Greece’s Roman Road

Taking advantage of the time when the artillerymen were showing their might, the infantrymen of the 2nd Division rarely had time to rest under the shade of the trees behind their positions.

The newly enlisted soldier, Valvis, carefully held two aluminum lunch boxes, which contained a loaf of whole-wheat bread, marmalade, a packet of coffee, five salted olives, and a piece of cured fish. Go to the resting place of the class.

Seeing that the monitor Luofus was taking a nap with his back against the roots of a tree, Valves quietly stepped forward, sat opposite Velvas, and put the lunch box in his hand in front of the monitor Luofus.

Hearing the movement, Rofus opened his eyes and saw that it was a recruit who brought meals for him. He knotted the lunch box, opened it and glanced at the food in it, frowned, and looked the same again.

Although this kind of food is not bad, there are all kinds of meat and vegetables. If people outside the army see it, they will definitely think that the food in the army is good.

However, if you eat the same food every day, you will feel nauseated within a few days.

"Squad leader, here it is." Valvis handed the kettle over and shook it. There was a rustling sound in the kettle: "Today we will serve wine, and I asked the cook to fill you 100 ml more."

Rofus took a bite of the fish and gulped down a mouthful of wine.

"Squad leader, why do you think our Greek army deploys artillery in front of the infantry?" Chewing salted olives, Vervas tilted his neck and watched the artillery positions a hundred meters away.

Rofus, who was drinking with his head down, glanced at Valvis, his young face reminded him that this soldier was probably not yet 19 years old, and his life was just beginning, and scolded: "You are a big-headed soldier, what are you doing? Yes. In that spare time, it is better to think about the attack in the afternoon, how to survive."

Valvis defended: "No, monitor, I just graduated from high school this year."

"I always wanted to be an artilleryman"

Luofus didn't raise his head, Nuo Yu said, "I can't believe that you are still a rich boy."

Even though Greece has universalized compulsory education, there are not many school-age children who can go to high school, usually from wealthy families.

For children from ordinary families, if their grades are not outstanding after primary school, their academic career will be over.

The number of these students accounts for about 60% of the students.

Valvis blushed and continued: "No, monitor, my studies have always been funded by the foundation."

The foundation is the Royal Educational Foundation.

The Royal Education Foundation supports students with high academic performance but from modest backgrounds.

The principals and teachers of almost every primary school in Greece have the responsibility of recommending students for them.

As long as the student's grades are qualified, the foundation will support them all the way to university until they complete their studies.

Of course, there are not many students who meet the requirements of the Royal Education Foundation, and the number of college students funded by the foundation does not exceed 3,000 each year.

University graduates of this era are really elite talents.

Even after these students graduate from university, if they can still maintain their academic excellence, the foundation will even send them to other countries, such as well-known universities in Germany, to continue their studies.

Of course, such students will have some restrictions on employment after completing their studies.

For example, you must work for a certain period of time in the position required by the foundation.

Hearing that Vervas was such a top student, he exclaimed, "I didn't expect you to be such a lucky one."

Lucky is how the Greeks describe students who, with the help of the foundation, have had a smooth academic journey.

"Are you interested in artillery?" Rofus said to Vervas while biting his bread.

"In fact, I have already submitted an application to the foundation, requesting to enter the Athens Military Academy to study artillery subjects" said here, Vervas was full of pride.

"I heard that artillery requires knowledge of mathematics, and I happen to have good grades in mathematics," Vervas said happily.

If you can successfully complete the artillery subject at the Athens Military Academy, you will be an officer after entering the army.

In the European countries at the end of the 19th century, the social status of officers was very high (in fact, the social status of officers is also very high), and officers in various countries liked to wear uniforms.

"The artillery is deployed forward, which is a tactic. First, hit the opponent with fierce artillery fire, suppress the enemy, and destroy their fortifications," Luofus explained to Vervas.

"Then the infantry will charge, start the infantry charge, and occupy the enemy's position."

Viervas, who was feasting, stopped his mouth, gulped down the food in his mouth, and said, "Then are we going to attack the Ottoman positions in the afternoon?"

Rofus glanced at Vervas and said, "Why do you think the sir wants us to rest this morning?"

Velvas suddenly felt that the bread in his hand was not fragrant.

This is his first time on the battlefield.

Seeing the uneasy look of the recruits, Luofus comforted: "When you go to the battlefield in the afternoon, pay attention to my instructions."

While the two were talking, the roar of artillery that lasted for a whole morning suddenly stopped.

The preparation time for the entire artillery fire reached one morning, consuming a full 10,000 rounds of artillery shells.

After the smoke and dust on the Ottoman positions dissipated, the soldiers observing with binoculars could not help but take a breath: the entire position seemed to have been ploughed again, and it was full of messes. The Ottoman soldiers in the trenches were almost buried by the rolling dirt. All turned grey.

After the shelling stopped, Constantine officially issued an order: the whole army should be assaulted.

The Greek army from two sides, mainly the fourth division and a Congolese division, with nearly 30,000 people, launched a diversionary attack on the Ottoman army from the side. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

On the frontal battlefield, the second and third divisions, as well as two Congolese divisions, were responsible for storming the positions defended by the Ottoman army from the front.

Rofusban, who received the order, charged towards the Ottoman positions that had just stopped being bombarded in the form of skirmish lines, with a distance of about 6 meters between each of them.

Ottoman army positions

After a morning of artillery torment, the soldiers were almost deaf, only dizzy and buzzing in their ears.

An Ottoman soldier shook the dirt on his head, reached out of the trench, and observed the situation on the battlefield, only to see that on the battlefield, the Greek soldiers attacked their own positions in evacuation formation, raised their voices, and shouted hysterically: "The enemy is attack, attack"

The Ottoman soldiers who heard the shouts leaned out of the trenches and shot at the moving Greek soldiers.

The gunshots sounded, and Rofus shouted: "shoot alternately, cover each other"

With an order, five of the ten soldiers of Rofusban squatted on the ground and shot at the local positions to cover the other soldiers.

The other five bowed their bodies, armed with rifles, and continued to charge towards the enemy positions.

When the five people's bullets were exhausted, the other five people took cover and moved forward alternately.

The tragic offensive and defensive battle officially started.

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