Chapter 843 Fortunately

Kornilov looked at the coalition forces outside the city and said nothing for a long time, because he had nothing to say.

At this point in the war, he had already used all the methods and strategies he should have thought of. But no matter how hard he tried, the enemies outside the city still maintained a fierce offensive. The continuous fierce attack for a month made the Malakhov Bastion crumbling.

At least 30,000 lives were sacrificed in this bastion and the trench in front of the bastion alone, including more than 10,000 Russian troops and more than 20,000 coalition troops.

Let's put it this way, although both sides will tacitly declare a truce every few days to collect the corpses, you can smell the strong rotten smell when you are in the bastion.

Almost all the cemeteries in Sevastopol are full with the corpses of the defenders of Malakhov Bastion, and now they can only find every opportunity to bury the corpses.

And this terrible war has no end in sight. If we continue to ensure such bloodshed efficiency, it won't be long before Sevastopol becomes a real cemetery.

Kornilov is naturally not afraid of death, but he hopes that every sacrifice will be valuable. It's just that he doesn't see any value in Sevastopol's sacrifice. Even he knows that the fall of the city is just a matter of time, next year at the latest. 81 Chinese w

In this case, is there any point in continuing to hold on?

In his opinion, this is a waste of life. He loves his motherland and is loyal to the Tsar, but at the same time, he also deeply loves the people of his motherland. Every soldier who fell in Sevastopol is valuable, but this preciousness But he did not get the recognition and respect of the Tsar.

To be honest, he was very angry about this. He knew why Alexander II could not make up his mind to admit defeat. He also knew that the emperor's face needed to be preserved. But he also knew that every soldier who risked his life to surround the country was the most precious asset. Without these people, there would be no country, and the Tsar would have no dignity at all.

But why couldn't the Tsar give up a little of his pathetic pride to save the lives of his soldiers?

He was very disappointed with this, and also with the Tsar. For the first time, he felt that Russia would never see a future if it maintained the status quo.

"We must reform! We can't go on like this!"

Nakhimov was a little surprised after hearing Kornilov's words, because although they were more open-minded due to the influence of their teachers, this open-mindedness was not exactly the same as that of the group of people who staunchly supported the reform.

But at this time, Kornilov openly talked about reform. What does this mean? It shows that this old friend has been cornered and is completely disappointed with the status quo.

To be honest, Nakhimov was also disappointed. This war was completely unnecessary. Whether it was the so-called liberation of the Bulgarian Orthodox brothers or the elimination of heretics, these may have had some significance in the Middle Ages.

But now, who cares about these bullshit except those extremely ignorant and extremely devout believers?

At least Nakhimov doesn't care. He clearly knows how much attention is focused on this hellish place in the Balkans. It can be said that all the countries in Europe that are slightly decent are staring at it, let alone great powers like Britain, France and Austria.

Everyone is too big to do things arbitrarily in this place, and the investment and return are often not proportional at all. Just like when Russia fully supported Greek independence, what did it gain in the end?

In the end, I didn't get anything, but I got a benefit from the British guy.

From then on, he vaguely understood that if you don't have the strength, don't try to be strong, because there is no point in trying to be strong, and you will get nothing in the end.

As the saying goes, you need to be tough to make iron. If you want to eat meat, you also need to have the teeth. The current situation in Russia is that the body and bones are already weak, but they still want to stretch out their hands here and there. Do you really think you can scare anyone by showing your teeth and claws?

So when Kornilov said that reforms were needed, he immediately responded: "Reforms are indeed needed. The wealth accumulated over decades has been squandered in one fell swoop. How can such a thing be done?"

Kornilov sighed: "It's not easy to reform! It's not like you haven't seen His Majesty's attitude.

Why……"

Nakhimov snorted: "So sometimes we have to show our courage and we can't wait any longer!"

Kornilov nodded. This is indeed the truth, but how can he show courage? Like the Decembrists?

"It shouldn't be that far yet," Nakhimov took a breath and said, "but we must express our attitude to His Majesty and let him know that we have reached the point where we can't do anything without reform!"

Kornilov nodded again and asked slowly: "How about we write to His Majesty and discuss this issue?"

Nakhimov immediately nodded in agreement. Looking at his posture, he was ready to write a letter immediately, but before he could take action, the coalition's artillery fire started roaring again.

A barrage of bullets slammed into the Malakhov Bastion, making the already riddled fortress even more shaky.

"Here we go again!" Kornilov looked very serious and said worriedly: "We won't be able to hold on much longer if we continue like this!"

Nakhimov looked at the Malakhov Bastion, which was covered in bullets, and sighed: "Yes, this density of artillery fire is too exaggerated. How much ammunition reserves do they have?"

No wonder Nakhimov was surprised. In the past month, the coalition forces fired an average of 10,000 artillery shells every day, 70% of which were solid shells and the rest were explosive shells. This means that at least 3,000 explosive shells were fired every day. Toward Malakhov Bastion.

This is an astronomical figure for Russia. You must know that Sevastopol has only obtained a total of 50,000 explosive bombs since the war began, which is only enough for the coalition forces in ten days and a half.

Do you think this is irritating or not? Anyway, after fighting against the coalition forces, Nakhimov realized how powerful the industrial capabilities and material reserves of Britain and France were. Compared with them, Russia is like a beggar competing with the Dragon King. It is really overestimating its capabilities!

Of course, this cannot stop Nakhimov from despising the coalition forces. If the Russian army had such strong industrial capabilities and material reserves, it would not be able to fight like this. It's just a stupid goose, isn't it?

Nakhimov felt that there was no need for the coalition forces to besiege Sevastopol. Instead, he would directly send his troops north to sweep Crimea. In that case, it would be useless for them to continue to defend Sevastopol.

At that time, Alexander II and Nicholas I would definitely be forced to fight the Allied Forces due to their poor temperament. Apart from the bonus of fortifications, the Russian army was far inferior to the Allied Forces in terms of strength and equipment. There was no chance of winning in a hasty decisive battle. ?

Thinking of this, Nakhimov was a little lucky. Fortunately, the generals of the coalition forces were all weak-minded. If these people were smarter, Russia would have to pay a heavier price!

"Brother Shen!"

"Um!"

When Shen Changqing walks on the road, whenever he meets someone he knows, he will say hello or nod to each other.

But no matter who it is.

There was no unnecessary expression on everyone's face, as if they were indifferent to everything.

To this.

Shen Changqing has become accustomed to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, an organization that maintains the stability of the Qin Dynasty. Its main responsibility is to kill monsters and monsters, but of course there are also some other side jobs.

It can be said.

Everyone in the Demon Suppression Division has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is used to seeing life and death, he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but he got used to it over time.

The Demon-Suppressing Division is huge.

Those who can stay in the Demon Suppressing Division are all powerful masters, or those who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppressor Division is divided into two professions, one is the Guardian Envoy and the other is the Demon Slayer.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Department starts from the lowest level as a demon slayer.

Then he will be promoted step by step, and he is expected to eventually become a guardian envoy.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level among the demon slayers.

Possessing the memory of a previous life.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of a loft.

Unlike other places in the Demon Suppressing Division that were full of chills, the attic here seemed to stand out from the crowd, showing a different kind of tranquility in the bloody Demon Suppressing Division.

At this time, the attic door was open, and occasionally people came in and out.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment before stepping in.

Enter the attic.

The environment changes in vain.

The fragrance of ink mixed with the faint smell of blood hit his face, making him frown instinctively, but then relaxed it quickly.

There is almost no way to cleanse away the smell of blood on everyone in the Demon-Suppressing Division.