Chapter 533： Kornilov's coping strategy

Under the influence of Jerome Bonaparte, a little butterfly who suddenly entered the 19th century, the Crimean War has deviated from the original historical line from the very beginning, and the whole world has begun to make great strides towards a new world. .

Nakhimov and Kornilov were two unfortunate people who were directly affected by Jerome Bonaparte's butterfly effect. At this moment, they were still racking their brains for the next rescue. Action Develop an appropriate plan.

After more than two hours of argument, Nakhimov and Kornilov finally finalized the rescue plan.

The 16 ships docked on the south bank of Sevastopol will all act as an important force in erecting a pontoon bridge tomorrow to build a life channel.

Originally, this work should be handed over to ordinary civilian ships. Unfortunately, the civilian ships in the Sevastopol Bay were proposed to be sunk into the bay by Lieutenant General Kornilov before the coalition fleet approached Sevastopol. Export, and it is precisely because of this that the ships of the coalition forces have no way to directly enter the bay to shell Sevastopol

After the rescue plan was drawn up, Kornilov made another suggestion to Nakhimov.

Kornilov hopes to mobilize all the residents of the south bank of Sevastopol to build trenches, parapets, simple bastions (earth-made bastions) and forts, and at the same time dismantle all the remaining guns in the ship and place them on the forts , to strengthen the defenses of the southern shore of Sevastopol.

"However, it is difficult for Sevastopol to be mobilized now!" Nakhimov frowned and responded to Kornilov.

Today, the south bank of Sevastopol has long been panic, and many residents have no time to escape, how can they help them build defensive positions.

"Don't worry!" Lieutenant General Kornilov put on a confident attitude and said to Nakhimov: "I have a way to get them to cooperate with us obediently!"

"What way!" Nakhimov asked curiously.

"Cheat!" Lieutenant General Kornilov said softly.

"Cheat?" Lieutenant General Nakhimov looked at Kornilov in confusion.

"That's right! Since we have no way to stop this panic, why don't we exaggerate the threat of the coalition forces! Let their image in the hearts of Sevastopol residents and soldiers be equated with heart-eating demons, And they are the devils who devour the hearts of the residents of Sevastopol! We can declare to the residents of Sevastopol that the reason why the coalition forces started the war here is to eat the residents of Sevastopol! Wherever they go, they will be overtaken by the coalition forces! Escape cannot solve the problem, only by defeating those demons can they avoid the risk of their hearts and livers being eaten!" Lieutenant General Kornilov explained to Nakhimov.

"Although this method can inspire the residents of Sevastopol to feel the same hatred of the enemy, it will also make our soldiers lose the confidence to fight against them!" Lieutenant General Nakhimov responded to Lieutenant General Kornilov with concern. : "After all, there is no way for mortals to defeat demons!"

"You are indeed right! Humans are indeed unable to defeat demons!" Lieutenant General Kornilov nodded to Nakhimov and said with a sly smile: "But the Patriarch and His Majesty the Tsar can We only need to borrow their names, the priest and Prince Menshkov will be a "sharp blade" in our hands!"

Lieutenant General Kornilov paused for a moment, then leaned into Lieutenant General Nakhimov's ear and whispered, "We just need..."

As soon as Kornilov finished speaking, Nakhimov's eyes lit up, he nodded to Lieutenant General Kornilov and said, "It's really a good way!"

"Then let's get started!"

Later, Nakhimov and Kornilov "invited" the Orthodox priests in the fortress to the military camp in the name of the Sevastopol headquarters.

The bishop of Sevastopol, who was awakened from his sleep by the rough Cossack soldiers, yawned and entered the sailor's camp. In the sailor's camp, the bishop of Sevastopol not only met Nakhimov, the two leaders of the fortress. With Kornilov, but also met all the priests in the Sevastopol fortress.

Needless to say, they were forcibly awakened to this military camp just like the Bishop of Sevastopol.

Thinking of this, Bishop Sevastopol inevitably felt a little more resentment in his heart.

"Your Excellency, the priests, welcome to the barracks!" Lieutenant General Kornilov said to all the priests present.

"Lieutenant General Kornilov, why did you call us here in the middle of the night? Did you deliberately entertain us! If that's the case, then I will consider asking His Majesty the Tsar to do justice for us!" Sevasto Bishop Ball complained to Kornilov.

"Yes! Lieutenant General Kornilov, what are you trying to do!"

"Lieutenant General Kornilov, I hope you can give a word!"

...

In the face of Bishop Sevastopol's "popular grievance" forcing the palace, Lieutenant General Kornilov was not at all angry, and still put on a gentle and elegant face: "That's it! A baptism in the morning for all the inhabitants and soldiers of the Sevastopol fortress!"

"What a joke! There are more than 50,000 or 60,000 people in Sevastopol. How can we do it!"

"Yeah! This is really too difficult for a strong person!"

...

The priest kept complaining about the difficulty of Lieutenant General Kornilov, and told Lieutenant General Kornilov that he would not baptize people in Sevastopol if he was killed.

"So, you refused?" Lieutenant General Kornilov asked the pastor present with a smile.

"Your Excellency Lieutenant General, it's not us who rejected you! It's too hard for a strong person!" The sad-faced priest complained to Lieutenant General Kornilov: "Besides, we don't have so much holy water for baptism in our hands! "

"Humph! Your so-called holy water is not the water in the Gulf of Sevastopol, how much of that water is needed!" Nakhimov mocked the priest in the room with a look of disdain.

The priest exploded instantly after hearing what Nakhimov said in the middle, and they began to target Lieutenant General Nakhimov.

"Quiet!" After the reprimand of Bishop Sevastopol, the priest present became quiet, and then turned his attention to Bishop Sevastopol.

"Lieutenant General Kornilov!" Bishop Sevastopol took a few steps forward and asked Kornilov with a serious face: "Can you tell me! What are you going to do?"

"Destroy the fear of the coalition forces among the residents of Sevastopol!" Kornilov paused and complained to the priest present: "Again, why did the residents and soldiers of Sevastopol meet This fear of the coalition forces is all thanks to everyone present! If it weren't for your day-to-day propaganda, Sevastopol would not have been in the state of the previous days!"

"We are also under orders!" The priests retorted: "If Prince Menshkov asked us to do this, we would not say anything to publicize! Now we are complaining, if we knew this would happen. "Why did you go early!"

"Yeah! After all, you are still incompetent!"

"That's right!"

...

Seeing that the situation was about to develop in the direction of scolding, Bishop Sevastopol had to speak again: "Now is not the time to argue about who is right and who is wrong, the most important thing is how to solve the problem!"

"I agree with the bishop!" Lieutenant General Kornilov also said, "There is no way to keep arguing like this! We have to get through the current difficulties together. You should all know that once the coalition forces break through the plug After the Vastopol Fortress, the situation you may face!"

The priests were speechless for a moment. Of course, they had already heard about the military discipline of the coalition forces, and of course they understood what might happen after the coalition forces broke through Sevastopol.

With a little luck, they can even break the bank and avoid disaster. If you are unlucky, you may not even be able to save your life.

After all, the coalition forces also included the Turkish army, known for killing prisoners.

The contradiction between Russia and Turkey has long been unable to resolve.

Unless either of the two falls, their hatred can be resolved.

As for escaping from the Sevastopol fortress, that's even more nonsense.

More than half (80%) of the entire Crimean Peninsula are Tatars. Those Tatars are notoriously thorny before the coalition troops arrive, so that the Russian Empire often leads troops to clear them.

After the arrival of the coalition troops, those Tatars will probably be more rampant, and the priests walking on the road without the protection of the army will only become the souls of the Tatar bandits.

Staying in Sevastopol has a good chance of surviving, as long as you don't need the Turks and walking out of Sevastopol is a near-death experience.

Of course, if you can really hold on to it, that's even better!

"Can you hold this place?" one of the priests asked Lieutenant General Kornilov nervously.

"I don't know, but I will try my best to keep it!" Lieutenant General Kornilov said firmly, and told the priest present that he would definitely live and die with Sevastopol.

Lieutenant General Nakhimov, who was standing beside Kornilov, also repeated a sentence.

Later, Bishop Sevastopol asked Lieutenant General Kornilov about the specific steps.

Lieutenant General Kornilov told the Bishop of Sevastopol that he would deliver news early tomorrow morning that the coalition forces would eat up everyone in the fortress of Sevastopol, even if they fled to the ends of the earth, Then the priest came on the field and preached that Sevastopol had been blessed by the Lord, and as long as Sevastopol was baptized, he could gain the power to resist the devil.

Anyone who wants to escape from Sevastopol or who does not obey the orders of Sevastopol (Kornilov's order) will be forsaken by the Lord and become food for the devil.