Chapter Fortieth

kassandra's harbor is not large and can only accommodate medium-sized ships. The Kassandra Fortress was built on the hill to protect the small Kassandra Harbor behind it.

A few black smoke appeared in the southern sky, and a fleet quickly approached north. This Turkish naval fleet has a steam-powered cruiser, a sail battleship, a sail cruiser, 5 destroyers and 10 transport ships, and their target is the "pirates" hiding in Kassandra.

In the Kassandra Fortress, as Kemal went to Thessaloniki to meet with the Young Turkish Party, Oli and Ozturk were jointly commanded here.

"No! There are still sailing ships in them. It's incredible!" Oli saw that half of the ships in the fleet in the distance belonged to the last century, and he called out in surprise.

"The cruiser Ereli last sunk by Philip is already the latest batch of warships in the Turkish Navy!" Ozturk was previously affiliated with the Turkish Navy, so he knew better about the ships of this country. There is also a Bursa cruiser in the fleet outside that was launched two years ago!"

"I know it, it's the warship that chased me for a few hours last time!" Captain Philip felt extremely jealous when his enemies met.

"Do they want to use this fleet to attack our fortress?" Ollie was very puzzled. It is reasonable to say that attacking the fortress requires a caliber, a long range, and a large number of naval guns.

"The Turkish navy is just that!" Ozturk shook his head, "but our fortress is really not good! Turkey's coastal defense is mainly concentrated at the exit of the Dardanelles. Turkey is very inconspicuous. When I first came, the fortifications here were in disrepair and the weapons were outdated! If I hadn't bought some cannons from the Turkish navy a few years ago, we might still use primitive mortars. They are fighting!"

At this time, Bursa's captain Izet was also observing the fortress in the distance. According to his intelligence, the Turkish Navy left a total of 4 58 mm caliber cannons in this fortress, 1 75 mm caliber cannon imported from France, 1 121 mm caliber cannon, and 1 170 mm caliber howitzer. It has about 50 naval guns, which can completely suppress opponents in firepower. Izet's only concern now is the submarine. If it sneaks from behind while its fleet is attacking the fortress, it will be very dangerous. On the transport ship next to him, 8,000 Turkish soldiers were ready to go, ready to grab stalls and occupy the fortress.

At noon, the sailing battleship Bergama first began shelling the Kassandra Fortress, and then the Bursa and Corlu cruisers also joined the shelling sequence, and their five destroyers guarded the transport ships.

When the ship entered range, the gunfire from the fortress began to fight back, but because Izet kept his fleet moving fast, both sides had a low hit rate. In the next two hours of shelling each other, the main plug was hit by several 120mm naval gun shells, and Izet's fleet was only hit once by 58mm cannon and 75mm cannon shells. The casualties were very small.

When the last shell of the cannon shell withdrew from the barrel of the 121mm caliber cannon in the fortress, Ozturk realized that he seemed to be fooled. The purpose of the shelling by the opponent seemed to be to consume his own ammunition. He immediately ordered to stop shooting, but at this time there were few shells left in the other fortress cannons.

Seeing that the fortress stopped shelling, Izet showed a smug smile at the corner of his mouth. This shelling tactic was originally designed to avoid possible attacks from the opponent's submarine, and now it seems to have greatly consumed the opponent's shells. A few minutes later, the Turkish soldiers on the transport ship began to advance to the beach in small boats. When they arrived at the beach, Izet's fleet also stopped shelling.

The Kassandra Fortress consists of the main fortress and two beach fortresses, which were abandoned when the shelling began. The Turkish soldiers quickly boarded the beach and began to advance towards the main plug. Everything seemed to be what Izet expected.

After the shelling ceased, Kemal and Olli's troops re-entered the circular field fortifications with trenches and trenches in front of the main plug.

"You said that when we defeated the soldiers on the beach, would their warships dare to fire at their own people?" Chief Serri, Oli stabbed Ozturk next to him.

"It's hard to tell! The Turkish Navy is not a gentleman, but the relationship between them and the army will be even more rigid!" Ozturk looked at the Turkish soldiers advancing on the beach with a bit of chagrin. Due to his little mistakes, these "Turkish Bunnies" have not eaten a shell since they were disembarked, and the shells left in his hand can only be used to prevent the opposing warship from forcing into the harbor.

The first wave of about 2,000 Turkish soldiers has already landed, and their boats immediately returned to the transport ship to prepare for the next batch of troops. The soldiers who landed first have reached 500 meters in front of the main fort.

"Guys, start hitting rabbits!" Ollie drew his pistol and fired the first shot of the Kassandra Beach counterattack. In an instant, dozens of machine guns spewed out of flames, knocking down the Turkish soldiers in front one by one, and the Turkish soldiers quickly retreated to the beach. At this time, the artillery hidden in the woods behind the fortress also began to speak. The entire Kassandra beach was quickly covered by artillery fire. There was almost nothing to hide on the bare beach, and the blood of the Turks soon covered the beach. Stain red. After only a few rounds of shelling, Turkish soldiers on the beach raised their hands and surrendered.

Seeing the first wave of soldiers rushing to the beach holding their heads and being escorted away, Izette on the Bursa in the distance looked uglier than pig liver. He threw the binoculars to the ground fiercely, cursing those useless Of the army.

"Notify the ships to prepare for shelling! Hit their fortresses and the artillery positions behind the fortress fiercely!"

After half an hour of crazy shelling, Izet ordered his destroyer to approach the beach with naval guns after the second wave of soldiers washed up on the beach. But when they focused on the beach, Captain Philip sneaked out of the harbor with his U-006 and U-007.

After the Turks' destroyers left, their transport ships became the best targets. When the Turks washed up on the beach for the second time, and their destroyers were plowing the land in front of the fortress with their naval guns, the two transports behind them suddenly exploded violently, and the Turkish soldiers on board plunged into the sea like dumplings. . When Izet's cruisers and destroyers arrived again, Philip's submarine was long gone.

On the beach, the Turkish soldiers were once again severely injured by machine guns, and as a result, they were firmly suppressed on the beach. At this time, the artillery, which had moved to a new position, also began to drive away two destroyers near the beach. While Izet was running back and forth with his warship, the second wave of Turkish soldiers and a destroyer who landed ashore has been erased from the battle sequence of the Turkish reactionary army.

Izet felt so helpless at this time. His opponent looked so cunning that he could only stare at the corpses on the beach and the destroyer slowly sinking in thick smoke. He gritted his teeth and uttered two words: Retreat!

During their retreat, Philip and his ghostly submarine sent a sail cruiser and a transport ship to the bottom of the sea, expanding the loss of the Turk government forces in this battle to 2 ships and 3 transport ships. And 5,000 soldiers, and in addition to the heavy use of fortress shells, only paid the price of more than 100 casualties.

After that, the Turkish government never launched an attack on Cassandra from the sea, but they began to attach importance to the protection of merchant ships, and merchant ships were also equipped with small-caliber artillery. Kemal's pirate tactics came to an end. , But their submarines still pose a huge threat to the Turkish government's routes in the Aegean Sea. Soon, the Turkish reactionary government sent troops to launch a large-scale offensive from the land, and soon advanced to Thessaloniki, Cassandra will be attacked from the land, but this situation is exactly what Kemal wanted of.

Cassandra's victory did not bring any joy to Chentian. After the Turkish ambassador again protested to the German government, he was recruited into the palace by the emperor again.

Snapped!

The emperor threw a stack of documents in front of Chentian heavily.

"Look at it! These are the documents of the Turkish government protesting our German government's support of the Turkish rebels. I have warned you to handle Turkish matters carefully before! Do you want to push Turkey into the arms of the British?"

Chen Tian glanced at the documents. Although the Turkish government did not produce clear evidence, they still believed that the anti-government militants in Kemal had received funds and weapon assistance from Germany, and protested that the aircraft provided to them by Germany were always faulty. , Even claimed to seek technical and economic support from the British. Fortunately, at this time, Kemal's Turkish Democratic Party has already separated from the Young Turkey Party. The Turkish government did not obtain information from the submarine from Germany from "inside the rebels" this time, which will cause more intense diplomatic disputes.

"You have become more and more self-assertive lately, and you don't put me in your eyes! Don't think that my grandfather has bestowed you the status of Prince of East Prussia, and I will not take it back!"

Chen Tian felt a little uneasy when he saw the emperor roaring for the first time. He did not speak, just stood there with his head down. Don't think he is cowardly, he just remembers that if he was caught by the police uncle when he ran a red light, don't talk back, wait until the police uncle is finished nagging, naturally he won't embarrass you, if you pretend to be pitiful , Maybe even 5 yuan is free.

Sure enough, after the emperor had lost his temper alone, he sat back on his chair, and saw Chen Tian's silent appearance, his tone also relaxed.

"Jiji, remember that everything must be based on the interests of Germany, and don't always think about developing your own power! I still have to teach you a lesson about this matter. You will go to the Far East next month. I will appoint you as Qingdao, China. Governor of the United States, I hope you can go there to reflect on it, and experience it by the way!"

Chen Tian nodded silently. He didn't expect that the emperor would be so angry about this matter. Did he really go too far? Or has he already made him feel his peeping into imperial power? Fortunately, he didn't really want to abolish the title of his prince, so he might be in exile like him in the Netherlands in 10 years.

"In addition, do you really have confidence in that Kemal?" The emperor suddenly asked about Kemal.

"Yes, Your Majesty! I think it won't take long for him to overthrow the current Turkish government, and then no one will talk about what we did in Turkey!" Chentian is still very confident in Kemal That's why he dared to send planes and submarines to Turkey for actual combat tests. What's more, the current situation in Turkey does not involve foreign forces, and there is no need to worry too much about these weapons and tactics being familiar to other countries in the world. This situation is like his previous Spanish Civil War before World War II. That war became a very good weapon test ground for the Germans. The air force has a strong power, and the concentrated use of the air force has achieved remarkable results. The cluster tanks are in the artillery. With the support of aviation firepower, the impact was a great success.

"That's it! Then your 4,312 soldiers, 15 planes and 2 submarines will stay there! I also think that the Turkish government will not last long!" The emperor suddenly said this, but Chen Tian was surprised. After all, the emperor had such a detailed understanding of the troops he sent to Turkey.

"Your Majesty, then my East Prussian Army and Baltic Squadron..." Chen Tian remembered that if he went to Asia, these two troops would have no commanders.

"Well... I think General Hindenburg is good. When you are away, the East Prussian Army will let him take command of you temporarily! As for the Baltic Squadron, I don't think they have any chance to leave the port. You can do it yourself. !" The emperor said as he walked to Chen Tian's side and said in a low voice, "Go hard, don't let me down!"