Chapter 551 Landing Battle

The city of Ava after the war has changed beyond recognition. Austria's bombing was targeted. Except for military facilities, most of the bombed landmarks.

Whatever target is conspicuous, bomb it. On the contrary, the damage to the inconspicuous civilian areas was relatively small, and most of the buildings were only affected, not destructively damaged.

The fire caused by the bombing was quickly extinguished, and the cries still resounded throughout the city. The order in the city has collapsed, and the gangsters who take advantage of the fire are indulging themselves.

Many of the Ottoman soldiers who were supposed to maintain order also joined the robbery team. The ugliness of human nature was completely revealed, and Ava was crying tonight.

If anyone counts, it will be found that the people who died in the bombing have not died much more than in the chaos.

In the face of the chaotic situation, Akyol and his apprentice did not dare to go out. Not long ago, there were several gangsters who wanted to take advantage of the fire, but were expelled by Akyol's master and apprentice with shotguns.

The shotgun is the collection of the blacksmith shop owner. It is said to be handed down from the ancestors. Maybe the time was too tight, or maybe it was too nervous, and the shotgun was left behind.

Huang Smanraga's son asked, "Master, will they come back again?"

My family knows their own affairs, and these shotguns as collectibles don't know what era they were handed down. It's okay to take them out to scare people. If they really rely on it to kill people, the probability of killing themselves is not much lower than the probability of killing the enemy.

Akyol replied uncertainly: "It shouldn't be, we are a blacksmith shop, and the officials and gentlemen have been requisitioned. Except for a pile of iron materials and swords, there is not much oil and water to fish.

We still have guns in our hands, as long as these people aren't fools, they'll figure it out soon enough. "

At another point in time, iron materials and swords are wealth. But not now, the officials will confiscate it directly. The cold weapons created were prepared to be distributed to civilians to fight to the death after the city was broken.

The great sultan has given the order of death: "The city is in the man, the city is dead and the man is dead". If you don't fight to the end, how can it be called "holy war"?

Whether the people will fight to the end with the enemy is beyond the consideration of the officials. If the defending officers are lost in the Ava area, they will also be unlucky.

Everyone is too busy to take care of themselves, who cares if the people will fight to the death? If you can mobilize one by one, you can lure the enemy into the city, and then launch an attack. If you can't win the enemy, you must deter the enemy.

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At Ava's garrison headquarters, Major General Ozgul was worried about the threat above him. If this problem is not solved, the enemy will throw bombs from the sky to the ground, and things will be messed up below.

There may be armies that can face the enemy's bombardment without changing their face, but this does not include the Ottoman army. During the bombing period, there were many ignorant people who shouted "God's punishment" and knelt on the ground to pray for forgiveness.

"The enemy's airship is too powerful, what measures do you have to deal with?"

After speaking, Ozgul turned his anticipation to Saltus. The airship was first invented by the French. It has been 90 years since then, and the technology has been updated several times.

It is rarely seen in Ottoman, but in developed countries in Europe, it has been used in life. There are even airship transportation companies. Of course, such advanced enterprises usually have a difficult time.

Counting on a bunch of bastards who didn't even know what an airship was, Ozgul also knew that it was unrealistic, but he pinned his hopes on a talented student like Sartus.

In this era, there were not many foreign students sent by the Ottoman Empire, and a large part of them were influenced by Western ideas, and they joined the revolution when they came back. There are not many honest people like Sartus.

"Honest man" is the label that Ozgul put on Saltus, but if he learns a little bit of skating skills, he will not be sent to Ava.

Anyone with a bit of military common sense knows that the Awa region is close to the Bosphorus Strait and may become a front line at any time.

The enemies this time are Russia and Austria. The Ottoman Empire has a very low chance of winning, and the Sudanese government is only pursuing a decent end to the war.

In a war that is almost doomed to fail, in addition to facing danger, the officers on the front line have to worry about being scapegoated after the war.

Otherwise, it is not a major general in Ozgul who is in the military powerhouse of Ava, and there are two divisions under his command, so it should be commanded by a mid-future.

Most of the people present were unlucky in the Ottoman army, or the backstage relationship was not strong enough, and they were placed on the front line.

After fiddling with the gauze-wrapped arm, Saltus said slowly: "General, this is the first time in military history that the airship actually bombed, and no country has taken effective countermeasures.

However, when I was studying in France, some students had the idea of ​​airship bombing. It is very difficult to shoot down the airship.

The power of the bullet is not strong enough. Unless it hits a vital part, it is difficult to cause a fatal threat even if it hits the airship. The best option is the artillery, but unfortunately the elevation angle of the artillery is not enough to attack the air.

With the current situation, we are unable to carry out an effective counterattack against the enemy. The only thing that can be done is to harass the attack with a rifle, forcing the enemy into the air, thus reducing their hit rate. "

Major General Ozgul was a little disappointed that the problem was not solved. Rifles have a limited range, and most rifles have only a few hundred meters of effective lethality, which means that as long as the enemy bombards at an altitude of one thousand meters, they can do nothing.

Major General Ozgul continued to ask: "Do other people have different ideas?"

A middle-aged officer stood up: "Your Excellency General, we can't attack the enemy airship, but we can hide.

Can you avoid bombing?

If the enemy is bombing at an altitude of 1000 meters, then get some bunkers, for example: disguised as weeds, bushes, and interfere with their vision, which may reduce casualties. "

With a grass or a nest of bushes on its head, this kind of low-tech bunker has already appeared in the military, but it is not used for air defense, but for ambush in the field.

Lieutenant Colonel Saltus objected: "No, it may be effective in the jungle area, but in the port of Savoy, there are some messy things, aren't they creating targets for the enemy!"

The middle-aged officer's face sank, and he retorted: "Whether it works, you have to try it to know. We can artificially expose some false targets to attract enemy airships to bombard them. These small changes are not so easy to notice."

Major General Ozgul rubbed his forehead. He was happy to see the contradictions between his subordinates. Only when his subordinates fought, could his authority be perfectly guaranteed, but that was a non-war period.

Now the enemy may attack at any time, and internal conflicts are terrifying, and one bad move will bring disaster.

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The soldiers are very fast, and since they decided to land from the Ava area, they will naturally not leave the enemy time to prepare. On the third day after the bombing, the coalition forces were ready to land.

On April 18, 1874, under the cover of Austrian airships and warships, 50,000 Russian troops launched a landing operation in the Ava area.

The roar of cannons sounded, and the airship roared. The smoke of gunpowder filled Ava again, and the cry of blood and fire seemed to vent the sorrow of the earth.

The telescope that Colonel Jules held over the airship looked down at the earth, which was his favorite. The roar of artillery fire and the sound of explosions, in his opinion, this is the most wonderful movement.

The Austrian Airship Bombing Brigade has been established for more than ten years. There is no shortage of materials, but there is no outstanding record. Every airship has a heavy pressure on the shoulders, and they urgently need to prove themselves.

As the only troops directly under the General Staff, they are separated from the army and navy, and they are inevitably brought out in the battle for military spending every year.

With the passage of time, the call to cancel the airship unit grew louder and louder in the Austrian army, and if it were not for the support of His Majesty the Emperor, this unit would have disappeared from the Austrian army.

The lack of a record and the failure to prove their worth is the biggest shortcoming of the airship force. The army is the world of the strong, and it is more effective to speak with record than anything else.

With the outbreak of the Second Near Eastern War, the airship force finally had a role to play. After the bombing of Ava, the Austrian military was shocked.

For the first time, everyone realized the threat overhead, and the idea of ​​canceling the airship force vanished overnight. In particular, the navy, who witnessed the bombing site, immediately reported to the country and requested to be equipped with anti-aircraft weapons.

It doesn't matter if there is any, weapon research and development is also carried out according to demand. The Navy is aware of the threat from the sky, and to equip anti-aircraft weapons, the arsenal will naturally develop it.

As the commander of this airship bombing group, Jules has always had a dream to turn the airship force into an air force, side by side with the army and navy.

This is very difficult, and it is almost impossible to achieve this without a good record. Both the army and navy would strongly oppose it, and neither would want to have one more competitor for military spending.

Future wars will require air support. It doesn't matter if they are engaged in Army Aviation or Hainan Airlines. Now it's just a short time, and everyone hasn't reacted to it yet.

The sense of crisis made Jules pay special attention to this battle. If you want to gain the support of the high-level government, speaking with your record is more convincing than any reason.

The gunshots were so dense that Colonel Jules could hear them even at an altitude of a few hundred meters. Through the binoculars he also saw a small dot flashing past a few meters away.

In an instant, Colonel Jules responded and hurriedly ordered: "Order the fleet to lift off, fly at an altitude of 1,200 meters, and conduct high-altitude bombing."

At this time, two airships had already been shot. Fortunately, these rifles had limited power. As long as they didn't hit the vital parts, the damage would not be fatal.

The airship bombing group took off, and the Ottoman army below was also relieved. In the short-lived air-to-air shooting, there have been multiple accidents.

There is no way, not all rifles can shoot directly at the sky. Designers in the design process, did not consider the threat of the sky.

The figure of 1,200 meters has exceeded the effective range of most breech rifles. This distance not only greatly reduces the hit rate, but also reduces the lethality of the bullet, or it can't be hit at all.

As a price, the hit rate of bombing will also be greatly reduced. Many times you can only bet on character, and if you want to ensure the hit rate, it is best to bomb at low altitudes.

Obviously, the enemy was ready to shoot in the air, but Colonel Jules did not dare to take the risk.

In case of bad luck, if an airship is hit, it will be reimbursed. This luxury, the entire Austrian army has only a few dozen ships, and he can't afford to lose it.

Even high-altitude harassment is enough. Most of the coastal fortifications have been destroyed in the last bombing. This can not be repaired in just two or three days.

Now it is airship bombing and naval artillery attack. How could the passively beaten Ottoman army have a good life?

It is not known whether the casualties were heavy or not, but the Russians have already begun to land on the beach. On the airship, Colonel Jules could also see through the telescope that the Russian soldiers were attacked by the Ottoman soldiers in the dark fort after landing.

The Gatling that emerged from the corner galloped on the battlefield,

The Russian army suffered heavy casualties. However, this was not difficult for Mao Xiong, and he quickly set up artillery to counterattack.

From the moment the Russians landed successfully, there was no suspense in this landing battle, it was nothing more than a matter of paying casualties.

Seeing that the overall situation was settled, Colonel Jules showed a delighted smile: "Order the troops to bomb freely, stay away from the port area, and do not accidentally injure friendly troops."

For the entire landing campaign, the coalition forces have now occupied the advantage, and it can be said that the overall situation has been settled. But for the Russian soldiers who are fighting hard below, the trouble has just begun.

The Ottomans were not so vulnerable. Many hidden fortifications were exposed at this time, causing heavy casualties to the Russian army.

The horn of "attack" has sounded, and countless Russian soldiers...