Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Ney was still in Gudstadt's base at this time. After he detected Gorchakov's actions, he was ready for battle. After all, the Russian army had shown signs of taking the initiative to attack, and the first punch might fall on him.

No one could imagine how abstract the Russians' troop movements were.

Bernadotte was actually far away from the battlefield, and he didn't seem to be the target of the first round of attention. Moreover, it was not easy to advance in his direction.

So much so that Napoleon, who was always extremely confident, hesitated at first after hearing this report.

"What did you say? Bernadotte was attacked? And it was the Russian army that disguised itself as the Baden Army and seized the pontoon bridge?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, that's what Marshal Bernadotte reported."

"Savari, this is incredible. I have considered the Russians going directly to attack Davout's base, but Bernadotte. Does the Russian commander have any personal grudges against him? I haven't heard of any feud between Langeron and him?"

As for his cheap nephew, although he competed with Moreau for women, the two seemed to have a good relationship. According to Fouché's report, the military attaché of the Russian embassy had a private conversation with Moreau, but Moreau has always been loyal to the republic, and he has not revealed any useful information to Solovyov.

If you have a good relationship with Moreau, you won't get along too badly with Bernadotte.

But this cannot be measured by the grudges in the social circle. It is purely because Bernadotte's army was beaten, which is the most unexpected plan.

As for Dokhturov, whom Soult met head-on, Gorchakov, who bluffed in front of Ney, and the Prussian army that appeared to the north of Ney, they were all diversionary attacks. To attack Bernadotte in Spanden (Polish: Spedy, literally translated as gathering?) village directly was always a bold and unexpected action.

After thinking for a while, Napoleon had a good idea.

"If we go directly to support Bernadotte, the Russians are probably very much hoping that we will take action here. Their mobility is not as good as ours, but they have carefully chosen the battlefield and want to attack Bernadotte all the way. Berthier asked Davout's Third Army to support Bernadotte after receiving the order. And what we have to deal with is still these Russian troops who are harassing Soult and Ney."

Napoleon obviously also noticed the Russian army's tricks. If Soloviev's thousand-layer routine is not taken, it will not be guessed for a while.

But if he has already taken action at a certain point, this intention will be easily discovered.

Therefore, Napoleon only asked Davout to rescue, while he led a large group of troops to prepare to launch an operation from the front. He wanted to cut the front of the Russian army and cross the river directly to attack the vital point.

Solovyov's calculations made him think that Napoleon would gather the main force because he would rescue the enemy when attacking, but he did not expect that Master Napoleon would directly cut the middle road.

If Dokhturov had not been left to bluff in the front, I am afraid that not only would his painted skin be exposed, but even his old bottom would be lost.

However, the Russian army does not need to care about what Napoleon is going to do now. The troops brought out by Bagration include the reorganized vanguard division and the guards of Grand Duke Constantine, in addition to the Osterman-Tolstoy Division and the Sacken Division, and the Kamensky Division behind to cover the flank.

Langgeron also has his purpose for deploying troops like this.

On the one hand, the main force taken away by Bagration will indeed deal a heavy blow to Bernadotte. On the other hand, the Russian divisions that suffered heavy losses in the winter can also be replenished while bluffing, creating the illusion that the Russian army will act from the front.

And this action is indeed true. Dokhturov's containment of Surt is to prevent the Fourth Army, which has the largest number of troops in the army, from moving north easily, even if he keeps chasing Dokhturov to fight.

On Ney's side, the actions of Lestock and Gorchakov can also form a support.

Now, the focus of the entire battle has come to Bagration.

"It seems that the French are preparing very quickly."

"Mishka, if we don't take the initiative, I'm afraid that the French will take the initiative to attack us in a few days."

Bagration said this, and everyone present nodded in agreement.

"Fortunately, we at least disrupted the French deployment. But what should we do next?"

Constantine was on the side. He only used the Guards to join the battle at the end. If he wanted to plan, it was still Bagration and Solovyov.

The bridge-taking operation last night was so successful that they couldn't believe it.

And Stroganov not only fooled the French soldiers guarding the bridge and sent them back to the barracks, but also repelled the French cavalry who dared to approach the pontoon bridge and the stone bridge over the Pasag River.

When the Grenadiers Regiment went up the bridge, the French army had no choice but to choose to line up near the camp.

"Your Highness, you can lead the Guards in the second formation."

"As for you, Sasha, I think you should launch the attack."

"Why me again?"

"Because the 2nd Division has always performed very well when fighting the French. And if the left wing of the French army is destroyed by us, we will either drive them out of the battlefield or drive them back to the Pasag River."

"If there is no river, we can use two-wing encirclement. Since one side is a river terrain, we will naturally drive them to the Pasag River."

Soloviev's addition was not clearly expressed.

Even what he wanted to say was probably the foundation of military theory for future deep operations, when humans began to skillfully use horses to join the battle.

"Well, we have fought with the French many times, and this time is the same!"

But seeing Sakken, Bagration did not let him directly command the 3rd Division, but unified the vanguard division of the central army and the 3rd Division under his command, so that he would launch an attack from the front.

Bernadot saw this posture and knew that the Russian army was not friendly.

And in the first round of firing, the 60 artillery pieces of the Russian front line bombarded him fiercely.

Although this artillery organization was adjusted by Solovyov according to the changes in the battle situation, there is also one thing to note. He did not think of killing the generals and guards after a few rounds of bombardment. That kind of Total War players' approach is not advisable.

The main target of the artillery was still the French infantry at the front, cooperating with the actions of the Russian infantry.

However, many of these shells hit the back of the infantry in the first round of shooting, and even the grenade exploded directly near Bernadotte. Although the shrapnel injured his adjutant first, the power was enough to injure him.

This situation of being beaten at the beginning was very similar to when Jubel was killed in Novi.

However, Bernadotte's luck was not something that ordinary people could get.

Although his face was covered with blood, his injury was not serious, and he was even able to command the battle.

But such a round of direct artillery fire was indeed scary.

The Russian army did not know about this situation yet. Osterman-Tolstoy was very active in his actions, and when allocating troops before the war, he assigned both the cuirassiers and dragoons to his side, hoping to give full play to the advantages of cavalry.

Then, he did live up to everyone's expectations. When the infantry confronted the French army, he did not rush to launch a bayonet attack, but patiently dealt with the French army at the beginning of the war.

After a while of fighting, he asked the dragoons to take the lead in detouring and prepare to attack the French flank.

His combination of punches was aimed at the insufficient strength of the First Army and the hasty response to the battle, that is, to penetrate or defeat the French army on one side.

However, the French were still extremely tenacious when defending.

Bagration saw it and sweated for the 2nd Division.

What he saw in the telescope was that both sides were shrouded in smoke from gunpowder firing, and in this case, experienced generals knew that there would be a stalemate for a while.

However, on the right wing of the Russian army, it was decisive when the cavalry was put into the battlefield.

Looking back at the center, Bagration put the Guards on the second line because the front line could not allow so many people to deploy, and indeed left them as a reserve.

But these reserves are elite guards. Except for the Guards Cuirassiers Regiment in the 2nd Division, there are too many people "watching the show" in the second line.

Even Bagration wanted to complain that Misha, like his cheap uncle, likes to hold the reserve troops in the back and launch a decisive attack at the end.

If the Guards hadn't come, I'm afraid it would still be the reserve brigade that had caused the French a lot of trouble before to perform this task.

But he agreed to this deployment, so he arranged it according to this pre-war deployment.

After the Russian and French troops on the front line have consumed a while, the Guards can be mobilized to launch an attack.

The battle in the morning was more or less a test of the patience of both sides.

The French reinforcements would not come so quickly, and Napoleon's operation was very clear, that is, he had to clear out all the Russian troops in the front first, and then advance to the Heilsberg line, or choose to cut off the Russian troops attacking the First Army's garrison.

The purpose is so clear, so it is really exciting for both sides to show their cards at the beginning of June.

Bernadotte can only bite the bullet and continue to deal with the Russian army. Davout, who is closer to him, will need a certain amount of time to join the battlefield no matter how fast he advances.

Now he can only rely on himself. Even Bernadotte can notice that the scale of the Russian army is probably not just what he sees.

"How did these Russians pull such a large army out of the swamp and forest?"

"Sir, now Virat is seeking reinforcements, and the Russian army is under great pressure to attack him head-on."

"Dupont can't go up at this time. If the Russian army launches an attack from the front, look at their huge reserve. How long can we hold out?"

Even Bernadotte wanted to complain that his luck has always been bad. Since Austerlitz was shot in the face by the Russian Guards, he has encountered unexpected situations on the battlefield more than once. At the beginning of the year, his luggage was looted by the Russian cavalry, resulting in the loss of documents from his headquarters, as well as a lot of personal property and taxes from Prussia.

In the winter camp, no one bothered him, but when the war resumed, the first punch of the Russian army actually fell on his place.

Before, the Russian army had been targeting his first army to fight, and now it was still targeting him.

If this is pulling hair, then it won't be long before his hairstyle is the same as Davout's.

But at this time, they really had to hold on.

Although Virat was promoted from brigade commander to division commander after the battle of the pickled cabbage field, his dispatch was still very methodical.

He sent someone to ask Bernadotte for the only reserve troops because he wanted to prevent the Russian army from attacking from his flank.

The Russian heavy cavalry was still hiding behind the infantry and Cossacks at this time, and had not been deployed on the battlefield. There had never been a cavalry unit that would rush straight to the front of the enemy at the beginning. The French phalanx had always been fast in formation.

In this way, the battlefield was in a state of confrontation for a long time with bullets flying and guns roaring.

Neither side pressed their troops forward because they considered that there were no obvious flaws in the opponent's formation. Even though the French army had fewer troops, the formation was tight, and the cavalry could only attack from the flanks. It was not so easy to attack from the middle of the frontal regiments.

As for Bernadotte, he was holding Dupont and did not dare to counterattack easily, and he was indeed considering the retreat.

If the war is not going well now, the Dupont Division can still save the lives of the entire army at a critical moment.

But if Dupont attacks together and dies, then there is no need to fight this battle, and the First Army will be pursued by the superior Russian army, just like the Battle of the Trebia River.

After all, Bagration and Solovyov are both Suvorov's disciples. They were on the right wing in the Battle of the Trebia River, and this attack situation is still very obvious.

At the same time, it is also necessary to consider that the place where the two sides fought today is like the battlefield in Italy, with a river in the middle, and the terrain is relatively flat, which is suitable for both sides to set up their formations and fight.

"I think it's time."

"Don't worry, Mishka, you have to make the French less patient. And we should go to the front and ask Sakken to move forward. His side is the river bank, which is always a safer direction."

"Well, I'm just worried that he will move slowly. You know, although he is good at commanding the 3rd Division to defend, his offensive means are very poor."

"There is no way, after all, he is at this level."

Sakken can even become an army marshal in the future!

And Bagration also knows that the morning's test of the French is almost over, and he will have to find a way to resolve the battle in the afternoon.

Who knows how fast Davout, who is close to here, can run this time?