Holy Roman Empire

"Boom, boom, boom ..."

A round of shells fell from the sky, and there was chaos in the city of Ava.Crying and screaming sounded all over the city, and the frightened people were rushing on the street.

Akjoel couldn't take care of the work in his hand anymore and took the apprentice and ran to the backyard.Suddenly stopped at a pile of debris, Akjoel started to clean up the mess of debris, said: "Hurry up, let's hide in the cellar."

Knowing the seriousness, the teenager nodded and started to follow along.The original purpose of this hidden cellar was for the owner of the blacksmith shop to evade the tax officer.

How can you avoid tax evasion when doing business in the Ottoman Empire?Although it was only a small blacksmith shop, there were as many as a dozen or so people at the peak.

How much money can these small objects make just by building farm tools and pots and pans?What's more, there is a layer of oil and water scraped by the officials, and few of them fell into the hands of the boss. How could it be possible to raise so many people?

The wise blacksmith shop owner will naturally not sit still and open up a new business decisively-to build weapons, and is still the kind of invisible weapons.

With the passage of time, the era of thermal weapons is coming, and private work is becoming more and more difficult.Bandits, bandits, and pirates are getting fewer and fewer customers, and the blacksmith shop is slowly declining.

When this generation of bosses arrived, they opened a grocery store, which was still preserved as a blacksmith's shop.Only Akyol is a master. He usually creates some daily necessities and sells them, but they can also maintain them.

After the outbreak of the war, the dangerous boss was ran away with his family, leaving Akyol and an elementary student to stay in the shop.

The underground business is gone, and the cellar is also abandoned. Apart from occasionally storing some materials, it is not much used in ordinary times.

Now it has become a hiding place for the two. In a small space, the breath of both people is clearly visible.The teenager asked a little calmly, "Master ..."

Akjor interrupted: "Stop, I know what you want to ask. But now we can do nothing but hide here.

Hearing the gunfire, they will definitely hide.You can't help even if you go out now.The shells do n’t have long eyes, we ca n’t stop them at all, I believe that *** will bless them ... "

Encountered by a naval gun attack, Ava ’s garrison officer Ozgul immediately ordered: "I immediately organized a counterattack against the enemy, and the enemy should not be allowed to go on like this."

In this war, the Ottoman Empire also prepared for more than half a year. It bought a lot of artillery from Britain and France. As a key defensive port, there were hundreds of artillery distributed on the Ava shore.

Of course, there are only more than thirty heavy artillery pieces that can really work.Other artillery is not a threat to the armored ship.

This is not a small number. There are so many port cities in Ottoman. Ava can get so many artillery pieces.

Under normal circumstances, no one would bombard warships and shore guns. This is a very stupid choice.The shore artillery has a small target and can focus stably on land. It is definitely the warship that suffers from the bombardment.

Of course, there are exceptions.Weaponry and the quality of soldiers are also key factors that affect the hit rate.It is not surprising to lose to warships in the bombardment, but these are very few.

"Yes, general!"

As soon as the voice fell, several young officers quickly moved forward, picked up the phone in the command room and yelled.These phones are no exception. They are not as tall as dial pads and rely on manual wiring.

If someone carefully reads the German instructions on the phone base, they will find these products, and also note the origin of Austria.

This is a small problem. Now that the technology is limited, it is impossible to be monitored remotely. No matter who produces these phones, there is no way to leave the back door.

Practicality is still the most important thing on the battlefield. Most of the telephone equipment in the international market is exported from Austria, and the Sudanese government is not discriminating.

Don't look at the simplicity of these devices. In fact, "there is a loss of thousands of miles in production".The communication equipment produced with the industrial technology of the Ottoman Empire cannot be used at all.

As commands came out, the shore gun that had been waiting for a long time also began to show its power, and the deafening gunshots continued to sound.

On a warship about two or three nautical miles away, a burly middle-aged officer was standing on the splint, holding a telescope and looking into the distance.(1 nautical mile = 1.852 kilometers)

The guard dutifully reminded: "General, it's dangerous here, you should go to the gazebo!"

The middle-aged man laughed: "If the enemy can hit at this distance, it is that God wants to summon me in advance."

Hit?Most artillery can't shoot so far, and a few artillery with this range can't aim at this distance.

The Austrian navy's attack on Ava was completely indiscriminately firing, and there was no need to aim at all, as long as the maximum range was adjusted to allow the shell to fly as far as possible.

Want to achieve results, unless the distance is reduced again.The current warship closest to Ava also maintains a distance of two nautical miles.

This distance is just right, which can ensure that the naval gun can shoot shells into the city, and can also ensure the safety of the warship.

Looking at the watch on his hand, the middle-aged officer said to himself: "They should come too, and I will do it myself if I don't come again."

This is not the first time that port cities have been shelled. From the beginning of the shelling of Ottoman ports on April 5, the Austrian Navy conducts live-fire shooting training in several port cities every day.

That's right, live ammunition training.Both the navy and the navy regarded this as a training, using the Ottomans as targets to train the gunner's hit rate.

After waiting for a long time, colorful clouds floated in the sky, and the middle-aged officer frowned: "Ordered the fleet to be closer to 1 nautical mile, paying attention to the wind direction."

To create opportunities for the Air Force, this time they had to act as bait.If you don't create enough pressure, how can you force the enemy's shore artillery fire out?

Sure enough, as the Austrian Navy was approaching, the sound of artillery became denser. In order to produce a beautiful result, Ozgul had no reason to hide, and all the firepower of the defenders was in full swing.

Behind the two humble shore guns, the young officer Sartus Pasha shouted excitedly: "Aimed at me, caught the warship, those little things, are you hitting it!"

Lieutenant Colonel Sartus-Pasha is not an ordinary noble officer waiting for death. As a rising star of the Ottoman Empire, he is a student of the French Saint-Cyr Military Academy.

If it wasn't for the sudden outbreak of war, he would have to continue his studies in France.There is no way to survive and die. The Sudanese government can only desperately, no matter whether graduated or not, they are recalled in advance.

Anyway, after studying outside for a few years, I came into contact with the most advanced military concepts in the world today, and the theoretical knowledge is much stronger than that of the domestic aristocratic officers.

Under normal circumstances, such talented students as Saltus-Pasha should go to the headquarters, and even if they are unlucky, they should go to the headquarters.Unfortunately, just assigned to Ava, Saltus Pasha offended the person.

As soon as he arrived, the deployment of Awa ’s shore guns was useless and he proposed a modification plan.In front of the war, the old and disabled villains were only a few. The revised plan was passed, and Saltus Pasha was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

Sartus Pasha, who offended people, soon dispatched first-line troops to exercise.In fact, it is to guard the shore artillery. If it is not the beginning of the war, it is estimated that this will end in the second half of my life.

A soldier exclaimed: "Lieutenant Colonel, which big bird in the sky is here again."

Dissatisfied with the soldiers' yelling, Lieutenant Colonel Saltus-Pasha corrected: "It was an airship, not a big bird."

The soldier hurriedly remedied: "Yes, airship. Hey, something is falling down, is it throwing waste paper again?"

For the illiterate big soldiers, the leaflets thrown by Austria are not much different from waste paper.Using leaflets to cause panic and entice the local people to run was unsuccessful.

The well-informed Saltus Pasha has already responded. Why do you need so many airships to throw leaflets?One is enough, there is no need to dispatch more than twenty ships at a time.

"It's not a bomb. Find a place to hide!"

After that, Sartus Pasha ran away.This is not to blame him for panic. No one has experienced this wave, and the first time he can judge the bomb is that his knowledge level is high.

How to avoid the bombing, not written in the book?Knowing the running path is enough to prove that his response is flexible.If the enemy wants to bomb, it must have been directed at the artillery, and the safety of staying away from the turret naturally increases.

However, all of this was too late. Before going out a few steps, bombs fell from the sky, and the fort was under special care.

After the roaring explosion, only a mess was left.Saltus Pasha, who had fled, was toppled to the ground by the waves, and two shrapnels were inserted in his arms.

Holding back the pain, he lifted his head and looked at the soldiers who remained in place. He could no longer see the human figure, only one crater was left on the ground, and there were still vague ...

Sartus Pasha could no longer take care of the cannon, so he climbed up with pain and continued to run, now he just wanted to stay away from the battery.

From the bombing that fell from the sky, many people fell into a state of coercion.This has exceeded their ability to accept, and they have no idea how to respond.

The design of the fort was just to deal with the enemies at sea, but no one thought to defend against the enemies in the sky.

Anti-aircraft firepower does not exist. Who would know the prophet for the first large-scale bombing in human history?

No matter how chaotic the ground is, the bombs in the sky continue to dump to the ground, and as soon as a suspicious target is found, the bomb is directly thrown over.

Inside the Ava garrison command, Major General Ozgul was like an ant on a hot pot, stomping his feet in anxiety, not knowing what to do.

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