1825 My New Daming

Chapter 232 Rakshasa is nothing more than that, Da Ming quickly equip it! (Please subscribe, please collect)

The artillery fire swept over the Turkish positions at the front of Adrianople like a wind, and for a moment high and low smoke rose above the Turkish front lines at the same time.The scale of this bombardment was double that of the two previous bombardments launched by the Rakshasa Army.

Nicholas I was obviously in a hurry. His Roman legion had already experienced three offensive failures in the six hours from early morning to noon on May 5.And they were all disastrous defeats. Although the three Roman legions that joined fought very bravely, they charged against the artillery fire, machine guns, and rifles of the Turks, and broke through the anti-infantry trenches and barbed wire fences at the front of the Turkish positions twice. Into the trench line of the Turks.However, they were repelled by the Turkish new army officers and soldiers who came up along the traffic trench with bayonet rifles and grenades, and retreated with heavy casualties.

Looking down from a high place, you can see that the front of the Turks' positions and inside and outside the trenches are full of gray corpses, especially in the area between the anti-infantry trenches and the barbed wire defense line. —Although the Rakshasa infantry were all issued with pliers that could cut barbed wire, the iron wire that the Turks wrapped around the stake was not one, but many spiked wires, and the wires were connected to each other , forming a large network that is difficult to break.In the key parts connecting the stakes, three or four iron wires are entangled together, which is difficult to cut off at once.

While the bear soldiers cut the wires one by one with iron tongs, the officers and soldiers of the new Turkish army who had arrived at the forward position would use machine guns, rifles, mortars and grenades to attack the Rakshasa soldiers huddled in front of the barbed wire. Attack!

At the same time, the British 13-pound field artillery deployed behind the Turkish army's defense line began to fire surprisingly lethal shrapnel!This kind of shell uses a thin forged shell, and the inside of the shell is equipped with a fuze that can be detonated at a fixed time. As long as the time for the shell to fly from the gun position to the barbed wire line is calculated in advance, the detonation time of the shell can be set so that they can fly It exploded when it gathered on top of the Luocha soldiers in front of the barbed wire.

Because the distance between the barbed wire line and each field artillery position has already been measured, and a test firing has been carried out in advance, so the shooting is very accurate at this moment!One shot can blow up a piece!
In front of the barbed wire fence of the Turks, there were already corpses all over the place in a short while!
Although the Rakshasa always endured casualties in the end until the barbed wire defense line was breached, the huge losses still seriously weakened the momentum of their attack.By the time the Rakshasa officers and soldiers who escaped the Turkish army's bullets, shells and grenades rushed into the opponent's trench line, they were already at the end of their battles
The three offensive failures, thousands of people killed or missing, and thousands of wounded who were carried off by stretchers all indicated that the Rakshasa army, which has been relentless since the beginning of the war, is falling into a real bitter battle!

Of course, this level of bitter fighting is really nothing compared to the later trench warfare.But Nicholas I never experienced anything like this.The only combat experience the warlike tsar had before today was with machine guns and artillery against the Decembers on Palace Square.

And all his knowledge of military command came from the Napoleonic and earlier wars.Although during the Napoleonic Wars there were already soldiers squatting in the trenches and firing, and there were also "whirlwind machine guns" that could fire continuously, but at that time there were no layers of barbed wire, no water-cooled machine guns and new-style grenades with amazing lethality. bomb.Therefore, the effect of positional warfare was not very good, and mobile warfare was the mainstream at that time.In Nicholas I's mind, the Turks were simply vulnerable.

But now, Nicholas I's "Invincible Roman Legion" was beaten by the Turks who he always looked down on with a brand new method of warfare!And it was under the watchful eyes of diplomats and reporters from various countries!

It's embarrassing now!

You must know that Luocha's army has been known as the world's number one since the Napoleonic Wars, and the world's number one army has only this combat power?

Is the world's number one army going to be replaced?

Nicholas I, who was a little annoyed and angry, called his marshal and generals to his command post to scold them while having lunch on May 5, and then ordered them to increase their firepower and attack. Breakthrough at any cost!
The Tsar was angry, and the consequences were serious!

Nicholas I's marshals and generals all felt the tsar's anger, so when the offensive started that afternoon, they showed their real strength-doubled the firepower and doubled the attacking troops!
But Nicholas' reaction was already in Hugh Goff Pasha's expectation.He also moved forward more artillery, machine guns, and reserves.Moreover, he also took advantage of the other party's opportunity to have lunch and adjust the deployment, ordering his subordinates to rest and reinforce the already somewhat dilapidated positions, and also ordered people to plant expensive British landmines behind the barbed wire.

And Sultan Mahmud II, who was sitting in the inner city of Edir, became more courageous after learning about the battle in the morning.He personally brought his own soldiers and his own nine-horsetail flag and Caliphate flag, and arrived at the front of the Edirne defense line amidst the cheers of "True God is the greatest".

So far, the Tsar of Rakshasa, the Sultan of Turkey, and the generals, officers, and soldiers under him have made the greatest determination.

And their determination, on the afternoon of May 5th, turned into a fierce, cruel, efficient, but meaningless killing!
When the dusk of May 5th came, there was almost no change in the battle lines between the two sides. The only changes were the increasing number of casualties, ammunition consumption, and perhaps the international status of Rakshasa!

"Trash! Trash! It's all trash! Tens of thousands of people died, and tens of thousands were injured. They also fired more than 20 shells! You trash can't capture any of the Turks' line of defense. You even their first Not a single line of defense was captured! When will you bastards break through the Turks' defenses? Tell me!"

In the tsar's former enemy command post, Nicholas I, who had personally taken over the operational command, uttered the loudest roar to a group of dejected marshals and generals.

His 22 legions had a total of about [-] people. They lost [-]% of the attack on the first day, and more than half of their ammunition was used up, but the results were almost nothing.

How can this battle continue?
What's worse, Nicholas I has already played the signboard of the Eastern Roman Empire, and even crossed the sea in front of diplomats and reporters from all over the world. If he can't win, it will be a big loss in front of the whole world. Rakshasa's prestige!

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Tsar," Peter Wittgenstein stammered as he looked at Nicholas I who had fallen into a state of rage, "the enemy's line of defense is obviously stronger than we expected. Our 75mm cannons and The 105mm cannons had insufficient firepower to destroy their positions.

In addition, even 75mm and 105mm shells are not enough.The consumption of ammunition is too high, more than 20 rounds of shells were destroyed in a day, which was enough for several battles in the past! "

Nicholas I clenched his fists, glared at the old marshal in front of him, and said word by word: "Marshal, I don't want to listen to your nonsense. What I and the Rakshasa Empire need is victory! Your task is to lead the front line The army won the victory! In order to win, I can give you anything, what the Raksha Empire has, I can give it! If the Raksha Empire doesn’t have it, go buy it, use oil or gold to buy it from the Ming Empire!”

Marshal, what do you want?Speak up! "Grand Duke Mikhail looked at the old marshal who was a little dazed and asked.

He has also witnessed the tragedy on the front line, and of course he knows that the people below have worked very hard, and the failure to win must be because the weapons are not good enough!
Marshal Peter Wittgenstein said: "I, I need 155mm guns, at least 300, and enough shells! I also need napalm bombs that can be used to burn enemy positions. In addition, our troops are not enough , At least 10 reinforcements are needed!"

(End of this chapter)