Make France Great Again

Chapter 535 The Battle of Caratina Port

Brigadier General Trochu, who returned to the headquarters, reported the decision of the British Command to Marshal Saint-Arnaud and asked Marshal Saint-Arnaud for permission to join the navy in participating in this operation.

Marshal Saint-Arnaud first glanced at Brigadier General Trochu, and then glanced at General Pelissier beside him with his peripheral vision.

Marshal Saint-Arnaud knew that his adjutant was leaving a way out for himself.

As the adjutant of Saint Arnaud, Brigadier General Trochu had no worries about his future in the coalition forces when Saint Arnaud was still alive.

If something unexpected happens to Marshal Saint-Arnaud, the new commander of the expeditionary force is likely to marginalize him.

At present, Marshal Saint-Arnault's health is getting worse day by day, and Brigadier General Trochu naturally has to make plans for his future earlier.

That's why he asked Marshal Saint Arnaud to allow him to participate in this operation. This method was to separate himself from his identity as adjutant of Saint Arnaud in disguise.

"General Pellissier, what do you think?" Marshal Saint-Arnaud said in his usual tone.

Pellissier didn't understand what Marshal Saint-Arnaud meant. He quickly smiled and nodded: "I think Brigadier General Trochu is capable of taking on this position!"

"Since General Pellissier has agreed, I have nothing to say!" Marshal Saint-Arnaud approved Commodore Trochu's mission to accompany the navy to Camish Port.

However, before leaving, Marshal Saint-Arnault specifically asked Commodore Trochu to interfere too much in the navy's operations because of his relationship as his adjutant.

Although this joint sea-land operation is led by the army, it does not mean that the navy will blindly accommodate the army.

On the army side, there were Marshal Saint-Arnaud, Niel... It was true that he was the emperor's favorite, but the Navy Minister Dicko's gold content was not low at all.

At the beginning, the emperor had repeatedly asked Dico not to work too hard. This holy favor was enough for the navy to stand up in front of the army.

Marshal Saint-Arnaud did not want to cause discord between the navy and the army unless it was absolutely necessary.

Brigadier General Trochu hurriedly reported to Marshal Saint-Arnaud that he would definitely follow Marshal Saint-Arnaud's instructions and would not embarrass the navy.

"Go!" Marshal Saint-Arnaud waved his hand and said to Brigadier General Trochu.

Brigadier General Trochu took a few steps back with a solemn expression, and then saluted Marshal Saint-Arnaud.

"Alas!" Looking at Brigadier General Trochu's leaving figure, Marshal Saint-Arnaud sighed and stood up and said to Pelissier: "General Pelissier, I'm going back to rest first! You will be in charge of the headquarters. Got it!"

"You can just leave it to me!" General Pellissier responded to Marshal Saint-Arnault with a generous hand.

When Brigadier General Trochu arrived in the bay, a regiment of French troops (3,000 men) had been waiting in the bay for some time.

However, next to the French army that was about to board the ship, there was also a British infantry regiment of about 2,000 people.

Brigadier General Trochu immediately found Adjutant Kingscote and asked him what was going on.

Adjutant Kingscote told Brigadier General Trochu that this infantry regiment was a unit that followed the French army to the port of Karayana near the south coast of Sevastopol at the request of Commander Raglan.

"The commander said that since the lie is to be confused with the truth, how can we do it without Britain's army!" Adjutant Kingscote imitated Commander Raglan's accent and said to Brigadier General Trochu.

In this way, a 5,000-man British and French coalition boarded six troop carriers one after another. The troop carriers carried 5,000 British and French troops and sailed towards the Karayana Port near the south coast of Sevastopol.

When the British and French fleets arrived near Karayana Port, the Russian militia group responsible for monitoring Karayana Port returned to Sevastopol in groups and reported the situation to Lieutenant General Kornilov.

Lieutenant General Kornilov, who was directing the troops to build the pontoon bridge, was momentarily confused. He did not understand what medicine was being sold in the gourds of the coalition forces.

Lieutenant General Kornilov immediately called for the chief of the Karayana Port Militia and asked him: "Did you see the British and French fleets arriving at Karayana Port with your own eyes?"

"I have indeed seen it with my own eyes!" the leader of the militia group replied to Lieutenant General Kornilov with clear words, and then said to Lieutenant General Kornilov in an exaggerated tone: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, you don't know , How big their fleet is! It’s like a city floating on the sea..."

"Okay! I understand!" Before the leader of the militia group could finish speaking, Lieutenant General Kornilov waved his hand and drove him away.

Lieutenant General Kornilov, who was standing at the port, paced back and forth uneasily for two times and then said to himself: "Could it be that the goal of the coalition forces is not the north bank?"

Lieutenant General Kornilov suddenly panicked when he thought that the British and French forces would probably launch an attack on the south bank.

In his plan, the coalition forces must launch an attack from the north bank.

If the coalition forces choose to land on the south bank, the consequences will be disastrous.

While Lieutenant General Kornilov was thinking about the strategic intentions of the coalition forces, Nasimov appeared next to Lieutenant General Kornilov and asked Lieutenant General Kornilov about the landing of the coalition forces at Karayana Port. Is it true.

"There is a high probability that it is true!" Kornilov responded in frustration: "It is very likely that the coalition troops stationed on the north bank are a carefully arranged hoax!"

"Scam?" Lieutenant General Nassimov asked Lieutenant General Kornilov.

"Think about it! If the coalition launches an attack on the north coast, then their fleet will not be able to provide them with effective support! Not only that, they will also be attacked by our fleet on the north coast!" Kornilov said Nassimov will explain.

Kornilov's behavior fully demonstrates that if a person subjectively believes that his conclusion is extremely correct, then he will find factual basis for this extremely correct conclusion.

Any clue can be attributed to premeditation.

Nasimov was obviously led into the ditch by Lieutenant General Kornilov's speculation. As the temporary commander-in-chief of Sevastopol, he immediately asked Kornilov what to do.

"We must not let them gain a foothold in Karayana Port!" Lieutenant General Kornilov suggested to Nasimov: "We must mobilize all soldiers on the south bank to expel the coalition vanguard from Karayana Port. Get out of the port!”

"What about the pontoon bridge?" Nassimov asked Lieutenant General Kornilov, pointing to the pontoon bridge being built.

"Stop for now!" Lieutenant General Kornilov said firmly: "We must concentrate on one thing!"

"Okay! I will lead the troops to Karayana Port!" Nasimov responded to Lieutenant General Kornilov.

"No! Let me go! You are the commander-in-chief of the entire fortress, and this fortress cannot live without you!" Lieutenant General Kornilov reached out and grabbed Nasimov.

"But..." Nasimov stopped and looked at Lieutenant General Kornilov. He didn't know whether Kornilov was qualified for the job.

"Don't worry, I am also the chief of staff of the Black Sea Fleet after all!" Lieutenant General Kornilov responded to Nassimov in a sad tone: "You and I are the only ones left in Sevastopol now!"

"Yes!" Nasimov sighed.

It is a huge joke that such a huge city cannot find a qualified army general.

After more than an hour of mobilization, Kornilov and Nasimov finally mobilized an army. This army consisted of more than 3,000 land troops, more than 1,000 sailors, and more than 2,000 militiamen.

In order to strengthen the firepower of this army, Lieutenant General Kornilov removed 26 artillery pieces from the battleship and combined them with 17 pieces stored in the warehouse on the south bank, for a total of 40 artillery pieces.

Lieutenant General Kornilov firmly believed that these artillery and troops (Kornilov forgot that naval battles are different from land battles) would be enough to force the British and French forces back.

As a result, Lieutenant General Kornilov, who had more than 7,000 soldiers and 40 artillery pieces, marched towards the port of Karayana in the south of Sevastopo.

Kornilov, who led the Russian army to Karayana Port in a hurry, did not know that at this time, two regiments (British 2 battalions, French 3 battalions) of more than 5,000 British and French troops were stationed at Karayana Port. , this group of British and French coalition forces dug deep trenches under the orders of Brigadier General Trochu, the temporary commander of the coalition forces. A simple trench centered on Karayana Port is taking shape, which will be used to resist the possible appearance of Russian troops.

The fleet docked at Karayana Port also formed a line, with the muzzles of all warships pointing in the direction of the south bank of Sevastopol at the same time. Waiting for the arrival of the Russian soldiers on the south bank of Sevastopol, they He will pour all his shells on their heads.

However, the Russian Imperial Army should not be so irrational in wanting to collide with naval guns...

"The enemy is coming!"

As the sailors on the ship's observation deck shouted, the British and French forces in Karayana Port immediately became alert. They did not carry heavy weapons and began to spontaneously find bunkers to hide.

When the Russian Imperial Army arrived less than 2 kilometers away from Karayana Port, the ships lined up in a row began to fire artillery shells at the Russian Imperial Army in the distance.

Hundreds of artillery shells fell around the Russian Imperial Army, looking for Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuaan. com The roaring heat knocked over Russian soldiers near the shells.

Upon seeing this, Lieutenant General Kornilov on horseback quickly issued an order to the troops: "Get down! Everyone get down!"

The vast majority of Russian Imperial soldiers obeyed Lieutenant General Kornilov's order and lay down, while a few militia troops who were frightened by the shells began to flee in all directions.

This resulted in minor chaos in the Russian Imperial camp.

If it were not for the decisive action taken by experienced officers and supervisory teams, chaos would have spread directly to all armies.

Even so, many militiamen who tried to escape died in the hands of the supervising team.

The ground licked by the naval gun emitted bursts of mournful screams.

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