Markov. You
Is this a plan to retreat directly and pass the responsibility to Markov, saying that it was his mistake that led to the fall of Ineada?
Don't tell me, Paskovich really meant this, because his intention all along was to wait for Nicholas I to give him the order to retreat. Now seeing that the position is lost, Ineada can no longer hold it and can't wait.
When giving a retreat order, you can't really wait for the whole army to be wiped out, right?
In that case, his responsibility will be even greater and there will be no good fruits to be reaped after he returns properly. The only way to retreat now is to throw a few scapegoats to take the blame. If he pushes all the relevant responsibilities over, he can barely explain it, right?
But Paskovich has obviously forgotten another problem, that is, even if he throws the blame now, it is too late to run away. There are tens of thousands of Russian troops in Ineada. How can such a number of people be evacuated in half a night?
Leaving?
The retreat organization is a big problem. If it is not handled well, it will collapse. Especially the desperate retreat in the current situation where we are besieged on all sides will test the combat effectiveness and psychological quality of the troops.
Anyway, even if you want to run away, it will take time. You have to arrange the remaining troops and let the navy organize enough ships.
So even if everyone can understand Paskovich's intention, they can't do it. Someone immediately reminded: "General, we are pressed for time. Whether it is to counterattack to regain the position or other measures, we need time, and we need more troops.
, once General Markov makes any mistakes again, we will all fall into an irreversible situation!"
Paskovich stopped talking. How could he not know this? But the problem is that none of the brothers sitting here have spare troops. They are all gritting their teeth and struggling. How can they find the men to help Marco?
husband?
After a long while, someone asked weakly: "Would you like to ask the navy to see if they still have any remaining strength..."
Paskovich's face suddenly turned darker. It was already known to everyone that he had a bad relationship with Kornilov and Nassimov. But now asking him to ask for help from the navy was not asking him to give someone a face.
A waste?
He just wanted to scold this person, but then he thought: once Markov's side is finished, then Ineada will be finished, and naturally he will be finished too. This is a matter of life and death, and compared with saving face, it is better to save one's life.
More important.
After a moment of silence, he said: "Then go to the Navy and ask if they have any reserves. If so, leave it to them!"
One can imagine how surprised Kornilov and Nassimov were when they received this order. What surprised them was that Markov could not hold on. They knew what this meant very well.
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"Our defense line is in danger!"
"No!" Kornilov said seriously with a straight face: "It is Ineada who is in danger!"
Nasimov was also anxious: "What should we do? We don't have a reserve team either!"
Kornilov was silent for a moment and then said decisively: "Deploy manpower from the fleet, tens or hundreds of people from each warship, we can make up some of it!"
Nasimov said with a grimace: "Is this enough? What's more, they haven't received land warfare training, so I'm afraid they won't be able to do it?"
Kornilov said: "Deploy troops from the warships to fill the front line, and then mobilize troops from the front line to assist General Markov in counterattacking and regaining the position!"
This was the only way the matter could be done. After some urgent discussions, Nassimov immediately ordered each ship to deploy soldiers. After working for an hour, 1,500 sailors were sent to the shore. Correspondingly, Kornilov bit
Gritting his teeth, he gathered another 500 people from the front line, and a counterattack force totaling 2,000 people was urgently organized...