The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1384: Lone Army (Part )

The Russian commander Alexander Plinsky also received intelligence that his artillery could only be attacked unilaterally, which made him furious.

Plinski's first thought was to mount the bayonets on his cannons and charge forward to fight the Ottomans to the death, but he soon came to his senses.

"Disperse the artillery, give up attacking the enemy artillery, and focus on fire support. Tell the soldiers to hold their positions!"

The Ottomans, who had the advantage in firepower, advanced very quickly, and the sporadic shooting of the Russian army did not cause many casualties.

Feramuz, Turuljan, and Hanim had all fought the Russians all their lives, and this was undoubtedly the most satisfying one.

The Russians were suppressed and could not raise their heads. Their troops had advanced to a distance of less than 300 meters from the Russian army. The casualties at this time were completely negligible.

Just a quarter of an hour later, the battlefield turned into a slaughterhouse. Facing the Russian army with the advantage of cover, the Ottoman infantry seemed extremely passive.

What was even more terrible was that the Ottoman artillery was of low quality and lacked training on weekdays, so their true colors were exposed after a long battle. The flying shells dealt a serious blow to the morale of the vanguard troops.

The Russian and Ottoman armies were still mainly equipped with smoothbore muskets at this time, so their lethality at long distances was limited.

When the two sides were 300 meters apart, the Ottoman officers did not choose the conventional shootout, but chose a bayonet charge.

But the Ottomans clearly overestimated the morale of their own soldiers and underestimated the bloodiness of close combat.

Even a black bear would not be able to withstand being hit directly at close range by a high-powered musket, let alone humans.

However, the smoke produced by the shooting of both sides obscured the vision, which reduced the hits of the guns of both sides, but greatly intensified the bloodiness of the subsequent bayonet charge.

The Ottoman new soldiers wearing fez hats had their adrenaline secretion reaching the limit as they looked at the Russian army approaching them, but what happened next was beyond their expectations.

That is, there were still bullets in the Russians' guns, which caught the Ottoman new army, which had received Prussian education, off guard.

In their opinion, what should follow is a head-on hand-to-hand fight, but it is a Russian tradition to leave a bullet in the gun before a bayonet fight.

A large number of Ottoman soldiers who were in the front were cleared out at once, and those behind them instinctively wanted to escape back.

But the Ottoman officers would not allow this to happen. They whipped the soldiers behind and drove them forward, resulting in chaos on the front line.

At this moment, the Russian officers seized the opportunity.

"Ula!"

"Ula!"

Countless Russian troops rushed out of their bunkers and rushed towards the chaotic Ottomans. Those Ottoman vanguards with their backs to the enemy were the first to suffer heavy losses.

The sharp bayonets pierced into the chest, blood splattered everywhere, and countless people fell in a pool of blood.

After all, the Ottomans had the advantage in numbers. A Russian soldier had just stabbed an Ottoman, but then he was stabbed by several bayonets. He wanted to scream, but a bayonet pierced his neck. He could only make a whimpering sound and fell to the ground twitching.

Warm blood flowed on the cold ground, and soldiers slipped on the slippery blood from time to time, but both sides did not give up and continued fighting with daggers, stones and teeth.

"Push the cannon over here!"

"Load the shotgun!"

The old lieutenant shouted, and the soldier next to him hesitated.

"But our people are still ahead."

"I don't care about that anymore! Just listen to me and fire!"

The old lieutenant grabbed the torch and lit the fuse, and shouted when he saw the fuse was about to burn out.

"Ложись! (Get down! in Russian)"

The close-range shotgun fire knocked down a group of Ottomans in front of him at once.

At this time, the Russian reserve troops had also arrived. After a fierce battle, the Ottomans had no choice but to retreat. In fact, the artillery of the mainstream powers at this time had already adopted the percussion cap ignition method, but the Russian army was special and there were many antiques from the last century that were not willing to be wasted and still served in the army.

The failure of the attack on the first day was within the Ottoman expectations. Orma Pasha just gave some encouragement and didn't say much.

Only those who participated in the attack knew how difficult the battle was. The morale of the Ottoman army was very low, their equipment was too backward, and they even lacked qualified bayonets.

It was common for bayonets to break, fall off, or even not be attached at all. Many soldiers had to hold their guns backwards and use them as sticks in close combat.

A bayonet may not seem to require much technical expertise, but it actually has very high requirements for materials and forging technology.

The Ottoman Empire obviously did not have such industrial capabilities, but they were unwilling to buy them from the Prussians or the British at high prices.

In fact, the top leaders of the Ottoman Empire did not believe that their country did not have the ability to produce qualified bayonets, so most of the bayonets issued to the Ottoman army were hand-made by countless different blacksmiths.

It would be strange if the standards of these bayonets could be unified.

On the Russian side, although Nicholas I invested huge sums of money in building the Ivzhsk Arsenal, Shetroretsk Arsenal and Tula Arsenal over the years, producing standard bayonets was not a problem.

However, due to the backwardness of basic industries, the bayonets produced by the Russians were expensive, so it was more cost-effective to purchase them directly from Austria.

Therefore, with the mediation of many parties, the Austrian Imperial Arsenal obtained authorization from the Russian military to help produce bayonets needed by the Russian army, and all three parties made huge profits.

What a joy.

Inside Olma's headquarters.

Orma Pasha asked without any emotion, his hands behind his back.

"Have all the casualties been counted?"

"Yes, sir. Our army."

Orma Pasha raised his hand to stop the adjutant, whose tone was somewhat hesitant.

"Casualties are inevitable for victory. But I hope you officers can live up to the memory of the dead soldiers!
Your three legions will still be responsible for the main attack on Firamuzi, Turuljan and Hanim. I hope you will not let me down.

have you understood! "

"As you command, my lord!"

The three of them answered loudly at the same time, and only they themselves knew the pain in their hearts.

In the temporary bastion built by the Russian army, the old lieutenant's pipe was still passed from soldier to soldier.

A new recruit who was obviously not very good at smoking took a deep puff on his pipe, and the tobacco oil choked him and made him cough repeatedly.

At this time, the recruit noticed the name Tasia engraved on the pipe, which was a name usually used by civilians, and the old lieutenant was obviously a noble.

As a result, the new recruit became very curious.

"Lieutenant, who is Tasia? Is she your lover?"

The old lieutenant snatched the pipe in anger and kicked the recruit hard in the butt.

But the sentinels, lacking entertainment options, clearly did not intend to let the old lieutenant go.

"who is she?"

"who is she?"

"She is my mother. She was captured by the Ottoman slave hunters when I was a child."

The old lieutenant took a deep breath, and then the wisps of smoke turned into a sigh.