Chapter 157: The First Round Soon after Kutuzov returned to the Russian army's military formation, Kutuzov waved his hand forward, and melodious military music sounded in countless Russian military formations.
Fastest update.// William raised his binoculars and looked at the Russian army, only to see that the Russian army was lined up in a large wave formation, and the dense Russian army covered the entire battlefield, while the Russian cavalry was still waiting for the order to leave.
Of course, as the infantry moved forward, the Russian artillery also pushed heavy artillery to follow the infantry, and most of the artillery did not reach a distance of ten miles.
After the Russian army began to advance, Heng used his eyes to signal to William, and then William nodded slightly, and Henry immediately shouted after seeing William's movements: "Order the artillery to prepare for the shè attack, order the units to line up and prepare for battle" As Henry's order was conveyed, military music also sounded in the phalanx of the Prussian army, but there was no drumming, because there was no advance at the moment, and the function of the drum was to make the infantry move forward with the node of the drum, which could effectively maintain the neatness of the march.
Just when the Russian army advanced to less than three miles away from the Prussian army, an order to "open fire" sounded on the artillery position of the Prussian army, and the Prussian artillery took the lead.
The rumbling sound of artillery darkened the whole world, and the Russian army's phalanx could be seen to be smashed flat in an instant, and at the same time as the Prussian army opened fire, the Russian artillery was not willing to respond lonely.
The artillery fire on both sides overshadowed the whole world, and at this moment there were only two protagonists in this land, that is, the artillery of the Prussian army and the artillery of the Russian army.
But even under the heavy artillery fire, the infantry phalanxes on both sides did not become messy because of this, and under the rapid command of the officers, the vacant parts that were bombarded by the artillery became thick again, and the Russian officers shouted to follow the rhythm of the drums, while urging the soldiers to fill the gaps in the upper formation.
"Forward" With William's order, the drums in the Prussian army formation also sounded, and the Prussian soldiers lined up in a neat line to meet the Russian troops opposite, and when the distance between the two sides was less than half a mile, the soldiers on both sides stopped.
A series of commands such as "Discharge the medicine, load the gun, raise the gun, aim, and" roared loudly from the mouths of the officers on both sides.
The atmosphere of the war caused some of the recruits to make mistakes, and their shè attack speed was significantly inferior to that of the veterans, and the Polish army in Zhengzhongyāng suffered a big loss.
The Russian army was lined up in a wave formation, and the position of the formation was made up of Polish troops, after the Russian officer proposed to Kutuzov whether the Russian army should attack in the zhongyāng position and put the Polish army on both flanks, Kutuzov vetoed this suggestion.
The combat effectiveness of the Polish army is undoubtedly very unbearable compared to the Prussian and Russian armies, if the Polish army is placed on the two flanks, then once the Prussian army breaks through first, those Polish armies will definitely collapse, which will be a disaster for the Russian army in Zhongyāng.
And although the Polish army is not good at combat effectiveness, but they are numerous, as long as the Russian army can protect the two wings, then there is only one way for the Polish army to be monitored by the Russian cavalry in the rear, that is, forward, under the pressure of the Russians, even if the Polish army is not strong, with a huge advantage in numbers, it can also cause serious trauma to the Prussian army, this is Kutuzov's idea.
But these Polish troops were too ineffective, and the process of shè attack was two beats slower than that of the Prussian army, which allowed the Prussian army to complete the first round after three rounds of shè attack.
Looking at the performance of the Polish army, Kutuzov's face was scary, but this is no way, the Polish army is different from the Russian army, in the semi-colonial kingdom of Poland, the only role of the army is to deal with those ** activists, such an army is like the urban management of later generations, and it is okay internally, once it is pulled into the international battlefield, and it is still facing an army power like Prussia, the consequences must be ravaged.
Of course, the numerical superiority of the Polish army was evident at this time, one platoon fell, and the other platoon went up, although many Polish soldiers were reluctant to come forward, but the officers' whips would let them know what an order was.
On both flanks, the Prussian and Russian forces were evenly matched, with neither side getting any benefit from the other, and rows of soldiers fell in this senseless war of attrition, while the other platoon quickly substituted to continue this "queue to shoot" war.
Seeing that the Russian cavalry showed no signs of dispatching, William also suppressed the idea of sending out cavalry to attack, although William thought that as long as the cavalry charged, the Polish army in front of it would definitely retreat, but the Russian cavalry behind the Polish army was not vegetarian, if the Prussian cavalry fell into the ocean of the Polish army, the Prussian army without mobile force in his hands would definitely be bitten by the Russian cavalry.
This senseless queue lasted for two hours, with neither side getting much out of the other, and because of the limitations of the ammunition carried by the soldiers, it was clear that after two hours of fierce fighting, the ammunition was obviously somewhat unsupplied.
In such a situation, the Russian army took the lead in retreating, and there was no way to fight it anymore It is estimated that those Polish troops are going to rebel, and after seeing that the Polish army has become a little fluctuating because of such a fierce battle, Kutuzov ordered the whole army to retreat in order.
Kutuzov made up his mind that when he returned to the barracks, he would take good care of the Polish soldiers, and if Kutuzov's idea was known to the Polish officers, they would definitely cry out loudly.
The Polish army had never experienced a major war, except for a dozen years ago when it fought with the internal rebels of the Bal League.
But what kind of xing is the Baal Alliance, it is completely a motley army composed of a bunch of idealistic nobles and their serfs, and what kind of combat power can such an army have?
So the battle against the Bal alliance did not give the Polish army any training, so that it was able to hold out for two hours at the moment and not collapse, which was already something to be proud of in the eyes of those Polish officers.
After seeing the retreat of the Russian army on the opposite side, William did not give the order to take the opportunity to attack, the Russian army retreated very well, first of all, the Russian army on both flanks began to shrink towards Zhongyāng to protect the Polish army that seemed a little chaotic when they heard the retreat order, and the Russian cavalry in the rear not only did not retreat, but pressed up on both wings, these actions were mainly to prevent the Prussian army from pursuing.
Of course, retreat is retreat, the artillery of the Prussian army is not idle, William wishes that those Russian cavalry can be exposed to the artillery fire of the Prussian army, although it is impossible to cause too much damage to the Russian army, but to add a little blockage to Kutuzov's heart, it is still what William prefers to do.
When he saw that the Prussian army was not pursuing, Kutuzov thought to himself that he was a little bit of a child, but the next action of the Prussian army made Kutuzov's heart start to be nauseous as if he had eaten some garbage.
I saw that the Prussian artillery did not pay attention to the retreating Russian and Polish troops, but focused on taking care of the Russian cavalry who had just moved to the flanks to prevent the Prussian army from pursuing.
Although the artillery fire was not too intense, the Russian cavalry still suffered some losses, and how could Kutuzov feel sick to see this.
But he knew that this was not the time to act rashly, and the most taboo for a general was to make things happen out of anger, so Kutuzov did not get angry because of this, but ordered the Russian cavalry to retreat slowly, even if it suffered losses, but it was also the first priority to protect the two wings of the army.
Seeing that the Russian army was getting farther and farther, William also ordered the Prussian army to return to the camp, of course, the necessary precautions are still indispensable, in addition to arranging for part of the army to stay, William also ordered the Prussian cavalry to be released for eight miles, at this distance, even if the Russian army has any unexpected moves, the Prussian army can have a buffer time that is enough to make various preparations.
After returning to the camp, William convened a meeting of Henry and other senior Prussian generals to discuss various countermeasures against the Russian army.
Leaving aside William's meeting, our eyes turn to Bialystok.
After seeing Kleiman's corpse, Blucher, who was crying without tears, had to order someone to dispose of it briefly and transport it to the Königsberg front, no matter what, it would be good to be able to catch Kleiman's body.
After a simple reorganization by Bialystok, Blucher did not give up the pursuit of the escaped Plivsky and other Cossacks, and he ordered his cavalry to find the whereabouts of Plivsky and others at all costs.
After two days of delay in Bialystok, Blucher received a report that Pryvsky had left for Poland with the rest of the Cossacks, and this relieved Blücher, and he ordered the Prussian army in the city to prepare for the march.
But to Blücher's surprise, the news of the imminent march of the Prussian army was told to the inhabitants of Bialystok.
As if they had stabbed a hornet's nest, the inhabitants of the town, who had been devastated by the Cossacks, gathered at the gate of the Prussian barracks and resolutely refused to let the Prussian army leave Bialystok.
Even if Blucher came out to explain to everyone that most of the Cossacks had been wiped out, and only more than 100 remnants of the defeated soldiers were still left behind, but even these remnants of the defeated soldiers had fled to Poland, Blucher's explanation did not reassure the residents, they were afraid that the Cossacks would come back again, and they did not want to be enslaved a second time after having been enslaved once.
Blucher had no choice but to agree to leave 300 Prussian troops temporarily stationed in Bialystok to protect the city. ps: There is a very angry thing today, which ancestor lacked virtue bastard knocked my dog to death, I went to his ancestors for eighteen generations.
Well, please allow the author's gaffe, how can a dog who has been raised for half a year say that this already has feelings, and it is still a little unacceptable in my heart.