Make France Great Again Chapter 696

At such close range, even an old-fashioned musket in the hands of the Russian Empire was powerful enough to kill French soldiers.

The French soldiers in the trenches also suffered exponential casualties, and wailing and shouting echoed between the second and third lines of defense.

Whether it is the Russian army or the French army, they are all fighting for control of the second line of defense. Life has become the cheapest thing on this battlefield.

"Quick! Quick! Continue to add more troops!" Seeing that the battlefield was in a deadlock, Earl Sacken was overjoyed, and his adjutant once again issued a request for more troops.

The three regiments of Russian soldiers, led by three brigadier generals, walked out of the city and threw themselves into the battle for the second defense system.

With the addition of three regiments, the number of soldiers originally responsible for the offensive force increased immediately, and the platoons of artillery on the mound continued to attack the positions occupied by France.

The French soldiers fell either under the guns of the Russian soldiers or under the platoons.

Soon, the number of casualties of the French army in the second line of defense had exceeded 500, and the entire line of defense had once again fallen into a precarious situation. The French soldiers who had been full of hope for victory were attacked by the Russian soldiers who were not afraid of death. , and their hearts were also full of fear, and they began to run away involuntarily.

And because of the continuous retreat of the French army, the morale of the Russian soldiers gradually rose, and it meant that they would win the second line of defense in one fell swoop.

Seeing this scene, Jerome Bonaparte, who was standing on the battlefield in the distance of the watcher of the third division headquarters, immediately gave an order to Major General Trosch: "Major General Trosch, it's time for me to see you near. Master Wei's power!"

"Yes!" Major General Trox saluted Jerome Bonaparte solemnly, then turned around and led his troops (including a battalion of supervisors and two regiments of guards) to the battlefield .

As soon as Major General Trosch arrived at the first and second lines of defense, he immediately ordered the supervising team of one of his battalions to take action.

He first loudly ordered the deserters to return to their positions immediately, but these deserters who came down from the battlefield did not follow Trosch's order to return.

Afterwards, Major General Trox immediately took out his pistol and killed the soldiers who were running at the front, and the supervising team around him also took out their pistols to deal the most severe blow to the soldiers who were trying to escape the battlefield.

Dozens of people died in exchange for nearly a hundred French soldiers to stop, and they stared at Major General Trosch with fearful eyes.

"You think about your parents, do you want some of them to hold their heads down?" Major General Trosch said loudly in front of the group of French soldiers who wanted to flee, "Or do you want you to work hard? Has the annual pension for most of your life been cancelled?"

If Trosch mentioned his parents earlier, it would only make the French soldiers feel ashamed, then the cancellation of the pension at the back is a veritable killer.

The expressions of most French soldiers changed from shame to panic. As French soldiers, they knew too much about the punishment of deserters by imperial soldiers.

Annuity cancellation, kicking out of the army... Even just one of them will make their future worse than death.

After all, most of the French soldiers present were semi-professional soldiers.

It can be said that these guys don't have any other skills other than killing people.

It is too hard for them to compete for jobs with workers in other factories.

Once they are forcibly kicked out by the army, they will have absolutely no guarantees in the future, and death is an inevitable situation.

"Those who were killed by me just now will not be included in the ranks of deserters! If they have descendants, their descendants will also enjoy the care of the army!

Major General Trosch continued.

Under the grace of Major General Trosch, the French soldiers who had fled began to follow the instructions of Major General Trosch and returned to the second line of defense.

After Major General Trosch's battalion and the guards of the two regiments rushed into the second line of defense, the French army once again stood firm in the line of defense.

The original attacking Russian army was also slowly repulsed, and two of the three brigadier generals also died at the hands of the French soldiers.

The **** tug-of-war lasted from one o'clock to six in the afternoon, and the temperature of the Crimean peninsula dropped suddenly as the sun gradually disappeared from the horizon.

The Russian army, who could no longer bear the casualties and starvation, began to retreat involuntarily. Count Sacken could only sigh regretfully after seeing this scene.

After the Russian Empire returned to the third line of defense one after another, the tense expression of the French army was also relaxed.

Then, there were bursts of cheers from within the second line of defense.

Major General Trosch, covered in the blood of Russian soldiers, showed a smile on his face. He finally lived up to Jerome Bonaparte's expectations and successfully defended the second line of defense.

Subsequently, the staff of the 3rd Division Headquarters appeared in the position, and he conveyed the blessing of Jerome Bonaparte to everyone in the position.

"Master, Your Majesty asked you to come over there!"

"I see!" Major General Trosch responded sullenly, and then left the position after handing over the statistics of casualties to one of his brigadier generals.

When Major General Trosch arrived at the command post of the Third Division, General Bosquet, the commander of the Second Division, also appeared in front of Major General Trosch.

"Master Trosch!" Bosque warmly greeted Major General Trosch.

"Master Bosquet!" Major General Trox also smiled and nodded to Bosquet.

Then Trosch and Bosquet entered the headquarters, and they saw Jerome Bonaparte standing in front of a map of Crimea at the moment, gesturing back and forth with his hands.

"His Majesty!"

General Bosquet and Trosch responded in unison to Jerome Bonaparte.

"You are here!" Jerome Bonaparte, who heard Bosquet and Trochu's voice, turned his head and nodded to them with a smile, and then asked about the casualties of Brigadier General Trochu.

"Your Majesty, this casualty may be the worst since we entered the Crimean Peninsula!" Major General said to Jerome Bonaparte in a heavy tone.

"I have already been prepared for this!" Jerome Bonaparte replied to Trosch: "I have seen the whole process at the headquarters!"

Jerome Bonaparte gave a thumbs up and praised: "General Trochu, you have done a great job!"

"Your Majesty, you are too much!" Major General Trosch responded with a bow.

"General Bosquet, how are you doing?" Jerome Bonaparte turned his head to General Bosquet again.

"Our casualty figures may not be optimistic. This time the Russian army is really crazy!" Boske shrugged and responded helplessly.

"As long as we hold the position, we will succeed. Our goal is to keep pressing..."

Before Jerome Bonaparte could finish speaking, the rumble of artillery sounded from outside the window. Jerome Bonaparte immediately stopped speaking and looked in the direction of the artillery sound. It turned out to be Bachchesa. The artillery in Lai City is carrying out a covering attack on the French army in the second line of defense.

However, the intensity of the Russian Empire's attack this time was far less than the previous one, so Jerome Bonaparte did not care about the situation of the French army in the second line of defense.

He continued what he had not said before: "Our goal is to continuously reduce the sphere of influence of the Russian army in the Bakhchisaray area and fight with them in the city!

At the same time, the defenders of Bakhchisaray were seduced to ask for help from Simferopol. Only in this way can we achieve the strategic goal of encircling the points and fighting for assistance! have you understood? "

"Understood!" General Bosquet and General Trosch responded immediately.

"Well, that's all I have to say! Do you two have anything to add?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Bosquet and Trox. UU reading www. uukanshu.com

"Your Majesty, I remember that more than the second and third divisions participated in the siege of Bakhchisaray! Where is the other division?" General Bosquet asked Jerome Bonaparte with a puzzled expression.

"This division should be here now!" Jerome Bonaparte pointed to the high ground in the northern part of Bakhchisaray and responded to Bosquet: "As long as I occupy this commanding height, I will be able to fight against Bakhchisaray's high ground. Artillery bombardment in the city, and loneliness Hello to the Russian troops in Bakhchisaray!"

"Understood." General Bosquet glanced at Jerome Bonaparte's finger, nodded and replied.

That night, the statistics of the 2nd and 3rd divisions came out. During the nearly 5-hour battle between the two divisions, more than 3,700 people were killed or injured.

Jerome Bonaparte was also startled when he saw the numbers reported in front of him.

More than 3,700 casualties were equivalent to nearly one-tenth the strength of the 2nd and 3rd Divisions.

If you have experienced several wars of this intensity, the second and third divisions can be directly reimbursed.

And the results they have achieved are also gratifying. It is roughly estimated that nearly 11,000 Russian soldiers (in fact, about 15,000 people) were left between the second line of defense and the third line of defense, nearly three to one ( With a ratio of four to one), France can be said to have fought a near-perfect war.

At the same time, the British army in the Saatchi area also achieved staged success. The powerful firepower of the British army (because Saatchi is closer to the sea, so warships can be called to help) suppress the 80,000 soldiers in the Saatchi area. The Russian army has completely huddled in the bastion and dared not show up.

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