The sun never sets in America

Chapter 431 The cunning British guy
"Basha, Basha——"

"Boom boom", roars came from his ears. Yankonov pushed the machine gunner Basha who was buried in the sand next to him. After pushing for a long time, there was no movement.

"Huhu", taking a deep breath, Yankonov looked around, but did not see his good friend Zelasimov.

Looking at the Type 20 heavy machine gun in front of him, Yankonov held the dusty handle nonchalantly. When his eyes were pointed forward, he suddenly felt infinite power.

Listening to the footsteps rushing up from the front, Yankonov's hands kept shaking and his face was a little flushed. This was not nervousness, but a sign of excitement.

"Da da da", when Yankonov pulled the trigger, his mind went blank, and he even felt like his body was being hollowed out. Although it was an "empty" feeling, his brain was empty at this moment. Being sober, he can even accurately judge in which direction to shoot, and the probability of hitting the enemy will be greater.

In fact, strictly speaking, the machine gun in Yankonov's hand is a second-hand product that was repaired by the Han army in the American battlefield, and it is even considered a "battle-damaged version." The machine gun that Yankonov is using now is considered to be in relatively good condition. New, even among all machine guns in the Russian army, it is considered a "new gun".

After all, due to the backward industry of the Russian army, the supply of artillery shells and bullets has actually been a little beyond their means until now. Especially compared to the United States and Han who spend money like water and rain bombs, they are not even qualified to play on the card table.

If Osman hadn't been an "industrial soft-footed shrimp", Russia might have once again suffered a Crimean-like defeat, and it would have been impossible to fight until now.

"Da da da", the constantly moving fire snake was born in Yankonov's hands, and finally stopped under the inspiration of a white smoke.

When the roar of the machine gun sounded again, and when the fire snake bloomed in Yankonov's hands again, an area of ​​only 200 meters was already filled with Ottoman corpses.

With this style of play, even if the Ottoman Empire returns at its peak, it will be impossible to save the war.

In fact, this batch of Ottoman troops was not commanded by the Ottoman troops at all. They were all commanded by the British troops stationed in the West Asia Command.

This is simply a "miracle" for the Ottoman Army, which has been fighting, timid, and passively avoiding war. For Yankonov, who has been participating in this war from beginning to end, this is compared to the Virgin Mary. Sub-Apparition, Basha, who had just been shocked to death by a shell, suddenly came to life and told him that he was back again, and everything was weird.

The fundamental reason why it is called "customary" is because in many colonial areas, one of the things that the British army in the colonies often likes to do the most is to let an officer with a low military rank command tens of thousands of troops, which seems a bit out of bounds. But in essence, this is actually the arrogance in the bones of the British. They do not regard the colonial troops as the army, and they do not regard the colonial soldiers as soldiers of the British Empire.

There are even issues with the capabilities of some officers, but these are not important in the UK at this time. What is important is that according to the plans of the big guys in the House of Lords, in the next three months, the UK must be able to deploy at least two million troops in Europe. , and where did these two million troops come from? ?

Although these four so-called West Asian divisions are organized as divisions, with the cunningness of the British, they naturally have to mix something different into them. The establishment is not large and there are many subordinate troops, so it has become a usual trick.

And it is such a huge headquarters that cannot be larger. The troops under its jurisdiction are actually only four British divisions composed of mercenaries, or "Western Asia Divisions".

But in the rear, under the machine guns of the British army's supervising team and the "whips" of the British officers, the Ottoman Army, which had been dormant for several months, was recovering bit by bit, even allowing some old-school troops on the opposite side to experience The Russian officers who lived in the Crimean War had a sudden sense of trance. This feeling only appeared in one place and for a while, and that was when the Han army was running around like a vicious dog. Ottoman Army.

Because before, the average ratio between them and the Russian army was three to one, and in extreme cases, it even reached four to one.

As for the entire West Asia Command, as you can tell by the name, it is not simple. It basically controls the entire West Asia, and its sphere of influence extends to North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Persian Gulf.

But now, as the former comrades of the Han army, the British army has completely taken over the mantle of the Han army, using this so-called "whip theory" to command the Ottomans, and achieved unexpected success.

The same is true for this West Asian division. However, due to strategic needs, the proportion of British people is relatively high. A British division with a basic establishment of 17,000 people. After its establishment in West Asia, it recruited locals on a large scale. After a short period of time, Expansion, mature Ottoman soldiers and officers have been introduced, and the size of a division has been increased to 50,000.

Or as the commander of the Han army said back then:
"It's not that the Ottomans don't know how to fight, it's that they don't know how to fight under the command of their own people!!"

Of course, they are recruited from the vast colonies. As for quality, the British Empire only needs qualified cannon fodder and qualified soldiers. Let's wait until you survive! !
The above-mentioned "British rules" are simply a bible to Yankonov who is still fighting at this time, and he does not want to know these so-called conspiracies and truths. He just wants to say something now: "Reinforcements, Where are our reinforcements?"

Yankonov clumsily imitated the way Basha changed the barrel of his gun, but because of his unskilledness, he failed to change it several times in a row. Especially when the Ottomans on the opposite side continued to kill him, he was completely wiped out. It felt like I had just finished a sauna and felt wet.

So much so that some people familiar with the British army have ridiculed this as a "naked excessive military expansion." Of course, the British themselves are quite satisfied with this method of military expansion.

Just when Yankonov kept complaining, the Ottoman army, which was already shaky on the entire front, even achieved the best record in history, one to two. That's right, one Russian army was replaced by two Austrian soldiers. In the eyes of the Ottomans at this time, it was even considered a good deal.

"Crack", when the mechanical sound of the gun barrel being jammed sounded, the Ottoman clown on the opposite side had already rushed up.

Their bodies all had a common appearance, that is, their heads were pointing upward, which meant that they all died on the way to attack.

After all, this method of large-scale expansion while maintaining the same establishment is a very correct approach in today's war with millions of dollars at every turn, especially for a small local army that requires a large number of troops during wartime. For the British Empire, which was mobilizing on a large scale, this approach was similar to adding water to a sponge and it expanded instantly. Although there were so many problems in the eyes of those professionals, such as army command problems, the problem that grassroots troops expanded too quickly and could not be effectively commanded, and even Includes tactical strategic execution issues.

In the eyes of the British army at this time, the image of the Ottomans and the image of the Han army are overlapping. In other words, this is the essence of the Turks, they eat soft things but not hard things! !
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It had just rained in Istanbul. If it had been a while ago, the streets would have been so depressed that it would have been as if the Russian army had already invaded.

But at this moment, only the "depressed" excitement is left.

When British soldiers swaggered through the streets of Istanbul with Turkish women in their arms, and even started to behave randomly after drinking some wine, it was simply "good news" for the Ottomans who had been frightened by the Russian army.

Although this gospel seems a bit humiliating, compared with the "fear" of the past few days and the so-called "national defense" with old-fashioned muskets and kitchen knives, this humiliation does not really make the Ottomans heartache, and it can even It is said that it was this colored humiliation that ushered in precious living space for the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

This kind of security is for ordinary Ottomans, but for those who understand, this so-called "security" is dyed with the blood of the Ottoman royal family.

Just two days ago, His Majesty the Sultan suddenly suffered a heart attack and died suddenly while admiring flowers in the palace. His son Murad succeeded to the throne of Sultan ahead of schedule, which was also called a "surprise attack" by some people.

This sudden and even unresponsive change of power did not stop. Omart, the commander of the 12th Army who was originally stationed on the west side of Istanbul, was arrested while commanding the war and was charged with "collaborating with the enemy."

If these have touched the sensitive nerves of some Austrian troops, then the following British mercenaries have greatly refreshed some people's understanding of war, and shocked many with the name of the British Empire. A powerful general who plans to take a desperate risk and join the Russian army directly.

The rest is the same as what most countries choose. They first take back the command of the army and reduce the vassalage to a certain extent, and then give up the command of the war to the United States like the last Crimean War. British.

Even this transfer was easier than the last time. The fundamental reason was the impact of the Crimean War on most people.

And if the resumption of power and rectification after the British joined was a natural move, then concentrating all the troops on the front line 200 kilometers away from Istanbul became a war method that was almost "gamble".

As an Ottoman general said:
"Hundreds of years of history of the Ottoman Turkish Empire has been in the hands of the British. Their opinions are more important than the Sultan, and we have to implement them!!"......

The West Asian Command Building is a typical Christian building. This building is also one of the few Western buildings in the entire city of Istanbul. It can be regarded as a cultural relic and antique building.

After the British army took over this church-like building, they carried out many renovations including explosion-proof and fire-proofing, and it is still in the process of renovation.

"Real, I remember you, you are from Manchester, oh, forgive me, I can't remember which class you are in..."

"Charlie, Omag, you are already a general. Damn it, this is really unbelievable. The little guy who called Mommy in Crimea last time will actually become a general one day..."

"Shet, you are all good people!!"

Admiral Burton, who was wearing glasses, was shaking hands with the frontline generals who had just come to the headquarters to report on their duties. Even a lieutenant colonel he affectionately called each other "the great guy from Cambridge."

When the initial sixteen minutes of greetings and greetings ended, Admiral Burton stood in front of the long table, looked around, and then spoke:
"Let us raise a toast together, to ourselves, to those warriors who sacrificed their lives on the front line, and more to those savage Russians. Although they are stupid, this does not prevent me from loving them, because they will bring us glory and bring us glory." Here comes a bigger opportunity..."

"Haha", with the opening toast and laughter, this meeting on war was officially held.

"According to intelligence, we currently have about 1.1 million Russian troops settled there. These people are mainly divided into 800,000 army troops, 150,000 cavalry troops, and even more than 50,000 artillery troops, and A baggage force of more than 100,000 people..."

"Their weapons are basically these types. They look very similar to those used by the Han people..."

"Swipe", the huge photo was spread out, revealing machine guns, artillery, even individual weapons such as rifles and grenades, and even the cheap gray square-hat military uniforms used by the Russian army.

"The weapons of the Russian army look pretty good. At least they are considered to be first-rate in Europe."

"But everyone must not forget that the industrial strength of the Russians is difficult to support large-scale, long-term, and intense war consumption."

"Their current so-called strength is based on the incompetence and weak industrial capabilities of the Ottomans. This is exactly the best thing for us!!"

Warm laughter rang out again, and everyone knew that there was no larger industrial country on this planet than the British Empire.

And now this industrial giant has begun to end. Although it has ended as a "mercenary", the fluctuations it has caused are inevitable.

In fact, when British mercenaries appeared in Asia Minor, the whole of Europe was focused on London, Asia Minor, and the Franco-Spanish War that was coming to an end. No one even paid attention to it anymore. For them, Spain was destined to be The French Empire conquered. In this case, what is the need to pay attention to a dead man? ?

"We have now reintegrated the front lines. According to the observations in the past few days, the effect is pretty good, which has initially alleviated the precarious situation some time ago..."

"But in some places, we still have some shortcomings, such as the quality of the Ottoman soldiers, the scarcity of the British army itself, over-reliance on the colonial army, etc., as well as the volatility of the local strategy."

The "volatility" that Admiral Burton refers to is actually the changes that have occurred in the UK due to the war situation in Europe.

It can be said that this part of the change is what everyone in the West Asia Command is most worried about at present. It can be seen from the serious expressions of the people around that once the situation in Europe changes, all their efforts may become "illusory" .

After all, no matter how you say it, the British Empire is a European country. Although it is far away from overseas, it is very close to France and only has the English Channel which is not too far away.

So for the British, Europe's security is Britain's security, and Europe's problems must also be Britain's problems.

Under this situation, the British national strategy will change with the changes in the European situation, and it is by no means so-called "unchanged". Under such circumstances, although the West Asia Command has obtained almost everything, Even beyond the rights, but once a certain "European Command" is put up for sale, they will become the so-called spare tires and no one will care about them.

Therefore, achieving good results and attracting domestic attention became the common thought of West Asian officers, including Burton.

"According to the current situation, without using naval support, it will be difficult for us to drive the opponent out of the Asia Minor Peninsula in a land war."

Burton is very clear about the current situation on both sides. The British have just arrived and have not yet established a stable foothold. The Ottomans can only fight under the supervision of machine guns and bayonets. In such a situation, the navy becomes very important.

But the most unusable thing at present is the navy. After all, it’s okay to use the army. The Russians don’t care about their stupidity and will not completely fall out with the British Empire. But if the Royal Navy also builds a so-called mercenary fleet, it will be a complete rift. .

After all, the Russian Bear can pretend not to know when the Army appears and avoid making the mistake of "teaching others a lesson" during the Crimean War.

But if the Royal Navy joins in, or even enters the Black Sea, Nicholas will dare to lose face and beg Napoleon III, and even give up some geographical interests to fight the British.

Not the "sneaky" fight now, but a real war.

"So I think our best way is to fight back and let those stupid Russian bears bleed blood in Asia Minor, just like the Americans did in Youzhou!!"

As a person who had just returned from the Youzhou battlefield, Burton highly praised the Han army's tactics of first defending, then retreating and then encircling, and even said:
"Although we can't call the Royal Navy, we can still rely on the Ottoman navy to launch a landing battle in the Black Sea. Once successful, we can even follow the example of the Han army's roundabout attack on Louisiana and slap the disgusting butt of the Russian bear. , stab it with a knife and draw a V..."

"Ha ha……"

This is laughter that I don’t know how many times. It can also be seen from the laughter how much the British looked down on Russia during this period. It can even be said that the Slavs were originally at the bottom of Europe.

As a Slavic country, Russia does not have as many friends in Europe as Nicholas boasted.

“Everyone, we want those stupid Russian bears to know that in Europe, no country can violate the will of the British Empire, not France, not even Russia!!”

Burton shouted the so-called "Long Live Britain" with a serious expression.

Soon, a tune called the Grenadier March sounded in the conference room.

For the whole of Europe, a truly large-scale melee has not even occurred yet! !
(End of this chapter)