The Russians bombarded the city with heavy artillery. In two days, thirty-nine 280 heavy artillery fired eight thousand rounds of artillery shells weighing more than 200 kilograms, consuming all the artillery shells they captured from Baghdad.
Even the life of the gun barrels was almost exhausted, and the entire city was almost razed. The Ottoman army, which was originally preparing for street fighting, suffered heavy casualties and could only retreat sadly in front of the influx of Russian troops. [Now China is sending reinforcements to Europe.
The transportation lines are completely broken, not to mention the Baghdad Railway, and even the Hejaz Railway has lost its function, because this railway only leads to Damascus, and you still have to go to Ankara to the north. As for sea transportation, it goes without saying that the control of the sea in the Mediterranean
in the hands of the Allies.
The Chinese European Army, which was still on the offensive in the Balkans, had to start to switch to defense. The Chinese and Austrian coalition forces, which were also forcing the Italians to retreat step by step, had no choice but to stop in the mountains of Croatia and cut off the logistics line of the American and British coalition forces in Serbia.
The goal was shattered, and more importantly, the Sino-German coalition forces struggling to hold on in Berlin were also seriously affected.
"Your Highness, we must retreat." In a dilapidated fortress in eastern Berlin, looking at the city that had been reduced to ruins outside, Major General Ludendorff said sadly to Crown Prince William beside him. The defense battle for Berlin that lasted for more than half a year was about to end.
, despite paying the price of more than half a million soldiers and civilian casualties, they still failed to secure their capital. Of course, the attackers' casualties even exceeded theirs, which was largely due to the Chinese who reinforced them.
In order to defend the capital of Germany, the Chinese Army suffered more than 40,000 casualties, and the remaining 60,000 Chinese soldiers are still fighting tenaciously against the American and British coalition forces in the ruins.
"Sometimes I wonder if we are all wrong. This war should have ended long ago. It should have ended before China entered the war and even after the Battle of Paris. However, our desires always drive us to keep going.
If we want to get more things, then we can only invest more soldiers and pay more blood. Yes, we will eventually win, and we will also get a wider land, but what do we pay for? The entire country has five
One-third of the population was killed or injured, our capital was turned into ruins, Hamburg, Bremen, and Hannover were turned into ruins, and the wealth accumulated by the entire country for generations was gone.
What did we get? Land, but what is there beyond the land? Hatred, hatred from generation to generation. In the past, even if there was a war in Europe, they would not destroy each other just for the sake of destruction like they do now. At that time, we would
Like gentlemen, we can fight on the battlefield. But we will not harm civilians. The guild will be condemned. We cherish our reputation and we abide by morality. We all tacitly protect the order of the Western world and the order of civilization. We can
Killing a country in the colonies, but killing a village in a European war would cause an uproar.
But now, we have regarded massacre, destruction, rape and all other atrocities as normal. The former Europe no longer exists, the civilized Europe no longer exists, and the previous order, morality, and honor no longer exist.
Well, even if we get an empire, it will be an empire burning with the fire of hatred, and this fire will eventually burn brightly one day." Crown Prince William said nonchalantly.
"Your Highness, no matter what, we have come this far, so we can only continue to fight until we win." Ludendorff said respectfully.
"Victory? It's not our victory. There is only one winner in this war, and it's them!" Crown Prince William said with a sneer as he looked at a group of Chinese soldiers retreating toward him along the street.
At this moment, a strange whistling sound suddenly came from the sky.
"Your Highness, be careful!" Ludendorff hurriedly pushed him, but then countless explosions of fire engulfed the dilapidated fortress.
"Your Majesty, Berlin has fallen! And the German Crown Prince Wilhelm died in battle." An hour later, Assistant Chief Yuan reported the shocking news to Emperor Yang, unable to tell whether he was happy or regretful.
"Eh?! It's true that a tiger's father has no son. He is a real hero, a hero as great as his father. We must remember his name forever and engrave his name on the monument so that our people can
Generations will remember how such a noble Crown Prince used his sword to fight evil, and his spirit will forever shine like a red sun over the human world!" Emperor Yang, the great poet used
In a voice full of emotion, he spoke highly of Crown Prince William's sacrifice. Since everyone died anyway, he would not be stingy with such worthless praise.
Of course, he was not just talking. In the next few days, China immediately launched a large-scale commemoration event for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, accompanied by condemnation of the Allied Powers' brutal murder of such a noble and great hero. In memory of Crown Prince Wilhelm, Yang
The Emperor even asked the Japanese government to rename Shimonoseki, which Crown Prince William once visited, to William City. As for the cities in China where he once visited, there are even more streets named after Crown Prince William, and even one was built for him in Beijing.
A monument, in short, tries its best to exaggerate the death of Crown Prince Wilhelm, arouse the fighting spirit of the domestic people against the Allies, and also arouse the hatred of the Germans.
Of course, even if he didn't do this, the German people would still be sworn in with the US-British coalition forces. The number of German civilian casualties in the Battle of Berlin alone exceeded 300,000. Among them were not only casualties in the battle, but also some who were simply angered.
The American and British coalition forces were simply massacred. Of course, by the end Berlin was completely in chaos, and it was impossible to tell the difference between civilians and soldiers. If you don’t want to be shot by the seemingly harmless German civilians, the best way is to give them a shot first. These
The British and North Americans are not here to promote friendship. Of course they will not be long-winded about this kind of thing, but this has also escalated the hatred between the two sides to the point of irreconcilable.
At the peace talks being held in Stockholm, the German representatives reversed their initial wavering stance and became firmer than China. What they finally demanded was not only the cession of territory and compensation, but also the establishment of an international military tribunal to punish the Allied war criminals after the war. The Battle of Berlin
All the commanders-in-chief of the US and British armies are on the list of war criminals. This makes the Allies even more reluctant. After all, they have the advantage on the European battlefield. The Allies are now completely on the defensive due to the fall of Ankara, the Baghdad railway hub, even though they have the highest combat effectiveness.
The strong Chinese European Army also has to do the same.
It would be a bit too much for you to be so tough under such circumstances.
"Excessive? I don't think there is anything excessive. The loser must unconditionally accept the winner's disposal. This is a normal thing." Wu Tingfang, the Chinese representative participating in the negotiations, said lightly.
"Your Excellency, I need to remind you that you are not the victor yet." British negotiator Chamberlain said arrogantly. This Chamberlain was not the one who later became an international joke, but his brother Austin Chamberlain, their father Joseph.
.Chamberlain is also a influential figure in British politics now.
"Well, I did say this a bit early, so we might as well wait and continue discussing this issue after we become the victors." Wu Tingfang shrugged.
The second formal negotiation in Stockholm broke down again. Since the negotiation failed, the war had to continue. The US-British coalition forces in Serbia began to attack Bulgaria, while the Russian army in the Ottoman Empire continued to march towards Istanbul and Konya respectively after capturing Ankara. Soon,
It is obviously prepared to squeeze the Chinese European Army and the Ottoman Army into the narrow area in the middle. This army that once almost drove the Allies to a dead end is currently in a difficult situation. The supply on the land is completely cut off, and it can only rely on airships for air supplies. Even if
China mobilized all the airships that could be mobilized in the country, and even sent Emperor Yang's royal airship, but the supplies it could provide were still a drop in the bucket. And this army was not even as good as the German and Austrian armies. Germany and Austria-Hungary at least had
Able to produce most of its own weapons and ammunition, the Ottoman Empire did not have a decent military industry.
Without sufficient ammunition supplies, no matter how good the Chinese soldiers can fight, no matter how well-equipped they are, it will be in vain. Faced with more than two million enemy troops attacking from both sides, they can only retreat step by step. Even the bomber force, which was originally the most advantageous, has to retreat due to necessity.
Serving as a transport aircraft to airlift supplies from Damascus to Istanbul, the number of bombings had to be significantly reduced.
In order to reopen the Baghdad railway, the Chinese Army's Fifteenth Group Army and the Seventeenth Group Army that arrived later quickly began to march towards Baghdad. At the same time, the Tenth Army in the north had also begun to attack Tehran. In addition, in order to prevent the US and British coalition forces from landing on the flanks again.
In Damascus, two armies of the Seventeenth Army landed at the port of Jeddah and then headed north to Syria.
In this way, the Russians on the inside attacked desperately, and the Chinese on the outside attacked desperately. Millions of people turned the Ottoman Empire into a huge battlefield. Under the tug of war, this originally not a big country gradually fell into ruins at an extremely fast speed.
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Farther north, the Russian land on the Siberian battlefield was reduced to ruins at almost the same speed, because the Chinese Eighth Army broke through the Russian defense line at Atbasar and struck like a right hook.
In the rear of the Russian army led by Grand Duke Nicholas, he had to abandon the Ishim River defense line, and then retreated to Kurgan. If he retreated further, he could retreat to the Ural Mountains and the Ural River area, although these places abandoned now are all open areas.
The sparse population is of little value, but if the Chinese are allowed to attack Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk, the problem will be serious, and it will be equivalent to knocking on the door of Europe. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster