Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 440 017 A Battle of the Flesh Mill (VII) Russian Weather Controller Technology?

Baron Saken was determined to hold on. After all, the path on his side was still relatively critical. If something went wrong, he could only escape after the Prussian army arrived instead of setting up here now.

Solovyov supported his idea and promised that Somov's brigade could join the battlefield as reinforcements at any time.

Considering the distance between these Russian positions, Somov was indeed able to join the battle at the right time.

During the fierce fighting on their side, Davout had already led the French Third Army to achieve significant results. Under the stubborn defense of Tuchkov and Dohturov, they captured two peripheral positions. After all the infantry were driven away, the French army could now send out light cavalry to bypass Tuchkov's flank.

This is more dangerous for the Russian army. Although the four armies of the French army are blocked by woods, this can also cover the movement of the French cavalry behind them.

As for the artillery, it is shameful to say that except for Yermolov's cavalry artillery, which caught the French army by surprise, it was a bright spot. It is clear that the Russian army's artillery firepower is stronger and even the reloading speed is faster than that of the French army, but when it comes to organizing firepower, there is still a big gap.

Now in the first day of the battle, the Russian army showed the consistent tenacity of their infantry.

This caused the French army to wait until the afternoon before Davout was the first to open a small breakthrough. If the Russian army mobilized reserves to block this hole, it might still be blocked there.

Of course, Napoleon's idea was to attract the reserve forces in Langeron's hands by attacking the Russian army in the northeast, and then attack from the two directions of Soult and Ney, thereby changing the situation of the war in one fell swoop.

He even received reports that Ney had been fighting repeatedly with the Russian army around the outer forts. Although the battle was very difficult, significant progress had been made.

"The Russians are really tenacious. If it were the Austrians, we would have entered Eylau by now."

Napoleon said this quite contemptuously, and it did illustrate some of the Austrian army's combat power.

"Your Majesty, shouldn't you?"

"Bertier, do you want us to launch a cavalry attack? Although Lassalle's attack is effective, we have only captured a few inconspicuous villages through the retreat of the Russians. The real war is still to come!"

And in the afternoon, the weather began to change.

I saw this kind of weather, half of it was a burst of cold air blowing from Siberia, flying sand and rocks, clattering

Since it is winter, strange things will inevitably happen.

Ney and Augereau both encountered this problem during the offensive phase.

As for Davout, due to the retreat of the Russian army, he was resting here and had not caught up with the drastic change in the climate.

Langeron witnessed the change of weather in the church in Eylau.

"Damn it, it looks like it's going to change again."

"Sir, maybe God can't stand the behavior of Napoleon, the enemy of Christ, and will bring about such a change."

Langeron is a Frenchman, and the French can invite the Pope to change his office in Avignon. Moreover, after Langeron left France, strange priestly beliefs such as "rational religion" appeared. Not believing is normal.

As for the Russians, they are pious and superstitious. Even Alexander felt that it was a punishment from God that he and Louisa could not have a boy but a girl (even under external force).

At times like this, it is indeed a rare good thing for Russian officers and soldiers.

Changes in the weather always mean that God is on their side.

Langeron could only say in his heart, you Russians should practice more feudal superstition! This can actually boost morale and even lead to some reversals.

When talking about this, Langeron probably also forgot that before going to war, he had already gone through the naturalization procedures and became the Russian Count Alexander Fedorovich Langeron.

But his complaining spirit will never stop as long as he is alive and his mind is clear.

"It seems that God is on our side!"

Not only did he see snowfall, but it was also accompanied by short-term strong winds. This kind of strong convective weather would probably lead to thunderstorms in summer.

Now, it's just a pity it's snowing instead of hailing.

Langeron initially thought that the bad weather would affect the plains. Unexpectedly, the strong wind was on the Russian position, but the blizzard was on the French position, shrouding the troops of Augereau and Ney in the snow. , there are only a few Russian army positions, probably because they are not religious, or believe in other religions - this will also be spread within the Russian army afterwards, and it will be affected by the blizzard.

"But, sir, you believe in a different church than ours. This is strange."

Langeron's servant is also a complainer.

"Then what do you believe in? When I was in Paris, I believed in the Catholic Church in the West. Those German guys who believed in Lutheranism, maybe they were soldiers, were both devout in their beliefs. Doesn't that explain it? "

Langeron's explanation is really impeccable.

As for this period of strange weather, Napoleon could also see it, but what he could also see clearly was that the French army had to stop because of the weather.

"This won't do. Damn it! At this critical moment, the Russians have mastered the weather. The blizzard in Pultusk and the strong wind in Morungen, if it weren't winter, there would be thunder and lightning!"

The weather controller is almost out of the emperor's words.

However, this thing is Allied technology. If someone interprets the comments of Langgeron, Solovyov and the emperor himself, they might have some illusions.

"Ask Augereau to stop the attack and stop moving forward. I'm worried that this reckless man will make a joke again."

However, in this weather, even if the messenger reaches Augereau, he can't stop his advance in time.

On the Russian side, artillery has been prepared from two directions. No matter whether it is Ney or Augereau, as long as they get out of the woods from the blizzard, they will probably face a barrage of shotgun fire.

Then, Ney actually ordered to stop moving forward at this time. Although he is a reckless man, his brain is sometimes online.

Now his wish is to reorganize the troops before launching an attack.

Augereau, on the other hand, was marching in the blizzard and did not notice where he was now.

When Solovyov returned to the headquarters, he could not ride a horse in the heavy snow and could only ride a sled back to Eylau.

As for Langeron and Bagration, they were waiting for the French army to come out of the blizzard.

If they don't come out, it's better to take this opportunity to stabilize the defense line.

Even at this time, there was good news for the Russian army.

That is, the Prussian army commanded by General Lestock has approached Eylau and is expected to arrive at night.

"Come and see, Michel, our reinforcements are finally coming. Also, how is Sacken's situation?"

"Surter looks like he will still launch an attack, but the weather is so bad now that I can only come back on a sled. In addition, placing the Somov Brigade behind Sacken can support his actions and allow the 3rd Division to withdraw safely."

"Do you want to leave an empty camp for Surter?"

"If that's the case, it will be unfavorable for our army. We can only let Surter and Sacken fight to consume, so that we can contain the French army with the largest number of troops."

"Well, that's the only way."

Langelon then sat in front of the table and said to the generals here: "We should also take advantage of Bonaparte's army being blocked by General Blizzard and come and have some bread and coffee."

The French are really unchangeable, but everyone is hungry.

However, Solovyov, the youngest at the table, went back to look at the map with the staff after eating a few bites. He needed to understand the current situation of the war.

The French army has made considerable progress, especially along the way of Davout.

"If Davout continues to attack and advances towards Eylau, our entire left wing, as well as Count Kamensky in front, will be at risk of being surrounded. In this way."

"General, we should suggest to the commander-in-chief to send reinforcements to stop the French army at the horse farm."

"The idea is good, but Somov has to leave Sacken as a reserve. If Lestock does not arrive here, it will be difficult for us to act!"

In addition, except for artillery, it is best not to mix the Prussian army with the Russian army, especially those mechanized infantry.

What Solovyov is most worried about is that when a team of Russian troops launches a bayonet attack, the Prussian troops next to them are still pulling the barrels.

However, thinking of this, after the defeat of the Prussian army, many officers and soldiers were released, but they cannot return to the battlefield due to the constraints of the treaty between the two sides.

After the end of this battle, if France cannot be defeated, it is likely that some of the Prussian army will come to Russia to serve, regardless of whether they are soldiers or officers.

By then, he could make some money. Solovyov had already thought of the structure of the new "Russian Imperial Prussian Corps" in the future.

As for his calculations, there are still many people in Prussia who are not clear about his strange method.

As for now, the most important thing is the front line.

Augero finally got his two divisions out of the blizzard and appeared in front of the Russian position in a horizontal formation.

But for him, the very bad thing is that no matter who commands the Russian army, a large number of artillery are prepared at the most important front position.

The front line of the entire French Seventh Army was greeted by a mixture of grenades and shotguns. For a while, the Russian generals thought they had seen it wrong.

You know, after this round of shooting and explosion, not only blood and flesh flew everywhere, but even a blood mist could be seen blown out by the wind.

That's really a bit of a mess, blood turned into wind, sand turned into rain.

The French army is now under artillery fire, and the losses are also very huge.

Augereau's horse was killed, and his officers suffered heavy casualties.

This was the first time in a normal war that an army was bombarded with such a high intensity of firepower.

Moreover, the Russian army continued to bombard. Even the French army could not bear such a high level of attack.

After the bombardment, Langgeron also sent out cavalry, not to harvest, but to drive these French troops away from the positions in front of them, taking advantage of their chaos to expand the results of the battle.

Although Augereau and the wounded generals were rescued, this wave of Russian cavalry counterattack was indeed difficult for them to stop.

Seeing this situation, Napoleon had to take out Murat's heavy cavalry to support the Seventh Army to retreat and reorganize, but the series of achievements that had been achieved before were gone.

But Langeron did not pursue, and he issued an order at this time to disengage after following the pursuit.

This move also looks familiar, but the Russian army is currently tense on several fronts, and it has to take this approach.

At night, the Russian army finally held a new round of military meetings.

"We really need to discuss this issue now, that is, to shrink our troops to the vicinity of Eylau and ask the French to merge their forces. Although this is not good for our army, it is not without other benefits."

Langeron's proposal this time was also very clear. In fact, it was to shrink the position while the French army was in chaos, and then find an opportunity to escape in time from the north.

As for the battle in Eylau, it was a huge consumption for the French army. As long as the French army could not achieve their goal, it was also a victory.

In addition, Langeron found that Solovyov was not only good at defense, but also had a black heart.

Through this battle, the Russian generals also knew that even without the emperor's micro-manipulation, it would be difficult to repel the French army commanded by Napoleon in the face if they performed normally.

At least they had to undergo military reforms to further strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Russian army, and perhaps there would be a chance to compete in the future.

This winter, the biggest achievement may be that it interfered with Napoleon's plan to take advantage of the opportunity to rest around Warsaw and use Poland as a rear to supplement troops.

The French army maintained its combat effectiveness to a large extent in this way. Veterans led new recruits, and they were able to quickly familiarize the new recruits with the weapons in their hands, and added them to various troops, and there was also a process of familiarizing themselves with military regulations.

As it is now, except for the 8th and 9th armies in the rear, the French army from Germany to Poland and East Prussia has no chance to complete winter training. Instead, they are caught by the Russian army and even attracted to places close to the Russian border.

If the French army is given enough time to recover its combat effectiveness, it will be more troublesome. After all, at the beginning of 1807, the armies of both sides had to toss around in Poland and East Prussia for a while.

Since it is a battle, even if there is no winner, there must be a result, right?