Make France Great Again

At such a close range, even the old-fashioned muskets in the hands of the Russian Empire were powerful enough to kill French soldiers.

The French soldiers in the trench also suffered exponential casualties. Wails and shouts came and went between the second and third lines of defense.

Whether it is the Russian army or the French army, they are trying their best to fight for control of the second line of defense. Life has become the cheapest thing on this battlefield.

"Quick! Quick! Increase the troops and continue to increase the troops!" Seeing the stalemate on the battlefield, Earl Sacon was overjoyed. Once again, the adjutant next to him issued a request for more troops.

Three regiments of Russian soldiers, led by three brigadiers, walked out of the city and engaged in the battle for the second line of defense system.

With the addition of three regiments, the number of soldiers originally responsible for the offensive force immediately increased significantly, and the volleys of artillery on the hills continued to attack the positions occupied by France.

The French soldiers either fell under the guns of the Russian soldiers or fell under the volley of artillery.

Soon, the number of casualties of the French army within the second line of defense exceeded 500, and the entire line of defense once again fell into a dangerous situation. The French soldiers, who were originally full of hope for victory, were attacked by the Russian soldiers without fear of death. , their hearts were also filled with fear, and they began to run away involuntarily.

And because of the continuous retreat of the French army, the morale of the Russian soldiers gradually increased, and they were likely to take over the second line of defense in one fell swoop.

Jérôme Bonaparte, who was standing on the battlefield in the distance at the headquarters of the Third Division, saw this scene and immediately issued an order to Major General Trochu: "Major General Trochu, it's time for me to see what's close to you. The power of the health master!"

"Yes!" Major General Trochu saluted Jérôme Bonaparte solemnly, then turned around and led his troops (including a battalion of war supervisors and two regiments of Guards) to the battlefield. .

As soon as Major General Trochu arrived at the first and second lines of defense, he immediately ordered the supervisory team of his battalion to take action.

He first loudly ordered the deserters to return to their positions immediately, but these deserters who came down from the battlefield did not obey Trochu's order to return.

Afterwards, Major General Trochu immediately took out his pistol and killed the soldier who was running at the front. The supervisory team around him also took out his pistol and dealt the most severe blow to the soldiers who tried to escape from the battlefield.

The deaths of dozens of people caused nearly a hundred French soldiers to stop, and they looked at Major General Trochu with fearful eyes.

"Think about your parents. Do you want them to be unable to hold their heads up?" Major General Trochu said in a loud voice to the group of French soldiers who wanted to escape, "Or do you want you to work hard? Will all the pension for most of my life be cancelled?”

If Trochu's mention of his parents before would only make the French soldiers feel ashamed, then the cancellation of the pension later would be a veritable killer.

The expressions of the vast majority of French soldiers changed from shame to panic. As French soldiers, they knew very well the punishment of deserters by imperial soldiers.

Canceling pensions, being kicked out of the army... even one of these will make their future miserable even before death.

After all, the vast majority of the French soldiers present are semi-professional soldiers.

It can be said that apart from killing, these guys don't know any other skills.

It is really difficult for them to compete for jobs with workers in other factories.

Once they are forcibly kicked out by the military, they will have no guarantee at all in the future, and death is inevitable.

"Those who were killed by me just now will not be included in the ranks of deserters! If they have descendants, their descendants will also enjoy the care of the army!

"Major General Trochu continued.

Under the combined grace and power of Major General Trochu, the French soldiers who had originally fled began to follow Major General Trochu's instructions and return to the second line of defense.

After the war supervisory battalion under Major General Trochu and the two regiments of the Guards rushed into the second line of defense, the French army once again stood firm within the line of defense.

The Russian army that originally attacked was also slowly repelled, and two of the three brigadiers also died in the hands of French soldiers.

The bloody tug-of-war lasted from one o'clock in the afternoon to six o'clock in the afternoon. As the sunset gradually disappeared from the horizon, the temperature of the Crimean Peninsula suddenly dropped.

The Russian army, which could no longer endure the casualties and hunger, began to retreat backwards unconsciously. Count Saxon could only sigh with regret after seeing this scene.

After the Russian Empire returned to the mainland and successively returned to the third line of defense for correction, the originally tense expression of the French army also relaxed.

Then, there were bursts of cheers from within the second line of defense.

Major General Trochu, who was covered in the blood of Russian soldiers, had a smile on his face. He finally lived up to Jerome Bonaparte's expectations and successfully defended the second line of defense.

Later, the staff officer of the Third Division Headquarters appeared in the position. He conveyed Jérôme Bonaparte's blessing to everyone in the position.

"Commander, Your Majesty asked you to come over here!" The staff officer came to Major General Trochu and whispered to him.

"I know!" Major General Trochu responded dully, then handed over the task of counting casualties to a brigadier general under his command, and left the position.

When Major General Trochu arrived at the command post of the Third Division, General Bosquet, commander of the Second Division, also appeared in front of Major General Trochu.

"Commander Trochu!" Bosquet greeted Major General Trochu enthusiastically.

"Commander Bosquet!" Major General Trochu also nodded to Bosquet with a smile.

Then Trochu and Bosquet entered the headquarters. They saw Jérôme Bonaparte standing in front of a map of Crimea, gesticulating back and forth with his hands.

"His Majesty!"

"His Majesty!"

General Bosquet and Trochu responded to Jérôme Bonaparte in unison.

"You are here!" Jérôme Bonaparte, who heard the voices of Bosquet and Trochu, turned around and nodded to them with a smile, and then asked about Brigadier General Trochu's casualties.

"Your Majesty, this casualty may be the worst since we entered the Crimean Peninsula!" Major General Liao Shulu said to Jérôme Bonaparte in a heavy tone.

"I have been mentally prepared for this for a long time!" Jérôme Bonaparte replied to Trochu: "I have seen the entire process at the headquarters!"

Jerome Bonaparte gave a thumbs up and praised: "General Trochu, you did a good job!"

"Your Majesty, you are overly complimentary!" Major General Trochu bowed in response.

"General Bosquet, how are you doing there?" Jérôme Bonaparte once again turned his head to General Bosquet.

"Our casualty figures may not be optimistic. The Russian army is really crazy this time!" Bosquet shrugged his shoulders and responded helplessly.

"As long as we hold our position, we will be successful. Our goal is to keep suppressing..."

Before Jerome Bonaparte could finish speaking, the rumble of artillery sounded from the window. Jerome Bonaparte immediately stopped speaking and looked intently in the direction of the sound of the artillery. It turned out to be Bakhchisa The artillery in Laicheng District is conducting a covering attack on the French army in the second line of defense.

However, the intensity of the Russian Empire's attack this time was far less than the previous one, so Jérôme Bonaparte did not care about the situation of the French army within the second line of defense.

He continued what he had not finished above: "Our goal is to continuously compress the sphere of influence of the Russian army in the Bakhchisarai region and fight with them in the city!

At the same time, we lured the defenders of Bakhchisarai to send a request for help to Simferopol. Only in this way can we achieve the strategic goal of encircling the point and calling for reinforcements! have you understood? "

"I understand!" General Bosquet and General Trochu responded immediately.

"Okay, that's all I have to say! Do you two want to add anything?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked Bosquet and Trochu.

"Your Majesty, I remember that there were more than just the second and third divisions involved in the siege of Bakhchisarai! Where is the other division?" General Bosquet asked Jérôme Bonaparte with a puzzled look on his face.

"This division should be here now!" Jérôme Bonaparte pointed to the high ground in the north of Bakhchisarai and responded to Bosque: "As long as I occupy this commanding height, I can attack Bakhchisarai. Shelling the city, thus silencing the Russian troops in Bakhchisarai!”

"Understood" General Bosquet glanced at the place where Jerome Bonaparte pointed, nodded and replied.

…

That night, the statistics of the Second Division and the Third Division came out. In the nearly five hours of fighting, the two divisions suffered more than 3,700 casualties.

After Jérôme Bonaparte saw the numbers reported in front of him, he was also shocked.

The casualties of more than 3,700 people were equivalent to nearly one-tenth of the strength of the Second and Third Divisions.

If we go through several wars of this intensity, the second division and the third division can be directly reimbursed.

The results they achieved are also gratifying. It is roughly estimated that there are nearly 11,000 Russian soldiers (actually about 15,000) who were left between the second line of defense and the third line of defense, nearly three to one ( With a ratio of four to one), France can be said to have fought an almost perfect war.

At the same time, the British army in the Saatchi area also achieved initial success. The British army's powerful firepower (because Saatchi is relatively close to the sea, it can call in warships to help) suppressed the 80,000 people in the Saatchi area. The Russian army has completely huddled in the bastion and dare not show its head.

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