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Chapter 694 The attack begins

Jerome Bonaparte's crisp answer directly cut off Ivanov Gorchakov's last glimmer of hope.

When he thought that all his busy work had ended in vain, he looked at Jérôme Bonaparte with a look that was almost murderous.

If he had a deadly weapon in his hand now, he would definitely die together with Jerome Bonaparte without hesitation.

Jerome Bonaparte also felt the resentment emanating from Ivanov Gorchakov, and he hurriedly shouted: "Here comes someone!"

The guards who were originally standing outside the door quickly broke in and directly controlled Ivanov Gorchakov in a flash.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing?" Ivanov Gorchakov asked Jerome Bonaparte through gritted teeth.

"Mr. Ivanov, your look just now was so dangerous! I have to be on guard!" Jerome Bonaparte responded calmly?

"I didn't expect that, as the monarch of an empire, you would be afraid of someone like me!" Ivanov Gorchakov said with a contemptuous smile on his lips.

Jerome Bonaparte said to Ivanov Gorchakov indifferently: "Mr. Ivanov, I am a human being, not a god! It is impossible for me not to guard against a person with an abnormal mental state!

"

Subsequently, Jerome Bonaparte ordered Ivanov Gorchakov to be sent out of Sevastopol!

Ivanov Gorchakov, who left Sevastopol, quickly returned to Bakhchisaray and explained to Alexander II what he had experienced in Sevastopol.

"Your Highness, that bastard Jerome Bonaparte is determined to start a war!" At this time, Ivanov Gorchakov had no interest in Jerome Bonaparte.

Every bit of respect.

"What is his purpose for doing this?" Alexander II muttered softly.

He didn't understand why Jérôme Bonaparte tried so hard to hold peace talks in the first place, but when it came time for peace talks, Jérôme Bonaparte chose to give up.

Could it be that there is some conspiracy behind Jérôme Bonaparte?

"Your Highness, I think they just want to play tricks on us in this way!" Ivanov Gorchakov said angrily.

"No! No way!" Alexander II immediately shook his head and objected, "I don't believe that he played tricks on us before, he must have a purpose in doing so!

We must have overlooked something!"

Alexander II continued to immerse himself in thought. Unfortunately, he would never have thought that St. Petersburg in the Russian Empire was about to usher in a rebellion. The reason why Jerome Bonaparte chose to attack at this time was also to cope with the upcoming rebellion!

There are two reasons why Alexander II did not think of this. One of them is that although St. Petersburg and the Crimean Peninsula both belong to the Russian Empire, one is in the north and the other is in the south. The long distance makes the two conflicts arise to a certain extent.

It is difficult for ordinary people to imagine that what happened in the Crimean Peninsula would cause unimaginable hidden dangers to St. Petersburg! The second is that Duke Golitsyn’s secret work is too hidden, not to mention the current Nicholas I

Prince Begolitsyn was completely isolated from the inside and outside, and the last time Alexander II received news from Nicholas I was after the arrival of Neserrodie and others.

Just when Alexander II was thinking about why Jerome Bonaparte suspended the peace talks, Neserrodie and Gorchakov knocked on Alexander II's door.

"Your Highness!" Neserrode and Gorchakov bowed to Alexander II in turn.

"What's wrong?" Alexander II looked at Neserrodie in confusion and asked.

"Your Highness! Since the peace talks have been suspended, I think I should return to St. Petersburg to report on my duties!" Neserrodie said calmly.

"So fast?" Alexander II showed a little surprise on his face, and then he transferred the money to Ambassador Gorchakov: "Mr. Ambassador, do you also want to return with Neserrodie?"

"I..." Gorchakov hesitated for a moment. He didn't want to return to St. Petersburg yet.

"Ambassador Gorchakov will stay here!" Neserrody saw Alexander II's intention to retain Gorchakov, and he quickly responded on Gorchakov's behalf.

Gorchakov looked at Neserrodie in surprise. He didn't understand why Neserrodie did this.

"That's okay!" Alexander II nodded, and then smiled: "Ambassador Gorchakov, what do you think?"

"My subordinates are willing to obey His Highness's instructions!" Gorchakov said quickly, and then Neserrode and Gorchakov left Alexander II.

Ambassador Gorchakov, who was walking in the corridor, immediately asked Neserrodie why he said that?

"I can see that His Highness still thinks highly of you!" Neserrode implored Gorchakov in a slightly tired tone: "In less than ten years, my position will definitely belong to you.

, so there is no need for me to offend a rising political star!

Of course, I don’t expect to use this method to erase what I have done to you in the past twenty years!

However, I still hope that you will not vent your anger on others!"

Ambassador Gorchakov responded calmly: "Your Excellency, thank you for your recognition of me!"

After speaking, Gorchakov walked away.

On November 18, Neserrode left Bakhchisaray with some of his entourage.

Gorchakov and Alexander II sent Neserrode out.

In the afternoon of that day, news came from the Cossack cavalry comrades who were responsible for scouting the Alma Highlands: the French army on the Alma Highlands was moving along the Alma River.

At the same time, the heads of the second and third divisions located between the Kacha River and the Alma River also moved in the direction of Bakhchisarai to encircle them.

Once they come together, Bakhchisarai will be surrounded by layers of people.

Therefore, Gorchakov, then the commander of the Russian Expeditionary Force, immediately found Alexander II and made a request to Alexander II to go to Simferopol.

"If I were to leave, what would Bakhchisarai's army think?" Alexander II immediately rejected Commander Gorchakov's request.

"Your Highness, you are the future of the Russian Empire! We cannot ruin the future of the Russian Empire here!" Gorchakov once again requested Alexander II to go to Simferopol.

Later, Commander Gorchakov tactfully told Alexander II: If Bakhchisaray is unfortunately defeated, then Alexander II will become a prisoner of France.

By then, the morale of the entire Russian Empire will reach an point of no return.

Alexander II had no choice but to listen to Gorchakov's advice and leave Bakhchisaray.

Also leaving Bakhchisaray with Alexander II was the expeditionary force headquarters, and Bakhchisaray's defenses were all left to Count Osten Sacken.

Naturally, the transfer of Alexander II and his headquarters was not hidden from Jérôme Bonaparte. The Tatar cavalry wandering in the Crimean Peninsula reported the news of the movement of the Russian headquarters to the commander of the 3rd Division, Trochu and

When Jerome Bonaparte came to visit, Jerome Bonaparte just responded lightly: "Don't worry about them!"

Then, he continued to order the second and third divisions to speed up the march and strive to surround Bakhchisarai before dark.

When night fell, the 2nd and 3rd Divisions and the 5th Almar Division arrived at the designated position at the same time, and the entire Bakhchisaray was completely surrounded by the French army.

After the planned plan was completed, Jérôme Bonaparte once again issued the order to set up camp for the three divisions.

The tents with isolation layers were like stars located outside the range of Bakhchisarai artillery. After doing all this, Jérôme Bonaparte did not let them rest, but ordered the artillery to pull the heavy artillery.

All are concentrated and fixed on the north and south sides of Bakhchisarai.

Nearly more than one thousand heavy artillery pieces are evenly distributed on the north and south sides. As soon as Jérôme Bonaparte gives an order, the artillery will immediately launch an attack on the city of Bakhchisarai.

When the French army deployed all its artillery, it was already early morning.

The defenders stationed in the Bakhchisarai area began to attack the French army with less than 200 artillery pieces. The rumbling sound of the artillery kept Jerome Bonaparte from sleeping well all night.

Early the next morning, when Jérôme Bonaparte appeared at the command post of the Third Division with tired eyes, through the lookout handed by Trochu, Jérôme Bonaparte developed, Russia

The Imperial bombardment lasted a night, leaving nothing but shells scattered across the hills and ridges.

"Tell our artillery that it's time to let them know what the true king of war is!" Jerome Bonaparte conveyed the order to Trochu.

"Yes!" Trochu responded quickly, then turned and left the headquarters.

About 20 minutes later, the sound of artillery, which was even more deafening than yesterday, came from the French artillery position, drew a beautiful arc in the air in the form of a parabola, and then hit the city of Bakhchisarai hard.

On the small bastions and trenches.

Under the powerful kinetic energy of the large-caliber heavy artillery, the bastion fortifications were directly blown open, and the flying stones hit the Russian troops in the trench.

After a while, bursts of screams came from the Russian troops in the trench. A small group of Russian soldiers struggled to climb out of the trench. Who knew that the next second they were hit by rocks flying out of nowhere.

Seeing that the heavy artillery offensive was effective, Jérôme Bonaparte yawned and gave Trochu the order to bombard Bakhchisaray continuously for four hours. Then he returned to the rear to catch up on his sleep.


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