Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Solovyov's actions were not slow. After controlling the battlefield, he chose to pursue directly. This attitude was also very positive, which was somewhat influenced by the letter from Grand Duke Constantine.

However, the true content of the attack could not be explained to his subordinates, and they could only conduct a quick pursuit to show that they wanted to seize the initiative on the battlefield.

There is only one thing to do, and that is to act quickly.

However, wherever he chased, Sir Moore would move on before him. He was surprised that the cat-and-mouse game failed so many times.

Although the British Army's combat effectiveness was acceptable, their strategic mobility had once become a laughing stock. For example, during the Jacobite's last counterattack on London, they were led by the Jacobite in the Scottish Highlands and marched as slowly as a turtle.

Moreover, the British Army's military discipline has always been not very good, that is, the military law has always been strict. If such an army had not undergone a series of reforms in the light infantry and line infantry, they would probably remain the same.

However, Solovyov failed to succeed after several pursuits and finally gave up. Most of the Swedish military strongholds along the way lacked defense, except for a few thousand people in the city of Kalmar, a few of whom were in the city and most of them were in the fortress outside the city.

"It seems that we need to leave some troops to surround this place before we go south, or..."

He looked at the surrounding terrain. Due to the thaw, the roads began to become muddy. The ground was too soft, just like the frozen ground, which had a great impact on the trench digging advance of Vauban's siege method.

"I think it is still feasible to use artillery bombardment to force them to surrender."

Solovyov really didn't want to say any unnecessary nonsense to the Swedes. If he sent a military envoy and the other party deliberately obstructed him or used negotiations to delay time, he would have no choice but to fight.

As for what to use to threaten, think about the Guards Artillery Battalion here, what cannons do they have?

Naturally, it is equivalent to the 20-pound 1-pood Unicorn cannon and the 12-pound cannon. The power of these two cannons is obviously beyond the ability of the Swedes to withstand.

The weight that life cannot bear should refer to the simple method of directly opening fire with heavy artillery and burying everyone inside alive.

As for the story, it's probably about Afanti's donkey, which specializes in dealing with scammers.

Under the threat of these black gun muzzles, the Swedes quickly surrendered.

Even though the muzzle of the Unicorn Cannon is not round, this powerful thing always has a good effect.

After entering Kalmar, the Russian army finally got another chance to rest.

At this time, Sir Moore had already withdrawn all British troops to Karlskrona, the Swedish naval base.

The good news for him was that the southern Baltic Sea had begun to thaw, and the Royal Navy was always able to send ships here to transport supplies at this time.

But retreat was more difficult. He had nearly 20,000 British troops. Even if there had been losses in the previous battles, there were still at least 16,000 people here.

It is impossible to use a few warships to capture all the people at once, not to mention that now is a time when everything will turn out well.

After separating from the British army, the Swedish army went to Malmö. The news they received was that the French army commanded by Bernadotte and part of the Danish army were in Copenhagen. Under such circumstances, it was impossible for them to provide support to the British army.

What's more, at this time in Gothenburg, von Fersen's plan was simple. If he found the always trustworthy Archduke Constantine, there would still be some chance to save the Swedish royal party from its embarrassing situation. The Swedish army had entered a state of working without putting in any effort. Von Essen was already being relatively "responsible" by not opening Jönköping to Archduke Constantine.

For Sir Moore, there is only one way now, that is for the British troops to retreat here and fight using the terrain advantage, and also rely on the support sent by the Royal Navy.

But if this was really done, it was more or less because Sir Moore did not pay enough attention to what happened when the Royal Navy suffered defeat at the hands of the French in the past.

After the Russian army approached, Solovyov himself looked for maps everywhere and hired a guide at a high price.

After all, the British had nowhere else to go, so they had to adopt this pig-like tactic and hide in the naval bases and artillery batteries.

"We can use the terrain here as the French did in Toulon. The British are on the islands, and there are still some Swedish battleships and coastal batteries. We must first seize the batteries, and then put our cannons there."

"That's a good idea, but we still have to consider how to seize the outer islands."

"It's like building a fence, sealing off these places little by little. But it will also take a lot of time. We can't just wait here, we have to send some troops westward."

"How about joining the Danes?"

"They have lost their navy. I don't think they can pose any threat to Malmö. It can only be Karl. Do you think we should wait until April?"

"If we wait until April, we won't be able to achieve our target."

"There is another possibility that if we lay siege here, the war over there might end for the Swedes."

He felt somewhat puzzled when he saw Clausewitz's expression, which showed no surprise.

"Why, Carl, I thought you'd be surprised!"

"Based on our actions along the way, the Swedish army fled at the sight of the enemy. The Swedes no longer want to fight. As for the British, they are also resisting stubbornly and cannot receive any instructions from the outside world."

"Come to think of it, Carl, I have thought of some ways, such as using new weapons like rockets, or making a explosive pack launcher on the ground."

"Explosive pack launcher? That thing is very dangerous. And how far can you launch it according to Russian standards?"

"At most, there are 300 Alshins. When both armies are in the trenches, we can deploy this thing at night. It can still be used, but when operating it, we must have the cooperation of engineers. In addition, we must prepare heavy artillery and concentrate firepower to strike one point first. The three types of firepower configurations formed are explosive pack launchers at the front, various types of artillery on the second layer, and rockets fired on both sides."

"What are you doing?"

"Karl, if it is a military doctrine, it is the doctrine of superior firepower. We must concentrate superior firepower to surprise the enemy. However, there is one situation. That is, the British can spare more artillery than us because of the Swedish warships in the harbor."

"Mick, you like to come up with new tricks too much, but this is true. When attacking a city or a fortress, you always have to concentrate your firepower to attack an area."

Solovyov looked at the leaders behind him and sought their advice.

However, all I saw was “I have no objection.” “If you all have no objection, I will bring it up at the military meeting.”

It is not surprising that the British adopted the "pig tactics" and hid in cities and naval ports.

Solovyov obtained a lot of military supplies due to the retreat of the British army, the escape of the Swedish army, and the surrender of towns along the way, especially black gunpowder stored by the Swedish army in Kalmar and some other places.

This black gunpowder is indeed more suitable for making explosive packs.

The Russian engineers have done this before, and there is more than one way to blast.

If they wanted to attack the first major British fortress in front of them, they could use heavy artillery bombardment, tunnel blasting, or piling up explosive packs right under the British's noses and asking them to die.

But he didn't know what to do specifically. At this time, Solovyov looked in the mirror again.

"My eyebrows still don't look thick enough."

"Mick, why are you always so concerned about your eyebrows."

"Yes, yes, sir, your eyebrows are better than the eyebrows drawn by the women in my family. If they are thicker, they will not look good."

Solovyov looked at which blind regiment commander had made such a dangerous statement, after all, their voices were rather rough.

Then he saw the Moscow Grenadiers, with his sister's lover, Prince Christian of Mecklenburg, standing behind him.

"Sir, I didn't mean it, not to mention our group leader..."

"Don't mention this. We need to be alert now. We haven't started fighting the British yet. It will take too much time to besiege here, and we even have to rely on the navy. If we really want to fight, we must prepare for the battle. Each regiment must be divided into groups. Before that, the officers must study the terrain of their respective areas. This battle is not that easy."

When he said this, some people would always cheer up. After all, although Solovyov was nice to everyone, he had too many training sessions and combat meetings. His service was the worst in the Russian army.

Even if it was just to get his mentor, Marshal Suvorov, out of his coffin, it wouldn't be such a big deal.

Even before the battle began, they found a relatively solid stone building to verify the effect of the blasting.

Of course, at this time, guard troops must always be deployed on the front line.

The British army had been either in the city or in the artillery positions, and had no intention of launching an active attack. The main reason was that the Russian army had more than twice as many troops as theirs, and it was not a wise move to launch a counterattack at this time. It would be better to seize the time to strengthen the defense.

At this moment, if there was a loud noise from Solovyov's side, what would Moore think of it?

In short, he had the engineers pile up 300 pounds of explosives, and then had everyone hide behind a stone wall at an estimated safe distance.

"The explosive packs are stacked well. This is it. Let's blow one up first and try it out."

As for the blasting stage, with the ignition of the fuse, a violent explosion will occur in one minute.

Then, at this time in the 19th century, there had to be a reference for the pig that might fly the highest, so Solovyov asked the engineers to tie a pig there.

Then, due to the huge power of the black powder explosion, half of the stone building was blown away. As for the pig, it was blown away and stuck on the top of the tree. I'm afraid we have to calculate the parabola to know how high it flew.

But such a powerful explosion would attract the British attention to some extent, so Sir Moore ordered to see what was going on.

But when the British troops came out to observe, they also found that there was no sign of chaos on the Russian side, so it should not be an explosion in the ammunition depot.

Therefore, they were not clear about the specific situation, and they only knew that a violent explosion occurred in the woods behind the Russian position.

As for what consequences will occur in the future, they do not know that disaster is already beckoning them.

The Swede population in Karlskrona is relatively small, with more than 20,000 people before the outbreak of the war. Now, due to changes in the battlefield situation, many people have fled to nearby towns and villages for refuge.

Even if the British wanted to conscript men, it would be difficult as there would also be language barriers.

The only ones who could help them were the more than 4,000 scattered combatants from the Swedish navy and army who remained.

As for what these people have to do now, it is to find a way to get the remaining naval guns of the Swedish Navy to the land to strengthen the defense of the front positions.

Sir Moore's defense design still makes sense. The British army had suffered a great loss in Toulon before, so this time they formed a more complete firepower configuration. They also strengthened artillery fire on nearby islands to ensure the combat effectiveness of coastal artillery batteries.

However, Solovyov's battle plan was obviously targeted. Since the British army adopted the pig tactics, he naturally had to come up with something new to open the British's eyes.

As for these days, the main goal of the Russian army is to conduct combat training. For the tactical action of stacking explosive packs, they must act quickly, and then estimate the safe distance and use buildings and bunkers to ensure their own safety.

In addition, artillery began to be deployed, and both sides paid close attention to the actions of the artillery.

As for the British army, they had a batch of Congreve rockets since 1805. They were inspired by the battle with Tipu Sultan during the war in South India. Although the rockets used by the opponent were not very powerful, they were also very inspiring.

However, the accuracy of this thing is definitely not good enough.

The one used by Solovyov was an improved model, and it used high-quality iron pipes as the projectile body. The shooting specifications of the rocket were also accurately calculated in mathematics and physics.

The reason for asking Gauss to come is not only because he is good at surveying and mapping, but also because the power of science is very important and he can provide a lot of help.

He was not only a mathematician, but also a physicist, surveyor and astronomer.

Looking at these Russian-made rockets, Solovyov also wanted to thank his friend Jerome, whom he met in the United States.

How did he come up with the idea of ​​asking these talented professors to pay for work? (End of this chapter)