"Boom!"

A shell landed behind the position with a deafening explosion, which was accompanied by flying dirt and wooden blocks. Propelled by the blast wave of the explosion, the debris was raised high and eventually landed everywhere, many of which landed on the heads of Ottoman officers and soldiers in the trenches who were hiding from the shelling.

Scenes like this can be seen everywhere on the Vora position, where artillery units from the 8th Division are constantly shelling the positions with artillery.

They kept hitting the defenders' positions one after another, making the 16th Brigade of the 16th Division defending the place feel heavy pressure.

Of course, the Ottoman army as a defense was not vegetarian, and the continuous counterattack of its artillery positions also made the artillery of the Eighth Division dare not bombard the defenders' positions with all their might.

It seems that the two sides are evenly matched, but Colonel Abuliz disagrees on this.

At one of the positions in Vola, Colonel Abuliz, who was the commander of the position, had just observed the situation of his opponent with a high-powered telescope. The situation seemed to be in his favor, but in fact it was very bad, because he could see from the number of guns and the rate of fire of his opponents that their opponents were basically light artillery.

"Order the artillery units, pay attention to the possible artillery suppression of the opponent."

Abuliz had just given the order to the herald when he immediately heard a different screech of cannonballs. "It's not good, the enemy's large-caliber artillery, or howitzers."

As a qualified commander, he immediately judged from the sound the type of shell he was attacking.

Before he could finish his sentence, he immediately felt an explosion behind the position, and judging from the position, it was an artillery position on his side. "Immediately order, artillery transfer."

Although this sentence came belated, Abuliz still had to say that he hoped that this would have some effect.

The artillery position of the defenders, after being suppressed by the artillery from the opponent, was even more panicked, and a large number of Ottoman officers and soldiers were busy hanging the artillery on the carriage and leaving here.

However, there were also those who were frightened by the shelling from Italy and chose to abandon their beloved artillery in favor of protecting themselves.

"Go back, go back, bring out the artillery."

On the side of the position, the artillery commander with a pistol was leading people to stop the humiliation of his men and ordered them to go back and push out the artillery.

In the face of the majesty of the artillery commander? And also considering the power of the weapon in his hand? Those who could not resist their inner fears could only be driven back again.

Proven out? The artillery commander was right in his judgment. Because at the moment the artillery is all out of artillery? So after firing a shell, it needs to be reset, so at the moment the artillery fire rate is very slow? And as a large-caliber heavy artillery, its rate of fire is slower. 105, 150-mm howitzers currently firing at Ottoman artillery positions? Only 1-2 rounds per minute of firing frequency can be done? Coupled with the fact that the number of these guns is not large, only more than twenty pieces, so the losses suffered by this artillery position are acceptable.

So through the efforts of the Ottoman artillery, the 9 guns of the position? Rescued 5 doors? The losses are not too big.

It's just that after knowing that the caliber and range of the opponent's artillery are higher than their own, the artillerymen should be more careful next, and it is not so lucky to be caught every time.

Of course, this also led to the fact that the defenders' artillery could not support the position at any time, after all, there was an enemy heavy artillery staring, which is understandable.

Speaking of which? Someone may ask, so did the Ottoman defenders not have large-caliber heavy artillery?

Can it be said responsibly here? There really isn't a Vola position here, not even Tirana. Because heavy artillery is very long-range and powerful? But it is not convenient to move, for the 16th Brigade of the 1st Division, which does not plan to defend the place at the moment? It's going to be a huge nuisance.

This will cause the officers and soldiers of the 1 Brigade to retreat? You can't take these heavy artillery with you. Can't take away the expensive heavy artillery? Isn't that a one-time consumable? What family can be so defeated, even the British Empire army, which has strong financial resources, can't be so arrogant.

Therefore, in the case that the quantity and quality of artillery are inferior to the opponent, then it is not possible to fight hard with the enemy, and how can it be used like this with the 1st Brigade's family background, so the artillery attack tactics are a very suitable choice.

The ensuing battle also reflected this, but it also gave the Italian artillery an advantage on the battlefield.

And after the artillery has an advantage, it is naturally the infantry that goes into battle, which is also the unanimous practice of all countries. In the current battles in Europe, the first artillery battle is basically the beginning, and the superior side launches an infantry attack after the battle.

Until the current lack of new weapons to change tactics, the Italian army is no exception. So a regiment of infantry, under the cover of artillery, launched an attack on the enemy's position.

In the face of the offensive launched by the Italian army, the Ottoman army, which was on the defensive side, certainly did not let the enemy succeed like this. So a large number of officers and soldiers poured into the position, and under the leadership of the officers, they had rifles in their hands to shoot at the incoming Italian troops.

"Smack!"

An Ottoman soldier in a trench raises a rifle in his hand and pulls the trigger on an Italian soldier.

Only a second or two later, the Italian soldier was still rushing towards the position, and knowing that the soldier who had not hit, he immediately pushed the bullet and aimed at the opponent again.

"Smack!" Another shot, this time with a result, as the soldier's hat was knocked off, causing him to fall to the ground in fright. Faced with such a result, the Ottoman soldiers shook their heads, intending to choose a new target. But just then, a bullet passed through his skull, and with a look of surprise and reluctance, the Ottoman soldier collapsed in the trench.

Of course, what happened to him was not the only one, this time the M88 Carcano rifle in the hands of the Italian soldiers showed amazing performance.

Its good accuracy at 300-600 meters inflicted heavy casualties on the Ottoman army, which still used Plevin's tactics. A large number of Ottoman soldiers were killed by the superior M88 Carcano rifle while firing from a single rifle at long range. Although the Ottoman army was on the defensive, the Italian army relied on the superiority of weapons to suppress the firepower of the defenders' positions.

It needs to be said here that the Pleven defensive battle, which made the current Ottoman Minister of War, Marshal Osman Nuri Pasha, famous, the Ottoman army used long-range single-shot rifle shooting and close-range switching rifle tactics, so that the Russian coalition army in Pleven had no more than suffering. With the strength of one army, it held back the enemy's 300,000-strong army for five months.

However, this was a tactic more than ten years ago, when the repeating rifle equipped with a magazine was indeed inferior to the single-shot rifle in terms of accuracy, but the times were advancing, and the Ottoman army still used old-fashioned tactics, so it was natural to find hardship. What's more, this is Vola, and not the Pleven Fortress.

Therefore, under the fierce offensive of the Italian army, Colonel Abuliz, who saw that the position was showing signs of instability, could only let the artillery open fire, trying to suppress the arrogance of the attacking troops.

Therefore, under the bombardment of Ottoman artillery, the attacking Italian officers and soldiers could only retreat first, and in the open space, they encountered enemy shelling, and no one could bear the casualties, so retreating was the best choice.

Of course, the Italian soldiers retreated, which did not mean that the Italian army had no choice but to take it. The counterattack from the artillery caused considerable losses to the defenders' artillery.

When the final count was made, Colonel Abuliz had a constipated expression on his face, because the losses were too great, especially for his own artillery.

"This battle can't go on like this, immediately send someone to report to Major General Hashim in Tirana, we need reinforcements."