Rush!"

"Didi Da..."

The sound of killing shouts and the horn of the charge resounded in Aleppo, and the Ming soldiers with rifles with bayonets shouted and launched another round of charge.

"Bang bang bang..."

A burst of gunfire rang out from the opposite side accompanied by gunsmoke, and a Ming soldier holding the white tiger battle flag fell, but before the military flag fell, a new soldier rushed forward and grabbed the military flag and continued to lead the team to charge forward.

"Shoot them!"

There was a roar in the trenches, a roar of artillery rang out, and more than a dozen figures fell from the charging crowd.

"Let them pull back, and the artillery will continue to bombard!"

Qi Yuan, who was commanding in the rear, frowned when he saw that this round of attacks had no effect, and had no choice but to order the troops to retreat.

This is the third day of the assault on Aleppo, and the offensive effect is not as good as expected.

Since the defeat, Omurad has also learned well.

He studied the battles of the Ming Dynasty that he knew, and with his generals, he created a line of defense against the Ming attack.

This line of defense was dominated by trenches and various obstacles, and in the trenches there were also anti-artillery pits dug for soldiers to hide.

The soldiers were hiding in the trenches, waiting for the Ming army to attack, so that the ultra-long range of the Ming army's weapons was no threat to them.

If the Ming army wants to achieve results, it must attack, and in this way, the Ming army will definitely come into their range.

Then the Osmans can use the way of rotation to block the advance of the Ming Dynasty.

Even if the Ming army rushed in, he was not afraid, he was still in the trenches, and he also arranged a cold weapon unit, specifically for hand-to-hand combat.

After Qi Yuan arrived, after a round of artillery bombardment, he ordered the troops to attack.

As a result, the first round of the attack was dealt a heavy blow, and the 300 soldiers who launched the attack suffered seventy or eighty casualties at once.

Qi Yuan, who touched the nail in the first game, was naturally unwilling and unconvinced, and directly let the artillery shoot 1/3 of the ammunition.

The effect was okay, and the later attack successfully won the Aleppo perimeter defense.

But the Ming army had not occupied it for a day, and at night, the Ottoman army launched a counterattack, and a scuffle broke out, and later the Ming army suffered too many casualties and withdrew from the defensive line occupied during the day.

On the second day, Qi Yuan launched another artillery bombardment and charge, and then took the line of defense again.

In the evening, the Ottoman came again, but the Osman was subjected to heavy machine gun fire arranged by Qi Yuan.

But the Ottomans did not retreat, but relied on their familiarity with the terrain and pushed the heavy shield cart directly on top.

It was another bloody fight, neither side took advantage, and when it was daybreak, one side occupied half of the defense, ending the night of fighting.

The charge just now was the beginning of the third day of fighting.

In the clash last night, the Ming army occupied a little outer defensive line, and the terrain in the middle was taken by the Ottoman side.

At first, the Ming army wanted to kill from the trenches, but the Ottoman side seemed to have been prepared for a long time, blocking the trenches with various obstacles and shield vehicles, and the Ming army could only attack from the trenches.

However, the effect was not obvious, from morning to noon, the Ming army suffered nearly 100 casualties on this side, and only took a defensive line of less than 20 meters.

Although the Ottoman side also suffered two or three hundred casualties, for the Ottomans, who were in the rear on their own territory, they were consumed.

But Qi Yuan's side can't afford to consume it, not to mention the loss of troops, ammunition replenishment is a problem.

They were so far away from the mainland that every round of ammunition needed to be transported from the Ming side.

After two days of fighting, the infantry side was a little better, and the artillery side had only 1/3 of the ammunition left.

After Qi Yuan inquired about the rear, he learned that the next batch of ammunition would take at least half a month to be delivered.

That is, to finish this

A batch of ammunition, the artillery battalion in Qi Yuan's hands is about to become an ornament.

Listening to the rumbling cannon sound in his ears, Qi Yuan's expression was extremely solemn.

Now he finally understands His Highness's words, now the war is not about the battlefield, but about the logistics and supply capabilities.

Whoever has a logistics block, who can be like an opponent crazy cathartic ammunition.

Whoever is logistically slow is the one who is beaten.

"Lord Commander, do we want to urge the rear line again, let them send airship troops to transport ammunition for us, with this kind of fierce fighting, within three days, our brothers will be fighting each other with bayonets."

The commander of the Western Expeditionary Corps looked at the report given by the rear in his hand, and put forward his own suggestions with a worried face.

Qi Yuan, who was holding the binoculars and looking at the effect of the shelling, glanced back at him and shook his head.

"The airships are all supporting the Eastern Front, and they don't have the energy to take care of our side at all, tell your brothers to save ammunition, hold on for a while, and new supplies will come."

The commander opened his mouth, and finally sighed helplessly, and then calculated how to use the ammunition most effectively.

"Did you ever think you'd face such an outcome?"

After directing the servants to leave, Saxu'er, who was holding a water cup on the side, stepped forward and stood beside Qi Yuan, looking at the battlefield with artillery fire in the distance.

"No one is a fool, he doesn't know how to dodge after being slapped in the face, Omurad is a male lord, he has suffered a loss once, and he will naturally have a memory."

"We overhauled the construction in Jerusalem, and used all the current defense lines of the Ming Dynasty, although we tried our best to keep it secret, but it was not a gadget, it could be hidden in the pocket of the quilt so that people could not see it."

Retracting the telescope and coming to the command table, looking at the map above, Qi Yuan said in a deep voice: "There is no easy war in this world, you are improving, the enemy is also improving, what we have to do is not sigh and get angry, but how to go further, so that the enemy can't catch up with us."

"Looks like you've got a solution."

Noticing that Qi Yuan couldn't take his eyes off a certain location on the map, Saxu'er understood that the other party probably had an idea in his heart.

"I've spoken with the Chief Officers of the Navy, who are currently on the island of Cyprus to prepare for their next steps."

"What plan?"

Sashel came interested.

Qi Yuan glanced at him and smiled, turned around and walked to the radio room in the next room.

As soon as Saxu'er wanted to follow, he was stopped by Qi Yuan's guards.

"The commander has ordered that no one enter the telegraph room during the battle."

Sashel glanced at the guards and nodded, then turned around and walked to the observation port with the water cup in his hand, continuing to watch the shelling.

Entering the telegraph room, Qi Yuan groaned for a moment and said to the signal soldier: "Send a telegram to Chief Officer Li and tell him that I plan to personally lead troops to cooperate with him in attacking the military Tancienburg, and ask him if he is willing to cooperate."

If you can't get through all the way, then move forward from other places, this is Qi Yuan's thought at this time.

Aleppo has been built into a strong defensive line by the enemy, and it will take some time to take it.

Qi Yuan couldn't wait so long, he decided to leave one legion to entangle the other party, and he took the remaining three main legions and followed the navy to attack Constantinople.

Destroyed the Ottoman military base, and then attacked Nicaea, cutting off the enemy's logistics in one fell swoop.

Regardless of whether the enemy withdraws his troops or not, the Ottoman lands in East Asia will be completely out of control.

Although this did not achieve the goal of occupying this area, it also completed the plan to cooperate with the operation on the Eastern Front.

The Navy replied quickly.

Li Hu, who was still worried that the navy could only launch a sea attack and could not further land and destroy Constantinople, after receiving Qi Yuan's telegram, he agreed without saying a word, and by the way, he also agreed where to board the ship.

Although the plan to cooperate with the navy was set, the fighting in Aleppo did not stop during the day, and it still put on a dead face on the other side.

However, on the second day, Omula

De was shocked to find that the Ming army had actually given up the defensive line that had been seized with great difficulty yesterday, and also set up a defensive line in the distance, and confronted them.

"There aren't as many people as there were yesterday?"

In the Aleppo City Lord's Palace, Omurad frowned and looked at the returning spies.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we have looked at it from afar, and although there are still so many tents, there are not many people inside them and in the trenches."

"And we've also spotted signs of a large group of men and horses marching around, and according to our judgment, they may have left part of their army yesterday."

Frowning at the spies to continue their discussions, Omurad frowned as he looked at the map behind him with his hands behind his back.

"Ochbenri, tell me what you think!"

Looking at the map and thinking for a long time, Omurad, who didn't think of a clue, turned around and looked at his most trusted general, Ochibenri.

Ochben, who had been defeated outside Jerusalem, returned unpunished, but was warmly received by Omurad.

In Omurad's words: Although you lost this battle, it gave us a test of the general strength of the Ming army, and learned about the configuration of the Ming army's weapons, which provided great help for future operations.

Deeply moved, Aoqi's ability, after showing his loyalty to Omurad, told him about the various defense methods he came up with after encountering the Ming army.

With the combination of the two, coupled with the intelligence from the spies, Aleppo's defense line was built.

The result was very obvious, the Ming army really suffered a loss in this and successfully blocked the advance of the Ming army.

Aoqi stepped forward, looked at the map and buffered: "Our defense line is very strong, I have seen their ammunition, ordinary manual production can't be made at all, it definitely needs to be manufactured by a factory, this place is very far away from their homeland, with their kind of heroic fighting, the ammunition they store can't last long."

"So I guess they have to find another way to break the game."

"With their arrangements today, I have a rough guess in my heart, he should use a part of the troops to entangle our main force, and then the other troops break through from other places, completely cut off our logistics line, leaving us alone, and finally have no choice but to retreat, or fight to the death with them."

"But these two choices, no matter which one we choose, is a dead end."

"Without a strong defense, our weapons are no match for them, and if we encounter them where there is no defense, we will definitely lose."

Omurad nodded, looked at the hanging map, and fell into deep thought.

The Ming army wanted to cut off their logistics line, and there were only two ways to go.

First, it bypassed them to the west, but the roads there were already controlled by the Ottomans, and it was impossible for the Ming army to pass without moving the Ottoman army.

Second, that is, bypassing from the Timurid Empire.

However, on the side of the Timurid Empire, there are Gobi and deserts, and the Great Army has no logistical supplies, and even if it passes, it will become a lone army.

And more importantly, after experiencing the Black Death, there are few people in the thousands of miles around Aleppo except for the army.

If the Ming army rashly bypassed, not only would they not be able to achieve the desired results, but they would also collapse with food alone.

"Could it be that I am thinking too much, they are actually retreating."

After thinking about it for a long time, he felt that the Ming army had not bypassed the possible Omurad, and his brows were tightly furrowed.

"Report, there's important news from the Navy."

An officer ran in briskly and handed Omurad a letter with an anxious expression.

Seeing the officer's nervous expression, Omurad was shocked, and quickly took the letter and read it at a glance.

When he saw the content clearly, his body staggered.

"Your Majesty!"

Ochiben on the side hurriedly supported Omurad.

"The navy is defeated, and the losses are heavy,

Only a few dozen ships retreated, and all the others perished at sea."

Omurad's words were like a thunderbolt from the blue, making everyone present tremble.

"Not good!"

Ochbenli didn't know what he was thinking, he suddenly exclaimed, and then said anxiously to Omurad: "The navy, it's the navy, he wants to use the naval transport to attack from other places like me."

The reason why Ochie has such a guess is because he relied on the navy to attack Jerusalem in the first place.

The general on the opposite side, perhaps seeing that Aleppo could not break through, or did not want to bear greater losses, chose the same method as him to use naval transportation to cut off the logistics of the main Ottoman army from the rear.

Hearing Ochbenri's words, Omurad struggled to his feet, staggered to the map, his eyes quickly searching the map.

After looking around, he locked his gaze on one spot, and his eyes instantly turned red.

"Damn, their target is likely to be Constantinople!"

Constantinople is the military base of the *** alliance, this is actually not a secret, the Ming army wants to investigate, it will definitely be able to investigate.

The Ming navy won the victory and gained control of the sea, and if Omurad was the commander of the other side, he would definitely destroy the military Tancienburg as soon as possible, *** Alliance, an important military base.

As long as Constantinople is destroyed, the logistics of the alliance's weapons will be dealt a serious blow, and it is simply impossible to establish such a large supply base in a short period of time, not to mention that even if it is established, where to find so many craftsmen to make weapons and ammunition.

Without weapons and ammunition replenishment, the coalition army led by Omurad had no choice but to change back to the previous cold weapons.

Thinking of this, Omurad roared at Ochie, "You send people back to Constantinople at once, and tell them to move away and retreat immediately!" Hurry, it's too late."

(End of chapter)