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At 9 a.m. on February 23, 1854, in the Russian Empire camp northwest of Silistra Fortress.

A military meeting on launching a general attack on Silistra Fortress was being discussed in this camp.

Participants in the meeting included Prince Paskevich, commander of the Russian Empire on the Danube, deputy commander General Gorchakov, division commanders of the 13th and 14th corps, the Polish corps, the Guards corps, as well as staff officers and adjutants of the staff department.

After unanimous discussion, the meeting adopted a plan for a general attack on the city of Silistra and its surrounding fortresses and trenches in the Ottoman Empire.

In order to complete this plan, the Russian Imperial Army transferred more than 30 siege cannons from Polish territories in addition to the original artillery, making the Russian Imperial Army's artillery number far greater than the Ottoman Empire's in Silistra. The artillery in the area is even greater than the total number of field artillery in the entire Eastern Front of the Ottoman Empire.

Paskevich believed that with such powerful artillery, if the Russian Empire could no longer capture the fortress and its surroundings, it would only mean that the combat capabilities of the Russian Imperial Army were far inferior to those during the Napoleonic Wars.

Next, the Russian Empire said that the only way to do it is to retreat.

Of course, this is just Paskiewicz’s inner thoughts. During the meeting, Paskevich still emphasized that all troops should use all their strength to completely capture Silistra within a week, and then move south along Silistra to fight against the British and French forces.

The deployment of troops for this battle was the same as a few months ago, with the Guards Division still serving as the vanguard to attack the Turkish fortresses.

General Hilde of the 13th Army, as an auxiliary force of the Guards Division, carried out civil engineering work around the city of Silistra and dug deep trenches to transport cannons close to the fortress. The artillery located on the central island of the Danube River in the northeast was also It is also necessary to form obvious fire suppression on the Independence Fort "Arabian Tabia" at the gateway to the Silistra Fortress, so that the Russian Imperial Army can successfully ascend the fort.

The Polish Army and the Fourteenth Army, except for the cavalry, are all used as general reserves. The Cossack cavalry units under these two legions bypassed Silistra Fortress and scouted south. Once they discovered the British and French troops, they immediately reported to Paskevich.

Rather than saying that the Polish Army and the Fourteenth Army were the general reserves against the Silistra Fortress, it is better to say that the reason why these two armies did not participate in the battle was for the surprise attack by the British and French troops.

The battle between the Turkish troops and the Russian troops officially started at 2 pm that day. After receiving the attack order from the staff, the artillery troops on the islands in the center of the river immediately poured all their artillery on the surrounding Silistra Fort. Bastion.

As the outskirts of the city of Silistrastra, the "Arab Tabia" (Arab Tabia), which is the key to other independent bastions, was hit hard at the first time. Nearly a hundred cannons directly hit the protective wall outside the bastion. Exploded.

In order to prevent the Russian Empire from launching an attack immediately after the artillery fire stopped, the Albanian Army and the Tunisian Army defending the bastion were under the orders of their commanders, two British captains, James Butler and Charles Nesmith. Cannon attacks repaired the damaged walls.

Warriors loyal to the Sultan came to the edge of the collapsed city wall one after another. They often started working in a team of six people, with two soldiers responsible for building the city wall and the remaining four soldiers covering it.

The Russian Guards Division soldiers in the trench were obviously unwilling to let go of this golden opportunity. They stuck their heads out and shot at the Turkish soldiers who were repairing the protective wall. The remaining four soldiers also used rifles to shoot at the Russian soldiers in the trench. .

A meat grinder battle to repair the protective wall began. In this battle, each soldier responsible for repairing the protective wall of the "Tabiya of Arabia" bastion lived on average for only five minutes.

Often after a soldier dies by a Russian Imperial soldier, the next soldier will immediately fill the vacancy.

The Turkish army, fueled by fanatical religious enthusiasm, not only shocked the Russian Imperial Army in the trenches, but also deeply shocked the two captains from the United Kingdom.

Before the war began, the two captains believed that they could not hold the bastion with the troops in their hands. The best result was to defend for 72 hours and then retreat in an orderly manner in the main city area, fighting street battles with the Russian Imperial Army. .

But they still underestimated the Turkish army. Although there is a big gap between this army and the British Army in terms of equipment, it does not lose to the British Army in terms of fighting will. The outcome of this battle is still an unknown suspense.

Thinking of this, the two British captains were full of confidence. They believed that the Turkish army would definitely defend this place.

With the help of Turkish soldiers one after another, the collapsed protective wall was completed after a round of shelling.

However, the Turkish army lost hundreds of people, the vast majority of whom died under the guns of the Russian army, and a small part of the Turkish army died after being directly hit by artillery.

Russian cannons only shocked the Turkish army, and the actual killing effect was not even as good as light artillery.

Of course, these are just post-war summaries. Cannons did shake the confidence of Ottoman soldiers to a certain extent.

"For His Majesty the Tsar!"

With an angry roar from the commander of the Russian Imperial Guard, hundreds of Russian Imperial Guard soldiers climbed out of the trenches, carried the bridge, and launched an attack on the two half-moon forts outside the bastion.

When the Russian Imperial Army climbed to the slope of the bastion, the Turkish troops stationed on the bastion immediately launched an attack. Light artillery and rifles greeted the invaders without hesitation.

Due to the cross-fire characteristics of the bastion itself, many Russian soldiers were attacked by Turkish soldiers on the bastion wall as soon as they rushed out of the trenches. The Russian Imperial soldiers finally arrived at the bastion wall exhausted after suffering hundreds of casualties. Before the group of Russian soldiers could build a bridge, Captain Butler on the bastion immediately issued an order to go out and fight.

The gate of the bastion opened, and a pair of soldiers wearing white turbans ran out screaming. They were soldiers from the Tunisian Legion. Each soldier was determined to devote himself to Allah and His Majesty the Sultan.

“Thanks be to Allah!”

This group of Tunisian soldiers, led by their commander, once again rushed towards the Russian Imperial Army with fanatical shouts.

The Russian army, who did not expect that the Turkish army would take the initiative to leave the city to fight, immediately fell into a commotion. Upon seeing this, Captain Bartlett immediately ordered all the artillery and rifles on the bastion to be directed at the Russian Empire who were about to climb up the bastion. Soldier center shot.

The artillery and infantry on the bastion immediately obeyed his order and fired. The Russian Imperial Army, which had been slightly defeated, completely collapsed under the double attack.

The Russian Guards, known as the elite troops of the Russian Empire, retreated like a tide. Upon seeing this, the Tunisian army immediately launched an attack. After a pursuit, hundreds more Russian soldiers were turned into consumables.

However, this fanatical Tunisian regiment seemed to have advanced too deeply and almost suffered a counterattack from the follow-up troops in the Russian trenches.

After the Russian trenches left more than a hundred bodies behind, the Tunisian regiment was able to return to the bastion.

The Tunisian legions who returned to the bastion were cheered by the residents of the bastion, and were also personally received and rewarded by Omar Pasha in Silistra City.

After rewarding the Tunisian army and two captains, Omar Pasha announced in front of everyone that he would appoint Moussa Pasha in Silistra Fortress as the commander of "Tabiya".

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this so-called Musa Pasha is just a man sent by Omar Pasha to pick peaches.

However, Barrett and Nesmith had no objections to such an appointment.

Because they originally existed as guest troops of Silistra Fortress, the victory of Silistra Fortress was not linked to their promotion.

Not to mention that Omar Pasha also assured them in private that after Musa Pasha took over the command, he would not take away their command rights and would also give them a large sum of money.

In this way, Musa Pasha assumed the command of "Tabiya" and took office with the tacit approval of the "Tabiya" fortress.

At about seven o'clock in the evening, a "rustling" sound rang out from the Russian positions outside the bastion.

The Turkish soldiers stationed on the bastion immediately reported the sound to Captain Butler, who boarded the fortress with the soldiers.

Using a telescope to look for the source of the sound, it turned out that the Russian Empire's army was advancing forward.

Captain Barratt immediately understood that this group of Russian Empire wanted to imitate Marshal Vauban's tactics and push their trenches all the way to the bastion wall, and then use artillery to suppress the attack.

Although this tactic is clumsy, it is very practical.

"We can never let them advance to the city smoothly!" Captain Barratt immediately came to this conclusion, looking for Shuyuan www.zhaｏｏｈuan.com He hurriedly began to mobilize his troops and launched an attack on the Russian Imperial Army in the trenches.

As Captain Barratt approached the bastion, Captain Nesmith and Musa Pasha met him.

"What happened? Are the Russian Imperial Army coming?" Musa Pasha asked Captain Butler in a panic.

Captain Barratt shook his head and told Captain Musa Pasha and Captain Nesmith his plan.

Musa Pasha and Captain Nesmith immediately agreed with Captain Barratt's opinion.

A group of carefully selected Turkish infantry attacked the Russian Empire throughout the night. The Russian soldiers who were caught off guard suffered heavy casualties and retreated towards the rear trenches.

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