The fierce offensive and defensive battle of Kalamaria has been going on for the third day.

In the first two days, the Guards and the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Marine Division suffered a lot of casualties, of course, as a price, the enemy's Ottoman 14th Division also suffered a lot of losses, but even if everyone suffered a lot of losses, as long as it was dawn, then the battle continued. The armies of the two sides are still fighting together, and it depends on who can't bear it first.

The sound of cannons, gunfires, roars, and screams mingled together, and a song of death was played on the battlefield.

Petty carefully hid behind a pile of rocks and slipped his crosshair into the figure of a defender soldier on the position, who was very good at marksmanship, and several of Petty's comrades were shot by him. He aimed at him tightly, and then pulled the trigger.

With a "snap", I saw a bloody hole in the head of the Ottoman soldier with good marksmanship, and then he fell into the trench without saying a word.

After killing the defender, Petty took a deep breath and hid behind a pile of rocks, waiting for a moment before he stuck his head out again to observe the battle.

This time, he had his eye on the target, which was the commander of a defender, an Ottoman officer in an officer's cap, who was constantly directing the battle. However, it was a little difficult to kill the opponent, because of his good military qualities, he did not keep his head exposed like other soldiers at all, and his back and forth and conscious dodging movements made Petty, a hunter who was praised in his hometown, feel a little troublesome.

Hold your breath, calculate your pattern, and the next time the officer resurfaces, it falls right into his crosshairs.

"Pop" Another bullet crashed into the head of the low-ranking officer in the position, and a stream of red-white liquid rushed out.

I have to admit that the new rifle in my hand is really good, and the accuracy is still so good at a distance of about 300 meters.

However, Petty will not have time to observe the situation at all, because this time the movement is too big, and his position is exposed.

Petty hurried back to the rocks, and the sound of bullets whizzing overhead through the air told him that if he had been two or three seconds at night, the bullets would have more than just cut through the airflow.

Petty, who escaped life and death, naturally didn't dare to stay here, but it was not easy to leave? According to his estimates? At least three or four guns were aimed at their bearings.

That's right, Petty is a precision shooter? At this time, there was no such thing as a sniper? But for a marksman like him, the army naturally has a different use. They don't need to storm enemy positions like other infantry? But on the battlefield, with their excellent marksmanship? gave strong support to his comrades.

So naturally, the players also want to have a sharpshooter among their teammates? Help them reduce stress. Of course, the help is also mutual, and sometimes the sharpshooters also need their help, such as Petty now, who needs their help very much.

"Quick? Cover me! ”

Petty, who was overwhelmed by the opponent's firepower? He shouted to himself for help.

In the face of Petty's loud cry for help, his comrades naturally paid attention to his predicament, and they immediately fired their rifles to the fastest rate of fire, trying to use the advantage of firepower to suppress the enemy.

The M88 Carcano rifle in their hands also fully showed its trustworthy side? At least compared to the weapons in the hands of the Ottoman army, it was much better.

And the opponent's sudden increase in firepower? It did suppress the defenders' firepower. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Petty hurriedly ran out of the stone mill? Jump to a ramp.

And Petty, who had done this cut, felt scared, and was almost confessed to the stone mill before.

But at this time? Suddenly, they heard a cheer.

"What's going on?"

Someone asked curiously.

Suddenly their company commander, Captain Barron, came running? They were given the details. "The three regiments next door? Having broken through the enemy's defenses, it has already stormed Kalamaria. ”

This sentence immediately caused cheers on the battlefield, and at the same time, it also greatly boosted their morale. If others can, then they will definitely be able to do it, and in the next battle, it is obvious that the morale of the two sides is different from before.

And this news is not only a huge improvement for the officers and soldiers, but also excellent news for Lieutenant General Grove, who is in charge of the overall situation on the battlefield.

You must know that in the two days of fighting, the landing force has lost nearly 3,000 men and more than 30 artillery pieces, which is not small at all for the landing force with a total strength of less than 40,000. If he continued to fail to fight, then he would have to consider asking the navy for help and allowing them to use warships to attract the attention of the enemy's coastal defense batteries.

But fortunately, he hasn't sent this request for help yet, so the third regiment did give him a long face this time.

"Major General Prev, the boys of the 3rd Regiment are playing well, I will take credit for them."

Regarding Lieutenant General Grover's words, Major General Pulev, who had previously served as the head of the regiment, naturally felt a light on his face.

"The third regiment did a very good job this time, and it really deserves to be rewarded."

Faced with the words of his deputy Plev, Grove continued to ask, "Are the reinforcements up?" ”

He was more concerned about the development of the battle situation than the praise of the meritorious troops, and since there was such a breakthrough, then expansion was also the idea of every commander.

"We have already gone up, and at present we have transferred one battalion each of the first regiment and the second regiment, and there is also a regiment left by the 1st Marine Division to form a reinforced regiment, and they have already joined the third regiment."

"Good."

Faced with the number of reinforcements detailed by Plev, Grove was very satisfied, and a bold idea came to his mind.

"You say, what do you think if we let the 3rd Regiment ignore everything else and go all the way to the edge of the coastal defense battery?"

Lieutenant General Grlovy's words startled Plev a lot, and the idea was simply bold. From the point of view of military science, it is very easy to be wiped out by the enemy when a lone army goes deep, and no one with basic military knowledge will do so.

But since it can be proposed, then there is naturally a reason for it. , because the coastal defense battery of Kalamaria is located on the coast on a hill called Kirk. These four coastal defense heavy guns were built on the basis of this hill bag.

As long as the 3rd Regiment was able to storm here, even if it could not occupy the coastal fortifications, it would still be able to cut the small city of Kalamaria into two parts. This has a huge advantage for the next battle. At the same time, the difficulty will be reduced a lot, after all, no one wants to fight the defenders for a long time.

Of course, this had the added benefit of strengthening the coastal forts, which also reduced the enemy's resistance in the city. Another advantage is that as a coastal defense heavy artillery, it is not easy to shoot at close targets.

This is also one of the shortcomings of the current coastal defense heavy artillery, but I heard that there are already new types of batteries, and this shortcoming has been removed. But according to the efficiency of the Ottoman Empire, you don't have to think about it. How could this kind of new coastal defense fort appear here?

So this risk, Grovey thinks it's worth the risk.

And in the face of the words of the commander-in-chief, Lieutenant General Grlovy, Pulev spoke after thinking about it. "Since Your Excellency thinks it's worth it, let the Third Regiment attack it."

Both of them made up their minds, and it was easy to do.

Subsequently, the other attacking forces invariably increased their offensive, and they did not want the defenders to withdraw so easily. As for the 3rd Guards Regiment, which had just been entrusted with the important task, after receiving the order, under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Andreas, it attacked the city in one go. They didn't care about their own backs and flanks at all, and only attacked the coastal defense batteries one by one.

The enemy's frenzied performance surprised the commander of the defenders, Major General Akyol, commander of the Ottoman 14th Division, and immediately took out the only battalion reserve to try to block the offensive of the 3rd Regiment. This is the only battalion in its hands, and the rest of the troops are entangled in their positions and cannot retreat at all. A forced retreat will only bring a rout.

By the time the battalion arrived, however, the 3rd Regiment had already reached the foot of the coastal defense battery.

The coastal fort that remained here was not a large man, and even with the addition of a battalion of reinforcements, it was still no match for the 3rd Regiment, and after an afternoon of fierce fighting, the fort was declared to have changed hands in the evening.

Faced with the loss of the fort, Major General Akjol knew that the situation had gone, and immediately ordered all units to break out on their own. And he himself felt ashamed of the expectations of Lieutenant General Owuzi, and committed suicide by swallowing a gun at the headquarters at nineteen o'clock at night.

Although Major General Akyol announced that he would break out of the siege on his own, it was not easy to break out of the encirclement. Many of the defenders were routed and captured by the Italian army under this order.

The gunfire continued until dawn, and at last less than 4,000 officers and men were able to break through the city, and less than 3,000 were able to retreat to Thessalonica, and the nearly 1,000 who were missing naturally ran away or went into hiding.

With the seizure of Kalamaria by the Italian army, the current situation was unusually unfavorable for the defenders of Salonica, because the strong Italian navy would be able to directly threaten its safety with naval guns without the protection of coastal defense batteries.

It's time to make a choice.