Chapter eight hundred and sixteen the straw that broke the camel
According to Kornilov's plan, the attack would be started by Lipplandi's cavalry first, but the fog that day was extremely heavy. Lipplandi's troops lost their way soon after setting off and headed towards the foot of Inkelman Mountain.
British military position.
Although Liplandi's cavalry did catch the British by surprise and captured the battlefield effortlessly, according to the original plan, he should have informed the infantry behind him to quickly follow up and provide support.
So he sent a messenger to notify Kornilov. The problem lay with this messenger. After he found Kornilov in a panic, he just said: "General, we have captured the enemy's position as planned.
, we urgently need your support now!”
Yes, the messenger did not make it clear to Kornilov that Liplandi had deviated from the original plan and captured the British position instead of the French position on the Chornaya River.
But because he did not make it clear, Kornilov misunderstood. He thought that Liprange had captured the French position according to the original plan, so he naturally waved his hand and ordered the infantry to follow.
What's more interesting is that Kornilov's sense of direction is much better than that of Biplanj, so he did not get lost, but ran into the French position.
The situation became very interesting at this time. When Liplanji attacked the British position, although the British were caught off guard and quickly lost their position, their response was not slow. Not only did they start to organize a counterattack themselves, but they also immediately
Ask for help from the French friendly forces on the flanks, hoping that the friendly forces will help our brothers!
The French were also honest, thinking that the British army was the key target of the Russian army, and immediately sent 2,000 troops to support without saying a word. As a result, less than half of the 5,000 French troops originally stationed there were eliminated. If we include yesterday
Those French soldiers who were drunk after a drinking party. In fact, there were only a thousand soldiers left in the French army who could hold guns.
Kornilov launched a charge of nearly 6,000 men at one go, and using the cover of the fog to attack the French army without any effort, the French army was immediately thrown into chaos.
After a short battle, Kornilov took the French position without any effort. Only then did the main French force in the depths react and order artillery support.
However, the fog was so thick that the French artillery could only fire shells randomly into the mist, hoping to prevent the Russian attack.
Most of these artillery shells knocked down the Russian troops behind them. Probably the French did not expect that their front line positions could be broken through so easily.
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 really possible to achieve the intended combat goal. After a moment of hesitation, he immediately ordered his infantry to attack the French army in depth.
Let's see if we can clear out the French troops on the banks of the Chornaya River in one go.
But immediately a new accident happened. The Russian infantry who was charging deep into the French army unfortunately ran in the wrong direction and happened to run into the French artillery. Of course, they would not be polite to these fat French artillerymen who came to their door. They immediately
Just a shot of shotgun blast into the face, killing hundreds of Russian soldiers in one breath.
On the other hand, Liplandi, who had been waiting for Kornilov's reinforcements, also suffered a frantic counterattack by the British army. After his cavalry finally repelled two British attacks, he finally counterattacked for the third time.
After being defeated, he abandoned more than 500 corpses and fled back to Sevastopol in embarrassment.
In other words, Kornilov will soon encounter a joint counterattack by the British and French forces, and the situation is really going to be bad.
At the critical moment, Kornilov's qualities came into play. With a wave of his hand, he immediately ordered a retreat. After planting hundreds of mines on the French army's position, he retreated like the wind.
As a result, the counterattack that gave Nicholas I his last hope ended hastily. During the battle, the Russian army lost more than a thousand people, and killed 1,500 British troops and 2,200 French troops.
In addition, it also ruined the French army's position and made them have to worry about landmines in the future.
It's just that these are insignificant. After all, the coalition forces have huge military and material advantages. For them, this loss is just drizzle, and they can just lick their wounds for two days. On the contrary, even if the Russian army has achieved some kind of tactical improvement,
Victory, but the morale of the troops became increasingly low, because it proved that even with fog cover and a sudden attack, they could not defeat the coalition forces from the front.
And this also means that any idea of trying to turn the tide of the war with a critical victory is simply impossible. There will be only one way waiting for them, and that is to surrender or die.
The dismal ending of the attack on the Chornaya River was a particularly huge blow to Nicholas I. When he received the news, he was so angry that his face turned blue and his lips were trembling. His eyes almost burst into flames for a long time.
He swallowed back his anger and said coldly to Chernyshev, who was reporting the military situation:
"Tell General Kornilov, if you don't succeed once, try a few more times and keep trying!"
But even he knew that there was no possibility of Sevastopol trying a few more times. This time the coalition forces were caught off guard and would definitely step up their alert, and as their reinforcements continued to arrive, Cornillo
There is no chance for my husband to make a comeback.
That night, Nicholas I rarely attended the family dinner, nor did he ask any of his mistresses to come to bed. He sat alone in his study, staring blankly at the map of the Black Sea on the table.
It wasn't until the next morning that he was awakened by rumbling thunder and lightning. A huge bolt of lightning struck the attic of the Winter Palace, causing a fire.
Faced with this sudden natural disaster, Nicholas I's face became even more ugly. He ignored the dissuasion of his attendants and personally went to direct the fire fighting. The heavy rain fell all day and all night. Although it prevented the spread of the fire, in a sense
It also extinguished Nicholas I's ambitions.
He quickly developed cold symptoms after returning to his study in the early morning of the next day, and his body temperature was frighteningly high. However, he refused to admit that he was sick and needed to rest. He simply called the imperial doctor to prescribe a dose of diaphoretic agent and then devoted himself to basic work.
I'm stuck in a job with no hope.
At first, no one took this minor illness to heart. After all, Nicholas I had always been in good health and was unlikely to be defeated by a little bit of cold. But the situation soon changed.
When Nicholas I worked frantically regardless of his illness and visited everywhere to stabilize people's hearts, the virus continued to invade his body, from the throat to the trachea and to the lungs. A few days later, when he suddenly fainted at work, the imperial doctor