The Rise of the Empire

"Remember, don't act alone at any time, and don't easily leave the place 300 meters away from the stronghold. Maybe there is a Turkish gunman behind a sand dune, behind a dilapidated house, behind a forest, and of course there are Possibly a German gunslinger, who would use a rifle with a telescope to take out anyone who was alone." When Tony first came to Sirte, a fellow veteran told him about his combat experience. \u003c/p\u003eAlthough the successful breakthrough of the armored cruiser Prince Albert caused heavy losses to the Italian Navy in terms of face and lining, the Italians still relied on their strong naval power to complete the attack on the west side of the Dardanelles. blockade! A total of 6 capital ships constituted a fleet to ensure that Scheer would not have the idea of ​​​​breaking through. Under the cover of the main fleet, the Italian minelaying ships began to carry out offensive minelaying. Several thick minefields blocked the entire western entrance of the Dardanelles. Completely blocked! In a short time, it may take a lot of effort for the Prince Albert to come out. \u003c/p\u003eNot long after the Italian Navy launched the operation, the Italian Army also began to try to dispatch from several isolated landing points to expand its control area to the entire coastal area. But no matter how small Libya is, it still has a coastline of thousands of kilometers, which is a lot of pressure for the first wave of more than 30,000 Italian army personnel who came here. However, what is unexpected is that in the eyes of all countries, the march that should have been an "armed parade" turned into an out-and-out disaster in the hands of the Italians. \u003c/p\u003eThe first disaster occurred in August 1901. The Italian army that occupied Sirte decided to send 2 battalions of about 1,200 troops to Mirji in the south. This is an important outpost to enter the Jufra oasis. With the support of about 2 cavalry companies, a full 1,500 Italian officers and soldiers Carry 4 artillery pieces and move towards here. \u003c/p\u003eAccording to their intelligence, there are only a few hundred Arab tribal cavalry here, and half of them don't even have guns, only machetes and spears. However, this careless Italian cavalry encountered a unit that had never appeared before in history-carriage units! \u003c/p\u003e"We set off, and everything went according to the pre-established plan. In addition to the weapons and equipment, tents and other supplies, we also brought three times the daily consumption of fresh water. The cavalry was in front Open the road, two battalions of infantry are advancing on both sides of the road, with artillery and supply teams in the middle."\u003c/p\u003e "However, we still underestimated the difficulty of operating in the rocky desert area. The hot climate made our actions very slow, short We were exhausted after only a few dozen kilometers, but this was nothing compared to what we encountered later. After we left the city of Sirte for 30 kilometers, local cavalry began to appear at our cause Among them, they rode horses or camels and wandered around the edge of our field of vision. Our cavalry rushed up and tried to deal with them, but they were all easily avoided by the other party."\u003c/p\u003e"As time went by, we became more and more uneasy , more and more cavalry appeared beside us, they even got close to us only more than 400 meters away, we tried to shoot with rifles, but of course we couldn’t hit them, when we were about to use artillery and machine guns, they were far away Run away."\u003c/p\u003e"These annoying guys are wandering around us like wild wolves smelling fish, and even attack us with a small curved weapon. Of course, at a distance of more than 400 meters , this kind of weapon has almost no accuracy at all, but it annoys us. Our cavalry managed to catch a strand, but the opponent equipped with a rifle that can be fired in bursts easily wiped out all our cavalry in a small group , until this time we found that the situation was a bit unexpected!"\u003c/p\u003e "Soon,

A large number of cavalry appeared on our two wings, and their moving speed was relatively slow compared to ordinary cavalry, so that we could deploy defenses calmly. We began to spread out, and two sparse skirmish lines formed widely apart. All infantry companies use machine guns as the core to form a ring of fortifications. We have considered the possibility of facing the opponent's cavalry before, and made a plan. However, we soon discovered that our plan was useless in the face of the opponent's attack. effect! "\u003c/p\u003e "A lot of carriages! I have never seen so many wagons, and they are on the battlefield! If this kind of scene happened in other places, I definitely think it is a joke, but when the other party showed his ferocious fangs, we ushered in a disaster! "\u003c/p\u003e"At least 40 four-wheeled carriages appeared in our field of vision, and several of them were parked far away in an area 2 kilometers away. They should be equipped with some kind of curved artillery, It took only a short time for them to deploy these guns, and then we heard the rapid burst of shelling from a distance! Cannonballs can even be caught with the eyes, they fall from the sky with deadly arcs! Even before the first shell hit the ground, their artillery fired several times! "\u003c/p\u003e"The dense rain of bullets fell on our position, which was at least the projection of more than 4 artillery companies! We were caught in a blaze of fire. Then, those remaining four-wheeled carriages arrived at a place less than 800 meters away from our battle line. Through the smoke, we suddenly found that there were machine guns on the rear of those four-wheeled carriages. They fired at us from a distance of 100 meters! God, our two battalions have only 12 machine guns! "\u003c/p\u003e "Our artillery was suppressed or destroyed at the first time. Two of the four 75mm guns were destroyed, and the other two were suppressed. The Turks, or the vitality of the German machine guns, will soon be Our defenses were shattered, but even so, we still managed to resist the opponent's attack and killed at least 2,000 people. In the end, our troops failed to block the waves of cavalry charges of the Turks. I was lucky and ran out by luck. And sent this vital information! "An Italian cavalry officer who narrowly escaped after the war wrote in his report.\u003c/p\u003e Generally speaking, the officer's account is generally in line with the basic facts, but he described the battle in more detail Central German-Turkish combat methods, scouting cavalry for continuous suppression and reconnaissance, and then using mortars and machine guns carried by horse-drawn carriages to carry out double fire suppression from far and near, and finally, a large number of cavalry carrying sabers and pistols launched a charge to end the battle.\u003c /p\u003eHowever, the so-called resistance of the Italians is not true. The entire battle lasted 15 minutes from the start to the end... Then the Italian troops of the two battalions paid the price of 300 casualties, and the remaining 1,000 Many people surrendered! Only a small number of cavalry left.\u003c/p\u003e "Italy sent 30,000 people, but there was not even a splash in North Africa! "The British newspaper described the actions of the Italians in this way!\u003c/p\u003eThe second one is here~~~! Please subscribe\u003c/a\u003e~~~!\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e