Omar Pasha himself really disagreed with Canrobert's conjecture that "the Russian Empire would voluntarily evacuate after the coalition forces attacked the Sevastopol Fortress."
If he was commanding the British and French coalition forces to fight, he would definitely order the coalition headquarters to join forces with the garrison of Silistra Fortress to march northward and expel the Russian Imperial Army from the Danube Principality. (Omar Pasha was not present at this time.
You know that the Danube Principality has long been used by the Sultan’s court and the French Empire as a bargaining chip to lure the Austrian Empire to send troops.)
It is a pity that Omar Pasha himself is not the decision-maker of the Allied Forces Command, and cannot even influence the decision-making of the Allied Forces Command.
As for the Allied Forces Command, Omar Pasha was just a follower of orders, and the only people who could really make orders were Marshal Saint Arnaud and Commander Raglan.
At present, Major General Canrobert has explained to him the location of the next operations of the Allied Forces Command. Even though Omar Pasha himself was deeply unwilling, he could only bow his head and obey the orders of the Allied Forces Command.
"What do you need me to do?" Omar Pasha asked Conrobert.
Canrobert told Omar Pasha that he hoped that Omar Pasha could transfer some troops from Silistra Fortress to cooperate with the coalition forces' operations in Sevastopol Fortress.
Faced with Canrobert's request, Omar Pasha refused in his heart, because Silistra Fortress had just experienced a bloody battle, and now he had to continue to fight at Sevastopol Fortress, which was really difficult.
, but he himself cannot disobey the orders of the coalition headquarters.
After pondering for a moment, Omar Pasha raised two fingers and asked Canrobert: "How about twenty thousand people?"
"Twenty thousand?" Canrobert repeated in a low voice, which was somewhat inconsistent with Marshal Saint-Arnaud's expectations.
According to Marshal Saint Arnaud's idea, the Turkish army in Silistra Fortress should all set off to Sevastopol Fortress.
"That's right!" Omar Pasha responded to Canrobert: "Today, there are less than 40,000 people left in this fortress! After giving you 20,000 people, only 10,000 people are left in this fortress.
There are more than 10,000 people. It takes at least 10,000 people to defend the fortress. You can't let me ignore the Russian Empire on the other side of the Danube and invest all the assets of the Ottoman Empire on the Eastern Front into Sevastopol.
Let’s attack the fortress!”
"As much as 20,000 people!" Major General Canrobel nodded and responded to Omar Pasha.
"When will you leave for Sevastopol? So I can prepare our army!" Omar Pasha then asked.
"It may be in the near future, or it may be a few months later... In short, attacking the Sevastopol Fortress is the coalition's unchanging plan!" Major General Canrobert said ambiguously.
At present, the Russian Empire is still on the north bank of the Danube River, and it may be difficult for the coalition headquarters to make up its mind to use large-scale troops against the Sevastopol Fortress.
From the moment the French army entered Varna, the original plan began to be constantly revised.
Take the support of the Silistra Fortress. In the previous plan of the General Staff, Canrobert's army did not originally have the plan to support the Silistra Fortress.
However, due to the tight fighting situation in Silistra Fortress and the French government's need for a major victory, Major General Canrobert was ordered to come to Silistra Fortress to provide support.
There is never a solid plan in the world, and the Tsar and his staff will not follow orders like puppets on strings.
The coalition command can only make some adjustments from time to time based on the original plan so that everything is under their control.
If everything goes well, the plan to attack Sevastopol Fortress will definitely be put on the agenda.
If the progress is not smooth, the coalition command may postpone the operation.
It was up to Marshal Saint-Arnaud in Varna to judge all of this. Canrobert, who was far away from the coalition headquarters, only had to follow orders.
"I know!" Omar Pasha nodded and said to Konrobel.
After the two sides finalized the dispatch of troops, Omar Pasha asked Major General Canrobert if the French army would be willing to celebrate the victory with them.
"It depends on what they think!" Major General Kangrobel tactfully agreed to Omar Pasha's invitation.
After all, considering that soldiers from the two countries will train side by side in the next period of time, systematically strengthening the relationship between the two sides will help in the subsequent battle.
However, Major General Canrobert also tactfully hoped that both parties could drink as little as possible. Now is not the time to celebrate their victory over the Russian Empire.
Major General Canrobert's strict self-discipline won the favor of Omar Pasha. Omar Pasha immediately expressed to Canrobert that he hoped to take a look at the members of the coalition troops who came to support the coalition forces, and that he needed to express his gratitude to them in person.
Canrobert told Omar Pasha that members of the coalition forces were now stationed at the Tarbia Bastion.
"Then what are you waiting for! Let's go!" Omar Pasha stood up and urged Major General Canrobel.
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Omar Pasha and Major General Canrobel rode to the Tarbia Bastion. At this time, the coalition troops still obeyed Major General Canrobel's order and stood in line in order.
Looking at the Zhuav regiment and the Scottish Fusiliers in front of him, whose mental outlook was completely different from that of the Turkish army, Omar Pasha immediately felt the gap between the two sides.
Omar Pasha dared to say that even if he led a brigade to attack these two regiments, he would be the one who failed in the end.
"As expected of a powerful European army!" Omar Pasha clapped his hands and praised.
"Excessive praise!" Major General Canrobert said modestly, but his eyes revealed a sense of pride that could not be hidden.
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That night, at the invitation of Omar Pasha, all members of the coalition forces attended the celebration banquet organized by Omar Pasha.
Under the order of Omar Pasha, the garrison troops of Silistra Fortress and the three bastions took out all the remaining wine and food from the fortress to celebrate together.
Omar Pasha himself also took out the wine that he had treasured for a long time and drank it with Major General Canrobert.
During the banquet, Omar Pasha also introduced to Canrobert and others Colonel Lach, who was a great contributor to the defense of the fortress. In Omar's words, if it had not been for Colonel Lach, these people would have met Allah long ago.
Faced with Omar Pasha's compliments, Colonel Lach just said modestly that this was the credit of the Turkish soldiers' hard work, and that it was not just him who designed the bastion, but Major General Moltke in Prussia who had greater credit.
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Omar Pasha also echoed, "I almost forgot if you didn't tell me! Major General Moltke was also one of the people who designed the bastion at that time. I also heard that Major General Moltke is now the Chief of General Staff of Prussia. No.
Do you know if it’s true?”
Colonel Lach nodded and said with a hint of envy in his eyes: "That's right! Thanks to the favor of the Prince Regent, Major General Moltke is already the Chief of General Staff!"
Somehow, after Major General Canrobert heard Moltke's name, he always felt as if he had heard it somewhere before. When he thought about it carefully, he could not figure out where he heard the name.
"General Canrobert, what's wrong with you?"
Omar Pasha's voice reached the ears of Major General Canrobel. Major General Canrobel immediately relaxed his brows and responded frankly to Omar Pasha: "Nothing! I just think that the name Colonel Rach said, I seem to
Where have you heard that!"
Then, he said casually: "However, it may be the same name! However, I really want to know what Major General Moltke did here!"
"I'm telling you..." Omar Pasha gushed to Canrobert about what Moltke had done during his stay in the Ottoman Empire, including improving the bastion, training the army, and rectifying logistics. It can be said that it was a
An all-round military personnel.
"What a pity! Major General Moltke has already returned to Prussia!" Omar Pasha said with a regretful sigh.
"It can be seen that he is an indispensable talent!" Major General Canrobert nodded, and said to Colonel Lage with a half-smile: "With him, the Kingdom of Prussia will definitely be able to reorganize its armaments! It will be the same as before."
The humiliation I suffered will be repaid in full!"
After Canrobert said this, an inexplicable smell of gunpowder was revealed in the banquet. Upon seeing this, Colonel Lage hurriedly said: "The Kingdom of Prussia thanks the French Empire for the help it gave us! I personally hope that France and Prussia
The two countries can go further and further in the future!"
"Yes! The past is in the past, let's look forward to the future together!" Omar Pasha also gave a timely comment, he was not like a good banquet to be ruined like this.
Looking at the Colonel Lage in front of him who was unwilling to let Prussia suffer unnecessary disasters, Canrobert felt a surge of respect in his heart.
"Colonel, you are a patriot! I am also a patriot. We all love our monarch and our country!" Canrobert stretched out his hand and said calmly to Colonel Lage.
"That's right!" Colonel Lach shook hands with Canrobert.
The two sides once again returned to their happy scene.
The celebration banquet dispersed around 10 o'clock in the evening, and the Turkish army and coalition forces returned to their respective camps.
Conrobert, who was walking alone on the way back to the camp, continued to think about where he heard the name Moltke.
When Canrobel's left foot stepped into his tent, he subconsciously raised his head and glanced at the sky.
In a flash of lightning, Canrobert suddenly thought that he heard this name from the emperor's mouth.
The emperor at that time was still a consul. He told Canrobert that the defeat of the Kingdom of Prussia in the Prussian-Austrian showdown was only temporary. There was a man named Helmut Karl Bernhard von Moltke in the Kingdom of Prussia.
