"Worthy of Mr. Jomini, the plan has been perfected so quickly!"

Grand Duke Mikhail couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and Alexander II, who was standing on the side, nodded lightly in agreement.

"Your Highness, Your Excellency! Why don't we go over and have a look now! Commander Gorchakov proposed.

"Yes!" Alexander II said softly.

So Alexander II, Grand Duke Mikhail and Gorchakov got up and went to the general staff, which had been set up near the old royal palace in Bakhchisaray.

When Alexander II and others arrived at the General Staff, Marshal Jomini was pointing to a map of the Crimean Peninsula with his pen and explaining to the surrounding staff members.

"Yomini-sensei!" Grand Duke Mikhail shouted loudly.

Marshal Jomini slowly raised his head, with a surprised expression on his face, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, Your Highness, you are here!" ”

"As soon as we heard that the teacher had perfected the plan, we rushed over without stopping! Tell us about your plans! Grand Duke Mikhail said impatiently to Marshal Jomini.

"Yes! Marshal! Gorchakov said the same.

At the joint plea of Grand Duke Mikhail and Gorchakov, Marshal Jomini began to explain to them the plan he had drawn up.

Since the Russian Empire had about 260,000 men on the Crimean peninsula, completely crushing the coalition forces in terms of sheer strength, Jomini planned to attack the coalition forces at multiple points, making it impossible for them to support each other, so that it was possible to seize their flaws and try to defeat them.

(It should be noted here that Marshal Jomini himself had no hope of a victory for the Russian Empire, and he only hoped that the Russian Empire would accumulate some more tactical victories on the Crimean peninsula and inflict a certain amount of damage on Britain and France.)

Only then would Britain and France be willing to sit down and negotiate peace with the Russian Empire. ）

The initial focus of the offensive was on the vicinity of the Joyana River and Mount Inkerman.

"Why these two?" Mikhail asked Jomini suspiciously, then pointed to the small town of Yevpatoria and said: "Shouldn't we take this place at the first time?" ”

"Your Excellency! According to the intelligence from the reconnaissance cavalry we sent to the vicinity of Yevpatoria, Yevpatoria has not only sent more soldiers and built trenches in the recent period, but also parked naval guns in the port of the small town of Yevpatoria! A rash attack will only cost us a lot! Jomini explained to Mikhail.

Later, Jomini explained to Mikhail that he would focus his attack on the vicinity of the Gioyana River and Mount Inkman, in order to contain the British and French forces.

"What about after containment?" Mikhail then asked.

Jomini also told Mikhail that as long as the coalition forces believed that the Russian Empire had chosen to storm Sevastopol head-on, then the Russian Empire would be able to secretly lead a detachment from Saki along the coastline at night across the Kacha River to the vicinity of Sevastopol's northern bank.

When the army reached the north bank of Sevastopol, Bakhchisaray's army was also dispatched to storm the Star Fortress.

By that time, the army on the north bank would be attacked from three directions.

If you're lucky, you can take the North Shore directly.

Mikhail again raised his concerns about how they should deal with the naval guns in the port of Sevastopol.

In the face of Mikhail's questioning, Jomini fell silent, and then told Mikhail with a wry smile that this surprise force could not even resist the artillery batteries on the coast, let alone resist the naval guns in the military port of Sevastopol.

"Then why do we have to die in vain?" Mikhail subconsciously asked.

Everyone present fell silent, and soon Mikhail understood that this war was not at all what they wanted, but the war imposed on them by his father, Nicholas I.

From a logical point of view, they simply could not take either of Sevastopol and Yevpatoria.

"I will write to His Majesty the Emperor immediately to explain the situation here! I'm sure Your Majesty will understand! Mikhail's thoughts gradually moved closer to Alexander II.

Alexander II tactfully told Mikhail that he had already explained to Nicholas I about the situation in the Crimea, but their father insisted on letting them attack.

Mikhail also realized that if persuasion had worked, he would not have been here.

Apparently, his father had lost any persuasion.

"And then?" Mikhail said weakly.

He could already foresee that the Russian Empire would most likely fail this time, but even so, they had to bite the bullet and continue.

Because Jomini's plan is already the most feasible of all.

"If our army breaks through the north bank, then the French Empire on the south bank will inevitably reinforce the north bank! By that time, we'll be attacking here with all our might! Jomini pointed to the small town of Yevpatoria.

"You just said that this place is heavily fortified, and a rash attack will cause our army to suffer heavy losses!!" Mikhail said with a confused expression.

"Your Highness, Sevastopol's defense is higher than here!" Jomini replied helplessly to Mikhail.

Where does the current Russian Imperial Army still have the ability to pick and choose, they can only try to bite the body of the coalition army.

……

In this way, Mikhail, who was full of hope, felt a sense of confusion and powerlessness after listening to the plan drawn up by Marshal Jomini.

He understood that the plan was based solely on the assumption that the coalition forces were all stupid, but the coalition forces were not stupid, and they also had veteran generals (Marshal Raglan) who had come from that legendary years like his teacher Jomini.

However, they have no choice at all.

……

September 3, 1854.

As the temperature on the Crimean Peninsula gradually cooled with the onset of September, a sudden autumn rain and a letter of urging from St. Petersburg gave way to the determination of Bakhchi, Saray Gorchakov and others to start fighting.

Sept. 4 at 5 a.m.

The Russian Fourth and Fifth Armies (60,000 men, 200 artillery pieces) and Parlov's troops (40,000 men, 128 artillery pieces) led by Soylov departed from Simferopol and Bakhchisaray respectively and arrived at around 5:30 a.m. near Mount Inkman and the Jonaya River near the Sevastopol Sea.

At the same time, Alexander II and Gorchakov in Saatchi also led a 30,000-strong march from Saatchi to the small town of Yevpatoria.

As for the remaining 130,000 people, 100,000 will be deployed at Sachi and Bakhchi Saray under the leadership of Yomini himself.

At six o'clock in the morning, Sevastopol and Yevpatoria were simultaneously attacked by the artillery of the Russian Empire.

Inkerman Hill left flank.

As a coordinated defense with the French army, the army of the 2nd Sardinian Division never thought that it would one day be "righteous" by others.

When the cannonballs rained down on the high ground of the Sardinian garrison, the loud explosion woke the soldiers of the 2nd Division from their trenches and tents.

The Sardinian soldiers, sleeping in tents, hurriedly put on their clothes and ran out, scurrying around like headless flies, and the whole camp was thrown into chaos.

The soldiers, who slept in the trenches, quickly pressed their bodies close to the trenches and observed the enemy's movements.

However, they did not see the enemy, only heard the rumbling artillery and the screams of their companions.

Judging by the current situation, it does not seem that the Russian army is ready to do it immediately.

About 20 minutes after the shelling passed, the commander of the Sardinian Expeditionary Force, Lar. Marshal Malamore appeared in the trenches, and he immediately found the commander of the 2nd Division, Oliver. Kagne asked him about the casualties of his troops.

"The casualty data is not yet known!" Grizzled Oliver. Kagne lowered his head and pulled it. Maramore Drive.

"How the hell did you become a division commander!" Pull. Malamore yelled angrily, and then he asked Oliver. Whether Kanie knew where the enemy was.

Oliver. Kanie shook his head blankly. Maramor was even angrier, and he pointed at Oliver. Kagne gave the order: "Don't crouch here anymore, immediately give me two battalions of chasseurs (each brigade is qualified for chasseur battalions, each of which has about 500-800 men, the best troops in Sardinia), and search for Russian troops!" If I can't find it, I'll have to rip off your uniform!" ”

"Yes!" Oliver who received the order. Kagne quickly fled from Ra. At Malamore's side, two battalion commanders were found at the other end of the trench.

"Bring your soldiers with me!" Oliver. Kagne didn't talk nonsense, and said to them directly.

The two battalion commanders also decisively rallied the soldiers, and after about 10 minutes, a squad of nearly 1,000 men dispersed in the direction of the artillery.

Soon they came across a group of soldiers in gray uniforms with a rifle in their hands, who were climbing up.

Enemy!

When the soldiers of the hunting battalion saw the gray uniform, they immediately realized that this unit in front of them was the army of the Russian Empire. (In this era, illiteracy was relatively high, the language at the bottom was not in circulation, and soldiers could only rely on their uniforms to distinguish between friends and foes.) ）

Haven't waited for Oliver yet. Kanieh gave the order, and the hunter battalion, armed with Migne's guns, immediately took the initiative and stopped and used the thick bushes as cover to aim at the Russian troops who were about 400 meters away from them.

In the distance, the Russian army also spotted this group of enemies in green coats, and the brigadier general in charge of commanding this forward force raised his saber in his hand and shouted: "Ula! ”

The surrounding Russian Imperial soldiers also shouted "Ula" and rushed in the direction where Sardinia was.

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