Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Mobilizing a large number of ships to support Danzig is fine if it is just transport ships, but mobilizing warships is not good enough compared to the large-scale battle between the Empress and Gustav III, which was the largest naval battle in the sailing age and the second largest naval battle in history in terms of the number of ships.

But there is a way. Langgeron proposed that the Russian Navy should launch operations in May and June, also considering the progress of sending troops from the Gulf of Finland.

There is another problem. Russian army generals generally do not need to cooperate with the navy. Except for the battle in the Black Sea, some sieges require the deployment of the navy, and most of the time they participate in the battle alone.

In this way, the Swedish navy is indeed needed.

Soloviev still remembers that Paul once visited Kronstadt and was dissatisfied with the navy's combat readiness after returning.

The Russian army has always been in this system. The army can quickly enter a state of war, but the navy is not the focus of this battle.

Therefore, Soloviev only took the "Neva" that participated in the round-the-world voyage on this trip.

"General, look, that's Danzig."

"It seems that the French have taken action to block the estuary. If so, if our army transports supplies, it is easy to encounter their artillery blockade."

"What should we do?"

"Captain, I have an idea, but it requires a large ship to tow the steamboat, but the wind and waves here require risk."

After several years of development, there are still several steamboats on the Neva River. If they are towed, they can be used at the mouth of the Vistula River if the rudder and paddle wheel are flexible.

However, this also requires dry land navigation and getting the ship out of the thawing port first.

Just as they were talking, the French also noticed that the Russian fast sailing ship was approaching the estuary.

According to Marshal Lefebvre's instructions, all approaching Russian warships must be attacked.

However, the French cannons, which are usually used in the army, are usually 12-pound cannons, and the range is also good, but the "Neva" turned with the wind direction and steering, and was not hit by the shells.

"It seems that the French army does not like to hit the sails and rigging."

"Then they must have this kind of shells, general"

This is indeed very troublesome. The French are obviously prepared, and the Prussian army in the city failed to coordinate in time.

We have to wait until Kamensky leads the team to communicate with the mirror.

Of course, Solovyov did not take out the signal machine because there were foreign officers on the "Neva".

It's just the principle of communication during the operation. If others don't know how you encode, it will be in vain.

After all, when the British plagiarize, they never pay copyright fees. Even if Nelson learned Ushakov's tactics, he only wrote a few polite words in the letter, which is considered respect for the elderly.

However, what Nelson did to Caracciolo was much more than ordinary retaliation. He was hanged directly.

If you can't be hostile to these British guys, try not to be hostile. If you fight them, you have to fight them to death.

If they copy it, it will be a big injustice.

However, the British are not without what Soloviev wants, but in Russia, these are all imported openly. Anyway, they are not going to the United States, and the British can't control the technical blockade.

Anyway, it depends on money.

No one wants to go against money. In order to oppose France, the British have to pay anyway. They are still needed at sea.

It's just that the ship came, and Soloviev didn't react at the first time.

The 18-gun sailboat "Bold" patrolling nearby came closer, but the names called directly were all in English. If it weren't for those specific nouns, it would be an adjective, and sometimes it would be too late to recall.

After all, Warspite can be "contempt for war", but it turns out to be "war-weariness". Dauntless is unlikely to notice what it is at the first time, even if there are many ship girls on the ground, you may not be able to recognize it.

After all, it was a warship sunk by a mine in World War I, so it was not surprising that it was missed.

If he had thought about it, he would probably think that some warships were a bit weird.

But the "Enterprise" did not have this problem, because the second-generation Enterprise was still a small boat. Although the name of this ship started from this small boat, it would not become a main battleship until the appearance of aircraft carriers.

However, this kind of thing is probably a naval tradition, and sometimes it cannot be counted as feudal superstition.

After the "Neva" returned, Solovyov also began to think about how to gain a foothold at the estuary.

"We need two steamships, towed by two fast sailing ships, close to Danzig, we can use these two ships for repeated transportation, but we also have to pay attention to the wind and waves"

"Your invention has come in handy."

When Langgeron said this, his tone was a little playful.

This is not surprising. The idea and design are all his. The core technology comes from France. There are a few nobles in Prince Condé's legion who know how to invent and understand the principle of making steamships.

This is how they can hit it off.

But the prototype ship cannot withstand wind and waves, and adding a power system to a river sailing ship makes it dangerous to sail at the estuary.

In the past few years, several ships sailing on the Neva River and Lake Ladoga have capsized due to wind and waves.

Therefore, the promotion of steamships is still somewhat difficult. Although sailboats can also capsize, this impression has left some nobles in St. Petersburg who like to make trouble.

What's more, the father and son of the Solovyov family have a 15-25 year term in the waters because of the franchised shipping rights of steamships, which is also very enviable.

As for the unfortunate French marquis, he had a bad life in France, but he also obtained the shipping monopoly in the Sea of ​​Azov in Russia.

After all, in France, if someone in the Academy of Sciences does something bad, or if you offend the powerful, you will not get a good result.

The situation in Russia is better.

It's just that these nobles will not hinder your scientific inventions, but if you affect their interests, they will take action.

However, there are no helpers from the Baltic Fleet, only a few frigates are active nearby.

The Swedish Navy is the main force, and the Swedish battleships coming from Gothenburg are enough to tow Solovyov's two pure steamships.

But on the first day of the operation, some minor troubles were encountered.

As the chief of staff, Soloviev had to supervise the battle personally. After all, this was also a tactical innovation, and amphibious landings had to be carried out.

As long as it was not a fatal terrain like Gallipoli, it would be fine to go anywhere.

Especially the estuary of the Vistula River. Although the water flow was a bit turbulent, it was still possible to enter and exit from here, which was convenient, but the firepower of the French army needed to be suppressed.

For this matter, Soloviev wanted a more frightening battle. He wanted a squadron of the Baltic Fleet to squat at the estuary, and the Swedish Navy's galleys and frigates to approach the shore. After flattening several artillery positions of the French army at the estuary, reinforcements would be sent over and operations would be launched behind the French army.

The Swedes also agreed, and they agreed to tow two steamships closer.

But the performance of the Swedish Navy

"Today's weather is not bad. It is really suitable for landing and for picking up the Prussians in the city."

Soloviev was secretly proud. He knew the latest steamship power system. If the maximum power output is, it can still run more than ten knots. If the boiler does not explode, it is not easy for the French artillery to hit the moving target at this speed.

If you want to hit it, you really need to practice artillery skills, or you can use flying dragons to get close and bombard it with shells.

In this way, the two steamships arrived at the Prussian defense zone unscathed, bringing messengers and a small amount of supplies, and the Russian-Swedish coalition will soon send a fleet and reinforcements to Danzig for support.

The Prussian officers and soldiers cheered when they saw the steamships. After all, the friendly ships can be driven without sails. The bumpkins in Berlin have not seen much. Those who can build steam-powered ships are currently related to Prussia.

As for what kind of relationship, apart from relatives and relatives' sons, there are probably two guys who have entered Berlin.

It's just that everyone thinks that the first one to come out is Fulton, but he ranks second in the United States, but ranks first in commercialization.

"Not bad, it seems to be going well, the French gunfire has not stopped."

Soloviev is somewhat complacent, after all, science and technology are the primary productive forces.

Now the Prussian army is desperately using the little artillery fire at hand to cover the two ships, so that the French army does not get close to the river bank.

The two steamships are seen going in and out, in and out again, which can be regarded as completing the mission.

After returning, after confirming the contact with the Prussian army, this time we have to prepare for Kamensky's troops to land.

The subsequent troop transports have all received Russian infantry from Königsberg and Memel and are ready to land.

For this battle, the Russian army is also full of confidence. After careful planning, although the simplest plan is chosen, it is still the most effective one in terms of communication means.

And compared with winter, the Russian army has been able to use signals more skillfully. Kamensky can even send signals directly from his ship.

However, Solovyov was not happy after seeing it.

"Damn it. There was a regiment of infantry, and the troop transport ship did not follow the route and got separated."

"What?"

Hearing this, the Russian naval officers next to him were all confused.

"The signal sent can be explained in this way. At this time, we still have to confirm it again with flag signals."

After hearing the explanation, the "Neva" also sent out flag signals and optical signals, and the results obtained were highly consistent.

"No, which part of the troop transport ship was lost?"

Now the naval officers also cursed, after all, this kind of thing has not been encountered for a long time, and the Russian Navy's landing skills are still there. Under normal circumstances, there may be a wrong beach, but they will not lose their way during the voyage.

"The lost ship is the Swedish ship."

After hearing this, Solovyov's face was longer than his senior brother Bagration.

"If we lose one regiment, it won't affect our support to Danzig, but the force is not enough to completely break the blockade, and we will definitely fall into a stalemate."

This is the situation, and the "Neva" also feels that it is in great trouble.

"If we go to recruit reinforcements, I'm afraid it will be too late. If we organize another landing operation, it will be difficult to even establish a beachhead position. The enemy will be prepared."

But now that they are here, they have to provide support. After communication with Kamensky, even if there is one less main infantry regiment, he will go ashore to establish a camp to contain the French army.

As for large-scale landing, it is probably unlikely.

Solovyov was indeed a little frustrated in directing the battle this time, but what he had in mind was no longer the strategic issue at this stage.

In the future, if anti-landing operations are carried out, some specific bays and river mouth terrains can still be relied upon and defended on the spot.

A typical example is probably that during the Crimean War, the British and French troops did not take advantage of the offensive and defensive battles on the Kamchatka Peninsula and the White Sea Monastery, and only captured a few islands off the coast of Finland.

It was nearly fifty years before the landing was possible, and the harsh environment in Crimea also made subsequent people miserable. The number of people on both sides who died of illness was astonishing.

Now we have to carry out a landing battle. If we don't rely on a medium-sized or above port, it will be difficult to mobilize a large-scale army.

Therefore, although the future strategy may be more ambitious, in order to defend the coastline in the Russo-Turkish War, using too many troops will restrict the occupation of the front line.

If this war ends, there will probably be no war to fight until 1812 on the Turkish battlefield.

After imagining possible problems, Solovyov was still scolding the Swedish jackass for delaying the matter, and at the same time continued to mobilize troops.

Kamensky's troops quickly landed successfully, captured some villages behind the French army, and built temporary positions here.

Seeing this situation, Marshal Lefebvre decided to divide his troops to monitor the Russian army and prevent them from joining the Prussian army in the city.

The Prussians could only sigh. The reinforcements were clearly nearby, but due to the obstruction of the French army, they were separated for surveillance.

They don't know yet that this is because the Swedish troop transport was delayed and took the wrong direction on the Baltic Sea.

This happened, and it was an inevitable embarrassing situation in a landing battle.

So Solovyov thought of some ways. He paid attention to the situation of several French troops taking control of the ferry, and prepared to attack the river mouth here.

But the place he was eyeing was the Puutusk pontoon on one side and the bridge on Alle on the other.