Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty Eighth Offensive on the North Shore of Sevastopol
"Then what is the basis for your Russian occupation of this territory? Do you mean that your Slavic ancestors once lived here?"
Brigadier General Trochu's voice was not loud, but every sentence and word he said was full of power for Tolstoy.
No matter how much Tolstoy tried to whitewash the Tsarist government, he could not avoid the fact that the Russian Empire occupied the Crimean Peninsula through force and plunder.
"You... you!" Tolstoy pondered for a while and then refuted Brigadier General Trochu: "Aren't you also committing an invasion of Algiers? How much higher are you than us!"
"Yes! We are indeed invading!" Brigadier General Trochu did not deny the invasion. He even said with some confidence: "Because of this, we will not put ourselves in the position of the victim like you just did!"
If any country dares to secretly wreak havoc in Algiers, we in France don’t mind letting them know what France’s anger is! Only weak countries will whine and complain about injustice to other countries. Powerful countries will always use their own
The fists are telling others the truth of the world!"
"You...you are lying!" Tolstoy's face turned slightly red. He was angry at Brigadier General Trochu's theory because of his romantic ideas. He refuted loudly: "If the world were to be like you, then
Where does fairness come from! Our world should not be like this!"
"Fair?" Brigadier General Trochu laughed heartily after hearing Tolstoy's natural words: "As a nobleman, you still believe in fairness! If the world is really fair, then why do some people
You can be rich and well-fed when you are born, but some people can only support their families throughout their lives! Is this fair?"
"This... I think it can be improved step by step!" Tolstoy responded hesitantly to Brigadier General Trochu.
"Improvement? When was the agricultural and animal husbandry system of your Russian Empire abolished? When will you talk to us about improvements again!" Brigadier General Trochu said with disdain to the naive nobleman of the Russian Empire in front of him.
"We will abolish it! Just like you France!" Tolstoy said firmly to Brigadier General Trochu.
Brigadier General Trochu just smiled. He did not tell Tolstoy how many nobles France killed when it abolished feudal obligations.
The impact of the Revolution still affects France to this day.
This young nobleman regarded the abolition of serfdom as a simple matter that all nobles had to obey the Tsar's order and take active action.
In fact, to abolish the agricultural and animal husbandry system and feudal obligations is to completely eradicate the soil from which they were born.
Either transform like Britain, or deal with the aristocracy once and for all like France.
The Russian Empire simply did not have this kind of soil, and their transformation was bound to have a lot of problems.
"Okay! Mr. Tolstoy, let's not talk about who is right and who is wrong!" Brigadier General Trochu decided to end this completely nutritious topic.
"General, I think so too!" Tolstoy, who knew he could not tell the difference, nodded to Brigadier General Trochu.
After that, Brigadier General Trochu chatted with Tolstoy on many issues. When Brigadier General Trochu chatted with Tolstoy about literary issues, he suddenly found that the staff sergeant in front of him looked like a new soldier.
Like a person.
Brigadier General Trochu couldn't help but sigh: "Actually, you should not go to the battlefield. In my humble opinion, your talent is enough to support you in the literary world!"
Tolstoy responded with a shy smile: "Actually, I have planned to devote myself to literature after the war is over!"
"Oh?" Brigadier General Trochu said smoothly: "I wonder if our great writer has ever considered leaving a masterpiece to the world?"
"My first work is in my knapsack!" Tolstoy said to Brigadier General Trochu.
"Where is your backpack now?" Brigadier General Trochu asked Tolstoy with interest.
It is also a pleasure to read novels in a place like this.
Anyway, Brigadier General Trochu is not ready to continue the attack now. Before the North Bay force has officially responded, his mission is to consolidate this position!
"In my room!" Tolstoy responded.
"Mr. Great Writer, can you take me to your room to have a look!" Brigadier General Trochu was slightly curious about Tolstoy's works.
"follow me!"
Under the leadership of Tolstoy, Brigadier General Trochu came to the door of Tolstoy's room.
"Please come in!" Tolstoy opened the room and said to Brigadier General Trochu.
After Brigadier General Trochu entered the room, he found Tolstoy's backpack on the table in the room.
Brigadier General Trochu opened his backpack and found a stack of thick manuscripts. After taking the manuscripts out of his backpack, Brigadier General Trochu took a look at the contents of the manuscripts.
The language used throughout the manuscript is not Russian, but French. On the first page of the manuscript, "Childhood" is clearly written, which is probably the title of this unfinished book.
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After receiving the news from Brigadier General Trochu in the South Bay, Pellissier and Marshal Saint-Arnaud, who were far away on the north coast of Sevastopol, also couldn't believe that the Russian army on the south coast of Sevastopol would actually attack.
Stupid enough to engage in open field combat with the British and French forces, and even within the range of naval guns.
"Map!" Marshal Saint-Arnaud gave an order to Commander Pellissier beside him.
General Pelissier quickly found a map of the south bank of Sevastopol.
Although the markings on the map of the south bank of Sevastopol are not too detailed, it is enough to find the location of Brigadier General Trochu on the map.
Marshal Saint-Arnault found the location of Brigadier General Trochu without any effort. At this time, the distance between Brigadier General Trochu and the South Bank Pier was less than 2 kilometers, and in front of him was the residential area on the south bank of Sevastopol.
Now Brigadier General Trochu is like a fish bone stuck firmly in the throat of the South Bank of Sevastopol, making the South Bank of Sevastopol want to spit out and unable to swallow.
"If I were the commander of the south bank army, I would definitely try my best to drive him out! Even at all costs!" Saint-Arnaud pointed to the markings on the map and said to General Pellissier.
"I think so too!" Commander Pellissier nodded and responded to Marshal Saint-Arnaud: "By the way, I remember that Brigadier General Trochu and the others don't seem to have artillery!"
"That's right! This is what worries me the most!" Marshal Saint-Arnault circled the area where Trochu was and replied to General Pellissier: "The Russian army on the south bank is very likely to carry out an indiscriminate attack on this area.
Differential artillery coverage! Without artillery, they will probably be driven back! So we must do something!"
"Marshal Saint-Arnaud, I suggest launching an attack on the Russian army on the north bank immediately!" Commander Pellissier replied to Marshal Saint-Arnaud.
"But our army is not ready to fight yet!" Marshal Saint-Arnaud said with some concern.
"Now is no longer the time to hesitate!" General Pellissier showed the decisiveness of a first-class commander, "We must act as soon as possible! Only in this way can we attract part of the naval gunfire to relieve the troops on the south bank.
the goal of!"
"Okay!" Marshal Saint-Arnaud gritted his teeth and said to General Pellissier: "Just do what you said!"
General Pellissier then told Marshal Saint-Arnaud that French gunboats and ironclads could set out to enter the fortress entrance of Sevastopol Fortress.
Although there are sunken ships blocking the way, General Pellissier believes that the French Navy's range will be able to cause damage to the fleet in the port and the south coast forts, making it impossible to effectively support the south coast.
Saint-Arnaud immediately agreed with Pellissier's approach, and ordered his messengers to quickly report the news to the French fleet.
"It is now 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and I plan to launch an attack on the north bank of Sevastopol at 4:40!" Marshal Saint-Arnaud said to Pelissier after taking out his pocket watch.
"Yes!" Pellissier responded with a serious expression, then turned to the staff headquarters to report to the staff the news that Marshal Saint-Arnaud was about to launch an attack, and asked them to designate a set of actions within 40 minutes.
Effective strategy.
The staff members who heard that the attack was brought forward one day immediately felt a burst of pressure. It was indeed a challenge for them to complete the new plan within half an hour.
"Commander Pelissier, does this new plan only involve a French force to launch an attack?" one of the staff officers asked Pelissier.
"That's right!" Pelissier nodded and said to them: "Because the incident happened suddenly, we did not notify the armies of the other three countries? This attack can only be completed by us independently, so there should be no problem!
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"This..." The staff hesitated for a moment and then nodded and said to Pelissier: "There is indeed no problem, but which force should be responsible for the main attack on the Star Fortress?"
"First Division!" General Pellissier said to them decisively.
General Pellissier did not forget General Canrobert's "kindness" to him.
If Canrobert had not "abdicated and made way for someone more worthy", he would probably not be qualified to serve as the commander-in-chief of the French Expeditionary Force.
Handing over the task of attacking the Star Fortress to the First Division was his reward for Canrobert. Pelissier believed that the First Division could definitely complete this task well.
"I understand!" The staff members of the staff nodded in response to Pelissier, and then began their intense work.
After leaving the staff, Pellissier called his adjutant Jérôme Patterson over and ordered him to summon the commanders of the first and second divisions.
After receiving the order, Jérôme Patterson hurriedly took action. About 15 minutes later, Canrobert and General Bosquet appeared in front of Pellissier.