Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Dobniak had not expected that there was such a method, and the speed at which it was done in front of him, and perhaps the speed at which the gun was drawn, was so fast that he did not even have time to react.

Then Stojkovic did not eliminate the pests on the spot. Solovyov had prepared the conclusion of the trial, and there were also parts on evidence presentation and sentencing, but the speed was too fast.

Finally, Stojkovic's thousands of elite subordinates did not react at all, but instead believed a Russian general whom they met for the first time.

It was probably Solovyov who paid the soldiers' salaries and provided everyone with rifles and machetes.

"There should be a bayonet, right? Mick, this equipment feels a little wrong."

In response to Clausewitz's question, Solovyov first shook his head and then said.

"Karl, you have to know that the Serbs have been ruled by the Ottoman Sultan for a long time, and they often think that bayonets cannot reflect the bravery of soldiers."

"Huh? Marshal Suvorov's statement was outrageous enough after being misunderstood. I think you should be responsible when you say this."

"But you can see how happy they are. They are very excited after getting the new guns, and no one mentioned the bayonet issue to us."

Solovyov's statement was indeed correct. In the Ottoman Empire, only some old regiments of the new army were equipped with bayonets, and they generally had no chance to use them.

In this case, it's still their own problem.

They were either being chased and beaten by the French or Russian troops, or suppressing civilians, and there were very few opportunities to use bayonets.

Two legs are useful when escaping, but a machete is useful when suppressing civilians. It is much more convenient to chop off a person's head than to stab him to death with a bayonet.

Although in combat with cold weapons, people are usually killed by stabbing or chopping.

This is also why, despite frequent encounters with enemy cavalry, Solovyov only suffered minor injuries a few times, as his opponents always used hacking to hit him.

Because chopping was easier, the French army only started stabbing later. In 1810, some British still stubbornly insisted on chopping.

The cavalry appears to be riding and hacking, but in fact, they can do more damage by stabbing directly, with an impact bonus.

These Serbian soldiers were also the first group to be incorporated and reorganized by the Russian army.

"Mick, do you want to tell them something?"

"I'd better forget it. After all, I won't be able to command this army directly. But don't let Dobniak come. If he comes to manage it, we will inevitably be making things difficult for others. At this time, even if we are impartial and let the Serbian army regularize and be able to fight, it will be better than us interfering too much."

Some people say that Russia is very fatherly, but they never thought that the corn cob was actually a pigherd and miner who suddenly came up with a plan without any discussion in the bureau and who did not understand the diplomatic rules at all.

Even now there is still the Tsar, who is often called "our little father", but the guys who really regard themselves as fathers are either poisoned by alcohol or cause their wives and children to be beaten to pieces.

Solovyov served two tsars, and he had never seen anything outrageous about them wanting to be someone's father. He was even relatively gentle towards some nomadic peoples. Paul was just a little impatient, but Alexander's method was very gentle, and in fact, many Kazakh tribes were already being devoured unconsciously.

That kind of stereotype does not exist. Solovyov himself may be more abstract, a derivative product of the Slavic Abstract Studio.

"It's just training work. What should we do? Besides, we are still besieging Vidin. You always emphasize speed."

"Don't worry now. Take a look at this battle report. If our commander-in-chief can capture both Slobozia and Rushchuk, there is no need to go to Pleven. The door to the Ottoman Empire has been opened."

After Kamensky Jr. changed the battle plan, he was able to advance quickly through Slobozia, but still encountered fierce resistance in Rushchuk.

But this is where the problem with the Turks lies. Compared to the Serbian rebellion, the more troublesome thing is probably the main force of the Russian army that is coming to kick the main gate.

Therefore, faced with threats from both sides, Sultan Mahmud chose Kamensky the Lesser, which seemed to pose a greater threat. He dispatched 8 Russian troops together, which was a disaster for the Ottoman army.

In order to stop the Russian army's actions and protect the main area of ​​Thrace, they drew all the troops that could be mobilized from the Balkans and Asia Minor, and they were gathering in Adrianople at that time.

Even though Tormasov replaced Gudovich as the commander-in-chief of the Russian army in the Caucasus, and at the same time went to war with the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire, and intensified the offensive against Georgia, the threat was actually very great. The Sultan still issued an order to recruit even the Armenian archers.

Solovyov was not clear about the specific troop deployment of the Turkish army, but he learned the approximate composition of the Ottoman army from veterans who had fought against the Turks in two directions.

The core combat power of the infantry is the new army and the Janissaries who can slap and throw knives. The latter is already corrupt, and the former's current combat power is also questionable. But in addition to this, there are also a large number of militias, archers, and recruited bandits and mobs.

The ones with relatively strong combat effectiveness are probably the Pandur skirmishers. Many of these veterans have even served in Austria and Russia and have rich service and combat experience.

Solovyov was well aware of such outrageous infantry. As for the artillery, it was probably just average. However, the shells used by the cannons were heavier, which meant that their mobility was relatively poor. Compared with the more mobile and flexible artillery of the Russian army, they were still far behind.

There are mainly three types of threatening cavalry: the generally recruited German light cavalry, the Sipahi cavalry that relies on feudal land, which has begun to differentiate into light cavalry and heavy cavalry, and the Circassian cavalry at the end, which looks more scary.

When Solovyov was on his honeymoon trip to Crimea, he knew that the Ottoman Empire had always maintained slavery and had always eunuchs. Although the latter was an Asian characteristic, the former gave rise to slave soldiers.

The Mamluks are probably the new pashas of Egypt now. The Albanian tobacco dealers should have wiped them out. Only a few of them are still alive. Many of the Mamluks around Napoleon are French.

The remaining one is the Circassian cavalry. Compared with the Mamluk cavalry who likes to carry a lot of muskets, they may still be popular among players in the last two versions.

Many of these people are even the armored cavalry with a long history, and they have not changed since the army was established.

And that’s not even the end. If the Ottoman Empire had not died out or suddenly died within a hundred years, blacksmiths who made armor would still be able to receive orders until the beginning of the 20th century.

This kind of "insistence on tradition" is also shocking.

However, if you want to run into trouble with light cavalry, it is best not to look for them, unless the officers and soldiers are equipped with carbines and revolvers. Although you can use mobility to win when fighting a group of tin cans, you will definitely suffer in close combat.

This is the armored cavalry that Solovyov has never seen in Africa. In Kanem-Bornu, south of the Sahara Desert, there are still cotton-armored cavalry.

If you don't know where this place is, it's probably Niger and Chad, the poorest places in Africa today.

All that remains is probably to distribute cannons to the Serbs.

It was just that it would take time to contact Karageorge. Solovyov did not act on his own, but asked the Serbs to keep an eye on the road in the direction of Nis to see if the Turkish army had moved their transportation lines or if there were any signs of large-scale troop movements.

He would use the remaining time to figure out how to besiege Vidin.

While Solovyov was exterminating the insects, the Turkish garrison commander had already launched an assault on the Russian troops outside the city.

However, Uvarov responded appropriately and defeated the Turkish army in defense, forcing them to retreat back into the city after leaving behind dozens of corpses.

Now that war was about to begin, Solovyov still had to stick to the Vauban siege method and dig trenches into the city near Vidin.

In this case, the artillery can also pass through the reserved channels, providing fire cover while firing at close range to attack the Turkish army.

Next, how to lay siege is the Russian army’s own problem.

It was just a siege battle, so the progress would definitely not be very fast. Solovyov seldom commanded sieges. He won many victories in field battles. Only the battle in Sweden could be considered as a real siege against the British army under his command.

At times like this, caution is still needed.

Solovyov then decided to hold a meeting at his own headquarters, with all division and brigade commanders required to attend, and then convey the message to the regimental commanders after returning.

"We have called everyone here today to discuss the action plan for the siege. We must dig trenches and improve the communication trenches. However, our trenches cannot be built straight. They must have some curvature. In this way, we need several support points. Once we have selected them, we will also send artillery here."

"Sir, what kind of artillery do you want to fire?"

"I think we should still use the Unicorn guns. The one-pound guns should be placed here, facing the more vulnerable part of Vidin City to the south. The 12-pound guns and the half-pound Unicorn guns should be placed in the two directions ahead."

"It looks like a concentrated artillery bombardment, Misha, but should we set up a feint attack position?"

Speaking of which, Arkady's "little dirty trick" was probably learned by himself. The Field Marshal liked to use the "curtain-lifting tactics". In this era when there was no Eighth Route Army, it was really unethical to leave bullets in the gun chamber.

However, he was going to make a feint attack, and Solovyov was not very satisfied with the location pointed out on the map.

"We are not artillerymen, so it would be better if we could bring Yermolov with us. However, we can place a feint attack force in this direction. In addition, we can use some rockets to bluff us."

He wanted to evade the issue, but he also had to honestly dig trenches and attack.

To fight a siege battle, you just have to repeat the same actions, and there is even less room for maneuvering than in the field battle stage.

In fact, if a fight breaks out, the casualty rate may be even higher. After all, the rifle in the hands of the opposing soldier may be a gun of peace.

There are many casualties in siege battles, and there are many situations, so it is not that fun.

When Solovyov was in Sweden, he also interrogated captured British soldiers. Indeed, many of the Russian soldiers' bullets were eventually thrown into trees, which provided the British army with lead bullets as ammunition.

The victory was finally achieved thanks to the continuous artillery fire that suppressed the British army with firepower, and the cutting off of supplies at sea, which led to a quick victory.

Napoleon had the same problem when he was besieging Acre, and he picked up the Turkish army's solid bullets and fired them back many times.

The arrangement of artillery still needs to concentrate superior firepower, that is, to use absolute firepower advantage to violently solve the problem.

In Vidin, Solovyov was well aware that he did not have much time to waste.

If it is a siege, it will take two or three months for the enemy to run out of ammunition and food.

A violent attack would result in relatively heavy casualties, especially the most old-fashioned method.

But if we don't use the Vauban siege method, besieging the city from the outside would obviously be worse than just wasting it.

Young Kamensky has completed the strategic actions as he requested. Judging from his letters and the letters from the Turkish messengers captured by the Russian Cossacks, Sultan Mahmud's attention is now on the lower reaches of the Danube to the delta. Although his place is also a critical area now, it is more or less ignored because his goal is not to directly attack the area in front of Constantinople.

It looks like a secondary battlefield, but if the enemy ignores your abilities, you may still have a chance to fight a very beautiful battle.

Solovyov knew this, and that was why he was determined to have a fight in Vidin.

But now he still wants to create an explosion.

Especially since so many explosive packs were prepared, not many of them were used in Sweden. If they are not used, the gunpowder will get damp and will not explode.

In general, art is booming. The methods used in Sweden in the past have been proven to be effective, so they should be used now.

And as for the grenadiers, Solovyov really hoped that they could play a role, especially the several elite grenadier regiments that were mobilized.

He had spent a lot of effort to get these six regiments, and now they had to be put under the command of Christian.

He is his own brother-in-law, a royal relative, and is brave in battle. If Solovyov were to employ someone, he would prefer someone like him.

The task of breaking through the difficulties was given to him, but Christian was always confused about one thing.

"Our grenadiers don't usually carry many grenades. What are you doing today?"

"Apart from the Unicorn Cannon, this is the most useful. How many of your six regiments will be deployed on the front line?"

"I'll put four regiments on the front line. Misha, what do you think we should do?"

"You four regiments, forget about the feint attack, Sukabulie, just lead the main attack. Do you understand?"

Actually, his style of painting is a little wrong. (End of this chapter)