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On November 25, on the eastern banks of the Berezina River, in the afternoon, among the retreating French troops, Napoleon and Marshal Ney were alone in the tent of the Chinese barracks, and they were heavily guarded outside. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Your Majesty, I have sent people to reconnoiter the terrain and find a suitable place to build bridges in accordance with your instructions, and if nothing else, two bridges can be erected over the Berezina River early tomorrow morning for the retreat of our army."

Hearing this, Napoleon was a little dissatisfied, his brows furrowed obviously, and he said in a deep voice: "Two bridges? We have an army of about 300,000, and the two bridges are simply a drop in the bucket, and it is difficult for the army to evacuate quickly and effectively. ”

"Your Majesty, this is something that cannot be helped, with the number of engineers we currently have, in a hurry, we can only build two pontoon bridges, and we can only take advantage of the night. Once it is daylight, it is easy for the Russian army to discover our intentions. In that case, before the forcible crossing of the Berezina River begins, it will be frantically sabotaged and obstructed by the Russian army. ”

After finishing speaking, Ney showed a helpless look, and then said: "There are Cossack patrols of the Russian army along the entire Berezina River, and there are even Cossack cavalry waiting for an opportunity to move, and they may sneak attack our army's camp at any time. The chosen place for the bridge-building was to drive the Cossack patrol under other pretenses, so that the artillery general could carry out a topographical survey. ”

Of course, Napoleon knew the situation faced by the French army, and he knew that what Ney said was the truth, no matter how amazing his military talents were, nothing could be changed, and crossing the river was the first thing, and he couldn't manage so much. Napoleon was already a decisive man, and he did not look ahead: "Marshal Ney, when you cross the river tomorrow, you and Marshal Oudinot's army will be responsible for covering the mission, guarding the north and south directions respectively to prevent a sudden attack by the Russian army." ”

Ney nodded heavily, almost without any hesitation, and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Napoleon's face was solemn, and he patted Ney's shoulder, knowing deeply that this cover mission was dangerous, and the probability of sacrifice was very high, and Marshal Ney was able to readily agree, which showed his loyalty to himself.

At sunset and sunrise, the stars shifted, and the next day when the sky was cloudy, the wind was howling, the Berezina River was turbulent, and the ice floes were constantly flowing downstream, and the sound of gurgling water was intertwined with the sound of thumping ice cubes.

Two bridges lay across the Berezina River, and a crowded army was walking, like a busy city, noisy and chaotic, soldiers and mule-carts and horses mixed together, struggling to move forward, and the two bridges were almost blocked!

In such a situation, even in one day, 300,000 French troops could not cross the Berezina River. Moreover, there are Russian troops in the back, which may attack and kill at any time, and it is impossible to give the French army a chance to breathe and escape. When the time comes, the scene is bound to be even more chaotic and difficult to control.

Seeing such a scene, Napoleon was anxious and angry, thought for a moment, and immediately ordered the signal soldier next to him: "Hurry up and give the order, the bridge to the north is for the infantry, and the bridge to the south is for artillery and transports." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor!"

The signal soldier agreed, immediately trotted away, and went straight to the two bridges of life of the French army with the rest of the communications squad to convey Napoleon's orders.

However, after a short time, the situation on the two pontoons did not change in the slightest, and the congestion was still there, and the soldiers were struggling to move forward, and Napoleon's face was wrinkled, gloomy and ugly, and his eyes were full of anxiety.

At this moment, Napoleon knew deeply that this was his last family background, and if he could not retreat with these French troops, even if he returned to Paris safely, he would be counterattacked by countries led by England, like a raging storm.

This thought echoed in his mind, and after a while of looking at the situation on the two bridges, Napoleon kept thinking, and gave one order after another: "Give me the order to go down, reduce the weight of the baggage, and discard all the equipment that is too bulky to be used in a short time, or push it into the river, or burn it on the spot." Also, all the generals and staff officers had their baggage carts halved, and the horses were handed over to the artillery to haul the artillery! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

With this order, the congestion on the two bridges was noticeably improved, and the pace of the march of the army began to increase, but it was also relatively speaking, and it was not possible to complete it without a day or two in order to cross the Berezina River with all the troops!

However, the Russian army will not give them this opportunity, and will not let this French army cross the Berezina River so easily!

It just verifies the saying, the more you don't want something, the more you come. Suddenly, the sound of gunfire and cannon rumble, sounded in the rear of the French troops who had not yet crossed the river, outflanking from three directions.

Bang bang bang ...

Boom boom...

Suddenly, the two bridges, which had just been relieved, were blocked again, and a large number of soldiers were undisciplined, forgetting Napoleon's orders, frightened by the sudden sound of gunfire, and rushed forward regardless of it, pointing to cross the Berezina River as soon as possible.

At this time, they no longer care which bridge to cross and which soldiers to cross, and they only have a way to escape in their eyes.

At this moment, the situation on the two pontoon bridges was even worse than before, there were crowds of people everywhere, cars and horses and artillery almost stopped, and all roads were occupied by soldiers who had fled the way. What's more, some people were squeezed out of the crowd and fell into the cold and biting water, only struggling for a moment, and then there was no sound.

Not only that, but someone walked a little slower, was knocked down by the crowded and crazy crowd, fell to the ground, and before he could get up, he was swallowed up by the crowd and trampled to death!

At this time, no matter how Napoleon shouted and roared, it did not have any effect, and the crowd was still fleeing in frenzy, rushing to his side, and life was more important than any authority!

Boom boom boom ....

Bang bang bang....

The gunfire became more and more intense, and the French and Russian troops in charge of covering the mission had already exchanged fire, and the fighting became more and more intense. In this situation, Napoleon knew deep that the matter on the two bridges, even if God came, was useless, and no one could resist the threat of death, and it could not be effectively resolved.

Therefore, Napoleon began to issue a series of military orders to remotely command the covering troops on the opposite bank: "Command Marshal Ney and Marshal Oudinot, inform them that they must hold their positions and keep their flanks safe, so that Victor's rearguard troops can block the offensive of the Russian army!" ”

As soon as he said that, the bannermen behind Napoleon moved, came to a relatively high place, and began to wave two small flags to convey the Emperor's orders. Only in this way can these two small flags play the role of communication.

At the same time, Napoleon was not idle, picked up the telescope hanging on his chest, began to watch seriously, stared, slowly moved the telescope, and observed the northeast, east and southeast directions, only to see three Russian armies covering up, the soldiers were as numerous as cattle hair, dense, and I couldn't help but sigh: "The vast territory is to have an advantage, and it is worthy of Russia, which has the largest territory, and it is beyond my expectation that it can replenish its troops so quickly." ”

The voice stopped abruptly, Napoleon's hands clenched the binoculars, paused quickly in three directions, and finally found the target: "As expected, who else can there be other generals who can surround and intercept at this time?" ”

Napoleon, however, had been observingly observing the situation on the battlefield, and had not noticed the situation on the two bridges, and in less than half an hour the number of soldiers who had trampled to death and those who had fallen into the icy river had reached three or four hundred, and the screams of all kinds were drowned out by the rumbling of the bridge cannons.

However, the situation continues and worsens, and soldiers still fall in traffic accidents.

Boom boom boom ....

Bang bang bang....

The fighting between the French and Russian armies became more and more intense, and the battlefield was shifting, from the eastern coast of the Berezina River at the beginning, to the two armies shelling each other on both banks, and the gun battle was still concentrated on the east bank.

In this process, the battle had been fought for a day and a night, and in the blink of an eye, it was already the early morning of the next day, and the Oudinot army, the Davout army, the Eugène army, and the remnants of the Ney army had crossed the Berezina River one after another, and only the French rearguard Victor's army was responsible for the rear of the palace to block the Russian attack.

Not only that, but about 200,000 non-combatants are stranded on the eastern bank of the Berezina River, dying and trying to cross the Berezina River without wanting to be captured.