Chapter 235： Helpless choice (2/2)

In order to kill a hundred and deter deserters, the Russian army took a very cruel approach: dropping people on a pole, sunburn, thirst, starvation ...

Looking at the expectant crowd, Joey sighed, took out a sketch and pointed out, explaining, ”The route has been found, but this road is difficult to take.

From here, there are people guarding along the way, you must avoid these people and enter the Balkan Mountains to be temporarily safe.

This is only the first stage of your escape. Later, you will have to cross the Balkan Mountains to enter the occupied area of ​​Austria.

During this period, you can't get any supplies from the outside, you can only find food in the mountains and forests. In addition to beware of poisonous beasts, you also need to worry about getting lost.

Arriving in the Austrian occupation area does not mean that it is safe. They are our allies. Even if you are mistakenly in, you will not be disarmed, and you will most likely be repatriated.

If you want to mix up, you can only pretend to be war refugees. Language is a big problem. Russian and Bulgarian are very similar, but there are still differences. No one knows what will happen once they are discovered. ”

The middle-aged man said cautiously: ”We have no choice. You may not know in the logistic forces. The casualties on the front lines are too heavy these days. You can see familiar people leaving here every day.

Half of the people in our camp are supplemented one after another. If we continue to stay, we will all die here.

Joey, thank you whether we can run out or not.

You can rest assured that we have figured out the situation, and found an opportunity to pretend to die during the offensive, and then secretly leave when it gets dark.

Even if it was discovered, we can say that we were stunned by the bomb and our brains were confused. ”

A premeditated escape started, and they were not the first or the last, and their cruel casualties had broken their nerves.

Everyone would rather risk running away to fight for an unknown life than to stay here.

Anyway, all of their families are serfs, and they belong to the noble grandpas. Even if they are found, there is no need to worry about being involved in the family.

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The middle-aged man whispered, ”Hurry up, Wallace. Why don't you see this boy?”

Fox replied: ”Uncle Marney, I didn't see him follow, for fear of an accident, should we go back and look for it?”

The middle-aged man thought for a while and said, ”You don't need to worry about him. There is life and death on the battlefield. Where is this black lamp blind?

Everyone hurry up now, it's not safe here, if we can't shuttle quickly here, we can't even run away at dawn. ”

They had good luck. Someone provided a road map. They did not run in the wrong direction and spent the first day of the escape safely.

But not everyone was so lucky. Shortly after they left, another wave of deserters encountered the patrol very unfortunately, and was naturally caught.

The military judge asked: ”His Commander, did you catch another seven deserters last night, as usual?”

”Ok!”

Menshkov seemed to just say a word casually, in fact his heart was not calm.

The number of deserters is increasing. As a high-ranking officer who is not an idiot, he knows that this means that the endurance of this unit is approaching.

In the face of reality, Menshkov quickly made a compromise. He did not want to become a national thief, so this battle must be fought.

The question of money has given the Tsarist government a headache, and no one can back down anyway.

Menishkov said: ”Come here, borrow the Austrian Telegraph Network and transfer this telegram to the St. Petersburg government!”

Since Austria took over the two Principalities of the Danube, the cable telegraph has also been laid quickly, and the domestic telegraph network was connected at the end of 1853.

At this time, the Russians passed on news that was not particularly confidential, and often borrowed the Austrian telegraph network, which could be done in two or three days.

If the Russians use their own communication network, they must first travel to Poland or Ukraine's big cities before they can generate telegrams. Without ten days and a half months, it is impossible to get the news back to St. Petersburg.

Apparently, Menshekov did not think that this battle plan needed to be kept secret from the Austrians. Even if it was to be kept secret, the artillery had to be purchased from the Austrians.

Myshkov wasn't prepared to supply the domestic military industry companies, waiting for them to produce the cannons and ship them to the front. Who knows whether it will be one year or two years later?

On the issue of attacking Constantinople, Nicholas I fully supported his work. Whoever dares to do things here is against his great Tsar.

Without the support of the Tsar, it would be impossible for Menshekov to change the logistical transportation system of the Russian army in the Balkans. If it did not change, the life of the frontline Russian army would not have been so good.

The ball was kicked to St. Petersburg, and Menshekov explained in detail all the circumstances, and how to choose was decided by Nicholas I.

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