Chapter 1598： Disaster is coming

Chapter 1598

"How far are we from Beecher now?

"Our striker has encountered the Turkish army. The striker is only about 18 kilometers away from them, and our main force is about 30 kilometers away. If you want, today we can incorporate this city into our Within the range of the artillery strikes." The staff officer raised his eyes and said.

"Forget it, it's tomorrow. We need to prepare well, after all, we have lost a lot of equipment along the way." Xia Fei managed to suppress his plan to enter the city tonight, and he decided to let the troops rest well. Click, and then call tomorrow.

"Give the British people a telegram, saying that everything is going well in the plan, and let them prepare." Xiafei added.

"But we are behind enemy lines." The staff officer said embarrassedly. "Radio communications need to be restricted."

"We are facing Turks, not Germans, and even if Turkey knows it? Nothing will change in the end. Do what I say." Xiafei said stubbornly.

Although there was no decent blockade and harassment along the way, Xiafei's troops still went very difficult. In this era, the reliability of tracked vehicles can be described as tragedy. After leaving the railway line, Xiafei walked a broken line in 10 days. Although the distance is not too far, the French tanks that can follow him to the present have changed their engines 2 times and 2 times on average. track....... At present, Xiafei's army tank possession is only about 30% of that before the war...

Fortunately, wheeled vehicles are still powerful in dry plains, so weapons such as towed artillery and truck guns still have to follow all the way.

"Perhaps, in the future, the French Army should be equipped with more wheeled armored vehicles." Xia Fei said while looking at the caravan behind him. The load weight and off-road performance of the full-track chassis are indeed good, but the speed is too slow, the consumption is too large, and the maintenance is very difficult.

Although France is an industrial power, considering that it faces Germany, which is more than twice as powerful as itself. When the quality of the armored forces cannot gain an advantage, at least there can be no difference in quantity, right? Therefore, the tanks are not enough, the armored vehicles will make up... And in Western Europe, when the road environment is very good, the off-road performance of tracked tanks is not so important, while the speed advantage of half-tracked vehicles and wheeled vehicles is very obvious. Of course, these things are to be considered in the future, and it is a bit early to think about them now.

When the sun jumped out of the horizon the next day, the French army that had rested for the night began to attack Bichel. To be honest, as an important transportation hub and rear base, the Turkish army had a lot of strength. About 12,000 people. However, even if Xiafei's troops have lost too much heavy equipment, even if they have been running around for almost 2 weeks, this battle can still be described as Degu Laheng.

The French even saved fire support this time. In addition to despising the Turks’ combat effectiveness, the lack of shells is also an important reason. But this does not prevent the French Republic from playing their world-class tactical level!

An elite French tactical squad carrying Shaosha submachine guns, along with engineers and flamethrowers. Coupled with the direct fire support of truck guns and tanks at the rear, when the two sides have similar forces, the Turks' positions will generally be breached within half an hour. The French finally recovered their feelings at the beginning of the Battle of Asia Minor. Amidst the sound of gunfire, Xiafei's troops took only one day to control this important traffic spot in his hands, and also seized 20 locomotives and hundreds of wagons, as well as a large amount of materials and supplies.

At the same time, the British Expeditionary Force on the front also launched a general offensive against the Turks. The armored units that had not been put on the battlefield also showed their hideous fangs this time. They attacked with a British armored brigade and the Japanese 7th armored division. Spearhead, in one day, directly tore open the three lines of defense of the Turks. Then, a large number of infantry began to divide and surround the main Turkish forces.

Three days later, the British army boots finally stepped on the ruins of the Eskisehir city wall. After 7 days, nearly 100,000 Turkish troops were completely wiped out by the British Expeditionary Army and the French Army! Among them, there were more than 40,000 casualties, and the remaining more than 50,000 people were almost all captured.

So far, Ruprecht's most worried thing happened, hundreds of thousands of British troops cleanly destroyed a Turkish army. After occupying Beecher, the Allied forces can already knock on the west gate of Ankara-Poratli. And using this time, Ruprecht also transferred about 25,000 Bavarian and Prussian troops from the northern front to Ankara, and together with Kemal's troops, they were responsible for the defense of Ankara and the surrounding Sinjan area.

However, the impact of the turmoil on the battlefield exceeded Ruprecht’s expectations. When the Allied Powers encircled a Turkish army, the Ottoman Empire Gemal Pasha (one of the Big Three) personally went to Saint Sophia to meet Rupre. Hit, hope that the Bavarian Army can save Turkey. At the same time, a telegram from the Sultan of Turkey was also delivered to the Kaiser. The severe damage to Turkey and the risk of the 3B railway being cut off made William II have to face this matter.

"Does Ruprecht have nothing to explain about this matter?" Looking at the telegram from the Turkish Sultan the Kaiser frowned dissatisfiedly.

"The telegram sent by the Bavarian side claimed that they could deal with this level of threat. The Bavarian Legion on the Eastern Front has begun a large-scale movement towards Asia Minor. His Royal Highness estimated that within half a month, the Bavarian Legion could launch a large-scale movement. Counterattack." Xiao Maoqi said.

"Half a month?" The Kaiser said anxiously: "For half a month, the Allied Powers may be able to cut off the 3B railway, and our most important and solid fuel delivery colleagues will probably be cut off for this."

"This is not the case. Although the Turkish army failed miserably, the British and French were not without cost. They needed to rest. Then consider that His Highness Ruprecht has sent no less than two German divisions to Ankara to cooperate with Turkey. Elite troops can still defend for a period of time. Compared with Asia Minor, my colleagues in the General Staff and I are more worried about the future situation of the Eastern Front." Xiao Maoqi hesitated when he said the last sentence.

"What do you mean?" The emperor's brows frowned tighter!

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