Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty March to Sevastopol
When Earl Cardigan led more than a hundred cavalrymen back to the foot of Kurgan Mountain, Commander Raglan on the top of the mountain smiled and said to the adjutant and division commander beside him: "Let's go! Let us celebrate the great meritorious service together!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Commander Raglan rode down the Kurgan Mountain. The general following Raglan went down the mountain with Commander Raglan.
After seeing this situation, Earl Cardigan at the foot of the mountain also led his cavalry troops to march towards the top of the mountain. The two men on horseback met on the mountainside of Kurgan Mountain.
"Commander Raglan! The British Light Horse Brigade reports to you!" Earl Cardigan saluted to Commander Raglan solemnly.
"Brudenell (the name of Earl Cardigan), the cavalry unit you led did a great job! You showed me a perfect cavalry battle!" Commander Raglan did not hesitate to praise his words.
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Although the cavalry battle just now was not perfect, as long as the cavalry could complete the tasks assigned by him, it would be a perfect cavalry battle in Commander Raglan's mind.
The British Light Cavalry led by the Duke of Cardigan has obviously completed the tasks set by Commander Raglan excellently.
"You are exaggerating!" Duke Cardigan replied humbly.
"I will report your achievements this time to London! I hope you and your cavalry unit can continue their efforts!" Commander Raglan said with a smile still on his face.
After hearing what Commander Raglan wanted to do for them, Earl Cardigan's serious face also showed a smile.
For Earl Cardigan, honor is above all else, even above his life.
"That's right!" Commander Raglan suddenly thought of something and changed the topic and asked: "When I was at the top of the mountain, I roughly calculated your number just now. Why did you only have about one regiment when you first attacked?
Troops! Where have the rest gone?"
"I was about to report to you!" Duke Cardigan immediately reported to Commander Raglan what happened on the Cacha River, and made his own suggestions to Commander Raglan: "Your Majesty, Commander, I suggest you immediately
Send an infantry division to the dressing station! With luck, we can capture a group of defeated Russian troops!"
"Which of you wants to go?" Commander Raglan asked, looking back at the subordinates of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Divisions, the Guards Division, the Light Infantry Division, and the Highland Brigade.
"Me!" the seven generals present said in unison.
After Commander Raglan glanced at each of them, he said to the commander of the 4th Division, Sir George Cutthroat: "General Cutthroat, leave this task to your division!"
Sir George Cutthroat, who had been a member of the reserve force since the beginning of the war, never imagined that his army would get a huge job when the battle was about to end.
"I promise you! The mission will be completed successfully!" Sir George Cutthroat replied to Commander Raglan in a sonorous tone.
"Okay! Go and come back quickly!" Commander Raglan waved his hand.
Sir George Cutthroat glanced at Lord Cardigan with gratitude again, and then rode away from Commander Raglan.
After watching Sir George Cutthroat leave, Commander Raglan spoke again: "So! Sevastopol Fortress is now an empty city?"
When he thought that he could conquer the Sevastopol Fortress, Commander Raglan's heartbeat couldn't help but speed up a bit.
"It's very possible!" Sir Cardigan nodded and replied, and then added: "However, it depends on our French allies! If they are really in front and stop the Russian army..."
At this moment, a cavalryman wearing a French military uniform gradually moved towards the location of Commander Raglan from a distance. When the French cavalryman came to Commander Raglan, Commander Raglan discovered that,
Isn't this the little kid from the Bonaparte family?
"Commander Raglan!" Jerome Patterson saluted the supreme commander of Britain in front of him.
"Jérôme, you are finally here!" Commander Raglan said to Jérôme Patterson with a smile, and then asked: "How is the Sevastopol Trail Blockade going?
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"How do you know?" Jerome Patterson blurted out.
From the French army's launch of the Telegraph Hill offensive to the pursuit of Lieutenant General Kiriako's troops, to the fierce battle with Prince Peter Gorchakov... France has been in a state of silence during the entire process. Where did Britain get this news?
, could it be that Britain had placed spies in the French army?
Commander Raglan's next words shattered Jerome Patterson's inner doubts: "We heard the news from the defeated Russian army! I have to say, you did a great job.
!It would be better if we could be notified in advance!”
"Regarding this matter, our Commander Pelissier specifically told us that we must apologize to Commander Raglan! The situation at that time did not give us time to think, and we could only devote all our troops to it!"
Jerome Patterson explained to Commander Raglan.
"How is the situation on the Sevastopol Trail?" Commander Raglan did not dwell too much on the communication issues between the two armies, but directly asked about the current situation of the Sevastopol Trail Blockade.
"It's a good thing!" Jerome Patterson told Commander Raglan the complete story of the battle to block the Sevastopol Trail.
When General Bosquet reported to Commander Pelissier in the middle of the battle line that he had occupied the heights of Telegraph Hill, Commander Pelissier immediately ordered the assault brigade to abandon the occupied positions and continue to pursue the fleeing Lieutenant General Chiriaco.
After receiving the order, General Bosquet did not hesitate at all. The moment after the messenger conveyed Pelissier's instructions, he led his troops to pursue the fleeing Lieutenant General Chiriaco.
The two sides met less than 5 kilometers away from the north shore of Sevastopol. Kiriaco, who was not ready to fight, was directly caught off guard by the assault brigade under General Bosquet. The two sides were 1,400 yards away, holding
The Zhuav soldiers with the Miner rifle opened fire first, and the sound of gunfire, as dense as exploding beans, heralded the arrival of death. In the rising smoke, densely packed pointed projectiles were fired towards Kiriaco's troops in the distance.
The frightened Russian Imperial soldiers once again tried the fear of the Migne rifle, and many serf soldiers began to shout loudly: "The devil's weapon!"
Panic once again spread throughout the army, and soldiers began to flee the battlefield in droves.
When the Zhuav regiment soldiers arrived about 300 yards from the Russian soldiers, nearly half of the Russian soldiers had already chosen to flee.
The remaining half chose to surrender, and only a quarter of the Russian soldiers continued to resist.
Under the orders of their commanders, these Russian soldiers began to charge towards the forward troops of the assault brigade.
The vanguard troops looked at the soldiers who kept charging towards them, and they decisively pulled the trigger. After one round of shooting, dozens of Russian Empire soldiers fell down. Looking at their comrades who kept falling around them, they finally mustered up the courage to fight again.
Once discouraged, the Russian soldiers began to retreat continuously.
After seeing this situation, the forward troops decisively adopted the simplest and most brutal method to break the morale of the Russian Empire, which was the bayonet charge.
Following the order from the commander of the forward unit, the Zhuav soldiers charged towards the Russian Imperial Army like a pack of wolves.
When the vanguard of the assault brigade came into contact with the Moscow Regiment, which was also the forward, in just one round, the morale of the soldiers of the Moscow Regiment completely collapsed. Some soldiers began to retreat backward and to the left in no order. Under the influence of the Moscow Regiment,
, the Minsk regiment also experienced turmoil.
The soldiers of the two regiments dispersed in all directions, and the first blocking battle ended with a complete victory for the French Empire.
The assault brigade that won the first victory had not rested long before it started the second battle with 8 battalions of reinforcements led by Prince Peter Gorchakov.
Compared to the first battle, the second battle seemed particularly dangerous.
The elite troops under Peter Gorchakov launched a frantic attack on the assault brigade. They wanted to close the distance with the assault brigade, and then use the bayonets commonly used by the Russian Empire to defeat the assault brigade.
This time the assault brigade's tactics were different from the previous tactics. Under the order of General Bosquet, the assault brigade soldiers fired at the eight battalions of Peter Gorchakov's soldiers while keeping a distance from the eight battalions.
The distance between the two sides was always maintained at about 400 yards.
This completely reduced the muskets in the hands of the Russian Imperial soldiers to fire sticks, and Prince Peter Gorchakov's two forward battalions completely became living targets under the attack of General Boskai.
The two forward battalions suffered heavy casualties. Prince Peter Gorchakov, who was charging at the forefront, and his accompanying adjutants and staff also suffered several bullets and fell to the ground.
The fall of Peter Gorchakov caused the morale of the Russian Empire, which was responsible for reinforcements, to also hit the bottom. The eight battalions of soldiers began to collapse, and some officers and generals. Prince Peter Gorchakov was not completely cool.
Putting Toru's body on the horse and fleeing the battlefield, the French Empire won its second victory.
After two battles, the assault brigade finally received support from Commander Pelissier. The Guards Division arrived at the Sevastopol Trail. Prince Menshikov, who originally wanted to lead his troops to break through,
After seeing how the French lineup was, they had no choice but to give up and go to Sevastopol Fortress.
The Guards Division only pursued for a while, then stopped and watched Prince Menshikov leave.
After the three wars, the French army caused nearly 7,000 casualties to the Russian Empire.