After the two sides reached an agreement, Yefim quietly came to the headquarters of Mike and Otis on the evening of September 20 to discuss with them the French army's entry into Podolsk. After the high-level Russian army has all agreed to surrender to the French army, in principle, the French army will not encounter too many problems in taking over Podolsk. But it is inevitable that the soldiers at the lower level will take the opportunity to cause riots because of their dissatisfaction. Although even this will not have much impact on the French army, it is always bad. It would be best to win Podolsk without bloodshed.
After discussions among the three, the time for the French army to take over Podolsk was set on September 22. On that day, the French army will attack Podolsk as usual, but the artillery preparation before the attack is unnecessary. No matter how you say now, the Podolsk army already belongs to the Russian Revolutionary Army, and it can be regarded as one of the allies of the French army. Naturally, they cannot be allowed to pay unnecessary losses. After the French offensive began, Yefim would ask their confidants not to resist and let the French occupy the entire Podolsk. After the French army has controlled the entire Podolsk, it can be well controlled even if what happens again. It's just that the only thing to pay attention to now is not to leak the news before the French army takes over Podolsk, so as not to cause unnecessary riots.
After reaching a consensus, Yefim left. Time was tight, and he had to go back to deploy as soon as possible. Mike and the others also had to arrange it properly, so as not to be in a hurry.
On September 22, the French army launched an attack on Podolsk as usual. It's just that before the offensive began, the soldiers heard the officers' lectures, asking them not to attack those Russian troops who did not actively fire at them after entering Podolsk. Everyone was wondering why the shelling, which had been prepared for at least half an hour, stopped today. Now that they heard this order, it made them even more confused. Only then did the officers explain the reason to them, and everyone suddenly realized that Podolsk had changed hands so quietly, and they were just taking over. Almost everyone was very happy when they heard the news, because it meant they didn't have to worry about being killed in the attack. In the past, every attack had more or less casualties.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, the French army's "offensive" began, and Yefim's direct troops were responsible for defending the Podolsk front line. They also received an order not to prevent the French army from entering the city in the morning. Basically no one objected, after all, it meant they could live. In this case, the French army directly entered Podolsk, and under the leadership of Yefim's direct troops, they quickly took control of Podolsk. Only two hours later, this strong city that had blocked the footsteps of the French army for a week fell into the hands of the French army. Facing the sudden change in the situation, many Russian soldiers did not understand what was going on, but under the general trend, they had to follow the order and withdraw from Podolsk. According to the results of previous discussions, the nearly 100,000 Russian troops in Podolsk will form the Russian Revolutionary Army. They will first go to Belarus to rest and reorganize before participating in future battles.
After Podolsk was occupied by the French army, the French army directly approached the city of Moscow, which changed the situation of both sides and made a breakthrough. Afterwards, the French 4th Army also joined them. The French army assembled the forces of 3 legions and launched an attack from the southwest of Moscow.
The mutiny of Anatoly, Yefim and others caught Kutuzov and others by surprise. The loss of Podolsk's blocking made Moscow directly exposed to the iron heels of the French army.
"Damn it. I'm going to hang Anatoly, Yefim and others." Nicholas roared angrily.
Kutuzov's face was also livid. He wanted to send Yefim to lead troops to Podolsk to strengthen Podolsk's strength, hoping to stop the French army for a while, but he didn't expect Yefim to lead people directly. He voted like the French army, so he lost his wife and lost his army.
"Your Majesty, let's first consider how we can block the French army's attack. Now the French army has concentrated the strength of three legions in Podolsk, and may launch an attack on Moscow at any time. Its most powerful 88th Army may also invest When it comes to the attack on Moscow, the current situation is very unfavorable to us." Kutuzov said with a cold face. This incident undoubtedly slapped him severely. You must know that the 50,000 people he sent at the beginning were all the few remaining elites of the Russian army. Now there are only 200,000 troops left in Moscow. It is basically impossible to resist the attack of the French army.
"Marshal, tell us what we should do now." Nicholas said. Now he has nothing to do. In his opinion, unless a miracle happens, Russia is doomed this time.
"Now I have no way to restore the situation. I can only do my best to resist the attack of the French army. It is already late September. As long as we can persist for a month, there may be a turning point." Kutuzov said helplessly .
Nicholas nodded, there was no other way. Now he can only pray to God, pray that Moscow can withstand the attack of the French army.
Beginning on September 24, the three legions of the French army launched a fierce attack on Moscow from the west and south. A large amount of artillery fire was concentrated on the front line, and the daily consumption of artillery shells was an astronomical figure. Even in order to strengthen their firepower, Xiao Jie transferred the artillery brigade of the 88th Army.
In just two days, under the fierce attack of the French army, the Russian army lost tens of thousands of people, and the city walls of Moscow were also changed and mottled, as if they were about to collapse at any time. The civilian casualties in the city were even greater. The French artillery shells had no eyes, and a large number of civilian houses were also destroyed. Where there is war, there will be casualties, which is inevitable. Especially these unarmed civilians are the most direct victims of the war.
On September 27, under heavy artillery fire from the French army, the wall to the west of Moscow finally collapsed. A large number of French troops suddenly poured into the city from there. Although the Russian army tried every means to block the gap, under the powerful firepower of the French army, the successive attacks of the Russian army only increased casualties. After several hours of fierce fighting, the French army finally took an area 4 kilometers long and 2 kilometers wide west of Moscow firmly in their hands. And use this area to extend around.
Cruel street fighting was staged on the streets of Moscow. Street fighting has always been a key point in the training subjects of the French army. Therefore, facing the experienced and well-equipped French army, in the street fighting, the Russian army could only retreat steadily.
After all, Moscow is a very large city. It will take a lot of time for the French army to slowly drive out the Russian army and occupy the whole city. In order to increase the attack speed of the troops, Xiao Jie ordered again to transfer a combat engineer regiment from the 88th Army Corps and put it into the street fighting in Moscow. With their joining, the attack of the French army has improved a lot. A week later, half of Moscow had fallen into the hands of the French. There are only more than 100,000 Russian troops left to linger on.
"Your Majesty, we have failed. You should listen to me and evacuate Moscow first. Come back later when you have a chance." Kutuzov persuaded. At this time, he also had to admit defeat. If he persisted, he would only wipe out the last bit of Russia's strength.
"Do we still have a chance?" Nicholas said with blank eyes.
"Yes, we just have to wait until winter comes, then it's time for us to fight back." Kutuzov encouraged. If he thought of having the strength to counterattack the French army in winter, he had to choose to retreat now to preserve his strength.
In the end, UU Reading www. uukanshu.com Nicholas accepted Kutuzov's suggestion and ordered the entire army to temporarily withdraw from Moscow.
After Nicholas' order was issued, the remnants of Moscow, the Russian troops stationed in Zelenograd and Elektrostaly, left the line of defense and retreated to eastern Russia. The total number of these troops is almost 300,000. In order to eliminate the last strength of Russia, Xiao Jie ordered all the troops to launch a fierce pursuit, so that less than 200,000 Russian troops escaped in the end.
On October 10, the French army was chasing the Russian army on all fronts. Without warning, a powerful cold wave hit the entire Eastern European region, and the temperature dropped rapidly to around zero. The unprepared French army immediately suffered heavy losses, and more than 100,000 people were frozen to death. The Russian army also lost a lot, but they took this opportunity to escape the pursuit of the French army.
In order to reduce losses, Xiao Jie had to order all the troops to stop the pursuit and retreat to Moscow and other pre-planned cities. On the one hand, he asked the country to immediately deliver winter supplies, and on the other hand, he forcibly collected winter supplies in Russia. In order to reduce the casualties of the troops, he didn't care about those Russian civilians at this moment.
Looking at the snowflakes falling continuously outside the window, Xiao Jie's heart was also icy cold. The first snow in 1828 did come earlier than in previous periods.