The deployment of Bulgarian forces is completely a combat plan formulated by the Turkish Army. There is no doubt that the Istanbul region will be the focus of the two countries' competition, and the second is the Macedonia region!
The Ottoman Empire deployed 150,000 troops in Istanbul, 80,000 troops in Macedonia, about 100,000 in the Greek front, 40,000 in Albania, and 30,000 in Kosovo!
As soon as the Balkan War broke out, Bulgaria gained extensive support from all Balkan nationalities. Everywhere the Bulgarian army went, people took the initiative to help.
Well, these are inseparable from the operations of previous Bulgarian governments! In particular, after Ferdinand came to power, in addition to cultural exports, the intelligence department also worked hard in the Balkans. Using the contradictions between the Ottoman Empire and the local people, it attracted a group of people who tended to Bulgaria, creating a good for this war Mass Basis!
As soon as the war broke out on May 4th, the Bulgarian army went forward bravely, as if by force!
On the third day after the war, the Bulgarian First Army repeatedly shattered the counterattack of the Turkish Army. The forward units: the 1st Guards Division and the 1st Army Division had begun to surround the city of Adriana, and the 10th Division had already captured The city of Luozengrad!
The Turkish Command was too late to complete the collapse of troops. On May 8, the first and third heavy artillery regiments in Bulgaria arrived in the Adriana Fortress and immediately launched an onslaught.
In this offensive and defensive battle, mortars have begun to move towards the stage of history, setting off its legendary path!
In order to defend the city of Adriana, the Ottomans also worked hard. In addition to the fortresses everywhere, there were dense trenches, barbed wire, heavy machine guns, and more!
All this has made the Bulgarian army's huge name!
Since the "Mortar" has not yet appeared, the defense against it naturally does not exist!
The Bulgarian army was only prepared to use machine guns to deal with machine guns, but when they appeared on the battlefield, they were shocked.
The 3rd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Guards Division attacked the Turkish Army position, and the heavy machine gun on the other side rang, "Para, Para, Para ..."
The Third Battalion Commander Kakashi Ivanov immediately ordered his men to set up a "mortar" to destroy the enemy's heavy machine gun.
Due to Ferdinand's "Mortar", it is too crude, not only the range is short, but the target is not stingy. Then the artillery did not accidentally hit the air!
This flight caused problems, the shells flew to the Ottoman array, and the sound of a "bang" detonated the army's ammunition box. The bullets began to fly in an instant, leaving only a mourn!
Good guy, it's obviously out of order, and the result is better than expected. One cannonball took away the lives of dozens of Ottoman soldiers!
Seeing this, Kakashi-Ivanov does not care about that much anyway, anyway, the Bulgarian army has not stipulated that "mortars" can only be used to deal with machine guns, simply greet many people!
After several experiments, Kakashi-Ivanov found that the effect was very good. As long as it was not too much, it hit the Ottoman positions and always caused injuries to the enemy, ranging from several people to as many as dozens. People, the effect is simply not too good!
After making this discovery, Kakashi-Ivanov immediately reported it. After many experiments, some people found that the "mortar" was effective against some of the Ottoman fortresses, and even some of the fortresses collapsed immediately!
The tofu residue project is everywhere, not to mention the decaying Ottoman Empire. Of course, most of these fortresses are only for the defense of bullets, and then secretly cut back on materials, resulting in the current results are no exception!
This is more cost-effective than using a 75mm field gun. The price of a "mortar" shell is less than one-fifth of a field gun, and the accuracy is much higher.
The amazing performance of the "mortar" quickly caught the attention of Major General Geneva-Nicolas, a division commander of the Guards, and then quickly spread in the Bulgarian army!
Thanks to the decay of the Ottoman Empire, many fortifications were left over one hundred and eighty years ago. Many places have been in disrepair and aging for years, and there are temporary tofu construction projects!
With the addition of this weapon, the siege efficiency of the Bulgarian army suddenly increased. Many of the fortifications that originally required field artillery can be done, and now mortars can be done.
One shot is not enough, just two shots, or three shots and four shots, it can always be done! Anyway, the Ottoman Empire stopped maintenance of the fortress in the city decades ago. It was temporarily strengthened after the war broke out. Don't expect how strong it is!
The Ottoman army fought fiercely to no avail. Two days later, the military town of Fort Adriana was occupied by Bulgaria!
At this point, Bulgaria 's Ninth Division has arrived in Lure Burgz; the Sixth and Eleventh Divisions have begun to march towards the west coast of the Glibolu Peninsula and the Marmara Sea.
Unwilling to defeat the commander-in-chief of the Turkish Army, Wolf Pasha, began to assemble his army and prepare to decisively fight Bulgaria in the Kalagaki River valley between Lule Burgaz and Bunar Hisar!
Popov also resigned, and assembled the 8th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 4th Artillery Regiments, as well as two cavalry regiments, ready to fight the Ottomans!
On May 10, the first decisive battle in the Balkan wars kicked off!
At this time, Wolf Pasha had assembled the strength of eight divisions, about 106,000 people, with more than a thousand cannons of various types, and more than 600 heavy machine guns!
On the Bulgarian side, there are now five infantry divisions with a total strength of about 86,000, more than 600 cannons of various types, and more than 800 heavy machine guns!
In terms of quantity, not only did the Ottomans have an advantage in their strength, but they also had an advantage in the number of artillery!
From the quality point of view, just right! The Ottoman army with a predominant number of troops has a bad quality of soldiers; let alone artillery. Thousands of artillery sounds very domineering, almost double the Bulgarian army. Presumably no one saw it that way!
After all, the Ottoman Empire has operated for hundreds of years. It is still easy to collect a batch of artillery. Of course, the age of the artillery must be a little bit older!
From the new artillery that has just been produced for a year or two to the old antiques two or three hundred years ago, there is everything! Among them, the breech artillery has occupied the mainstream, there is no way to have too many antiques!
Originally, it was going to be used. Now the rifle weapon of the Ottoman army is the mainstream, and the rifle has not had time to spread, let alone a cannon!