Tsarist Empire: Please call me Tsarist Majesty

Chapter 78: The Sick Man of West Asia!!

At its peak, the Ottoman Empire was one of the most powerful countries in the world, with the Mediterranean Sea almost becoming their internal sea, while also occupying a very large part of Europe.

The entire European states were shivering under the iron heel of the Ottomans, while they also had a monopoly on exchanges and trade between East and West.

It was precisely for this reason that European states were forced to look for new trade routes, which gave rise to great navigation.

But unfortunately, the current Ottoman Empire has completely declined, and over the years, it has lost a large area of territory.

The current Ottoman Empire is no longer glorious, and it is called the sick man of West Asia.

Among them, the Russian Empire can be described as indispensable.

For more than two hundred years, the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire fought ten major wars, and with the war that is now underway, it is already the eleventh war.

In the war, the Ottoman Empire can be described as losing more and winning less.

Every time you fail, you lose a lot of territory.

So much so that now there is not much left in the territory of the Ottoman Empire.

Of course, even so, the so-called emaciated camel is bigger than the horse.

The overall strength of the current Ottoman Empire can still rank in the forefront in the world.

This time, if the Russian Empire wanted to seize the Rumelia region, it had to completely defeat the Ottoman Empire.

If there are no 840 rules, the Ottoman Empire will definitely desperately.

When the 1st and 3rd armies of the Russian Imperial Army dealt heavy damage to Austria-Hungary, the Ottomans also realized that the situation was urgent.

They didn’t seem to expect that the old enemy of the Russian Empire would become so powerful.

However, this is definitely not good news for the Ottoman Empire!

After all, the two sides have been entangled in grudges for more than two hundred years.

The stronger the Russian Empire became, the greater the threat to the Ottoman Empire.

Moreover, their hope of revenge is naturally more and more faint.

More importantly, once Austria-Hungary is defeated, they will have to face the powerful Russian Empire alone, and the possibility of defeat will be very high.

Once defeated by the Russian Empire again, you don’t need to think about it, you will definitely pay a great price.

Therefore, the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II immediately ordered the mobilization of more troops to reinforce the front line and in any case to withstand the attack of the Russian Empire.

Abdulhamid II was also self-aware.

He knew very well that judging by the current situation, it was already impossible to defeat the Russian Empire.

As long as they can withstand the attack of the Tsarist Empire and defend the interests of the Ottoman Empire, it is best to use it, but unfortunately, they will soon be fully attacked by the Tsarist Imperial Army.

To resist the attack of the Imperial Russian Army, it was simply impossible.

The commander of the 1st Army of the Imperial Russian Army, General Gulko, received the order from home and immediately took action.

Admiral Gurko left three infantry divisions and two mountain infantry brigades in the southern Carpathian Mountains to defend Austria-Hungary.

The remaining 7 infantry divisions and 5 cavalry brigades, as well as a heavy artillery brigade, marched all south and prepared to attack the Ottoman Empire.

Plus ten infantry divisions previously deployed on the southern front.

This time, the 1st Army of the Imperial Russian Army gathered a full 17 infantry divisions, 5 cavalry brigades and 1 heavy artillery brigade.

All added up, it has exceeded 360,000 people.

Although, the 1st Army of the Ottoman Empire had reached nearly half a million troops after being reinforced by reinforcements.

The 1st Army of the Imperial Russian Army was still at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

However, whether it is weapons and equipment, firepower, or the combat effectiveness of soldiers, the Ottoman Army is far from being comparable to the Tsarist Imperial Army.

Under such circumstances, how could the Ottoman Army withstand the attack of the Tsarist Imperial Army?

At the same time, the main forces of the 4th Army of the Imperial Russian Army also won victories in the Caucasus and began to march towards Asia Minor.

On September 9, 1798, the main force of the 1st Army of the Russian Imperial Army launched a fierce attack on the Ottoman Empire on the Balkan Peninsula.

Seventeen infantry divisions, divided into three lines, fiercely attacked the Ottoman army lines.

At the same time, 5 cavalry brigades were also ready to attack, detour to the flank of the 1st Army of the Ottoman Army, outflank their rear, and ensure that as many Ottomans as possible could be annihilated in this battle.

Once they succeeded in defeating the 1st Army of the Ottoman Army, they were even annihilated entirely.

Then the Ottoman Empire would suffer a fatal blow.

Next, they would no longer be able to withstand the attack of the Imperial Russian Army.

“Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

On the front line, the artillery of the Tsarist Imperial Army was firing fiercely.

A 155-mm heavy howitzer, a 105-mm light howitzer and a 75-mm field gun were pouring shells on the defenses of the Ottoman Army.

A large number of soldiers of the Ottoman Empire, armed with rifles, huddled in the ruined trenches, praying to the Allah that shells would not fall on their heads.

The Ottoman army was poorly equipped, and there were not many artillery pieces.

In the previous big war, it has almost lost.

So much so that they are now facing the heavy shelling of the Russian army, and they are unable to fight back at all, and can only silently endure the continuous explosion of shells on the positions of the Ottoman Empire, leaving craters one after another.

Many Ottoman soldiers were blown to pieces by shells, and stumps and broken arms were scattered everywhere.

The whole battlefield looks like hell.

The fire preparation of the Imperial Russian Army lasted up to an hour.

The Ottoman Army’s already not very strong defensive positions were almost in ruins at this moment.

Straight behind, a large number of infantry of the Russian Army, supported by their own heavy artillery fire, launched an attack on the Ottoman Army defenses.

“Knock knock! Dadada! ”

Mortars and Maxim heavy machine guns were also firing at full force, pouring bullets on the Ottoman defenses, suppressing the Ottomans and providing fire support for the attacking infantry.

The infantry lined up in skirmishes and continued to storm the Ottoman army lines.

The Mosin-Nagant rifles in the hands of the soldiers were also firing.

Light mortars and light machine guns, even more so accompanied by the advance of the infantry, provided more direct fire support…