57 Fatal Strike

Due to the sudden loss of command, the command of the left-wing Turkish government forces was temporarily in chaos, and the offensive was temporarily stopped. Although Marshal Carter appointed another general as the interim commander, the progress of their attack has been greatly reduced. Delayed. After not getting news from his right-wing troops for a long time, Marshal Carter also faintly felt a little bad, but because he believed too much in the escape ability of the "Long-legged General", he did not make any deployments, except to continue to send people to contact the right-wing. In addition, a small group of cavalry troops were sent to guard the north.

Ollie took his troops around in a big circle, and at this time had already rounded back to the back of the starting position of the central government army. Two miles in front of him was their artillery position. In the telescope he saw the artillerymen sitting on the position boringly and chatting. There was almost no defense there. The only heavy machine guns were deployed towards Uzunk. In the direction of Pru. In front of the artillery position was a small hill, and on the other side of the hill was Marshal Carter's starting position and headquarters.

Victory was finally in sight, but Olly felt very uncomfortable at this time. He had already received the news of the defeat of the three right-wing regiments. He also knew very well that the German soldiers under his men would not give up until the last moment. What he was saddened was not a large sum of pensions, but because every outstanding soldier under his hand was a precious possession of Germany. They followed them here for thousands of miles, but now they can only lie quietly in the dirt of a foreign land.

The anger in Oli's heart burned, and he exhausted all his strength and roared into the sky: "For the dead brother, attack!"

"Offensive..." A deafening cry from the field.

The government soldiers on the artillery position looked behind them with horror. Countless enemies were rushing towards them from a distance. They only had poker, water bottles and food in their hands. No one knew what to do except for running away. ...

On the hill, Marshal Carter stared blankly at his artillery position being flooded by the mountains and plains of enemies. He had already put his reserve team into the street fighting in the city. At this time, he had no soldiers to adjust outside a guard camp?

Carter pulled out his pistol in despair and slowly raised it to his head.

"Marshal, retreat quickly!" The staff officers beside him forcibly seized the gun in his hand and tried to persuade him.

"Retreat? Where to retreat!" Carter sat down on the ground decadently. He began to envy Marshal Tawant a little, and he was away from all the troubles in this world. He understands the consequences of the defeat in this battle very well. Even if he can take a part of his troops to break through, the wolves-like sultans and nobles will not let them go.

"The general situation is gone..." He suddenly jumped up like a flashback, but his eyes dimmed again, "Order the troops, stop resisting!"

"Marshal, we can still break through to the south!"

"Marshal, we still have a full 50,000 troops in our hands!"

"Marshal, go!"

Hearing the Marshal's order to stop resisting, the staff thought he was shocked and confused, and raised strong objections. The old and over-stimulated Marshal Carter collapsed to the ground, and the staff immediately picked him up to Uzunkep. Lu Cheng retreated. Since Carter was no longer able to command the troops, the staff members jointly decided to immediately gather the offensive troops in the city and retreat from the south of the city.

After Ollie occupied the artillery position of the government army with his troops, he left two battalions of soldiers to guard the prisoners and operate the artillery. The five regiments occupied and defended the original starting position of the government army in front of the hillside. He took the remaining nearly ten thousand. A soldier began to attack the city, and the city's defenders also fought back with a beautiful defensive attack. The government forces that had attacked from the east of the city collapsed when they received the enemy back and abdomen, and they were no longer able to carry out an organized defense or retreat. The soldiers were scattered throughout the city and were eaten by Kemal's troops. The government forces south of the city have already begun to retreat. Under this circumstance, the snipers started to kill, and the government officers fell off their horses. Soon the unorganized retreat turned into a rout, and the crowd began to flee outside the city. Under the escort of a group of soldiers, the staff officers escorted poor Marshal Carter and fled south of the city.

South of Uzunkplu, when the government forces in the city fled to the Kemal right-wing position they had captured in the morning, they were greeted by bullets of revenge. Not long ago, it was recaptured by Kemal's second right-wing reserve team and the troops who had withdrawn from the morning. In the evening, when the troops from Oli and Kemal were pursuing them, tens of thousands of government soldiers were blocked by those more than 1,000 people for several hours. At this time, they had no choice but to sneak attack.

In the battle of Uzunkprü, the 80,000 troops of the Turkish reactionary government were almost wiped out, and fewer than 1,000 soldiers fled back to Istanbul. The government commander-in-chief, Marshal Carter was captured, and the deputy commander-in-command, Marshal Tawant, was killed. More than half of his hundreds of generals and colonels were killed. Most of them were killed by snipers. Nearly 30,000 government soldiers were killed. All equipment and supplies were Was seized. The number of casualties of the 30,000 troops participating in the war in Kemal reached 13,000. Among them, 1178 German soldiers of the mercenary group were killed and 842 wounded. Hamid II, whose main force was lost, announced his abdication and Mohammed V succeeded him to the throne. One month later, Kemal led his troops into Istanbul, announced the deposed Mohammed V, formally established the Turkish Democratic Republic, and invited the Young Turkish Party to jointly govern. Two months later, with the support of the people and the army, Kemal's Turkish Democratic Party won the Republic's first parliamentary election and Kemal became the first president of the Turkish Democratic Republic. After that, Turkey and Germany entered into a secret covenant to contain the military forces of the Allied Powers in the Mediterranean.

However, after the civil war, Turkey was full of scars, its economy and industry were backward, its wealth was concentrated in the hands of great aristocrats and merchants, and its people were impoverished. Kemal carried out a series of drastic reforms against great resistance, which made Turkey's national strength greatly restored in the following years.

After the domestic situation in Turkey stabilized, Oli began to return to Germany with most of the soldiers of the mercenary regiment. During the entire Turkish Civil War, a total of 5,636 German soldiers came to Turkey. They were in the air, on the ground, and on the sea, and 2215 outstanding German soldiers were buried here. Sergeant Hildeland chose to stay in Turkey after healed from his injury. Together with hundreds of other German instructors, he helped Kemal train the Turkish army. The troops they trained had a strong German style and were used in World War I. In the wars against Britain and Russia, they showed good combat effectiveness. Sergeant Rudra was awarded the Iron Cross of the First Class for his outstanding performance in hunting the Turkish Marshal in this war, and became a heroic figure in the East Prussian Army. To his regret, the emperor did not help him. He personally awarded the medal, but after successfully shooting 489 people in the First World War, he finally realized his dream.

A civil war in which the declining empire changed its dynasty did not attract much attention from the whole world, but it was of great significance to Germany and Chen titan. Germany has only experienced a few colonial wars after the Franco-Prussian War in 1871. The Turkish civil war provided a good testing ground for weapons, and the thriving Kemal regime would be more able to contain the Allied powers than the old and backward empires. power.