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Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli Peninsula.
– Kwak! Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Bullets fell like rain.
Hundreds of thousands of British Army, Marines and ANZAC troops flocked to the narrowed shores, literally unable to advance a single step.
With the Ottoman cannons, machine guns, and sniper bullets flying in a hail from the highlands, there was only one thing the British could do.
Thousands of artillery fires covered the positions of the Ottomans, and when the gunfire crossed the Ottomans, the Australian army and the British naval tank units, the first to enter the battlefield, broke through the enemy’s trenches. It was, however, an efficient operation.
Except for the fact that the clocks of the fleet command and the local commanders did not match when the operation started, the shelling ended in the early evening and the Ottomans returned to the trenches and had to charge into the Ottoman positions that had been prepared.
“Colonel Kemal! Iron! The iron is rolling!”
“What else does that mean?”
“There are no machine guns, and we are destroying our allies by firing artillery and machine guns! You must shoot yourself with a field artillery!”
“No, so what nonsense! I mean, the metal is rolling around, so you can understand it a little bit!”
Of course, in the midst of this, the tank squadron continued to propagate, shocking and panicking the Ottoman army.
What made it worthwhile was that not one of the 310,000 Ottoman troops gathered in Gallipoli, including the commander of the defense forces, Colonel Mustafa Kemal, and the German military adviser, Otto von Sanders, had ever actually seen a tank.
However, there was also a problem with the maneuvering of the tank. In a situation where drinking water was scarce, the maintenance of the tanks was behind the scenes, and many of the tanks were destroyed or forcibly converted to torch cars due to inexperienced operation, bombardment by the Ottoman army, poor maintenance or failure to recover.
A handful of tanks alone could not change the situation of the amphibious operation, which was a total chaos from the beginning.
***
Russian Empire, Warsaw.
“Stupids.”
I sincerely mumbled that.
If you give me a tank, I can do anything, and the operation is like a bastard.
Do you think you win by putting tanks in Gallipoli? Those bastards didn’t even test the terrain… Well, if you had considered how the terrain of Gallipoli was formed, they wouldn’t have landed themselves, you bastards.
There were several German offensives in the Warsaw area as well. However, it was not a special large-scale offensive, and there was no need to drag out an armored force, and there were only sloppy offensives organized at the trench level, so it only maintained the defensive line.
“The German offensive seems to have the character of a crushing attack on us (a small offensive aimed at consuming the enemy reserve in advance to prevent the enemy offensive).”
“Then the Germans have no intention of launching an offensive?”
“In hindsight, wouldn’t it? The Austro-Hungarian Empire is in peril right now, and he’s probably pouring out quite a few troops just to keep them on his side. Maybe they didn’t decide that an offensive on the Eastern Front was impossible?”
“…I can’t do that.”
Others might think so. In fact, the goal of Schlieffen’s plan is to ignore Russia and concentrate on the Western Front, and then wage a decisive battle with Russia and win.
But the Schlieffen plan has long since been thrown in the trash. Above all else, Hindenburg and Ludendorff are currently in full power.
Because Hindenburg is so old, even at the Battle of Tannenberg, he was a human being who said, ‘This bed was where you slept before the battle, that bed during the battle, and that bed after the battle’. Rope was the real deal.
And that Ludendorff is a man who has consistently insisted on taking Russia first and going to the Western Front after the Schlieffen Offensive was thrown into the trash.
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Moreover, if the German brain is a Kaiser but a neural network is a military network, the neurons composing the neural network are Junkers.
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Most of the Junkers’ estates are located in East Prussia, which is a location that I can easily reach if I launch a large-scale offensive.
In fact, one of the reasons for deciding the Battle of Tannenberg was that if the Junkers’ territory in East Prussia was occupied, the German Empire would be in serious political trouble. It is natural to want
In other words, if it is true that Ludendorff took full power, it is normal for Germany to attack at this seam.
‘No, maybe they are really desperate to protect the dual empire and don’t have the troops to put on the offensive?’
That being said, it is also time for Italy to enter the war, and there is a possibility that Germany really does not have enough energy left.
But I couldn’t be sure about that. Even though Ohrana was running on her feet for foreign intelligence, she couldn’t be sure.
But the thing as a result left my hands to say.
He was summoned from the front by the tsar’s orders.
***
Russian Empire, Moscow. Kremlin
“You’ve worked hard all this time, Earl of Vostok.”
“It’s overrated.”
“No, I have won many battles on the front lines, but there is no hero like the Earl.”
“Then can you help me with one thing?”
“Tell me.”
“I wonder why you called me to Moscow.”
“To give you another job. Have you heard of the Ottoman situation?”
Currently, the Russian Empire is at war on three sides.
The Northern Front fighting the German Empire, the Southern Front fighting the Austro-Hungarian Empire and supporting German troops, and the Ottoman Front fighting the Ottoman Empire.
Among these, the most important front is the German front, but there is currently little movement of the German army, so the entire front has entered a lull except for intermittent battles.
“I heard that they are pushing the British army now.”
“Yeah, the British government seems to want us to press the Ottomans to relieve the pressure on us on the Gallipoli peninsula.”
“Then I don’t even have to go…”
The German front was unstable and I wanted to go, but the Tsar’s voice was serious.
“But I see it as an opportunity.”
what?
“To take this opportunity to push the Ottomans out of Anatolia and reclaim the city of longing, Constantinople.”
Are you crazy?
Because he was the emperor, he couldn’t say that in front of him.
The current Ottoman Empire is located in Anatolia and the Middle East. Compared to its heyday, it has literally shrunk horribly.
In any case, since the part of the territory of the Russian Empire adjacent to the Ottoman Empire is present-day Georgia, the straight-line distance from the Georgian border to Constantinople is about 1054 km.
It’s not 100km, it’s 1000km. It is similar to the distance the German troops advanced during Operation Barbarossa.
Even if there is an ocean in the middle, it is not a straight line and the advance path is bound to be longer. What?
No matter how similar the Ottoman Empire to the Soviet Army in the early days of World War II, it was like, ‘Wow! Constantinople!’ You can’t advance while
There is even Ankara, the capital of the Ottoman Empire in the middle. It would be faster for the Ottoman Empire to surrender than to conquer Constantinople.
“It is impossible. your majesty.”
“…then we don’t have to cross the Anatolian Peninsula, do we? Wouldn’t it be much closer if we attacked on the southern front, overthrew Bulgaria and advanced through Greece?”
“It is not difficult to take down the Bulgarian army. Does your Majesty not wish to leave Constantinople as a permanent empire?”
“Of course.”
“Then the cooperation of the Southern Front is essential.”
“I will give you an order, as long as you can secure Constantinople, no matter how much damage you do.”
“But the biggest problem is Romania. Can’t we convince Romania to join the war?”
In the original history, Romania fought on the side of Russia.
That participation in the war meant that he jumped in to try out some territory after seeing the destruction of the Austro-Hungarian army in the Brusilov Offensive next year and seeing that Austria-Hungary would be destroyed sooner or later.
And I said it wasn’t difficult, but the Bulgarian army is not that weak. It means that it’s easy if you take the military.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is doing its best, and the Romanian royal family has also heard of your efforts and is inclined to participate in the war, so I will be able to give you good news soon.”
Hearing that sound, I sighed inwardly. Somehow, indirectly, he brought difficult problems, but what if he said he would prepare them all?
Damn, I’m not Mehmed II and I look like I’m dragging a tank to Constantinople.
In fact, the Romanian route also had a lot of things to complain about – the possibility of a German counterattack, the opportunity cost of pulling out troops pushing Austria-Hungary, etc. – but what if the Tsar yearns for the city he longs for?
‘If the Germans say they will and start the offensive, wouldn’t it be best to use that as an excuse to yawn.’
But, what if you shut up and attack and take over…
***
The sun was setting when I left the audience.
As they approached the palace gardens, they saw a girl standing there.
“Princess Mama, the wind is rough.”
She smiled brightly while wearing a scarf and pressing the brim hat to keep it from being blown away by the wind.
“I waited.”
“For what…”
“At the most, you’ve traveled a long way by rail to Moscow, and if no one picks you up, you don’t feel very good.”
“That’s true, but…”
“Then will you go with me?”
Slowly she crossed my arms.
Embarrassed, I tried to pull out my arms, but the tightly entangled arms did not come out.
“It’s nothing. No one is watching.”
“……”
“Count, I have a question for you, will you answer me?”
“…what are you curious about?”
“Do you believe in miracles, Count?”
can’t you believe it
At least I believe in supernatural phenomena, etc. If those supernatural phenomena are going in a good direction for someone specific, is there any reason not to call it a miracle?
Even if they didn’t really believe in gods or demons at least until then, there was no way they wouldn’t believe it after coming to this world.
“of course.”
“I believe too, so there is one miracle I am hoping for.”
“What is it?”
“Um… One day, the Count will not call me Princess, but will call me Anastasia, and I will call the Count by my first name?”
She blushed and put on her hat. Because if I kept looking at him, my whole body would stiffen and I would not be able to do anything. I wanted to feel the miracle that was approaching with courage. On the one hand, I didn’t have the courage to check it out.
She didn’t have the courage to open her eyes and look at the other person’s face, so she closed her eyes and turned her head, but she was able to smile without any pretense.