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

Chapter 1428 Rescue (Part )

Nicholas picked up his gun and returned to the battlefield. The battlefield was already in ruins. The large and small mounds on both sides were mass graves of the fallen soldiers. The already lush weeds became even more lush under the watering of blood.

The cries of crows and vultures could be heard in the distance, as if mocking the soldiers' trivialization of life.

Baron Raglan was looking through a telescope at the remnants of the Russian army in front of him. His reinforcements had arrived, and now was definitely the best time to counterattack.

"Damn the Ottomans! It's been three weeks! What on earth are they doing? Do they really think we are their main force?"

Baron Raglan could not help but burst into cursing. The cannon fodder sent by the Ottomans were of poor quality and small in number, and the supplies they sent were also shoddy, often using some diseased cattle and sheep and flour mixed with sawdust to make up the numbers.

"Aren't we?"

The staff officers thought so in their hearts. After all, in the eyes of the British, the Ottomans were not even qualified to be cannon fodder.

"What do we do now? Go ahead with the plan?"

A staff officer asked.

"What kind of execution is this? Are we going to fight in the front while the Ottomans watch from behind?"

Lord Raglan roared in rage.

"Let those Ottomans die. We will only provide artillery support."

Both sides started to play badly at the same time, and the sound of killing was deafening on the battlefield, but it seemed not bloody enough.
Prinsky felt the subtle changes on the battlefield. He felt that the British must have reached the end of their strength, otherwise they would not have placed the Ottomans as their main force on the battlefield.

This might be an opportunity for the Russian army. After the troops were replenished, Prinsky ordered a general offensive.

Suddenly, the number of Russian troops on the battlefield increased several times, and the Ottoman defense line collapsed in an instant. This was the biggest breakthrough Russia had achieved since the war began.

But Prinsky was not satisfied with this. He wanted to invade Bulgaria in one go. After all, in Russia's perception, Bulgarians were good brothers who supported Russia.

Baron Raglan had never expected the Russian army's unstoppable force. He thought the Ottomans could hold out for a while, but as soon as the British retreated, the Ottomans collapsed.

But there was also good news, that is, Orma Pasha's main force finally arrived. The Ottoman new army still had a certain combat effectiveness, at least much stronger than those Ottoman miscellaneous troops.

Baron Raglan felt that the time had come, and he prepared to launch a major counterattack to completely destroy the Russian army in Dobruja.

"Olma Pasha, I hope you understand that this war is not only related to the survival of the Ottoman Empire, but it should also be of vital importance to you personally. After all, you were once an officer of the Austrian Empire."

Baron Raglan thought that he should do some ideological work on Orma Pasha first just in case. After all, he would feel a little uneasy about joining forces with such a traitor.

However, if they want to break the deadlock, joining forces with them may be the only way. Of course, Baron Raglan can also choose to continue to consume the Russian army, but the result is likely to be that he will be forced to retire early and end his political career.

Rather than retiring in obscurity, he still wanted to take a chance. After all, the worst outcome was just early retirement. "Of course. Baron, I understand what you mean. The moment I converted to the Ottoman Empire, I had no way out.

The 150,000 men I brought with me this time are all elite troops of the Ottoman Empire. Queen Mother Shefkefza, please do not doubt our sincerity."

Baron Raglan didn't say much, after all, political affairs were not his business.

What he had to explain now was the battle plan, which was to take advantage of the Russian army's recklessness at this time to lure it into the heart of Bulgaria, then attack the Danube Delta from the sea to cut off its retreat, and finally the Redwood Army and the Ottoman New Army would join forces to encircle the Russian army.

The battle went very smoothly. Prinsky led the main force of the Russian army to advance madly, and even wrote a letter to the Tsar claiming that he would take over all of Bulgaria within a month.

When writing the letter, Prinsky was very excited and felt that he was only one step away from victory.

The British Redwood Army is no more than that. If they can really capture Constantinople, he will definitely become a real marshal, instead of the self-proclaimed marshal like he is now.

However, Plinsky's dream was soon shattered. The Ottomans, who had not dared to fight back before and could only run around, suddenly became difficult to deal with. The obstruction of the vanguard troops made him feel something was wrong.

But Baron Raglan had been planning this battle for more than a month, and he did not give Plinsky a chance to regret it.

At this time, the Redwood Army had captured the Russian fortress near the Danube Delta with the help of the British Royal Navy. The next 120,000 Russian troops would face a joint attack from 150,000 Ottoman New Army and 60,000 Redwood Army.

Prinsky paid the price for his arrogance. At first, the Russian army was only at a disadvantage in terms of manpower, and the two sides could still stalemate for a while, but soon the news of the supply line being cut off spread among the army.

It’s not that Prinsky didn’t want to control public opinion, but the enemy was attacking from behind, and even a fool would know that his retreat was cut off.

The morale of the Russian army, whose retreat was cut off, dropped rapidly. Although the loss was less than 10,000 people, which was insignificant compared to the previous losses, more and more people wanted to surrender.

No matter how the officers and military priests incited the soldiers, they could not muster the courage at all, and large numbers of soldiers fled every night.

The most desperate person was actually Prinsky himself, while others believed that the Tsar would definitely send troops to rescue them. But Prinsky knew that Nicholas I did not know that Prinsky only had 120,000 men.

In the letter from Prinsky to St. Petersburg, the Russian army still had nearly 1 troops. He really didn't dare to tell the Tsar that the Russian army was beaten by the British and Turkish coalition forces at a 1.6: exchange ratio.

Moreover, the enemy casualties were mainly Ottomans, and the Redwood Army's losses were probably less than 10,000.

If this data was really handed over to the Tsar, Prinsky would be sentenced to death by hanging the next day.

Prinsky had few choices. He certainly couldn't hold the place, and reinforcements were nowhere in sight. In a short while, the hungry soldiers would skin him alive.

At this point, Prinsky could either commit suicide after his defeat, which would at least save his family. Or he could choose to surrender to the Ottomans, which would at least save him from death.
However, Prinsky finally chose to break out. It was almost impossible for such a large army of more than 100,000 people to break out in the enemy's hinterland.

The number of Russian casualties quickly rose from less than 10,000 to 30,000, 50,000, or 80,000, but he didn't care. Suddenly, the British and Turkish coalition forces stopped chasing, and Plinsky felt that it must be God's blessing that he escaped again.

But in fact, the main force of the Austrian Empire crossed the Danube while Baron Raglan was encircling the Russian army, and was now chasing the British and Turkish coalition forces from behind.