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Text 696 Battle of Istanbul (Part 1)

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    Before China has made any countermeasures against the US waverider attack, the United States is eager to expand their battlefield results after this attack.  In particular, the attack by the Waverider caused heavy damage to the Kurdish army. Barzani temporarily ordered the troops to rest on the spot and carried out various construction activities to prevent the US military from using the Waverider to attack again. This directly caused Turkey's southern  The frontline fighting came to a standstill.  This also allowed Turkey to devote its maximum energy to the defense of Istanbul, and the US military immediately sent additional soldiers to Turkey, including Nathan Lin's Marine Expeditionary Force originally deployed in Libya.

    NATO allies have gathered more than 150,000 troops in Istanbul, mainly Turkish troops, supplemented by part of the Greek army and the US military, and are determined to defend this historic city to the death.  The scale of the SCO coalition forces coming from Bulgaria is also expanding. Not only the Bulgarian army, the Romanian army and the Yugoslav army participated in the siege, but China also sent a group army as the main offensive force.

    The 21st Group Army, originally belonging to the Lanzhou Military Region, was reorganized before coming to Europe. Especially before participating in the Battle of Istanbul, the military deliberately strengthened the armor and artillery strength of this group army.  The 2l Group Army not only received a batch of heavy-duty Apocalypse tanks that the military originally did not like to field, but also equipped them with a lot of the new generation main battle tank 0l type main battle tank developed by Norinco.

    In terms of artillery, the already developed vehicle-mounted electromagnetic guns have begun to be supplied to the 2l Group Army on a large scale. These electromagnetic guns will be used to bombard Istanbul more than a hundred kilometers away. Qi Yiming and the PLA General Staff do not care much about preserving this history.  The cultural heritage of the famous cultural city and so on, and now UNESCO is completely ineffective because there is no funding. If necessary, Chinese artillery will really turn Istanbul into a scorched earth.

    The idea of ??the NATO allies is very straightforward, which is to strengthen the walls and clear the country, making the SCO coalition's attack very uncomfortable, and use every opportunity to eliminate the effective strength of the SCO coalition, thereby protecting Istanbul and ensuring that the Turkish Strait is not lost.  In order to achieve this, the Turkish army built a large number of fortifications and lines of defense outside the city, making China's frontline commanders feel like they were fighting a war in the last century.

    There are not many air forces that can support the SCO Allied Forces. The US military attacked the SCO Air Force stationed in Europe, causing considerable losses. Moreover, they also need to deal with the air forces of Germany, France and other countries to protect the homeland of the three Eastern European countries and increase  Turkey itself does not have much decent air force (this standard is slightly higher. The Turkish fleet is mainly F-6, and this kind of fourth-generation aircraft is indeed not very decent for the Chinese Air Force, which has begun to mainly use fifth-generation aircraft.  ), so the number of fighters participating in the Battle of Istanbul was relatively limited.

    On the other hand, the Army Aviation Force has hundreds of Tengu mechas participating in the battle. These mechas that can transform into low-altitude attack aircraft will provide the most close fire support to the ground forces of the Shanghai Cooperation Alliance. Of course, they will also enter city streets when necessary.  Carry out street fighting, which is a headache for infantry, and give full play to your advantages as an infantry combat mecha.

    On the first day of the Istanbul Defense War, just as Qi Yiming originally designed, the electromagnetic artillery unit and long-range rocket launcher unit of the 2l Army began an indiscriminate large-scale bombardment of Istanbul close to 100 kilometers away from the city.

    In the first round of shelling, the Chinese artillery fired more than a thousand tons of ammunition towards Istanbul, which not only stunned the Turkish army, but also caused a large number of civilian casualties in Istanbul.  The Turkish side recognized the cruelty of the war and immediately organized government officials to evacuate and relocate the residents of Istanbul. People in the city who originally thought that the war would not harm them were frightened and took their families with them to leave this city that had been severely taught a lesson.  city ??of.

    However, the unexpected large-scale outflow of refugees also caused considerable trouble for Turkey. Residents rushed to leave the city and occupied a large number of traffic roads and ships on the strait, which required smooth traffic and transportation.  The NATO allies who have insufficient transportation capacity are very troubled.  At first, Turkey wanted to smoothly transfer these civilians out of the city where a war was about to take place, but soon, two mechanized infantry units of the Yugoslav People's Army and a Bulgarian armored division took advantage of the chaos to launch the first round of attacks on Istanbul.  offensive.

    The Turkish defenders, who were in a panic, were unable to block the impact of the SCO coalition forces. Turkey's strongest first line of defense was directly broken through by the SCO coalition forces.  Under such circumstances, the Turkish side could only continuously invest troops in the front line and mobilized nine divisions to resist the three divisions of the SCO coalition. After the SCO coalition defeated two Turkish divisions in a row, it was unable to follow up.  , and eventually had to withdraw from the front line.  Despite this, the Turks' first line of defense was still occupied by the SCO coalition forces. The first line of defense was located fifty or sixty kilometers away from the city, and a second line of artillery positions had been deployed by the SCO coalition forces.

     These artillery pieces are mainly the SCO 6-caliber 15m self-propelled artillery and some 15E 03mm large-caliber towed artillery. When they fire the latest bottom row extended-range ammunition, they are enough to penetrate directly into Istanbul from this position.  NATO allied barracks and other facilities in Istanbul will face this terrible blow.

    What makes NATO even more crazy is that the roads blocked by refugees directly make it difficult to transport various supplies to Istanbul from behind, as well as normal military mobilization.  At the strong request of the Americans, Turkish officials who had previously guided Istanbul residents out of the city had to drive these Turks back to their homes, air raid shelters and some temporary shelters.  This naturally caused greater panic among the Turks.

    "Sir, please let us leave here. This is no longer our home, but a hell. Our families will be killed by Chinese artillery fire," a Turkish resident said to the American soldiers who were assisting Turkish officials to drive them away.  Sentai soldier Nathan Lin cried.

    Nathan looked at this man with tears on his face and felt very embarrassed for a moment.  His partner Isuzu pulled him and whispered: "Don't mind your own business. Our order is to send them back to the city, not to let them continue to block the road here."

    Nathan hesitated and said: "But if we let them go back, there will be only a dead end."

    Isuzu spread his hands and said, "Then we can only blame them for their bad luck."

    Although his voice was small, it was still heard by the man just now. The man's face was full of fear. He said excitedly: "How can you be like this? You have no right to confine us to this dangerous place.  Isn¡¯t the United States known as the land of freedom? Do you American fighters who defend freedom want to restrict our personal freedom and watch us die?¡±

    Isuzu said: "Man, I don't want this either, but we are just a group of soldiers and have no right to speak. If you want to complain, you can only go to our leader. It is useless to tell me. And it is war time now.  If victory cannot be guaranteed, all democracy and freedom are in vain.¡±

    Nathan frowned: "Isuzu, you can't talk like that. We are fighting for our values. If we can't protect civilians, what's the difference between us and those brutal Chinese?"

    Isuzu pouted and said, "When you said this, did you realize that you are also Chinese?"

    Nathan was even more angry: "I've said it a thousand times, I'm Chinese-American, not Chinese."

    But at this time, chaos broke out. The Turks, who already knew that these soldiers would not let them go, but wanted to drive them into the abyss of hell, burst out with their own blood. These descendants of the Turks have a brave side, otherwise  Nor would they have ever ruled as vast a land as the junction of Europe and Asia.  Several young Turks took advantage of a few Marine soldiers not paying attention, hugged them directly, and threw them to the ground. Someone took the guns of the American Marines and shot at the American soldiers who were driving away the Turks.

    Naturally, these Turks had very poor marksmanship. The American soldiers were killed, but several Turks were also killed.  When the already nervous U.S. Marines heard the gunshots, many recruits immediately fired their guns without asking or thinking, and opened fire at any Turks who might be their murderers.  All over the road.

    When the Turks saw that the US military started shooting at them, they no longer had any hope for them. Some men rushed forward and knocked down the American soldiers directly, seizing any possible weapons. Some even fired grenades directly.  causing an explosion and greater chaos.

    Nathan was stunned by this scene. Before he could react, Isuzu had already been dragged into an anti-mine vehicle behind him by Isuzu. In this iron can, the Turks could not be harmed.  to theirs.

    Nathan kept mumbling: "Oh my God, my God, what happened, are they crazy?"

    Isuzu shouted: "We are going to kill them. I am not surprised that they did this. Oh, they are going to push this car over. Please protect your head and abdomen."

    A group of angry Turks pushed down the anti-mine vehicle, but because the carriage was sealed, Nathan and Isuzu were not killed by them. It was not until more Turkish soldiers arrived to quell the riot that the two of them were rescued.  .  And when Nathan came out and saw the tragic corpses on the ground, he held on to the car and vomited.
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