After the intelligence that Britain successfully suppressed 80,000 Russian troops in Thachi reached Jerome Bonaparte's temporary residence outside Bakhchisarai, Jerome Bonaparte's originally hanging heart finally settled temporarily.
Although the quality and equipment of Britain's army are far superior to that of the Russian army, the Russian army is numerically larger than Britain's.
Therefore, there are still some difficulties for Britain to successfully suppress the Russian Empire in Sachs.
If the Russian army is really determined to shrink its defense line and return to Simferopol, Jérôme Bonaparte's follow-up plan may have to be modified.
Now, Jerome Bonaparte does not need to worry about Thaci's Russian army choosing this route to break out.
After all, a tough breakout would not only cause a lot of losses, but would also easily have a greater impact on their political lives.
If he were the commander of Thaci, he would have chosen to stay where he was when he saw that the British army surrounding them was incapable of eating them, and there was no retreat information from Simferopol.
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Of course, if he were the current Commander-in-Chief of Crimea, Gorchakov, he would desperately carry out the order of exchanging time for space and give all the central and southern parts of Crimea to the coalition forces to disperse the coalition forces.
, and then use their superior strength to eliminate the coalition forces in batches.
It is a pity that the current Crimean commander Gorchakov obviously does not have the determination to let the troops abandon Thachi, Bakhchisarai, or even Simferopol.
Facing a strategically timid Russian general, what did Jerome Bonaparte have to fear?
Subsequently, Jerome Bonaparte sent people to Sach overnight to remind Marshal Raglan to pay close attention to the movements of Simferopol and prevent Simferopol and Sach from outflanking Britain.
Marshal Raglan immediately responded to Jérôme Bonaparte, saying that he would definitely bear in mind Jérôme Bonaparte's reminder.
As Jérôme Bonaparte expected, in the next two days, the Russian army in Simferopol provided some reinforcements to Bakhchisaray and Thachi respectively.
Perhaps because the number of reinforcements was not enough to overturn the war situation (both reinforcements only had the strength of one army), the Russian reinforcements in Simferopol were quickly repelled by the British Kingdom and the French Empire.
While repelling the Simferopol army, a brigade under the French Fifth Division relied on perseverance to occupy a high ground north of Bakhchisarai.
Some of the artillery was able to send shells through the high ground to the city of Bakhchisarai, and the entire city began to become panicked.
And the battle around Bakhchisarai's third line of defense showed no signs of slacking off.
In just two days, nearly 20,000 more bodies were dropped between the second and third lines of defense.
More than half of them are Russian soldiers responsible for the defense (about 16,000).
The Russian army in Bakhchisarai is on the verge of collapse.
Time soon came to the early morning of the third day of the attack. On this day, it started to snow lightly in Bakhchisarai.
Jerome Bonaparte, who was walking in the snowflakes, looked at the third line of defense amid the artillery fire in the distance, and couldn't help but muttered, "I guess Duke Golitsyn's side has already started!"
After speaking, Jérôme Bonaparte once again issued the order to attack to Major General Trochu beside him.
The artillery stopped abruptly after ten minutes, and hundreds of French soldiers in white cotton uniforms slowly charged towards the third line of defense.
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While the coalition forces and the Russian army were fighting fiercely on the Crimean Peninsula, a major event was also happening in St. Petersburg thousands of miles away that could tear the Russian Empire apart for several years.
On this day, Prince Golitsyn, the governor of Petersburg and commander of the Tsarskoe Selo Guard, went to Nicholas I's bedroom to report to Nicholas I as usual.
Standing at the door of the bedroom, he first knocked on the bedroom door. After Nicholas I in the bedroom said "come in" in a weak voice, Duke Golitsyn entered the bedroom.
"Your Majesty!" Prince Golitsyn entered the bedroom and walked quickly to Nicholas I, bowing to Nicholas I who was lying on the fireplace sofa.
"Ahem...ahem...Prince Golitsyn, how is the situation...in St. Petersburg...now?" As the temperature in St. Petersburg gradually dropped, Nicholas I's condition gradually worsened. At this time, he
Even lying in the fireplace with burning wood makes me gasp for air.
"Your Majesty, under your wise deployment, all the chaos in St. Petersburg have been wiped out!" Duke Golitsyn flattered Nicholas I.
When Nicholas I heard that all the rebels had been captured, a smile appeared on his face. He stretched out his hand to pat Duke Golitsyn on the shoulder to encourage him, but he didn't even have the strength to straighten his hand.
Disappeared.
Upon seeing this, Duke Golitsyn immediately put his shoulder in front of Nicholas I's hand. Nicholas I showed a pleased smile on his face: "Golitsyn... Thank you for your hard work..."
"For the Russian Empire! No matter how hard you work, it's worth it!" Duke Golitsyn responded to Nicholas I, pretending to be a "loyal dog of the empire", and then deliberately showed a look of hesitation on his face: "Just
but……"
"Just what?" Nicholas I asked Prince Golitsyn.
"Nothing!!" Prince Golitsyn responded hesitantly.
"You must be hiding something from me! Tell me quickly, what happened?" Nicholas I frowned and asked Duke Golitsyn.
"Your Majesty, I don't know whether to say it or not!" Prince Golitsyn once again responded to Nicholas I.
"What can't be said?" Nicholas I responded to Prince Golitsyn.
Then Duke Golitsyn told him that Viscount Nikolai Orlov of the Third Hall had discovered during the recent "Operation Thunder" that the ministers of the empire had been in contact with the rebels.
"Who is this person?" Nicholas I asked in a hoarse voice.
"Your Majesty, it's Prince Dolgorukov!" Prince Golitsyn responded to Nicholas I through gritted teeth.
"How could it be him!" Nicholas I muttered with dull eyes, his face paler than before.
He never imagined that the person who "betrayed" him turned out to be Dolgorukov.
Although Dolgorukov and he had had some conflicts over policy issues in recent years, he never thought that Dolgorukov, the minister he single-handedly promoted, would collude with the rebels.
The party also overthrew him.
Could it be that he just wants me to go down?
As the saying goes, love is deep and hate is deep. Once Nicholas I's heart was full of hatred for a person, everything he had done before could become proof of his disloyalty.
"Your Majesty, perhaps Prince Dolgorukov does not know their identities! Maybe he has also been deceived!" Duke Golitsyn "kindly" cleared Dolgorukov's charges.
"Being deceived?" Nicholas I sneered: "How could he be deceived so coincidentally! I think he can't wait to let me pass away, and then my son will inherit the throne! Yes,
He must be thinking so..."
Prince Golitsyn remained silent and allowed Nicholas I to express himself freely. (Brain supplement)
"Cough... cough... Golitsyn!" Nicholas I, who coughed violently due to excessive emotion, called Duke Golitsyn again.
"Your Majesty!" Prince Golitsyn quickly replied.
"Can you help me get rid of that damn traitor!" Nicholas I asked Duke Golitsyn.
"Your Majesty, I think we should consider this matter in the long term!" Duke Golitsyn once again persuaded Nicholas I, "There is no direct evidence that Dolgorukov was involved in the rebellion among the evidence in the possession of the Third Hall.
There is a direct relationship! Those rebels were just guests of Prince Dolgorukov’s literary salon..."
Before Duke Golitsyn finished speaking, Nicholas I rudely interrupted Duke Golitsyn: "This is enough to prove that Dolgorukov is with them! What you have to do now
Yes, arrest Dolgorukov immediately!"
"But..." Duke Golitsyn showed a hesitant look on his face again. He seemed unwilling to offend Dolgorukov.
"Golitsyn, are you going to betray me too?" Nicholas I said loudly to Duke Golitsyn.
"Of course not!" Prince Golitsyn said in a loud voice: "I will never be able to repay His Majesty's kindness to me in my lifetime, so how could I betray Your Majesty?"
"Okay! In the name of the Emperor of the Russian Empire, I order you to immediately send someone to arrest Dolgorukov and imprison him! I don't want to see this guy in the position of Minister of War for a moment!" Niku
The pale face of King La I showed a particularly serious expression, and he issued an order to Duke Golitsyn.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Prince Golitsyn responded to Nicholas I.
"Go now! I'm waiting for your good news here!" Nicholas I's serious face showed a forced smile.
Prince Golitsyn left his bedroom with the expectations of Nicholas I, and reiterated "discipline" to the soldiers at the bedroom door and in the palace. At the same time, he warned the maids and housekeepers in the palace with stern eyes to let them
They shouldn't say things they shouldn't say.
After explaining everything, Duke Golitsyn left the palace. That night, Minister Dolgorukov was arrested and imprisoned by members of the Third Hall led by Nikolai Orlov in a surprise attack.
[ps: Due to the overly aggressive arrest operation, retired soldiers in Dolgorukov's mansion fired into the third hall. The two sides engaged in a brief exchange of fire, and finally Dolgorukov issued an order to the soldiers.
It ends with the command.]
The whole of St. Petersburg fell into panic, and after Duke Golitsyn moved the last big stone in front of him, he had reached the final step of the coup.
