What they did not know as junior officers, Major General Wagman, as the commander of Mara City, felt a very different atmosphere.

"The scout cavalry we sent out were driven back, which is very abnormal."

Major General Wagman watched as the reports of the meeting kept coming, causing his forehead to wrinkle even more.

In front of him was Colonel Cabrera, the chief of staff of the advance team, who also shared his views.

"Yes, the enemy has covered the entire battlefield tense, there will inevitably be a big move, should we send someone to take a look?"

Faced with the words of his chief of staff, Major General Wagman shook his head and said. "No, we don't have much reconnaissance power at our disposal. And even if it is sent out, how can it block the enemy's encirclement and suppression. ”

Cabrera thought of the report he had read before, the reconnaissance troops were all frantically encircled and suppressed by more than ten times the enemy, and these Abyssinian cavalry were even more dragnet searches, simply not letting go of any clues.

It must be said that on the Abyssinian plateau, the Italian cavalry was no match for these people at all.

Thinking that the enemy must have made a big move, Cabrera was a little unwilling. "So what are we going to do?"

"Protect the back road, then wait."

"Wait?"

"Yes."

Cabrera didn't know what to say when he heard Wagman's decision, but no matter what he wanted to do, he really didn't have a good way to deal with the enemy's frantic dragnet search. Who made their cavalry too few and did not dare to make consumption with these Abyssinian cavalry.

Of course, waiting was not Wagman's only thought, in addition to sending a letter to General Simeone in the rear to inform him of the current situation, he also ordered the troops around Mara City to continue to build fortifications, and also sent troops to strengthen the defense of Adiquala to Marat.

He had a feeling that the enemy would definitely make a move on his supply lines.

His hunch was accurate, and after about five days, the enemy appeared.

In Dablud Mountain, Cosenz and his officers and men looked at the scene outside with a nervous expression, in fact, not only him, but the entire three battalions of officers and soldiers defending Dablud Hill were nervous.

"There are at least fifty or sixty thousand enemies."

The voice of his friend came from his side, and Barry couldn't help but swallow as he looked at so many enemies.

"There will be more, not less."

Cosenz looked at the overwhelming array of enemies and replied to his friend with a serious expression.

And on the side of the battalion commander Valery, the commander of the position, he pulled a herald. "Report immediately to Major General Wagman that the enemy is coming, there are at least 60,000 troops, and we need reinforcements."

Five hundred dozen sixty thousand, the battalion commander Valery does not daydream. A good officer should know how to make trade-offs, and of course he does not want and will not surrender to the enemy.

After giving orders to the heralds, Valery's loud voice spread through the position. "Don't be like a, no matter how many enemies there are, there are not as many bullets as ours."

Sometimes it's so strange that after the battalion commander yelled at them, many people were not so nervous.

And the news of the encounter with the large Abyssinian forces at the Dablum position soon reached the ears of Major General Wagman. After hearing the news of the enemy's attack, he immediately ordered. "Let the other troops of the 3rd Guards Regiment go to reinforce, and the position on Mount Dabulu cannot be lost."

Major General Wagman did not intend to give up this position so easily, and it was important to him that with the defenders of Mount Dabru pinned down, the enemy could not fully encircle Marat.

And in addition to having the 3rd Guards Regiment reinforce his own 3rd battalion, Major General Wagman had other initiatives. "Give orders to the strongholds along the way to Adiquara, and allow them to abandon their strongholds if they encounter an invincible opponent. Send another letter to General Simeone. ”

Major General Wagman quickly wrote on a piece of letterhead; Your Excellency Lieutenant General, the enemy has come to Mara City, please decide for yourself how to fight, I will hold my ground and wait for the appearance of the Lieutenant General.

He quickly folded the letter paper and put it in the envelope and handed it to the herald.

Although he had previously ordered troops to be sent to reinforce the various strongholds along the road, he was ready to abandon them in the face of the enemy's massive appearance. After all, there were only two or three hundred people in these strongholds, and if they were surrounded by the enemy, he would not be able to send reinforcements.

Following the order of Major General Wagman, Marat's Italian troops were immediately mobilized, and they prepared for a battle against the incoming enemy.

But while they were still preparing, the battle at Mount Dablus had already begun.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The artillery from the attacking side continued to bombard the position, and the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion calmly stayed behind the fortifications and watched the Abyssinian artillery show.

There was no way, the enemy's artillery performance was too inferior, and it was basically a random fight, which bombarded for nearly half an hour, and the only result was that a section of the breastwork was damaged, and several unlucky people hiding behind it were killed.

But think about it, if you want to train an elite artilleryman, you need to practice with shells. And for the Abyssinians, who need to import everything, the cost is too staggering.

So except for a small amount of artillery skills, which are barely good, everything else is simply trained.

Even for many artillerymen, today was the first time the artillery was fired. With such a quality, how can there be too many accurate heads, and it would be good to be able to play out.

Perhaps seeing that his artillery was performing too poorly, the enemy commander then stopped the artillery.

The soldiers who fought next appeared.

As soon as these soldiers with various weapons appeared, the officers and men of the third battalion who were hiding from stray bullets behind the position appeared.

"Steady, don't worry, steady."

The officers in the position give orders to the soldiers around them, which can relieve the tension in the hearts of the soldiers.

And the attacking Abyssinian officers, seeing that the position was not being fired, kept encouraging the soldiers to speed up their pace and rush to the position.

400 meters!

300 meters!

"Fire!"

Seeing that the enemy was approaching the optimal range, Kosenz, who commanded the battle, let out a roar of rage.

"Bang Bang Bang~"

At the sound of his order, the position was immediately shot into, and the enemy soldiers who rushed to the front fell one by one.

"Attack, don't stop."

The enemy commander completely ignored the casualties and constantly ordered his troops not to stop the offensive.

And Kosenz with his company constantly has rifles in his hands, harvesting the lives of the enemy. However, there are too many enemies, and the constant stream of enemies makes their shots unpaced, and the enemies are getting closer and closer to the position.

Suddenly, a sound different from that of a rifle came.

"Dada-da-da!"

The Maxim machine guns from behind the position opened fire, and the charging enemy was cut down in pieces like wheat.

And the enemy, seeing the burst of fire from the position, immediately ordered to retreat. For the machine guns in the hands of the Italians, many princes have tried it, so it is normal to be a little afraid.

In addition, more importantly, the firepower of the position was figured out by them, and perhaps a fierce battle would break out in the next attack.

I'm in a good mood