My Italian Chapter 231

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The Thessaloniki Peninsula is a three-fingered claw extending from the Macedonian region to the Aegean Sea. It protects the Saronica, Macedonia's largest port, in the depths of the Thermaic Gulf.

Although Thessaloniki is the largest port in the region, there are still some small ports serving as fishing ports on the Thessaloniki Peninsula, which is 28 kilometers southeast of Thessaloniki, also in the Gulf of Thermae. Likrati is one of the two major fishing ports in the region, the other is in Muzania, 20 kilometers away, and farther from Thessaloniki.

But today, local fishermen and residents are surprised to see a large number of boats appearing at sea. As long as you are not blind, you can see that many of them are warships. With the towering Italian naval flag, who can not know what is going on?

Many of these small warships patrolled the seaside less than two or three kilometers away, and their dark muzzles pointed to the land, ready to open fire on possible enemies at any time.

In fact, they thought too much. A company guard stationed in the town saw so many warships and transport ships, and had already left in a hurry under the leadership of its commander. They also left with them. The Ottoman delegation from the town local officials.

Under the cover of the Navy's ships, the officers and soldiers of the Marine Corps used small boats to row desperately to the beach beside the town.

After the boat docked, the battalion commander of Cosenz, who was the commander of the first batch of landing troops, immediately ordered his subordinates, "Quick, everyone disperse, and pay attention to vigilance."

This is Cosenz's experience from other officers in previous landing battles. The first task is to disperse the guard first and be alert to the possible attack by the defenders.

The officers and soldiers of the first battalion followed his orders very well, and immediately dispersed in twos and threes, their eyes looking around vigilantly.

But there was no movement of the enemy around at all, except for them, everything was so quiet and peaceful, which made Cosenz feel a little embarrassed.

But no matter how embarrassing it was, it was better than being hit by the enemy during the landing.

After waiting for the officers and men of his battalion to go ashore, Cosenz continued to order. "Second company went out to explore the surrounding trends, one stayed behind the landing site, and three or four went to the town with me to see."

Following Cosenz's orders, the companies that were given the task acted according to his orders. The stubborn company began to occupy the commanding heights around the beach, preparing to protect the landing site. The second company took the squad platoon as a unit and moved forward in a search posture.

As for the third and fourth companies, they formed a battle formation and touched the town. And Cosenz followed them and touched the town. The town is a little strange, there is no sound?

They were about 500 meters close to the town, and there was no gunshot!

Three hundred meters, still no gunshots!

Whether or not to go in has become the primary issue for Cosenz to consider.

Cosenz, who was hiding behind a ridge, ordered after thinking about it. "Send a class to search in the town."

Following his order, a class of soldiers immediately touched it.

Cosenz and other officers and soldiers all followed the small town's every move.

After more than ten minutes, a soldier was seen walking out of the town and gave them a sign of safety.

How is this going?

With this mood, Cosenz and other officers and soldiers rushed over immediately.

It wasn't until Cosenz chatted with the warrior that he understood why the town was so unreasonably quiet.

"You said the Ottoman army locked the locals in the monastery before leaving?"

"Yes, battalion commander. We couldn't believe it before, but we did find those people in the monastery, and they said that after seeing our fleet early this morning, the local Ottoman army went door-to-door and drove them all to the monastery. , They were so frightened at the time that they thought they were going to be killed. In addition, we searched the houses in the town, and there were no Ottoman officers and soldiers in them.”

After listening to the soldier's words, Cosenz didn't know why the other party did this, but since the enemy was gone, it was a good thing for him and the first battalion.

After listening to the soldiers' answers, Cosenz took the town with two companies.

Among them, the local residents who were released after being inspected kept thanking them.

As for Cosenz, he stood beside the simple fishing port made of stone and wood, and said to the messenger beside him.

"Immediately send someone to occupy the commanding heights and signal to the fleet that the enemy has run away and can land at the fishing port."

Although the fishing port is simple, it is better than the beach. He took a look. The wooden plank road here can transport some small artillery ashore.

As the Kalikrati defenders fled without a fight, a large number of small wooden boats were transported back and forth between the fishing port and the transport ships. They brought a large number of soldiers and weapons ashore.

Unlike the luck of Cosenz, in Muzania, the defenders of a local battalion did not retreat. Instead, they relied on the town's buildings to defend stubbornly. A regiment that had landed was besieging it.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The shelling from the warships at sea caused the local defenders to hide in the town, and the screams from time to time caused turmoil in the army.

The firepower of warships is completely equivalent to that of heavy artillery, so that no buildings in the town can withstand the firepower.

After the warship shelling, the reluctant defending commander, seeing that he had lost more than half of his troops, could only helplessly issue an order to retreat.

Of course, they are still good, blocking the landing of Italian officers and soldiers for half a day. Although this did not affect the landing of the Italian army, in the absence of a coastal defense battery, he still dared to defend the town with naval guns. It must be said that this commander is very tough.

Of course, the news that Italy had landed on the Thessaloniki Peninsula could not be concealed at all. At noon, the defenders of Thessaloniki knew the news.

In the garrison headquarters in the city, Lieutenant General Ouz, the commander of the Ottoman Ninth Army who also served as the city defense commander, looked angrily at the garrison commander who ran back from Kalikrati.

"Captain Aitaki, you said that the Italians landed one regiment at a time, so you retreated with your subordinates?"

In front of Lieutenant General Owuzi, the captain Aitaki, who turned into the wind, answered in a rough and uneasy manner. "Yes, General. The enemy has sent many warships in the open sea. Those warships are protecting a large number of transport ships. They are like locusts, operating various ships to land on the shore. The soldiers and I, seeing that the situation is not good, can only be Get back first."

"Okay, nothing to do with you here."

Hearing this answer, Lieutenant General Ouz sent him away with a look of disgust. Although this man is a little timid, it is inconvenient to punish him when he is currently employed. Besides, the news that the Italians landed was too important to him.

"Come on!"

With a cry from Lieutenant General Ouz, a young officer immediately opened the door and walked in.

"What is the commander's order?"

"Order the Fourteenth Division to send a brigade to reinforce Calamaria. Also order Filafia's troops to withdraw gradually. Also send a telegram to Admiral Yilmaz that we need reinforcements and tell him that the Italians have landed on the peninsula. already."

The orders of Lieutenant General Ouz ~www.mtlnovel.com~ are all related to the situation in Thessalonica.

Reinforce Kalamaria, because there are coastal defense batteries there. Different from the grandfathers of Durrës, the coastal defense battery of Saronica is very advanced, equipped with Krupp heavy coastal defense artillery. As long as the fort is not lost, those Italian naval warships will not dare to enter.

In addition, there are not many troops in the city of Saronica. At present, he only has a fourteenth division in his hand, and the other troops are in Filafea, resisting the attack of the Bulgarian Third Army that captured Kilkis.

Now with the landing of the Italians, he can only withdraw the troops first, which is why he needs to send a brigade to be stationed in Calamaria first. Of course, one brigade is not enough. After the other troops are withdrawn, He will send all fourteen divisions over.

In addition, the Kalamaria coastal defense fort is less than four kilometers south of the city and protrudes from the promontory, while Filafia is 16 kilometers north of the city. It can be said that Italy and Bulgaria are one south and one north, which constitutes the Saronica threat.

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