Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

In the morning, Solovyov even had the mood to walk his horse behind the position, and only brought his adjutants out.

"It feels good, guys, who among you is from the Baltic Sea?"

"I don't think there should be any Germans among us. Although the chief of staff is, Karl Federevich is from Prussia, and even his home is not by the sea, and you"

"We told jokes in the morning, which means we have a good attitude. To be honest, there are more enemies surrounded inside than us, and there should be more than 50,000 people. And you know what? I don't believe that 60,000 people can be killed in Cannae in one day. If that's the case, even if you are as tough as the Romans, this war can't continue. It takes ten months to give birth to a child. By the time he can pick up a weapon, he must be at least in his teens. I officially joined the army at the age of thirteen, and you may be about the same, but the real military career starts after the age of sixteen."

"Gentleman "Sir, you don't believe in the results of the Battle of Cannae?"

"If we can really eliminate 40,000 people in one day, I think it is still possible. If it is 60,000, it will take several days. For us, manpower is also very important. A strong attack can indeed quickly eliminate the enemy, but I don't know how much we will lose."

"So you chose a tentative attack?"

"This time it is because the enemy is trapped and relatively weak. If it is a different environment, I may not choose to do so. Our goal is not to eliminate these enemies on the banks of the Danube in Lom, but to burn the war to the enemy's hinterland, to where they don't want to be attacked by us. After that, we will also achieve real victory."

For the Turks in the encirclement, Solovyov hopes that they will really surrender unconditionally.

But if you want to say it in German, it will definitely not happen, even if it is incompetent like Mustafa Bey.

After all, he has more people. Solovyov's letter clearly states that it is not shameful for 50,000 Turks to surrender to 35,000 Russian troops.

This sentence was to stimulate him. For the Turks, fighting to the death might be an option.

So the Turks drew their scimitars again, and they were ready to fight the Russian army in Lom.

Solovyov didn't know there was such a good thing when he was walking on his horse.

However, he had already arranged his soldiers, but the formation looked relatively thin. The two-row horizontal formation was to increase the width of the battlefield. After all, he really had few soldiers.

Moreover, the Russian army has always had a thicker formation. The people on the Ottoman Empire also knew it before the war. The few who fought fiercely with them, except for Langgeron, a foreigner, were all Suvorov's apprentices, even including Kamensky the Younger.

It can be said that they were the "Four Heavenly Kings" trained during the Italian expedition.

But there are five of the Four Heavenly Kings, which is also common sense. Before the Polish Campaign, Soloviev was probably not very famous on the battlefield, but if you really compare them, Grand Duke Constantine is different from the other four people. He probably represents the ceiling of the royal family. Even the old grand dukes in the future can't give the opponent a hard time.

If you really want to fight with the Germans, the grand dukes in the future are really not very good, but they have a higher prestige.

If you want to fight, among these disciples of Suvorov, Bagration and Kamensky were still able to stand on their own earlier, so the Turks paid more attention to them at the beginning.

Although Soloviev was famous in Poland and Sweden, his combat capability of the large army seemed to be because he was only a "young general" when he set out, so he didn't see it.

When the Turks fought, they probably arranged it according to his level of lieutenant general, which was about 30,000 people.

If you don't have good martial virtues, don't blame others.

He didn't dare to ride too far on horseback, because Clausewitz had to report to him all the time.

It was easy to bring an adjutant with him, after all, someone could carry an optical signal machine.

"Sir, a signal was sent from the headquarters."

"Signal?"

Soloviev turned his head and saw that there was indeed a signal. He participated in editing the signal code, which was actually the Morse code method, but he didn't give it a name, which was also the result of his thick skin.

This set of signals was soon recorded by the adjutant after the second time it was sent.

"That's it, sir, the Turks are lining up to fight."

"This is short enough, we should go back too."

Soloviev decided to go back, because he didn't want to read the long message.

When he came back, Clausewitz handed him a piece of paper before he even stepped into the tent.

"What is this?"

"It seems that the Turks are planning to break through from our direction. The places where they gather their forces are all in front of us."

"These guys who have never won a battle and couldn't beat the Serbs when they were still a group of militias are going to break through in front of us?"

"Yes."

"Karl, this is a good joke. But we can't be careless. Since the enemy has already formed a battle array, they may be preparing to pass through us. It hasn't rained these two days, and there will be no shells buried in the ground, which is very beneficial for us to take advantage of our artillery."

"You underestimated them. The reconnaissance report said that a group of Circassian cavalry was brought to our front, about two squadrons, and some heavily-armored Sipahi cavalry. It seems that they are ready to fight before the troops disperse."

"Armored cavalry is a bit threatening, but not too much. Our infantry must fight calmly. Let's move the headquarters forward to boost the morale of the brothers."

For Russian generals, they are usually relatively forward. Some generals are even very close to the hand-to-hand combat front. It is not uncommon for generals like Bagration to ride horses or walk in the infantry formation.

Soloviev is considered to be at a relatively long distance, or because he often needs communication to grasp the situation in several directions. Being too close to the front line makes it easy to have poor communication with the flanks.

At this distance, it is also closer than the gorgeous tents of the Ottoman Bayi masters.

At this time, Mustafa Bey also got himself a new tent and set up a headquarters near the Danube.

However, he seemed to be afraid of the Russian artillery fire from his position. Although most of the Turkish front line was within the range of the Russian artillery fire, no place was safe.

But with such a stupid opponent, the Russian army might not be embarrassed to fire at his camp next time.

Dealing with the Turkish soldiers on the front line was more critical. Even Solovyov, standing on the top of a hill, could hear the Turkish soldiers below chanting.

"I can tell. They are fighting to the death."

"How do you know?"

"When I was the commander of the guard battalion in the summer palace, envoys from Bukhara lived nearby. Sometimes they would recite this in the morning prayer. Usually, someone had to lead them."

"You know something about it."

"Karl, I wouldn't be surprised if they came shouting 'Allahu Akbar'. This kind of thing happens frequently, and this is not the last time. When we are in Asia, we still need to have good relations with these people. Although there are always extreme people, most of the elders are not extreme, and they are even very knowledgeable."

"You sound like Napoleon when he was in Cairo."

"General Menu believed it, but it was useless. To have a good relationship with them, you can't just convert them, you have to understand Get their habits. Of course, now is not the time to talk about this. All our artillery should be prepared to fire grapeshot in turn. If the Turkish army wants to break through, it must use hand-to-hand infantry as the vanguard. As for the "new army" in front of us, the number is limited and it is forced. We focus on attacking the enemies who are close to us, and we can't let them go. "

"But our pressure will be great."

"Karl, I know it will be like this. Have you sent messengers to Christian and Arkady?"

"Yes, the people sent to Prince Mecklenburg went there at dawn, and the people sent to Prince Suvorov just set out. "

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"This time is about the same, but how should we fight? It depends on how well the enemy cooperates!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he rode his horse to the hillside.

The enemy's artillery is not much, and some people are no different from infantry because of the loss of artillery. In this case, morale is naturally low.

For the Ottoman Empire's army, if there is no artillery to boost their courage, they can only rely on their brave cavalry.

Solovyov got a new pair of binoculars to observe the Turkish army formation in front.

"This new product is good. I have to write a good review for Count Bobulinsky."

He could clearly see that some Turkish cavalry were gathering in formation. There were indeed a large number of heavy armored cavalry among them, which looked like they were at least a hundred years ago.

Now this is probably the only place in the world where armored cavalry are used on a large scale. Those in Chad are cotton armored, which are also more likely to rot. They can be compared with this type, but they are not comparable.

"Karl, it seems that we can start first. We can't follow their wishes. We have to take the initiative. Whoever dances better should take the leading position. If the partner's level is poor, you can lower your posture, but you can't fight."

"How are you going to fire the cannon?"

"It's a pity that Yermolov is not here. Who is our artillery chief?"

"The original artillery chief was killed by a stray bullet yesterday. You may be interested in the new one."

When Clausewitz said this, Solovyov knew he was going to keep him in suspense.

"What do you want to say? We are fighting now! I don't need the artillery chief at ordinary times because I work on the bayonet of the cannon. Now, I have to play a key role."

It turned out that the unlucky guy was indeed quite inconspicuous. Solovyov was a careful person. He was afraid of trouble and was careless.

"Okay, it's Alexander Euler, the grandson of a mathematician."

"Then he should be good at math?"

"Do you know him?"

"He was in the Guards Artillery. I've seen him, but we're not acquaintances. When I was chief of staff for Langeron, I was in charge of troop movements and there was a commendation order. He performed well in the battle."

In fact, Alexander Euler's main work was related to artillery. He used to be an officer of the Guards Artillery Corps, and later he was also an artillery officer of the Russian Army. Now he was the chief of artillery because Clausewitz had artillery experience. Even if he didn't want to, he was forced to do it.

Mathematics and military service were probably the differences between Euler and his family since his father. His descendants even had service records in the Red Army. Many of them actually became Russians and were no different from their neighbors.

When Alexander Euler came to him, Solovyov could also see that this artillery officer seemed to spend more time sitting on the artillery carriage and less time riding a horse.

"Colonel, it looks like your horsemanship still has room for improvement."

"Sir, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"The enemy hasn't come yet, but the cavalry is already there."

"Of course we have to fire artillery, just like the 9th Division bombarded the Turkish camp before. But I don't agree to eliminate such a fool. Instead, it's very useful to use artillery to attack their cavalry."

"I'm worried that the enemy will move soon, but looking at the cavalry's formation and the slow movement of their infantry, you still have time to send those tin cans a batch of artillery shells to blow them up."

"I've been waiting for your order! I just saw their actions at a 6-pound gun position."

"Great! Let's do it!"

Speaking of which, the people in the Euler family have been easy to get along with since his grandfather. Even Academician Euler, a bad-tempered guy like John Bernoulli, can tolerate and get along with him happily. External interference generally does not affect their work. Euler can hold his granddaughter and discuss mathematical problems with others. His grandson's poor horsemanship has not delayed the artillery business.

This Alexander is the descendant of his third son Christopher. Speaking of Frederick's petty mind, Christopher retired from the Prussian Army to take care of his father whose eyesight was getting worse. As a result, he disobeyed Frederick and was imprisoned in Prussia. If it weren't for the Queen's letter, he would have become a mathematician in prison. The orthodox prison design bureau may be in Berlin.

No wonder most of Euler's descendants live in Russia. They don't like the environment in Central Europe, and the Queen, Paul and Alexander at this time, treat them too well.

This Alexander rode down the hillside on horseback. Although he was not good on horseback, if he talked about artillery technology, if his artillery skills and command were not good, he would be sorry for his grandfather and uncle in mathematics, and sorry for his father in artillery.

As for the Turkish cavalry on the opposite side, they probably didn't know what kind of horrible scene they were going to face. (End of this chapter)