Struggle in Russia

Kornilov rubbed his swollen and painful temples and asked Nasimov weakly: "What are the casualties today?"

The latter's situation was not much better than him. He replied with a bitter look on his face: "It's not optimistic. If we continue like this, our vitality will be drained like water!"

The battle situation in Ineada is indeed not optimistic. In addition to violent shelling these days, the coalition forces have been organizing various offensives continuously. Including force attacks or sneak attacks, and at one point the Turks even began to carry out night attacks.

It is conceivable how much the coalition forces want to eat them, but this is also easy to understand, because the Turkish troops on the Danube River line are under great pressure. The reason is that a few days ago, taking advantage of the fatigue period after the Turkish attacks, Duke Mikhail suddenly organized a sharp counterattack.

In one breath, more than 50,000 Turkish troops were surrounded in the mud outside Constanta. The Turks were really frightened at this time. You must know that this is 50,000 active troops!

Regardless of the fact that the Turks have organized nearly a million troops to participate in this war that is related to the fate of the country, it seems that it is trivial to lose thousands or even tens of thousands of people. But only the Turks themselves know that they have actually reached their limit. Almost all the men of school age in the country have been recruited. If these 50,000 people are wiped out by Russia, they really have no ability to replace them.

It is a pity that the Turks themselves were unable to relieve the siege. At least they tried several times and were ruthlessly repelled by Duke Mikhail. Therefore, they could only send people to risk their lives and rush into the encirclement, ordering the defenders not to surrender and to hold on to the end. On the other hand, they quickly sought help from Britain and France, hoping that Britain and France would quickly find ways to help them rescue them.

The problem is that Britain and France don't have many options. Their main force is dragged in Ineada and cannot move. They dare not leave for a moment without destroying the Russian army in the encirclement.

Therefore, the only way to relieve the Turkish army is to eliminate the Russian army in Ineada as soon as possible, and then rush thousands of miles to help the Turkish army surrounded near Constanta.

So there was a fierce attack by the coalition forces for several days regardless of casualties. To be honest, it was really powerful. Even Paskovich, who had always been tough-talking, had to admit that the coalition's artillery fire was beyond his imagination.

Standing on the warship and overlooking the battle situation on the front line of Ineada, he frowned, and the wrinkles on his old face became more dense. His wrinkled face was like a wrinkled tree bark.

"Is there no news from St. Petersburg yet?" Lao Qiu Ba asked feebly.

People on the left and right are waiting for you to look at me and me to look at you, but no one wants to stand up and answer this question. Because Lao Qiu Ba asked this question several times a day, it can be said that he was eager to hear the orders from St. Petersburg.

But the problem was that the order didn't come even if it didn't come, and Lao Qiu Ba, who had almost waited until the flowers had withered, became very irritable about it. The poor adjutant who answered this question was almost trained to the point where he could only squat and doubt his life.

No one wants to be scolded, and it is such a meaningless scolding, not to mention that Lao Qiu Ba was hysterical at first sight. He is irrational and will not be reasonable and humane. If he is offended, he will give him a bastard beating. How uneconomical it would be to punch him until your skin is bruised and your face is swollen!

"No news yet, right?"

But this time, the unlucky Paskovich spoke up before anyone could choose to answer the question.

"Think about it. This place is thousands of miles away from St. Petersburg. It's normal that it takes time to come back and forth. Calculating the days, maybe there will be news tomorrow?"

This question made everyone still look at each other in confusion, because everyone obviously felt that Lao Qiu Ba was a little bit demonic. Rather than asking a question, it was better to say that he was comforting himself.

It is not difficult to imagine how much pressure Lao Qiu Ba is now. Anyone else would be under great pressure to face thousands of casualties day after day, let alone the person who initiated this operation.

In other words, they might have collapsed in the face of this kind of pressure. Lao Qiu Ba is just a little nagging now, which is considered to be a psychological quality beyond imagination.

"Did the Marine Infantry say anything?" Paskovich asked again.

If the delay in the news from St. Petersburg was Paskovich's first worry, then Kornilov and Nasimov were Lao Qiuba's second worry.

After the previous confrontations, whenever the two of them put forward any suggestions, as long as Paskovich disagreed, he would be slapped in the face by the actions of the British and French coalition forces. Kornilov and Nassimov used practical actions time and time again to prove how original and sophisticated their vision was.

Anyway, Paskovich feels inexplicably palpitated whenever he hears the two people talking. He is very worried that the two people will make some suggestions that he cannot agree with, and then let him be slapped in the face in public. This feeling is too bad. Heartbroken!

But Lao Qiu Ba can relax a little tonight, because Kornilov and Nasimov did not make any new suggestions. The reason is also very simple. At this point in the war, even Kornilov and Nassimov have already exhausted their full efforts.

Given the situation in front of them, even if they have great abilities, they are unable to make a difference, so naturally they can't make any suggestions.

"There's none?"

Paskovich felt a lot more relaxed in an instant, and complained with lingering fear: "I am extremely afraid of those two crows' mouths. As long as they open their mouths, bad things will be 100% effective. It is simply bad luck!"

Everyone looked at each other for a while, but most people didn't agree with Paskovich's statement. Most people felt that it was not Kornilov and Nassimov who had bad mouths, but you, Lao Qiuba, simply didn't listen to advice. If only you could have listened to those two people a few more words, you would have ended up in such an embarrassing situation.

"It seems we can have a good sleep tonight," Paskovich forced a smile and deliberately joked: "There is no crow's mouth to announce the funeral, I believe our luck tomorrow will not be too bad..."

However, before he finished speaking, the soldiers rushed in and reported: "Commander. General Markov's position was attacked by the Turks. Two lines of defense were breached. He is in urgent need of reinforcements!"

Night attack?

To be honest, Paskovich and other European-style generals have never taken night attacks seriously. In their view, night attacks are difficult to organize and may not cause much damage to a solid defense line. It is even thought that this is a tactic chosen by Eastern clowns because of their cowardice.

Moreover, the last night attack by the Turks was completely beaten by them, which made them think that the night attack was a joke.

Suddenly, the Turks made such a move again, and broke through two lines of defense. To be honest, they couldn't accept it, and they were all stunned...