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Chapter 16 The Miracle Reappears?

Despite defeating Ahmed Pasha, Potemkin still faced a shortage of supplies.Due to the fall of Komlatz, the supply line of the Russian army has never been restored. After all, no one will throw supplies into the water.

The Ottoman army materials in the Kahur area were transported by Fuksani, and there would not be a large-scale stock, which led to the fact that the seized materials were not enough to support the Russian army.

Facing the dilemma of insufficient supplies, Potemkin made a decisive decision and decided to ask the local residents to borrow food.

Under Potemkin's arrangement, the Russian army overfulfilled the task in less than half a day, and the residents of the entire city of Kahur were slaughtered.

At the city gates, residential areas, streets, and markets, piles of dead bodies were piled up together, and the temperature in summer was frighteningly high. When the Russian army left, the bodies of the residents killed in the morning were already covered with flies, sending out There was a foul stench.

The Russian army, which gradually lost its mind, even used artillery during the massacre, and many Romanians were directly buried under the collapsed houses.

When Napoleon arrived, the Russian army had already left with the looted food, and what was left to Napoleon was a scene of purgatory on earth.

In Ragusa, the Russian army that left two days ago was forced to stop here.

After receiving the news of Ahmed Pasha's defeat, Hussein Pasha quickly returned to the army to block the Russian army that might go north, and an encounter broke out between the two sides in Ragusa.

The Ottoman army, which was waiting for work, successfully defeated the vanguard of the Russian army by taking advantage of the favorable location, but then the main force of the Russian army commanded by Rumyantsev gave Hussein Pasha a surprise.

Intensive artillery fire, flexible cavalry, and well-timed infantry rotation attack.It reminded him of the scene of the exercise with Napoleon. Although the place was different and the time was different, the sense of powerlessness was the same.

If Muhammad Ali hadn't arrived in time to cover Hussein Pasha and withdraw the blocking fortifications built in advance, in this battle alone, the Russian army would be able to completely break through the encirclement of the Ottoman army and regain the strategic initiative.

However, just one step away, the Russian army has been completely blocked here.Potemkin and Rumyantsev kept trying to maneuver to get rid of the Ottoman army, but were repeatedly blocked by Hussein and Muhammad-Ali.

The two sides have fallen into a stalemate here. On the opposing positions, there are intensive artillery fire roaring every day, looking forward to the collapse of the enemy.

On July 1788, [-], Hussein and Ali, who had blocked the Turkish army for nearly two weeks, finally received Napoleon's reinforcements. The Russian-Turkish decisive battle was about to break out, but the location was far away from the planned Izmail Fortress.

In terms of military strength: the Ottoman army totaled 5000, including [-] infantry, more than [-] artillery and nearly [-] cavalry.

The Russian army totaled more than 5000, with more than [-] infantry, [-] artillery, and [-] cavalry.

On July 1778, [-], the Russian army took the lead in attacking. The reason was simple. There was no food. The daily material consumption of an army of tens of thousands of people was simply astronomical. Especially the cavalry, in order to maintain combat effectiveness, they needed enough horses. Grass and bean cakes.

Originally, Kahur was not a big city, and Hussein and Ali had been trapped in Ragusa for nearly two weeks. If he hadn’t sent cavalry out every day to harvest food, Rumyantsev estimated that he would not even be able to survive on July [-]th. Can't last.

But we can't wait any longer. The food reserves on the opposite side are far higher than our own side, and the one who will lose in a protracted war will only be our own side.Besides, who knows if the Ottomans will still send reinforcements here.

As for whether this is a gamble, Rumyantsev can feel that the quality of the army on the opposite side is not high, and more importantly, he has a cavalry artillery on hand.

Rumyantsev thinks he still has a chance to win if he directs well, just like the miracle he accomplished against Frederick II and Ottoman Marshal Khalili. Friedrich II in the [-]s War was stronger than Khalili, who had five times his strength at the Battle of Kagur.

That night, Rumyantsev ordered the whole army to attack. The Ottoman army on the opposite side did not seem to expect the Russian army to attack at night, so that the Russian army successfully entered the Ottoman barracks with little resistance.

However, this situation made Rumyantsev extremely disturbed. As an excellent commander, his intuition saved him and his army, and he quickly ordered a retreat when half of the avant-garde troops had entered the Ottoman position.

Napoleon, who was located on the high ground, saw that he could no longer attract more Russian troops, and immediately ordered shelling, but Rumyantsev's timely orders kept the losses of the Russian troops within an acceptable range.

The two sides started the game cautiously, and the time was passing by little by little. The highly tense battlefield atmosphere made the soldiers on both sides tense, and they didn't even notice that the sky was slightly bright.

Finally, Rumyantsev saw a small opening in the Ottoman army—that is, a weak spot appeared on the right wing when it changed formation.

Although this loophole is indeed quite small, it doesn't matter, an excellent commander can always seize the critical opportunity on the battlefield, expand the enemy's loopholes, and put his own side at an advantage.

The Russian army began to attack. Unexpectedly, Rumyantsev sent cavalry first, and the main general was Suvorov, who had been defeated by Napoleon before.

"The cavalry regiments attack in a staggered formation. After roundabouts, the cavalry artillery is in the center of the left-wing cavalry regiment. Prepare to bombard the enemy cavalry." Suvorov shouted, determined to wash away the lieutenant's legacy in this battle. His shame.

"The infantry is in a skirmish formation, marching forward, one or two columns are ready to shoot, and the third column is on standby." Potemkin went to the battlefield in person.

"The artillery must be assembled on the left flank to provide cover for the infantry," Rumyantsev ordered.

If Selim is here, he probably has already begun to doubt whether this young version of Napoleon can do the opposite. After all, he is the three famous generals of Tsarist Russia, and he is serving Napoleon alone at the same time.

But the next battle will make the name Napoleon remembered by all Europeans, including Selim, of course.

Rumyantsev was well aware of the virtues of the Ottoman cavalry. When the wind was upwind, they swarmed up, and they were extremely brave. No matter how they fought, they were not afraid.

So he sent the cavalry artillery to the cavalry, hoping that his own cavalry could quickly defeat the enemy, and further expand the loopholes on the enemy's right wing, so that he could annihilate the enemy.

Facts have proved that Rumyantsev's experience is completely correct. With the superior firepower of the cavalry artillery, the cavalry of the Ottoman army was quickly defeated in front of the Russian army.

After the right flank of the entire Ottoman army lost the protection of the cavalry, a huge vacuum appeared.

Rumyantsev was overjoyed when he saw this, and quickly ordered Potemkin to carry out a rotary attack, concentrating the main force of the infantry on his left flank.

Under the cover of their own artillery, the Russian army launched the final general offensive, and the right wing of the Ottoman army began to waver, and the miracle seemed to be repeated.

　I am busy visiting relatives for the Dragon Boat Festival today, and the copy of the Russian-Turkish war is coming to an end, so I need to prepare the follow-up plot arrangement, so there is only this chapter, please understand.

　　
　
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