On April 11, 1807, in the Moscow Kremlin, the angry roar of Tsar Alexander once again spread throughout the palace. What caused him to be so angry was a report just submitted by Russian Minister of State Floskov, which recorded in detail the losses suffered by "bandits" attacks in western Russia this month.
This has to be regarded as a disaster in Russia. A month later, under the attack of those ferocious robbers, more than 100,000 civilians were lost. These were basically wealthy businessmen who refused to give up when the robbers robbed. Handed over their belongings, so they were brutally killed. At the same time, there were three million people who were homeless and became refugees. They lived in the west of Russia, because they were afraid of being looted by robbers, they dragged their mouths and left their hometowns and fled all the way east. The bandit attack directly caused a loss of 500 million rubles (I didn’t know the ratio of rubles to francs at the time, so let’s convert it to 2 to 1), and the indirect loss was as high as 1.2 billion rubles. Such a huge loss is for Russia now It is undoubtedly worse.
Minister of State Froskov, Minister of Foreign Affairs Makovsky, and Army Commander Kutuzov, who had just resumed his duties, stood quietly aside, listening to Alexander's roar.
"Damn robbers, **** Frenchmen, I will send troops to destroy them." Alexander roared angrily.
It is no secret that those "bandits" cameoed by French cavalry. They found the logo of the French army from the corpses of "bandits" who were occasionally killed by the Russian army. Russia also protested this to France as soon as it was released, strongly condemning this behavior of the French army, but no one in France rejected them from top to bottom. Because Napoleon, the one who got the most benefit from the cameo robber this time, made a speech, making all the French officials ignore the protests of the Russians, so no one in France stood up to speak for Russia. Many people even suggested that, not to mention that our French soldiers did not do this, even if it was really done by them, we strongly support it. This is just learning from your Russian Cossack cavalry. This embarrasses Russia very much.
Sending troops to carry out encirclement and suppression, but it is impossible to send troops to encircle and suppress. Under the fierce attack of those "bandits", the troops sent to encircle and suppress were wiped out by others, even if there were too many. I can't even see a ghost when I run. In short, it was very slippery, and the Russian army dispatched more than 100,000 troops before and after, but found nothing. What's even more infuriating is that they actually started to attack the supply lines of the Russian army later. If they found that the Russian army had fewer **** troops, they would directly rob them, taking all they could take away, and burning all the ones they couldn't take away. As a result, the supply of materials on the front line of the Russian army was once tight, and a large number of soldiers had to be dispatched to **** them.
Those towns that were looted were even worse. All valuables were robbed, all houses were burned, and all those who dared to resist were killed. The whole "three alls" policy only required that all women be raped.
"Marshal Kutuzov, are we going to let these bandits do what they want?" Alexander asked with his red eyes.
Kutuzov had to bite the bullet and answer: "Your Majesty, from the current point of view, we do not have enough strength to eliminate them. The main reason is that they all consist of elite cavalry, and their whereabouts are erratic. It is difficult for us to encircle and suppress them. The ones who can restrain them are the cavalry, but our country’s cavalry has been completely lost.” Kutuzov blushed a little at this point, because due to his command error, he directly buried 50,000 elite Cossack cavalry, otherwise Russia would have lost all of them. It will not fall into such a field.
"How many cavalry do we still have at our disposal?" Alexander gritted his teeth and said fiercely. He really made up his mind to wipe out all these robbers at all costs.
"Well, now there are less than 20,000 cavalry in our country except the steppe governor's district and the south. In addition, there are 5,000 dragoons and 10,000 cuirassiers in Moscow." Kutuzov replied.
"Send them all out, be sure to wipe out all those hateful "robbers", I will cut off all their heads, and hang all their bodies on the city wall of Moscow, so that those ignorant people will know the fate of opposing me. "Alexander roared, but his idea is good, and it's hard to say whether it can be realized.
"Your Majesty, if you do this, there won't be many troops around Moscow. The safety of the capital is important." Froskov first objected. Makovsky and Kutuzov also opposed this.
"You don't need to say any more, I have already decided, can the French still fight to Moscow? As long as those cunning robbers can be eliminated, Moscow will be safe." Alexander said stubbornly.
Yes, the robbers who cameo by the French army have only been to Vitebsk as far as they are, which is still far from Moscow, and there are still many Russian troops stationed along the way. It is basically impossible for them to threaten Moscow.
"What's the matter? Kutuzov, what happened?" Alexander asked.
Kutuzov said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid the plan to encircle and suppress those bandits will have to be postponed."
"Why?" the crowd asked.
"We have just received information that the French have started attacking our country since April 9th. They should have reached the border between the two countries. It is estimated that their attack will start soon."
When Russia was worrying about the powerful robbers roaming around the country, Xiao Jie and a group of French generals had already burst out laughing. Through the looting in the past month, they robbed a total of 250 million francs worth of property, which made everyone in the French army pay a fortune. Of course, those soldiers didn't get much. I took it away with a group of marshals and generals, but with this unexpected income, everyone is still in a good mood, and their morale has also increased a lot. Many people even thought about rushing into Russia and looting, especially the infantry, who envied the cavalry who could attack.
Under such circumstances, Xiao Jie ordered the legions to attack. At the mobilization meeting, Xiao Jie directly shouted the slogan "Take all their belongings and play with all their women", which won the support of the soldiers. Although it was very vulgar, it was really effective.
Since the attack on Russia began, all the cavalry who joined the "bandit" troops in the 88th Army, the 3rd Army, and the 5th Army also returned to the team, but the robbery did not end. The four regiments continued to loot and harass western Russia, but this time the emphasis was shifted from looting to destroying Russian supply lines.
On April 11, 210,000 French armies with a total of 6 armies began their attack on Russia. The direction of this attack is very clear, starting from Bialystok, attacking all the way east, directly threatening the heartland of Russia.
Facing the more than 200,000 well-equipped and well-trained French troops, there were nearly 400,000 Russian troops, of which 250,000 had just walked out of the new barracks, and their combat effectiveness was simply unbearable.
One day, in just one day, the French army broke through the defense line built by the Russian army on the border, and cut the hundreds of thousands of Russian troops on the front line in half. Under the fierce attack of the French army, the Russian army Lost steadily. Except for Hrodna, the support point of the entire front, the Russian army in other areas was basically defeated by one blow. The line of defense was easily lost to the French army.
Herodna only persisted for two days before being breached by the French army. Although the Russian army stationed 60,000 people here, many of whom were veterans, it is a pity that the French army chose this place as a breakthrough point, so the attack here That is, the most elite 88th Army and the 3rd Army of the French Army.
Under the fierce firepower of the 88th Army, any resistance by the Russian army is doomed to be futile. The well-built defense line of the Russian army was completely destroyed under the fierce artillery fire of the 88th Army, and the reinforced city wall was also bombed by 105mm howitzers. In the end, they had to rely on hard street fighting to delay the advance of the French army. But the two French army regiments in front of them had experienced the previous battle, and they had much better experience in street fighting than the Russian army. It can be said that the Russian army is not an opponent of the French army at all. Although they are patriotic and are not afraid of sacrifice, this cannot change their fate of failure. After holding on to Hrodna for two days, the Russian army was finally driven out of Hrodna by the French army. Leak thousands of miles.
Although the generals of the Russian army have been trying in vain to stabilize the line of defense, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com has not been successful, and instead caused heavy losses. The situation did not stabilize until April 16, when the French army approached Minsk, the most important city in western Russia. And the supreme commander of the Russian army, Kutuzov, also rushed to Minsk in person, which shows the importance of this city to Russia. Minsk is the gateway to the west of Moscow and the last barrier of Moscow. After leaving Minsk, there is a flat plain area. The road to Moscow can be said to be safe and unstoppable. If Minsk is lost again, then Moscow will be difficult to keep.
Hundreds of thousands of people from both sides gathered in Minsk, a city of great significance to both sides. The French wanted to occupy it, and the Russians desperately tried to hold it.
The fiercest competition broke out between the French and Russian armies here. Xiao Jie is also eager to conquer this place, because if he can occupy it, then Alexander will have to admit defeat. As for someone shouting that they want to defeat Russia and capture Alexander, that is just a joke. Xiao Jie is not so arrogant yet. Xiao Jie is already very satisfied with the current battle. The French army can drive straight for more than 300 kilometers in such a short period of time, which is already very good in this era.
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