Make France Great Again

Chapter 530 Marching into Sevastopol

When Earl Cardigan led more than a hundred cavalrymen back to the foot of Kurgan Mountain, Commander Raglan on the top of the mountain smiled and said to the adjutant and division commander beside him: "Let's go! Let us celebrate the great hero together!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Commander Raglan rode down the Kurgan Mountain. The general following Raglan went down the mountain with Commander Raglan.

After seeing this situation, Earl Cardigan at the foot of the mountain also led his cavalry troops to march towards the top of the mountain. The two men on horseback met on the mountainside of Kurgan Mountain.

"Commander Raglan! The British Light Horse Brigade reports to you!" Earl Cardigan saluted to Commander Raglan solemnly.

"Brudenell (the name of Earl Cardigan), the cavalry unit you led did a great job! You showed me a perfect cavalry battle!" Commander Raglan was not shy about his words of praise. .

Although the cavalry battle just now was not perfect, as long as the cavalry could complete the tasks he assigned, it would be a perfect cavalry battle in Commander Raglan's heart.

The British Light Cavalry led by the Duke of Cardigan had obviously accomplished the tasks set by Commander Raglan brilliantly.

"You are exaggerating!" Duke Cardigan replied humbly.

"I will report your achievements this time to London! I hope you and your cavalry unit can continue their efforts!" Commander Raglan said with a smile still on his face.

After Earl Cardigan heard Commander Raglan's words to express his gratitude for them, a smile also appeared on his serious face.

For Lord Cardigan, honor is above all else, even above his life.

"That's right!" Commander Raglan suddenly thought of something and asked, "When I was on the top of the mountain just now, I roughly calculated the number of people you just had. Why did you only have about one regiment when you first attacked?" Troops! Where have the rest gone?"

"I was about to report to you!" Duke Cardigan immediately reported to Commander Raglan what happened on the Cacha River, and made his own suggestions to Commander Raglan: "Your Excellency, Commander, I suggest that you immediately Send an infantry division to the dressing station! With luck, we can capture a group of defeated Russian troops!"

"Which of you wants to go?" Commander Raglan asked, looking back at the subordinates of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Divisions, the Guards Division, the Light Infantry Division, and the Highland Brigade.

"Me!" the seven generals present said in unison.

After Commander Raglan glanced at each of them, he said to the commander of the 4th Division, Sir George Catsect: "General Catsect, leave this task to your division!"

Sir George Cutthroat, who had been a member of the reserve force since the beginning of the war, never imagined that his army would get a huge job when the battle was about to end.

"I promise you! The mission will be completed successfully!" Sir George Carthage replied to Commander Raglan in a sonorous tone.

"Okay! Go and come back quickly!" Commander Raglan waved his hand.

Sir George Cutthroat glanced gratefully at Lord Cardigan again, and then rode away from Commander Raglan.

After watching Sir George Cutthroat leave, Commander Raglan spoke again: "So! Sevastopol Fortress is now an empty city?"

Commander Raglan's heartbeat couldn't help but speed up a bit when he thought that he could conquer the Sevastopol Fortress.

"It's very possible!" Sir Cardigan nodded and replied, and then added: "However, it depends on our French allies! If they are really in front and stop the Russian army..."

At this moment, a cavalryman wearing a French military uniform gradually moved towards Commander Raglan's location from a distance. When the French cavalryman came to Commander Raglan, Commander Raglan discovered that, Isn't this the kid from the Bonaparte family?

"Commander Raglan!" Jerome Patterson saluted the highest British officer in front of him.

"Jérôme, you are finally here!" Commander Raglan said to Jérôme Patterson with a smile, and then asked: "How is the Sevastopol Trail Blockade going? "

"How did you know?" Jerome Patterson blurted out.

From the French army's launch of the Telegraph Hill Offensive to the pursuit of Lieutenant General Kiriako's troops, to the fierce battle with Prince Peter Gorchakov... France has been in a state of silence during the entire process. Where did Britain get this news? , could it be that Britain had placed internal agents in the French army.

Commander Raglan's next words shattered Jerome Patterson's inner doubts: "We heard the news from the defeated Russian army! I have to say, what you did is really great. ! It would be better if we could be notified in advance!"

"Regarding this matter, our Commander Pelissier specifically told us that we must apologize to Commander Raglan! The situation at that time did not give us time to think, and we could only put all the troops in our hands into it!" Jerome Patterson explained to Commander Raglan.

"How is the situation on the Sevastopol Trail?" Commander Raglan did not dwell too much on the communication issues between the two armies, but directly asked about the current situation of the Sevastopol Trail Blockade.

"Fortunately, I lived up to my command!" Jerome Patterson told Commander Raglan the complete story of the Sevastopol Trail Blockade.

When General Bosquet reported to Commander Pelissier in the middle of the battle line that he had occupied the heights of Telegraph Hill, Commander Pelissier immediately ordered the assault brigade to abandon the occupied positions and continue to pursue the fleeing Lieutenant General Chiriaco.

After receiving the order, General Bosquet did not hesitate at all. The next moment the messenger conveyed Pelissier's instructions, he led his troops to pursue the fleeing Lieutenant General Chiriaco.

The two sides met less than 5 kilometers away from the north shore of Sevastopol. Kiriaco, who was not ready to fight, was directly caught off guard by the assault brigade under General Bosquet. The two sides were 1,400 yards away, holding weapons. The Zhuav soldiers of the Miner rifle opened fire first, and the gunshots as dense as exploding beans heralded the arrival of death. In the rising smoke, densely packed pointed projectiles were fired towards the Kiriaco troops in the distance.

The frightened Russian Imperial soldiers once again tried the fear of the Migne rifle, and many serf soldiers began to shout loudly: "The devil's weapon!"

Panic once again spread throughout the army, and soldiers began to flee the battlefield in droves.

When the Zhuav regiment soldiers arrived about 300 yards from the Russian soldiers, nearly half of the Russian soldiers had already chosen to flee.

The remaining half chose to surrender, and only a quarter of the Russian soldiers continued to resist.

Under the orders of their commanders, these Russian soldiers began to charge towards the forward troops of the assault brigade.

The forward troops looked at the soldiers who were constantly charging towards them and pulled the trigger decisively. After one round of shooting, dozens of Russian Empire soldiers fell down. Looking at the falling comrades around them, the courage they had finally mustered up was once again discouraged, and the Russian soldiers began to retreat backwards.

After seeing this situation, the forward troops decisively adopted the simplest and most brutal method to defeat the morale of the Russian Empire, which was the bayonet charge.

Following the order from the commander of the forward unit, the Zhuav soldiers charged towards the Russian Imperial Army like a pack of wolves.

When the vanguard of the assault brigade came into contact with the Moscow Regiment, which was also the forward, in just one round, the morale of the soldiers of the Moscow Regiment completely collapsed. Some soldiers began to retreat backward and to the left in no order. Under the influence of the Moscow Regiment, , the Minsk regiment also experienced turmoil.

The soldiers of the two regiments scattered in all directions, and the first blocking battle ended with a complete victory for the French Empire.

The assault brigade that won the first victory had not rested long before it started the second battle with 8 battalions of reinforcements led by Prince Peter Gorchakov.

Compared to the first battle, the second battle seemed particularly dangerous.

The elite troops under Peter Gorchakov launched a frantic attack on the assault brigade. They wanted to close the distance with the assault brigade, and then use the bayonets commonly used by the Russian Empire to defeat the assault brigade.

This time the assault brigade's tactics were different from the previous tactics. Under the order of General Bosquet, the assault brigade soldiers fired at the eight battalions of Peter Gorchakov's soldiers while keeping a distance from the eight battalions. The distance between the two sides was always about 400 yards.

This completely reduced the muskets in the hands of the Russian Imperial soldiers to fire sticks, and Prince Peter Gorchakov's two forward battalions were completely reduced to living targets under the attack of General Boskai.

The two forward battalions suffered heavy casualties, looking for Shuyuan ww. zhaoshuyuan.com Prince Peter Gorchakov, who was at the forefront of the charge, and his accompanying adjutants and staff officers were also shot several times and fell to the ground.

The fall of Peter Gorchakov caused the morale of the Russian Empire, which was responsible for reinforcements, to also hit the bottom. The eight battalions of soldiers began to collapse, and some officers and generals. Prince Peter Gorchakov was not completely cool. Tohru's body was placed on the horse and he fled the battlefield, and the French Empire won its second victory.

After two battles, the assault brigade finally received support from Commander Pelissier. The Guards Division arrived at the Sevastopol Trail. Prince Menshikov, who originally wanted to lead his troops to break through, After seeing how the French lineup was, they could only give up and go to the Sevastopol Fortress.

The Guards Division only pursued for a while, then stopped and watched Prince Menshikov leave.

After the three wars, the French army caused nearly 7,000 casualties to the Russian Empire.

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