After Ushakov's army captured Riga, Kutuzov's Russian army suffered extremely heavy losses, before the Battle of Riga, Kutuzov had a total of 60,000 troops, including the garrisons of Russian Poland, but after the Battle of Riga, in addition to the 20,000 garrisons stationed throughout Russian Poland, Kutuzov still had more than 24,000 troops left.
The strength of 24,000 men seems to be a lot compared to the 6,000 Russian troops defending Riga, but don't forget that the Baltic Fleet led by Ushakov is not a decoration, and after the recovery of Riga and Saremaa Island, probably more than 4,000 troops originally belonging to Kutuzov surrendered to Ushakov, so that the number of defenders in Riga reached 10,000.
In Yergava, southwest of Riga, which became Kutuzov's new command center, was hit by the Battle of Riga, Kutuzov was determined to concentrate his forces to capture Riga again, and the 24,000-strong force was divided into two parts by Kutuzov, one part of 14,000 men was led by Kutuzov himself to garrison Riga, and the other part of the army of 10,000 men was led by Kulichkov to enter Baladi, which was located in the south of Riga.
Thus, from the map, Kutuzov's army adopted a two-pronged siege posture against Riga.
Kutuchkov still trusts Kutuzov very much, after all, Kutuchkov has been by Kutuzov's side as early as when Kutuzov was still under Suvorov, and he has been counting them for more than ten years.
And these Kulichkovs stood on the same line with Kutuzov no matter what the situation was, which made Kutuzov very moved, and of course it was followed by a doubling of trust in Kulichkov.
However, it is still difficult to capture Riga again with the current strength, and after the battle of Riga, the morale of Kutuzov's command has been severely damaged.
In this way, the capture of Riga can only succeed and not fail, and it must be solved in a short time, otherwise once the news reaches Russian Poland, the ambitionists lurking there will certainly become active again, which is simply unacceptable to Kutuzov.
But in order to capture Riga, it was necessary to deal with Ushakov's Baltic Fleet.
Thinking of this, Kutuzov decided to ask Prussia and Sweden for help, after all, Kutuzov had received information that in the Battle of Riga, Ushakov's Baltic Sea was not unscathed, five battleships were sunk, and ten battleships were heavily damaged.
Twenty more battleships were slightly damaged.
You must know that when Ushakov's navy launched an attack before, their first target was the port area of Riga, and then the port of Riga was bombarded by Ushakov's fleet into a ruin, in this case, the original ship repair equipment in the port of Riga was bound to be useless, so Ushakov would definitely order these warships to return to St.
Petersburg for repairs.
And Kutuzov was waiting for the time when the Baltic Fleet would return to port for repairs.
At that time, the Baltic Fleet that can remain in the Gulf of Riga will be at most half of its heyday, and if the Prussian and Swedish navies can be brought in at that time, the Baltic Fleet will probably never cause trouble for itself again.
Kutuzov hurriedly wrote two sincere letters and sent them to his confidants to Stockholm and Brandenburg, where Kutuzov's diplomats were stationed all year round. ........................
The Prussian navy developed by leaps and bounds under Mehard's calculations, and the Prussian navy, which had a strength of less than 5,000 men, was already a new look.
Judging by the warships of the Navy.
At present, the Prussian Navy has nearly 40 warships, of which there are four large warships of the second class and above, 32 medium warships of the fifth class and above, and as many as 20 coastal defense warships of the fifth class and below.
There are still nearly 40 warships under construction in the dockyards of Prussia, and it is believed that in less than three years, these warships will join the Prussian Navy battle sequence, and by that time the Prussian Navy will leap onto the world stage!
You must know that the former Prussian Navy can be said to be poor and only has underpants left, looking at the fleet stationed in the harbor, Mehard's heart is filled with a sense of satisfaction.
It was he Mehard who led the worthless Prussian Navy to this point, and he Mehad is bound to leave a strong mark in the Prussian history books forever!
But think of the Baltic Fleet of the Russians.
Mehard's brows furrowed involuntarily.
There are only a handful of countries in the Baltic Sea that have a navy of comparable size, but Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, but compared to Sweden, the Russian Navy is definitely a big stone in Mehard's heart.
Since Russia entered the reign of Peter the Great, the brilliant Peter the Great has not only looked to the East.
For the sea, the tsar was even more enthusiastic.
The monarch, who had traveled half of Europe, knew that the sea would be fundamental to the interests of all nations in the future, so from that time on, it was Peter's long-cherished wish to build a powerful navy, even though most of the Russian lands were far from the sea.
Later, the victory over Sweden and the victory over the Ottomans gave Peter a satisfactory outlet to the sea, after which the tsar began to cultivate a navy on a large scale, and thanks to his efforts, the Russian navy developed from a small and unknown navy in the Baltic Sea to a Baltic hegemon.
It can be said that in the world the navy of the British dominates, but in the Baltic it is the navy of the Russians.
Thinking of the Russian navy that had flaunted its might on the Prussian coast, Mehard's heart gritted with hatred, and he vowed to overwhelm the Russian navy in his lifetime and make the Prussian navy the strongest in the Baltic region.
Since the annexation of Denmark by Prussia, the port of Kiel on Jutland has been the home port of the Prussian navy, and the reason why it was chosen is that it is surrounded by land to the west and south, and not far from the island of Funen to the north, and to the east, the Prussian army towers on both sides of the Fermer Strait are not decorations.
The Prussian Navy was hard-won, which also made the Prussian admirals, including Mehard, doubly cherish, the Prussian Navy was stationed in the small port of West Prussia is simply chilling, and the port of Kiel not only has an absolutely safe geographical location, but more importantly, it has long been completely developed, and being stationed here does not make people feel desolate.
Just as Mehad was about to say goodbye to the port of Kiel, his adjutant hurried over not far away "Your Excellency Marshal, this is an order from Sanssouci Palace, His Majesty the King asks you to rush to Sanssouci Palace as soon as possible!"
In order to show his importance to the navy, in today's expanding scale of the navy, a high rank is enough for people to understand the king's heart for the navy, so Mehard became the first marshal in the history of Prussia, which is also a fortunate event worthy of Mehard's glorious life!
Hearing the adjutant's words, Mehard was a little puzzled, he took the so-called Sanssouci Palace order from the adjutant's hand, after receiving the order, the dazzling seal on the paper told Mehard that this paper order was definitely from His Majesty William of Sanssouci Palace, so Mehard immediately rushed back to the port of Kiel with his adjutant and guards, where he had to arrange the affairs of the navy before rushing to Sanssouci Palace as soon as possible.
The reason why Mehad was allowed to come to Sanssouci Palace was because William got the latest news from Kutuzov, and after the capture of Riga, William specially ordered the following to suspend material aid to Kutuzov.
The significance of Riga to Kutuzov is not only understood by Russians, but also by the whole world.
However, this is how William saw clearly the strength of the Ushakov fleet, nearly sixty large and medium-sized warships, it will make people shudder when they think about it, such a neighbor is simply difficult to sleep.
Just thinking about the fact that if Russia goes to war in the future, the naval fleet that covers the sky and the sun, a chill rises in William's heart.
But thinking about Prussia's navy like a boy squad, Wilhelm's heart also had a hint of comfort.
After the annexation of Denmark, Prussia not only got the Danish naval warships, but more importantly, the many shipyards in Denmark and a large number of skilled workers, and under the slight favoritism of William, the navy was absolutely sufficient.
Thinking of money, William had a headache again, every time she saw Louise, the Queen Mother would always complain to William that the royal family's money has never been hot, and questions such as whether the money was spent too quickly and too much William's ears were calloused.
The monarchs of Hohenzollern seem to have a tradition of spending all their money, and William is undoubtedly very good to inherit this tradition, don't look at the Hohenzollern shelves are so big, but if you go through the Hohenzollern family warehouse, you will find that there is no large amount of gold, silver and jewelry in the warehouse, and the wealth is simply not proportional to the status of Hohenzollern.
Fortunately, with the Prussian National Bank as a money-making weapon, and there are excellent money management experts like Meyer, otherwise, I am afraid that the Hohenzollern family would have gone bankrupt.
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With the support of William, although Meyer entered the Prussian National Bank as the head, Rothschild's own industry has also been greatly developed, and his five sons are still placed high hopes on William, history has proved how good the five children of the Rothschild family are, so in this case, how could William give up the five tiger generals who were proved to be excellent in the future.
Meyer's eldest son Amslow is already an eighteen-year-old boy, and he was sent to England by William at the age of sixteen.
As for Meyer's other sons, the fourth Carl is only three years old this year, and the fifth James has not yet been born, but for the second Solomon and the third Nathan, William also attaches great importance to them and has been paying attention to their growth.