Greece’s Roman Road - Chapter 216

After the reconnaissance of the destroyer fleet and repeated confirmation that there was no Ottoman warship activity in the nearby waters, the marines quietly landed on the side of Mudros Bay on Limous Island with the help of inflatable boats under the cover of night.

Mudros Bay is a natural harbor with wide, deep water and calm waves, suitable for docking large ships.

After capturing Mudros Bay, the warships of the Quick Response Fleet can directly moor in Mudros Bay and use Limous Island as the forward base of the Greek blockade fleet.

This will not only allow the crew to go ashore and rest properly, but also facilitate the delivery of fleet supplies to warships, and use Limros Bay as a gathering point for logistical materials.

The captain’s staff officer Hydris reported to Commander Ferradhui in a low voice: “Sir, after a busy first half of the night, 1,500 soldiers of the Marine Corps have successfully landed. According to our daytime reconnaissance, the flat terrain near this bay is narrow and the surrounding landforms are complex. , it is not suitable for all marines to form a formation”

In addition to the lack of vegetation cover near the bay, the surrounding forests are lush, surrounded by hills, and the view of the troops is greatly restricted.

The whole beach was so silent that Commander Hedris was a little flustered.

Heydris, who was observing the situation near the harbor with a telescope, said solemnly, “Has the reconnaissance team been dispatched?”

It is impossible for the Ottoman troops stationed on the island to fail to discover the Greek fleet. After all, when the Greek fleet arrived during the day yesterday, it did not cover up its tracks at all. Yesterday, the weather was fine, the waves were soothing, and the visibility on the sea was extremely high.

The Ottoman troops, as the island guards of Limous Island, must have noticed the whereabouts of the Greek fleet.

Limros Bay, where the marines landed, is also a temporary port for the island guard troops to receive supplies on weekdays. The island guard troops should be very familiar with the nearby terrain.

During the whole process of landing the 1,500-man army, the Ottoman army did not shoot a single shot. It seemed to turn a blind eye to the actions of the landing troops, which was too strange.

This abnormal behavior made Commander Federa feel a little uneasy.

She raised her hand and looked at the luminous watch on her left wrist. It was three o’clock in the morning.

Suddenly, in the sparse woods around the harbor, there was a sudden sound of gunshots. The soldiers on guard duty around Hydra subconsciously crawled on the ground. In the dark night, their alert eyes kept patrolling the surroundings.

“It looks like the reconnaissance squad has encountered an enemy,” Hydris said in a low voice.

He dispatched a total of fifty reconnaissance soldiers, divided into five squads, to show a fan-shaped search around the harbor, hoping that they would find out the terrain and the distribution of the enemy for the Marine Corps.

The remaining 1,500 soldiers were exhausted after tossing around in the middle of the night. At this time, they were all taking time to rest. After all, tomorrow’s military operation – clearing the surrounding area of ​​the harbor, still needs them to complete.

“Do I need to send the soldiers to support? I’m worried that the scouts will suffer too many casualties” Hydris pleaded with an ugly face.

After pondering for a moment, Colonel Ferrard shook his head and rejected the suggestion of the staff officer: “The enemy obviously anticipated our actions and has already completed targeted deployments. Increase the difficulty and rashly support the reconnaissance unit, the unit may fall into chaos”

“They can only rely on themselves,” Colonel Ferrard said unwillingly.

Scouts are all elites selected from soldiers. They have high combat literacy. They are the eyes of the troops and provide intelligence support for the commander’s decision-making.

Despite the enemy’s early preparations, Hydra still believed that the scouts could successfully break away from contact with the enemy and complete the reconnaissance mission.

While the two of them were talking, a series of “da-da-da” sounds suddenly sounded in the woods around the bay.

This is the unique sound of the Maxim machine gun.

Phaedra and Hedris looked at each other, their faces were a bit ugly.

On such a narrow terrain, the enemy’s Harvest Island troops and the defense of heavy weapons like Mark Qin undoubtedly put the Marine Corps in a very disadvantageous position. I am afraid that they will be suppressed by the enemy on the beachhead, and they will be unable to move.

Thinking like this, but couldn’t do anything, both of them became anxious.

Sporadic gunshots, mixed with continuous machine gunshots, broke the tranquility of the bay.

It wasn’t until half an hour later that several panting reconnaissance squad leaders came to Ferrad to report on the investigation.

With a dignified expression on Federa’s face, he ordered in a deep voice, “All teams report casualties.”

“Three people in the first team were injured and two died”

“The second team killed three people and injured three people”

“No one was injured in the third team”

“Five people in the fourth team were injured, no one died”

“Fourth Team Four Killed, Three Injured”

With a dignified expression on his face, Federa said to the reconnaissance squad leaders, “What about the reconnaissance situation? Is the distribution of the enemy’s heavy firepower clear?”

“The Ottomans seemed to have anticipated our actions. They were ambushed in the woods and covered by weeds, and we were suddenly attacked, with heavy casualties, and it was too late to observe and record the distribution of enemy firepower.”

“The enemy has deployed machine gun positions in the woods”

After several people reported on the investigation, Federa and Hedris looked worried.

Originally thought that the Ottoman army just deployed a few hundred troops on the island, and with the strength of the marines, it could be easily taken.

However, he didn’t expect to encounter a difficult situation at the beginning. The enemy took advantage of the geographical advantage, and with the help of the fierce firepower of the Maxim machine gun, the Marine Corps would be very passive in such an unobstructed exposed area as the beachhead.

Due to the special combat environment of the Marine Corps, those heavy weapons that are cumbersome and inconvenient to move, such as artillery and machine guns, are not equipped with the Marine Corps at all.

Among all the weapons of the Marine Corps, the only one that can be called a heavy weapon~www.mtlnovel.com~ is the mortar.

But the range of mortars is very short, usually only a few hundred meters. The target is the enemy’s fortifications, and the power of mortar shells is also unsatisfactory.

The enemy’s position was hidden in the thick woods again, and the mortars’ field of vision was limited, making it impossible to effectively strike the enemy’s machine gun positions.

If the enemy’s firepower cannot be suppressed, and the Marine Corps lacking heavy weapons can barely attack the enemy’s hidden positions, relying on their own numerical superiority, it is not impossible to attack.

Just do that, and the Marine Corps casualty numbers will be very high.

As the only land combat force of the Navy, the Marine Corps will rely on the Marine Corps to complete a series of island capture operations.

If the Marine Corps suffered heavy losses at the beginning, then a series of operations planned by the Navy would be seriously dragged down.

Due to his confidence in the strength of the Greek navy, Cantoriotis believed that the two German ex-dreadnoughts of the Ottoman Empire navy, which relied on the two Greek invincible-class war cruisers as the main force of the Greek fleet, were not equal opponents at all.

Therefore, the first target of the fleet under the command of Cantoriotis aimed at the strategically important island of Limous.

You know, after Limous Island, there are still a lot of islands in the Aegean Sea that need to be solved by the marines.

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