Receiving the signal from the flagship, Perenovich immediately became excited.
He immediately shouted: "The Trivala, the Scandania, and the Roland of the Gate are responsible for attacking the coastal artillery positions on the coast, the Elizabeth, the Rose, the Orlandon, and the Moskva have cleared an open space on the coast for the brethren of the Army to come ashore, and the Nivel, Kulavich, and Butow are attacking the coast!"
Each of the ten battleships in the vanguard was assigned a task by Perenovich, and these battleships were immediately divided into three parts after receiving the task, and the three battleships in the front immediately stood out and approached the coast, they were the echelon responsible for extending the attack.
"Boom, boom, boom...................!"
A series of explosions made the entire Gulf of Riga seem to boil, and a few shells that were tested and landed on the surface of the sea near the shore caused a huge wave of spray.
Immediately after the opening of fire from Perenovich's fleet, Ushakov ordered all the battleships to immediately approach the coast as fast as possible and bombard the city of Riga!
In just ten minutes, the port of Riga has completely turned into a sea of fire, although the ten warships of the vanguard army are converted from merchant ships, but the smallest of these warships, the Trivala, is equipped with more than 30 guns, although not all of the guns can be used, but the fifteen guns on the left side of the Trivala have been fully used.
In the first round of attacks, the coastal fortifications of Riga under the control of Pilenovich were completely in ruins, and a dozen or so artillery pieces placed on the harbor by Kutuzov were blown into the sky before they could be put to use.
"What's going on!
Where did the cannon sound come from!
” The sound of the cannon soon shook the entire city of Riga, and Kutuzov was inevitably awakened from his sleep.
Kutuzov's question was not answered, because he was the only one in his room at the moment.
Kutuzov immediately jumped off the bed and rushed to the floor-to-ceiling window of his room, which had an effective view of most of the city of Riga.
And the port area is just the right place for people standing in front of the window to have a rough look.
"Oh God!"
Lifting the curtains, Kutuzov called out to God, only to see that thick black smoke had risen from the most prosperous port district in Riga, and at the same time explosions and sounds for help were constantly heard.
All this made Kutuzov deeply doubt whether he was dreaming.
"General!
Will...
Checkmate!
Oh no, the harbor is under attack by an unknown fleet!
” Just when Kutuzov was about to rush out, he saw Kulichkov suddenly break in, and at this moment, the general Kulichkov could not see the identity of a nobleman at all.
Scarlet eyes, messy hair, and even the clothes on his body are crooked.
"I already know, come with me.
And immediately let the 25th and 27th regiments reinforce the port direction!
” As he spoke, Kutuzov did not stop, on the contrary, he walked out faster, and Kulichkov saw Kutuzov so much that he had to follow Kutuzov's steps and walk out.
And just when Kutuzov sent men and horses to reinforce the port of Riga, the main force of the Baltic Fleet led by Ushakov had already entered the attack position, and forty or fifty warships lined up in a line basically blocked the sea surface of the entire port of Riga.
And the artillery fire that bombarded Riga was a little more intense.
Soon, Pilenovich's advance cleared a clearing on the left side of the port of Riga, and all the buildings on this clearing were bombarded with powder.
"Your Excellency, there is a signal from the Mikhail, and they ask if they will arrange for the landing of the soldiers in a small boat."
"No, let them wait, it's not the best time yet!"
After saying that, Ushakov raised the telescope he had brought with him.
The reason why Ushakov did not allow the land to land.
The main reason is that Ushakov thinks that landing in Riga is not the best time, knowing that the bombardment of Riga has caused such a big movement, presumably Kutuzov will never sit still, and he will definitely send men and horses to support.
And if the troops were to land at this moment, they would inevitably suffer the fiercest attack from the Lady of Kutuzo, and the fleet might have to worry that these lands would not be able to use their firepower superiority.
Therefore, in Ushakov's view, the most important thing to do at the moment is to kill Kutuzov's men and horses as much as possible, rather than blindly thinking about landing, even if the landing is successful, but leaving the range of naval guns, it is still unknown whether these 8,000 soldiers can withstand Kutuzov's counterattack.
Kutuzov did not personally rush to the port.
He stopped in the center of the city of Riga, not because he did not want to get to the port, but from the central block of the city of Riga, to the north, it was all within the range of the naval guns of the Baltic Fleet.
"Damn, where the hell is this enemy!"
"Your Excellency, there are only a handful of enemies in the Baltic region who can have any kind of firepower, and the only ones are Sweden, Prussia and Paul.
In terms of hostility to our army, I think it was Paul's Baltic Fleet" Seeing the annoyance on Kutuzov's face, Kulichkov stood aside and analyzed.
"Have the 25th and 27th regiments arrived at their positions?"
"Your Excellency, the 25th Regiment has just received news that they are now unable to move forward with reinforcements, the road to the port has been completely blocked by enemy artillery fire, and they have lost a third of their men, Colonel Havinlier said that if he orders a charge again, I am afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers."
"What is Haviniel eating, can't he, the regimental commander, still suppress those soldiers?
Order him that if I do not hear the news of the arrival of his troops in the port within an hour, the entire twenty-fifth regiment will be punished with the severest punishment from me!
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” As he spoke, Kutuzov secretly calculated in his heart.
There were a total of 20,000 horses stationed in Riga, and 3,000 of the 20,000 were stationed on the island of Saaremaa, so that there were only 17,000 men in Riga, and of course all these 17,000 men could not be stationed in Riga, so 10,000 were stationed outside Riga.
There were only five regiments of 7,000 men in the city of Riga, and there were two regiments originally deployed in the port, and if the enemy had known the information at this level of firepower, those two regiments would have been very unlucky, so that only three regiments could be used to support the port in the city of Riga, and the twenty-fifth and twenty-seventh regiments were in one of the three regiments.
Now that the 20th Regiment is in such a difficult situation, I am afraid that the 27th Regiment will not be much better there, after all, the enemy has covered all valuable targets within the range with artillery, so in case ..........
"Immediately send an order to the Benin general outside the city, I want him to immediately lead everyone to come to the rescue, tell him to be as fast as possible, and send a letter to Saaremaa immediately, I want the defenders on the island to bombard all targets that appear in sight from now on!
At this time, Kutuzov and everyone in the room seemed to hear only the sound of the whistling wind in their ears, and when he heard this voice, Kutuzov's face changed greatly, and he shouted urgently: "Enemy Attack !!"
As soon as the two words landed, Kutuzov and the others felt a shake, and the whole house seemed to be a little uncontrollable and began to shake.
"Your Excellency, General, please move immediately, the enemy's artillery fire is too fierce, please leave immediately!"
Kutuzov shook the dust off his head, and at this time, Kulickov leaned into his ear to persuade his general to retreat, but Kutuzov obviously did not hear Kulickov's persuasion.
"Run, run, we're not cowards, do you think we're going to lose at the hands of Paul's dogs, I'm Kutuzov!
Send all the soldiers over at once, and I'll defend Riga to the death!"
” Kutuzov's words caused a burst of shouts, and suddenly a thunderbolt flashed in Kutuzov's mind, and a fatal question suddenly occurred to him.
The navy and the army are not the same, the strength of the navy does not depend on the physical strength of the soldiers, the navy depends on the strength of the warships, it can be said that in terms of the quality of individual soldiers, the navy is certainly slightly inferior to the army, but if it is about weapons and equipment, the army will certainly not be able to do the navy.
A mighty warship roaming the seas, it was a fortress, this fortress was not easy to breach, and it had dozens of large-caliber naval guns, which were enough for anyone to go to the Western Heavenly Elysium.
Now it seems that there is a fierce battle in the port, but according to the report of his subordinates, Kutuzov has not yet obtained an accurate mission plan of the other party, but in any case, Paul's Baltic Fleet is parked there, and obviously if there is not enough interest, Paul will definitely not be able to send his big toy.
"Damn the navy, the caliber of their artillery is not only several times stronger than ours, but even several times more powerful, how can this battle be fought, I'm afraid that before we can reach the enemy, my army will have to be consumed!"
"Wait, exhausted?
.......
That's right!
” Immediately let the 25th Regiment and the 27th Regiment withdraw, and all the land rights bombarded by the enemy will be withdrawn to me, they are consuming our strength!
"General, a large number of our supplies and vaults are in the neighborhood near the port, is it .............?"
Kulichkov had to immediately speak out and reminded Kutuzov.
At the beginning, in order to facilitate transshipment, the military material warehouse next to the port was chosen by Kutuzov himself.
"No matter, no matter what, now withdraw the people, and push all the cannons here to wait for my orders!"