Chapter 549 Bombing

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Cannonballs fell from the sky, causing chaos in Ava City. Cries and screams rang out throughout the city, and frightened people ran about in the streets.

Akyol couldn't care about the work at hand, he took the apprentice and ran to the backyard. Suddenly stopped at a pile of clutter, Akyol started to clean up the mess and said, "Hurry up and help, let's hide in the cellar."

Knowing the seriousness, the teenager nodded and followed suit. This hidden cellar was originally intended by the blacksmith shop owner to hide from the tax collector.

How can you do business in the Ottoman Empire without tax evasion? Although it was only a small blacksmith shop, there were as many as a dozen workers at the peak of the boss.

Just making farm tools, pots and pans, how much money can these small objects make? What's more, the officials have to scrape a layer of oil and water, and few of them fall into the hands of the boss. How can it be possible to raise so many people?

The nimble blacksmith shop owner, naturally, would not sit still, and decisively opened up a new business - making weapons, and it was still the kind of weapon that was not visible.

With the passage of time, the era of hot weapons has come, and private life has become more and more difficult to accept. Bandits, bandits, and pirates, such high-quality customers, came to their door less and less, and the blacksmith shop slowly declined.

By the time of this generation of bosses, another grocery store was opened, and the blacksmith shop that was the ancestral property was still retained. There is only Akyol, a master, who usually builds some daily necessities for sale, but also maintains it.

After the war broke out, the boss, who was aware of the danger, ran away with his family, leaving Akyol and a young apprentice to stay and watch the shop.

The underground business is gone, and the cellar is also abandoned. Except for occasionally storing some supplies, it is not used much in normal times.

Now it has become a hiding place for the two of them, and in the small space, the sound of their breathing is clearly visible. The boy asked impatiently, "Master..."

Akyol interrupted: "Stop, I know what you want to ask. But right now we can't do anything but hide here.

When they heard the cannon, they would definitely hide. Even if you go out now, you won't be able to help. Cannonballs don't have eyes, we can't stop them at all, I believe *** will bless them..."

Encountered by the naval artillery attack, Ava's garrison officer Ozgul immediately ordered: "I immediately organize a counterattack, and the enemy cannot be allowed to act so recklessly."

For this war, the Ottoman Empire also prepared for more than half a year, buying a lot of artillery from Britain and France. As a key defense port, there are hundreds of artillery pieces distributed in Ava shore.

Of course, the number of heavy artillery that can really play a role is only more than 30. Other artillery pieces are no longer a threat to ironclad ships.

This is not a small number either. With so many Ottoman port cities, Ava was able to get so many artillery pieces, and the attention paid to them was extraordinary.

Under normal circumstances, no one would shoot warships and shore guns, which is a very stupid choice. The shore artillery has a small target and can be stably focused on land. It must be the warship that suffers from the bombing.

Of course, there are exceptions. Weapons and equipment and the quality of soldiers are also key factors affecting the hit rate. It's not surprising to lose to warships in the bombing, but these are very few.

"Yes, General!"

As soon as the voice fell, several young officers stepped forward quickly, picked up the phone in the command room and shouted. Without exception, these phones are not as tall as a dial, and all rely on manual connections to make calls.

If one looks closely at the German instructions on the base of the phone, they will find these products, along with a note on the Austrian country of origin.

These are all small problems. Now the technology is limited, and it is impossible to be monitored remotely. No matter who makes these phones, there is no back door.

On the battlefield, practicality is the most important thing. Most of the telephone equipment in the international market is exported from Austria, and the Sudanese government is not qualified to be picky.

Don't look at the simplicity of these devices. In fact, in production, "if you miss it by the slightest, it will be a thousand miles away." The communication equipment produced by the industrial technology of the Ottoman Empire cannot be used at all.

As the orders came out, the shore artillery that had been waiting for a long time also began to show its power, and the deafening sound of the artillery continued to sound.

On a warship about two or three nautical miles away, a burly middle-aged officer was standing on the plywood, looking into the distance with a telescope. (1 nautical mile = 1.852 kilometers)

The guard dutifully reminded: "General, it's dangerous here, you should go to the observation room!"

The middle-aged man laughed: "If the enemy can hit at this distance, then God wants to summon me in advance."

hit? Most of the artillery can't shoot this far at all, and a few artillery with this range can't aim at this distance.

When the Austrian navy attacked Ava, it was shooting indiscriminately. There was no need to aim at all. It was enough to adjust to the maximum range and let the shells fly as far as possible.

If you want to get the result, you have to bring the distance closer again. At present, the warship closest to Ava also maintains a distance of two nautical miles.

This distance is just right, which can ensure that the naval gun can shoot the shells into the city, and can ensure the safety of the warship.

Looking at the watch in his hand, the middle-aged officer said to himself: "They should come too, if they don't come, I will do it by myself."

This is not the first time the port city has been shelled. Since the beginning of the shelling of the Ottoman port on April 5, the Austrian Navy has conducted live-fire training on several port cities every day.

Yep, it's a live shot

Hit training. The whole navy took this as a training exercise, using the Ottomans as targets to train the gunner's hit rate.

It didn't take long for colorful clouds to float in the sky, and the middle-aged officer frowned: "Order the fleet to bring the distance closer to 1 nautical mile, and pay attention to the wind direction."

To create opportunities for the Air Force, this time they had to act as bait. If you don't create enough pressure, how can you force out the enemy's shore artillery fire?

Sure enough, as the Austrian navy approached, the sound of artillery fire became more intense. In order to achieve a beautiful victory, Ozgul could no longer care about hiding, and all the firepower of the defenders turned on.

Behind the two inconspicuous shore artillery, the young officer Saltus Pasha shouted excitedly: "Target me and hit the warships, those little ones, can you hit them!"

Lieutenant Colonel Saltus-Pasha is not an ordinary noble officer who eats and waits to die. As a rising star of the Ottoman Empire, he is an international student at the French Saint-Cyr Military Academy.

If not for the sudden outbreak of war, he would have continued to complete his studies in France. There was no other way. At the juncture of life and death, the Sudanese government had no choice but to work hard. Regardless of whether they graduated or not, they were recalled ahead of time.

After all, after studying abroad for a few years, I have come into contact with the most advanced military concepts in the world today, and my theoretical knowledge is much stronger than that of the domestic aristocratic officers.

Under normal circumstances, a talented student like Saltus Pasha should go to the headquarters, and even if it is bad, he will go to the division headquarters. It is a pity that Sartus Pasha offended people just after being assigned to Ava.

As soon as I arrived, I sprayed Ava's shore artillery deployment to no avail, and proposed a modification plan. In the face of the war, the old and disabled villains were only a few, the revision plan was passed, and Sartus Pasha was also promoted to lieutenant colonel.

Sartus Pasha, who offended others, was soon sent to the front-line troops to exercise. In fact, it is guarding the shore artillery. If the war hadn't started, it is estimated that the second half of his life would have ended like this.

A soldier exclaimed: "Lieutenant Colonel, which big bird in the sky is coming again."

Dissatisfied with the shouting of the soldiers, Lieutenant Colonel Saltus-Pasha corrected: "That is an airship, not a big bird."

The soldier hurriedly remedied: "Yes, the airship. Hey, something fell, is it throwing waste paper again?"

To the illiterate troopers, the leaflets thrown by Austria are not much different from scraps of paper. The use of flyers to cause panic and induce local people to run away was unsuccessful.

The well-informed Saltus Pasha has already reacted. Why do you need so many airships to throw flyers? One ship is enough, and there is no need to dispatch more than 20 ships at a time.

"It's not a bomb, find a place to hide!"

After that, Sartus-Pasha ran away. No wonder he was flustered. No one had ever experienced this wave. To be able to judge the bomb at the first time was his high level of knowledge.

How to avoid the bombing, it is not written in the book? Knowing how to run is enough to prove that he is flexible. If the enemy wants to bomb, it must be aimed at the artillery, and the safety of staying away from the fort will naturally increase.

However, it was all too late. Before taking a few steps, bombs fell from the sky, and the fort was taken care of.

After the roaring explosion, only a mess was left. The escaped Sartus-Pasha was knocked to the ground by the air wave, and two shrapnel were inserted into his arms.

Resisting the pain, he raised his head and looked at the soldiers who were left in the same place. He could no longer see their figures. There was only a crater left on the ground, and there were still vague... (a few words omitted)

Sartus-Pasha couldn't care about the artillery anymore. He resisted the pain and got up and continued to run. Now he just wanted to stay away from the artillery.

The bombing that fell from the sky, many people fell into a state of confusion. This has exceeded their ability to accept, and they don't know how to deal with it.

The design of the fort is only to deal with the enemy at sea, but no one thought about defending against the enemy in the sky.

Air defense firepower does not exist, the first large-scale bombing in human history, who would predict it?

No matter how chaotic the ground is, the bombs in the sky continue to be dumped on the ground. As long as a suspicious target is found, the bomb will be thrown directly.

In the Ava defense headquarters, Major General Ozgul was like an ant on a hot pan, stomping his feet in a hurry, not knowing what to do.

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