Make France Great Again Chapter 478

"The Ottoman Empire used these troops to fool us! How dare they use these to fool us!" Baron Raglan in the camp stood with his hands sullen, but after pacing back for two laps, he endured Can't stop complaining.

The French commander Marshal Saint Arnault, who was standing beside him, also put on an ugly face, frowning and sighing: "The matter has reached this point, what's the use of talking about this! The most important thing to discuss now is, Do not continue to go to the Silistra fortress. According to the situation obtained by Varna's investigation, the Russian Empire has now mobilized the 13th, 14th, Polish regiments and guard divisions to surround the Silistra fortress. Among them, the Guards Division was responsible for the main attack. It seems that Paskevich is determined to solve this obstacle to Varna, so that we can fight on this plain."

Hearing St. Arnault's response, Commander Raglan's face showed a trace of suspicion. Since the intelligence systems of the British and French armies were not interoperable, the intelligence network of the British army under Commander Raglan in the Near East was not even as good as that of the British Army. The Ottoman Empire, so it is impossible to verify the authenticity of the information in the mouth of Marshal Saint Arno.

However, Commander Raglan didn't ask too much, he chose to believe Marshal Saint Arno's information.

As for why Marshal Saint Arnault obtained such detailed information, this is naturally due to the Russian army.

In fact, long before the Battle of Paskevich, St. Arnault made contact with some Russian soldiers who were inclined to the West European faction through the intelligence personnel of the Foreign Intelligence Service (from a certain point of view, these Western European faction members are the remnants of the Decembrists), and learned from their mouths about the recent military operations of the Russian Empire, the Battle of the Meat Grinder near the fortress of Silistra, and there was no escape from St. Arnault from the beginning. Sight.

Due to the fact that the troops of the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia still arrived, Marshal St. Arno resisted the urge to fight with the Russian Empire army at the fortress of Silistra and waited for the army of the Sardinian Dynasty. With the support of the Ottoman army.

And the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia did not live up to the expectations of St. Arno, and arrived in the Varna area at noon on the 24th.

The Sardinian war minister La Marmora was in charge of leading the team. The 20,000 carefully selected Sardinian troops were surrounded by British and French commanders as soon as they disembarked.

Marshal St. Arnault and Commander Raglan brought the British mage regiment-level commanders to look at the neatly queued reinforcements in front of them with smiles on their faces.

Judging from the military appearance and formation of Sardinia, even if the combat effectiveness of this army is not as good as that of the British and French troops, it is not much different.

With the addition of this new force, the British and French troops finally made up for some of the shortages in numbers.

And La Marmora himself, because of the Sardinian army, was respected by Marshal Saint Arno and Commander Raglan.

The Sardinian army was stationed in the open space to the south of the French army.

In the evening, a welcoming ceremony hosted by Marshal Saint Arnault was held in the French military camp.

During the banquet, War Minister La Marmora clearly felt the primary and secondary status of the combined command.

Although Commander Raglan and St. Arnault have repeatedly emphasized the priority of the British and French cooperation, in the mutual exchanges these days, the British commander was struck by the French commander's toughness. attracted.

Gradually formed in the army, with France as the main force and Britain as the auxiliary trend.

Of course, Raglan himself and the Duke of Cambridge will not admit that France is the leader of the war, nor will they blindly oppose the instructions assigned to them by the French army. As long as it is a strategy that can defeat the Russian army, they don't mind listening to it. French orders to do it.

As the third country to join the anti-Russian war, and also the country with the smallest population and army in the anti-Russian war, La Marmora has a profound self-awareness. The reason why the Sardinian army is here is to win the favor of the British and French armies and the government behind them.

The matter of competing for the command of the army is just a "private matter" of the two big bosses of Britain and France, and he lends La Marmora ten courage, and he has no courage to let him command the British and French troops... Unless La Marmora himself drinks too much.

At the banquet, La Marmora immediately told Marshal St. Arnault and Commander Raglan that the Sardinian army resolutely obeyed the orders of the combined command, which told them to go west, and they would never go east.

La Marmora's attitude of keeping abreast of current affairs made both Saint Arno and Commander Raglan smile. After all, who doesn't want to have a little brother who is obedient and the army can fight.

Marshal St. Arnault and Commander Raglan repeatedly clinked glasses to La Marmora. La Marmora, who could not refuse, could only be forced to "fight".

In the end, under the wheel battle between Marshal St. Arnault and Commander Raglan, La Marmora fell down because of his incompetence. After the adjutant accused the two commanders of Britain and France, he returned to Sardinia with La Marmora on his back. Stationed barracks.

The banquet was also announced after La Marmora left.

At 9:00 on the morning of the 25th, the "300,000" troops of the Ottoman Empire from Constantinople finally arrived in the Varna area.

Marshal St. Arnault and Commander Raglan rejoiced and ran five kilometers away from the camp to greet them, thinking that the "300,000" army in the Ottoman Empire's mouth would be around 80,000 even if it shrunk!

80,000 Ottoman troops plus 20,000 Sardinian troops, plus 20,000 British troops and 60,000 French troops (part of Constantinople, part of Rhodes, part of Holy Land, only 60,000 in Varna) , a total of 180,000 troops, with this 180,000 troops Sevastopol fortress can be a battle.

However, before the coalition forces can carry out their mission to the fortress of Sevastopol, they still need to repel the Russian army besieging the fortress of Silistra before they can make the next move.

However, the army of the Ottoman Empire disappointed these two delighted commanders.

Standing on the hillside and looking at the mighty, dragon-like Ottoman Empire army in the distance, Saint Arno and Commander Raglan seemed to have been struck by lightning. They stood there, unable to move for a long time.

Gu Moss The army in front of me still looks like an army, it is simply a begging army.

The crooked formations, dull eyes, tattered clothes, and the muskets (some even armed with spears and machetes) produced in an unknown era... these are the characteristics of this army.

And the person in charge of commanding this "300,000" army is Olma Pasha's son Selim Pasha, wearing a sky blue military uniform, riding on a Turkish war horse and surrounded by his Bashi Pozuk cavalry. As if the army of beggars behind him was out of place.

When Selim Pasha found Marshal Saint Arno and Commander Raglan on the hillside, he hurriedly kicked the horse's belly and rushed in the direction of their location.

Marshal St. Arno and Commander Raglan, who were blown up by the Ottoman army, did not meet with Selim Pasha, but ordered their subordinates to tell Selim Pasha to let him reorganize his army. , and meet them again.

The angry Marshal St. Arno and Commander Raglan returned to the barracks, and this is the scene above.

After about half an hour, the calm commanders of St. Arno and Raglan began to think about how to fill the Ottoman Empire's army.

After further discussions, Marshal Saint Arno and Commander Raglan decided to send an additional group of troops on the original basis. Only in this way can the Russian Empire's army at the fortress of Silistra be repulsed.

The French Empire's army has directly increased to 30,000, while the British army has also increased to 10,000, plus Sardinia's 20,000 troops, the total is about 60,000.

These troops cooperated with the 40,000-50,000 troops originally stationed by Silistra, and the total was about 100,000-120,000.

The gap between this data and the troops of the Russian Empire on the Danube is not too big. In addition, the British, French, and Saharan troops are also equipped with Miner guns, so the equipment has formed a crushing trend, and the Russian Empire will inevitably face failure.

Just when the commanders of St. Arno and Raglan were about to give up the Ottoman army completely, the soldiers guarding the camp entered the tent and reported the news of Selim Pasha's arrival to St. Arno and Raglan.

"See you or not!" Commander Raglan asked Marshal Saint Arno.

When he thought of the Ottoman army he had just seen, Marshal Saint Arno immediately felt his blood pressure soaring.

St. Arno, who pondered for a moment, decided to meet Selim Pasha. After all, Selim represents the Ottoman Empire in the war against Russia.

Saint Arno nodded at the soldier, who turned around and brought Senim Pasha in.

"Marshal, Commander!" Selim Pasha, who entered the tent, respectfully saluted St. Arno and Raglan.

Only then did Marshal St. Arno and Commander Raglan noticed that the Pasha in front of him was a little too young. He looked like he was only about twenty-five years old, and he was even more disgusted with the perfunctory attitude of the Ottoman Empire.

"You're really young and promising! When I was your age, I was still a second lieutenant!" Commander Raglan said to Selim Pasha in a yin-yang tone.

Hearing Commander Raglan's yin and yang's strange words~www.mtlnovel.com~ Selim Pasha's face became hot.

Commander Raglan is right, it is a bit too abbreviated to hold a commander's position at his age.

However, who made him the commander of the Ottoman Expeditionary Force personally appointed by Abdul Mejid I.

And Selim Pasha himself knew that the reason why he was appointed to this position was that His Majesty the Sultan gave him the current position because of his father's insistence on the fortress of Silisdala.

Among them, there is no lack of meaning to force Omar Pasha to continue to persevere.

Selim Pasha himself was also reluctant to take up this position after seeing the Ottoman expeditionary force.

But the Sultan's order was hard to disobey, so he could only bite the bullet and accept this tattered army.

On the way from Constantinople to Varna, Selim Pasha wondered how the British and French commanders would treat him.

Rebuking, insulting, or...

And now Commander Raglan's attitude has long been expected by Selim Pasha.

"Commander Raglens, Marshal of Saint Arno, is called Mihayelo Selim, my father is Omar Pasha, and he is now fighting against the Russian Empire in the fortress of Silistra!"

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