Struggle in Russia

Paskovich's face turned green. The reason was very simple. The Turks caught him off guard. The problem was not particularly serious. What was serious was that he did not have the troops on hand to counterattack and regain his position.

The tug-of-war these days has exhausted Paskovich's vitality, and he no longer has a reserve team to take over.

However, if the position is not recaptured, the consequences will be very serious. Markov's position originally only had three lines of defense. Once dawn, with the strength and strength of the British and French forces, trying to break through this last line of defense would be like breaking through the window paper. Just as easy.

At that time, Ineada really couldn't hold on, which meant she lost everything!

"What's going on with Markov!" Paskovich was angry. "I repeatedly reminded him to pay attention to enemy night attacks. Why didn't he take my words to heart?"

This is nonsense, because Paskovich never said such a thing at all, let alone reminded him repeatedly. In short, this old guy probably wants to take the blame!

"Tell him!" Paskovich was still chattering and losing his temper. He shouted loudly: "Counterattack immediately and take back the position for me, otherwise military law will be imposed!"

There was a sudden silence in the headquarters, because everyone knew that Markov was unable to regain the position. His troops had suffered the most severe test before and suffered heavy casualties. The thousands of people who came rushed forward to help them hold up the precarious defense line. Their position had long been lost.

Now Paskovich unreasonably assigned a task that Markov could not complete, which made everyone feel a little bit sad - today it is Markov, but who can guarantee that it will not be him tomorrow?

After all, every line of defense in Ineada is in danger now, and there is simply leakage from all sides. Problems may occur in any line of defense at any time!

"Your Excellency, General Markov has tried his best. The problem now is that we are severely lacking in troops and cannot retake the position at all!"

"Yes, Your Excellency, please calm down. General Markov did not intentionally disobey your orders. The enemy is really too powerful."

Several generals stood up and put in good words for Markov, not entirely because of their good relationships, but mainly because of the sadness of the rabbit's death and the fox's death as mentioned earlier. If you don’t speak for Markov now, who will speak for them in the future? According to Paskovich’s approach, everyone might have to take the blame for him!

"Recapture the position? It's not easy. Which one of you still has a reserve team?" Paskovich glared at everyone and said coldly: "I'm not being unreasonable, but I'm just talking about the situation! In this extremely difficult situation. , any small mistake will cause fatal problems. Markov is definitely to blame!"

Seeing Paskovich insisting on killing Markov, everyone was a little confused as to why he was not to blame. I heard what you said. If you don’t have a reserve team, you can only sacrifice Markov. Are you planning to retreat directly and then pass the responsibility to Markov? Are you saying that it was his mistake that led to the fall of Ineada?

Don't tell me, Paskovich really meant this, because his intention all along was to wait for Nicholas I to give him the order to retreat. Now seeing that the position is lost and Ineada can no longer hold it, nor can he wait for the order to retreat, he can't really wait for the entire army to be wiped out, right?

In that case, his responsibility will be even greater and he will not reap any good fruits after returning properly. The only way to retreat now is to throw a few scapegoats to take the blame, and you can barely handle it by passing all the relevant responsibilities on, right?

But Paskovich has obviously forgotten another problem, that is, even if he throws the blame now, it is too late to run away. There are still tens of thousands of Russian troops in Ineada. How can so many people be evacuated in half a night?

The retreat organization is a big problem. If it is not handled well, it will collapse. Especially the desperate retreat in the current situation where it is besieged on all sides will test the combat effectiveness and psychological quality of the troops.

Anyway, even if you want to escape, it will take time. You have to arrange the remaining troops and let the navy organize enough ships.

So even if everyone can understand Paskovich's intention, they can't do it. Someone immediately reminded: "General, we are pressed for time. Whether it is to counterattack to regain the position or other measures, we need time, and we need more troops. , once there is any mistake from General Markov, we will all fall into an irreversible situation!"

Paskovich stopped talking. How could he not know this? But the problem is that none of the brothers sitting here have spare troops. They are all gritting their teeth and struggling. How can they find the men to help Marco? husband?

After a long while, someone asked weakly: "Would you like to ask the navy to see if they still have any remaining strength..."

Paskovich's face suddenly turned darker. It was already known to everyone that his relationship with Kornilov and Nassimov was very bad. And now asking him to ask for help from the navy, isn't this a disgrace to him?

He just wanted to scold this person, but then he thought: once Markov's side is finished, then Ineada will be finished, and naturally he will be finished too. This is a matter of life and death, and saving life is more important than saving face.

After a moment of silence, he said: "Then go to the Navy and ask if they have any reserves. If so, leave it to them!"

One can imagine how surprised Kornilov and Nassimov were when they received this order. But they were surprised that Markov could not hold on. They knew what this meant very well. !

"Our defense line is in danger!"

"No!" Kornilov said seriously with a straight face: "It is Ineada who is in danger!"

Nasimov was also anxious: "What should we do? We don't have a reserve team!"

Kornilov was silent for a moment and then said decisively: "Deploy manpower from the fleet, tens or hundreds of people from each warship, we can make up some of it!"

Nasimov said with a grimace: "Is this enough? What's more, they haven't received land warfare training, so I'm afraid they won't be able to do it?"

Kornilov said: "Deploy troops from the warships to fill the front line, and then mobilize troops from the front line to assist General Markov in counterattacking and regaining the position!"

This was the only thing that could be done. After some urgent discussions, Nasimov immediately ordered each ship to deploy troops. After an hour of work, 1,500 sailors were sent to the shore. Correspondingly, Kornilov gritted his teeth and gathered 500 people from the front line. A counterattack force totaling 2,000 people was urgently organized...