Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 349 051 Imitating others' deployment may cause trouble

Weiroser has many advantages. Even at the age of fifty, he is still energetic and serious. He is also good at collecting intelligence, analyzing intelligence, and judging the battlefield.

But he also has many problems, and is not suitable to be the quartermaster general of a large-scale army. However, there is no such talent in the Austrian and Russian armies now. Schmidt, who has organizational skills, was killed in Dürenstein.

Moreover, Weiroser's habits are still very bad. He didn't make any mistakes in Suvorov's headquarters before. He always had a deputy arranged by Suvorov to transcribe Russian orders, and there were many German officers in the expeditionary force. Except for a few generals with strange accents, communication is not impossible.

It's just that everyone still likes to chat in French at the pre-war meeting, and this time is the same.

However, this monastery is currently missing many generals, especially Grand Duke Constantine, commander of the Russian Guards, and Lieutenant General Malyutin, commander of the Guards, as well as a group of Russian Guards staff and officers.

And there were indeed some serious problems during the discussion.

"The current situation, the combat plan we finally confirmed is to launch an attack on the left wing of our army according to the plan designed on November 29, to cut off the French army's transportation line. At the same time, our army's central route is deployed on the Pratzen Heights, and the right wing is here to contain the French army there."

"The deployment is very clear, but the Pratzen Heights should not be taken down from here. We should use this as the central axis."

Kutuzov himself did not speak, and let Peter Volkonsky speak to avoid conflicts.

Although Veroser was called by him, the relationship between the two sides has deteriorated sharply in recent days. This is also an inevitable situation after the troops are combined. Disagreements will always be like this.

And Volkonsky happened to be Alexander's confidant and Kutuzov's duty general. Veroser still had to pay attention to his words.

"But the French right wing deployment seems to be very weak at present, and we have the advantage in manpower."

Werosser pointed to the deployment map drawn on the map with a pencil, and did not care what Volkonsky said, let alone whether Kutuzov was really taking a nap or pretending to take a nap.

He began to talk about his deployment plan, and pointed out one by one on the map.

"In our previous deployment, General Buchholden was on the left wing. Here are General Dokhturov's first column and General Langeron's second column, which are deployed in the area west of Platzenburg as our army's left wing to attack the French right wing. The overall goal is the same as the results of the previous discussions, to cut off the traffic line here."

I don't know if Buchholden was drunk, but he patted his chest to guarantee it.

"As long as we shout 'Ura' and charge forward, the French will run back, and the traffic line will be cut off."

Although he said so, Langeron did not agree, but he did not speak out loud, but said to Kamensky beside him: "If it is really enough to charge a few times, we don't have to fight Bonaparte here."

Although Veroser saw Langeron talking, he thought he was explaining the details to Kamensky. After all, Kamensky's brigade was under Pratzenburg, which was the connection between the center and the left wing. He did not expect Langeron to complain again.

"At the same time, General Bagration will feint to attack the left wing of the French army as a diversionary force. Then, after the entire battle was launched, the two columns in the center came down from the Pratzen Heights, and the fifth column composed of cavalry led by the Grand Duke of Liechtenstein was here. We will attack the center of the French army and force Bonaparte to use his reserve guards."

This point shows that he has studied Napoleon very carefully.

However, his battle plan somewhat imitated Napoleon, and the opponent might not always follow this style of play.

"But what about us? We have to come down from this high ground. What will happen if the enemy concentrates on the middle road?"

After coming down from the high ground, there are some problems in the battle formation with the back of the mountain. This is not the era of hand-to-hand combat with a shield in one hand and an axe in the other.

Since General Miller, who was assigned to the third column, asked, Werosser continued to answer.

"We form a whole, push forward like this, and push the French to the other side of the mountain."

No matter what he said, it was the same, and everyone had to listen. After all, the plan was just a plan.

Kutuzov was pretending to take a nap, but he was also paying attention to Werosser's deployment.

He remembered that when Schmidt and Solovyov were together, it seemed that the two of them had a very high efficiency in cooperation. The reason was that both of them had good map operation ability, and Solovyov was simply a human-shaped map, and he could also complete the operation accurately.

I remember that before Andrei's father returned to his manor, he mentioned that when Solovyov was a 15-year-old second lieutenant, he left a very deep impression on him in Moscow. His main advantages were quick reaction and excellent work ability, and he was a good seedling.

The Russian army's past staff system, which was the prototype of a general staff, mainly relied on a limited number of adjutants and one or two generals on duty, and the actual processing efficiency was not high.

Solovyov also mentioned to him how to rebuild a staff system, and this time it had to be a more powerful version.

And the reason is very sufficient, that is, the staff work cannot be done by only a few people. If you cast a wide net, you even have to divide it into separate positions to enhance efficiency.

The era of the commander and a few staff in the past should be over soon.

After all, the amount of information on the battlefield is too much at this moment. Sometimes there are people like Frederick the Great and Napoleon who have to fight and handle government affairs at the same time.

In other words, Frederick the Great does not like to mess with women, he has more time, and Napoleon even has to set a time to be intimate with his women.

But now, it is too late. Werosser's brain cannot have anything to do with a legion of more than 60,000 people.

As for the pre-war deployment, the Guards are behind the various armies, controlling important transportation lines and the army's retreat.

Except for Bagration's feint attack troops, the retreat routes of the rest of the troops are in this direction.

Constantine was fully prepared at this time. He summoned the Guards infantry commander, cavalry commander and staff here and began to study the deployment.

Although he was the commander of the Guards, he also had to consider the command issue on the battlefield, so he gave the task of infantry command to Malyutin. Count Tolstoy, who had the highest status among the four regiment commanders, was not in the Putin Regiment at this time. He was in the coalition forces in the north, leading the Russian army that was preparing to attack Hanover to join the battle.

In this way, there was no commander of the Putin Regiment here, but considering that the previous commanders were all generals, but they were often old and useless, and even there were traitors among them, it would be better to let Malyutin unify the command.

But if Soloviev had not been a colleague with Malyutin for a long time in St. Petersburg, he would not know how capable Malyutin was.

There was no way. Even if he knew a lot, he was unlikely to know the Russian generals. If it were not for the introduction of documentaries in China, he could only know the Russian generals in several operations designated by his father. Kutuzov was even more famous.

In fact, Kutuzov's youngest daughter, Daria, looked quite cute, but she seemed to be because three of her four brothers-in-law were in the army and she didn't want to be the same as her sisters.

There is no way. Since the war began, officers have become less popular. After all, the future is unpredictable during war.

Before the war, someone proposed marriage to Solovyov, which also gave him a headache. It is better not to set such a flag, right?

Fortunately, Dolgorukov was just asking. After all, they were both from the Putin regiment, and Solovyov's father was the adjutant of their son-in-law. Although the relationship was distant, the future looked good. Although he was only the commander of the last small regiment among the four guards regiments, he was too young, and his family background was really bad.

If it was the Stroganov family who were still imperial merchants, it would be fine, but he happened to be one of the nobles who were conferred when the upstart Menshikov came to power. With such a market, even if Vasily Yurievich wanted to introduce his relatives to him, he still had to consider it.

Of course, Solovyov didn't know what his friends would encounter in this battle.

He was just called by Constantine to introduce Verose's deployment to the captains.

After all, only the two of them were acquainted with Verose. Although the Grand Duke himself was brave and admired by the Russian generals, it was still troublesome for him to explain such a detailed deployment.

So, he called Solovyov, who was always verbose and meticulous.

However, after reading this deployment and explaining it to his colleagues, everyone could see his ugly face.

Constantine could also catch this kind of expression, but he couldn't mess up the morale of the army. Besides, the captains were still the backbone of the Guards.

Of course, what was not said would not be retained in the mind.

And Solovyov had a characteristic, he always used a bunch of words to cover up when he spoke. After all, this skill of saying long and difficult sentences was mastered by the second son of the Saltykov family in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in St. Petersburg, and that master's skill points were higher than him.

After all, Solovyov was in the army, and officers and soldiers didn't like to speak long sentences. He didn't have that habit either, but he kept this in his skill pack.

He said this just to cover up the problem. After the generals left, Constantine still kept him.

"Misha, are you not very satisfied with this plan?"

"Your Highness, what we got is a comprehensive plan after all. The Guards must be deployed to the battlefield at a critical moment, and our deployment is too far behind. It will take some time to reach various battlefields, especially to climb the Pratzen Heights."

As for what he wanted to say, Constantine also understood. After all, this guy has always been against such a big move in such a place. It is to play the most stupid consumption and delaying tactics, and wait until the reinforcements from all directions come, and pile Napoleon to death in a battlefield with a large depth.

The Guards have to attack by climbing mountains, and they have to march for a long distance. Let's not talk about anything else.

As for the marching ability and impact ability of the four regiments, after a long march, when they arrive at such a battlefield, their combat effectiveness is actually stronger than other troops.

But at this distance, after being pulled away from the front line, it is really hard to describe.

Even Caesar's Gallic legions would not have to pull away so far to attack.

Of course, Soloviev himself likes to deploy troops in a dense formation, which makes it easier to be restrained by the French artillery fire in such a place.

Fortunately, he did not participate in the battlefield deployment this time, otherwise he would have a psychological shadow.

In this regard, we need to admire Verosser. He was beaten by Napoleon several times and was beaten by Moreau once, but he was still so confident. His psychological quality is still far superior to that of other generals.

Next, he explained the overall situation to Grand Duke Constantine.

"The core of this battlefield is the Pratzen Heights. Although the importance of this height was mentioned in the previous military meeting. However, Verosser overemphasized the attack, and what kind of terrain is here?"

Soloviev pointed to the heights behind the French position and continued very seriously: "The perspective of these heights is that we are afraid that we can't see the situation behind them from the highest point of the Pratzen Heights. There are also woods in some places."

"It can hide the enemy, right?"

"Yes, Your Highness. This is not good!"

But the deployment has been made, and it is difficult to change at this time.

Even a brave man like Grand Duke Constantine realized that this deployment was still dangerous. With Soloviev by his side to remind him, he realized it even faster.

"So, what should we do?"

"Your Highness, the Guards' cavalry can maneuver quickly and can be deployed to more dangerous battlefields to stabilize the situation. At the same time, the four regiments of the Guards will be deployed behind the Pratzen Heights, which will inevitably face fierce fighting. If our army can win, we can continue to move forward. If..."

"Don't be shy. I think this battle will be difficult. We need to make the worst plan. What are you going to do?"

"Please deploy the Izmailov Regiment and the Guards Chasseur Regiment behind the battlefield as the final reserve."

After hearing this, Grand Duke Constantine also knew that this kid was going to make preparations for both situations.

Seeing him point out several key points at the location of a manor on the map, it was clear that he wanted to use the Chasseur tactics that the Turkish army had repeatedly used to make the Russian army suffer in the Russo-Turkish War.

However, the combat effectiveness of the Guards Jager Regiment is relatively strong, not only because of the training advantage, but also because the 800 guns in their hands are fast and accurate. In addition, the Izmailov Regiment, which is currently changing its equipment, can gather a company of breech-loading rifles. In this way, the ability to project firepower is still very strong.

As for the killer move, it is the elite soldiers selected by the Izmailov Regiment according to the standards of grenadiers.