My Italy

"boom!"

An artillery shell fell behind the position and made a deafening explosion. At the same time, the explosion was accompanied by flying soil and pieces of wood. These debris were raised high by the explosion shock wave, and finally fell everywhere. Many of them fell on the heads of the Ottoman officers and soldiers in the trenches who were avoiding the shelling.

Scenes like this can be seen everywhere on the Walla position. The artillery troops from the Eighth Division are constantly bombarding the position with artillery.

They continued to hit the defenders' positions with artillery shells one after another, putting heavy pressure on the 1st Brigade of the 16th Division defending the area.

Of course, the defensive Ottoman army was not a vegetarian. The constant counterattacks from its artillery positions also prevented the Eighth Division's artillery from bombarding the defenders' positions with all their strength.

It seemed that the two sides were evenly matched, with back and forth, but Colonel Alibiz had different opinions on this.

On a position in Wola, Colonel Abriz, the commander of the position, had just observed the opponent's situation with a high-power telescope. The situation seemed to be favorable to him, but in fact it was very bad, because he found from the number and rate of fire of the opponent's artillery that the opponent was basically light artillery.

"Order the artillery troops to pay attention to possible artillery suppression by the opponent."

Just as Abulizi gave the order to the messengers, he immediately heard a different scream of artillery shells. "No, the enemy's large-caliber artillery is still a howitzer."

As a qualified commander, he immediately judged the type of shell from the sound.

Before he finished speaking, he immediately felt an explosion behind the position. Judging from the position, it was an artillery position on his own side. "Order immediately to move the artillery."

Although this sentence came late, Abulizi still wanted to say that he hoped it would have some effect.

After the defender's artillery position was suppressed by the opponent's artillery, there was a panic scene on the position. A large number of Ottoman officers and soldiers were busy loading the artillery onto the carriage and leaving here.

However, some people were afraid of the shelling from Italy and chose to give up their beloved artillery and choose to protect themselves.

"Go back, everyone go back and bring out the artillery."

On one side of the position, the artillery commander was holding a pistol and leading his men to stop his men's embarrassing behavior and ordered them to go back and push out the artillery.

Faced with the majesty of the artillery commander and considering the power of the weapons in his hands, those who could not resist the fear in their hearts could only be driven back again.

Facts have proved that the artillery commander's judgment was correct. Because the current artillery is set up and retreated, it needs to be reset after firing a shell. Therefore, the current artillery fire rate is very slow, and as a large-caliber heavy artillery, its rate of fire is even slower. The 105 and 150 mm howitzers currently firing at the Ottoman artillery position can only fire at a rate of 1-2 rounds per minute. In addition, the number of these artillery is not large, only more than 20, so the artillery position has suffered The loss is still acceptable.

Therefore, through the efforts of the Ottoman artillery, 5 of the 9 artillery pieces in this position were rescued, and the loss was not huge.

However, after knowing that the caliber and range of the opponent's artillery are higher than their own, the artillerymen have to be more careful. Not every time they are caught, they are so lucky.

Of course, this also resulted in the defenders' artillery being unable to support the position at any time. After all, the enemy's heavy artillery was watching, which is understandable.

Having said this, some people may ask, don’t the Ottoman defenders have large-caliber heavy artillery?

What I can responsibly say here is that there is really no Wola position here, not even in Tirana. Although the heavy artillery has a strong range and power, it is not easy to move, which will be a huge trouble for the 1st Brigade of the 16th Division, which currently does not intend to defend the area.

This will cause the officers and soldiers of the 1st Brigade to be unable to take these heavy artillery with them when they retreat. Jin Gui's heavy artillery cannot be taken away, otherwise it will become a disposable consumable. How could a family be so prodigal? Even the British Empire's army, which had abundant financial resources, could not be so arrogant.

Therefore, when the quantity and quality of artillery are inferior to those of the opponent, it is impossible to fight head-on with the enemy. The 1st Brigade has little resources and cannot be used in this way, so the artillery harassment tactic is a very suitable choice.

The ensuing battle also reflected this, but also gave Italian artillery the advantage on the battlefield.

After the artillery gained the upper hand, it was natural for the infantry to go into battle. This was also the consistent approach of all countries. In the current battles in Europe, the artillery battle basically starts at the beginning, and after the battle is over, the dominant side launches an infantry attack.

Until the current lack of new weapons that change tactics, the Italian army is no exception. So a regiment of infantry launched an attack on the enemy's position under the cover of artillery.

Facing the offensive launched by the Italian army, the Ottoman army, which was on the defensive side, certainly would not let the enemy succeed like this. So a large number of officers and soldiers rushed to the position. Under the leadership of their officers, they fired at the incoming Italian troops with rifles in their hands.

"Snapped!"

An Ottoman soldier raised his rifle in the trench, aimed at an Italian soldier and pulled the trigger.

After only a second or two, the Italian soldier was still rushing towards the position. Knowing that he had not been hit, the soldier immediately loaded the bullet and aimed at the opponent again.

"Bang!" Another shot, this time with results, the soldier's hat was blown away, causing him to fall to the ground immediately in fright. Faced with such results, the Ottoman soldiers shook their heads and planned to choose a new target. But at this moment, a bullet passed through his head. With an expression of surprise and a hint of unwillingness, the Ottoman soldier fell in the trench.

Of course, his encounter was not the only one. This time, the m88 Carcano rifle in the hands of Italian soldiers showed amazing performance.

Its excellent accuracy at 300-600 meters caused heavy casualties to the Ottoman army, which still adopted Preven's tactics. A large number of Ottoman soldiers were shot and killed by the more advanced M88 Carcano rifle when shooting at long distances with single-shot rifles. Although the Ottoman army was on the defensive side, the Italian army relied on their superiority in weapons to faintly suppress the firepower of the defenders' positions.

One more thing needs to be said here. In the Pleven Defense War, which made the current Ottoman Minister of War, Field Marshal Osman Nouri Pasha famous, the Ottoman army used a long-range single-shot rifle shooting method and a close-range shooting method of repeating rifles. The Russian coalition forces suffered a heavy blow in Pleven. With the strength of one army, he held off the enemy's 300,000-strong army for five months.

However, this was a tactic more than ten years ago. At that time, repeating rifles equipped with magazines were indeed inferior to single-shot rifles in terms of accuracy. However, as times progressed, the Ottoman army still used old-fashioned tactics, so it was natural that they would suffer. What's more, this is Walla, not Preven Fortress.

Therefore, under the fierce offensive of the Italian army, Colonel Abriz, who saw signs of instability in his position, could only let the artillery fire in an attempt to suppress the arrogance of the attacking troops.

So under the bombardment of Ottoman artillery, the attacking Italian officers and soldiers had no choice but to retreat first. In the open space, they encountered enemy shelling. No one could bear the casualties, so retreating was the best choice.

Of course, the Italian soldiers retreated, but this does not mean that the Italian army has nothing to do with them. The counterattack from the artillery caused considerable losses to the defenders' artillery.

When the final count was taken, Colonel Abuliz had a constipated expression on his face because the loss was too great, especially for his own artillery. If he comes two or three more times, his troops will become pure infantry.

"This battle cannot continue like this. Immediately send someone to report to Major General Hashem in Tirana. We need reinforcements."

I will revise the article for the last time today at 12 o'clock. I will not do this again in the future, I said so. No more anti-piracy, everyone can choose as they please. So let’s read the next chapter later.