My Italian: Chapter 215 Tirana outpost

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"boom!"

A shell fell to the rear of the position and made a deafening explosion. At the same time, the explosion was accompanied by flying dirt and wood blocks. Driven by the shock wave of the explosion, these sundries were raised high, and finally landed in various places. Many of them fell on the heads of the Ottoman officers and soldiers who were avoiding the shelling in the trenches.

Scenes like this can be seen everywhere in the Walla position, and artillery units from the 8th Division are constantly shelling the positions with artillery.

They kept hitting the defenders one by one with shells, which made the 16th Division and 1st Brigade defending the place feel heavy pressure.

Of course, the defending Ottoman army was not a vegetarian. The continuous counterattack of its artillery positions also prevented the Eighth Division's artillery from bombarding the defending positions with all their strength.

It seems that the two sides are evenly matched and have back and forth, but Colonel Abu Lizi has different opinions on this.

In a position in Walla, Colonel Ablizi, the position commander, just observed the opponent's situation with a high-powered telescope. The situation looked like it was favorable for him, but it was actually very bad, because he found from the number and rate of fire of the opponent's artillery that the opponents were basically light artillery.

"Order artillery units, watch out for possible artillery suppression by the opponent."

Just after Abu Lizi gave the order to the messengers, he immediately heard a different screeching sound of shells. "No, the enemy's large-caliber artillery is still a howitzer."

As a qualified commander, he immediately judged the type of shell from the sound.

Before he finished speaking, he immediately felt the sound of an explosion behind the position. Judging from the position, it was an artillery position of his own side. "Immediately order the artillery to move."

Although this sentence is late, Abu Lizi still wants to say that this hope can achieve some effect.

In the artillery position of the defending army, after being suppressed by the artillery from the opponent, the position was even more panicked. A large number of Ottoman officers and soldiers were busy hanging the artillery on the carriage and leaving here.

However, there are also people who are afraid of the shelling from Italy, choose to give up their beloved artillery, and choose to protect themselves.

"Go back, go back, and bring out the artillery."

On the side of the position, the artillery commander with a pistol was leading someone to stop the shameful move of his men and ordered them to go back and push the artillery out.

Faced with the majesty of the artillery commander, and at the same time considering the power of the weapons in his hands, those who failed to resist their inner fears had to be driven back again.

As it turned out, the artillery commander was right. Because the current artillery is a retractable gun, it needs to be reset after firing a shell, so the current artillery firing speed is very slow, and as a large-caliber heavy artillery, its firing rate is even slower. The 105 and 150mm howitzers that are currently firing at the Ottoman artillery positions can only achieve a firing frequency of 1-2 rounds per minute. In addition, the number of these artillery pieces is not large, only more than 20, so the artillery positions suffered Losses are acceptable.

Therefore, with the efforts of the Ottoman artillery, 5 of the 9 artillery pieces of the position were rescued, and the loss was not large.

It's just that after knowing that the caliber and range of the opponent's artillery are higher than their own, the artillerymen must be more careful next, and it is not so lucky every time they are caught.

Of course, this also caused the defending artillery to be unable to support the position at any time. After all, it was understandable that there were enemy heavy artillery watching.

Speaking of this, some people may ask, so did the Ottoman defenders not have large-caliber heavy artillery?

It can be said responsibly here that there is really no Vola position here, not even Tirana. Because the heavy artillery has a strong range and power, but it is inconvenient to move, it will be a huge trouble for the 16th Division and 1st Brigade who are not planning to defend the place.

This will cause the officers and soldiers of the 1st Brigade to be unable to take these heavy artillery with them when they retreat. Jin Gui's heavy artillery cannot be taken away, otherwise it will become a one-time consumable. What kind of family can be so prosperous, even the powerful British Empire army can't be so arrogant.

Therefore, when the quantity and quality of artillery are not as good as the opponent's, then it is impossible to fight against the enemy. How can you use the 1st Brigade's wealth, so the artillery harassment tactic is a very suitable choice.

The ensuing battle also reflected this, but also gave Italian artillery the advantage of the battlefield.

After the artillery has an advantage, it is natural that the infantry will go into battle, which is also the consistent practice of all countries. In the current battles in Europe, it is basically an artillery battle at the beginning, and after the battle is over, the dominant side launches an infantry attack.

The Italian army is no exception until now lacking new tactical weapons. So a regiment of infantry, under the cover of artillery, launched an attack on the enemy's position.

In the face of the offensive launched by the Italian army, the Ottoman army, which was on the defensive side, certainly would not let the enemy succeed like this. As a result, a large number of officers and soldiers rushed to the position. Under the leadership of the officers, they had rifles in their hands to shoot at the incoming Italian troops.

"Snapped!"

An Ottoman soldier raised his rifle in the trenches, aimed at an Italian soldier and pulled the trigger.

Just after a second or two, the Italian soldier was still rushing towards the position. Knowing that the soldier was not hit, he immediately put the bullet and aimed at the opponent again.

"Crack!" Another shot, this time with a victory, the soldier's hat was knocked flying, causing him to immediately fall to the ground in fright. Faced with such a victory, the Ottoman soldiers shook their heads, intending to choose a new target. But at this moment, a bullet passed through his head, and with a look of surprise and a trace of unwillingness on his face, the Ottoman soldier fell into the trenches.

Of course, his encounter is not the only one. This time the m88 Carcano rifle in the hands of the Italian soldiers showed an amazing performance.

Its good accuracy at 300-600 meters caused heavy casualties to the Ottoman army still using Pleven tactics. A large number of Ottoman soldiers were shot and killed by the more excellent m88 Carcano rifles when shooting at long distances with single-shot rifles. Although the Ottoman army was on the defensive side, the Italian army just relied on the advantage of weapons to suppress the firepower of the defending positions.

I need to say something more here. In the defense of Pleven, which made the current Ottoman Minister of the Army, Marshal Osman Nuri Pasha, famous, the Ottoman army used the method of shooting single-shot rifles at long distances and changing burst rifles at close range. The Russian coalition in Pleven in addition to suffering. With the strength of one army, it blocked the enemy's army of 300,000 for five months.

However, this was a tactic more than ten years ago. At that time, the accuracy of the repeating rifle equipped with magazines was indeed not as good as that of the single-shot rifle, but the times were progressing~www.mtlnovel.com~ The Ottoman army still adopted old-fashioned tactics. find trouble. What's more, this is Vola, not Pleven Fortress.

So under the fierce offensive of the Italian army, Colonel Ablizi, who saw signs of instability in the position, could only let the artillery fire, trying to suppress the arrogance of the attacking troops.

Therefore, under the bombardment of Ottoman artillery, the attacking Italian officers and soldiers had to retreat first. In the open space, they encountered enemy shelling. No one could bear the casualties, so retreating was the best choice.

Of course, the Italian soldiers retreated, but this did not mean that the Italian army had nothing to do with it. The counterattack from the artillery caused the defending artillery to lose a lot.

When it was time for the final count, Colonel Abu Lizi had a constipated expression on his face, because the loss was too great, especially his artillery.

"This battle cannot go on like this. Immediately send someone to report to Major General Hashem in Tirana. We need reinforcements."

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