Chapter four hundred and eighty seventh collapse of the first division
When Deputy Commander Gorchakov led the Cossack regiment belonging to General Schelder and arrived near the French camp.
The scene in front of them made them furious. The first division of the Polish Army with nearly 10,000 people was chased by the Bash Pozuk cavalry with only a few hundred people, but they were unwilling to turn around and fight back.
The sharp saber was waving in the air with an icy cold light, and slashed at the back of the neck of the Russian soldier who had his back turned to them.
The screams of the Russian Empire soldiers were heard everywhere on the battlefield where the army was defeated. Pieces of bright red blood fell on the ground, making the soil stained with the color of blood.
Seeing the Russian Imperial soldiers being slaughtered like chickens in front of him, Deputy Commander Gorchakov felt unprecedented anger and humiliation.
Once upon a time, their troops were so reduced that they did not dare to turn around and compete with the Turkish army.
"Where is Brigadier General Orlov?" Deputy Commander Gorchakov, who was riding a horse, gritted his teeth and looked like he was determined to eat little Brigadier General Orlov alive.
Seeing the expression of Deputy Commander Gorchakov, General Schelder knew that Brigadier General Orlov Jr. would inevitably be punished (General Schelder, who had just arrived at the battlefield, did not know the news of Brigadier General Orlov Jr.'s sacrifice).
He originally thought that he was just following the whim of Deputy Commander Gorchakov and went to the front line to check on the progress of Brigadier General Orlov Jr. He never thought that Orlov Jr.'s Foundation would give him such a "big gift".
After this battle, Brigadier General Orlov Jr. may no longer be able to shoulder the task of attacking the enemy, and he will definitely complete this task in place of Brigadier General Orlov Jr.
Thinking of this, General Schelder was unavoidably secretly happy. He pretended to look around with a telescope, and then pretended to look around. Deputy Commander Gorchakov responded: "Deputy Commander, there seems to be no little Orlov on the battlefield."
Traces of the brigadier general! Could he have left the battlefield?"
"I don't care where he is now! He must be responsible for this defeat!" Deputy Commander Gorchakov was about to yell, and then he said murderously to General Schelder beside him: "
General Schelder, I order you to lead the Cossack cavalry as quickly as possible to support! This damn Bashbozuk cavalry must be annihilated!"
"Yes!" General Schelder responded solemnly, and then led a thousand-man Cossack cavalry to bypass the Russian army and enter the battlefield from the flank.
When the Bashi Bozuk cavalry who were eager to kill saw a large number of Cossack cavalry rushing towards them, the vast majority of the Bash Bozuk cavalry were led by the "Kurdish Saint" Fatima Khanum.
Transform into a "Flying General" and turn the horse's head to leave the battlefield.
A small number of Bashbozuk cavalry who overestimated their capabilities still recklessly slashed and killed the Russian Imperial soldiers whose morale had collapsed, and even launched an attack on the Cossack Legion.
Of course, the ending of the Bash Bozuk Cavalry, which was possessed by these berserker warriors, was also particularly tragic.
It only took one round for the Cossack cavalry to massacre the Bashbozuk cavalry who was stranded in the same place, and then under the order of General Schelder, they pursued the fleeing Bashbozuk cavalry.
The eyes of every Cossack cavalry contained the flame of revenge. Although they personally did not know the people of the 1st Division of the Polish Legion, they knew that the slaughtered soldiers were their comrades who could entrust their lives to them in times of danger.
They will never let go of the guy who wantonly slaughters their comrades.
Under the fanatical pursuit of the Cossack Legion, a small group of Bashbozuk cavalry troops were gradually overtaken by the Cossack cavalry.
These Bashbozuk cavalrymen who were about to be overtaken were also decisive. Knowing that they could not escape, they instead fought for the possibility of survival for their companions.
Their speed began to decrease consciously, and the Cossack cavalry troops following them also realized their next movements, and General Schelder issued an order to divide the troops.
A part of the Cossack cavalry moved to the left and right, trying to bypass this group of Bashbozuk cavalry and continue to pursue the troops led by Fatima Khanum.
The rest of the large force followed the Bash Bozuk cavalry and slowed down, and the two stopped less than 30 meters apart.
On one side is the Bashbozuk cavalry, which has only about a hundred people, and its combat capabilities are erratic. On the other side is the long-established cavalry unit, with about 500 people.
With such a huge disparity in strength, there is no suspense about victory or defeat.
Looking at this group of Bashbozuk cavalry wearing colorful coats and uniform white turbans, General Shilder said to them in Turkic language, "Surport to avoid death."
Faced with General Schelder's persuasion to surrender, the Bashbozuk cavalry did not speak, but raised their sabers to express their attitude.
The saber was particularly dazzling in the setting sun behind Bash Bozuk. Seeing that he could not persuade General Schelder to surrender, he sighed slightly. He decided to use the most gentlemanly method to send this group of Bash Bozuk cavalry back to their master.
——The embrace of Allah.
Schilder also drew his saber. The Cossack cavalry followed General Schilder and drew their sabers. The setting sun shone on the faces of the Cossack cavalry, making each Cossack cavalry look particularly solemn.
"kill!"
Following General Schelder's order, the Cossack cavalry charged towards the Bashbozuk cavalry.
The Bashbozuk cavalry also rushed towards the Cossack cavalry, and the battle started next to the bushes outside the Silistra Fortress.
One by one, the Bashbozuk cavalry were knocked to the ground by the Cossack cavalry. After one round, there were less than 30 Bashbozuk cavalry left, and the Cossacks also paid the price of 30 people.
After taking a breath, the two sides started the second round of fighting again. This time, all the remaining Bashbozuk cavalry were killed by the Cossack cavalry. Blood lay along the bodies of the Bashbozuk cavalry.
On slightly dry land.
Seeing the group of Bashbozuk cavalry lying dead on the ground in front of him, Schelder showed a touch of respect on his face.
Although they and this group of Bashbozuk cavalry were life-and-death enemies on the battlefield, regardless of the hostile relationship between the two countries, he still respected these people who were willing to sacrifice their lives for the country.
This reminded him of his original self, when Schelder joined the Russian Imperial Army under the slogan of defending his country and followed the Russian Empire into the army to defeat Napoleon.
Just over 40 years later, he was about to fight another Napoleon.
However, this time they did not have the passion to defend their country and fight against aggression.
Thinking of this, Schelder couldn't help but sigh for the current Russian Empire.
He didn't understand that over the past 40 years, the Russian Imperial Army had become what it is now.
Who is it that caused the Russian Empire to become what it is now?
Is it true, as the Decembrists said, that everything the Russian Empire faced was caused by the Tsar?
Schneider couldn't help but feel frightened by his disrespectful thoughts. He shook his head desperately to drive away the thought.
Just when General Shilder was distracted, the Cossack cavalry that was originally chasing Fatima Khanum turned back the same way.
General Schelder asked the reason, and the Cossack cavalry told him that they were not familiar with the terrain and lost Fatima Khanum and others.
"Hey! It's not your fault!" General Schelder sighed and ordered the Cossack cavalry to return to the First Division camp.
When General Schelder led the Cossack cavalry back to the 1st Division camp, he saw Deputy Commander Gorchakov in the open space of the camp.
Now Deputy Commander Gorchakov was standing there with a gloomy face. General Schildel quickly dismounted and asked the soldiers in the camp in a low voice what happened.
Soldiers in the camp whispered to Schelder that Deputy Commander Gorchakov was angry about the loss of the 1st Division.
When General Schierdel asked Brigadier General Orlov Jr. where he was now, the soldier sadly told Schierdel that Brigadier General Orlov Jr. and the two brigade commanders had been killed by the coalition forces.
The weapons in the hands of the coalition forces had a longer range than the weapons in their hands. Brigadier General Orlov Jr. was caught off guard and was hit in the head and died.
Schilder couldn't help but take a breath when he heard the soldier's answer, and his inner joy at Brigadier General Orlov's misfortune turned into sadness.
If he was the general responsible for the attack this time, I'm afraid his ending would be no better than that of Brigadier General Orlov Jr.
Because he himself likes to be on the front line more than Brigadier General Orlov Jr.
"Okay! I understand!" General Schelder nodded to the soldiers.
After handing over the horse to the soldiers, General Schelder came to Deputy Commander Gorchakov and reported their results to Gorchakov.
After hearing that General Shilder had slaughtered all the Bashbozuk cavalry, Gorchakov reluctantly showed a smile and encouraged General Shilder to keep up his efforts.
General Schelder pretended to be casual and asked Brigadier General Orlov Jr., and Gorchakov told General Schelder about Brigadier General Orlov Jr.'s death.
"Hey! What a pity! Brigadier General Orlov is so young..." Schelder said to Deputy Commander Gorchakov with a sad look on his face.
"This is not the worst..." Deputy Commander Gorchakov told Shilder. Just when he counted the number of troops, he found that the Russian Empire had suffered about 5,000 casualties on the first day alone.
What's worse is that the casualty ratio of officers is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers.
"I bet! Those guys on the opposite side must be intending to eliminate our command staff!" Deputy Commander Gorchakov responded to General Schelder in a dull tone: "Now the First Division is about to become a shelf division.
Got it!"
The combat effectiveness of any army without enough and experienced officers will inevitably decline. The combat effectiveness of the First Division of the Polish Army, which has lost a large number of middle and low-level Romanian officers, cannot be expected to improve significantly in a short period of time.
"Then do we want to continue the attack?" General Schelder asked tentatively.
"Offensive? What attack should we use now? The coalition forces have made it clear that they want to command at the grassroots level against us! Once they go to the battlefield, they will take care of them! And the muskets in our hands are compared with theirs in terms of range and
The accuracy is far off, how are we going to attack?" Deputy Commander Gorchakov complained self-indulgently, and then sighed to himself: "Withdraw the troops!"
