Struggle in Russia

It can be said that the Russian army's command sequence collapsed before the war started. Soldiers are left to make their own decisions and must fight completely independently.

This is the ultimate test for the modern army. All progress relies on internal cooperation in small units. Each soldier will become his own general, which requires extremely high quality of soldiers!

Of course, the collapse of the Russian army's command sequence due to thick fog was a disadvantage, but the thick fog covering their actions was also a great benefit.

Under the cover of thick fog, the Russian soldiers successfully approached a position quite close to the British position. At this time, the performance advantage of the British army's Migne rifle could not be exerted. In order to avoid the heavy rain, the British army's observation was slightly distracted. Even if someone noticed that there seemed to be movement on the top of the mountain earlier in the morning that day, it did not cause any disturbance. Pay attention to.

According to the British Army: "There was a thick fog outside, so thick that I couldn't see anyone ten yards away, and it rained almost all night, but it was normal before midnight, but when it was almost dawn, you could hear The sound of wheels sounded like someone was moving a gun carriage. However, the officer on duty did not say anything, because the church bells in the nearby town had been ringing since nine o'clock, and the band was also playing continuously, shrouding us in Amidst the huge noise.”

Before the British army could react, Soimorov's troops came down from the top of the mountain. The leading troops of the Russian army appeared in the thick fog, with a total of 6,000 people from Kolyvansky, Yekaterinburg and Toto. Three regiments of Mski.

The cannons set up by the Russian army on Cannonball Hill also began firing, suppressing the British army with fierce firepower. The British army was suddenly in chaos and could only flee in panic.

The sound of gunfire finally woke up the British 2nd Infantry Division. The soldiers were running around in their underwear, getting dressed and packing up their tents. Then they grabbed their rifles and joined the queue.

Everything was in such a panic that some of the animals pulling packages were frightened by the sound of gunfire and ran wildly in the camp, trampling some people and making the already chaotic scene even more unbearable.

The person in charge of commanding the 2nd Division that day was General Pennyfather, Delacey Evans' deputy. Evans had earlier been injured due to a fall from his horse and had to hand over the command to him, but Evans still stayed in the camp to guide the work.

Pennyfather did not choose the same response tactics as Evans, but chose to add more troops to the front line to confront the Russian army head-on.

It cannot be said that Pennyfather's response was wrong. Due to the thick fog, he did not know that he was facing an enemy that was six times more than his own, but Soimolov did not know how many people he had.

The British soldiers, under the command of Pennyfather, bravely fought against the Russian army. Due to the thick fog, communication between the various departments of the British army was interrupted and they could only fight in small groups.

Pennyfather was also miserable because the fog was so thick that he couldn't see the movements of the Russian and his own troops, let alone command them. He could only order his two field artillery pieces to fire in the direction where the enemy might be.

According to his recollection: "I can imagine the gunners firing at the enemy's cannons set up on the shells, but each time they fired, they attracted more artillery fire on their heads. Some gunners fell, even though I ordered to lay down It fell, but a cannon ball still flew towards us. A soldier in the front row had his left arm and legs blown off, and a soldier behind him was killed, but there were no wounds on his body... The cannon fired at the fastest speed Loading and firing at a fast speed. After each successful launch, the huge recoil caused the cannon to rush towards us... The gunners tried their best to push the cannon back to its original position, and everyone was panting from exhaustion..."

The main task of the British gunner at this stage is to fire. As long as he can fire the cannon, it doesn't matter where the cannonballs go, because the enemy can't be seen originally, and violent fire can mislead the enemy, making them think the number of British artillery We have more than we actually have, probably just firing artillery in exchange for time to wait for reinforcements,

If Soimolov knew the weakness of the British defense, he would definitely order the Russian army to charge, but he could not see anything in the thick fog, and the enemy's fierce shooting, especially the British army's Migne rifle, attacked the Russian army. Shooting after closing in is deadly accurate.

Because the casualties were relatively high, he decided to wait for Pavlov to follow up before launching an attack together.

But just a few minutes later, poor Soymolov was killed by a stray bullet from the British Migne rifle, and Colonel Pristov Itov, who took over the command, was also killed a few minutes later. Colonel Uvazhnov-Alexandrov, who continued to take over the command, was also killed not long after.

After that, no one knew who should take over the command, and the command sequence of the Russian army was already broken, and no one was eager to step forward to shoulder the heavy burden. Captain Andrianov could only be sent to find a few The general discussed the matter and wasted precious time.

At the same time, at five o'clock in the morning, Pavlov's troops arrived at the Inkelmann Bridge at the foot of the mountain, only to find that the naval detachment did not follow Dannenberg's order to prepare tools for them to cross the river, and had to wait for the pontoon bridge to be set up. Then cross the river.

At seven o'clock in the morning, after Pavlov crossed the river, his troops climbed up to the high ground in three groups. The Okhotsky Regiment, Yakutsky Regiment, Selenginsky Regiment and most of the artillery were on the right, going up through the Sabo Road. Climb to rendezvous with Soimolov's troops.

The Borodinsky regiment is in the center, going up from the Volovia ravine, and the Tarutinsky regiment on the left is climbing up the steep and rocky slopes of the quarry ravine, under the cover of Soimolov's artillery Attack the British forts.

At this time, there were fierce gun battles at the foot of the mountain. Small groups of armed men scurried about, using the thick cover of the trees to shoot at each other, just as harassing troops often did.

The fiercest battle took place at the fort on the right wing of the British defense line. Twenty minutes after crossing the Chornaya River, the leading battalion of the Tarutinsky Regiment repulsed the British security forces at the fort, but immediately encountered a group of soldiers. Attacked by a mixed force of only 700 British troops.

The commander of this force was British Brigadier General Adams. After fierce hand-to-hand fighting, the fort changed hands several times. By eight o'clock, the number of Adams' troops and the Russian army had reached one to ten. However, because the battle was carried out on a narrow ridge, the number of men and horses that the Russian army could invest in a single attack was limited, and there was no way to show it at all. With the advantage of numbers, the battle was very hard and brutal.

In the end, Brigadier General Adams' troops could no longer hold on and had to retreat. Halfway through, the British reinforcements finally arrived. The Duke of Cambridge rushed to the scene with the Grenadier Regiment, and immediately joined Adams and launched an attack on the Russian army. There was a backlash.

At this time, the symbolic significance of the British fort to the warring parties has far exceeded its actual strategic significance, and the competition around this place has entered a fierce battle...