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In a requisitioned mansion that housed the temporary headquarters of the expeditionary force, a group of high-ranking officers gathered for military meetings to discuss the next steps in training and combat planning.

At the military meeting, Major General Duan Debiao, commander of the expeditionary force, Major General James Kahn, deputy commander, Major General Wu Degao, deputy commander, and Major General Tian Mantun, chief of staff, were all present at the meeting, and Brigadier General Lei Jueshen, deputy chief of staff, gave a briefing on the military situation.

The expeditionary force of the Tang Kingdom is under the command of Lord Raglan, the commander of the British army at the headquarters of the coalition forces, and belongs to the British camp, in addition to the strength of the expeditionary force under the command of 9 divisions with a total of more than 55,000 people, the total number of German mercenaries of about 5,000 people and the Polish mercenaries of more than 2,300 people also belong to the combat sequence of the expeditionary force.

This was due to the fact that James Kahn, the deputy commander of the expeditionary force, was a senior commander of German origin, and there were many German officers under him, which facilitated communication with German and Polish soldiers and facilitated command of operations.

Therefore, the expeditionary force of the Tang Kingdom has a total of 62,300 troops, which will be mainly invested in the battle for the fortress of Sevastopol, responsible for the task of attacking the fortress from the southwestern hilly area.

Brigadier General Lei Jueshen, Deputy Chief of Staff, stood in front of a large military map, holding a wooden stick in his hand, and introduced the offensive and defensive situation map on the map;

"Ladies and gentlemen;

Since the Kingdom of Sardinia officially declared war on Germany in February, it sent 15,000 reinforcements to the Crimean front, and the total strength of the coalition army increased to 165,000, of which 90,000 were French troops and more than 20,000 Ottoman troops, and their strength was restored to a certain extent.

Among them

During the more than a year-long operation, the British army has been the focus of the Russian army's key attacks, so of the nearly 40,000 British troops, only more than 10,000 are in good health.

There are 23,000 sick and wounded left, and the overall strength has been greatly reduced, and it is difficult to play a greater role in the follow-up battle.

Other words

Under the current British commander-in-chief, Lord Raglan, the expeditionary force of the Tang Kingdom is the most powerful bargaining chip.

The Crimean battlefield is mainly fought by the British and French forces, and the expeditionary force of the Tang Kingdom, as the most powerful reinforcement, will be put into the battlefield in mid-February to effectively support the coalition forces.

The current state of the war

It was the Tsarist army that took advantage of the favorable opportunity of winter to replenish a large number of troops from Odessa and other regions, so on January 10, 1855, the Russian army launched a large-scale counterattack against Balaklava.

On January 17, Russian forces attacked Yevpatolia, which was held by Ottoman troops, where the coalition forces had first landed.

After fierce fighting, the offensive momentum of the Russian army was thwarted one after another.

But this illustrates it from another aspect;

The commander of the Russian army, Prince Menshikov, has sufficient troops and is able to organize a powerful counterattack campaign, and our side should not take this lightly, but attach great importance to it.

On the northern, eastern and southeastern sides of the Sevastopol fortress, coalition forces and Russian forces have formed a front line of confrontation more than 20 kilometers long, and these strong lines of defense, consisting of trenches, mountain lines, bastions and ramparts, have lost too many soldiers' lives.

Criticism of the Aberdeen government poured in from within Britain as a result of successive setbacks and heavy losses in the Crimean peninsula, which led to the collapse of the Aberdeen Cabinet on 31 January.

On 5 February, Lord Palmerston, a hardliner in London, became Prime Minister, and immediately after forming a cabinet, he ordered the coalition forces to launch a large-scale offensive.

In light of this

After a short rest, the Kingdom Expeditionary Force will land in Crimea a week later and enter the battlefield from the southwestern mountains of the Sevastopol fortress to launch a fierce offensive.

In this battle of the Chernaya River, with our army as the main force, the Franco-Turkish and Sardinian armies fully cooperated, striving to capture the fortress of Sevastopol in one fell swoop and deal a fatal blow to the Russian army......"

Brigadier General Lei Jueshen chattered on top, and the senior officers sitting below had different expressions, but they all frowned more or less and felt the huge pressure on their shoulders.

Attacking and advancing from the southwestern mountains, then why didn't the Anglo-French troops enter from this direction before?

The reason is simple

The mountainous terrain southwest of the Sevastopol fortress was difficult to navigate, with only a few sheep grazing trails passable, and no horse-drawn carriages or heavy equipment, such as gun wagons and baggage wagons, could pass, all of which had to be loaded by soldiers.

It's winter

Where the snow falls in the mountains, the roads are slippery and difficult to walk, and the soldiers wear thick cotton jackets and carry heavy supplies.

Once you stumble and fall off a deep cliff, you can't find even the corpse.

Previously, the British did send a team of more than 1,000 men to try to cross through the southwestern mountains and deliver a fatal blow from the Russians in the back.

Unexpectedly, when crossing the mountains, they encountered heavy rain, causing dozens of people to fall off the cliff, and more than 10 soldiers were missing.

Now the Tang Kingdom has a large army of more than 60,000 people, which is too risky!

Lieutenant Colonel Fan Pengfei and Lieutenant Colonel Lin Feng silently met each other's eyes, and they both saw deep worry in each other's eyes.

Perhaps knowing the concerns of the officers present, Brigadier General Lei Jueshen withdrew the small wooden stick in his hand, walked over and put his hands on the table, stared at the officers and said;

"Gentlemen, you are aware of all your doubts.

On the battlefield of the Sevastopol fortress, the frontal attack was a literal death march, and the soldiers had to endure the bombardment of thousands of artillery pieces and the enemy's bullets, and any attempt to attack hand-to-hand combat would be crushed in the artillery fire and the rain of bullets.

The British, the French, the Russians, they have made countless efforts.

so far

The accumulation of corpses and the shocking casualty figures all over the battlefield have ruthlessly revealed the reality that the frontal battlefield is a huge death trap that no one can break.

By order of the Allied High Command;

By 18 February, a large-scale attack by the whole army, known as the "Battle of the Chinaya River", must be carried out.

To this end, the British, French, Austrian, and Italian forces will launch large-scale attacks from the north and southeast flanks to contain the movement of the main forces of the Russian army, cover the breakthrough of our army from the flank of the southwest mountainous area, and lay the foundation for victory in one fell swoop.

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For this purpose, the Ottoman Empire will send 6,700 coolies to widen the steep roads along the way, lay cinders and skids, and assist our expeditionary force to break through the southwestern mountains, and strive to give the Russians a big surprise.

Gentlemen, the task is extremely difficult but must be completed.

This is the first appearance of the Tang Kingdom Expeditionary Force in the European battlefield, and the military minister has full confidence that the officers and men of the whole army will win the final victory.

This is not only for the commanders, but also for our hard-working and hard-working soldiers in the East, who are not afraid of sacrifice.

Against all odds, win the victory! ”

"Against all odds, win the victory." The senior officers present stood up in unison and replied loudly, their eyes full of fearless perseverance.

"Morale is available, good." Major General Duan Debiao, commander of the expeditionary force, stood up, glanced at everyone with a pair of tiger eyes, and said word by word;

"Since the establishment of my Tang Kingdom, countless soldiers have followed in the footsteps of His Majesty, from one victory to another more brilliant victory, established countless feats, and opened up a vast territory, so that we have the great military power of our Tang Kingdom.

The presence of the Holy Lord in the court is indeed a blessing for all peoples.

Debiao was not talented, and was trusted by His Majesty, and led tens of thousands of expeditionary troops to expedition to Europe. The burden of this million jun was on his shoulders, Duan Debiao was conscientious, walking on thin ice, and he didn't dare to relax a little for a day.

Now the arrow is on the string, and it has to be sent.

After landing on the Crimean Peninsula, the Expeditionary Force Commander's Department took the lead, and the vanguard troops, led by Deputy Commander General Wu Degao, were the first to enter the southwestern mountains, thinking that they would be the pioneers of the whole army.

I personally took charge of the Chinese army, with General James Kahn, the deputy commander, as the rearguard and the baggage of food and grass, and the whole army broke through into the southwestern mountains, overcoming many obstacles to reach the weak points of the Russian defenses.

More than 10 years ago

We are all refugees who can't survive in our hometowns, or we are humiliated contract laborers, building railways in the tropical jungles of Panama, mining guano in Chile, planting cane sugar in Cuba, and countless compatriots have fallen on our side. What sin has not been suffered?

In terms of tenacity, who can compare to our Chinese workers?

Don't forget that you can have a good day today, go in and out of the high horse incense car, the wives and concubines in the house are like clouds, the fertile land is tens of thousands of acres at every turn, and the wives and children are passed on to future generations, how did all this glory come about?

The expeditionary force of our Tang Kingdom shoulders the ardent expectations of His Majesty, and is the greatest motivation for the officers and men of the whole army to fight bravely against the enemy.

The glory of the kingdom is higher than life, Your Majesty has passed through the talents of heaven and earth, crushed the courage of the three armies, loves soldiers like sons, regards us as brothers and sisters, and the soldiers of the whole army are under themselves, and they should repay them with their own liver and courage.

As soon as the military order is issued, there is no advance or retreat. ”

"We will strictly abide by the military orders of His Excellency the General, and once the military orders are issued, there will be no advance or retreat." A group of high-ranking officers replied in unison, and the sound shook the sky.

The commander had already said this, and no one dared to emphasize the difficulties anymore, and they all began to intensively resume training and preparations with the determination to break through the southwestern mountainous area to the death.

February 9, 1855

The vanguard of the first to go to the Crimean battlefield was escorted by the coalition fleet and arrived in the area of the port of Alushta after a three-day journey.

The Alushta port area is located in the southwestern part of Crimea, from here it crosses 71 kilometers of lofty mountains to the west to reach the Sevastopol fortress.

Today, the fortress of Sevastopol was blockaded by the British and French fleets, and the five main sail battleships and two sail frigates of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, as well as other ships, and thousands of naval guns all retreated ashore, and the ships sank themselves at the mouth of the bay to prevent the British and French combined fleet from breaking in.

In the relatively gentle hills to the north and southeast of the fortress of Sevastopol, the Anglo-French army, together with the Ottoman Empire and the Sardinian army, totaling about 165,000 men, was confronting the Tsarist Russian army on a front of twenty or thirty kilometers.

The port area of Alushta was already under the control of the British and French fleets, and in order to encourage the soldiers' enthusiasm to fight, the Allied high-level acquiesced in the soldiers to burn and loot, so the towns in the area suffered considerable damage.

The vanguard of the Tang Kingdom Expeditionary Force consisted of the 2nd, 5th and 6th Divisions, with a total strength of 18,300 troops.

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