Vol 2 Chapter 53: Zhan Zhengsheng

The deployment of Bulgarian forces is entirely a combat plan formulated for the Turkish army. There is no doubt that the Istanbul area will be the focus of the two countries' contention, followed by the Macedonia area!
The Ottoman Empire deployed 150,000 troops in Istanbul, 80,000 troops in Macedonia, about 100,000 in the Greek front, 40,000 in Albania, and 30,000 in Kosovo!
As soon as the Balkan War broke out, Bulgaria received broad support from all ethnic groups in the Balkans. Everywhere the Bulgarian army passed, the people offered to help.
Oh, these are inseparable from the operations of successive Bulgarian governments! Especially after Ferdinand took power, in addition to cultural output, the intelligence department also worked hard in the Balkans. Using the contradiction between the Ottoman Empire and the local people, they attracted a group of people who tended to Bulgaria, and created good for the war. Mass Basis!
As soon as the war broke out on May 4th, the Bulgarian army went forward bravely, like a broken bamboo!
On the third day after the start of the war, the Bulgarian First Army smashed the Turkish counterattacks many times. The forward forces: the First Guards Division and the Army First Division have begun to encircle the Adriana Fortress, and the 10th Division has already captured Losingrad city!
The Turkish command was too late to complete the reorganization of the collapsed troops. On May 8, the Bulgarian first and third heavy artillery regiments arrived at the city of Adriana and immediately launched an onslaught.
In this offensive and defensive battle, the mortar began to move towards the stage of history and opened its legendary road!
In order to defend the city of Adriana, the Ottomans also worked hard. In addition to the fortresses all over the country, there are dense trenches, barbed wire, heavy machine guns and so on!
All this has made the Bulgarian army famous!
Since the "Mortar" has not yet appeared, the defense against it naturally does not exist!
Originally, the Bulgarian army was only prepared to use mortars against machine guns, but as soon as they appeared on the battlefield, they stunned everyone.
The third battalion, Third Regiment of the First Guards Division, when attacking the Turkish army's position, the heavy machine guns on the opposite side rang "Papa, Papa, Papa...".
The commander of the third battalion Kakashi Ivanov immediately ordered his men to set up a "mortar" to destroy the enemy's heavy machine gun.
Because Ferdinand's version of the "Mortar" is too crude, not only the range is short, the head is not good at all, and then the artillery fired without accident!
This flight caused a problem. The shell flew to the Ottoman formation. With a "boom", the Turkish army's ammunition box was detonated. The bullets began to fly in an instant, leaving only a wailing!
Good guy, it was obviously missed, and the result was better than expected. A single shell took away the lives of dozens of Ottoman soldiers!
Seeing this, Kakashi Ivanlov doesn't care about that much. Anyway, the Bulgarian army has not stipulated that "mortars" can only be used against machine guns, so let's just say hello to crowded places!
After several experiments, Kakashi-Ivanlov found that the effect is very good. As long as it is not too biased, hitting an Ottoman position can always cause casualties to the enemy, ranging from a few to dozens. People, the effect is simply not too good!
After getting this discovery, Kakashi Ivanlov reported it immediately. After many experiments, it was discovered that the "mortar" was also effective against some of the Ottoman fortresses. Some fortresses even collapsed immediately after being shot down!
Tofu dregs projects are everywhere, not to mention the decadent Ottoman Empire. Of course, most of these fortresses are just for defense against bullets. If you cut corners and cut materials, the current results are no exception!
This is much more cost-effective than using a 75mm field gun. The price of a "Mortar" shell is less than one-fifth of a field gun, and the accuracy is much higher. (Nonsense, hitting a fortress at a distance of one hundred and eighty meters, as long as the direction is right, you can hit the target, of course the head is higher!)
The amazing performance of the "Mortar" quickly attracted the attention of Major General Geneva-Nikola, the commander of the 1st Guards Division, and it was quickly promoted in the Bulgarian army!
Thanks to the decay of the Ottoman Empire, many fortifications were left over one hundred and eighty years ago, many places have been in disrepair and aging, and there are temporary construction of tofu dregs projects! (People are not prepared to defend against shells)
With the addition of this weapon, the efficiency of the Bulgarian army's siege has suddenly increased. Many fortifications that originally required field artillery can now be handled by mortars.
If one shot doesn't work, just two shots. If it doesn't work, just three shots and four shots. You can always do it! Anyway, the Ottoman Empire stopped the maintenance of the fortress in the city decades ago. After the war broke out, it was temporarily reinforced. Don't expect how strong it is!
The Ottoman army fought fiercely to no avail. Two days later, the military town of Fort Adriana was occupied by Bulgaria!
At this time, the 9th Bulgarian Division had arrived at Lule Burgaz; the 6th and 11th Divisions began to advance towards the west coast of the Gliboglu Peninsula and the Marmara Sea. UU reading www. uukanshu.com
Unwilling to lose, the commander-in-chief of the Turkish army, Wolf Pasha, began to assemble his army to prepare for a decisive battle with Bulgaria in the Kalagaqi River valley between Luleburgaz and Bunarhisar!
Not to be outdone, Popov assembled the eighth, ninth, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fourth heavy artillery regiments, as well as two cavalry regiments, to prepare for a decisive battle with the Ottomans!
On May 10, the first decisive battle in the Balkan War kicked off!
At this time, Wolf Pasha has assembled the troops of eight divisions, about 106,000 people, has more than 1,000 cannons of various types, and more than 600 heavy machine guns!
On the Bulgarian side, there are now five infantry divisions with a total strength of about 86,000, more than 600 cannons of various types, and more than 800 heavy machine guns!
From a quantitative point of view, the Ottomans not only have an advantage in military strength, but also in the number of artillery!
In terms of quality, it just happened to be reversed! The Ottoman army, which has a dominant army, has a much worse quality of soldiers; not to mention the artillery. Thousands of artillery sounds very domineering, almost twice that of the Bulgarian army. If you figure out the composition of the artillery, It is estimated that no one saw this!
After all, it is the site of the Ottoman Empire that has operated for hundreds of years. It is still very simple to collect a batch of artillery. Of course, the age of the artillery must be a little older!
From the new artillery that was just produced for a year or two to the old antique two or three hundred years ago, there is everything! Among them, the front muzzle artillery occupies the mainstream, there is no way too many antiques!
It was meant to be used, but now the Ottoman army breech weapon is the mainstream, and the breech gun has not had time to popularize, let alone cannon! (During the Balkan War in 1911, the front-muzzle weapons and equipment were not retired from the Native Chicken Army. The oldest artillery has a history of more than 400 years)
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