Chapter 644： doomed plan

"As expected of Teacher Yomini, the plan has been perfected so quickly!"

Archduke Mikhail couldn't help but sigh, and Alexander II, who was standing beside him, nodded lightly in agreement.

"His Royal Highness, Your Excellency the Grand Duke! Why don't we go and see now!" Commander Gorchakov suggested.

"Yes!" Alexander II said softly.

So, Alexander II, Grand Duke Mikhail and Gorchakov got up and went to the staff office set up near the old palace of Bakhchisaray.

When Alexander II and others arrived at the staff, Marshal Jomini was pointing at a map of the Crimean Peninsula to explain something to the surrounding staff members.

"Master Jomini!" Archduke Mikhail shouted loudly.

Marshal Jomini raised his head slowly, with a surprised expression on his face, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, you are here!"

"As soon as we heard that the teacher had completed the plan, we rushed over without stopping! Tell me about your plan!" Grand Duke Mikhail said to Marshal Jomini impatiently.

"Yes! Marshal!" Gorchakov also said.

At the mutual pleas of Grand Duke Mikhail and Gorchakov, Marshal Jomini began to explain to them his plans.

Since the Russian Empire has a total of about 260,000 people on the Crimean Peninsula, it completely crushed the coalition forces in terms of pure force, so Jomini planned to launch attacks on the coalition forces at multiple points, making it impossible for them to communicate with each other. Support, only in this way will it be possible to seize their flaws and fight to defeat them.

(Let me say here that Marshal Jomini himself has no hope for the victory of the Russian Empire. He only hopes that the Russian Empire can accumulate more tactical victories in the Crimea Peninsula, causing a certain degree of damage to Britain and France.

Only then will Britain and France be willing to sit down and negotiate peace with the Russian Empire. )

The initial focus of the attack was near the Joyana River and Inkerman Mountain.

"Why these two places?" Mikhail asked Jomini suspiciously, then pointed to the small town of Yevpatoria and said, "Shouldn't we occupy this place as soon as possible?"

"Your Excellency! According to the information from the reconnaissance cavalry we sent to Yevpatoria, Yevpatoria not only sent more soldiers and built trenches, but also in Yevpa The naval guns are parked in the port of Toria town! If we attack rashly, we will only suffer heavy losses!" Yomini explained to Mikhail.

Later, Jomini explained to Mikhail that he would stop the loss, so he would set the key attack targets near the Joana River and Inkerman Mountain, in order to contain the British and French.

"What about after restraint?" Mikhail continued to ask.

Jomini also told Mikhail that as long as the coalition believed that the Russian Empire chose to attack Sevastopol head-on, then the Russian Empire would be able to secretly lead a team to cross the Kacha River from Saki along the coastline in the dark. Arrive near the north shore of Sevastopol.

After the army arrived on the north shore of Sevastopol, Bakhchisaray's army would also be dispatched to storm the Star Fortress.

By that time, the army on the north shore would be attacked from three directions.

If you are lucky, you can take the North Shore directly.

Mikhail again raised his concerns about how they should deal with the naval guns in the port of Sevastopol.

Facing Mikhail's question, Yomini fell into silence, and then told Mikhail with a wry smile that the surprise attack force was not to mention the naval guns in the Sevastopol naval port, they could not even resist the coast. on the fort.

"Then why do we have to die for nothing?" Mikhail asked subconsciously.

Everyone present fell into silence, and soon Mikhail understood that this war was not the war they wanted at all, but a war that his father Nicholas I had imposed on them.

From the point of view of reason, they can't win either Sevastopol or Yevpatoria.

"I will write to His Majesty the Emperor to explain the situation here! I believe His Majesty will understand!" Mikhail's thoughts gradually moved closer to Alexander II.

Alexander II euphemistically told Mikhail that he had already explained the situation in the Crimea to Nicholas I, but their father insisted that they attack.

Mikhail also realized that if persuasion had worked, he wouldn't be here either.

Apparently, his father had not listened to any persuasion.

"And then?" Mikhail said feebly.

He can already foresee that the Russian Empire will most likely fail this time, but even so, they have to bite the bullet and continue.

Because Yomini's plan is already the most feasible plan among all the plans.

"If our army breaks through the north bank, then the French Empire on the south bank is bound to reinforce the north bank! At that time, we will attack here with all our strength!" Jomini pointed his finger at the small town of Yevpatoria.

"You just said that the defenses here are very strict, and a rash attack will cause our army to suffer heavy losses!!" Mikhail said with a puzzled look.

"His Royal Highness, the defense of Sevastopol is higher than here!" Jomini replied helplessly to Mikhail.

Where does the current Russian Imperial Army still have the ability to pick and choose, they can only try to bite the coalition.

...

In this way, Mikhail, who was full of hope, felt a sense of daze and powerlessness after listening to the plan made by Marshal Jomini.

He understands that this plan is based on the premise that the coalition forces are all idiots, but the coalition forces are not stupid, they also have old generals like his teacher Jomini from that legendary era (Rage Marshal Lun).

However, they have no choice at all.

...

September 3, 1854.

The temperature of the Crimean Peninsula gradually decreased with the advent of September, a sudden autumn rain and a letter of urging from St. Petersburg gave way to Bakhchisaray Gorchakov and others determined to start fighting.

September 4th at 5 a.m.

Russian 4th and 5th Army (60,000 men, 200 guns) led by Soylov and Parlov (40,000 men, 128 guns) from Simferopol and Bakhchisa, respectively Lai set off and arrived at around 5:30 am, near Mount Inkerman and the Jonaya River near Sevastopol.

At the same time, Alexander II and Gorchakov in Saatchi also led a team of 30,000 people from Saatchi to the town of Yevpatoria.

As for the 100,000 of the remaining 130,000 people, the ones deployed in Saatchi and Bakhchisaray, led by Jomini himself, will be used for support at any time.

At six in the morning, Sevastopol and Yevpatoria were simultaneously attacked by the artillery of the Russian Empire.

Left flank of Mount Inkerman.

The Sardinian Second Division, which was defending in conjunction with the French army, never imagined that it would be "justified" by others.

When the artillery shells like raindrops smashed into the Sardinian garrisoned high ground, the huge explosion sound woke the soldiers of the Second Division from the trenches and tents.

Sleeping in the tent, the Sardinian soldiers hurriedly put on their clothes and ran out, scurrying around like headless flies, and the entire camp suddenly became a mess.

The soldiers sleeping in the trenches quickly put their bodies close to the trenches to observe the enemy's movements.

However, they did not see the enemy, only heard the rumbling artillery and the screams of their companions.

Judging from the current situation, the Russian military does not seem ready to act immediately.

About 20 minutes after the shelling passed, Marshal La Malamour, commander of the Sardinian Expeditionary Force, appeared in the trenches. He immediately found the commander of the Second Division, Oliver Cagne, and asked him about the casualties of the troops.

"The casualty data is still unclear!" The disgraced Oliver Cagne lowered his head and said to La Malamour.

"How the **** did you act as a division commander!" La Malamour yelled angrily, and then he asked Oliver Cagne if he knew where the enemy was.

Oliver Cagne also shook his head dazedly, and La Malamour became even more angry, he pointed to Oliver Cagne and gave an order: "You don't squat here anymore, and immediately lead me two Chasseur battalion (each brigade is eligible for a chasing battalion, the number of each chasing battalion is about 500-800 people, the best troops in Sardinia), search for Russian troops! If you can't find it, I will I have to take off your military uniform!"

"Yes!" Oliver Cagne, who received the order, quickly fled from La Malamour's side and found two battalion commanders at the other end of the trench.

"Come with me with your soldiers!" Oliver Cagne said directly to them without any nonsense.

The two battalion commanders also summoned the soldiers decisively. After about 10 minutes, a squad of nearly a thousand people dispersed and advanced in the direction of the artillery.

Soon they came across a group of soldiers in grey uniforms with a rifle in their hands, climbing up.

enemy!

After seeing the gray uniforms , the soldiers of the chariot battalion immediately realized that the army in front of them was the army of the Russian Empire. (In this era, the illiteracy rate is relatively high, and the underlying language is not circulated. Soldiers can only rely on military uniforms to identify enemies or friends.)

Before Oliver Cagne could issue an order, the chasing battalion armed with Mignet guns immediately showed their initiative. They stopped and used the thick bushes as a cover to aim at the Russian army about 400 meters away from them.

In the distance, the Russian army also found this group of enemies in green coats. The brigadier general in charge of commanding this forward force raised his saber and shouted loudly: "Ulla!"

The surrounding Russian Imperial soldiers also shouted "Ulla" and rushed in the direction of Sardinia.

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