sultan's crescent

Chapter 12 Is the defeat set?

"Shocked, Russian Army Preys on Humans"

"Blitz? "

Will the Ottoman Empire Disintegrate? "

"Stupid Sultan"

On February 1788, [-], the Times, a rising star in the British news media industry, began to publicize the situation of the Russian-Turkish war in order to gain people's attention.

Sophia and Anna are attending a banquet hosted by Lord William Middleton at Storliard Manor in Yorkshire.

Compared with the wedding banquets of later generations, Baron William Middleton's banquet has a particularly tall name-the County Legislative Assembly.

The Legislative Assembly is seen as both a gathering of administrative work with a focus on the judiciary and an upper-class social event.

The most famous one is the Greater London Legislative Assembly. Those nobles who hold seats in the Westminster Parliament gather in London almost every year to talk about the past and the present, give advice, and follow the fashion at the same time.

The Four Seasons Court, which is held every season in every British county, has brought together royal nobles from London, local gentry and knights.

During the Four Seasons Court, they not only handled judicial and government affairs, but also enjoyed the sensuality of dogs and horses.Since the late 17th century, various salons and clubs have sprung up all over the UK, bringing together the elites of the middle and upper classes of society.

By the 18th century, even the countryside had strongholds for dancing and revelry, and the nobles were the "participants" in these activities.

Turning their attention back to Storliard Manor, unlike other noble ladies, Anna and Sophia did not accept anyone's invitation to dance together, but flipped through the Times newspaper.

"Although the Ottoman Sultan's declaration of war is not surprising, the performance of the Ottoman army has once again refreshed the lower limit of our cognition.

At the beginning of the war, the Ottomans sent off two cavalry brigades on the Turkish-Russian border.Not only that, Odessa, which was guarded by the most elite troops of the Ottoman Empire-the Guards, fell in less than 20 days.

From the beginning of the Ottoman Empire's declaration of war against Russia in August to the capture of Odessa by Grand Duke Potemkin of Russia in January of the following year, the Turkish army was retreating steadily.

On the long Turkish-Russian front, the Ottoman Empire seems to have fallen into an absolute disadvantage.

Grand Duke Potemkin's swift attack, like a bolt of lightning, easily defeated the Ottomans...

Contributor: George Robert

"Your Highness, this George Robert is simply too hateful. He is just discrediting His Majesty. With His Majesty's ability, how could he be beaten like this by the Russians? This must be His Majesty playing tricks on the Russians. He likes to trick fools the most. "

Looking at Anna who was so angry that she even waved her small fist.Sophia couldn't help laughing, and while stroking the golden hair on the girl's forehead, she said, "Anna, you are getting cuter and cuter, no wonder Selim likes you so much."

"Your Highness! Are you not worried about Your Majesty at all?"

"Since you know that Selim likes to trick fools, why are you so anxious, Anna, just watch, Selim will surprise the Russians." Sophia continued to lay hands on Anna while comforting the blond girl. The people's blond hair is mixed together from time to time, looking from a distance, they look like a pair of forest fairies who are fighting.

After Odessa was captured, Potemkin did not intend to stay for too long, and the task given to him by Ekaterina had not yet been successfully completed.

Moreover, judging from the information obtained so far, the commander-in-chief of the Ottomans on the front line is actually an 18-year-old French lieutenant, who simply treats military affairs as a trifle!

It has to be said that under the leadership of the new sultan, the Ottomans simply lived and returned.

Looking out the window, Potemkin was a little moved. The weather tonight was fine. Under the moonlight, the snow reflected light slightly. In the quiet night, there were a few wolf howls from time to time.

Potemkin thought of the siege battle half a month ago, and he couldn't help feeling rejoicing that if the cold wave had been earlier, God would have added a layer of God's barrier to the city walls of Odessa, and the Russian army would be in Odessa at that time. Shattered in front of Sa.

"Go and call Rumyantsev and tell him that I want to discuss the next battle plan with him."

Hearing Potemkin's order, the guards immediately called Rumyantsev.

"Potemkin, you don't need to show off your victory in front of me."

Rumyantsev's complexion was not good. In the past few days, it has been spread in the Russian army that he is timid and fearful of fighting. Rumyantsev didn't even need to think about it, but he knew that it was Potemkin's instruction.

"Dear Rumyantsev, don't be so angry. No matter what kind of disputes we have had in the past, we are fighting for His Majesty. You should learn to be tolerant."

"Enough, Potemkin, if you just want to humiliate me, then please apply to His Majesty to dismiss me. If you still want to discuss the battle plan, then put away your disgusting face."

Rumyantsev could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. The guy in front of him only wanted to please the empress blindly, he didn't know how to command an army at all, and he was not suitable for the battlefield at all.

Looking at the angry Rumyantsev in front of him, Potemkin laughed and said: "If I offended you, then I apologize to you, dear Rumyantsev, don't waste any more time, we have to discuss it as soon as possible. The next battle plan."

Rumyantsev did not make a sound, took the map silently, and drew a line between Odessa, Bingery and Krugan-Napoka.

"The Austrians have already gone out to Transylvania. They promised to contain part of the Ottomans' troops. My idea is to send a partial division to work with the Austrians to eat up the troops deployed by the Ottomans in northern Wallachia and attract them. They reinforced and created the conditions for us to take Moldova."

"Partial division, then let Suvorov take the seventh division, but I think we can take Komlats now, trap the Turkish army in the Bingeli area, and then go straight to Izmail , take Izmail, and the new Sultan should beg for mercy."

Rumyantsev did not refute Potemkin. Although in his opinion Potemkin was too risky, he could not find any reason to object. The performance of the Ottomans in this war was simply worse than the previous Russian-Turkish war. Whether it is mobility or strategic deployment, except for the early raids on the border, which made the initial supply difficult, only the Battle of Odessa was passable.

Rumyantsev sighed, thinking: "Maybe I am worrying too much." He nodded silently, acquiescing to Potemkin's plan.

The mobility of the Russians was not bad, but when the Russian army entered Komlatz, they found that the Turkish army in the Bingeli area had disappeared. So far, the Russian army has won without a fight, controlled the entire Moldova, and began to Coming straight to Izmail.

As for the Tuo-Austria border, on the way to Bosnia, Selim decided to take the lead because of the discovery of an Austrian army of about 5000 people. The war between the two sides broke out in the southern part of the Mohac Plain. Leman the Great completely defeated the Hungarians' will to resist.

Now, fate has sent Selim here again. What he has to do is not only to restore the glory of Suleiman the Great, but also to wash away the shame of the Ottoman Empire 100 years ago.

Selim's army has about 3000 soldiers, including 300 Sipahi cavalry, but this thing is only suitable for fighting with the wind.A new army brigade has [-] people, and the rest are the absolute main force of the Ottoman Empire-the Guards! ! !

自从上次演习被拿破仑用伏击战暴揍一顿后，塞利姆也爱上了这种战术，至于两万5000人伏击5000人，塞利姆也是迫不得已，虽说奥地利这个时期的陆军也没好Where to go, after all, did not accept the baptism of the Napoleonic Wars.

But when it comes to being worse than bad, the Guards are better. After all, our Ottoman Empire has its own national conditions. Not all troops have superb life-related skills like them.

While hiding in the grass, Selim made daily complaints. As far as the military discipline of the Guards is concerned, Selim restrained himself in the Ottoman territory. When he arrived in Hungary, he simply let himself go.

At this moment, there was a tremor on the ground, which was a signal for the cavalry to march rapidly on the ground. Selim made a gesture to let the orderly inform the artillery to prepare to shoot.

As a major general of the Austrian Empire and commander of the [-]st Cavalry Division, Marquis Frederick has been battle-tested.

During the entire march, he maintained a reconnaissance within a radius of five kilometers. Thanks to this move, he successfully discovered Selim's ambush.

Seeing that the ambush was seen through, Selim hammered it hard and cursed: "I knew it."

Now that the unexpected ambush had failed, a strong attack became inevitable.Selim immediately ordered: "The new army is first, the second cavalry battalion takes the lead, and the Sipahi cavalry follow up to stop the opponent.

The [-]st and [-]nd Cavalry Battalion acted as a stormtrooper, attacking the enemy's formation and dealing a devastating blow to the enemy's cavalry.

The main force of the Sipahi cavalry followed the first and second cavalry battalions, leaving a small number of troops on both sides to guard against the opponent's encirclement. The third cavalry battalion was used as a reserve team, ready to charge at any time.

The line infantry obeyed the order, spread out the formation, blocked the enemy cavalry, and the stragglers obeyed the order, approached the enemy, and provided fire support for our cavalry.

The artillery obeyed the order and waited for the enemy's formation to be chaotic, and then bombarded the enemy's junction with all its strength, so as to facilitate subsequent division and encirclement. "

While Selim was making preparations, Marquis Frederick was equally excited.

"I have long heard that the Ottoman Sultan has arrived at the front line. I didn't expect that I would actually run into it. Cavalrymen, follow me and capture the Ottoman Sultan alive."

Accompanied by the orders of the commanders-in-chief of both sides, from a distance, the Austrian cavalry in blue and white uniforms and the Ottoman army in black and red uniforms collided like two torrents.

Fighting and shouting spread throughout the battlefield. From time to time, cavalrymen were pierced by spears, and people and horses fell to the ground. The Ottoman infantry either formed a small phalanx, or stood apart, and kept approaching the Austrian cavalry, compressing event space.

However, Marquis Frederick, who wanted to capture Selim alive, did not realize that his room for action was shrinking.

Bad omen is coming.

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