June 6, 1854, Sevastopol.

Gray clouds hung over the city that was about to fall, and a silky drizzle fell from the sky, bringing a hint of coolness to the city that had been hot for a long time.

In such weather, a large army braved the rain and headed south, a joint force of the French Guards Division and the British Guards Division, and the destination of this army was the south bank of Sevastopol.

One of the reasons why they had to brave the rain to rush to the south bank of Sevastopol was the two letters from Brigadier General Trochu yesterday.

The first letter was sent to the headquarters yesterday afternoon, in which Brigadier General Trochu claimed that he had led his troops to chase the troops of the Russian Empire, and then he had killed Vice Admiral Kornilov and captured a fortress on the southern bank of Sevastopol.

This makes St. Marshal Arno and Pellissier were overjoyed, and they immediately wrote back to Brigadier General Trochu ordering them to take the fortress at all costs until the main forces arrived.

However, considering that Brigadier General Trochu on the south bank did not carry heavy weapons such as artillery before departure, it would be a bit difficult to defend.

In order to distribute a little pressure on the south bank, and at the same time to weaken the defense system of the north bank, General Pelisier urgently launched an attack on the north bank, and while attacking the north bank, he also sent naval forces to cover the port of Sevastopol indiscriminately with fire.

According to Pellissier's idea, the French Empire had already put on a posture of attacking the north bank with all its might, and the Russian defenders on the south bank had to help the "brothers" on the north bank share some of the pressure.

Who would have thought that after the whole battle, the Russian troops on the south bank did not move at all, and they seemed to have abandoned the north bank.

Sure enough, under the strong attack of the French army, the 1st Division occupied the north bank in only two hours, and then marched all the way into the residential areas of the north bank, and by the way made a "friendly" visit to the people of the residential areas.

When the news of Conrobert's occupation reached the headquarters, the Commandery. The remaining three members of the Command, except for Arnault, were happy (even if the worried Commander Raglan was still ostensibly happy about the French victory)

As the clock ticked by 11 p.m., a second letter from Brigadier General Trochu appeared, in which Trochu said that the Russian Imperial Army was now in a frenzied assault on the fortress he occupied, and that hundreds of artillery pieces (mostly removed from naval guns) were bombarding the fort.

If it weren't for the artillery left behind by the retreat of the Russian Empire to defend the fortress, their troops would have retreated under the first offensive of the Russian Empire.

Even so, their defenses were very difficult, and in order to expand the scope of the fortress, many soldiers had to dig deep trenches against the fire of the Russian Empire.

In the more than four hours between the start of the Russian offensive and the letter sent by Brigadier General Trochu, the death toll of the British and French armies had reached about 500.

The total number of Trochu's troops was only 5,000, and nearly a tenth of the casualties were enough to prove how fierce the Russian Empire's offensive was.

So, Pelisier and St. Marshal Arnaud hurriedly summoned Commander Raglan over to discuss countermeasures.

At the suggestion of Commander Raglan, the troops of the four countries began to move in two directions.

The British and French sent more mobile troops from the north shore of Sevastopol to the south shore, and the Sardinian and Turkish armies sent small numbers of troops by sea to the port of Karajanna to support Brigadier General Trochu.

Such an arrangement was clearly not to use Brigadier General Trochu's side as the direction of the main attack, but to be responsible for pinning down the pawns of the Russian army.

The small number of troops in Sardinia and Turkey was only enough to keep Brigadier General Trochu in his fortification, and the real main force was the marching force that made its way to the south coast by land.

From the point of view of common sense, Commander Raglan's actions were simply redundant.

After all, the breakthrough already exists, and they just need to expand it.

Raglen's abandonment of this breakthrough is a waste of resources.

Is Commander Raglan stupid? Of course not! How can a rising warrior in the Napoleonic era say that dementia is dementia!

The reason why Commander Raglan came up with this strategy is because of military merit!

From the beginning of the Crimean War to the present, with the exception of one battle of Arma, the army of the Kingdom of Britain has been in a state of being taken away.

Whether it is a breakthrough on the south bank of Sevastopol or an offensive on the north bank of Sevastopol, the whole process is a personal show of the French Empire!

This kind of solo show was the best thing for the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia, but for Commander Raglan, every solo show in the French Empire was a ruin to his political life.

Imagine if the Times were all about the French in the Crimea, the citizens of London would think that Commander Raglan was a general who could only talk big, and that the nobles who sent their children to gild would be even more so that Commander Raglan was a general who could not lead their children to the rank of general.

At that time, Commander Raglan will not only be under pressure from public opinion outside the government, but even the Lords nobles within the government will also be dissatisfied with Commander Raglan.

Under the internal and external attacks, Commander Raglan is no longer the commander-in-chief, and the people of London are already kind-hearted if they are not poked in the back.

Precisely because Commander Raglan could not withstand the pressure of public opinion, it was necessary to satisfy the people of London and let the noble children of the army gain military merit.

Brigadier General Trochu to lead the main force to reinforce Brigadier General Trochu was certainly not in Commander Raglan's consideration, and Britain could only "dominate" by opening up a second battlefield like the Battle of Arma.

Of course, Commander Raglan also knew that such an approach would cause displeasure in France, so he stepped back and proposed that Pelisier be the commander of the main force, with the Duke of Cambridge in charge.

Although the French Empire complained about Commander Raglan's excessive actions, it had to agree to Commander Raglan's approach in order to take the overall situation into account.

……

The French Guards Division and the British Guards Division set out in the rain at about 6 a.m., leaving many soldiers behind along the way.

Even if someone accidentally fell behind, Pellisier and the Duke of Cambridge still ordered the follow-up troops to bury their heads and continue to move forward, and those soldiers who accidentally fell behind had to find their own way.

If they're lucky, they'll be piggybacked by the troops that arrive later.

If you're unlucky, you might lose your life.

Perissier's task was to urge the two divisions to get to the south bank as quickly as possible.

After more than 10 hours of rapid marching, the French and British Guards finally arrived near the fortress of Malakhow at about 4 p.m.

The original team of about 30,000 people is now only about 25,000 people, and nearly one-sixth of the soldiers were forced to fall behind because they could not bear the high-intensity running, and the vast majority of them were soldiers of the British Guards Division.

At this time, although the sky in Sevastopol did not continue to rain, it was still gray.

Every step forward in the muddy ground feels as if someone is holding you by the foot with their hand to keep you from moving on.

"General Perissier, should we find a village to live in! Wait until the weather clears before attacking! The Duke of Cambridge, who was on horseback, asked General Perissier, who was beside him.

"No!" General Pellisier shook his head and replied to the Duke of Cambridge: "We must attack as soon as possible!" ”

"But...... We don't have heavy weapons in our hands! Isn't it a bit too risky to attack now! The Duke of Cambridge replied worriedly to Pelisier.

"Adventure? There is no war that is not risky! General Pelisier asked rhetorically, "If you don't take the risk, is it still war?" ”

"But......" said to the Duke of Cambridge in a low voice, gritting his teeth, "I hope you will consider for our Commander-in-Chief, we must not lose too many people, otherwise it will be difficult for us to give an account to the London government!" ”

"How about 500 people? If Britain had more than 500 dead, then I would have retreated immediately! Perissier held out five fingers to the Duke of Cambridge.

The Duke of Cambridge thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and said to Pelisier: "Good! ”

On the orders of Pellisier, the French army with the British army advanced towards Fort Malakhov at about 5 p.m.

At this time, two thousand Russian Imperial troops in the Malakhov Fort were having dinner.

When the British and French generals and soldiers jumped out of the first trench set up by the Russian Empire, the Russian troops in Malachov Fort discovered the British and French troops.

"Oh God!"

The Russian troops in Fort Malakhov looked in horror at the Anglo-French army in the distance, and although he had rifles and artillery in his hands, they did not dare to do anything.

Because there were so many British and French troops around Fort Malachov, they should not have shot in any direction at all, not to mention that the current Russian Empire is all suffering from severe Coalition Fear Syndrome.

Seeing the Anglo-French forces getting closer and closer, the Russian Imperial soldiers turned to the residential area and ran.

Ten minutes later, the flags of the British and French armies were planted over Fort Malakhov.

For the southern bank of Sevastopol, which has not yet been completely fortified, the fall of the core position of Fort Malakhov represents the complete fall of the southern bank of the Sevastopol fortress.

The Russian defenders fleeing from Fort Malakhov informed Nasimov of the loss of the fortress, and Nasimov, who was planning his next attack, immediately fell into a petrified state.

"Sevastopol...... Finished! ”

On the night of June 6, Vice Admiral Nasimov of the Imperial Russian Navy led his troops to break through the siege.

Unexpectedly, General Pelissier, who had already prepared, was ambushed, and the 4,000-man breakout force that had been gathered with great difficulty was wiped out.

Nasimov himself was killed by a bullet in the face, and the Sevastopol fortress, which had been held out for almost a year in history, was destroyed by the sneak attack of the old general Pelissier.

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