Chapter 535: The Battle of the Port of Karatina
Brigadier General Trochu, who returned to the headquarters, asked St. Field Marshal Arnault reported the decision of the British Command and requested St. Field Marshal Arnault gave him the go-ahead to join the Navy in the operation.
Saint. Marshal Arno first glanced at Brigadier General Trochu, and then glanced at General Pellisier beside him.
Saint. Marshal Arnault knew that his lieutenant was leaving a way out for himself.
As a saint. Brigadier General of Arnault's adjutant Trochu in St. While Arno was still alive, he did not worry about his future in the coalition forces.
Once St. If anything happens to Marshal Arnault, the new commander of the expeditionary force is likely to marginalize him.
Present St. Marshal Arnault's health is getting worse day by day, and Brigadier General Trochu naturally has to plan for his future earlier.
That's why he asks for the Holy . Marshal Arnault was able to get him to participate in this operation, and this method was to disguise himself from the Holy Command. Arnault's adjutant was withdrawn.
"General Perissier, what do you think?" Saint. Marshal Arnault said in the usual tone.
Where does Pelisier not understand St. Marshal Arnault meant, he hurriedly smiled and nodded: "I think Brigadier General Trochu is capable of taking on this position!" ”
"Since General Pelisier has agreed, then I have nothing more to say!" Saint. Marshal Arno approved the mission of Brigadier General Trochu to accompany the navy to the port of Kamish.
However, before leaving, the saint. Marshal Arnault specifically instructed Brigadier General Trochu to interfere excessively in naval operations under the pretext that he was his adjutant.
Although the army is leading the joint naval and land operations, this does not mean that the navy will blindly accommodate the army.
On the side of the army there is St. Marshal Arnault, Niel ...... Such an emperor's favored retainer is true, but the gold content of the naval minister Diko is not low at all.
At the beginning, the emperor repeatedly asked Diko not to work too hard, and this holy favor was enough to make the navy puff up in front of the army.
As a last resort, St. Marshal Arnault did not want to discord between the army and the navy.
Brigadier General Trochu hurried to the St. Marshal Arnault, he will certainly obey the St. Marshal Arnault's instructions did not embarrass the Navy.
"Go ahead!" Saint. Marshal Arnaud waved his hand and said to Brigadier General Trochu.
Brigadier General Trochu took a few steps back with a solemn expression, and then bowed to the saint. Marshal Arnault saluted.
"Alas!" Looking at the back of Brigadier General Trochu leaving, St. Marshal Arno sighed and got up and said to Pelisier: "General Pelisier, I'll go back and rest first!" It's up to you to preside over the headquarters! ”
"Don't worry, leave it to me!" General Pelisier took a big deal to the saint. Marshal Arnault responded.
By the time Brigadier General Trochu arrived in the bay, a regiment of French troops (3,000 men) had been waiting in the bay for some time.
However, next to this French force that was about to embark on the ship, there was also a British infantry regiment of about 2,000 men or so.
Brigadier General Trochu immediately approached Adjutant Kingscote and asked him what was the matter.
Adjutant Kingscote told Brigadier General Trochu that the infantry regiment was at the request of Commander Raglan to accompany the French army to the port of Karajana, near the southern bank of Sevastopol.
"The commander said, since it is necessary to confuse the real with the false, then how can the British army do without it!" Adjutant Kingscot said to Brigadier General Trochu in imitation of Commander Raglan's tone.
In this way, a 5,000-strong Anglo-French force in turn boarded six troop carriers, which carried 5,000 British and French troops towards the port of Karajanna, near the southern shore of Sevastopol.
When the Anglo-French fleet arrived near the port of Karayenna, the Russian militia responsible for monitoring the port of Karajanna returned to Sevastopol in droves to report the situation to Vice Admiral Kornilov.
Lieutenant General Kornilov, who was directing the army to build a pontoon bridge, was momentarily dazed, he did not understand what kind of medicine was being sold in the gourd of the coalition troops.
Vice Admiral Kornilov immediately called the commander of the militia in the port of Karayanna and asked him: "Have you seen with your own eyes the arrival of the British and French fleets in the port of Karayenna?" ”
"I did see it with my own eyes!" The leader of the militia replied to Vice Admiral Kornilov in a convincing manner, and then said to Vice Admiral Kornilov in an exaggerated tone: "Your Excellency, Vice Admiral, you don't know how big their fleet is!" It's like a city adrift on the sea......"
"That's it! I know! Before the leader of the militia could finish speaking, Lieutenant General Kornilov waved his hand and drove him away.
Lieutenant General Kornilov, who was standing in the harbor, paced back and forth twice in a distraught manner, and then said to himself: "Could it be that the goal of the coalition forces is not the North Shore? ”
Lieutenant General Kornilov, who was very likely to launch an attack on the south bank by the Anglo-French forces, panicked at once.
In his plan, the coalition forces were bound to attack from the north shore.
If the coalition forces had chosen to land on the south bank, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
While Lieutenant General Kornilov was pondering the strategic intentions of the coalition forces, Nasimov appeared next to Lieutenant General Kornilov and asked Lieutenant General Kornilov if the news of the landing of the coalition forces in the port of Karayanna was true.
"There's a good chance it's true!" Kornilov responded in frustration: "The presence of coalition forces on the North Shore is most likely an elaborate hoax!" ”
"Scam?" Lieutenant General Nasimov asked Lieutenant General Kornilov.
"Think about it! If the coalition forces were to attack the northern shore, their fleet would not be able to provide them with effective support! Not only that, but they will also be hit by our fleet on the north shore! Lieutenant General Kornilov explained to Nasimov.
Kornilov's behavior fully illustrates that if a person subjectively believes that his conclusion is incomparably correct, then he will find a factual basis for this incomparably correct conclusion.
Any clue can be summarized as premeditated.
Nasimov, apparently led into the ditch by Lieutenant General Kornilov's speculation, was asked what Kornilov was going to do as the interim commander-in-chief of Sevastopol.
"We must not allow them to gain a foothold in the port of Kalayana!" Lieutenant-General Kornilov advised Nasimov: "We must mobilize all the soldiers on the south bank and expel the vanguard of the coalition forces from the port of Karayenna!" ”
"What about the pontoon?" Nasimov asked Lieutenant General Kornilov about the pontoon bridge being built.
"Stop for a moment!" Lieutenant General Kornilov said in a firm tone: "We must concentrate on one thing!" ”
"Okay! I'll take my troops to the port of Kalajanna! Nasimov responded to Lieutenant General Kornilov.
"Nope! I'll go for it! You are the commander-in-chief of the entire fortress, and this fortress cannot live without you! Lieutenant General Kornilov stretched out his hand and grabbed Nasimov.
"But......" Nasimov paused to look at Lieutenant General Kornilov, who did not know if Kornilov would be up to the job.
"Don't worry, I'm also the chief of staff of the Black Sea Fleet!" Lieutenant General Kornilov responded to Nasimov in a stunned tone: "Now only you and I are left in Sevastopol!" ”
"yes!" Nasimov let out a long sigh.
It is a big joke that a huge city cannot find a qualified army general.
After more than an hour of mobilization, Kornilov and Nasimov finally mobilized an army of more than 3,000 army, more than 1,000 sailors, and more than 2,000 militia.
In order to strengthen the firepower of this army, Vice Admiral Kornilov removed another 26 guns from the battleship, and combined with 17 guns stored in the warehouses on the south bank, a total of 40 guns.
Lieutenant General Kornilov was convinced that with these artillery pieces and forces (Kornilov forgot that naval battles were not the same as land battles), they would be enough to force the Anglo-French forces back.
With more than 7,000 soldiers and 40 guns, Lieutenant General Kornilov marched towards the port of Karayenna, south of Sevastopo.
Kornilov, who led the Russian army to the port of Karajanna, did not know that at this time, two regiments (2 British battalions, 3 French battalions) of more than 5,000 British and French troops were stationed in the port of Karajanna.
The fleet docked in the port of Karajanna was also lined up, and the guns of all the battleships were pointed in the direction of the south bank of Sevastopol at the same time, and when the Russian soldiers on the south bank of Sevastopol arrived, they would rain all their shells on their heads.
However, the Russian Imperial Army should not be so irrational and want to touch the naval guns......
"The enemy is coming!"
With the shouts of the sailors on the ship's lookout, the Anglo-French troops in the port of Kalanyana immediately became on alert, and they began to look for cover and take shelter without heavy weapons.
When the Russian Imperial Army arrived less than 2 kilometers from the port of Karayenna, the ships lined up began to fire artillery shells at the Russian Imperial Army in the distance.
Hundreds of shells fell around the Russian Imperial Army, and the howling heat wave overturned the Russian soldiers near the shells.
Seeing this, Lieutenant General Kornilov, who was on horseback, hurriedly gave an order to the troops: "Get down!" Get down! ”
The vast majority of Imperial Russian soldiers fell to their stomachs at the behest of Lieutenant General Kornilov, and the few militia units, frightened by the shells, began to flee in all directions.
This led to a small confusion in the camp of the Russian Empire.
If it weren't for the decisiveness of the experienced officers and the Overseers, the chaos would have spread directly to all armies.
Even so, many militiamen who tried to escape died at the hands of the Overseers.
The guns licked the ground and let out a mournful roar.
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