While the British and Russian armies were at a stalemate on Mount Kurgan, the Russian soldiers of the Moscow, Minsk and Kiev hussars regiments on the heights of Telegraph Hill on the left flank of Mount Kurgan did not yet know that a surprise attack was about to descend on their heads.

At this moment the vast majority of the soldiers of the three regiments were squatting on the heights of Telegraph Hill under the leadership of their stupid commander, the drunken Lieutenant General Kiriako, waiting for orders from Prince Menshikov on the Kurgan Mountains, while a handful of soldiers were dispatched by Kiriako to monitor the French army on the south bank of the cliff.

And on the north bank of the Alma River, near the coastline, a large contingent also appeared. This assault brigade was led by Major General Bosquet, commander of the French Second Division, and the whole brigade had two Juaf regiments, a Sardinian chursion regiment and an artillery battalion, of which the artillery battalion also had three artillery batteries, each with six guns (four six-pounder Napoleon guns and two 12-pounder Napoleonic guns), which was fully equipped and well-equipped.

"Up!"

The well-armed assault brigade, under the orders of their commander, Major General Bosley, took off its backpack and swam in groups of three across the Alma River, and then climbed the cliff under the cover of the trees.

As the Zhuaf soldiers climbed the cliff, the Imperial Russian soldiers watching the north shore on the edge of the cliff were in a state of nonchalance, not believing that anyone would be able to climb the cliff fifty meters above the south bank, unless the French soldiers all had a pair of wings.

When the 21 Zhuaf soldiers of the first group climbed the cliff, they immediately hid behind the rocks.

The Russian Empire, who was in charge of guarding the cliff, did not notice that the Zhuaf soldiers had quietly touched it, so the first team of Zhuav soldiers slowly approached the Russian soldiers on the edge of the cliff without the knowledge of the Russian Imperial soldiers, and then took out the dagger pinned to the waist and aimed it at the neck of the Russian Imperial soldier.

The sharp dagger cut the vocal cords and blood vessels of the Russian Imperial soldiers, and blood continued to gush out of the Adam's apple of the Russian Imperial soldiers.

The 40-man Russian squad monitoring the cliff was directly killed by the Zhuaf regiment that climbed up, and the first detachment, after killing the Russian soldiers on the edge of the cliff, immediately waved to the climbing follow-up troops at the bottom of the cliff.

The follow-up troops were able to continue their ascent while Lieutenant General Kiriako on the heights of Telegraph Hill was unaware of what was happening here.

After about half an hour had passed, Kiriako, who was holding a wine bottle, remembered that the Russian Empire on the edge of the cliff had not reported to him for a long time.

Lieutenant General Kiriako, who was full of alcohol, approached the commander of his Moscow regiment and asked him why there was no news of him on the edge of the cliff.

"Why don't I go and see?" The head of the Moscow regiment asked Lieutenant General Kiriako a word.

"Go and come back!" Kiriako nodded and agreed to the request of the head of the Moscow regiment.

After the head of the Moscow regiment had left, Lieutenant General Kiriako took another sip of what little wine was left in the bottle and staggered back to the cabin and lay down on the table.

The commander of the Moscow regiment, who had been instructed by Lieutenant General Kiriako, hurriedly led a 20-man squad to follow him to the edge of the cliff to check the situation, and when the commander of the Moscow regiment was only more than 300 meters away from the cliff, a bullet "whoosh" from behind a rock in the distance shot the regiment commander's eyeballs.

The regimental commander, who was caught off guard, was directly hit by a bullet in the eyeball, and the bullet that hit the eyeball penetrated the regiment commander's brain with its huge kinetic energy.

It took only 2 seconds for the bullet to eliminate the commander that the Russian Empire had spent a lot of money "forged".

The regiment commander fell heavily to the ground, and the Russian soldiers on the side hurriedly set up their guns when they saw this, looking around for the guy who shot the regiment commander.

Before the group of Russian soldiers could find the killer of the regiment commander, a second wave of bullets hit the Russian soldiers in the chest.

More than two dozen Russian soldiers and a regimental commander were all wiped out in just two minutes or so, leaving only a few cast iron bullets at the scene.

And the murderer was also more than 400 meters away from this group of Russian Imperial soldiers.

……

The sound of gunfire in the distance gave the Russian Imperial officers deployed on Telegraph Hill a bad feeling, and the commander of the Minsk regiment, after hearing the gunshots, hurried to Lieutenant General Kiriako to report the movement on the edge of the cliff to Kiriako, and boldly put forward his own guess.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, do you think it could be that the coalition forces climbed to the top of the mountain?" The head of the Minsk regiment asked Kiriakodao.

"Nope! No way? How could they have climbed up from such a high cliff! Lieutenant General Kiriako, who lived up to the name of waste, decisively denied the correct answer, and then put forward his own guess with a posture of wisdom in his hand: "Besides, their main force is already under our surveillance (Guards Division)!" Even a handful of troops climbed up to no avail, and I guess the soldiers on the edge of the cliff were attacking the soldiers on the opposite shore with their smoothbore guns, always doing some useless work! ”

"Is that really the case?" The commander of the Minsk regiment was still a little skeptical, and he suggested to Lieutenant General Kiriako that he lead his troops to the edge of the cliff to check the situation, and if nothing happened, then it would be better! If something does happen, they can also prepare early.

"I've sent others over! You don't want to go any further! Lieutenant General Kiriako looked at the regiment commander in front of him impatiently and said, "Your task now is to guard this place for me!" When Prince Menshikov needs you, you will immediately give me a top! Got it? ”

"Got it!" The commander of the Minsk regiment heard the impatience of Lieutenant General Kiriako, and he had to put aside the conjecture in his heart and honestly "squat" in the trenches.

After the head of the Minsk regiment left, Lieutenant General Kiriako muttered in a low voice: "What a trouble!" After that, he continued to indulge in a state of drunken life and death.

With the help of Chiriaco, a friend of France, not only did the entire assault brigade (including 18 guns) climb up smoothly, but an infantry brigade of the 2nd Division also changed its original plan and climbed the cliff right behind.

Two brigades of 14,000 men under the command of Major General Bockes advanced in the direction where Telegraph Hill was located.

The commander of the Minsk regiment, who was stationed in the trench of the telegraph, was shocked when he saw the French troops marching towards them in a horizontal line in the distance, and he hurried to the residence of Lieutenant General Chiriako to wake up the sleeping Lieutenant General Chiriako.

"I didn't tell you! Wait a minute, wait a minute! Why don't you listen...... If you think you're more capable than me, you can be my lieutenant general! Kiriako's expression changed from impatience to disgust, and his tone became unkind.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, now is not the time to say discouraged words!" The commander of the Minsk regiment hurriedly reported to Lieutenant General Kiriako: "The French army is about to come!" ”

Quiriaco, who heard the "French army", suddenly sobered up a lot, and he immediately asked his regimental commander: "Where did you hear about it!" ”

"Do you need to hear about this?" Looking at the out-of-tune lieutenant general in front of him, the commander of the Minsk regiment was almost about to cry: "They are already approaching our position, and it is expected to ......"

Before the commander of the Minsk regiment could finish speaking, a shell broke into the cabin of Lieutenant General Kiriako.

"Be careful!" The commander of the Minsk regiment hurriedly grabbed Lieutenant General Kiriako by the collar and fled from the cabin.

The next second Kiriako fled the hut, a shell exploded inside the hut, destroying the entire hut.

"This ......," Lieutenant General Kiriako looked at the bombed-out wooden house in front of him with a horrified face.

"Your Excellency Lieutenant General, give the order quickly!" Knowing that the voice of the commander of the Minsk regiment reached the ears of Kiriako, Kiriako, who reacted, hurriedly nodded and ordered the commander of the Minsk regiment to reason.

After the head of the Minsk regiment left, the deputy commander of the Moscow regiment, covered in blood, appeared in front of Kiriako and reported to Kiriako about the situation of the Moscow regiment.

The current Moscow regiment was fighting very hard without a regimental commander (deputy commander thought carefully), and their muskets did not have the range of the rifles of the French army at all, so that they could not hit the opposite side, but the opposite side was able to hit them.

Moreover, the French army on the opposite side also had powerful artillery, and now their entire regiment of more than 3,000 people was pressed and beaten by the French Empire on the opposite side, and many soldiers did not dare to show their heads from the trenches at all.

[PS: The Russian Empire has a miraculous establishment of more than 6,000 dissatisfied divisions, and there are also reinforced regiments that far exceed the establishment]

"Now that you are the head of the Moscow regiment, you have to lead your team to stick to the front line! Artillery...... Artillery......" Lieutenant General Kiriako pondered for a moment and said: "As for artillery, I will immediately apply to Prince Menshikov!" Remember to hold on, there is a way to keep it! ”

After the departure of the Moscow commander, Lieutenant General Kiriako ran in front of the Kiev Hussar Regiment and ordered the Kiev Hussar Regiment to attack the flank of France in an attempt to disrupt the deployment of the French Imperial Army, and at the same time sent a part of the Hussars as heralds to ask Prince Menshikov of the Kurgan Mountains for help.

The Kiev hussars turned over under the leadership of their regimental commander, the vast majority of the cavalry rushed to the front battlefield, and a small number of cavalry went to the Kurgan Mountains for help.

Lieutenant General Kiriako, holding champagne, also rushed to the place where the Minsk regiment was located.

When Lieutenant General Kiriako came to the front, the Moscow regiment, which had been on the front line, was forced to abandon its position and squat in a trench with the Minsk regiment under the attack of the French assault brigade.

Two regiments of nearly 6,000 Russian Imperial soldiers were squatting in the same trench, and the trench, which was originally only capable of accommodating about 5,000 men, now accommodated nearly 6,000 (5,763) men, and the scene was somewhat chaotic.

Just as the Minsk regiment and the Moscow regiment were pushing and shoving the space in the trench, a group of about 800-900 Kiev hussars entered from the flank.

The assault brigade, which did not expect the Russian Empire to place cavalry on the heights of Telegraph Hill, had to be transformed from a horizontal formation into a hollow phalanx, and the change in formation led to a small confusion of the entire army.

Seeing this, the Kiev hussars hurriedly drove their horses forward, and he was going to strike a blow at France before the assault brigade had formed a hollow phalanx.

Seeing this scene, Lieutenant General Kiriako in the trench hurriedly ordered the Minsk regiment and the Moscow regiment to launch an attack on the "French" camp.

"But!" The commander of the Minsk regiment was somewhat hesitant.

"But what! Listen to my command to attack! Lieutenant General Kiriako sharply reprimanded his regimental commander.

The commander of the Minsk regiment and the deputy commander of the Moscow regiment had to carry out the orders of Lieutenant General Kiriako in accordance with the defense provided.

The commander of the Kyiv Hussar Regiment, who was leading the horse team forward, probably could not have imagined that the first wave of damage he suffered was not the opponent in front of them, but the teammates behind them.

The Moscow and Minsk regiments, under the orders of Lieutenant General Kiriako, began firing, but "by mistake" they got it in the wrong direction.

The Kiev hussars, who had not yet rushed to the front of the French army, had already lost nearly 50 people under the first blow of the Russian Empire, and the commander of the Kiev border cavalry regiment also fell among the two hundred.

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