The Anglo-Saxon and the Turkish-Turquoise kingdoms received the Holy . Marshal Arnault's invitation immediately realized that this meeting would determine the next move of the coalition forces.

Whether it was an attack on the northern part of the Sevastopol fortress, or something else.

So, the British, Turkish, and Sharish commanders went to the French command with their adjutants.

The setting sun shone into the open window of the French Command, illuminating the room and the aerial view of the fortress of Sevastopol directly opposite the window.

The British, Turkish, and Saxon commanders, led by French officers, sat at a round fir table, which represented the equal (and strange) status of the nations in a joint war.

As the initiator of the whole meeting. Marshal Arnault, who also served as the presiding officer of the coalition meeting, also served as the presiding officer of the coalition meeting. Marshal Arnault sat down at the round conference table with his back to the map.

When everyone is seated, St. Field Marshal Arnault spoke: "On behalf of the French army, I would like to thank you for being able to come to this meeting concerning the future of the coalition forces!" ”

Saint. As soon as Marshal Arnault's words fell, the commander and adjutant at the round table quickly raised their hands in a holy manner. Arnault opened with applause.

This is the influence of the world's first army and the world's second navy. Arno himself scolded his mother directly at the meeting, and all countries except the Kingdom of Britain had to accompany the smiling face, and even some countries (the Kingdom of Sardinia, licking the dog) had to shout "Good for scolding"

The applause lasted for a long time until the St. Marshal Arnault signaled that he could stop, and the applause stopped.

Then the smiling saint. Marshal Arnault continued: "To tell you the truth, the main reason why I have chosen to invite you here at this time is because I have received a telegram from Paris! The master of the telegram is His Majesty Napoleon, the great monarch of our French Empire! ”

When Jérôme. The name of Bonaparte appears in St. When Marshal Arno said this, the expression of the commander of the British, Turkish, and Saxon armies immediately became solemn.

They understand that this coalition meeting is very likely...... No, it should be said that it must have something to do with the emperor who was far away in Paris! It's just that everyone present still doesn't know which direction the emperor is supporting the attack.

"The Emperor congratulated us on our decisive victory in the Arma region, and he hoped that we would be able to redouble our efforts and try to take the northern shore of Sevastopol in the shortest possible time!" Saint. Marshal Arno continued.

The people present immediately understood that the saint. The strategic goal of Marshal Arnault has been determined, and that is to the north of the Sevastopol fortress.

The commander of the Sardinian and Ottoman empires subconsciously looked at the commander of the Kingdom of Britain, Raglan, if anyone present could overthrow the saint. The opinion of Marshal Arnault, then it was Commander Raglan.

After all, if the fortress of Sevastopol is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if it is forcibly besieged, I am afraid that there will be huge casualties, and if the casualty figure is too high, even if it wins, it will be criticized by domestic newspapers.

Of the four commanders present, which one was most afraid of the power of the newspaper.

That was Commander Raglan, because there was no room for public opinion in the two countries of Sardinia and the Ottomans. Since the beginning of the war, the French Empire has imposed strict press control, and it is difficult for huge casualties to appear in the mainstream newspapers, and the citizens of Paris will only see the French army victorious from victory to victory if the government wants to.

The Kingdom of Britain was a freer country than France, and people could criticize the British government and politicians with impunity, and a general like Wellington would inevitably be thrown his eggs after the Battle of Waterloo.

One can imagine how unfriendly the public opinion environment in England is for a general, who has to be careful to maintain the safety of his army so that it does not suffer heavy losses, and at the same time always keep an eye on the movements of journalists in his army to prevent them from sending some reports to London that are unfavorable to the British army. (The Sardinian and Ottoman Empires were unaware of the emptiness of the defenses on the North Shore.)

To the surprise of Ottoman and Sardinia, Commander Raglan, who had thought he would object, would actually approve of St. Aglin's disagreement. The advice of Marshal Arnault.

Subsequently, St. Marshal Arnault symbolically inquired about the proposals of Sardinia and the Ottoman Empire.

The commanders of the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ottoman Empire could only agree with the Saints. Arnault's opinion.

Seeing that the four countries all agreed, St. Marshal Arno spoke again: "Since you all agree on the plan to attack the fortress of Sevastopol, then I ask General Pelisier to assign you your respective tasks!" ”

Sit in St. Beside Marshal Arnault, Pelisier stood up and stood in front of a bird's-eye view, assigning their respective tasks to everyone present.

In the upcoming Battle of Sevastopol, France and Sardinia served as the main forces to conquer the most difficult Star Fortress (in fact, the Star Fortress, which is known as the most difficult to bite, was built in 1818 and has not been repaired for more than 30 years, the fortress walls collapsed due to disrepair, and the cannons equipped in the fortress were also pulled by Prince Menshikov to the Arma River to become the trophies of the Anglo-French army), and the Ottoman Empire and Britain were responsible for clearing the Russian army near the north bank of Sevastopol.

The time for the assault on the fortress of Sevaspol was set for the morning after tomorrow.

After the deployment is completed, everyone present gets up and leaves, and they have to develop corresponding tactics according to their assigned tasks.

Looking at the sunset in the distance, St. Marshal Arnault silently prayed that the offensive on the fortress of Sevastopol would go smoothly: "I hope he doesn't lie to me, otherwise ......"

Saint. Marshal Arnault's eyes revealed a hint of murderous intent

……

Rightfully holy. When Marshal Arnault and others were actively preparing for the plan to attack the north bank of the Sevastopol fortress, in the naval barracks on the south bank of the Sevastopol fortress, Vice Admirals Nasimov and Kornilov were worried about the upcoming attack of the coalition forces on the Sevastopol fortress.

Menshikov's defeat at the Arma River caused the Sevastopol Fortress to lose more than 43,000 living forces, and now the Sevastopol Fortress has only more than 6,000 soldiers, more than 3,000 sailors and 3,000 militiamen, which can be said to be extremely weak.

If it is only a shortage of troops, what is even worse is that there is also instability within the Sevastopol fortress.

With the defeat of Prince Menshikov at the Arma River, the inhabitants of the fortress, who had thought they were at ease, were suddenly pushed to the brink of war, panic began to spread in the city, and the inhabitants of the fortress continued to flee from the Sevastopol fortress, and Lieutenant General Nasimov and Lieutenant General Kornilov had to give the order that all the residents living in the fortress of Sevastopol should not leave all the way.

Who would have thought that the immediate arrival of this order not only did not stop the flight of the residents of the Sevastopol fortress, but only intensified the spread of panic.

The panic spread not only in the residential areas of the fortress, but also in the barracks.

The Russian soldiers, who had been instilled with all sorts of bizarre stories by the missionaries, had long been regarded by the coalition forces as man-eating monsters, and now the monsters had reached the fortress, and their commanders had been defeated by them.

As a result, the image of the coalition forces in the barracks changed from cannibal monsters to invulnerable cannibal monsters, and the reason why they attacked the Russian Empire also evolved from occupying the fortress of Sevastopol to eating up the Russian army in the fortress.

In the face of invulnerable monsters, any Russian soldier has only one way to escape.

On the third day of the defeat of Prince Menshikov by the coalition forces, part of the militia and regular troops began to flee from the Sevastopol fortress.

Faced with soldiers who had no intention of fighting, Kornilov and Nasimov had no choice but to use harsh criminal laws to make them understand the horror of escaping.

At the behest of Kornilov, the Cossack cavalry regiment (600 people), which only existed in the fortress, was dispatched, and hundreds of soldiers who wanted to escape were directly beheaded by the Cossack cavalry.

The heads of the soldiers were piled up on the Malakhov fortress, and the soldiers did not dare to flee in any way.

However, Kornilov and Nasimov understood that this method would only maintain stability for a while, and if Russia still lost the next war, the Sevastopol fortress would inevitably suffer a backlash.

When the time comes, let alone resist the coalition forces, it is unknown whether they will be able to get out alive.

Therefore, Kornilov and Nasimov have been thinking about what methods can be used to get the Sevastopol fortress through the difficulties.

"Do you want to abandon the North Shore? How about concentrating all the forces on the South Bank? It will also strengthen our control over the South Shore! Lieutenant General Kornilov asked Nasimov, who was beside him.

"Have you ever thought that this would cause even more panic! There are quite a few residents on the North Shore! Nasimov asked Kornilov rhetorically.

"This is indeed a big problem!" Lieutenant General Kornilov was silent for a moment, then replied categorically: "But now is not the time to think about this, the coalition forces have arrived on the north shore!" If it's not good, they will attack in the near future! Our fortress on the north shore simply has no way of withstanding their attacks! The defeat on the North Shore is a foregone conclusion, and we must not let anything happen to the South Shore! ”

"How are you going to transport the soldiers of the North Shore back?" Nasimov asked again.

"We can build a pontoon bridge between the north bank and the south bank! Use the ships we have at our disposal to set it up! Lieutenant General Kornilov replied.

"In that case...... It takes a lot of time to complete! Do we really have that much longer? Nasimov said a little pessimistically, "I'm afraid that before our pontoon bridge is erected, the coalition forces have already marched to the north bank!" ”

"At least we're trying to protect the fortress!" Kornilov said in a firm tone.

"yes!" Nasimov also sighed with emotion: "What an irony for two admirals to protect an army fortress!" ”

Poor Kornilov and Nasimov did not know that if it weren't for the disruption of the normal historical timeline by some unscrupulous monarch, they would not have to worry about the problems of the coalition forces.

Historically, the coalition forces knew that the Battle of the Arma River had ended on September 23, and then hesitated for nearly half a month in the offensive plan on the north and south banks, and it was during this half month that Kornilov and Nasimov completed the fortification of Sevastopol.

Relying on the fortification and the three-month winter (late October to February) that dragged on until the spring of the following year, they were not so lucky this time.

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