Under the April sun, the temperature in Tirana is moderate, and it is completely a good day for a trip.

But right now, the atmosphere in Tirana is quite wrong.

Outside the city of Tirana, in the trenches that had been built, Ottoman soldiers were holding their weapons and observing the scene in the distance.

In the distance, it was the position of the Italian army, which had surrounded Tirana on both sides and half southwest of Tirana, and its cannons were able to penetrate the city of Tirana.

As for the local residents of Tirana, most of them have fled Tirana, which is about to become a battlefield, and a small number of them, in addition to being conscripted and volunteering to stay, are those lonely old people with inconvenient legs and feet.

And for these old people, the commanders of both sides will not take care of them, because this is war.

Now that both sides are almost ready, the curtain of the big war is about to break out.

In the headquarters of the Italian army, as the commander of the battle, Simeone was working with his subordinates to determine their respective tasks.

"Major General Pascal, your Eighth Division, after receiving my order, will launch an attack on the Kobeck and Lake sections in the west of the city, and you must let the enemy feel the pressure you have given you."

Although Simeone didn't say it explicitly, Pascal fought a lot of battles, and he could hear it at once, this is to let himself play cover, then the 14th Division must be the main attack.

Although Pascal was a little unhappy, but the military is obedience, so he can only respond. "Obey the order, our Eighth Division promises to resolutely complete the task."

As Pascal's superior, Simeone still doesn't know what his subordinates are thinking, but this time he really can't give him the main attack task. The reason is that the Eighth Division has been fighting all the time before, and its losses are not small, and it is not worthy of the main attack task at all.

So Simone didn't hear his words, and then gave the task to Major General Eddie Brasso, the commander of the 14th Division next to him. Major General Brasso was a short, middle-aged man, and his dark skin showed that he had been exposed to the wind and sun.

"Major General Brasso, your 14th Division will launch a fierce attack on the enemy as soon as the 8th Division starts the battle, and you must move quickly, I will concentrate the artillery on you to help you open the gap as soon as possible."

"Rest assured, Commander? The Fourteenth Division will never let you down. ”

Major General Brasso's answer? Much to Simone's satisfaction, he looked at him and nodded? Show your appreciation.

Then he turned to Colonel Ellans, the commander of the 4th Mountain Brigade.

"Colonel Elance? Your 4th Brigade's mountain reconnaissance has always been a big name in the army, and I need your brigade this time? Do a good job of reconnaissance and backup, and we must not be left to the enemy. ”

That's right? Simeone is currently on the fight after launching? Of greatest concern was the rest of the Macedonian Second Army in the Dinara Mountains. Therefore, this reconnaissance and surveillance is very important, and it is related to the life and death of the Third Army in his hands. And the 4th Mountain Brigade happens to be very good in this regard, then there is no reason for him not to use the other side.

Of course, it is impossible for the Fourth Mountain Brigade to be sent out entirely? The strength of two battalions? Enough to cover a radius of forty kilometers, the movement of grass and trees here will not be hidden from him.

"Rest assured, Lieutenant General Simeone, no Ottoman is more than enough to sneak past us."

After the tasks were given to the ministries? What follows will be a brutal battle.

Of course, as a pioneer role, artillery is the master.

This time Simeone concentrated all the heavy artillery? Heavy artillery bombardment was launched on the military positions. As soon as he shot this time, Simeone fought proudly for a day.

It's already the second day of shelling.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble!! ”

Heavy artillery shells from Italy? Let the Ottoman soldiers hiding in the trenches shiver. The explosion of tens of kilograms of shells was so powerful that it could inflict great damage on the Ottoman soldiers in the trenches. What if it's close? So even if you don't get hit? will also be shocked to death.

This is what the Ottoman officers and soldiers saw with their own eyes? There were more than one or two, all of which were deaths caused by close-range explosions. The soldiers who went to check on it could see these dead soldiers who seemed to be asleep, and the dried blood stains from their eyes, nose and mouth were simply terrifying.

Of course, the power of heavy artillery is not only a means of killing and injuring people, but also its strong fortress is also the focus of its favorite bombardment. If the fortress of Tirana was built like the fortresses of the Great Powers, then this heavy artillery in Simeone's hands would not be enough to see.

However, it is a pity that the fortresses in the hands of the Ottomans were all built temporarily, and many of them were converted into civilian buildings. Although there is a good performance in the caliber artillery of the lieutenant colonel in the region, in the face of large-caliber heavy artillery, it is almost like paper paste.

The Ottoman defenders' 16th and 31st divisions lost nearly 70% of the forts built on the southwest side, most of which were destroyed by heavy artillery. These powerful heavy cannons, guided by artillery balloons, will give a name to the fortress that is clearly different from the rest of the houses.

These are all weapons of the new era that are different from the Turkish-Russian War, and they teach a good lesson to the Ottoman army that still existed in the thinking of the Turkish-Russian War, what is modern warfare.

And after seeing that the artillery bombardment was satisfactory in the rear, Simeone picked up the field telephone and dialed the headquarters of the Eighth Division. "Major General Pascal, the Eighth Division can attack."

Following Simeone's order, the 8th Division immediately threw in a regiment of soldiers and launched an attack on the defenders. The heavy artillery bombardment continued to the rear, and it was clear that this was intended to cut off enemy reinforcements.

And the news that the infantry attack in Italy was finally launched also made the defenders breathe a sigh of relief. If they continue to bomb like this, the defending officers and soldiers will collapse. How can there be such a loser's style of play, a shelling can fight for more than a day.

Of course, at this time you have to say to them what is it, there will be a shelling for a week in the future, and the other side will definitely take you for a fool.

And as the Italian army entered the battle, the battlefield finally entered familiar surroundings. The officers and men on both sides used their rifles in their hands to fire desperately at their opponents.

Of course, at this time, it is time to look at the performance of the two rifles, and at this point, the Italian officers and soldiers won completely, because they were holding the M88 Carcano rifles in their hands, as for the rifles of the Ottoman army, there were Mauser 1874 models, there were Chasepo, and his improved Grasse rifles, which can be said to be bitter for logistics officials, and the caliber of these guns alone is a big headache.

Of course, now for the Ottoman army, as long as they can shoot and hit the enemy, they are good guns, and they do not have the capital to pick and choose.

Just as the two sides were fighting in the west, suddenly more intense gunfire erupted from the south. As the commander of the 14th Division, Major General Brasso was a brigade unit as soon as he struck, which was really a big deal.

And his unreasonable approach made the defenders in the west suffer greatly, and even sent a message directly to the two defender commanders asking for reinforcements.

Faced with such a situation, the two major generals, Hasham and Halder, still don't know that the situation is wrong. The two didn't talk much nonsense, and immediately sent out the 16th Brigade of the 1st Division in their hands.

So a larger-scale battle broke out in the west of the city. The officers and soldiers of both sides devoted themselves to the battle, and they fought bloodily for their respective missions.