Behind the assault position, large swaths of Russian soldiers were erected in the clearing.

An old man with a dignified appearance, wearing a small black pointed round hat and a solemn black robe over it, stood in front of all the soldiers, this was the military priest in the Tsarist army. He walked unhurriedly, holding a silver cross in one hand and a small brush made of a bunch of ears of wheat in the other. While reciting the prayer with a solemn expression, the other side kept waving a small brush and sprinkled drops of cold 'holy water' on all the officers and soldiers.

The priest's expression was so solemn that it gave people a sense of sacredness. War is coming, and the prayer of the priest before going to battle touches countless gray animals. All the soldiers and officers were in awe.

In the history of Russia, Orthodoxy has always had deep historical ties with the military. As early as the beginning of the 12th century, before each Rus' army went to war, all the soldiers had to pray together, perform a communion ceremony, and then go to battle. When the morale of Tsar Peter I arrived, he set up a special religious department in the army, officially included full-time priests in the military establishment, and the priests were responsible for instructing, educating and guiding the soldiers, giving them spiritual comfort and encouragement. In the many wars that Russia fought since then, the clergy played multiple roles such as logistics personnel, civilian personnel, and ideological personnel. Including the recent Russo-French War, and the ongoing Sino-Russian War and the Russo-Turkish War.

The attacking force was so numerous that it was impossible for the priest to sprinkle holy water on everyone's heads. The only ones who could be sprinkled with holy water were the rows of soldiers standing in the front, and the major general officer holding the holy water beside the priest had been accompanying the priest from the left side of the line to the end of the right side with a solemn expression.

The soldiers who were about to enter the battlefield were filled with surging passion.

When the priest returned to the center of the front of all the officers and soldiers, Lang Lang's prayers resounded through the heavens and the earth, and the offensive of the assault troops began.

"Let us pray to the Lord."

"Let's all be together, regardless of rank. There is no hatred, united by fraternal love—prayer to the Lord. ”

"Pray for Holy Russia, for the salvation of our Motherland."

The venerable generals knelt on the ground and followed the priest in prayer to their gods.

"God Almighty, our Savior," the priest's voice was clear, simple and gentle, a tone that Slavophiles only had when they read the scriptures, and it gave a sense of sacredness.

"Treat your humble people with mercy and blessing today, be forgiving, listen to our prayers, forgive and have mercy on us! Enemies harass your land and seek to destroy the world; The enemy is fighting against us and plotting to overthrow your kingdom and destroy your beloved Russia; Defile your temples, pour out your altars, and desecrate your shrines. Lord, how long will the gangsters run amok? When? ”

"Please exert your divine might, help us, help His Majesty Alexander I Pavlovich, who believes in you most and has the most authority, and bless him with wisdom, innovation, and cause; Strengthen His kingdom with your almighty hand and sustain Him in victory over his enemies, just as you made Moses victorious over Amalekit, Gideon victorious over Midian, and David victorious over Goliath. Bless his army and those who are armed and ready to fight with all their might in your name, and grant them victory! Curse and shame those who inflict harm on us; May they be as vulnerable as dust in the wind before your faithful warriors. Let them reap the fruit of their greed, and let them fall at the feet of your servants and be swept away by our armies. O Lord! You can save the strong and the weak; You are God, and the world cannot overcome you. ”

"God, our Father, our Lord Almighty, remember your grace, mercy and love, and do not ignore our ......"

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The major events of the country are only sacrifices and Rong. This is an old saying in China thousands of years ago, and it is long outdated in today's China. The earth is a materialistic world, although Chen Ming's crossing is so peculiar, but this does not prove the existence of gods and Buddhas. But if this sentence is placed in the Western world, hehe, it is true.

Of course, the 'sacrifice' of hope is not really a sacrifice to God, but faith.

From ancient times to the present, faith has gone from being subservient to the monarchy, to being above the monarchy, and then falling back down until Napoleon 'killed' the Roman faith state a few years ago, which can be said to have made monotheism lose the last fig leaf in the eyes of European countries, but the latter's influence among the people is still huge.

And Russian Orthodoxy is like a Roman monotheism, and its weight in Russia is very heavy.

The war really began.

The assault force opened a gap in the Ottoman line, and then tens of thousands of Russian troops rushed towards them, and further behind them, more than 20,000 Russian infantry and at least one division of hussars were ready to go, and when the Ottoman defense line was completely disrupted, these Russian troops would be like hungry wolves, fierce and swift slaughter!

Rockets, rockets are exploding. Whether it was the Russian army or the Ottomans, the firelight illuminated the entire battlefield.

The Ottoman defense line was in disarray, and under the sudden attack of the Russian army, or under the sudden attack of high intensity, the Ottomans in the frontal positions began to be confused. One by one, troops were drawn to support, but some positions were reinforced by multiple supporters, while others could not wait, and in the end they could only be defeated. If you are in a hurry, you will be at a loss, and it can only be a mistake on top of a mistake.

"Offense, offense, offense—"

'Russia will win, God bless Russia-"

The commander of the Russian army was very excited, because he was about to defeat the Ottomans in front of him and retake the strategic place of Kherson for Russia.

After taking this place, the new new Kakhovka will no longer be threatened by the Ottomans, and Russia will be able to use troops on the Crimean Peninsula with peace of mind.

This is a great victory for Russia at the moment.

As soon as he thought of this, his eyes radiated endless light, and his whole brain was about to burst with reverie! How will the tsar honor him, and the Russian people will sing his praises like this?

Honor, money, status, he will become such a great figure as Kutuzov, Bagration, he will become a hero of Russia, he will become a person respected by the entire Western world. Only because he defeated the Ottomans, defeated this pagan country that once brought great suffering to the entire Western world.

"God bless Russia, God bless the Slavic fighters."

Countless Russian soldiers believed that the final victory in this war would be theirs. As soon as Kherson is lost, the Ottomans will inevitably retreat in great strides, and their next foothold can only be Odessa, one of the few largest cities in Ukraine, on the shores of the Caspian Sea. This also means that Russia's military operation to regain the coast of Ukraine is coming to an end, and as for the Ottoman occupied areas in northern Moldova, countless Russian officers and soldiers are convinced that it will not be long before they return to Russia's arms.

The sky is bright, and the observation balloons raised from the positions of the Russian army can see the situation on the battlefield over there more clearly.

All the Russian troops have been engaged in the major counteroffensive, which is one of the most important components of the Russian-Turkish battlefield. Barclays doesn't sit here himself, but he doesn't pay any less attention to it than the Crimean Peninsula.

The Barclays in Nova Kakhovka, on the southern bank of the Dnieper, had a small town that had been burned to the ground in the war, and it was the Russian army that had built it here, just like Novo Astrakhan in Bagration.

Leaning on the Dnieper River, the Russian army had previously massed a large number of troops and materials here, blocking the Ottomans' path out of the Crimean Peninsula, although the Russian army on the island was still holding the fortress of Sevastopol.

The commander-in-chief of the Ottoman army, Muhammad Ali Pasha, had been focusing on the capture of the fortress of Sevastopol, but now the situation of the war has changed, and the turmoil in Istanbul has made the good situation of the Ottomans almost a meeting Once the pressure on the Ottoman army in Ukraine is too great, they can only count on Ali to help them.

Therefore, the small Ottoman army, which had only been sweeping the south bank of the Dnieper River, launched an attack on Donetsk in Ukraine after Ali mobilized its forces. After a fight, Barclay led his troops to push the Ottomans back to the Crimean Peninsula.

"Ula ......"

The shouts of the Russians shook the heavens and the earth. Tens of thousands of Russian troops seemed to be unaware of their fatigue, and after a night of fighting, they still fiercely attacked the last defensive positions of the Ottomans with bayonets. The cry that erupted from his mouth was like a stormy wave on the sea.

These people charged repeatedly like a raging wave. Brave and abnormal, not afraid of casualties, not afraid of death!

Because all the Russian soldiers were full of confidence in victory, and they all believed that the Ottomans on the opposite side were a piece of tissue paper that could be torn at the slightest stab......

And the reality is that they are right. The Ottoman line in front of them was really like tissue paper, and it was broken with a single stab.

The vast battlefield was littered with discarded ammunition, even boxes and boxes of bullets, grenades, bulky hexagonal guns, though they looked like they had broken flintlocks, and boxes of rockets/rockets......

Many bunkers and fortresses were intact, but they were empty, and there were no weapons and ammunition left on the ground, and no one was seen.

In the end, the Ottomans were defeated not only by their troops, but also by their spirit and fighting spirit.

All the Russians continued to rush forward with confidence and boldness. When the hussars saw the path opened by the infantry in front of them, they also brandished their cavalry swords, urged their horses, and shouted 'Ulla...... Ulla ......' and rushed down passionately.

The entire Russian army is cheering for victory.

Although they were suffering endless blows on the Far Eastern Front, on the Southern Front, in Ukraine, with the help of the Austrians and the Ottomans' own death, Russia finally came out of the trough.