Greece’s Roman Road

Remember for a second【】

Although Constantine also understood that such a combat arrangement was a bit risky - once the first division fell to Thessaloniki, the whole battle situation would be reversed.

However, limited by objective conditions, the Greek army really did not have that much to assist in defending Thessaloniki.

After all, the border area is the main battlefield of this war, facing the enemy's main army - the Ottoman army with a number of 80,000 people.

Although its logistics line was cut off and it would fall into chaos in the next battle, it was still a regular army of 80,000 people, and it was possible that the Thessaly Legion would be severely damaged in a desperate fight.

After the Thessaly Legion deployed a 15,000-strong first division to defend Thessaloniki, there were still about 100,000 troops left. In order to encircle and wipe out the Macedonian Legion as soon as possible, it was also stretched.

On December 29, the First Division of the Greek Army, which had long been waiting in the coastal town of Keramigion in northeastern Greece, with a total of 15,000 men, took advantage of the cover of the navy and took the ship to Thessaloniki.

Former enemy command of the Ottoman army

After receiving the news that the city of Thessaloniki was lost, Edmund Pasha collapsed on the chair like a deflated balloon.

"This this"

Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, his trembling lips were speechless.

The German consultant Goelz walked to the office, picked up the telegram, and after reading the content, his face was equally pale.

Before, he also felt that in order to alleviate the passive situation on the front line, it was worth taking a little risk.

Even if the troops that originally defended Thessaloniki were recruited, it was only a ten-day gap in defense, and other troops would soon come to make up the defense.

Although Goltz originally felt that it was inappropriate to transfer the defense forces in Thessaloniki, he was an officer from the German Army, and Germany was not a naval power at this time, which made him insensitive to naval power.

Never thought that the Greeks would use the navy, bypass the front line, and directly attack the city of Thessaloniki. #brr# The logistics of the 80,000 troops have been cut off, and this battle cannot be fought at all.

No matter how powerful the artillery is, it is useless without shells.

No matter how brave and fearless soldiers are, they are after all flesh and blood.

"Should we retreat?" After a long time, Edmund finally regained his senses and asked Goetz.

"Get the logistics supervisor." Goetz didn't answer, walked to the door and ordered the guards.

The quartermaster, who was notified by the guards, hurried to the headquarters and saw Edmund Pasha and the German advisor Goetz, both of whom looked bad.

"Commander Akyol, how long can our logistics supplies last?" Gorez asked hurriedly.

Akjolmer calculated for a moment and responded, "Mr. Golz, according to the current consumption rate, the materials stored in our army's current warehouse on the front line can still supply the army's needs for 15 days."

Edmund and Goetz looked at each other, and then there was silence.

After a while, Edmund said in a dry voice: "Mr. Akyol, our logistical supplies have been cut off. From now on, we must pay attention to the consumption of our army's supplies, whether it is the soldiers' food or ammunition, Use as sparingly as possible”

Looking at Akyol with a dazed face, he sighed and Edmund continued: "This news must not be spread out, lest the military's heart be shaken, and those who spread rumors indiscriminately in the army will be dealt with by military law"...

"Mr. Goldz, what should we do now? Do we need the army to retreat?" The front-line troops were inferior and had been cut off from supplies. Facing such a bad situation, Edmund was a little upset.

"The two armies are now tightly entangled. Our army's sudden retreat will only give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage. The retreat is likely to cause confusion on our side."

"The enemy will surely bite us tightly"

"The first task now is to retake Thessaloniki"

"Pasha, please order immediately, let the troops drawn from the Constantinople garrison speed up their march and attack Thessaloniki"

"And Ouz, who was originally stationed in Thessaloniki, told him not to come to the front line, turn around immediately, return to Thessaloniki, and attack the city of Thessaloniki with the troops from Constantinople."

"When the Greek army is not firmly established, it must be fast," Goetz calmly analyzed.

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After bidding farewell to the 1st Division of Manu Giannasky, Constantine, who felt the urgency of time, immediately issued a new combat order.

Take advantage of his illness and kill him.

"Messaging the commanders of the Thessaly Legion at all levels, from now on, the army should not be stingy with ammunition." Kanaris nodded and said yes.

On January 3, 1897, after a week-long stalemate between the two armies, the divisions received an order: the bullet dividers in the rifles were all removed, and the rate of fire of the 75mm rapid-fire guns was no longer limited.

Immediately afterwards, the artillery units of the Thessaly Legion were deployed directly at the front of the front by the command, with bayonets on the artillery, direct fire, and approached the Ottoman army.

The soldiers of the Second Division's Artillery Regiment, after receiving the order of the General Headquarters, used mules and horses to drag the field artillery and crossed the trenches of their own soldiers to construct artillery positions.

Colonel Oles, the commander of the artillery regiment, personally commanded his artillery after receiving an order from his superiors. A total of 45 field guns crossed the line defended by the soldiers of the Second Division.

"Report to the head of the regiment, the artillery position is completed, please instruct" the messenger walked up to Colonel Oles and said loudly.

Watching enemy positions

^0^ One second to remember【】

Oles, put down the telescope in his hand, and ordered: "Rapid fire, target, Ottoman army position"

"Rapid fire, target, Ottoman positions" orders from commanders at all levels spread through the artillery positions in turn.

After receiving the order, I saw the artillery squads, under the command of the squad leader, the artillery huffed and breathed flames and made a deafening sound. The loader moved quickly to take out the shells from the wooden box. Holding the cannonball in both hands, it was loaded into the cannon. #brr# When the other members of the team saw the action of the launcher, they quickly covered their ears with their hands.

"boom"

The positions of the entire Ottoman Corps~www.wuxiaspot.com~ were long and five kilometers wide, submerged in the dust generated by the explosion, and the strongholds of the front were severely damaged.

In view of the mountainous and hilly terrain of northern Greece, although the battlefield of the two armies chose an open field, the soil was thin, and neither the Ottoman army nor the Greek Thessaly army, the trenches dug by the infantry were not enough to protect their own safety.

In the face of artillery strikes, such temporary fortifications are not enough.

This is good news for the Greek army, which has an absolute advantage in artillery.

Taking advantage of the gap between the artillery bombardment, the infantry on the front line took the time to rest amid the rumble of explosions.

The artillery units that used to hide behind the front line and provided artillery support from a distance, now, uncharacteristically, they ran to the front of the front line.

Against the Ottoman army, the Greek artillerymen showed their bravery.

Dear, this chapter is over, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^