Make France Great Again

Under the naked threat of Major General Canrobert, Omar Pasha could only give up his plan to raid the Austrian army on the north bank.

In the next few days, a large number of Austrian Empire figures appeared on the north bank of the Danube River.

At the same time, Albrecht, Commander-in-Chief of the Austrian Empire on the Danube River, and the commander of the First Army came to inspect the north bank of the Danube River.

Omar Pasha, the Turkish army commander in Silistra Fortress, also appeared on the tower of Silistra Fortress, holding a telescope and looking at the north bank.

"The guy looking at us with a telescope on the other side is probably the traitor Omar!" Albrecht on the wall of the North Shore Fortress pointed at Omar Pasha on the Silistra Fortress and said in a brisk tone.

Benedek, commander of the First Army, raised his telescope and observed Omar across from him, and responded to Albrecht: "Yes! He is Omar!"

"Judging from his resistance to Prince Paskevich's attack, he should be said to be a capable general! Why was he not reused in Austria, but instead became a traitor to the empire! Omar was once a member of the Ogulin Legion , I remember that you were also in the Ogulin Legion at that time! Is there any unknown inside story in this!" Albrecht curiously asked Benedek beside him.

After Benedek pondered for a moment, he replied cautiously: "Actually, this question is not an inside story! It just involves a deputy commander embezzling public funds and corruption, and this deputy commander happens to be Omar's father. Because When Omar joined the Austrian army, he only held a clerical job and did not show any extraordinary abilities during this period, so his clerical job also ended with his father's forced retirement. However, after he left the army He had previously stolen some public funds from the army, so he was considered a traitor to the empire.

The reason why Omar was able to achieve this achievement was mainly due to his hard work within the Ottomans. "

After listening to Benedek's speech, Albrecht stroked his chin and said briskly: "Listen to what you said, this Omar is still a self-taught military wizard!"

"Rather than saying that Omar Pasha is a military wizard, it is better to say that the guy who designed this bastion fortress group is a truly powerful person!"

Benedek, who was good at defensive operations, explained the secret of this bastion to Albrecht (that is, the three sub-bastions complement each other, and the Silistra Fortress itself is a fortress based on the Danube River, which is extremely difficult to break) ), and concluded: "To defeat such a castle, you must use more than four times the force of the bastion, and it will take two months of continuous attacks to defeat the castle! According to our work in the Russian Empire According to the military attache, Prince Paskevich did not attack the country's fortress properly from the beginning, which is why he has not made any progress for such a long time!"

"I didn't expect that the Russian Empire's army has become like this in just a short time!" Albrecht couldn't help but sigh.

"In fact, the Russian Empire's initial offensive in Hungary had exposed some shortcomings! However, the Russian Imperial Army at that time made up for the shortcomings with its numerical advantage!" Benedek, who participated in the joint battle with the Russian Empire, once again said.

Albrecht once again lamented the "downfall" of the Russian Empire.

I think Albrecht was also listening to his father, Archduke Karl, talking about the generation that led to the great war between the Russian Empire and Napoleon in Eastern Europe and Germany.

People of their generation generally have a much higher sense of the Russian Empire than the actual Russian Empire.

The myth of the "European Steamroller" was completely shattered in Albrecht's mind. Albrecht also began to discuss whether his Austrian Imperial Army had the same shortcomings as the Russian Empire.

It was not until Albrecht's adjutant reported to Albrecht that Bucharest had been completely occupied that Albrecht reacted and walked down the fortress tower and set off for Bucharest that night.

The day after Albrecht left, the coalition headquarters in the Varna area also sent them the next instructions from the coalition.

Since the Danube Principality is now occupied by the Austrian Empire, the Austrian Empire is now on the side of the coalition.

Therefore, the teams of Omar and Canrobert located in Silistra Fortress do not need to continue to be stationed in Silistra Fortress. The Turkish and coalition forces in Silistra should move as quickly as possible (Coalition Command The letter stated that they would send troop transports to take the troops from Silistra Fortress to Varna) and rush to the Varna area to join the coalition forces.

After receiving the order, Omar immediately counted 20,000 Turkish soldiers from Silistra Fortress and handed over the defense of Silistra Fortress to Musa Pasha.

Of course, rather than giving it to the command of Musa Pasha, it would be better to transfer all the rights of the Silistra Fortress to his former assistant, Colonel Lach, but Colonel Lach was a Prussian. His identity was not conducive to his control of this mixed army, so Omar Pasha chose Musa Pasha as the apparent leader.

As long as Musa Pasha was willing to obey Colonel Rach's command, Silistra Fortress would not fall.

After doing all this, Omar Pasha and Canrobert quietly waited for the arrival of the fleet.

In the early morning of May 15, a huge fleet consisting of gunboats, steam sail battleships, and troop carriers appeared on the Danube River next to Silistra Fortress.

The Turkish soldiers who discovered that the ship was flying the tricolor flag hurriedly reported the news to Omar Pasha and Major General Konrobel, who quickly began to assemble the troops before the fleet had completely docked on the shore.

After three hours of rectification, more than 26,400 troops neatly lined up in two columns, with cavalry in front and infantry in the back, arriving at the port near Silistra Fortress.

Under the coordination of Helen France, it took the entire team nearly two hours to load everyone on board.

At this time, the sun has gradually moved from east to south, and the time has quietly reached around 2 p.m.

The French navy, which had completed loading, sailed away from the Danube River under the scorching sun, and arrived at the outskirts of Varna Port at around 4 p.m. They had to wait outside Varna Port for the coalition forces in Varna Port to board the ship and set off together.

Standing on the bow of the steam-driven sailing battleship, Omar Pasha, holding a telescope, saw the most shocking scene in his life.

The coalition troops in Varna Port were arranged in an orderly manner, forming a forest of ship masts in Varna Port, with thick black smoke and steam flying, as if it were a huge industrial city floating on the water.

This kind of scene was something he could not see in the Ottoman Empire or even the Austrian Empire. He could only see it in the Kingdom of Britain and the French Empire. This was just the tip of the iceberg in the two countries of Britain and France.

The scene before him completely shattered Omar Pasha's pride in his only victory over the Russian Empire, and also made Omar Pasha realize that there were also huge differences between the great powers.

If Omar Pasha was facing the fleet attacking Silistra Fortress from the Danube River, I am afraid Omar Pasha would not be able to hold on for a few days.

Just when Omar Pasha was in a state of panic, Major General Conrobel's voice reached Omar Pasha's ears: "Isn't it shocking?"

Omar Pasha nodded subconsciously, and then swallowed.

"When I first saw a fleet of this size, I was just as surprised as you that our navy could keep pace with the Kingdom of Britain (an exaggeration)!" Rear Admiral Canrobert recalled what he had seen in Toulon. The expression he showed when he saw the "Ship Forest" docked in London Harbor was the same as Omar's at that time.

Omar then asked Canrobert whether the British and French fleets docked in the port of Varna were the full strength of Britain and France in the Mediterranean.

Canrobert told Omer that what he saw in the port of Varna was only half of the British and French fleets in the Mediterranean, and half of the forces in Malta (Britain) and Toulon (France).

Not to mention that outside the Mediterranean, there are also the La Manche Channel Fleet, the Pacific Fleet, the Far East Fleet, etc.

Omar Pasha was once again shocked by the strength displayed by the British and French fleets, and was grateful that the Ottoman Empire could have good relations with the British Kingdom and the French Empire at the same time.

Time passed in a hurry, and more than two hours passed in the blink of an eye.

The fiery red sun reached the sea level from south to west, looking for Book Garden www.zhaoshuyuａ.com and formed a bright red halo around it. The white floating clouds floating in the sky also turned red after being rendered by the halo.

Under this fascinating sunset, there are 60,000 French Army, 30,000 British Army, 20,000 Sardinian Army, 20,000 Ottoman Empire (led by Selim Pasha) Army, and more than 400 The huge fleet of artillery pieces officially set sail.

White sails were raised on the bare masts that seemed to be able to block out the sky, and the steam engine made a low "roar" that seemed to announce its awakening to the world.

"It's time to go!"

After the steam engine in Varna Port roared for the first time, the fleet outside the port put away the anchor placed underwater and started the steam engine that had been silent for more than two hours. Thick black smoke came from the steam The chimney of the second half of the sailing ship appeared, and the underwater propeller head was also secretly stirring the clear water...

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