1825 My New Daming

Chapter 230 You can start killing bears now! (Please subscribe, please collect)
"boom boom"

In the early morning of May 1829, 5 in the Western calendar, at the front of Adrianople, from 10 o'clock in the morning, the sound of rumbling shell explosions rang out simultaneously everywhere in the first line of defense of the Turks!
This time the Eastern Romans were really awesome. Hundreds of 75mm and 105mm rear-loading howitzers fired at the same time, all of which were filled with picric acid, and the power was quite amazing!

All of a sudden, the Turkish army's position at the front of Adrianople was chaotic, and the flames shot up into the sky, and even the ground under their feet began to tremble.

Standing in a bunker close to the front line, Nicholas I, who was completely submerged by the clusters of smoke from the shells, was so excited that he was so excited that he saw the front positions of the Turks a few kilometers away. Orbital.

This is the first time in 376 years that the artillery of the Eastern Romans exploded on the battlefield near Constantinople again!

With such fierce artillery fire, no one should have survived the hit Turks' positions, right?Nicholas I thought to himself: "It seems that Marshal Wittgenstein underestimated the firepower of the world's number one army. Such a style of play, how can it take five to ten days? 72 hours should be enough to break through the Turks. The defense line of Deriaburg is over, and within a week, the eagle flag of Eastern Rome will definitely fly over the walls of Constantinople again!"

Thinking of this, Nicholas I felt his eye sockets wet for a while, his nose sore again, and tears flowed down uncontrollably.
The area known as the "Trenches of Adrianople" or "Trenches of Edirne" is located just west of Edirne (Adrianople), between the Strandja Mountains and Thrace Between the mountains.This is a piece of terrain that is not too dangerous and not too open. It is tens of kilometers wide and is cut in half by a Dengsa River.

Therefore, in the past few battles of Adrianople, no one has ever engaged in the "power down" style of play.Regardless of whether it is cold weapons or shooting in line, the "Great Wall" must be built to guard the wide front of tens of kilometers.And the Thracian Mountains and the Strandja Mountains are not insurmountable natural dangers.So it's not worthwhile to build a fort in this place, let's fight in the field!

However, in this battle that determined the life and death of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, due to the full use of barbed wire, machine guns and various trench fortifications, layers of trench defense systems appeared.With barbed wire, machine guns, etc., guarding the trenches saves manpower. A division can hold a defense line of more than ten kilometers, and a few divisions on the front of tens of kilometers are enough.

The person in charge of the construction of this defensive system was Hugh Goff Pasha, who had suffered a lot from the "Bagua Machine Gun Array" in Peshawar.

That's right, Hugh Gough is now a pasha too. He had to retire from the British Army because he was blamed for the Peshawar defeat, and he didn't even get a job in the Indian Army.Fortunately, his old boss, Lord Wellesley Way, became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and found him a job as a pasha in Turkey.

However, Goff is quite happy to be a pasha, because Sultan Mahmoud is a good sultan who respects virtuous corporals and values ​​talents. Constantinian's slave market "rescued" a very lovable Greek lady named Alexia.It was captured by Ali Pasha's Egyptian army in Greece and sent to Constantinian for sale.Goff Pasha sympathized with what happened to her, so he asked Kara Pasha to come forward to redeem the man and become himself a Greek tutor
With Pasha's status, Miss Greece as a tutor, and of course the house and treasures bestowed by the Sultan, Hugh Gough felt like he had met the Lord.Hugh Goff Pasha, who met the Ming Lord, of course had to work hard for the Sultan, so these days, he showed his real skills in exchange for the life of the Indian Asan in Peshawar, and helped the Turks build layers of buildings. The eight barbed wire fences and trench positions formed a large trench area, which blocked the west, north and south of Edirne-of course, the eight trench defense lines were not straight, but curved, and seven of them were boarded. The Sa River cuts it in two, and the Eighth Route runs along the Maricha River, forms a salient around the inner city of Edirne, and then continues northwards as far as the Strandja Mountains.

Although there are eight lines of trench defense, and 10 Turkish new army officers and soldiers and 10,000+ mobilized soldiers who have come from Constantiniya one after another, Hugh Gough is still not sure of victory. After all, in previous wars , Mao Xiongjun's performance is much better than that of the Turks!
Moreover, Rakshasa is much stronger than Turkey, and the tsar of Mao Xiong is the master of everything!Although subject to serfdom, it is impossible to completely turn the Rakshasa with a population of more than 3000 million into a war machine, but it is still possible to pull out an army of millions.

In addition, after playing the banner of the Eastern Roman Empire, the Moldavians, Wallachians, Bulgarians, and Greeks in the Turkish Empire have all stood on the side of Mao Xiong.

And the Turkish Sultan is the lord of Constantiniya at a young age. Except for the 10 new army hired with money, only the residents of Constantiniya can be mobilized, and only the Tianfang believers among them Will obey him.

Let me tell you a dumbfounding fact, the army that Caesar Nicholas I of the Eastern Roman Empire could mobilize in the Ottoman Turkish Empire was even more headless than the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II.

Thinking of this, Hugh Gough, who was hiding from shells in a bunker at the front of the Edirne defense line, sighed and thought: "Although Mahmud II performed very well, he was not afraid to face a strong enemy. Junbao tried his best to mobilize the army, and even came to Edirne to supervise the battle in person, but his fate with Turkey is still doomed, the most is to bleed more Rakshasa people, but his demise is definitely a must for the British Empire It's worth it, it's an honor for him and Turkey!"

At this moment, the sound of the artillery from the front had become a little sparse, and after about a few minutes, the sound of the artillery finally stopped abruptly.

Hugh Goff took out his pocket watch and looked at it, then muttered in a low voice: "One hour. Nicholas I is still careless, he doesn't have many shells!"

While talking, he put away his pocket watch, turned around, and quickly walked out of the bunker.

Outside the bunker was a tall barn, where Hussein Pasha's former enemy command post was located.When the Raksha people started shelling just now, most of the people in the command post hid in several anti-gun bunkers.Now that the shelling was over, everyone came out of their bunkers and took their positions.

When Hugh Goff walked into the command post, it was already full of hustle and bustle.The phone rang one after another, and the staff officers of the new Turkish army picked up the handset and asked loudly about the situation on the front line.

"Hey. Report the loss! Can you still maintain the position?"

"What? There are not many casualties? Good, good, we must hold the position!"

"Report the situation of the Rakshasa people in person."

"Hey, hey, check the line! Line 15 is disconnected!"

Using complicated telephone lines like spider webs to connect the entire position in series to form a whole is a command method that began to appear during the Napoleonic Wars.This command method combined with the solid position composed of machine guns, barbed wire, and trenches is really perfect!

The generals in charge of commanding operations can now easily understand the situation in various parts of the position, dispatch reinforcements at any time, and can also command artillery to block and shoot the enemy's attacking troops. It is very convenient.

"What? A large number of Raksha people appeared in front of the 11th position. The formation is dense. Okay, continue to observe!" At this time, a staff member of the new Turkish army suddenly shouted at Hugh Goff in English, "Goff Pasha , Rakshakuma started to attack, and their first goal is the No. 11 position near the Dengsa River!"

Hugh Goff nodded heavily: "Okay! Now we can start killing bears!"

(End of this chapter)