Chapter 1596： Turn to Southeast II

Chapter 1596 Turning to Southeast 2

Therefore, Xiafei is now wondering, what if his armored division does not go back and chooses to go south and attack Bicher, an important city east of Eskisehir? There is a railway linking Ankara here, which is an important channel for the transportation of Turkish troops and personnel. If this section is taken, it will be equivalent to cutting off the retreat of Turkish troops and logistical supplies in Eskisehir. And if you occupy this traffic artery, then follow the railway and the river to the east, and you will be Poratli, the western gateway of Ankara!

With railways and waterways, the supply of the British can also be greatly improved. By then, it may be easy to capture Ankara, even if the Turks are prepared? The Turks are not Germans, so it's enough to be straightforward!

Therefore, in the evening, Xiafei contacted Lord Allenby, the commander-in-chief of the British army on the southern front, and asked if the plan to bring the troops southward, bypass the Turkish army, and attack the Turkish army with the British army is feasible. .

"If your troops can move south quickly, it will undoubtedly have a subversive effect on the entire battle!" Lord Allenby wrote in his reply.

For the French to help, the British welcomed them with their hands. Up to now, Lord Allenby is carefully using his military power. It is not that he does not have the vehicles and fuel that can organize a quick attack, nor does he say British tanks are already overwhelmed. (Although there are indeed a lot of repeated maintenance along the way) However, the current situation is far from the limit. Lord Allenby's plan is to take Eskisehir. After damaging the main force of Turkey, he hurriedly rushed directly to the city of Ankara and cut off the 3B railway in one fell swoop. However, now, I don't seem to be so troublesome!

Of course, from the side, this is also equivalent to announcing the failure of the previous French Raiders of Constantinople. The spearhead of the attack was broken. When the infantry climbed to the bottom of Constantinople, it is estimated that the face That's right, the Bavarian Legion with more than 6 figures. Looking at the consistent performance of the Bavarian Legion, it is estimated that the British and French allied forces are just not enough!

"The battle will inevitably be prolonged, but if the 3B railway can be cut off, then at least, we can drag hundreds of thousands of Bavarian legions to Asia Minor? Add to that the troops still stranded in the Eastern Front and the Balkans, Bavaria I am afraid it will be difficult to get to the western front." Lord Allenby thought in his heart.

On the second day, Xiafei evacuated south with his troops and disappeared from the sight of the Germans again. On the third day, information about the battle was sent to France. Before the report was delivered, Xiafei worried that the failure of the battle would shake the French government's confidence in the Asia Minor front. But to his surprise, the French government, instead of accusing Xiafei and his subordinates, sent a third group of troops to continue to strengthen the Asia Minor theater.

Afterwards, Xia Fei understood the cause of this incident. Although his armored unit was badly repaired by his Bavarian counterparts, the French army on the front did a good job. In the offensive battle, the damage ratio between the French army and the German army was almost maintained at around 1 to 1! This is not an easy record. In fact, on the Western Front, the battle losses between the French and German forces averaged around 1 to 1.5. When the Bavarian Army moved westward, the loss ratio of the two sides even reached 1:2.2 at one time! The best time is 1:1.2. And now, being able to play a 1 to 1 exchange ratio is really gratifying to the French Supreme Command... Therefore, the French believed that continuing to fight in Asia Minor was a very cost-effective business.

In fact, there are reasons why the French can achieve this exchange ratio. First of all, the troops of General von Seckert who defended Bursa were transferred from the Eastern Front. This force was pulled to Asia Minor just after the siege was released. Although they were equipped with some equipment, it was obviously difficult to equip them with nearly 60,000 equipment. Therefore, the equipment was worse than the ordinary western German army. At the same time, the time of deploying in Bursa was not long enough and the fortifications were not perfect.

Another aspect is that the French army’s firepower advantage is very large. Although there are no tanks, the artillery is fierce. A bunch of naval 152MM naval guns, 120MM naval guns and 102MM naval guns are pulled to the front line on the army gun rack. Can it not be fierce as a suppression artillery? The French even used a small number of 152MM naval guns as flat-fire artillery in their attacks, which can all be used against light cruisers! How could the hastily constructed defense line block such shelling? !

After getting the "inside news", General Xiafei was also a little bit dumbfounded. He knew exactly what was going on on the battlefield. It belonged to the kind that don't look at it now, and be careful to pull the white bars after autumn... It is still difficult to overwhelm the opponent in the case of gaining first-hand advantage and time difference, once the Bavarian Army completes the adjustment. And if the Allied Powers cannot achieve a strategic goal, it will be completely black...

In less than three days, the Anglo-French Army completed the adjustment of the campaign. In addition to his own armored division, Xiafei also drew a division from the forces surrounding Bursa as a backup. Then head southeast. The British also postponed the attack, giving the Turks a defensive illusion to allow Turkey to invest more troops. In France, the third batch of support troops totaled about 2 armored divisions and 6 The strength of this infantry division has been assembled, ready to embark from the port of Toulon.

However, what surprised the Allies was that while the British and French coalition forces were adjusting, the Allies were also adjusting their deployment. On the same day that Chaffee ordered the troops to turn to the southeast, Ruprecht also sent a telegram to Turkey’s chief of staff, General Liman von Sanders and Kemal, requesting that they immediately shrink their troops near Ankara, and then make the original move. The ground builds a line of defense to prepare for defense, and requires the preparation of front-line troops to prepare to shrink the defense.

Kemal finally chose to implement the order of the commander-in-chief of the nominally Balkan-Turkish theater, and General Sanders put forward his own opinion: "If we allow the British army to move forward instead of blocking, then they It will soon penetrate into the hinterland of Turkey, which will have very bad political and economic impact on Turkey. Therefore, I suggest that the troops continue to resist at all levels."

Therefore, Sanders suggested that Kemal's troops should be divided into two parts, lightly armed forces to support, leaving inconvenient maneuverable heavy and heavy firepower to defend Ankara.

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