Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Moore was indeed disturbed by the Russian army's repeated attacks and night bombardments, so he was often in a state of mental tension. You know, he is almost fifty years old and is still single. Because of the military profession, he refused to marry a 17-year-old girl.

In short, he felt that he might always encounter misfortune in his position.

This continued for four days. The Russian artillery bombardment was always at night, and it seemed that there were flags and shouts, which led to some places on the British front line to open fire and counterattack.

Under this routine, Kozlovsky quickly mastered the British artillery deployment in his area. They would not run away, and at most they would change their artillery positions.

After a few days, the casualties of the Russian and British armies were not large. While each was testing, they were also summarizing their experience.

It's just that the British were surrounded and their pressure was still very high.

Sir Moore was looking forward to no reinforcements, and according to his adjutant's report, the Russian soldiers on duty in the position every day seemed to have different hats.

Sometimes it was the Guards, sometimes it was ordinary musketeers, and sometimes it was the old "bishop" hat of the grenadiers. On the fourth day, the Chasseurs were also seen here.

In short, Russian soldiers can take turns to rest, which is a luxury for the British army, which is only a few soldiers stationed at the naval base, and it is difficult to have the opportunity to let all the soldiers who were disturbed in front come here to rotate.

In this case, slackness is inevitable among the British army.

On the fifth day, the Russian army launched an artillery attack during the day, and they were forced to fight. Although after a brief exchange of fire, the Russian army was driven away from the front, and even during the day of this day, the Russian army took the initiative to propose that both sides should collect corpses to avoid the outbreak of plague.

Sir Moore agreed with this opinion, and it was also a tacit understanding of both sides to clean up the battlefield every few days. Before this round of attack began, the Russian and British armies had been exchanging fire here for more than 20 days.

As for the Russian troops who approached the British positions to collect the bodies, they naturally maintained the previous rules. They did not carry weapons, but only brought stretchers, shrouds and body bags, and buried them in a safe area, set up markers, and sprinkled lime to prevent diseases caused by the decay of the bodies.

On the British side, it is obvious that except for some officers' bodies that can be treated with some simple antiseptic measures or buried in coffins, they can only burn the bodies or throw them into the sea.

In short, the environment is very bad, and the British army is surrounded inside, and the supplies are decreasing every day. However, in recent days, a frigate approached Karlskrona, but it was bombarded by the Russian army on the coastal artillery with heavy artillery above, and had to make a big detour, and ended up stranded on the beach.

In this way, the morale blow became more and more serious, causing the British army to always slack off after fighting around the arc line for several consecutive days.

Experienced officers can also detect the British army's unusual movements through the state of gunfire, including the density of firepower and the rate of free firing.

Kozlovsky felt that it was almost done, so he reported it to Solovyov.

After hearing this, the latter also issued an order to launch an attack.

However, the target was only the first line of defense of the British army. If they broke it open, they could finally continue to compress it. At that time, they would also pull up the artillery to directly bombard the weak areas of the British army, drive them out of the first line of defense, and allow the Russian soldiers to finally fight outside the trenches.

It was not a place for people to stay at night, so they could only choose to rotate.

For the British, when they saw the large-scale Russian army appearing in front of them early in the morning, they felt panic in their fatigue.

After all, so many Russian soldiers came in neat rows, and the Russian artillery fire could be said to be blooming across the board, unlike the sparse and even sneaky state before.

But the firepower coverage. Solovyov himself looked at this situation and couldn't help but sigh.

"I have been working on infantry tactics and weapon inventions for so long, but they are still not as good as this kind of firepower coverage!"

In addition to regular field artillery, the Russian special artillery used rockets and the engineers used explosive pack launchers to bombard the British-controlled areas at the same time.

At this time, the most unlucky was undoubtedly the Gloucester Battalion.

"Kozlovsky, how is the fight?"

"Look over there, Mishka, the engineers' artillery is really powerful."

"It would be great if there were more powerful explosives, and the explosive packs can be made even bigger. This is not the most powerful I expected."

When Kozlovsky heard this, he didn't expect this guy to have more powerful stuff. Even in a place like the Russian army, which has always been ahead in artillery fire and always has more powerful artillery than others, he would always be curious.

The main unlucky British army can be said to have enjoyed the treatment of "unconscionable artillery" more than 140 years in advance.

The infantry organized by Gloucestershire, mainly the 28th and 61st Regiments, should have fought in Spain, but because of the great changes on the battlefield, both regiments were brought to Sweden by Sir Moore.

This was bad luck. In Spain, typhoid fever was very dangerous, and in Sweden, the Russian artillery and various firepower configurations were more terrible.

In short, they suffered the most severe blows, and even both regiments suffered heavy losses.

You should know that the "Double Emblem Battalion" that was attacked at the Imjin River was also the descendant of the 28th Infantry Regiment according to the British Army's hundreds of years of evolution, and had nothing to do with the 2nd Battalion, which was mainly composed of the 61st Regiment.

Now, the two regiments were attacked together.

As for the dizzy head caused by the explosion, now that they finally woke up for a while, the Russian soldiers came closer and always raised their hands to shoot at the British soldiers who showed their heads.

After the main force of the Guards was equipped with Solovyov's breech-loading rifle, the effect was still very obvious, which could even allow the infantry to line up in a slightly loose formation and attack in an orderly manner.

After being suppressed by firepower, the British did not give up resistance, and still fired from behind the fortress and stone wall, causing casualties to the Russian troops attacking.

Since three regiments of the Guards were used, plus the Guards Artillery Battalion and the original artillery of the Finnish Division, it can be said that it is the most luxurious firepower configuration that can be found in Northern Europe at present.

After a while, the British army was still able to resist, which shows that the combat effectiveness of these infantry regiments is not comparable to that of the Swedes.

But the Russian army still advanced quickly, and after the last round of artillery fire, they began to climb the stone wall and launched an attack.

In such a place, there was no hand-to-hand combat, and the two sides still had a fierce battle.

The British army had two regiments on this side, but each had some losses in the previous battle, and the line infantry and light infantry of the King of England's German Corps came to support them.

On the Russian side, there were three guards regiments, two grenadiers and Selenge infantry regiments. It can be said that both sides put all the mobile forces they could take out on the most critical battlefield.

But the British resistance was still driven out of part of the area by Russian soldiers with bayonets.

Solovyov even saw a familiar guard veteran who planted a flag on a British fortress.

"That's great, we've taken control of a position!"

"Mishka, we are the first regiment of the Russian army, so we can naturally take the position, brothers are all great."

Kozlovsky, the old bachelor, can't be seen now, he hasn't slept for several nights, but he is full of energy.

When fighting, you need to have such energy.

After the British were driven out, they did not forget to launch a counterattack. After all, this was all in the fortresses and buildings, not like a field battle, and the two sides could be said to meet on a narrow road.

But the Russian army's unethical attack method these days still made them very tired, but they had few people, so it was normal for the other side to play a round-robin battle.

The British troops that Moore wanted to mobilize to support in the city were soon bombarded by heavy artillery from the Russian army on the coastal artillery, and now the support strength has also dropped significantly.

Finally, under the fierce attack of the three regiments of the Guards, the British army was completely driven out of the large fortresses and main buildings on the left wing of the first line of defense, and the flags representing the Russian army were raised on them.

It was just that when inspecting the battlefield, Solovyov also felt strange.

These British cap badges gave me a sense of déjà vu.

Well, the Volunteer Army must have fought against these guys with two cap badges somewhere, and captured a lot of prisoners.

But to be honest, the lobster soldiers in 1809 were much braver than their descendants. No large-scale surrender was seen. Many of the captured soldiers were seriously injured in hand-to-hand combat. The main wounds of the dead soldiers were on their chests.

It's a pity that these good soldiers are not used in the right place. They are wasted here and are worthless.

There are indeed a group of insects in the British decision-making level, and they look like Dai Ming no matter how you look at them.

Of course, there is a very dangerous place in the front-line inspection, that is, it is easy to be attacked by cold guns.

The British army also has snipers, who like to attack officers.

Because of the rules and hierarchy in the Russian army, Solovyov could not learn from Man Guangzhi to disguise himself as a sergeant. He had to wear a general's uniform, medals, and a two-cornered hat on his head.

Then, there was a gunshot. Fortunately, he was lucky. This time he was hit in the arm, and the bullet just grazed it.

Considering that he was wearing thick clothes in this season, and the silk clothes sent by his wife were inside, even if he was hit in the torso, it would not be a fatal injury.

You know, some unlucky people have fought all their lives and are often hit by these lead bullets, but they are still alive and kicking, and even die in bed.

But there are also some unlucky people who have been unlucky enough in their lives, and they will have the same experience here.

Sir Moore always puts his command headquarters relatively forward, so naturally he has to observe the situation on the front line.

While Solovyov was still bandaging his wounds, he also came to the front line.

Then, there were also people in the Russian army who liked to shoot cold guns. After finding a good opportunity, they saw a large number of officers and fired a shot.

But Moore's luck was worse, he was hit in the thigh by a bullet and fell off his horse.

Although he didn't bleed a lot at that time, considering that he was surrounded, there would be a shortage of medicine even if the officers needed more medicine.

But because of this shot, the commanders of both sides were temporarily offline.

But Solovyov, sitting in the house, still felt that he was lucky.

"This wound looks scary, as long as it is not infected, I will recover soon. And I am younger than you, but I am the division commander."

"Mick, who will take over the command now?"

Although Clausewitz looked at him with a relaxed expression, he could not hide his worries.

"First Kozlovsky, who was the general of the Guards, and then Kridner, who was the commander of the Semyonovsky regiment."

"What happens after that?"

"Karl, it will be you after that, and the staff must be functioning well. It seems like everything is fine here."

"But speaking of which, Your Excellency, your skin is very white, like a woman's."

"It was given by my parents, and maybe it was God's will. But I don't want the women at home to worry. My wife, stepmother, mother-in-law, and sisters all didn't take away one of my arms. They just looked injured. Scary.”

As for the skin resembling that of a woman, the doctor just said it casually, and the officers around him didn't pay much attention.

Solovyov was forced to rest, which was also what the doctor wanted.

You must know that some generals did not follow the doctor's instructions to rest after being injured, which eventually worsened the injury.

This kind of example has occurred in the Russian army. Solovyov has always listened to the doctor's words. In addition, the Russian army's advantage at this time is so great that it has even blown up one side of the coastal fort. The British The army had to abandon most of the front area.

In this way, the biggest advantage for the Russian army is that they can use relatively small forces to blockade Karlskrona on the front. The British actually entered an armed prison like the Mantua Fortress.

Sir Moore's situation was not as optimistic as he was. He began to fall ill soon after returning, but his vitality was still relatively tenacious and would not be taken away by a wave.

Now for the British army, this battle situation is desperate. The Russian army has many tricks and fights fiercely, causing them to suffer heavy casualties and they are trapped in the naval base.

What can save them now is probably the naval squadron from the mainland, and Vice Admiral Sumarez may come over.

However, there is also good news for the Second Army. As the Tallinn port thaws, the Baltic Fleet can also come out for a walk.

The Baltic Sea itself is very fresh, and it freezes easily and melts quickly. The fleets of both sides will soon fight again.

Although Karlskrona's fate seems to be a dead end, the British still have to save it, otherwise this will be a huge failure on the European continent. (End of chapter)