I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 721 Kosciuszko's Counterattack
Soon, several Ottomans were brought before Kosciuszko.

To be precise, they approached on their own initiative after seeing the Polish flag of the eagle and knights.

The leading Ottoman saluted the Polish commander and said in French: "I think the person in front of me should be the respected General Kosciuszko, right?"

The latter guessed something, and hurriedly bowed in return, saying in French: "It is me. May I ask who you are?"

"Kofanci Ozer," the Ottoman said, looking once again at the Polish army that stretched to the end of the field of vision, and exhaled, "You are finally here! We are the Crimean Resistance Army, and we have brought you food and medicine."

Kosciuszko was so ecstatic that his hands began to tremble slightly.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not break his promise!

When he was about to fall into despair, he miraculously delivered supplies to the heart of Russia!
His army will not perish silently in this dense forest.

He brought hope to everyone!
Thank you, Your Royal Highness!
May God bless him!

He subconsciously wanted to cross himself, but then he remembered the religious beliefs of the person in front of him, so he just put his hand on his chest and said excitedly: "That's great!

"It's amazing that you can deliver supplies to such a remote place, Mr. Ozer. Thank you so much!"

He glanced at the convoy behind Ozer. Although six or seven carriages could not hold much, at least the soldiers could eat half full today.

"Is it in those cars?" he asked anxiously.

Ozer shook his head. "That's timber on the wagon, General. It's for the Russians."

Kosciuszko was stunned. "Didn't you say there was food and medicine?"

The Ottoman used a knife to open the corner of his clothes, pulled out a piece of paper from it, and handed it to him: "Here are all the things."

Kosciuszko unfolded the paper and found that it was a map of southwestern Russia with a dozen red and blue dots drawn on it.

"This is?"

"The red dots are villages where we can get supplies," Ozer said, "and the blue ones are secret warehouses we have prepared. Things like ammunition and tents cannot be transported to the heart of Russia. I will try to send them to you when we reach Crimea."

Only then did Kosciuszko notice that those points roughly coincided with his march route to Crimea.

He looked at Ozer in surprise: "I thought you would lead the baggage train here, but I didn't expect..."

The latter waved his hand and said: "The logistics of tens of thousands of troops require hundreds of large trucks to transport. The Russians are not fools. So many things will be blocked by them before they can be transported out of Kherson."

He gestured to the map: "This was the idea of ​​that French friend.

“He asked us to transport the materials provided by His Majesty the Sultan northward in batches in the name of food trafficking a few months ago, and to build temporary warehouses along the way for storage.

"You know, there are a lot of people doing grain business that the Russians don't even notice."

“From Kharkov to Yekaterinoslav, there are few people, and there is no need to worry about the warehouses being discovered.

"Once your army arrives, you can take them as you go."

Kościuszko and Dabrowski looked at each other, both with admiration in their eyes.

They had been guessing how the Crown Prince would deliver supplies to the army, but they all thought it was an impossible task. Unexpectedly, he finally solved this problem cleverly by taking advantage of the extremely desolate Russian provinces along the way!
"Let's continue on our way." Ozer gestured to the south with his arms outstretched. "It's still more than 300 miles to Crimea. Oh, by the way, the nearest secret warehouse is just 4 miles to the southwest. "I can also tell you about the Russian military deployment in Crimea on the way..."

After 35 days.

Kościuszko arrived in northern Crimea with 1 brave Polish soldiers.

They spent Christmas in Yekaterinoslav, defeated the Russian defenders in Krasnoyarsk in heavy snow, and after overcoming unimaginable difficulties, they finally pointed their guns at Russia's southern gate.

In a dilapidated farmhouse, Ozer held up an oil lamp and pointed to the city in the southwest of Crimea on the map: "I can assure you, General, there are only 1300 Russian soldiers stationed in Bakhchisarai, and their morale is low.

“As long as you launch an attack, you can capture that place in a day.

"And our people can still cooperate in the city. Maybe it won't take a day."

Since Crimea was occupied by Russia, the Ottomans who previously lived here have organized several resistance forces, and Ozer joined the largest of them.

They had more than 200 armed men in the city of Bakhchisaray, but they were hoping every day that someone would give the Russians some hard time.

However, Kosciuszko smiled and shook his head: "If we lose Bakhchisarai, the Russians will become more patient and slowly organize a siege against us.

"But if the defenders of Bakhchisaray keep sending people to ask for help, the Russian army will definitely rush to reinforce us as quickly as possible. We will have more chances.

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"So, we have to give the Russians some hope."

three days later.

The 3rd Polish Royal Division began its attack on Bakhchisarai.

After the Kursk Fortress was breached, the Russians had already determined the strategic intentions of the Poles, but due to the remote location of Crimea, no reinforcements could be drawn from nearby.

The Russian soldiers in the city were panicked and once planned to surrender. It was not until Lieutenant Colonel Trunikov, who was in charge of the city defense, shot and killed more than a dozen people that the situation was barely stabilized.

However, after the battle began, something happened that the Russian army had not expected.

The firepower projected by the seemingly huge Polish army was not much stronger than that of the 1300 Russian troops in the city.

Trunikov put down his binoculars and excitedly pulled over a staff officer and said, "The damn Poles must be out of ammunition!"

The staff officer nodded and said, "Yes, sir, they fought fiercely in Bryansk and Kursk, and they certainly did not receive adequate supplies."

Trunikov shouted excitedly: "Send more signalmen, quickly! As long as reinforcements arrive, we will definitely be able to hold this place!"

Just as he said, in the next ten days or so, the Bakhchisaray defenders and the Polish army fought back and forth, and Trunikov even led the cavalry to attack several times and achieved some results.

Until 4 Russian troops who had hurriedly arrived from Moldavia, the western border of Russia and Turkey, were ambushed south of Huls.

Kosciuszko led 8 soldiers and defeated the reinforcements in one afternoon, capturing thousands of Russians.

Later, another 2 Russian troops from Tsaritsyn were completely wiped out by Kosciuszko when they were preparing to enter Bakhchisaray.

When the news reached St. Petersburg, the whole of Russia was shocked.

(End of this chapter)