Greece’s Roman Road - Chapter 273

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After learning that the back road back to Kavala was cut off by a division in Greece, as the commander of the Bulgarian army in the direction of Kavala, Ivanov did not speak for a long time.

After the failure of the attack, the Bulgarian army led by Ivanov originally planned to return to Kavala and follow the example of the Greeks to defend, so that even if the war could not be won, it could retain hundreds of thousands of living forces for the Bulgarian army.

In the same situation as him, the Bulgarian Southwest Corps, which started from Petritsch, suffered a severe setback in the initial storm. After learning that Romania and the Ottoman Empire had joined the battle group, they knew that there was no hope of winning, and they also began to enter a large-scale army. retreat stage.

It’s just that Petritsch’s Bulgarian army’s retreat went relatively smoothly. Although there were also Greek troops who were biting at the rear, during the retreat, in order to delay Greece’s pursuit, Petritsch arranged for some troops to be responsible for rear breaks and sniping. .

On the way to retreat, after giving up more than 10,000 people, the remaining more than 100,000 soldiers have retreated to the vicinity of Petridge.

In contrast, the Kavala army, which was focused on by the Greek military and political leaders, was not so lucky.

Since Kavala is the central city of Bulgaria in the East Macedonia region, it is also an important Aegean sea port. After Bulgaria occupied it, this geographically important Aegean sea port was highly valued.

Now Kavala is valued by the Greek government for the same reason.

After Manujanaski received the order of the General Staff, he immediately ordered the staff to prepare a battle plan in order to focus on destroying part of the Bulgarian army near Kavala.

Under normal circumstances, if the enemy flees wholeheartedly and does not engage in direct combat with the pursuers, it is impossible to annihilate the enemy in large numbers.

Because the march basically still relies on animal power and manpower, and the speed is limited, in the case of a chase and escape, for the pursued, it is only a rout, and most of the troops will still escape.

It was in this situation that the 2nd Division was given special orders to fast forward lightly, throw away almost all heavy weapons, not entangle with the enemy, and detour from the side between the Ivanov Corps and the city of Kavala. After breaking through the limited force of the enemy responsible for guarding the rear, stick to waiting for assistance, cooperate with the main force, and strive to wipe out the Ivanov Legion.

The Kavala army led by Ivanov naturally did not get rid of the Greek pursuit so easily.

The current Ivanov Corps was in a dilemma. The road to retreat was cut off by the Second Division of the Macedonian Legion, and the main force of the Macedonian Legion was chasing it.

If the second division, which was stuck like a nail in its vital position, could not be dealt with in time, the Bulgarian army would either be encircled and wiped out or surrendered after running out of ammunition and food.

Ivanov, who has no way out, clearly understands his situation. In the face of the army of a Greek division that suddenly appeared in the rear, the Ivanov Legion must go all out.

For the Second Division of the Macedonian Regiment, it was also an ordeal.

“Oh! Damn, the lieutenant was shot!”

“Lieutenant! Lieutenant! How are you?” The soldier hurriedly opened fire at the incoming Bulgarian soldiers, and asked his superior in a panic.

Erhard was lying on the ground, his dilated pupils staring at the sky with no focus. The moment the bullet hit the helmet, the loud noise made his ears “buzz”, and his mind was blank, in a state of ignorance. In a state of confusion, it was not until a face full of anxiety covered the sky that he suddenly regained his senses.

The whole body was like an electric shock. After twitching violently, he finally came back to his senses. He pretended to be holding hands and struggled to stand up from the ground. He cursed loudly in excitement: “Shit! Shit! Shit!”

Subconsciously roared loudly, venting filled with fear in the heart.

In that instant, passing by the **** of death, this huge stimulus, even a low-level officer with rich experience in war, felt mad.

“I’m fine! Give me my helmet!”

Taking over his helmet, he could see at a glance the khaki-colored ear on the left, a shocking silver scratch, which was the trace of a bullet.

Erhard couldn’t help but scolded again: “Shit!” Then he slammed the helmet that saved his life on his head.

Before Erhard could give the order again, a crisp bone cracking sound came into his ears, followed by a miserable cry: “My hand! My hand!”

The hand that had just handed him the helmet was already full of blood, and the index finger and thumb, which had been cut off by the bullet, were hanging beside the palm of the hand under the connection of a trace of skin.

“You’ll be alright! You’ll be alright! Climb behind yourself! We’ll fix your hand when this damned sniper fight is over!” Erhard could only shout what he didn’t believe.

People are constantly being shot, but now no one can pay attention to the fallen comrades next to them, and they don’t even have time to drag the wounded off the front line. The people in front of them are all Bulgarians. If they rush up, they will die!

Seeing this, Erhard felt a little fortunate. Fortunately, these Bulgarian soldiers were deserters. In order to march faster, heavy weapons such as artillery had long been discarded. Otherwise, the second division, relying on temporary fortifications, was absolutely defensive. The dominant Ivanov Legion is not standing for help, but the sheep are in the tiger’s mouth.

“We need fire support. If the dog’s mortars don’t fire again, we’re all going to die!” Erhard yelled at the forward observers as he climbed to the battlefield phone.

Mortars are light in weight, especially small-caliber mortars, weighing only a few dozen kilograms. After dismantling, they can be easily hung on horses or mules. This is the only remaining artillery support for the Second Division.

“This is the frontline observation point! Shelling mission! Coordinates 378 to 456, scattered in clusters! Distance 200! Attacking enemy infantry! High-explosive bombs! Fire support requested! Fire support requested”

“Repeat! Shelling mission! Coordinates 378 to 456, scattered in clusters! Distance 200! Attacking enemy infantry! High-explosive bombs! Fire support requested! Fire support requested”

Shocked by the fierce exchange of fire on the battlefield, the observers were also shouting hysterically at this time.

Just as the Bulgarian soldiers were urged and reprimanded by the officers and the generals rushed in front of the Greeks, the sound of mortar shells breaking through the air finally came from the air.

The rapid firing of the 4 mortars, which did not remember the ammunition consumption, made the battlefield in front of the Greeks not very wide, shrouded in the flames and smoke of the explosion, the sudden and violent shelling, and the death metal that bloomed after the explosion. The storm finally stopped the Bulgarians 80 meters in front of the bushes.

However, the blocked frontal attack still did not let the Bulgarians give up. The Greeks were horrified to find that more Bulgarians on the right flank launched an attack!

“Back! Back! The Bulgarians want to outflank us!”

The Greek soldiers on the temporary front were at a loss for a while when faced with the local soldiers who suddenly appeared on their right flank.

Just as the Greeks were about to retreat in order to adjust the front, the sound of metal friction and the roar of the engine appeared behind the side and rear of the Greek front. It turned out to be a small number of modified armored vehicles in the Greek army.

“It’s our armored car”

More than 30 armored vehicles, slowly moving their bulky bodies, turned out to use themselves as bunkers to provide cover for their soldiers to make up for the weak defense capabilities of the temporary defense line.

The dense bullets of the Bulgarian soldiers hit the armored vehicle, and the “ding ding ding” made a series of metal knocks, and sparks burst out.

In order to complete the task of blocking the Bulgarian army, these armored vehicles did not consider their own safety at all.

Encouraged by the bravery of the armored soldiers, the Greek soldiers quickly rushed to the vicinity of the armored vehicle, protected themselves with the body, formed a new line of defense, and sealed the loopholes on the right flank.

The Bulgarian machine gunner immediately turned his gun on the newly emerging iron bumps, and pulled the trigger fiercely. The dense bullets slammed into the front armor plate of the armored vehicle with a clanging sound, and splashing sparks were scattered everywhere.

However, this did not prevent the armored vehicles from continuing to function. The armored vehicles that were damaged by continuous blows stopped on the spot and became fixed bunkers, while the movable armored vehicles continued to move to fill the weak defense line.

As soon as the driver stepped on the brakes, the body of the armored vehicle rushed forward slightly, followed by the Mark Qin machine gun mounted on the roof, with the help of the superiority, it made a huge roar, echoing over the green space.

The huge impact force broke the branches of the green grass in an instant, and flew everywhere. The bullet trajectory drawn by the tracer bullet suppressed the Bulgarian soldiers to the ground and could not move.

“These armored vehicle soldiers did a good job” and the German infantry was full of excited joy watching the scene.

The armored vehicles that suddenly appeared, at any cost, finally temporarily supported the defense line of the Greek soldiers.

The addition of this group of spoilers changed the situation on the battlefield in an instant. In the face of the iron tortoise-like steel monster, the Bulgarian soldiers who did not have too many heavy weapons only felt helpless, and the firepower advantage of the Greek infantry who had stabilized the front was tilted. The first offensive of the Bulgarian soldiers was finally disintegrated.

“Hit me hard! Don’t let them run away easily!” Captain Erhard, whose face was covered in mud, didn’t have the embarrassment that the front line almost collapsed just now, and excitedly pulled at the Bulgarians who were running away. trigger.

“Run! Run! Run quickly!” Some people kept pulling the trigger while shouting for the Russians to run quickly.

The Greek, who had just been crushed to the ground, even got up and opened fire on the back of the Bulgarian, as if to fully vent the fear of death that had just shrouded his heart.

The Bulgarians disengaged, the gunfire finally stopped, and the Greek soldiers did not pursue them. Their mission was to block the Bulgarian soldiers anyway, and time was on their side.

On the position, the Greek soldiers did not dare to relax. Almost all of them took shovels and dug the trenches desperately, without the officers urging them to dig deep into the soil consciously.

After more than a month of trench warfare, the soldiers deeply understood that every time the trench was deeper, their lives would be safe.

Although the time and manpower were not enough for the soldiers to build a perfect trench fortification, neither the Greek soldiers nor the fleeing Bulgarians who were to face next would have much heavy firepower.

This is good news for the shovel-wielding Greeks.

There was no need to arrange multiple trenches, nor to reinforce the parapets of the trenches, which relieved the Greeks of a lot of work.

However, even if there is not enough time and manpower to build a complete trench fortification, the trenches built by the Greeks to cut corners for their own lives can still be called complete.

The trench that has begun to take shape, according to the requirements of the excavation tactics manual, was carefully dug into an irregular curve. The front and back walls of the trench were piled up with excavated soil. The notch serves as a reserve fire point for the machine gun.

At the rear of the trench, the machine gun fire points that have been constructed are slightly higher to have better vision and range of fire. Sandbags are used on both sides of the front of the fire point to build parapets, and the chopped logs are placed on the two parapets as beams. Then use the excavated soil to pile up the soil slopes on the front and rear of the parapet for reinforcement, and you can get a machine gun firing port with a good range and good defense.

Glancing at a pair of water-cooled Maxims standing here, Carterpolis thought for a while and then added: “I hope those Bulgarians are more acquainted and don’t come to trouble us.”

Ludvik laughed and joked: “At that time, we will wait for the main force of the legion to come to meet and wipe out the main force of the Bulgarian Aegean coast, and try to weaken the strength of the Bulgarian army as much as possible.”

As a veteran machine gun shooter, Ludvik was given this new gift.

“It’s just that the number of bullets is a little less.” Foggt shook his head regretfully.

The second division pursued mobility in order to be light-loaded, and naturally did not have sufficient ammunition to supply the Maxim heavy machine gun.

In positional defense battles, the advantages of water-cooled heavy machine guns’ continuous firepower are self-evident.

This was something the Greek soldiers of the 2nd Division could rely on, aside from mortars~www.mtlnovel.com~ For the next day and a half, the 2nd Division held its position firmly, Bulgaria The soldiers were almost crazy, charging towards the simple defense line of the second division, hoping to get rid of the Greek soldiers in front of them.

The soldiers of the 2nd Division had not slept for almost two days, keeping vigilance at all times, carefully guarding against the late-night sneak attack of the Bulgarians, and firmly blocking the Ivanov Corps.

On the afternoon of July 12, the main force of the Macedonian Army officially completed the siege of the Ivanov Army.

After several days of fleeing, the soldiers of the Ivanov Legion were exhausted, the back road was cut off, and the logistical supplies had been cut off. 160,000 soldiers were captured.

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