Vol 2 Chapter 65: , The bitter battle of the battle of Constantinople

After crossing the city wall, it was not victory that greeted the First Army, but the dense fortresses and bunkers!
Fortunately, Constantinople has been in peace for a long time. Many fortresses were built long ago. Most of them were made of stone. They were destroyed in the Armenian uprising last year. The defense is not at its peak now!
In addition to strong defense fortresses, there are more machine gun bunkers built on top of the terrain, but these bunkers were mostly built temporarily after the outbreak of the Balkan War.
The machine gun shined in the Serbian War. It has only been more than two years since now. With the efficiency of the Ottoman Empire, don't expect it to be fully popularized!
In the offensive and defensive battle of Constantinople, an extremely embarrassing scene appeared. The Turkish army had enough fortresses but not enough machine guns!
At this moment, the Bulgarian army is mobilizing before the war. The officers are using their own methods to relax the soldiers, and the veterans are also teaching the recruits the last time on the battlefield survival experience.
In addition to weapons and equipment, the contest between the two armies is a contest of overall quality!
Including ordinary training, personal combat quality contest, and more importantly, the contest between the psychological qualities of both parties!
At this point, the two sides simply cannot compare. Bulgarian officers can go deep into the soldiers to boost morale, but the noble lords in the Ottoman army have always been in two classes with the soldiers, and it is not bad to deduct a little from the army. Let's forget the communication. If the soldiers are frightened before the war, they will suffer!
In the command of the First Army a few miles away, General Popov saw that the time was almost up, and he asked, "Are all the troops in place?"
The adjutant replied powerfully: "Report to the commander that all the troops have arrived at the designated location and can attack at any time!"
Popov nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Okay! Now I order fifteen minutes later, the artillery cover, the fortress and bunker in front of the target!"
With Popov’s order, the First Army began to fire a thousand artillery, covering the position of the Ottoman army at a speed of tens of thousands of shells per minute!
Under the intensive artillery blows, countless fortresses and bunkers were destroyed! The Ottoman army also launched artillery fire back, but unfortunately the gap in firepower, as long as the Ottoman artillery position is exposed, it will soon usher in an intensive attack of thousands of shells!
Even if the accuracy was poor, the Ottoman artillery suffered heavy losses. Later, Edel Pasha had to agree to use the artillery separately! The loss of this separate artillery was indeed reduced a lot, and the strike capability of the artillery was also scattered!
An hour later, under the baptism of hundreds of thousands of shells, the fortress bunker on the surface of the Turkish army was almost destroyed, and the First Army launched a general attack!
The Turkish soldiers who had emerged from nowhere, once again relied on the remaining fortresses, bunkers, and soldiers to work.
"Solid defense!"
"You go over there, idiot, I'm talking about over there, do you run around to give people away to the soldiers!"
"Hurry up, the Bulgarians are coming soon!"
The Ottoman officers were still screaming loudly, and the Ottoman soldiers who ran out of the anti-cannon hole were led to the position like puppets under the command of the officers, and took up weapons to prepare for battle!
At this moment, the shortcomings of the Ottoman army were fully revealed, and the aristocratic officers could not integrate with the soldiers.
The battle is now, if it were not for cruel military laws, these Ottoman soldiers would have run away!
There is no desire to fight, no goal in life, and passively stepped onto the battlefield, the combat effectiveness can be imagined!
Often a round of battle between the two sides, after being disadvantaged, ordinary Ottoman soldiers will choose to surrender.
Anyway, the battlefield is in turmoil, and the Ottoman government has no way to determine the life and death of ordinary soldiers. It is impossible to talk about liquidation!
As night fell, the battle continued.
"searchlight!"
"Quickly turn on, I can't see the black lamp!"
"The searchlight is broken!"
"Where's the mechanic? Idiot, fix it!"
"Don't mention the bad luck. I was hit by a rock from the fortress just now and was sent to the rear. I guess I've seen him almost by now!"
"Damn Bulgarians! Damn Russians, why provide them with so many artillery?"
"Come on! If the Russians heard you, I guess they would regret providing too little!"
"Forget it, I already knew that the thing was not reliable, but fortunately I was prepared long ago, it seems that my lantern is reliable!"
In a fortress of the Turkish army, the soldiers are making fun of each other. This seems to be their only way to relieve pressure!
"No, the enemy is coming up!"
"Get ready to fight!"
There was a "bang", and when the Ottoman army noticed it, mortar shells had flown over and landed on the fortress accurately.
An artillery shell happened to penetrate into the fortress from the damage, and fell into the fortress, taking the lives of three or four hapless people. The debris from the shell again wounded several people.
Taking this opportunity, the Baojun had already rushed up and solved the remnant enemy. Seeing the bad situation, the Turkish soldiers surrendered without hesitation, and a fortress was captured!
In the command of the First Army, Popov asked with concern: "How is the frontline?"
Petrov shook his head and said, "The good and the bad! The army is advancing very fast, but the casualties are still high. If we continue to fight like this, we will not have much left in the First Army when Constantinople is captured. !"
Popov did not ask about the specific casualties. Judging from the fighting situation during the day, he could also guess the approximate result by reading UU at www.uukanshu.com. What he cares about now is when will he be able to conquer Constantinople?
"We didn't care about the casualties in the country, but instead drew three divisions from the Second Army to reinforce us. It seems that the Grand Duke has really made up his mind to take Constantinople at all costs!
Now the burden on our shoulders is heavy again. If we can't conquer Constantinople, you and I will commit suicide to thank the world! "
Hearing Popov’s words, Petrov was choked to death, and said depressed: "You are irritated, it is indeed midnight to dream!"
Popov sighed and recovered immediately, saying: "Fuck you, didn't I sigh! Is it that serious?
Okay, no more nonsense. Let’s talk about it, you have discovered that there is no perfect army in this world. I don’t believe that the Ottoman army has no weaknesses! "
Petrov gave him a white look and said: "The Ottoman army has really fallen. It is really easy to find the weakness of their army!
In addition to the lack of training of the soldiers and the lower quality of the officers; in the siege of the past few days, I also found that their officers were very courageous!
All of them were hiding far away. In many front-line fortresses and bunkers, there were no decent officers at all. Basically, some newly promoted veterans served as company platoon-level officers! "
Popov asked back: "This is not a weakness, it should be considered an advantage, it shows that they have self-knowledge!
The military quality of the Ottoman officers, many people are not as good as these veterans. If they personally command, our attack will be even smoother!
Huh, that's not right! They are all basic officers, so their cooperation with each other is very problematic!
Under the coverage of our artillery fire, their communication system is estimated to have broken down a long time ago, so our chance is here! "