Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 300 002 Good shooters are fed by bullets

From the German name of the chasseur, or the name in French, we know that this type of light infantry is actually hunters.

This can be seen in the selection of soldiers. Residents who often live in mountainous and forested areas, preferably from forest rangers and hunters, have been exposed to muskets in the past and are often more accurate.

In addition, in order to facilitate concealment, short and strong people are often selected. Even the "light infantry" in Napoleon's old guards will not be taller than the "grenadiers" in the same legion when they are selected.

The "vaulters" in the French army are even shorter, and they often choose lean and flexible soldiers.

Chasseurs often come into contact with the enemy first on the battlefield. They are not vigilant and have weak combat effectiveness, which will suffer.

Therefore, versatile chasseurs and hussars, as well as lancers who need comprehensive skills, usually have training subjects far exceeding other troops.

For this reason, Solovyov also specifically applied for live-fire shooting training every month in the first half of the year.

"Fortunately, this is only special ammunition used by your regiment, and such consumption is affordable. If the four infantry regiments of the Guards and the Guards Grenadiers Regiment go to shooting training together, the quartermaster will scold them first. Even if Grand Duke Constantine can approve this consumption, it will be a big deal if the Minister of War sees it."

Indeed, the military expenditure of the army these days is spent a lot on ammunition and uniforms, but there is still a lot of money that no one knows where it goes. For governments, it is a heavy burden.

Even a relatively generous person like Sergei Kuzmich would be surprised.

"But our ammunition is special, and the production of paper shell bullets and projectiles is that even if we expand our regiment into four battalions and train every week, we can't finish fighting."

Bagration knew that he was right to call Solovyov back. This kid was very familiar with all the affairs of the regiment and could manage daily affairs for him.

In this way, he can concentrate on his work as a general attendant, saving a lot of effort, and even have time to go home and take care of the baby.

Speaking of which, he is not the only one like this in Georgia.

"Well, you arrange live-fire shooting training, and the emperor will come to see it when the time comes."

Alexander also attaches great importance to new weapons, especially the Unicorn Cannon. After all, his military branch is also artillery, and he is also familiar with this aspect.

As for the weapons used by the hunters, they can only be tried by the Guards first, and then they will be promoted to the elite grenadiers and the main regiments of various military governors. However, this replacement work will not be fast.

The Tula Factory really does not have the production capacity. Their current production tasks also include the three models of the "Tula Rifle" series, 1798, 1800 and 1803. If they want to meet the needs of the majority of infantry regiments and eliminate backward weapons, in fact, Solovyov's rifle is not applicable at this stage.

He was able to deploy them to the elite troops. The only weapon that became popular in the soldiers' hands was probably the black powder hand grenade made by the traditional method. Every soldier could get several of them when he went to the battlefield.

In Russia, there are so many forests from west to east, and the most abundant thing is wood. Wooden-handled hand grenades, wooden gun bodies and butts of rifles are all raw materials.

Moreover, the quality of these woods is quite good, and the effect is very obvious when used.

Although it is only January 1805, the daytime in Petersburg is still very short, but the training is not delayed.

Alexander personally watched the shooting training of the Guards Chasseur Regiment at the shooting range of the Guards training. In fact, it is also a signal that he attaches great importance to the army, even the Guards reorganized from his father Paul's Gatchina troops are the same.

"Your Majesty, the Guards Chasseurs are ready, can we start?"

"Let's start, Sergei Kuzmich, I want to watch this shooting training with my own eyes."

The last time, the two-column shooting training of the Guards Chasseurs had left a deep impression on the generals present, and it was also heard by the Tsar himself.

He also brought his sister Ekaterina and second daughter Maria here. Obviously, there are always brave women in the family, especially his fourth sister.

It was not her business, but she insisted on coming to watch. Alexander doted on this sister more than the other four sisters, so he couldn't resist her begging.

And Maria Pavlovna, the little aunt who always made Soloviev work illegally, was on her way back to Weimar with her husband recently.

As for today's shooting training, it is also called "test shooting". The purpose is to let the officers of the Guards know the accuracy of these weapons in their hands, so it is not only the Guards Chasseurs who appear here.

The Izmailov Guards Regiment also appeared at the shooting range today. They also wanted to test the accuracy of their flintlock rifles at various distances.

However, they had to do it later, and the Guards Chasseurs were the first to appear.

Solovyov asked the second battalion to line up. After they lined up neatly, they shot at the metal targets with precise aiming. This time, they also made human-shaped targets to give them an intuitive feeling.

Of course, there were no Turkish or French portraits on the targets, but they shot, loaded, and shot again step by step.

At this time, the sound of bullets hitting metal targets is quite pleasant.

"If this is shot according to the rhythm, I'm afraid it can also play a piece of music."

Alexander said this, and Solovyov was standing under the viewing platform and heard it very clearly.

If it's just using guns, it's not a big deal. Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture also uses cannons! In addition to the cannons recorded on the stage, there are also real cannons firing blanks. Using real cannons when performing is a consensus reached by the orchestra playing this piece.

Of course, he is not an aide-de-camp now, but the head of the Chasseur Regiment.

In this case, he asked to set targets on the shooting range according to the metric distance, which was also connected with France.

The Russian nobles in St. Petersburg are all fluent in France, and there are many people who blindly worship French fashion and French science.

Therefore, it is not a problem, and it seems very convenient to use it this way.

In Russia, only the navy has been using the British system for a long time, but one day it will change.

"Your Majesty, the current shooting is at a distance of 200 meters, which is less than 300 arcs. For ordinary smoothbore guns, the accuracy has dropped significantly, but for this 1800-model breech-loading rifled gun, it can still guarantee a high accuracy."

"That's good, Solovyov. During the time you came back, these soldiers have trained very well."

If Alexander attributed it to the weapons, it was also Solovyov's doing. No matter how much praise he gave, he couldn't escape him.

"It's just that the copper-shelled bullets you originally made, if that kind can be popularized to ordinary infantry regiments, our Russian army will have an advantage over other countries in terms of infantry equipment."

"Your Majesty, the same is true for artillery, but the level of cavalry in various countries is still very close, but generals of other countries will envy our Cossacks and hussars."

At this time, compliments to the Tsar and his army must be kept up.

"But we don't have time to wait for weapons to be replaced for each regiment. This is too costly."

The little royal expenses saved by Alexander and Louisa were not enough for Queen Mother Maria, not to mention the dowries of the sisters and the jewelry that Paul left for the girls. As a brother, he couldn't be vague.

In addition, a lot of fiscal appropriations were used in public facilities and palaces. It is true that the Royal Zoo and the Royal Aquarium can make profits, but they also need to invest in them and increase the maintenance efforts to get a return.

This is a rare place where the Tsar can have fun with the people. Just selling peripherals to get money from the pockets of nobles and wealthy merchants cannot compare with the huge military expenditure.

"Your Majesty, but the Guards Jager Regiment will be very good."

"According to your training outline, it will definitely be able to do well! Solovyov, after the shooting test is over, you must report the shooting results of the Jagers and Izmailov Regiments to Sergei Kuzmich."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Alexander was very satisfied with the Guards Jager Regiment after seeing the performance of the soldiers and the target reports of five rounds of shooting.

This set of drills was made by Solovyov in the Pavlovsk Grenadiers Regiment in the past, but there were fewer shooting tests at several different distances, and in the past, it was only known that the Jagers' rifles were accurate.

Now, according to the reports at 200 meters and 300 meters, although the accuracy has decreased, it is still much higher than the flintlock rifles commonly equipped in the troops.

The shooting training of the Izmailov Regiment has a much lower hit rate, but the shooting training of the Guards is obviously more than that of the general army.

Alexander was quite satisfied with the troops in front of him, but he didn't know what level the Russian garrison troops scattered across the country were at.

According to the infantry inspectors and military governors who reported to Petersburg, many infantry regiments did not have sufficient shooting training in the past, and only the Moscow garrison and some more elite troops could guarantee shooting training.

The general troops also received weapon training, similar to the Prussian army, but much better than the Prussian army's fancy clothes. After all, they still couldn't forget the bayonet, while the Prussian army always used a rifle rod to pull the barrel.

According to the report on shooting training, Alexander also required all corps to conduct sufficient shooting training during the spring training.

This time, after the negotiations between Britain and Russia were concluded, the Russian army was going to prepare to go abroad to fight in Austria and Prussia, and also to go to northern Germany and the lowlands, as well as Naples, by sea, with the assistance of the British.

After returning to St. Petersburg, Solovyov had no time to care about those salons. After all, he was still leading the troops and was the actual commander of the troops. It was impossible for him to go to parties and drink like the rash lieutenants of the Guards.

But he still knew one thing, that is, the blind confidence in St. Petersburg, as if the Russian army was invincible, and if he said something bad, he might be refuted by the people around him.

This was not the first time he encountered such a thing, but in St. Petersburg, it would not be so aggressive, but many young officers hoped to earn military merits in the war.

There were still many desperate people, which was also a feature of militarism.

In the early 19th century, everyone was somewhat involved in this problem, and it was the same even 200 years later. Many people could not accept a small failure, and after a major setback, they turned into defeatist counselors and could not look at the problem objectively.

In the upcoming war, facing Napoleon is also a huge challenge.

Solovyov even recalled the standard configuration of online novels, and it has to be said that many male protagonists rely on opportunism to fight wars, and it is rare to see a few head-on.

As for those who can't play without history, there are also many people.

Of course, his current situation has not affected the main historical process, but the fate of some people has always been affected.

In fact, he didn't expect to really fight against Napoleon's army in Austerlitz as a regiment commander. Maybe that person has moved to another place as his strategic center.

As for the war criminal-level performances in the coalition forces, he can probably influence the adjutants in the headquarters.

If he gets together with these guys, he can try to make some influence.

But Alexander is like this. He will not change the decision he made, and he is also mysteriously confident, which is not easy to solve.

Of course, whether Solovyov's own friends will fall into the trap in that environment at that time is also a question.

Therefore, Solovyov decided that a chef must look at the art of war instead of the recipe.

In addition to the battle examples that can be seen in Europe, there is also Sun Tzu's Art of War, which is still very useful as a military theory if translated.

After all, when he was in Italy, he had seen the French increase the number of stoves and reduce the number of soldiers. In the future, it doesn't sound very strange to increase the number of soldiers and reduce the number of stoves.

This aspect still needs to be prevented, so Solovyov is ready to start a new topic.

It's just that Alexander should not destroy the Great Wall himself. Whether it is the Thirty-Six Stratagems or Sun Tzu's Art of War, these strategies are still very practical.

Of course, Solovyov is also thinking about which strategy his colleagues, superiors and predecessors are best at.

There is no doubt that Kutuzov is best at running away.

As for how to arrange this story, Solovyov will do it in his spare time, but it will only be announced internally. If it is to be made public in the future, it will probably take some time.

The pamphlet that Frederick distributed to the generals was also discovered by the "three skirts" who opposed Prussia after it was accidentally seized, and then it was printed on a large scale.