Struggle in Russia

Turkey's reaction was completely beyond Paskovich's expectations. According to the old Qiuba's estimation, after learning that the Russian army landed, the Turkish army should be in chaos. Both the Danube line and Istanbul would be in chaos. The Russian army only needed Just strike while the iron is hot and let the Turkish army take away the results.

However, the Turkish army was not in chaos at all. Instead, they chose to counterattack immediately. Bulgaria immediately gathered an army of 50,000 people, and cooperated with the 20,000 people who came from Istanbul to attack the Russian army in Ineada. It interrupted the Black Sea Fleet's plan to consolidate the landing site and expand its territory, and firmly restricted the Russian naval infantry to move around Ineada.

What the Russian army didn't expect was yet to come. Due to the cold wave, the logistics supplies of the Black Sea Fleet could not be transported at all. Although the temperature of seven or eight degrees was not too low, at least it was not as low as the polar bear's house, which had a low temperature of more than 20 degrees below zero. Ways to compare.

However, the humidity along the Black Sea coast is not comparable to that of a dry polar bear den. The naval infantry, who were completely unprepared for this cold wave, shivered in the rainy and low temperatures. They had neither enough to eat nor enough to wear. It was miserable. !

At this time, Paskovich had not realized the seriousness of the problem. He had no idea what the landing troops had encountered. He was still taking a nap behind the warm fireplace in Constanta and having some sweet dreams!

"Facts have proved that my judgment is correct. The Turkish rear is extremely empty. You can pierce them with just one finger. Gentlemen, I will take you to visit Constantinople and recover this thousand-year-old city!"

Paskovich spoke with absolute certainty, as if Istanbul were chicken wings on the grill just waiting for his mouth to open.

"When will the Black Sea Fleet go to sea? Can't you withstand this little wave?"

Paskovich was full of contempt for the Black Sea Fleet that could not go to sea immediately, but the staff officers sitting next to him knew that it was not easy to stand and talk. There was heavy rain and strong winds, and the gusts at sea reached level 7 or 8. Huge waves can smash you into pieces. Even if the Black Sea Fleet braves death and dares to go to sea in this weather, they will not dare to board the ship.

"General Kornilov said that there are no signs of improvement in the weather for the time being. If the wind does not stop, except for a few steamships that can go to sea, the rest of the ships will not be able to move at all!"

Steamboat!

Paskovich never thought that one day he would like steamships. In the past, he had no fondness for these black smoke monsters. He felt that they were all freaks and should not exist at all.

But now he actually hopes that the Black Sea Fleet will have more steamships, so that his troops don't have to stand in the rain shivering.

However, this topic was too involved, and he was not interested in helping Kornilov and others offend Menshikov and Nicholas I, so he immediately changed the subject:

"Are the kids okay? This drizzle is a bit cold."

The staff officers looked at each other again for a while, because the condition of the soldiers was really not good. It was already the end of March. Who could withstand such a cold wave suddenly? It was raining and windy, it was biting!

"Some soldiers have caught a cold. We have ordered the troops to cut down more trees to make fires to keep warm..."

Paskovich said softly. In fact, he didn't really care about the status of the soldiers, but he was just pretending to ask casually. After all, he was the commander-in-chief and it was hard for him to have a reputation of not caring for the soldiers.

To him, a small cold is not considered a disease at all. If there were not enough forests and enough wood, he would probably prohibit soldiers from cutting down trees.

After the routine "concern" was over, Paskovich asked the question he really cared about: "What's the situation with Ineada? How far is the naval infantry from Constantinople? Have they encountered the main force of the Turkish army?" ?”

This question cannot be answered for the time being. Due to the influence of the cold wave, it is difficult for the news from Ineada to be sent back in time. We can only rely on a few steamships of the Black Sea Fleet to deliver news. However, they cannot act as postmen all the time. Basically It only takes a day or two to make a round trip, so delays in news are inevitable.

After waiting for another day, Paskovich, who was sitting by the fireplace, received the bad news—the main force of the Turkish army appeared in Ineada!

"How can this be!"

Lao Qiu Ba was the first to express his disbelief. He crumpled the battle report into a ball and threw it on the ground, roaring: "How can there be the main force of the Turkish army in the surrounding area! Turkey is on the Danube line, so the rear must be empty!"

Obviously he meant that the naval infantry had lied, and he kept shouting: "These damn saltwater ducks, I know they are unreliable, they can't handle the slightest difficulty, it's just a little bad weather, so they make a fuss, How can we fight this?"

"Tell them that they must attack me immediately and attack Constantinople. If they dare to talk nonsense, I will not be polite!"

One can imagine how shocked the naval infantry would be after receiving Paskovich's attitude, and why did they attack? Could it be that the hundreds of thousands of Turkish troops in front of his grandma were made of paper? It is extremely difficult to hold on to the current position. Attack your sister!

Just when Paskovich was furious, the Mercury arrived at Constanta carrying Nasimov. The chief of staff of the Black Sea Fleet found Lao Qiu Ba and rudely said to him:

"I just came back from the Ineada front line. The situation there is extremely serious. About 100,000 Turkish troops have surrounded my boys. Now the boys are short of food, clothing and ammunition. It is impossible to go to you as planned. March on Constantinople!”

If another admiral came to tell Paskovich the news, he would definitely not believe it and would even make fun of him. But it was different when Nassimov came. As the hero of the Sinop naval battle, Nassimov's reputation was not generally high now, and even he had to give face.

Although he was doubtful about what Nasimov said, he had to respect it and listen to it.

"Where did the main force of the Turkish army come from?"

Lao Qiu Ba is still struggling with this problem, which is inexplicable to Nasimov. No matter where the Turkish troops came from, now they have arrived. The important thing is not to study how they appeared, but to think about what to do next. !

"Probably from the direction of Constantinople and Bulgaria, my boys reported they were coming from both directions!"

Paskovich was surprised again, because he really didn't expect the Turkish army to dare to attack. When did these local chickens become so brave?

After thinking for a moment, Paskovich calmly asked: "When can the fleet transport the follow-up troops up?"