Despite the efforts of the British bureaucracy to cover it up, the tragedy that took place on the Crimean peninsula appeared in the newspapers of London.

There was an uproar among the people, and a large number of soldiers' families took to the streets to demonstrate. They don't have any effect, they do everything according to the rules, in full compliance with UK law, and do not need to bear any responsibility.

The bureaucracy is fearless, but the British cabinet is under tremendous pressure, and if this is not addressed, the next general election is expected to be touching.

There is no need to wait for the general election, and now the Secretary of State for the Army, Stanley, is feeling the pressure.

"Your Excellency, public opinion is very unfavorable to us, and the exaggeration of the media has caused serious problems in our recruitment work."

With a poor logistics system, more than a third of the British soldiers fell ill and could not be effectively treated, and the mortality rate of the common wounded was as high as 42 percent, the cruel reality was enough to discourage anyone.

After the artistic processing of the media, the Crimean peninsula naturally became a living hell, and it is not surprising that the population boycotted military service.

It can be said that if the Russians have a little more financial resources and drag on for another three and a half years, Britain and France will have to leave in disgrace.

This has nothing to do with war, the Anglo-French army can be crushed by illness, and no army can withstand the ravages of disease.

George Hamilton Gordon thought for a moment and said: "Public opinion is set up by the opposition parties, not under our control, and now all we can do is find a way to change the current situation."

The situation at the front line is indeed very bad, and the bureaucrats in the logistics department should be sent to the gallows. If this situation is not changed, I am afraid that this war will not be fought by the Russians, and we will be played to death by the bureaucrats of the logistics department. ”

Obviously, he wanted to do something to the bureaucrats in the logistics department. These people are simply the best allies of the Russians, with their help to drag the Russians have not won the war, mainly the bureaucrats of the tsarist government are allies of the British.

Everyone is on the same level, neutralizing each other, and the war continues to stalemate.

Home Secretary Henry reminded: "Your Excellency, the bureaucrats of the Logistics Department deserve to be put on the gallows, but we can't do anything about them.

All their actions are in accordance with the rules and do not need to bear any responsibility. The interests involved in this are too wide, and taking the liberty of doing so will cause big trouble. ”

Why is the bureaucracy mechanical? The answer is very simple – profit.

Only by doing things in full accordance with the regulations can the formulators of these regulations take advantage of the loopholes in the regulations to seek their own benefits without bearing legal responsibility.

After thinking about it, George Hamilton Gordon said helplessly: "If you can't move them, then order them to change the current situation, it's always okay!" ”

The real masters of the British Empire are the huge bureaucracy, which has long formed their own interest groups, and if they tear their faces, the cabinet is not necessarily their opponent.

At least the coalition cabinet set up by George Hamilton Gordon is powerless with the bureaucracy. Even if the British Quartermaster Department had only 178 people, and only 44 people were in charge of the Crimean peninsula, they did not dare to take the liberty of doing it.

Home Secretary Henry replied: "Of course, it is our right. ”

A sentence of ordering rectification means that everything that happened before has been revealed. Therefore, the tens of thousands of British soldiers who died died in vain.

In the face of public pressure, the London government decided to change the medical conditions of the expeditionary force and recruit medical personnel from all over the country. Against this backdrop, Nightingale's medical ambulance team stepped onto the stage of history.

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The historic city of Constantinople is now becoming ethereal in the smoke of gunfire. The artillery that the Russian army had been waiting for was finally in place, and without any hesitation, Menshkov gave the order to attack.

Constantinople was big, yet small. The outskirts of the city had been lost, and the French were defending by the fortress pillboxes, but these fortifications were too old to resist the baptism of artillery fire, even if they were fortified.

A 6-pounder cannonball can't cross these forts, and a 12-pounder cannon, but with a 24-pounder, a 48-pounder, or even a 100-pounder gun, these old fortifications can't withstand it.

The huge cannon can overturn a building with a single shell, which brings very heavy casualties to the French troops in the city, and they do not know when a cannonball will fall from the sky and take their lives.

The city was no longer safe, the French headquarters had moved to bomb shelters, and the original headquarters of Aimable-Jean-Jacques Pellisier had died.

A middle-aged officer defending the city said with trepidation: "Your Excellency, the enemy's firepower is too fierce, and our city fortifications cannot stop the baptism of artillery at all, and the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties. ”

The officer in charge of maintaining order in the city said with a bitter face: "Your Excellency, the situation in the city is even worse, the enemy's shells may fly in at any time, causing a large number of casualties, and the order of the city has collapsed.

Just yesterday afternoon, the Ottoman government building also collapsed under enemy fire, and the Sudanese government's official Musdra Pasha, who had stayed behind to cooperate with us, died on the spot. ”

The reality is even more serious than they say, and their losses would have been even greater if it had not been for the fact that the Russians' shells were not on target.

Originally, the residents of the city were left behind so that they could provide services to the French army, so that the soldiers could enjoy a normal life in their leisure time during the war.

This is an excuse, and the real reason is that the Government of the Sudan does not have the capacity to evacuate such a large number of people from the city. Those who have the ability to leave have long since run away, and the remaining civilians don't know where to go if they want to.

Now the trouble is big, Constantinople is a bustling metropolis, and the Russian shells can bring a lot of losses if they hit any part of the city.

The sudden artillery attack collapsed the order of the city in the first place. The Sudanese government had long since moved its capital and run away, and the officials who stayed behind to maintain order received a boxed lunch.

After pondering for a moment, Aymarble Jean-Jacques Pellisier frowned and said fiercely: "Order the troops to maintain order in the city, expel me from the crowd that is scurrying around, and allow the soldiers to shoot those who do not listen to the advice." ”

This order was very cruel, and there were not many people in Constantinople who could speak French, and even if they wanted to listen to advice, they would not understand it!

Expelling the crowd from the city is pushing them to a dead end. Don't think it's safe to leave the city, now that the two sides are fighting fire? Suddenly a group of people appeared between the two armies, and just think about it to know what the consequences would be.

Do they still expect the Russians to stop fighting for them, let them pass freely, and then relaunch the attack?

What a joke, a group of people who have lost their livelihood appear in the Russian-occupied zone, think about it to know what will happen.

The Russian army's logistical supply itself is very reluctant, and it is strange if hundreds of thousands of refugees are added to it, so it is not to be eaten up.

The Russian army is here to fight, not to do charity. If the attack on Constantinople had been delayed in order to rescue the refugees, the tsarist government would have had to kill them.

Aimable-Jean-Jacques Pellissier was naturally clear about these circumstances.

Originally, Constantinople was connected by sea, so there was no need to worry about logistics and supplies, even if there were a large number of civilians in the city, they could afford it, and they would stay.

Now it is different, under the fire of the Russians, the order of the city is out of control, and the terrible execution ability of the Ottoman government is simply unable to maintain order.

Repression is indispensable if normal order is to be restored in a short period of time.

In order not to leave the enemy with a chance to take advantage of it, Aymarble Jean-Jacques Pellisier had to make this cruel decision.

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!" The middle-aged officer replied solemnly

Constantinople was too important for the French army, and if they lost it, they lost most of the war in the Near East. If there is one person sitting here, no one should think about having a good life.

The French general Antony proposed: "Your Excellency, we must organize a counterattack, and if we do not fight back now, Constantinople will fall sooner or later." ”

Obviously, he advocated naval fire support, and the allied navy provided them with fire support as soon as the war began, but this accuracy was too touching.

Because of the distance, the British and French navies could not see the shadow of the Russian army at all, and only bombarded the direction where the Russian army was located.

It looks like a huge momentum, but the actual speed of action is very small, and you can't even find the target if you want to take aim.

Of course, even if there is a goal, it is useless, and there is Constantinople in between?

At a straight-line distance of more than ten kilometers, most of the navy's artillery could not shoot at the positions of the Russian army, but many fell into the city because of various accidents.

The youth army Tajik objected: "No, in terms of firepower, the enemy's artillery is all heavy artillery, and we can usually only use it as shore artillery, even the firepower of the navy is much worse than theirs."

Moreover, we must also take into account the accidental damage, the fire support provided to us by the navy in front of us has caused us greater losses than the Russians. ”

It is still the age of sails, and the guns on warships are still in pursuit of quantity, not power. After all, a 48-pounder cannon can sink an enemy ship, even if it is replaced with a few hundred pounder guns.

Considering the poor hit rate of the navy, instead of increasing the power of the artillery, it is not to install a few more guns and rely on the number to increase the hit rate.

Warships with more than 100 guns naturally cannot be equipped with large-caliber artillery. If a 180-ton cannon is installed, it is estimated that the installation of a few guns will reach the limit.

That's it, if you open your mind, maybe someone will do it. The problem is that the recoil of large-caliber guns is too great for wooden warships to withstand.

It is not known whether it will be able to hit the enemy, anyway, after a few shots, his own warship sank first, and no one dared to try this terrible consequence.

The artillery support of the British and French navies can play a role, and Constantinople must lose most of it first, otherwise the extreme range will hit the enemy, and there is no way to avoid accidental damage.

Abandoning most of Constantinople, Emmable-Jean-Jacques Pellisier is not crazy, don't forget that most of the fortifications are there?

Isn't it a death in battle to put the Russians in and fight 200,000 French troops in smaller places, and also lose most of the fortifications of the city?

Amable-Jean-Jacques Pellissier ordered: "I have already asked for reinforcements from home, and it will not be long before we will have more artillery than the enemy, and now we must hold our positions, and it is absolutely impossible to leave them with an opportunity." ”

Shelling artillery against artillery is the most effective means. But Aimable-Jean-Jacques Pellisier was not at ease, because it took time.

Before the arrival of domestic artillery at the front, they had a hard time for a while. If it could not be stopped during this time, the Russians tore through the defensive line and compressed the space for the French army to operate.

So in the future, even if they get artillery, whether there are enough places to deploy it is a big problem.

Aimable-Jean-Jacques Pellissier was not a military novice, and would not simply think that artillery must be more powerful if it is used intensively.

If the area is too small and the artillery positions are forced to be concentrated, they may also become a live target for the enemy.