Chapter 119： Battle of Lule Burgas

In the command of the First Army, Lieutenant General Sirkutinchev received information from Major General Tosheve, and he thought about it and spoke to the communications staff. "Send a report to the First Division, let them attack Lule Burgas and test it out."

Major General Tosheve, the commander of the First Division, who received the telegram from Lieutenant General Sirkutinchev, began to prepare for tomorrow's attack.

And Lule Burgas, which is about to be attacked by the First Army, has 27,000 Ottoman troops, and 21,000 are ready to support behind it. There are 147,000 people assigned to the Ottoman line from Lule Burgas to Budahirsar. Commanding this line of defense was the commander-in-chief of the Ottoman army, Zampasya, while defending the main point of Lule Burgas was his right-hand man Alsa Pasha.

Managing the border strategy of Zampasya in Macedonia has failed, but there are also his difficulties. The local situation in the Ottoman European territories is very turbulent. If they retreat, people everywhere will no longer obey the Ottoman rule, and European countries will see clearly the weak nature of the Ottoman Empire. Therefore, the army is at an absolute disadvantage and he can only hope that the army will perform well to restore the situation. Unfortunately, he underestimated the strength of the Balkan countries and overestimated the quality of the Ottoman army. Even if Macedonia lost, he did not dare to back down on the outside line of the Ottoman capital of Western Thrace. Now he is the only one who directs the hope to save the situation. May God bless you.

In the early morning of the next day, in a small village called Polonika, the First Division, Second Regiment, Third Battalion and Seventh Company got up early. After breakfast, they will, under the leadership of company commander Sackdorf, prepare to set off to Lule Burgas, which is 16 kilometers away. The Ottoman army there launched an offensive.

This pleased Captain Sackdorf and Ensign Bodnov, who had long wanted to fight the Ottoman army. So let the soldiers get up early in the morning to eat breakfast, planning to reconcile the heathen army. Liberation of the oppressed and suffering people in Western Thrace, and let them bathe in the light of the Lord's mercy.

After breakfast, the company commander Sakdorf walked to Lieutenant Bodnov and asked his deputy aloud. "Second Lieutenant Bodnov, are you all here?"

Faced with the question of his chief, Lieutenant Bodnov also answered loudly. "All companies deduct cooking classes, the actual number of 258 people has reached 258, and all companies have already arrived."

Captain Sackdorf was very satisfied with his deputy's answer, and after showing his company commander's majesty, he ordered. "Prepare two columns and set off."

Following Sackerdorf's orders, the Seventh Company began to march towards Lule Bourgas in two columns. Many of the subordinates of the First Division who were scattered nearby got up early like them, took a neat step, and proceeded to the predetermined location of Lule Burgas. Seen from the sky, the units of the First Division followed like a stream into a river, and the marching route was on the road, very close to Lule Burgas.

Near noon, the First Division had arrived at the outskirts of Lule Burgas. Lule Burgas is located in a gap in the small mountain range of Gaslow, and there are roads to Istanbul in the future. This is also the reason why the Ottoman Empire cannot give up.

After the seventh company and the first division came here, they built their positions first, while the second regiment of the seventh company rested. The Ottoman army had no plans to send troops to harass them. They wore small round caps and watched quietly the actions of the First Division.

After lunch, the starting position was established. The artillery of the First Division pulled the cannon onto the newly constructed gun station, and the fresh soil was turned out after the gun station was full.

The seventh company also entered the starting position with the second regiment. The company commander Sackdorf encouraged his subordinates loudly. "Those Ottoman troops are like quail. As long as you rush in front of them, these people will flee in all directions, so now you only need to rush forward to win."

While the company commander Sackdorf encouraged his subordinates, in the temporary headquarters of the First Division, Major General Toshewe was also observing Ottoman's position with a high-powered telescope.

After observing the Ottoman position on the opposite side, Major General Toshevey spoke to Donotov, the chief of staff of the division beside him. "This tentative attack is not easy to fight."

Donotov, the chief of staff who was observing with him, agreed. "Yes, I see that the number of people on the opposing position is not less than that of our first division, and our artillery is not dominant, so I suggest to test the intensity of this attack a little bit."

Hearing the chief of staff's suggestion, the division commander, Major General Toshewe, answered after thinking about it. "fair enough."

After taking a look at the time after replying to the Chief of Staff, Commander Toshewei gave an order to the staff around him at exactly two o'clock. "Let the artillery fire first."

Under the order of Major General Toshevet, 54 artillery pieces brought by the First Division launched fierce shelling on the Ottoman line. For a time there was gunpowder on the battlefield, and from time to time Ottoman soldiers could be seen being bombed to death on the battlefield.

Lieutenant Sackdorf on the starting position yelled loudly when he saw this scene. "well played."

This kind of smoke-filled scene, coupled with the excitement about to launch an attack, made him excited.

However, due to the lack of ammunition, the shelling came and went quickly, and stopped after only half an hour.

At this time, I heard their head yelling loudly. "attack."

Company Commander Sackdorf took the lead in rushing out of the trenches and roared first. "follow me."

The soldiers of the Seventh Company rushed out after seeing their company commander's actions, and the other companies of the Second Regiment also rushed forward.

Major General Toshevet, who was observing the attack in the headquarters, nodded, and he was very satisfied with the belligerence of his soldiers.

On the battlefield, Sachdorf, who took the lead, led the soldiers of the Second Regiment to the position of the Ottoman army. The defensive artillery fire arrived as scheduled, all bombarding the offensive troops of the second regiment. From time to time, soldiers were affected by artillery bomb explosions, and many Bulgarian soldiers fell on the way to the charge.

As the Ottoman artillery aimed at most of the second regiment's follow-up, the seventh company that took the lead in the charge had few casualties, and the company commander Sackdorf was still alive and well.

Of course, the Artillery of the First Division would not allow their troops to bear the shelling alone. When the Ottoman artillery appeared to bombard the Bulgarian army, the counter-attacking artillery also hit the defender’s gun position, reminding them not to forget their existence. So the Ottoman artillery divided half of the artillery to counterattack the artillery of the Bulgarian First Division, which reduced the pressure on the attacking second regiment a lot.

The second regiment was bombarded by the Ottoman army along the way, and the company commander Sackdorf still took the lead. After running two hundred and fifty meters away from the Ottoman line of positions, he increased his vigilance, seeing the small round hat peculiar to the Ottoman army appeared in front of him, he became more vigilant. After seeing the Ottoman army in the trenches raising their guns, he yelled.

"Fell down."

The whole person fell down on the low-lying terrain in front of him, his body clinging to the ground. When the men behind him heard him yell, they all fell on the ground.

"Bah~Bah~Bah"

There was a burst of gunfire, and many Bulgarian soldiers who had not had time to lie down were hit and fell to the ground, unable to get up again. The soldiers behind had no time to grieve, and bit the bullet and continued to charge.

Sackdorf led his subordinates on the ground to fight back while waiting for the follow-up soldiers of the Second Regiment to follow. For a while, the soldiers from both sides were fighting in front of the position. Sakdorf saw the follow-up troops catch up and quickly got up, holding a pistol in one hand and waving the command knife in the other, and shouted.

"Come on."

The soldiers of the Seventh Company stood up and rushed with their heroic company commander. Like a civet, Sackdorf dodged from left to right and quickly approached the Ottoman position, which surprised the Ottoman soldiers on the position.

Taking advantage of their astonishment, Sackdorf plunged into the position. When they didn't react, they took a pistol and shot a few Ottoman soldiers next to them. These soldiers were hit by pistols at close range and fell to the ground. Sackdorf threw the bullet-end pistol at a soldier aiming at him.

"Snapped"

The soldier he interfered with missed a shot. Of course, Sackdorf would not give him a second chance. He raised the saber in his hand and rushed in front of him, dodged his stab, and killed him with a backhand blow. In just a few seconds, he killed several Ottoman soldiers next to him alone, and the other Ottoman soldiers were stunned by his brave performance.

At this time, soldiers from the Seventh Company and the Second Regiment also rushed into the trenches, and for a while, both sides fought hand-to-hand. As time went by, the Ottoman soldiers gradually lost to the Bulgarian soldiers. At this time, a large number of Ottoman troops came in from the back of the position. The commander of the Second Regiment who followed the soldiers yelled.

"retreat."

Bulgarian soldiers ran out of the Ottoman trenches that they had finally attacked, and ran towards their positions.

Major General Toshevet, who was watching the battle in the rear, commented on the offensive to the chief of staff beside him. "The soldiers did a good job."

"indeed."

Hearing what the Chief of Staff agreed with, Major General Toshevey sighed and continued. "But our strength is still not enough. The Ottoman army's second-line position only used half of its strength, and the third-line position did not respond at all, indicating that they have ample strength. And I noticed that only half of the gun positions on the position fired, and half did not move at all. There was only the sound of rifles in the position, no movement of machine guns, and the position was destroyed by one of our blows. This was tempting me to continue to invest in more attacks. He looked down on me too much."

Hearing Major General Tosheve's analysis, Chief of Staff Donotov asked. "How should we send a message to the lieutenant general?"

"Just say that the enemy has a strong position in Lule BurgasOur First Army is estimated to be unable to take it down." After Major General Toshevet finished his plan to his chief of staff, he planned to return to the headquarters. .

But after two steps, he turned to talk. "I admire the commander at the front of the attack today. You can give me a reward."

"Well, I like to commend brave subordinates the most." Chief of Staff Donotov said with a smile. He also liked this brave officer a little bit.

Company Commander Sackdorf didn't know, his performance like a **** of war was seen by the two division chiefs, but he would know soon.

In this test attack, the First Division tested the strength of the Ottoman position at the cost of 549 casualties. The Ottoman army failed to lure the first division to continue the attack with the price of 443 men. I believe the two sides will have another chance to fight in a short time.

ps The next chapter is estimated to be late, and the mantou has not been saved. I found a problem. The daily update volume is more than 5,000 words, but the recommendation votes are actually dropping.

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