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After reconnaissance by the destroyer fleet and repeated confirmation that there were no Ottoman warships in the nearby waters, the Marine Corps quietly landed from the side of Mudros Bay on Lemuas Island with the help of inflatable boats under the cover of darkness.

Mudros Bay is a natural harbor with a wide harbor, deep water, and calm waves, making it suitable for docking large ships.

After seizing Mudros Bay, the warships of the quick reaction fleet can directly anchor in Mudros Bay and use Limousia Island as the forward base of the Greek blockade fleet.

This not only allows the crew to go ashore for a proper rest, but also facilitates the transportation of fleet supplies to the warships, using Limros Bay as a gathering point for logistics supplies.

Captain Haydlis reported quietly to Commander Ferard: "Sir, after a busy period in the first half of the night, 1,500 Marines have landed successfully. According to our reconnaissance during the day, the flat terrain near this bay is small and the surrounding landforms are complex. , it is not suitable for all marines to deploy in formation.”

Except for the lack of vegetation cover near the bay, the surrounding forests are lush and surrounded by hills, and the troops' vision is greatly restricted.

The entire beach was so silent that Commander Hyrdlis felt a little panicked.

Heideris, who was observing the situation near the harbor with a telescope, said in a deep voice: "Have the reconnaissance squad been dispatched?"

It is impossible that the Ottoman troops stationed on the island did not discover the Greek fleet. After all, when the Greek fleet arrived during the day yesterday, it did not cover up its tracks at all. Yesterday, the weather was clear, the waves were gentle, and the visibility on the sea was extremely high.

The Ottoman troops, as the defenders of Limeus Island, must have noticed the whereabouts of the Greek fleet.

Limros Bay, where the Marine Corps landed, is also a temporary port for the island-defending troops to receive supplies. The island-defending troops should be very familiar with the nearby terrain.

During the entire landing process of 1,500 troops, the Ottoman army did not fire a single shot and seemed to turn a blind eye to the actions of the landing troops. It was so strange.

This abnormal behavior made Commander Fedela feel a little uneasy.

He raised his hand and looked at the luminous watch on his left wrist. It was three o'clock in the morning.

Suddenly, the sound of gunshots was heard in the sparse woods around the harbor. The soldiers on guard duty around Hydra kneeled on the ground subconsciously. In the dark night, their vigilant eyes kept patrolling the surroundings.

"It seems that the reconnaissance squad has encountered an enemy," Hyrdlis said in a low voice.

He dispatched a total of fifty reconnaissance soldiers, divided into five squads, to conduct a fan-shaped search around the harbor, hoping that they would identify the terrain and the distribution of the enemy for the Marines.

The remaining 1,500 soldiers were exhausted after working hard all night. They were taking the time to rest. After all, they still needed to complete tomorrow's military operation - clearing the area around the harbor.

"Do we need to send soldiers to support us? I'm worried that the casualties of the scouts will be too heavy," Heideris asked with an ugly face.

After pondering for a moment, Colonel Ferard shook his head and rejected the staff officer's proposal: "The enemy has obviously anticipated our actions and has already completed targeted deployment. Now it is late at night, and the field of vision is limited, and the command of the troops is also limited. By increasing the difficulty and rashly supporting the reconnaissance troops, the troops may fall into chaos."

"They can only rely on themselves," Colonel Ferrad said reluctantly.

Scouts are elites selected from soldiers with extremely high combat literacy. They are the eyes of the unit and provide intelligence support for the unit commander's decision-making.

Although the enemy was well prepared, Hydra still believed that the scouts could successfully break away from contact with the enemy and complete the reconnaissance mission.

While the two were talking, a series of "ta-da-da" sounds suddenly sounded in the woods around the bay.

This is the unique sound of the Maxim machine gun.

Fedra and Hydras looked at each other, their faces looking a little ugly.

On such a narrow terrain, the enemy's island-recovering troops and heavy weapons defense like Maxim will undoubtedly put the Marine Corps in a very disadvantageous position. I am afraid that the enemy will suppress it on the beachhead and be unable to move.

Thinking like this, but unable to do anything, both of them became anxious.

Sporadic gunshots, mixed with continuous machine gunfire, broke the tranquility of the bay.

It was not until half an hour later that several panting reconnaissance squad leaders came to Ferad to report on the investigation situation.

Fedra looked solemn and ordered in a deep voice: "Each team will report the casualties."

"Three people in the first team were injured and two died."

"Three people from the second team died and three were injured."

"No one in the third team was injured"

"Five members of the fourth team were injured and no one died."

"Four members of the fourth team died and three were injured."

Fedra looked solemn and asked several reconnaissance squad leaders: "What about the reconnaissance situation? Is the distribution of the enemy's heavy firepower points clear?"

"The Ottomans seemed to have anticipated our actions. They were ambushing in the woods and covered by wild grass. We were suddenly attacked and suffered heavy casualties. We had no time to observe and record the distribution of enemy fire points."

"The enemy deployed machine gun positions in the woods"

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After several people reported the investigation situation, Fedela and Haidris looked sad.

I originally thought that the Ottoman army only deployed a few hundred troops on the island, and with the strength of the Marine Corps, they could easily take it.

But they did not expect to encounter a difficult situation from the beginning. The enemy took advantage of the geographical advantage and relied on the fierce firepower of the Maxim machine gun. In an unobstructed and exposed area like the beachhead, the Marine Corps would be very passive.

Due to the special combat environment of the Marine Corps, heavy weapons that are heavy and difficult to move, such as artillery and machine guns, are not equipped with the Marine Corps at all.

Of all the weapons of the Marine Corps, the only one that can be called a heavy weapon is the mortar.

However, the range of mortars is very short, usually only a few hundred meters, and the target is enemy fortifications, and the power of mortar shells is not satisfactory.

The enemy's positions were hidden in dense woods, and the mortars' vision was limited, making it impossible to effectively attack the enemy's machine gun positions.

If the enemy's firepower cannot be suppressed and the Marines, who lack heavy weapons, are forced to attack the enemy's hidden positions, relying on their own numerical advantage, it is not impossible to capture them.

Just do that and the Marine casualty numbers will be very high.

As the only land combat force of the Navy, the Marine Corps will need to rely on the Marine Corps to complete a series of operations to seize islands.

If the Marine Corps suffered heavy losses from the beginning, then a series of actions planned by the Navy would be seriously hindered.

Due to his confidence in the strength of the Greek navy, Kontoriotis believes that the Greek fleet, which relies on Greece's two Invincible-class battle cruisers as the main force, and the two German pre-dreadnoughts of the Ottoman Empire Navy are not equal opponents at all.

Therefore, the first target of the fleet under the command of Kontoriotis was the strategically important Lemuas Island.

You know, after Lemuas Island, there are still a large number of islands in the Aegean Sea that need to be solved by the Marine Corps.