My Italian: Chapter 219 Battle of Tirana End

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Ligari carefully walked through the rubble, his eyes were vigilantly observing the movement around him, and he was ready to use his rifle to counterattack any enemies that might emerge from the surroundings.

Ligari came from Florence. As the second son of the family, Ligari accepted the call of the country without hesitation and became a glorious soldier. After a short period of recruit training, he was assigned to the 31st Division, 2nd Brigade, 1st Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 4th Company and became the company's messenger. He was now carrying out the instructions given to him by Captain Bobby, the company commander, to give orders to the second platoon.

Ligari carefully passed through a half-collapsed building, and after finding that nothing happened, he immediately rushed across the empty street with a brisk pace, and then hid in a corner to calm down a little.

The reason for him to do this is very simple, the open space is too dangerous, this is the warning of the veteran, and it is also the lesson of blood, and such a living example has appeared before his eyes. Wolf, who had been with him for more than three months and was also a messenger, was hit in an open place, but fortunately he survived and was sent back to Durres in the rear.

Ligari certainly didn't want that to happen, so he had to be careful. Although this can't be called Laotan Tiger's Den, but he must be treated as Chenglongtan Tiger's Den, which is the way of survival that the veteran taught him.

After a short rest, Ligari continued to walk, he crossed an alley and turned into a diagonal alley, and when he came out from here, he breathed a sigh of relief, because he had reached his destination.

"Ligari, it's time to give orders again."

In a building, someone was calling him. Ligari knew him, this was Polk from the second row and the third shift, and he was from Florence like him.

"Pork, where is Lieutenant Folley?"

Facing the fellow, Ligari immediately inquired about the position of the platoon leader in the second row. After all, the task was important.

"The second lieutenant is resting, come in."

After knowing the position of the second platoon leader, Ligari rushed over immediately. After he entered through the doorway, Lieutenant Folley appeared in front of him with a sleepy look on his face.

"Ligari, what's the matter with the company commander sending you here this time?"

After seeing Ligari, the bearded and unkempt Folley didn't forget to yawn a lot while saying hello.

"Captain Papel ordered you to dispatch half of the troops to cooperate with three platoons to take Telda Square."

"What? To hit Telda Square!"

After hearing Ligari's words, Folley almost jumped up like a needle had been pricked in his butt. Because the location of the square is very important, it is at the junction between the west and the south of the city. In order to prevent the 14th Division and the 8th Division from connecting together, the Ottoman army placed a battalion here and also equipped 4 small artillery pieces. Failed twice. So after hearing Rigari's words, it's no wonder Folley jumped.

"Second Lieutenant Folley is the order of the company commander, and he won't let you die." As a messenger, Ligari, with his back to the company headquarters, was naturally more informed than Folley, the platoon leader.

"An hour ago, a unit of the Eighth Division had already hit Sarco Street, and now they plan to attack Telda Square and need our assistance, and this time, not only our four companies, but other companies will also be deployed. ."

Under Ligari's explanation, Forley's expression improved, but he couldn't help complaining. "Damn it, I still plan to clean up the mice with round hats in the vicinity in the next two days. It seems that it is not possible now."

"Don't worry, there is time. When Telda Plaza is taken down, there will be time."

Ligari didn't know that the guards at Telda Square they were discussing had smelled a dangerous breath. The Ottoman army commander who was guarding here had asked for help from his superiors, and now he was anxiously waiting for the messenger to bring back news.

It didn't take long for the messenger he sent to come back panting. "The battalion commander, the regiment commander told you to retreat, there is no need to stay here."

Hearing the news brought back by the messenger, the commander breathed a sigh of relief as if unloading, and he immediately called another messenger. "Send my order immediately, and let everyone retreat according to the number of each company, and move quickly."

Situations like this defender have often appeared in these days of fighting. When the Ottoman army guarding Tirana felt bad, they sought to retreat.

Although this has allowed them to lose nearly half of the city within three days, the casualty rate is well controlled.

The two major generals, Hashem and Halder, who are the commanders of the city's garrison, are still satisfied, at least their strength is well preserved.

At present, the command system of the Ottoman garrison has been moved to a new headquarters in the northeast corner of the city.

The headquarters was only moved here today. The old headquarters in the center of the city could no longer be used because the Italian army was already approaching. Of course, the old headquarters, which was changed from the city hall, will not be so cheap for the Italians. A battalion of defenders has already entered it. They will rely on the solid building of the city hall to deal a heavy blow to the enemy.

As for the new headquarters, the two major generals are discussing the deployment of the battle situation.

"This side of Lehman Street, you can't give up for the time being, let them stay for one more day, and then retreat to the defense area of ​​your 31st Division's 3rd Regiment."

"This is no problem, I will send a message to the three regiments and let them respond."

Then the two continued to discuss which positions needed to be held today and which positions needed to be given up. Basically, the casualties are not small, and the locations that are not important will be considered first, and those locations with important locations and strong troops will be slowly given up. Anyway, the general practice is to exchange space for time. Of course, the two militaries need to fill it with the lives of officers and soldiers.

Simeone, the commander of the attacking side, is also clear about the practices of the Ottoman army. Although he is very dissatisfied with this, considering factors such as the morale of the troops and equipment of the two armies, he can only choose to default. After all, the consumption of siege personnel is not small, unless the defenders are defeated without a fight.

It's just obvious that the Ottoman army will not reach the point of collapse without a fight, and there will be no bargains to pick up.

So how can this be done?

Only to fight the war of attrition with the defenders.

Of course, there are differences in the war of attrition. As an excellent commander, Simeone has his own understanding even in the war of attrition.

What advantages do you have on your side? Of course, in addition to morale, the advantages in equipment can also be used. In view of the previous role of small and medium-caliber artillery in urban warfare, this time he will distribute small and medium-caliber artillery to each unit. Even company-level troops can have direct support from small-caliber artillery such as 37 and 57 mm, which can be said to increase the firepower of the front-line troops to the maximum.

And this approach seems to be quite good. The Italian officers and soldiers who have attacked many times have used the advantages of artillery to open the gap, and then expand the results and shake the confidence of the defenders.

But even so, the Italian army still fought very hard. Although it was not a house-to-house struggle for control with the Ottoman defenders, it could at least be regarded as a struggle for the entire street.

However, this kind of competition consumes a lot of ammunition, morale and other aspects, so basically the two armies are gnashing their teeth.

Of course, this situation is difficult for the Italian army, and even more difficult for the Ottoman army. After all, they do not have the advantage, whether it is firepower or equipment.

After the last seven days of fighting, the Ottoman army finally withdrew from Tirana and retreated to Elbasan.

The battle of Tirana lasted for a week, and the two armies invested a total of nearly 100,000 people (with local recruits recruited by the Ottomans~www.mtlnovel.com~ The Italian side finally won.

However, the price of this victory was not small at all. Among them, 7,478 people were injured, 2,835 people were killed, 312 people were missing, and the casualties exceeded 10,000.

Of course, the Italian casualties were not small, and the Ottomans, who were the defeated side, were also not easy. It injured 8,421 people, killed 5,179 people, captured 3,891 people, and lost more than 17,000 casualties.

But in any case, this battle not only let the world see the combat effectiveness of the Italian army (some inflated), but also let people see the ability of the Ottoman army.

Of course, the end of the Battle of Tirana does not mean anything. This is just the first large-scale and decent battle between the two armies. There is still a long way to go, and there is too much time to fight.

Although other European countries may not care much, within the Balkans, there is an extraordinary response.

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