Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 435 012 A blood-and-blood mill battle (II) Young people cheat and steal without martial ethics

Yermolov is an artilleryman, and he is also the artillery commander in charge of a cavalry artillery group.

Soloviev called him over to seize the initiative and make Augereau, who is currently closest to the Russian army, uneasy.

According to his estimation, Napoleon's four armies are on one side, and Soult is in the southwest. The troops on both sides are separated by the terrain, but they can still pass messages to each other through the forest. If they insist on launching an attack, opening up communication, and compressing the Russian army in Eylau, this will be very disadvantageous to the overall situation.

However, considering Soult's strong combat effectiveness and large number of troops, Solovyov is not sure about using fishing enforcement against him.

When he made the suggestion, Langgeron had also read the reconnaissance report, and the night attack could not be directed at Soult.

No matter how you look at it, this side is more suitable, and if you want to turn the tables, it is most appropriate to cut Augereau.

"Misha, do you need our artillery again?"

"This time it's not about communication. Although I have thought of a way, I'm afraid it's too late to make such an oil lamp temporarily. How many cavalry guns do you have?"

"There are 36. Do you want to change the deployment of the artillery?"

"Pull out 12 cavalry guns and those useless mortars. Take the artillery. Don't go to Essen or Sacken, the Germans. Transfer the reserve troops there. You have to cooperate with them in the attack. However, you have to abandon those mortars. It's better to destroy them all."

Yermolov, the fat man, guessed Solovyov's idea.

"You want to lure the French to attack?"

"If it was Napoleon, he wouldn't be fooled by this, but we are not attacking his Guards camp, but Augereau of the Seventh Army here. You know, I captured General Scherer, the former Minister of the Army, and I was able to obtain a lot of information about the Italian Corps and the Rhine Corps from him. This Augereau, this trick may be useful."

"You, a Ryazan, really like to play tricks. How about you trick the French?"

"The French like to do this, but we are more cunning."

The task assigned by Solovyov to Yermolov is to lure the enemy.

As for taking the initiative to attack, this is more active. The French flanks are completely scattered, and squatting cannot solve the problem.

Then, it is necessary to mobilize these artillery.

As for the infantry, the 2nd Division cannot always be the model worker. Now this division is deployed on the flank to defend and support the Russian army on the east.

In addition, another point is that the 2nd Division has to be taken out last.

At this time, the only option was to bring up the 6th Division.

However, the division commander was injured, and another person was needed.

Bagowut did a good job in Pultusk, so Bagration valued him very much and suggested that he be promoted from the position of brigade commander to lead the 6th Division to join the battle.

As for the subordinate infantry regiments, only Bagowut's brigade was on the battlefield at this time.

It seems that this brigade commander is actually the division commander, and there is no difference.

As for this attack, in order to ensure the situation on the battlefield, Solovyov had to go to Baron Essen in person. After all, his defense zone was blocking the intersection, and Bagowut and Yermolov needed to withdraw, and his division was needed to support them.

"Bao Hong, let's go to Baron Essen's camp at this time, maybe we can have a big meal."

"A big meal?"

"Cossack, don't you want to eat?"

"There are no women here, it's really boring?"

"You Cossacks have a song about Cossack girls hitting horseshoes, you should have heard it, right? Your mustache is very suitable, but you are also a leader, you have to find a better girl."

"Your sister is too young and still in girls' school, otherwise I will propose marriage."

Soloviev's face changed when he heard this.

"You Cossack, you haven't even seen my sister, why are you still thinking about her? And for this kind of thing, you have to find my father, Sergei Osipovich, and get the consent of this retired major."

"Ah, I know, I know. I'm just saying it casually. You're getting married soon, so you have to settle down and stop going to that French vixen. That little widow is quite coquettish."

"But Madame Recamier is one of the three goddesses in Paris. God knows what the French standard is. I like her only as a lover, and I'm the only one who can enter her boudoir. General Moreau and Lucien Bonaparte didn't do this when they were in Paris. They were only in the reception room."

After hearing this, Bao Hong whistled to make a noise.

"Okay, new general, we should prepare our horses and go to the Germans for dinner now."

As for Baron Essen, he was indeed cooking something.

When they arrived, it was almost night. Before the night attack, Baron Essen's troops had to be deployed and defense organized in the fortifications.

The most regrettable thing is that there is no suitable reverse slope here, so the suppression of the French artillery is not that strong.

"Baron, what are you cooking here? I came here without eating. Do you mind an extra set of tableware?"

"It's your cans, Misha."

Seeing the empty glass cans, Solovyov understood.

"It looks like there is nothing better."

"If you want fresh meat, you don't have to kill the horse. My mount was killed by the French."

However, when it comes to horses, Solovyov always thinks of Duke Mu of Qin and King Zhuang of Chu. The relationship between them and horse meat is very interesting.

"Give me some sweet wine. I don't mind horse meat."

"That's great, but in this weather, the meat is probably going to freeze."

"That's better than frozen fish. The brothers are working hard. Now they should be given some meat. It's better than the French over there who can't even dig out a 'earth apple'."

"I remember you said that if it sprouts, it's still poisonous."

"Then the 'earth apple' becomes a 'poison apple', which is enough for the French. So, I came to thank you, Zapriyev, if it's rum..."

"You are a general who doesn't drink strong liquor, this is good."

"Thank you." Solovyov didn't rush to drink, but assigned tasks to Baron Essen.

"Are all your soldiers behind the bunker?"

"We are following your method. Do you want us to take the initiative to attack? You always want to catch the French, but now they are all here."

Obviously, the baron still has some opinions about his previous desire to escape.

"We are not taking the initiative to attack, but to make the French restless and disrupt their deployment through night battles. Yermolov's cavalry artillery and Bagowut's infantry brigade will pass from your flank and attack Augereau's flank. If he can't resist this provocation and directly launches a counterattack, it will be perfect."

"You want us to stop the French attack, right?"

"Stop it for now. I remember that the Moscow Grenadiers Regiment is here with you."

"I have 7 regiments, but they are seriously short of personnel."

"It's enough for a battalion to have 6 companies, and we can also put up a The rectangular phalanx, when shooting, should be arranged in two rows, at least we still look like there are a lot of people. "

"You've grown your brain, Misha, no wonder you are the chief of staff, when will you come out to lead the troops alone?"

"I won't be allowed to come out for a while, Baron. Your task is still to stop Augereau's attack and retreat in an orderly manner when necessary. After Bagovut retreats, the commander-in-chief will send a brigade under Tuchkov to cover you to Eylau."

After this pot of soup came out, these generals and officers didn't care about their eating manners, they were all hungry.

And Augereau never thought that the Russian army would attack at this time.

The French army is not in a good situation now. They lack food supply and have to watch the smoke rising from the Russian army.

They can only share some looted food. The supply has run out. The bridges on the Aare River and the damaged roads along the way have not been fully repaired yet. The amount of supplies that can be transported is also extremely limited.

At this time, Augereau's food was not much better. It was difficult to catch a chicken in the ice and snow in Poland and East Prussia.

He couldn't sleep well during the rest time, after all, he had only a little food.

Augereau was about to fall asleep under the blanket, but he heard the sound of artillery.

"Where is the artillery firing?"

"Marshal, the Russians are bombarding our camp from three different directions!"

"These Russian bastards really don't let us sleep well!"

Augereau could hardly hide his anger, but there was no better way. He could only organize the French soldiers who were sleeping in their clothes to line up to fight.

The Russian artillery was divided into four groups. Yermolov divided the cavalry artillery he brought into three teams. He had planned the retreat route in advance, and the Cossack cavalry would cover the retreat after the infantry.

The mortars were arranged in advance and destroyed after firing. These artillerymen only cared about their shells falling into the French camp, and abandoned them after the success, creating an illusion that the Russian army launched an attack and retreated in a hurry after the battle.

Therefore, they also had to do something similar here. Bagowut sent out the chasseurs to attack in a skirmish line, constantly shooting at the French army that appeared.

In this case, Augereau got excited and ordered to line up and pursue.

For the French soldiers, they were really annoyed by the Russian attack, so they first formed a column to attack, and the battalions and companies behind them quickly formed a horizontal column to shoot, and then launched a bayonet attack.

However, the battle situation at night was still quite chaotic. Solovyov could not confirm the battle situation, and could only make a rough judgment based on the firelight on the French position.

At this time, the order he gave to Bagowut and Yermolov was to fight and run.

As for organizing the troops to retreat, he went to Baron Essen to allow the troops to retreat safely to his flank and then return to the starting position during the day.

Southeast of Eylau, Bagration was urging the troops to build positions, part of which was a new position prepared for Yermolov's cavalry artillery, placed in the entire Russian artillery group, and at the same time, Bagovut's troops had to join the defense of Eylau.

This place was too small, and many Russian soldiers were still setting up tents in the wild or finding places to camp by themselves. They had to dig trenches and a bunch of potholes, cover them with blankets, light bonfires in them, and huddle together for warmth.

But compared to the French army, at least they now have enough rations to last for a few days, and even enough to support their retreat to the north.

Moreover, apart from the troops launching night attacks and the guard troops of Baron Essen, the Russian army could still sleep well this night.

The Russian troops firing artillery also caught Augereau's attention, especially the mortars that came under his nose and teased them.

The French 14th Infantry Regiment launched an attack, and the Russian army quickly retreated. Augereau's division commander was worried that this was not fishing, or that the Russian army was cheating and running away after another night attack.

Therefore, they asked Augereau for instructions.

"Your Majesty Marshal, our general believes that we should launch a pursuit. If it is like in Frankovo, the Russian army may run away again."

"No way?"

Although Augereau has always been foolhardy, he is not completely brainless, and now he also has some doubts.

However, based on the judgment of the situation on the front line, both division commanders recommended launching a limited pursuit, at least to drive away the Russian troops, and if successful, launch a pursuit.

"Your Excellency, the Russian army has not attacked like this once or twice. In Puutusk, they dared to hide their troops and launch a counterattack, which made the Fifth Army suffer. This time, I think it can be fought."

Augereau thought for a while and issued an order that he later regretted.

"Launch a pursuit and drive all the Russians out of our camp!"

However, His Majesty the Emperor was not consulted.

Although Napoleon had gone to bed, Berthier was still on duty personally. After hearing the sound of the cannon, he quickly sent scouts to Augereau to learn about the situation.

After coming to the conclusion, he couldn't make the decision on his own now, so he had to tell Diloc to wake up the emperor himself. ‘

"Wake up Your Majesty at this time, right?"

"Diloc, don't worry so much. Anyway, His Majesty only needs four hours to sleep. He even has a time limit when he has sex with a woman, regardless of whether he is intimate or not."

If Solovyov knew about it, he would probably complain that his uncle and aunt couldn't have children because their lives were too regular. After all, it's not like they were completely unable to have children. Mrs. Stael was already in her forties and could still have children. Woolen cloth!

"Okay, I'll wake up Your Majesty."

Then, after Napoleon learned about the situation, he was furious.

"How could Augereau launch a pursuit without asking for instructions? There should be instructions. What should I do if Langeron lures him into taking the bait at this time?"