Edward's breakout operation ended in failure. The artillery captain, who was obsessed with promotion, was hit in the back of the head by a stray bullet. His face was gone, leaving only a bloody hole.
As for his poor subordinates, they were either shot to death or had their heads chopped off. A few poor men who tried to kneel down and surrender were dragged down and killed.
"It's finally over," Vishniak sighed while inspecting the six captured 12-pound cannons, "How are the casualties?"
Boris chuckled: "We lost two brothers in battle, and the rest were slightly injured. The damn British guys still have some skills."
Vishniak nodded. Compared with the Turks, the British army's combat effectiveness has improved to a higher level. Even a small number of artillery can cause a lot of trouble. It is conceivable that there will be consequences after encountering the main force of the British army on the battlefield.
What a hassle.
Fortunately, this is not their problem for the time being. The one who needs to worry about this is Duke Mikhail. According to Bulgarian intelligence, about 50,000 British troops have arrived at the Danube River line. And there is a steady stream of main British and French forces behind them.
Head towards the Danube River.
"Where are the Bulgarians? What's going on with them?" Vishnyak asked again.
Boris yelled again: "They? They killed and injured thousands of people. If they only have this level, it would be embarrassing to bully the Turks!"
Vishniak nodded and did not criticize the Bulgarians' performance too much. On the one hand, because they were indeed just a group of rookies who had received the most basic military training, this performance was very normal.
On the other hand, although the Bulgarians are allies, they are by no means close allies. The political stance of these guys is hard to say. They have been swinging back and forth. God knows which side they will be on in the future.
So even if their performance is not good, Vishniak will not talk too much, after all, they are not one of his own!
"Hurry up and count the supplies, be careful of the Bulgarians trying to trick us. We have paid the price with our lives and blood, and we cannot let them fool us!"
Boris fully agreed, and immediately sent a few capable subordinates to start supervising the inventory of materials. It was almost dawn before they roughly figured out how much they had harvested.
"There are two thousand Miné rifles unopened and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition. As for food and other supplies, there is not much difference with the Bulgarian intelligence."
While recording the harvest in his notebook, Vishnyak asked: "You specifically told me about the Migne rifle. Did the Bulgarians have any ideas?"
"Yes, they want to take part of it!"
Vishnyak snorted: "Tell them that according to the terms negotiated before, the artillery will belong to them, and all other weapons and ammunition will belong to us. If you want the Migne rifle, you can either buy it with money, or use their share of the harvest.
Come and pay."
Boris smiled: "That's what I told them, these grandsons still want to take advantage of us, hum!"
Vishnyak also curled his lips, and to be honest, if he didn't have to rely on the Bulgarians to provide intelligence and logistical support in the future, he really didn't want to share the benefits with them because of their performance tonight. There is still shame in a messy performance.
I want something to eat, but I want to eat it!
The military organizational capabilities of the Turks are indeed increasingly unsuitable for modern warfare. Their military organizational capabilities are still at the level of the 17th century. In short, they are particularly slow to respond to war situations, and sometimes they do not even know their own capabilities.
Where did the troops reach, let alone the logistical supplies that they considered not important at all and would not cause problems at all.
It was not until a week later that the frontline commander, who had been unable to receive the supplies, belatedly inquired about the status of the supply convoy. After checking for three days, he discovered that he had not received news from the convoy for several days.
Gu Kai
"What's going on? Such a large convoy, with hundreds of vehicles and more than 2,000 people, disappeared out of thin air!"
"Can anyone tell me why no one noticed they were missing!"
Of course, no one can answer this question, not even the boss, the commander, cares about it, and the minions below are naturally less likely to care.
After the Turkish commander lost his temper, he ordered someone to immediately send out an investigation, and this investigation revealed a big problem.
"What? Four supply convoys have disappeared for no reason in a row? Why didn't you report it earlier? What? No discovery! Are the people in the logistics department just doing it for free? I want to kill that idiot!"
The disappearance of four supply convoys is a big deal, involving hundreds of tons of supplies. Most of these supplies are aid from Britain and France. How can they explain to the British and French dads that they disappeared for no reason!
"There is also a British artillery battery that has also disappeared. You see..."
"What a fart!"
Now the Turkish commander was really furious. It was okay to get some supplies, but if the British were lost, it would be a big problem.
"Give me a thorough investigation. You must find out where the people and materials were lost. I want to see who is so bold!"
In fact, the Turkish commander had suspicions in his mind, and the Bulgarians were very suspicious. These guys had been alienated from the empire from the beginning. If the imperial soldiers hadn't pressed down on the border, these bastards would have rebelled long ago.
The Bulgarians are quite capable of doing some sneaky tricks, so there's nothing wrong with checking them out!
And the Turkish commanders just wanted to use this to beat the Bulgarians. In the past, when they took down a group of bandits in Bulgaria, led by Russia and Austria, they would shout and kill them, saying that they abused and enslaved Bulgaria.
And now that the Bulgarians committed suicide and it was blamed on the British, I think the British will definitely support them and teach them a lesson this time, right?
"Might the Bulgarians have something to do with the disappearance of our artillery?"
The British are indeed shocked by this, but if you want to say that they will completely side with Turkey, it is not necessarily true.
The British did not completely believe what the Turks said. After all, it was an indisputable fact that the Turks hated the Bulgarians. If the Bulgarians had not caused trouble, this war would not have broken out at all.
Therefore, it is entirely possible for the Turks to find an opportunity and fabricate an excuse to deal with Bulgaria. But for the British, it is one thing to help Turkey resist Russia, and the problem of the Bulgarians is another matter.
For the British, an independent Bulgaria was acceptable, as long as the Bulgarians were obedient to the British. Anyway, they would support anyone who could bring benefits to the British Empire.
Therefore, the British did not react strongly to the Turks' small actions. They only asked the Turkish side to find out the truth as soon as possible, and did not do anything else...