Chapter 41: Rush
"We can finally go back to China again!" Chen Tian was full of emotion in his heart, he came to this world in the hope of changing the fate of Germany, but now he has to stay away from Germany.
Hindenburg was a trustworthy man, and had enough to take care of the East Prussian regiment in his absence, and the Baltic fleet had not yet found a suitable admiral, but the first task of the fleet was to train a group of sailors who were skilled in the new ships. He was so shocked by the German Emperor's intelligence system that he repeatedly told Thomas to develop his intelligence and counterintelligence systems. In addition, he is very relieved that the research plans for aircraft, tanks, submarines, etc., without his advice, engineers may have taken many detours in research and development. Fortunately, Zack, the butler, decided to work for him for a few more years, so he could feel more at ease about his finances, and Zack could also handle the financial and weapon support for Kemal.
"I miss that beautiful place too!" Lisa snuggled up in Chentian's arms like a kitten, "As long as I follow you, I can go anywhere!" ”
Lisa's thoughtfulness had made him forget the figure he had been obsessed with. After seeing the Austrian princess for the last time that night in Vienna, Tatsuten never heard anything about her, and certainly never heard of her death. Chen Tian felt that she might not die, but went back to Russia with the Russian prince, maybe they had children, maybe they were enjoying the joy of family, in short, Chen Tian chose to forget.
"That's right! You'll get to see your parents this time! But General Pascal and I will return to Germany after two weeks' handover, and you won't see them for a long time! ”
"Aren't you too? Isn't it time for us to stay with Prince and Mrs. Heydrich for a few days? ”
Under Lisa's reminder, Chen Tian remembered that it had been a long time since he had visited his parents in this world. In his impression, the faces of his relatives in that world have been blurred, and he still doesn't have any sense of family for Prince Heydrich and his wife, perhaps because of his identity, Chen Tian has spent very little time with them since he was a child. But after packing up, he took Lisa to their place for two days.
In April 1909, Chen Tian boarded the German light cruiser Eisen and began his third trip to China. Heaven and darkness doomed him to the fate of this ancient oriental country, which could not be broken.
At this time, thousands of miles away in Turkey, the reactionary government sent 50,000 elite troops, including the Turkish Guards, from Istanbul to attack the city of Thessaloniki unstoppably, and after a day of fierce fighting, the city was occupied, and then pointed its head at Cassandra, where Kemal was located.
In Cassandra's operations command room, everyone sat quietly in front of the map. This time the main force of the opposing side was the most elite Guards unit in the Turkish Army, and under the frenzied attack of 10,000 Guards soldiers, the 15,000-strong positions defended by the Young Turks were all lost in one morning, and in the ensuing street fighting, this well-trained and well-equipped force quickly overwhelmed the will of the resisters.
"This is the most formidable enemy we've ever encountered, let's think about how to deal with them!" In the battle to defend Thessaloniki two days ago, Kemal personally led 5,000 reinforcements to support, encountered three regiments of the Guards outside the city, and was finally repulsed by the opponent, and also lost a dozen cannons and a large number of weapons, and now the morale of Cassandra's other troops has also been greatly affected.
Everyone was still silent, according to Kemal's introduction, this Guards had a large number of artillery support when attacking, and the artillery fire would not stop until the charging troops entered the opponent's position, and there were always many Guards soldiers killed and injured by their own artillery fire, and the extent of this army's crazy attack can also be seen.
After a long time, Ollie took out a piece of paper and drew it, and then explained his tactics to the crowd, who were stunned and then gladly agreed.
Two days later, government forces began to advance towards Cassandra, with 9,000 soldiers from six infantry regiments of the Turkish Guards, 6,500 soldiers from five ordinary Turkish regiments and 40 artillery pieces from an artillery regiment, as well as two Sky I aircraft acquired from Germany for reconnaissance.
"General, enemy positions have been spotted 5 miles ahead!" A plane landed near the Turkish army on the move, after which the pilot reported the intelligence to the commander of the force.
"Are you sure there are no ambushes other than the positions?" The Turkish commander asked.
"Yes, General! There is no place around to hide troops except on the hillside where the opponent's position is located! ”
"Excellent! Report on the opponent's strength and artillery count! ”
"About 5,000 soldiers and about 10 artillery pieces! The other side has arranged a defensive line on the front and top of the hill, and they seem to have dug a trench behind the hillside! ”
"Behind the hill?" The Turkish commander felt that Kemal was probably rusty, and that when the attacking troops rushed to the top of the hill, they could easily occupy the position behind the hillside. "Order the troops to prepare for the attack!"
At this time, the planes of the Oli side also flew briskly over their heads and reported the situation of the Turkish government forces to the ground forces by radio, and their Sky IV aircraft had been installed with radios that could communicate with the ground.
Half an hour later, government artillery fire began to fire at Oli's positions, and the Turkish guards began to advance before the artillery fire stopped. Unbeknownst to them, they were confronting 4,000 German soldiers from the Orly Mercenary Corps, well-trained German veterans who had taken refuge in the trenches behind the hillside when the shelling began.
When the soldiers of the first Turkish Guards rushed into the first line of trenches, the Turkish artillery stopped firing. The poor Turk jumped into the trench but stepped on something under his feet......
Rumble......
Rumble......
Oli had the soldiers plant many mines in the trenches and positions in front of the hillside, many of which were detonated during the Turkish shelling, but the mines in the trenches were largely intact. The Turkish assault troops entered the first line of trenches, and mines were detonated one after another, and for a time the Turkish casualties increased dramatically.
At this time, a short whistle sounded from the back of the hill, and many helmets appeared on the top of the slope in an instant, and Ollie's soldiers quickly climbed up from the trench behind the hillside, and attacked the Turkish soldiers on the hillside with rifles, grenades and "Firebird" light machine guns on the top of the slope, and then the Makqin heavy machine gun was also brought up, and the first wave of two regiments of Turkish guards was quickly severely damaged near the first trench of Oli, and only a few hundred wounded soldiers of more than 2,000 soldiers were left to hide in the first trench and could not move.
Hush......
Soon the whistle sounded again, and all the helmets on the top of the slope disappeared at once, and Ollie's soldiers retreated to their positions behind the hillside.
Sure enough, in less than a minute, the sound of artillery fire sounded again on the positions of the Turkish government troops. The Turkish artillery diligently bombarded Oli's positions on the slopes and on the top of the slope several times.
Their artillery did not stop until the second wave of Turkish soldiers all entered the first trench on the hillside.
A short whistle sounded, and Oli's troops reappeared on the top of the hillside, still shooting at the Turkish soldiers, because the first trench was dug straight in front and inclined to the top of the hill, so the trench did not play a good role in protecting the Turks, and after ten minutes, when the barrels of Ollie's troops began to burn, the first trench in front of the hillside was almost full of Turkish corpses.
"Get on the bayonet! Charge! This time Ollie did not let his troops retreat behind the hill, but with a beautiful counterattack he took out all the Turks who had stayed in the trenches in front of the hillside, and set up machine guns to drive back the third wave of Turkish soldiers who were advancing at the foot of the hill.
After the offensive from the front, the Turks had already lost more than 6000 soldiers and a large number of shells, much to the chagrin of their commanders. He threw the remaining two full Guards regiments and 5 ordinary infantry regiments into the fourth wave of the attack in one fell swoop, and had the artillery fire at the top of the hill and behind the top of the hill until all the shells were exhausted. The top of the mountain was blown up to dust, and the shells that crossed the top of the mountain fell far away at the foot of the mountain, adding countless large craters and small holes.
When the Turks were halfway through, Ollie's artillery on the back of the hill also opened fire. Ollie didn't have many shells, but when he saw a massive charge, he also asked his artillerymen to vent all the shells.
Shells continued to explode among the Turkish infantry, and the soldiers of the Guards rushed forward without hesitation, rushing past the range of the opposing artillery, and then rushed up the hillside.
In the trench in front of the hillside, the German soldiers left behind after the previous counterattack began to brave the artillery fire to shoot at the swarming Turkish soldiers, the casualties on both sides increased rapidly, when the Turks broke through this trench, the Oli regiment sounded the horn of a full-scale counterattack, the soldiers carried their heavy machine guns up the trench at the top of the slope, and fired wildly at the charging Turks, and then the soldiers charged from the top of the slope, with a condescending impact and strong combat effectiveness, With bayonets and fists, they fought with Turkish soldiers who rushed into the frontal trenches on the hillside, and the Turks finally began to retreat. The machine guns at the top of the hill were still roaring, and many Turkish soldiers were knocked down before they could flee to the bottom of the mountain......
The Turks fled, leaving behind more than 8,000 corpses, more than 2,000 wounded soldiers and more than 1,000 prisoners, as well as 40 cannons that had been left without shells, and fled back to Thessaloniki in panic. After this battle, the once invincible Turkish Guards were finally defeated, and they never recovered their former glory, and Oli's mercenaries also paid the price of more than 1,000 casualties, most of whom were wounded by Turkish artillery fire in the last counterattack, and more than 1,000 Turks also died under their own fire, which also became a peculiar phenomenon in military history.
On the same day that Ollie created a miracle of defeating 15,000 soldiers with 4,000 soldiers, Kemal also took a detour with 8,000 troops to attack Thessaloniki, and Ozturk led 1,000 soldiers to land from the port of Thessaloniki, due to the exhaustion of the main force and lack of preparation, 10,000 Turkish soldiers in the city of Thessaloniki were defeated after a fierce battle, and Thalogiki immediately raised Kemal's flag.
Ollie's tactical command impressed the crowd, and after capturing the large city of Thessaloniki, Kemal's forces finally gained a suitable foothold, and this became the starting point for his conquests throughout Turkey.
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