Chapter 6 Left Foot Arc
Four KPA regiments were sent by Ollie to build a field fortification on a hillside one mile in front of the woods, with a "minefield" of a few mines at the front, a small amount of barbed wire and trenches at the back, then ordinary trenches and several machine-gun bunkers, and at the back an artillery position of Orlie's only six rapid-fire guns. The sole purpose of setting up this position was to lure the enemy deeper, and Ollie hid his main forces on both sides of the woods.
The 10,000 troops on the right flank of the government army, led by their commander, known as the "long-legged general", lazily launched an attack on Oli's troops early in the morning. Their original mission was to launch a feint, but as Oli's decoy troops initially resisted a little stronger, they fled back to their starting positions after leaving behind dozens of corpses, and only launched a second attack after a full hour. However, this time the decoy troops learned the lesson of the last time, and quickly collapsed, deliberately leaving machine guns and artillery on the position. Seeing an opportunity, the "long-legged general" rushed to chase his troops all the way to the front of the woods, at which point Ollie ordered the troops on both sides of the woods to quickly overtake the opposing flanks.
When the enemy troops retreated into the woods, they disguished dozens of light and heavy machine guns hidden with leaves and canvas guns on the edge of the woods, and opened heavy fire on the approaching government troops, because the formation of the other side had become disheveled in the process of pursuit, and left the cannons far behind, as a result, the government soldiers exposed in the open grass in front of the woods fell like leaves in the autumn wind, and their blood soon dyed the grass bright red.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the "long-legged general" led his troops all the way back, and when they saw that their starting position had been replaced by the opponent's position, they turned back again and ran towards the woods, and then they came into contact with Ollie's decoy troops, and a scuffle ensued. The numerical superiority of the enemy was bent on escaping, and as a result, he broke through the barriers of the three regiments and fled in the direction of the woods. In order to prevent them from sneaking up from behind at a critical moment, Ollie had to transfer the main force to the woods again to annihilate the enemy, and then the power of the machine guns in the woods was almost impossible to use, and it took Ollie's troops a lot of effort to annihilate the "Long-Legged General" and his troops, but this ridiculous chase greatly delayed the plans of the left flank troops, and before they had time to carefully clean the battlefield, Ollie hurriedly led his troops to outflank the middle of the Turkish reactionary government army, by which time the sun had crawled over their heads.
In Uzunkepulu, a large number of government soldiers have entered the city from two southeastern directions. They cleared the Kemal forces from house to house, and although they made slow progress, they gradually penetrated into the city, and the outermost barricade was captured with the support of a large number of infantry guns.
Due to the influx of enemies, Sergeant Rudra's menu was enriched. In less than an hour, he had killed a major, two lieutenants, and six ensigns, much more than he had gained in the morning. Now he had moved closer to the center of the city, where the third floor had been blown down, but he liked to lurk in the ruins of such buildings, where a small triangular space on the third floor of the wall had become his new stronghold.
At this time, the commander of the left flank of the government army, Marshal Tatvan, did not stay far away and obediently drank his red wine, for in an hour of street fighting he had suffered a whole division of troops, and a dozen colonels and officers who had gone to supervise the battle, but had advanced less than ten streets. He had the impression that street fighting was hand-to-hand combat, but he didn't understand why his overwhelming superiority was so difficult to move an inch, and what was so different about this street fighting, so he decided to go to the city to see it with his own eyes.
Surrounded by officers, Marshal Tavante made his way to the streets on the outskirts of the city of Uzunkeplu, where the corpses of the fallen soldiers, the bright red bloodstains, the mutilated flesh and bullet marks told him that a fierce battle had been fought here not long ago. However, he was surprised to find that the bodies were mostly those of government soldiers, and the accompanying officer told him that Kemal's soldiers were almost always shooting at them from windows and rooftops, and that only a few streets had barricades. Sure enough, as he approached the first barricade, he finally saw the corpses of the defenders, but there were more government soldiers here, and the remaining marks on the barricade showed that it had been captured after being bombarded by many infantry shells.
The farther he walked towards the city center, the heavier Marshal Tavante's mood grew, he had never seen such brutal street fighting, it was more a one-sided massacre than a battle, and his soldiers were slaughtered alive. Listening to the rumbling of cannon not far ahead, he quickened his pace.
"Marshal, you can't go any further, it's dangerous ahead! The opposing infantry can hit us from miles away! An officer next to him tried to stop him, but he was very dismissive of it.
"I'm going to watch that group of rebels be wiped out by my soldiers!"
"Then Marshal, just stand here and look through a telescope, the opponent's long-range shooting is really accurate!" Thanks to the efforts of the officers, Field Marshal Tavante finally agreed to stand two blocks away and observe the battle ahead. However, in order to ensure his safety, the officers sent a number of soldiers to re-search the nearby buildings and occupy the surrounding high ground.
Sergeant Rudra had already spotted the big fish in the distance, but he waited silently because they had been standing outside his effective range and would startle the snake if he missed. At this moment, there was the sound of footsteps on the stairs below, and it sounded like people were climbing up, and Rudra frowned, and gently reached for the pistol at his waist. Sure enough, two government soldiers walked up to the room he was in and stopped, he began to hold his breath, clutching the pistol tightly in his hand. Fortunately, the soldiers did not notice Rudra under the rubble, but they did not leave, but just stood there and chatted.
"Hell!" Rudra cursed fiercely in his heart, he saw that the group of officers below had already entered his range, and at this time only one bullet could solve him, but the two soldiers still had no intention of leaving, and the medal in his dream was so close to him, he felt helpless.
Syllable!
One of the two soldiers standing near Rudra was shot and fell, while the other immediately fell to the ground.
Syllable!
The first two gunshots were not so obvious in the fierce gunfire not far away, but Rudra clearly heard the sound of bullets piercing bones nearby, and he looked at the building opposite with the scope of his rifle, and finally saw the lovely face of his companion on the roof about a kilometer away, the guy was hiding under the half-collapsed roof, and he proudly showed a mouthful of rotten teeth. The group of officers below was in the middle of his shot, but he had spotted his side, and presumably the two shots had already shot the two crooked Turkish soldiers in the head.
Rudra had no time to thank his companions, and the group of officers seemed to be preparing to leave. From the scope he saw a group of officers, and even two generals, and he didn't know which one to fight. Then he noticed a strange guy in the middle of the group, he was wearing a cloak so Rudra couldn't see his rank, his hat was similar to that of the other two generals, but everyone else was around him like stars holding the moon, and with the strong sixth sense of the hellbringer, Rudra aimed at the back of the man's head and pulled the trigger......
In the moment before he died, Marshal Tavante remembered something very important - when he was very young, his mother patted him on the head and told him that curiosity kills.