“How far are we now from Chel?

"Our forward has already met the Turkish army. The forward is only about 18 kilometers away from them, and our main force is about 30 kilometers. If you want, today we can include this city within our artillery strike range." The staff member supported his eyes and said.

"Forget it, let's go tomorrow. We need to prepare well. After all, we have lost a lot of equipment along the way." Xia Fei finally suppressed himself and was like his plan to enter the city tonight. He decided to let the troops have a good rest and then fight tomorrow.

"Send a telegram to the British and say that the plan goes well and get them ready." Xia Fei added.

"But we are behind enemy lines." The staff officer said with some embarrassment. "Radio communication needs to be restricted."

"We are facing Turks, not Germans, and what if Türkiye knows it? The result will not change. Do what I said." Xia Fei said stubbornly.

Although there was no decent blockade or harassment along the way, Xiafei's troops still had a very difficult time. In this era, the reliability of tracked vehicles can be described as a tragedy. After leaving the railway line, Xiafei walked a broken line for 10 days. Although the distance was not too far, the French tanks that could follow him to the present have changed their engines and tracks on average... Now, Xiafei's troops' tanks are only about 30% of the tanks before the war...

Fortunately, the wheeled vehicles are quite powerful in dry plains, so all the weapons of the tow artillery and truck cannons must follow them.

"Maybe, in the future, the French Army should be equipped with more wheeled armored vehicles." Xia Fei said in his heart as he looked at the dusty convoy behind him. The load weight and off-road performance of the full track chassis are indeed good, but the speed is too slow, consumes too much, and it is very difficult to maintain.

Although France is an industrial power, considering that it is facing Germany, which is more than twice as powerful as itself, when the quality of the armored forces cannot gain an advantage, at least the quantity cannot be much different, right? So, if there are not enough tanks, please make up for the armored vehicles... Moreover, in Western Europe, when the road environment is very good, the off-road performance of tracked tanks is not that important, and the speed advantages of semi-tracked vehicles and wheeled vehicles are very obvious. Of course, these things must be considered in the future, and it is a bit too early to think about them now.

When the sun jumped out of the horizon the next day, the French army, who had been resting for a night, began to attack Bichel. To be honest, as an important transportation hub and rear base, the Turkish army had a large number of troops, with about 12,000 people. However, even though Xia Fei's troops had lost too much heavy equipment, even if they had been running for almost two weeks, this battle can still be described as destroying the Goula.

The French saved even the firepower support this time. In addition to looking down on the Turks' combat effectiveness, the small number of shells is also an important reason. However, this does not hinder the French Republic from playing their world-class tactical level!

The elite French tactical squad carrying Shaosha's submachine guns, combined with engineers and flamethrowers. In addition, the direct aiming fire support of truck guns and tanks in the rear, the Turkish positions generally could not last half an hour before they could be broken through when the two sides put in similar forces. The French finally regained the feeling when the battle of Asia Minor began. Amid the sound of gunfire, Xia Fei's troops took only one day to control this important traffic place, and seized 20 locomotives, hundreds of car wands, as well as a large amount of supplies and supplies.

At the same time, the British Expeditionary Force located in the front also launched a general attack on the Turks. The armored troops that had not been put into the battlefield also showed their ferocious fangs this time. With an British armored brigade and the Japanese 7th Armored Division as the attack, they directly tore open the three Turkish defense lines in one day. Then, a large number of infantry rushed in and began to divide and surround the main force of Türkiye.

Three days later, the British military boots finally stepped on the ruins of Eskiesheir's city walls. After 7 days, the Turkish army, with a total of nearly 100,000, were completely eliminated by the British Expeditionary Force and the French army! About 40,000 casualties were killed and killed, and the remaining more than 50,000 were almost all captured.

At this point, Ruprecht's most worried thing happened. More than 100,000 British troops cleanly collapsed a Turkish army. After occupying Bitcher, the Allied forces could already knock on the western gate of Ankara - Boratler. Taking advantage of this period, Ruprecht also transferred about 25,000 Bavarian and Prussian troops from the northern line to Ankara, and together with Kemal's troops, he was responsible for defending Ankara and the surrounding Sinjan area.

However, the impact of the turmoil on the battlefield exceeded Ruprecht's expectations. When the Allies surrounded a Turkish army, the Ottoman Empire's Jemal Pasha (one of the three giants) personally went to Hagia Sophia to visit Ruprecht, hoping that the Bavarian army could save Turkey. At the same time, the Turkish Sultan's telegram was also sent to the German Emperor, and Turkey was severely damaged and the 3b railway was at risk of being cut off, which forced William II to face this matter.

"Does Ruprecht have nothing to explain about this matter?" Looking at the telegram sent by the Turkish Sultan, the German Emperor frowned in dissatisfaction.

"The telegram sent by the Bavarian side claimed that they could deal with this level of threat. The Bavarian Legion on the Eastern Front has begun to move in the direction of Asia Minor on a large scale. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince estimates that the Bavarian Legion can launch a large-scale counterattack in up to half a month." said Moltke Little.

"Half a month?" The German Emperor said anxiously: "When half a month, the Allies may be able to cut off the 3b railway. Our most important and most consolidated fuel transport colleagues may have to be cut off for this."

"This is not the case. Although the Turkish army was defeated, Britain and France did not have any cost. They needed to rest. Then consider that His Highness Ruprecht had already sent no less than 2 divisions of German troops to Ankara. It would be fine to cooperate with Turkey's most elite troops. Compared with Asia Minor, my colleagues in the General Staff and I were more worried about the future situation on the Eastern Front." Moltke was a little hesitant when he said his last sentence.

"What does it mean?" The German Emperor frowned even tighter!
Chapter completed!