Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

The veterans of the Smolensk Regiment did not fire their guns when charging with bayonets. They just loaded the bullets and then rushed forward with their bayonets pointed out.

It was their experience that played a role. There were more Polish soldiers in the village than them. During the raid, many Polish soldiers' guns were really bet by the veterans, and there were no bullets in the barrels.

If you want to fight at this time, you have to fight with bayonets, but the Russian army's close-range shooting at this time can always cause a lot of casualties.

Some veterans put two rounds of pellets in the rifle chamber, or there were still pellets in the rifle when they were cleaned before, so the killing effect is even more obvious.

The Polish soldiers who were caught off guard during the bayonet fight were driven outside the village. Behind the stone wall outside the village, they saw the Russian troops forming a skirmish line and rushed over with their rifles drawn.

However, Solovyov's company of hunters is obviously different from the infantry encountered by the Polish Legion in the past, from weapons and equipment to shooting skills.

Chasseurs are accurate, but generally speaking, the reloading speed is very impressive. The charge of these Poles may be successful when they encounter the team of veterans with muskets who rushed into the village.

However, after they were knocked down by both men and horses in the first round of volleys, they encountered the second round of "free fire" from the Russian army.

Solovyov leads the company, still following the old custom of the Russian army in the past. Even the officers are required to be equipped with rifles. Although he is now the temporary battalion commander, he also has a carbine in his hand. The officers and sergeants in the company also have a carbine in their hands. They also all had guns, and even the second lieutenant carrying the flag officer carried a revolver.

This density of firepower was a disaster for the Poles. The charging Polish cavalry suffered heavy casualties after continuous shooting by the Russian army.

The Polish infantry at the back saw this situation and were attacked from both sides, which was extremely disadvantageous to them.

If you don't come out of the village, you have to fight with these Russian veterans with bayonets. Moreover, after the old guys captured several houses in the village, they shot at the Polish soldiers outside in the stronger houses.

Their experience over the years is extremely rich, and it cannot be compared to the Polish volunteers who traveled all over the world to resist Russia and Austria for Poland's independence.

The reason why there is no Prussia is that Prussia occupies the most territory, but they did not join the anti-French alliance, so the Poles did not cause trouble for them.

Don't even look at how much effort Frederick and his cousin put into carving up Poland, and how much profit they made.

The Russian army's intensive firepower was so accurate that bayonets could not fight it, which led to chaos in the Polish army.

What's even more terrible is that the three cannons brought by the Poles were all taken away by the Russian army. If the follow-up troops had not caught up, these two companies would not have been able to fire artillery. I am afraid that the Poles would now Take good care of solid bullets and grape bullets.

What determines the outcome of the battle now is the main force of Bagration's column that arrived later. After receiving the news of the exchange of fire with the Polish Army from the front, he also sent the Guards Chasseur Battalion to move closer in this direction, and also brought 4 cannon and 60 Austrian dragoons.

As for the Chasseur Regiment and some other troops under his own command, they moved to the southeast of the village, where there might be French troops brought by Macdonald.

The fighting in the village continued, and now Solovyov began to lead a company of chasseurs to shoot at close range, and began to drive the Poles out of each house one by one.

If they don't come out, the Jaegers will make their own Molotov cocktails, using rum bottles mixed with flammable substances, sugar and sulfur. They are all formulas that have already been used. While smashing the windows with their gun butts, they will The chasseurs used fire bottles to light the cloth strips and threw the fire bottles into the house.

Now the Poles could no longer use the houses in the village and could only come out and be beaten in the open space.

Finally, after the Guards Chasseurs arrived, they set up artillery and fired, completely blocking the Polish army's retreat, and they chose to surrender.

Von Byström only caught up to the tail end, and failed to catch up when the battle was fiercest, but he was responsible for the final decisive blow.

"See, there are so many Poles, they all work for the French."

"The Poles are not very friendly to the coalition forces. How to deal with them?"

"We can't just drive them into the river with bayonets like we did when we suppressed the Braga District. We are here to liberate Italy! Although these Poles are accomplices of the French, they should still be sent back to Warsaw. , give those Prussians some color!”

It's okay to tell von Byström, he is a Baltic German and his relationship with Prussia is not very good.

During these times of "no Poland", Prussia and Austria benefited the most. Later, Warsaw was occupied by Russia. That was a problem of the Vienna System. Now we still follow the final decisions of Cardinal Richelieu and Mazarin. Westphalian system.

Prussia was the most profitable robber in Europe in the 18th century, and their king had the nerve to condemn his cousin's conscience, although what he said was quite reasonable.

Behind Prussia are the British, everyone can see this.

After a fierce battle, an infantry battalion of the Polish army and its accompanying artillery and cavalry were annihilated. This victory was not small.

Solovyov looked at the burned-down houses and knew that these chasseurs performed pretty well as "arsonists".

He decided to interrogate the prisoners. There are many similar words in Russian and Polish, and the pronunciations are often the same, but some words are not.

This interrogation went relatively smoothly. It didn't matter that he didn't know Polish, as long as he could speak French. Besides, when the support of Bagration's column arrived, there were people in his troops who could speak Polish.

"These Poles belong to the first battalion of the Italian-Polish Corps formed by Dabrowski. Look at this crimson decoration and silver buttons, which are their identification marks."

"Misha, you did a good job. At least we know that MacDonald has passed Modena. They broke through the Austrian Otto Column and are coming here."

"Then what should we do? We use the terrain here and build positions directly. I think it's a good idea. There is actually a little embankment over there. We can hide all the chasseurs behind it and ambush the French."

"Not all troops are chasseurs like you, and they can fight separately. We have to rest tonight, and all troops must be on alert. Tomorrow we may collide with the French army!"

Bagration seems to have never seen him afraid of anything. Now he has begun to consider continuing to march, instead of fighting the French at the "pre-set" location in this village.

But there was also a problem, that is, he was worried that the rapid march would cause most of the troops to fall behind. These chasseurs were fine, and they rarely participated in the recent battles. Except for marching and besieging the fortress of Turin, there was not much consumption.

The main force of his column has been the pioneer of the Russian army since entering Italy. It was like this on the north bank of the Po River. Now it has made a big circle and has come to the south bank of the Po River without stopping.

For this reason, he personally went to Suvorov's station and begged that the troops could be assembled, at least waiting for the troops of each battalion to catch up to reach 60% before entering the battle.

When Suvorov heard Bagration say this, he got angry and knocked the ground with his cane.

"Child, you claim that there are only 40 people in a company who can join the battle, so MacDonald only has 20 people!"

The meaning is also simple. The Russian army is tired, and the French army is even more tired after coming from afar.

At this time, no matter how you look at Suvorov as the "military god" of the Russian army, it is no wonder that a "one-eyed dragon" always quotes his words.

"God bless, launch the attack, this time it depends on who has more courage!"

Since Bagration met this old general, he also knew his temper, which was rarely like today.

So he flew back to his troops and decided to launch an action that night to attack the French.

After he left, Suvorov received good news that General Melas's marching column had arrived near the Castello di San Giovanni. This time the Austrian army moved much faster than before, and even their cavalry and artillery were complete, and the three grenadier battalions in place were relatively well-equipped and could be quickly put into battle.

At the same time, although the main force of the French army defeated Ott, the vanguard of the Polish Corps had completely cut off the news, and even no scouts came back.

MacDonald was chopped twice by the Austrian cavalry in the encounter and is now receiving treatment. But the temporary commander of the French army did not take responsibility and was also in Piacenza. The main troops were still east of the Trebbia River.

It was not until Bagration's troops advanced and severely damaged another French army that MacDonald, who was recovering from his injuries, noticed him.

He did not have time to greet these fools under his command, but began to adjust the deployment himself.

After all, he was a descendant of the Scottish Jacobite Party, and was much more proactive than these generals in France.

I just don't know why Barclay de Tolly is also a Scottish descendant, so he is different from him in this aspect.

And Bagration won two games in a day, and captured more than a thousand prisoners, which greatly boosted the morale of the coalition.

This also supported Ott's column, and they joined the Austrian camp in the north, making the Russian-Austrian coalition forces available to the west of the Trebia River, with 33,000 troops.

The French army also had this number of troops, and now they needed to scout the battlefield.

The two sides were already on both sides of the Trebia River, and it was inevitable that they would launch a battle.

Before this, the scale of the battles after the Russian army entered Italy was not large. The battle of Verona had not yet caught up. They had been running fast to divide and surround the French all the way. The battle of the battle level was finally encountered here.

Suvorov also found an opportunity to fight the French at the Trebia River through a series of rapid maneuvers.

During the march, the Russian soldiers also saw a statue commemorating the Battle of the Trebia River.

However, this was built for the Roman generals who were defeated by Hannibal.

These Russian soldiers were still discussing at night. They had been stationed in many places in Russia, so they began to compare.

Compared with these monuments in Russia now, the statues commemorating Scipio the Elder and Roman Consul Tiberius Sempronius Longus seen in Italy are a bit shabby.

That night, Suvorov was in a good mood. He set up the tent and hid in the haystack to sleep. But Bagration did not rest because he was waiting for the results of the hunters' reconnaissance.

Besides, he is still very young, and he can still withstand such a situation on the battlefield.

Although he looks a little reckless at ordinary times, he also pays attention to the situation on the battlefield.

"Misha, do you know Hannibal's Battle of the Trebia River?"

"Why do you ask me this question? You have more experience than me, so you should be more familiar with these historical battles, right?"

"I just want to hear you talk about the outline of the whole battle. You read books every day, so you must know a lot."

"Then I will tell you about it. It was during the Second Punic War, after Hannibal crossed the Alps."

Soloviev also found it funny. Bagration was also a famous general, but sometimes, just like Miloradovich's foreign language ability, people always have shortcomings. He was not sure whether the prince really remembered this battle clearly, so he had to talk about it.

Besides the French and the Prussians, the Russians are the most powerful. This prince is a descendant of the royal family of Georgia, an ally of the Eastern Roman Empire. Is he unwilling to tell the famous defeat of Rome from his own mouth?

"Piacenza, where the French are, was the Roman colony of Placentia at the time, and was also the location of the Roman camp. Hannibal deployed his troops west of the Trebia River, which is where we are now. The Roman consul led his army across the river. It was in the direction in front of us, but the Roman records are too old, and we cannot be sure that the terrain at that time was exactly the same as it is now. It can only be explained that Hannibal's army spread out on both wings and eventually surrounded the Romans who attempted to break through in the center, and finally gave the Romans a devastating blow."

"Misha, so the French are in the same situation as the Romans back then?"

"It can't be said to be completely the same, but this situation is indeed in our army's advantage."

After hearing this, Bagration thought about it again and felt that there was no big problem, so he handed over the task of meeting the scouts to his adjutant, and he also went to rest, as if he was sure of victory.

At this point, Solovyov also believed that he would win. The only question was whether he could win like Hannibal.

Their position was at the southernmost part of the entire battlefield. If the Polish Corps was eager to avenge their annihilated First Battalion, they would most likely come from this place.