Chapter 555

On the Asia Minor Peninsula, after five days of hard fighting, after paying the price of nearly 3,000 casualties, the Russian army finally settled the enemy in the port. Ava is like a peeled cherry.

Admiral Ivanlov has already been on the front line to supervise the battle. It took five days for just a battle for a port, which was very detrimental to the Russian army's next battle plan.

The soldiers are very fast, and if you want to get through the Black Sea Strait quickly, the most important thing is one word - fast.

The Ottoman inland traffic was blocked, and the Austrian navy had blocked the sea routes. The most important thing they needed to make a large-scale movement of troops was time.

Beforehand, the Sudanese government was not sure of the exact landing site of the coalition forces, so it could only be fully deployed. Even now, while the Sudanese government is defending the coast of the strait, it must prevent the coalition forces from directly attacking Huanglong.

The Ottoman Empire has lost its capital once, and cannot lose it again. If Ankara falls, the Asia Minor peninsula will be divided into two, and the Sudanese government will have no choice but to die.

According to the plan of the Russian army, it is necessary to take Ava within two days, and then quickly expand to the surrounding area, making a direct attack on Huanglong, forcing the Sudanese government to mobilize the surrounding troops to intercept it.

It's impossible now, and three days have been added, and the situation is completely different. The Sudanese government has had time to redeploy its forces, and the difficulty of the war has increased.

Watching rows of stretchers carrying the wounded pass by in front of him, and listening to the wailing of the wounded, Ivanlov's icy heart also melted.

Resisting his anger, Ivanov ordered: "Lieutenant General Villasol, immediately ask the coalition headquarters for help, and ask Austria to send medical staff to treat the wounded.

Lieutenant General Harrosf, you are in charge of the follow-up work. You must clear the enemies of Ava City today. "

This is all he can do. There is a serious shortage of medical staff in the Russian army, so he can only guarantee the personal safety of the officers. If the soldiers are injured, they can only resign themselves to fate.

In the past, there was no way to do it. How could one fight without dying? The prices of medicines were so high and the Tsarist government was so poor that they could not afford them at all.

Moreover, medical staff in the Russian Empire are all middle class, they live very comfortably at home, and few people enlist in the army.

Not only the Russian army, but most countries in the world have this common problem. Relatively speaking, countries like Austria and Prussia, where all the people are soldiers, have done even better.

The Vienna government aggressively built a medical school more than ten years ago, and trained a large number of medical staff. Under the national compulsory military service system, these people are also required to join the army.

In addition, the army itself has also trained some first-aid personnel on the battlefield. At the same time, the Austrian army's battlefield medical rescue system is the most perfect.

Admiral Ivanov is not the one who wants to save face and suffer. Now that the Austrians are in charge of logistics, it is natural to ask for help.

We do not expect every soldier to be able to obtain enough medicines, at least to carry out effective first aid in the field, and try our best to save the lightly wounded.

It is a pity for the seriously injured. In this era, the medical technology is limited, the possibility of being rescued is very low, and many people are abolished even if they are rescued.

Even some casualties could not bear the pain and needed the help of their comrades to relieve them. War is so cruel, it is no exaggeration to say that "one will die if one succeeds".

"Yes, Your Excellency Commander." The two replied almost in unison

After speaking, they each left to carry out the order, and Admiral Ivanov continued to patrol the battlefield. As far as the eye can see, it is full of potholes that have been bombarded by shells.

The smell of blood and gunpowder smoke is clearly audible. Under the sun, the earth is particularly yellow and red, and the atmosphere is extraordinarily strange.

As he walked, Ivanov seemed to have stepped on something, and when he looked down, it was a head with only half of it left. It was already covered with a thin layer of soil, which was exposed by Ivanov.

Frowning, Ivanov continued to move forward. The fire had just been extinguished, and there was no time to clean up the battlefield. He saw the broken limbs and wreckage along the way.

Arms, thighs, heads, internal organs... As long as there are parts of the human body, you can find them here. This is a hell on earth. If it is not strong in heart, ordinary people will probably collapse at a glance.

(Don't dare to describe in detail, the bloody violence needs 404, the author can only...)

For a soldier like Ivanlov, this is all pediatrics. The battlefield was originally a sea of ​​corpses, blood and bones, and he had seen even more bloody scenes, and his heart was already numb.

"Ugh!"

Sighing to himself, Ivanov was not sure whether the war was correct, and if possible, he would rather choose the original "harassment plan".

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In Ava City, the Ottoman Empire's army had almost run away, and all that was left were the death squads that blocked the enemy.

Most of these people are *** fanatics, not only to stay and work hard, but also to organize civilians to stay and work hard.

Weapons have been distributed. Due to the lack of quantity, most people can only count with cold weapons in their hands. Knives, swords, spears, bows and arrows seem to have returned to the Middle Ages overnight.

Akyol’s master and apprentice were also among them. They reacted a step slower and did not escape from Ava City in the chaos. Now they can only coexist with the city.

As the first city to be conquered, Ava's resistance will definitely be the most intense. The Sudanese government lacked confidence in winning the battlefield and tried to use such drastic measures to scare off the enemy.

If all the Ottomans resisted desperately, even Austria, which has a big business, could not afford it. The war also needs to consider the cost, and it is impossible to invest endlessly.

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The boy asked tremblingly, "Master, is the enemy really going to kill us all?"

Ordinary people can't keep calm in the face of life and death, let alone a teenager? The age of middle school students, who should be studying and learning knowledge in school, was forced to leave the battlefield.

Akyol pretended to be calm and said: "Who knows! After a while, the fight will start, you kid is a little smart, once you get out of their sight, just find a corner to hide, and insist on running until it gets dark. ."

When he spoke, Akyol's hands were still shaking, and he was obviously not as calm as he seemed.

Protecting the family and the country is too extravagant for these precarious little citizens, and it is out of reach.

The enemy may not be terrified, but they have experienced the terror of the Ottoman government.

Ava is also a port city, so it is inevitable to be impacted by foreign ideas, and everyone's consciousness is slowly changing.

Gradually resentment and loss of loyalty to the Ottoman government that enslaved them, this change was inconspicuous in ordinary times, and changed at the juncture of life and death.

The Russian army started the process. The Ottomans lurking inside the building did not stop it. Now is not the time for a decisive battle.

The rabble can't win against the regular army, and cold weapons can't do more than hot weapons.

Ava City has been abandoned, and the remaining defenders have withdrawn to the outside of the city, ready to rely on the terrain to block the Russians and delay the speed of the Russian army.

If you want to cause trouble for the Russians, the best time is when the lights are dark at night, when the people in the city can take advantage of the terrain and cause big trouble for the Russian army.

The plan will never change quickly. The Russian army is not a sheep, and it comes to eat meat when entering the city. The tsarist government is poor, and the Russian army has always had a tradition of looting instead of military pay.

The Russian troops who participated in the Battle of Ava were no exception. The Vienna government provided them with logistical materials, but did not pay them.

Even if Franz was willing to give it, the tsarist government would not dare to ask for it. If it really goes on and breaks the cheap salary system of the Russian army, how will wars be fought in the future?

With such a big sacrifice, if you don't get a benefit from Ava City, how can you make up for everyone's hurt hearts.

Facing the Russian soldiers who broke in, the Ottoman ambush could not go on. No need to say, let's fight!

The cries and shouts of killing resounded through the sky, and the Russian soldiers had long been red-eyed on the battlefield. Facing the Ottomans who dared to resist, they naturally raised their butcher knives unceremoniously.

By the time Lieutenant General Harosf reacted, it was too late. Ava was originally a small town. Because of the war, another group of people escaped, and now there are only 20,000 or 30,000 unlucky people left.

How could such a small group of people be the opponents of tens of thousands of Russian troops? The battle continued until the evening, except for some lucky ones who hid and escaped, and the rest became the ghosts of Russian soldiers.

Clearing the whole city has indeed been done, everyone is almost dead, and Ava is naturally safe. But the sequelae made Lieutenant General Harosf cry without tears.

How did the promised robbery turn into a "massacre"? Well, this can’t be all blamed on the Russian soldiers. Seeing that the Ottomans had weapons in their hands, they just eliminated the enemy in advance.

For this reason alone, it is estimated that the Russians themselves will believe it. If you say it, no one will believe it.

Massacres are not popular in continental Europe, and of course the massacre of "indigenous people" does not count. It's just that this is all in the past. In the late 19th century, even if the colonists played massacres, they would cover it up.

At this point, Lieutenant General Harrosf could only bite the bullet and admit that the butcher's hat was fixed.

Fortunately, this is the Ottoman Empire, and the status of the Ottomans in the European world is not much higher than that of the natives.

To Lieutenant General Harosf's relief, with the grievances between the Ottoman Empire and Russia, domestic radicals and religious figures would support him, and the tsarist government could not use him as a scapegoat.

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The next day, General Ivanov, who had just entered the city, was stunned by this terrifying "result". As the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, he has to look at issues more comprehensively.

On the surface, because of the grudge between the European world and the Ottoman Empire, many people commanded to applaud.

But politically, it is not simply to look at grievances. This incident has provided European countries with an excuse to interfere in this war. I am afraid that it will not be long before St. Petersburg will face diplomatic pressure from the international community.

Realizing the seriousness of the incident, Ivanov immediately ordered: "Immediately block the news, issue a seal on what happened in Ava City, and announce the expulsion of the entire city."

This is the end of the matter, and it can only be a rogue. In addition to being killed and not admitting it, Admiral Ivanov didn't know what to do.

After a pause, he glared at Lieutenant General Harrosf, and Ivanov added: "As soon as possible, sort out what happened and report it to the coalition headquarters and St. Petersburg. This matter is not something we can handle by ourselves. ."