Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 527 039 Finland Division is finally well-equipped with personnel

These young ladies are here, and we can’t leave them out in the cold. We still have to entertain them at the headquarters, and even ask the cook to prepare meals. Naturally, they have to have a good meal.

“It’s just that we are in a military camp, and we can’t eat anything too good. There are no French cooks, only military cooks.”

“It doesn’t matter. My sister and I also suffered when we were fleeing on the road.”

Maria is very good at giving steps. Of course, she doesn’t want to make this ambiguous relationship too big, so she sits on the other side with her sisters.

After all, she has never found an opportunity to succeed, and now she probably sees it through. Solovyov is their sisters’ “special girlfriend” anyway. Before she got married, she often asked him to serve as a guard, and blocked the small dark room for him to work illegally, and the wages were paid by the second sister.

No matter what happens in the future, they are still good friends. Today, I am here to help, and the name is to share the worries of the emperor brother.

After all, the queen mother sponsored education at home, the sister-in-law sponsored a girls' school, and also established a women's mutual aid association to take care of the families of officers and soldiers on the front line. The ladies also donated generously.

Although they are married, they can't be vague. Although the younger sister is forced to study at home, she also has a sponsorship group.

Speaking of this group, it is also a dragoon regiment. It seems that the sisters are ranked according to their appearance.

Fortunately, there is no big bearded comment now, saying that Prussian women are "dragoons" or something, otherwise the three of them may have to go to another place to get sponsorship.

"Even if you have suffered, the post stations in the countryside will also bring out some good things, unlike us. If you want to drink soup, it is better to use canned food and vegetables mixed stew, and the beef may be a little salty, this is to increase the shelf life."

When saying this, Solovyov was also persuading them kindly. After all, these young ladies have a good relationship with him. Elena is his benefactor; Maria and he are very ambiguous, but if they talk about dating, they still maintain the friendship level. Maria's actions are still unilateral; as for Ekaterina, so far he knows that this is his good friend's fiancée, so naturally he has to take care of her.

But seeing that the three of them are still looking forward to it, Solovyov also knows that he can't get rid of them. He still has to be the host today, and they all do the other things, just like when they went to their uncle Alexei's store.

Even though they are married, Elena and Maria's personalities are still the same as before. The former is doted on by her parents-in-law and husband, while the latter is still very free because of her family's power.

Moreover, they don't have any dietary restrictions. As for the time when Katya was a maid in the palace, it is said that these three young ladies have very good teeth.

Even though the dishes served today are quite salty, after they started eating, although they looked like royal ladies, they still had a good appetite when eating.

It's not surprising. After all, the Queen Mother gave birth to tall and strong people, so her children naturally have good appetites. Think about Nicholas, who is almost taller than himself. If he were in a more affluent aristocratic family, his eating style might make his father poor. It's not surprising that these sisters have good appetites.

Especially Maria, probably because she is still breastfeeding, even such oily canned beef soup is not rejected.

"Your Highness, you should pay more attention to your eating manners."

Soloviev stood up and whispered to Maria to save her face.

"It doesn't matter. The food here is not bad. Please continue to serve. And I have to reward the chef!"

"Why is that?"

"You know, Misha, isn't Katya like this at home?"

Well, speaking of it, Katya is also a noble lady with a strong appetite, but she is not as outrageous as Maria.

And it is also possible that it is the kind of exquisite diet in the palace. Maria also complained a little, always running to Queen Louise, who eats more simply and pays more attention to nutrition.

This is really a problem of "real man, cute big breasts". No wonder Queen Louise not only has no problem feeding her own children after she recovered, but can even help take care of other people's children in an emergency.

As for the food in the military camp, it was still appetizing, which was in line with the empress's evaluation of this granddaughter, "It's a pity that it's not a boy." She was tough and easy to raise, and smallpox only made her a little disfigured, and there were always shallow pockmarks on her face.

Although Ekaterina was lively and bold, she was far behind her third sister in this aspect, and she was not as tough as her sister.

Of course, she hadn't married yet. If she thought about the food in the military camp, she would still find a way to keep her brother Misha in a better place in the future, and would not always serve in a more difficult place like Count Palen.

Compared with Maria, this was also a lot worse.

"Thank you for your hospitality today, Count, we also want to see how you train the soldiers."

"Training the soldiers is nothing more than the training method left by the Grand Marshal. We will adjust it according to the actual situation."

Maria was the one who spoke today. It seemed that the two sisters should have instigated this matter, and then pulled Elena out to endorse it, which made the queen mother agree.

It's just that she wants to ask some questions related to leading soldiers. Indeed, judging from the sisters, their hobbies are not that top, but they are just putting on such an acceptance posture today.

"Okay, of course we want to take a look. Since the four of us sisters have sponsored four cavalry regiments, and there are two mobilized cavalry regiments, we also want to see how you, the division commander, train your troops. "

The other two mobilized cavalry regiments are the Alexander Nevsky Hussars and the Izyum Hussars. The general of the latter is Lieutenant General Dolokhov. The troublesome Dolokhov has such a An uncle general.

As for the regiment Anna sponsored, the Karlgopol Dragoons, this regiment may not be well-known now.

But what about the Dragoon Regiment in the future? Solovyov's Polish friend, his great-grandson made his debut in this regiment, and won all soldier honors except the First Class St. George Medal.

And everyone is familiar with this driver. He was the one who hit Operation Bagration.

After reading the list, Solovyov felt relieved.

"This is very good. There are three dragoon regiments and three hussar regiments. Although not all regiments are very powerful in combat effectiveness, they work well together. While we are training, we can also make adjustments. The cavalry regiments with relatively strong combat effectiveness, Naturally, it can also lead to new dragoon regiments."

He had already begun to conceive of infantry and cavalry tactics in his mind. Cavalry officers largely depended on their bravery and ability to engage in battle at critical moments.

Solovyov himself is not as good at using cavalry as professionals. Therefore, these cavalry regiments still need one person to be the cavalry commander. If you make good use of these nearly 6,000 cavalry, you will naturally be able to use them on the battlefield. Played a great role.

In fact, by this time, the Finnish division had been fully organized, and Solovyov had to thank these aunts for their sponsorship, which could be regarded as replenishing the combat strength.

The Finnish Infantry Division itself has 6 infantry regiments, including 18 infantry battalions (the Grenadier Regiment also became a three-battalion system after the 1802 military reorganization). In addition, there are 6 cavalry regiments, 2 cavalry artillery companies, 3 An artillery battery, a half-poot Unicorn artillery battery, with 72 artillery pieces, plus the baggage troops, the total strength has exceeded 20,000 people, and they are well-equipped.

Although they are in the reserve team, such combat power can indeed be used as a major assault force in future battles.

But Solovyov can't laugh now. After all, it's winter combat, and he still has many issues to consider.

However, now I have to show my aunts how the infantry is arrayed.

So he stood on the high platform, with an excellent perspective, and began to dispatch the troops one after another using optical signals and signal flags.

Although these girls were often taken to the training ground by Paul to watch live ammunition shooting in the past, they were not in such a posture as today.

Speaking of which, they are "honorary captains", and as sponsors, they can also be regarded as "female generals".

There's just one small problem, that is, they are all wearing skirts

But there is no need for them to end it themselves. Now they can just watch Solovyov make arrangements.

"Send a signal to the Pavlovsk regiment, asking them to march in column and take the lead."

The adjutant in charge of issuing the order waved the signal flag and sent out an optical signal. After confirming that it was correct, the Pavlovsk regiment took action.

After all, it was still an honorary unit certified by Alexander himself. The marching column of this regiment was still neat and uniform. With the drums and flute players playing, each of the three battalions of the Grenadier Regiment also started to move.

"The columns will change into horizontal formations and they must be deployed! In addition, send a signal to the other four infantry regiments to ask them to also deploy in columns."

On the training ground, the main thing is to show off, but for these four infantry regiments, the officers have seen the royal carriage carrying the Grand Duchess coming to the training ground in Vyborg for a few days, so they naturally want to do something cool. Things, therefore, also require extra effort.

"The whole army advances. Karl, send a signal to the Finnish Dragoons, asking them to start attacking the infantry in squadron units."

"yes!"

Clausewitz was also responsible for sending signals to the dragoon regiment on the opposite side of the exercise and the supporting local cavalry.

When the dragoons rushed over, it was obvious that the infantry formed a formation very quickly. Each regiment commander organized his own infantry regiment to form a battalion square formation without Solovyov's orders. However, according to their own habits, Two completely different square formations were formed.

"Misha, why are the infantry formations different?"

Maria was obviously more curious about this and spotted the problem at first sight.

Although Elena is said to be the smartest, considering that she pays more attention to her own family, this time she came out to sponsor Solovyov's Finnish coach, and she also stood up for her sisters. She joined in personally, but she didn't go too far. ask.

Maria asked, and Solovyov could only continue.

"The square one is the traditional infantry phalanx, while the rectangular one is the new phalanx that appeared in the last war. As for the Selenga regiment, they have a relatively new solid phalanx."

However, it should also be noted that this is Loeb's order from Solovyov, and he has been studying how to set up this kind of solid square formation recently. In fact, the Selenga regiment is more accustomed to the new type of square formation, which is more conducive to developing firepower. .

Just when the infantry formation was completed, Finnish dragoons, local cavalry and levied Cossack cavalry could also be seen passing through these square formations in squadron units.

"This is not bad. By the time the Tafrid Grenadier Regiment arrives, our formation will be almost complete. We can also delegate the command authority a little more, and each regiment can make some independent decisions."

"Why do you practice like this?"

"We still need to make the troops familiar with each other. Maria, you should pay more attention to music and children, battlefields and training grounds."

When he said this, Maria became excited.

"But I also like being in the military camp. Grandma said if I hadn't been a girl."

"I also know this. Even Her Majesty the Queen delegates the army to the people below, and she will not personally command it. I naturally accept your wishes, but the war still requires you to stay away from all this, at least this That's the time."

What's more, the military level of the old Luo family, except for the current Grand Duke Constantine and several future collateral Grand Dukes, is quite low, and the female relatives do not need to take care of these things.

According to Solovyov's idea, they are willing to sponsor some new legions, which is enough.

Of course, what he found more troublesome was that Maria still seemed to admire him very much.

"Except for brother Constantine and brother-in-law Bagration, I have never seen anyone mobilize the army so skillfully!"

Well, Maria has seen relatively little. She has only seen Grand Duke Constantine mobilizing the Guards. She has heard of Bagration's reputation and a master of military training like Solovyov. The other officers are just bastards. The sleepy old general will not be as diligent as these backbone and young generals.

There is nothing I can do about this starry eye. After all, these girls, the Guards officers I have seen in the palace, and these guys with wives are relatively stable and capable. Solovyov himself is also With a bit of artistic youth temperament.

Since he can translate poetry, occasionally produce his own works, and "collect folk songs" on weekdays, Maria will naturally like him very much.

It seems that training in front of the aunts will gain points in the palace, and it will also help boost the morale of the Finnish division.

But Maria Solovyov immediately felt trouble. He tried not to go to Petersburg during this period. It was more important to run in with the troops here.

Otherwise, with Maria's current "wolf-like" posture, it's really hard to say what will happen.