Struggle in Russia

Kornilov was indeed so angry that he felt that all the fat heads in the admiralty and war ministries sitting in their luxurious offices in St. Petersburg should be dragged out and shot.

Last year, he suggested that new breech-loading rifles be immediately popularized in the entire army, even if they are equipped with paper-shell bullets like the Migne rifle. At the worst, they should try to improve the old smoothbore rifles and convert them into breech-loading articulated rifles. That's fine.

But those fat-headed men refused flatly. The open-mouthed and closed-mouth weapons were advanced enough without any need for improvement. Now what do you see that means they are advanced enough? late!

Kornilov's words immediately made some people at the scene feel uncomfortable, because they were the ones who refused Kornilov's request at that time. It was so painful to be slapped in the face!

However, this fight was quickly interrupted by a new round of fire from the British and French coalition forces and Turkish artillery. This time there were only a few explosive shells, most of them were grapeshot, also known as shrapnel.

The explosive elasticity of this era is relatively limited, and the effect at medium and short distances is average, but it doesn't matter that the traditional grape bombs have a large volume and can be produced as much as you want!

The poor Russian gray animals were really suffering. They tried their best to charge forward, but when they saw that they were about to encounter the enemy at close range, they were blinded by the overwhelming small steel balls the size of grapes.

Suddenly there was blood and flesh flying everywhere again, especially the Turks. Although they actually used chain bullets mixed with grape bullets, the so-called chain bullets were actually big iron chains. You can see an iron chain rotating and sweeping across like a meat grinder.

Some chain bombs are even made up of four sharp blades. They are folded and loaded into the barrel before firing. After firing, they open and rotate rapidly under the impact of the impact. It is really no different from a meat grinder.

To be honest, this type of cannonball is actually used more by the navy, for cutting local sails and cables in naval battles. Before the popularity of steam power, once the sail cable was cut, the ship lost power and could only be manipulated by others.

This type of chain bullet is really a bit too cruel to use to hit the human body. If it hits the human body, it will be smashed into pieces, which is terrible to watch.

This close-range concentrated fire almost sentenced the Russian attack to death. After leaving a bloody trace in front of the coalition position, even the gray animal collapsed without fear of death.

The remaining Russian troops immediately threw away their weapons, turned around and fled, no matter how much the officers shouted or even enforced military law. Compared with the firepower of the coalition forces, the officers' swords were nothing more than child's play.

Paskovich's old face was twitching all the time. This offensive with high hopes was simply terrible. He was beaten back without even touching the enemy's hair, and more than half of them were killed or wounded. To put it bluntly, this was a disastrous defeat and a great shame. !

With his temper, he insists on enforcing battlefield discipline and killing a few people to vent his anger, but if he insists on saying how miserable the gray animal's performance is, it's not like he can perform like this after being hit with such fierce firepower. It's rare to have a breakdown only after halfway through.

But he was still angry. Whenever he turned around and saw Kornilov's face, he felt uncomfortable and uncomfortable.

"Shoot those cowards who lead the escape!"

Lao Qiu Ba gave the order coldly, but in the end he chose to maintain his authority and face, which was the most important thing to him.

But after giving the order, he walked off the high platform without looking back, with the words "Keep strangers away" clearly written on his gloomy face!

Anyone who has witnessed everything from the beginning knows that this is because Lao Qiu Ba feels ashamed of himself and can't help himself. Who allowed him to talk so full of words yesterday and reduce Kornilov and the naval infantry to nothing.

Okay, now the slaps are coming so fast and hard that I can't help him wash the floor, so I can only do it and hide first.

"What do you think the old guy will do next?" Nasimov asked Kornilov after returning to the flagship.

"I don't know!" Kornilov shook his head, "I hope he can learn a lesson and wake up early. In that case, today's sacrifices will not be in vain!"

But both Kornilov and Nassimov knew that this possibility was very small. Paskovich placed so much hope on this landing that he almost bet his old face on it.

If you ask him to stop now, how will he end it? How to explain to Nicholas I why he failed to achieve success?

You can’t say that the enemy is too powerful and I can’t defeat it, right?

Based on his personality and situation, it is impossible for him to admit defeat or stop. He will definitely have to make new attempts.

"Your Majesty the Commander orders you and General Nassimov to meet at his headquarters at three o'clock in the afternoon to discuss the next phase of the battle plan!"

After hearing this order, Kornilov and Nassimov were both bitter and unspeakable. Obviously, Lao Qiu Ba is still going to be a monster!

Sure enough, Paskovich said at the meeting: "The reason why the morning's attack failed was that the enemy's firepower was unprecedentedly powerful, far exceeding our previous expectations. The other reason was that the troops lacked courage and were greedy. Afraid of death."

"So if we want to win, we must solve these two problems. We can't avoid the first problem, so we can only start from the second problem. We must greatly boost morale and emphasize battlefield discipline, which must make the soldiers understand Failure to advance is tantamount to treason, and treason must be punished with death!”

Lao Qiu Ba ordered with murderous intent: "From now on, I order the strictest battlefield discipline to be enforced. Any retreat or hesitation to move forward is tantamount to treason and can be punished immediately... I authorize all officers to immediately execute them on the spot. Execute any soldier who does not carry out the order... We must make the soldiers understand that failure to carry out the order means death!"

Kornilov and Nasimov were stunned. After working for a long time, this old Qiu Ba had so little ability? Just start killing and threaten the soldiers to advance with beheading?

What's the use of this? As long as there is no way to weaken the enemy's artillery advantage, there will not be enough people to fill the hole. If bravery alone can defeat the enemy, what tactics are needed? What more command do you need? If everyone is not afraid of death, it will be over!

The problem is that fighting a war is not better than not being afraid of death. Sometimes in the face of the technological gap, being blindly not afraid of death is equivalent to giving up your life. This is simply a crime, okay?

Suddenly Kornilov couldn't help it. He was the first to stand up and object: "I don't agree. Judging from this morning's battle, our boys are generally brave. The reason why they failed to win is... It’s a question of tactics and technology, not a question of courage!”