Chapter 306 Go Around

Sanders was pacing anxiously in the office. An hour and a half had passed, and the situation on the 69th Infantry Regiment's defense line was still unclear.

The planes sent for reconnaissance were shot down before they could fly into the nearby airspace. One of them took a look from a distance and reported that there was indeed fighting and vehicles on the second line of defense, but they thought it was just a local small-scale battle.

Later, Sanders understood that this was because the enemy was always advancing along the trenches, and the scale of the battle had always been maintained at the level of one enemy infantry battalion of five to six hundred people facing two to three hundred people in one section of the trench.

This may appear to be a small-scale battle, but it is actually large enough to shake the entire Gallipoli and even change the outcome.

Just as Sanders was considering various possibilities, Staff Officer Quinn ran into the headquarters in panic. His voice became hoarse due to fear: "General, the investigation has made it clear that the troops landing in the direction of Aniya Village are enemies. The main force, not a feint!"

Sanders stopped suddenly and looked at the staff officer in shock.

Before he could ask, Quinn explained: "We happened to catch a deserter from the 69th Infantry Regiment. He said that the enemy had tanks and attacked along the trenches. Now they may have crossed the center line and reached near the village of Buchia."

"Tanks?" Sanders was dubious: "Why do they have tanks? How do they land tanks?"

Quinn shook his head helplessly: "I don't know, General. But Bahar said the same, and he also said that it might be Ciel's troops!"

Sanders swallowed hard. If it was Charles's troops, it would be explained. This might be another of his new inventions.

Without daring to hesitate, Sanders quickly walked to the map and focused on the second line of defense.

Quinn immediately found the location of Buchia Village and pointed it out: "Here, there are only three miles away from the coast on the other side."

Sanders's face lost all color in an instant. It was already too late. At the enemy's advancing speed, the journey of three miles might only take twenty minutes.

When the reinforcements arrive, they will face the enemy's complete defense line and machine guns. Even if they use ten times the force, they may not be able to defeat it.

"Where's Bahar?" Sanders asked. "Where is he?"

The staff officer immediately called Bahar, and soon he loudly replied with surprise and joy: "General, Bahar has brought reinforcements to Buqia Village with the security company!"

Apparently, Bahar acted on his own initiative against Sanders’ orders.

But Sanders did not blame him, but shouted excitedly: "Well done, this guy saved the entire defense line! No, he saved the Ottoman Empire and this war!"

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Buqiya Village is a small village with only about thirty households. The second line of defense happens to pass by it to the west, and the distance is only more than a hundred meters.

At this time, the small village was completely deserted. There were houses collapsed by shells and broken fishing nets blown by the sea breeze everywhere, making people feel even more desolate.

Suddenly, amid a burst of rapid and rhythmic footsteps, a group of heavily armed Ottoman soldiers ran into the village, followed by several cars loaded with ammunition.

It was Bahar who came. He jumped out of the car, looked around and issued a series of orders:

"Titan, you lead a platoon to occupy the eastern high ground."

"Ken Mahler, your platoon is responsible for guarding the trenches. Organize all the soldiers of the 69th Infantry Regiment and bring up the soldiers behind the trenches!"

"Others, follow me and use the house to organize defense!"

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"Colonel!" The company commander asked in fear as he ran with Bahar: "I heard that the enemy has tanks, but we have nothing. How can we stop them?"

"Use your body, Bugorang!" Bahar replied without hesitation: "You are in front and I am behind you. Is there any problem?"

"No, Colonel!" the company commander quickly replied: "No problem."

"Very good!" Bahar stood in front of a pile of ruins and shouted to the others: "Everyone, please pay attention, I am not asking you to fight, I am asking you to die under the enemy's gun. If you die, someone else will take your place. Take your place! Do you understand?”

"Understood, Colonel!" the soldiers shouted back.

Bahar gave them the determination to die.

Because he knew that if he was not killed in this battle, the tracks of the enemy tanks would run over everyone's corpses and then block the chokepoint of Gallipoli.

Just as the soldiers had time to find their bunkers, the sound of gunfire came from the west.

Soon, many broken troops retreated from the defense line.

Bahar waved his hands and shouted at them: "Come here, come here all!"

When the soldiers ran into the defense line, Bahar shouted an order to the shocked soldiers: "Pick up your weapons, soldiers! Otherwise you will die under the enemy's gun, I will kill you now!"

The defeated soldiers could only follow the others in twos and threes and set up their rifles with the help of the earthen house.

The enemy came very quickly. Within a few minutes, several "tanks" appeared from behind the hill.

Bahar raised his telescope and took a look, and was secretly relieved. The "tank" had wheels instead of tracks.

"Attention." Bahar ordered loudly: "Aim at the wheels of the tank and obey my orders!"

The soldiers raised their rifles and aimed their sights at the wheels of the "tank".

Following Bahar's order, gunshots were fired, and the "tank" instantly became unable to move.

The soldiers cheered. They didn't expect that this kind of "tank" could be so easy to deal with. Some people shouted excitedly to Bahar: "It worked, Colonel, we stopped them!"

Bahar just snorted coldly. If the troops on the other side were Charles's troops, this would only be the first step.

Sure enough, the next second, the sound of artillery sounded, and mortar shells exploded in the village one after another, raising radiating smoke and dust.

Then, a group of French soldiers in red military pants shouted and charged towards the village.

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The 105th Regiment kicked on the iron plate. The momentum of the advance was blocked in Bukia Village for more than ten minutes. There were more than a hundred casualties but no sign of a breakthrough.

Tijani squatted in the trench, quickly spread out the map, pointed to a point on it and said to Charles: "We are here, only three miles away from the end. If we move fast, we can occupy the entire defense line in just over ten minutes, but Bukia Village was occupied by the enemy first, and the defense is very tight!"

Charles was silent for a while, then got up and climbed up the trench, carefully poked his head out and held a telescope to observe Bukia Village 500 meters away.

The machine guns formed a crossfire, and the only high point nearby was also under their control. All the troops from the fleeing soldiers and the trenches in the rear were pulled up to supplement this line of defense. It has become a hard bone to chew. Even if all the troops are piled up, it may not be possible to break through smoothly.

Retracting his head and pondering for a moment, Charles ordered: "Go around, I bet the trench behind is empty, it is unguarded!"

Tijani looked at Charles in surprise, as if to say, how can you be sure?

The Third Crusade is about to start, the protagonist becomes Jesus' brother, Jerusalem is resurrected online, and how to seize the family property is performed. Old man, it's time to explode the gold coins!