Fox of France

Arundar Mustafa Pasha's guess about Bagration's troops was basically good. Bagration's troops rushed lightly, and they did not carry much supplies. After a whole day of fighting, There was indeed a certain shortage of ammunition. And his position also made it really difficult or even impossible for the Russian army to send a supply team to him.

But General Bagration's army was far less ammunition than Arendar Mustafa Pasha had estimated. This is mainly because of two reasons. One reason is that the battlefield is controlled by the Russians, so after the battle, the right to touch the corpse is in the hands of the Russians. Although the Turks' attack on the first day was mainly to rely on those miscellaneous fish to consume Bagration's bullets, so the ammunition carried by these miscellaneous fish is generally relatively small, but there are always some, as if Although the beetle larvae are a little smaller, after the head is removed, there is always some protein.

So after cleaning the battlefield, the Russians still got some ammunition. In addition, the main ones who rushed up were longhorn beetle larvae with insufficient training and low morale, ah, no, they were Sudanese soldiers. (The Sudanese soldiers used to be the most powerful and fearsome army of Ottomans. At one time, like a certain army in a certain country in the East, they gained the reputation of "so-and-so is less than ten thousand, full and invincible". However, until now, this This army has also begun to encounter problems similar to the army of a certain country in the east. But to be honest, the Sudanese soldiers are still much stronger than the army of a certain country in the east. At least they can still be used as auxiliary soldiers, and even Under the urging of the supervisory team, they can still charge towards the Russian positions. They are not as art-loving and peace-loving as the army in the east.)

As for the Sudanese soldiers, if everyone shoots at each other with bullets, even if the casualties are a little higher, they can still last for a while. If the Russians shoot at them, the task of consuming Russian bullets can still be completed.

But General Bagration soon saw what was coming. So he issued such an order to his subordinates: "Let them get close, don't shoot, and when they get close, shoot them down with bayonets!" Speaking of it, the Russian Army has always had the creed-bullets are stupid , The bayonet is a hero—it was used by the Sudanese soldiers.

Facts have also proved that the bayonet is indeed the best way to deal with the Sudanese soldiers. The Russian army waited in the second trench for the Sudanese soldiers to approach the first trench. When the Sudanese soldiers approached the first trench, they threw a round of grenades indiscriminately, which made the hearts of the Russians, including Bagration, ache.

"Damn it! Don't throw it away! It's all mine! It's all mine!"

Then, the trenches dug by the Russians are very special. The second trench is only about ten meters away from the first trench. Before the gunpowder smoke from the grenade explosion cleared up, the Ivans rushed up with their bayonets upright, screaming. Then, of course, the Sudanese soldiers turned their heads and ran away, and then the Ivans chased and stabbed them all the way. After the stabbing, they all squatted down and touched the corpse to see if there was anything.

Generally speaking, the probability of the Sudanese soldiers breaking things is not high, and the things that break out are all low-end whiteboard stuff. Even with a prefix, it's basically "inferior", "damaged", "broken" and the like. For example, hand grenades are basically made by Turkey. (During the reform of Selim III, Ottoman Turkey also built an arsenal with the help of the French and began to produce some new weapons. However, due to chaotic management, embezzlement and misappropriation , The situation of cutting corners is quite serious, so the products produced are not only of poor quality, but often have prefixes such as "broken" and "damaged", and the price is not cheap. Of course, such things are thrown to Sudan There are not many cheap knock-offs from the UK with the prefix "poor quality", and the authentic "Bonaparte melon" with the prefix "super strong" is even more difficult to imagine want to.

But something is better than nothing. So after fighting for a day, the loss of ammunition for the Russians is actually not particularly large.

Early the next morning, as soon as the morning fog cleared, Arendar Mustafa Pasha dispatched his best troops to launch a decisive attack on Bagration's Russian positions. He left behind those Sudanese soldiers who had been terrified yesterday, and left a part of the warlord team to supervise them to resist the attack of Kutuzov's army. Then they used the most elite 30,000 troops to attack General Bagration's position.

As soon as he saw the costumes of the Turks on the opposite side, General Bagration knew that the decisive time had come. He delivered an impassioned speech to the soldiers. He told them that this would be the most decisive battle. As long as the main force of the Turks was eliminated in this battle, Constantinople would be recovered and Rome would be restored. The great cause of returning to the old capital is at your fingertips.

This sentence is said to those noble officers in the army. For them, letting the double-headed eagle flag fly in Constantinople is of course very attractive to these noble officers. But this is not attractive to other gray animals. They don't know what Constantinople is, and they don't know what the Senate and the people of Rome have to do with them. I don't know what the double-headed eagle flag means. They cannot be inspired by the glory of the Senate and the Roman people.

So General Bagration then spoke to them: "Constantinople is the holy land of Christ, where there is the most important church of the Orthodox Church - Hagia Sophia, which is the seat of the universal Patriarch. The glory of God and the Virgin Mary. But since the evil pagans captured Constantine, they changed this glorious church into a pagan, blasphemous Temple of the Stars and Moon!

What a humiliation, devout believers! Our Lady is weeping for this! Think about it, if we had the opportunity to liberate them, drive those wicked heathen out of the temple of our Father, and make the temple shine again, but because of our weakness, we couldn't stop the heathen, Therefore, we also missed the opportunity to restore God’s holy land. In the future, when we are old, dead, and our souls come to the gate of the kingdom of heaven, facing St. Peter who guards the keys, do we have the nerve to step into the gate of the kingdom of heaven?

The Gospel says: 'Whoever would save his own life will lose it; whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. ’ If we let go of those heretics today because of our timidity, weakness, and fear of losing our lives, how can we be qualified to enter the gate of the kingdom of heaven in the future?

Therefore, for the sake of the many saints, for the weeping Mary, and for the salvation of all our souls, I beg you, I command you, to show all your courage and zeal, and fight to the death with those evil heretics!

In today's battle, no one should take a step back! When the squad leader retreats and runs away, any soldier can shoot him; when the platoon leader retreats and runs away, any soldier can shoot him; when the company commander retreats and runs away, any soldier can shoot him; anyone, Back and run, including me, any soldier can shoot him! "

The cultural level of Russians is not high, so religion has a great influence in Russia. The lower the level, the more animals, and the more pious. Had Bagration's speech been addressed to the French, there would have been laughter, and everyone would have regarded him as a buffoon deliberately trying to amuse everyone. It's like when Yukio Mishima of later generations gave a speech on the revival of Bushido to the civil servants of the Self-Defense Forces from the balcony. For the mud cowards of later generations, the era of "smoke fluctuating in the Miluoyuan" has passed, and for the French, the enthusiasm for the Crusades is already a thing of the past.

But in Russia, this set of things is still very moving, and the soldiers are also inspired by this speech. General Bagration was very happy to see the high morale of everyone, so he made a promise to everyone: "If we win this battle, everyone will have vodka. If we can liberate Constantinople in the future, then I will Be sure to drink with everyone for three days and three nights!"

So the whole army immediately let out a deafening "Ula" sound.

Then the Turks came head-on.

The intensity of today's battle far exceeds yesterday's. The fighting will and combat skills of today's Turkish army are far from what yesterday's Sudanese soldiers could compare. It rushed up like a tide.

Because time and materials are limited, the Russian army's defensive position itself is not perfect, and the defensive bonus it can provide is limited. As a result, the Turks rushed to the Russian positions in almost every attack. And the Russian army has to rely on hand-to-hand combat almost every time to beat the Turks back. The consumption of ammunition is far from what it was yesterday. At the most critical moment, General Bagration even rushed forward with a revolver in one hand and a saber in the other.

But the situation of the Turks is equally bad. They rushed up again and again, and then they were beaten back by the Russians again and again. Kutuzov's attack had begun, and just now, these guys even fled, so that one of the most critical high grounds fell into Kutuzov's hands.

As long as Kutuzov pulled the cannon to this high ground, he could cover and shoot the surrounding targets. It felt a bit like Napoleon dragging the cannon to the Pulau in the Battle of Austerlitz in another time and space. Like after Latzen Heights. At that time, the Turkish army's defenses will definitely be breached before they break through the Russians' defenses.

In order to avoid this dire situation, Arendar Mustafa Pasha had to withdraw the troops that should have been used as a follow-up force to continue the assault on General Bagration's position in an attempt to retake the high ground , but this move itself means that today's assault is too likely to be successful.

When the Turkish army began to retreat in a panic, General Bagration immediately noticed the change in the situation. He stood up on the back of his horse and looked at the retreating Turks. Immediately issued an order for a full-line assault to the Cossack cavalry.

The Cossacks shouted "Ulla", urged their horses, and brandished their sabers to charge towards the retreating Turks. The Turkish cavalry had been transferred to the rear to fight against Kutuzov's attack, so for a while, the Turks had no other options. The cavalry, to deal with those Cossacks.

But if the infantry is prepared, the cavalry, especially the light cavalry like the Cossacks, is actually a limited threat. After all, the range and accuracy of the rifle far exceed those in the hands of the Cossacks, while the homemade revolvers with the "inferior" prefix and the saber that are only 90cm long are made by the Chinese. But at this time the Turks were not ready to defend against the cavalry. Their formation was chaotic, and their attention was focused on Kutuzov. But it was too late.

However, these Turks were indeed elite, pagans trained by the French, and before the Cossacks rushed up, they still fired a round of volleys. This round of salvo killed many Cossacks. But they didn't have the chance to shoot the second round.

The Cossacks shouted wildly, and with the speed of their horses, they threw oversized grenades at them, and then swung their sabers and bumped into them.

This round of grenades disrupted the Turks' originally unorganized formation, and then the cavalry collided. The cavalry captain Melekhov stretched out his saber, and with the speed of the horse, dragged a Turk to the ground with a slight drag; then he stretched out his body to the left, one slashed, and the other fell to the ground. Fell to the ground against his fleeing Turk.

Driven by the cavalry, the Turks were in a mess, and they ran back indiscriminately, while the Cossacks deliberately controlled their speed and drove them like shepherd dogs driving a flock of sheep. Then those routs rammed headlong into the other Turkish troops, dragged them in, and let the out-of-control, chaotic rout grow larger and larger like a snowball.

In order to prevent the entire army from being involved, Arendar Mustafa Pasha had to stop the retreat of the army and shoot at the broken army that was attacking the army formation. Only in this way could it be regarded as repelling the Russian counterattack. But this also means that his reinforcements for the battle in the rear are too late.

Kutuzov took advantage of this time to consolidate the defense of the high ground, and now, it can be said that the overall situation has been settled.