Please call me William III

Chapter 37: Thorough Revolution In order to win the parliamentary election, the Young Türkiye Party issued its program, proposing to implement labor legislation, distribute land and abolish tithe tax. Four months later, the new parliament was held, and the leader of the Young Türkiye Party, Riza, served as the Speaker. After coming to power, the Young Türkiye Party retained the throne of Hamid II, but refused to carry out the promise of redistributing land. Therefore, democratic movements of workers and peasants broke out all over Türkiye. At this moment, Kemal, Ozturk, and Ollie were enjoying the warm sunshine and gentle sea breeze of the Aegean Sea with their soldiers. A small part of the current Türkiye army is in the hands of the Young Türkiye Party, and most of it is being handed back to the government. There are some old armies in the hands of the king and the nobility, and there is no unified command at all. Therefore, Kemal's army has not received any orders in the past four months, except for taking over Ozturk's headquarters. As the saying goes, no fight, no acquaintance. Kemal, Ozturk, and Ollie, a revolutionary, an old army officer, and a German officer, despite their different backgrounds and experiences, their equally outstanding military literacy and rebelliousness quickly made them good friends. The current garrison of Cassandra includes 2500 troops brought by Kemal, 1200 troops from the Oli Corps, 500 troops from Ozturk, and the remaining ships commanded by Ozturk. Being forgotten may be leisurely, but the supply is also pitifully scarce. Additionally, there is a small port here where Chentian constantly transports some supplies from Germany. Their daily life was quite enjoyable, and after a long period of training, the coordinated combat among these three units also greatly improved. Soldiers have built a medium-sized airport north of Cassandra Fortress, with the same five Sky III planes, but a new batch of pilots have been replaced. The "Angel of Landing" Fritz and the previously trained pilots have been transferred back to Germany to help aircraft engineers design more suitable aircraft for actual combat. The military academy graduates in the Orly Regiment have also returned home, bringing valuable practical experience to the German army that has not experienced war for decades. Chen Tian, who was far away in Germany, did not have that leisure. On the secret testing ground in K ö nigsberg, he was emerging from the turret of the first tank prototype, the "Stone," and his body was about to be shaken apart, with a happy smile on his face. The "Stone" is made of homogeneous armor plates riveted together, with a total combat weight of 9 tons, a length of 6 meters, a width of 2 meters, a height of 2. 4 meters, a maximum road speed of 15 kilometers per hour, a maximum travel of 80 kilometers, and equipped with a 37mm caliber gun with armor thickness of 10-30mm. Due to the heavy weight of the Maxim heavy machine gun and the slow firing rate of the Madsen light machine gun, engineers did not choose them as the machine guns for the "Stone". Instead, they installed another machine gun designed by the weapon research laboratory of Chentian in cooperation with arms dealers - the "Firebird", a light machine gun that uses rifle bullets and ammunition supply chains, with a firing speed of 400 rounds per minute. Although this machine gun was designed as a water-cooled machine gun for "stones", at the request of Chen Tian, the "Firebird" was also improved into an air-cooled light machine gun for infantry use. In experiments, this infantry weapon performed well, but the only drawback was that the barrel temperature was too high after long-term high-speed shooting. Based on his impression of the MG-42, Chen Tian asked the designer to make technical improvements to the infantry's "Firebird" machine gun and use a replaceable barrel. Then Chen Tian went to Türkiye with 10 infantry "Spitfire" produced by trial production, hoping to let the Oli Regiment test "Firebird" in actual combat. At Cassandra's airport, a large biplane and twin engine plane slowly came to a stop. Ollie! How have you been lately? "Chen Tian led Lisa out of the cabin and waved to Ollie and the others from a distance. Jiji, it's so nice to meet you! You brought your wife too Yeah! We're here for vacation this time, and we haven't even sunbathed on the beaches of the Aegean coast! "Chen Tian continued to shake hands with Kemal and others one by one. Your Highness, Your Highness, welcome! "Kemal glanced at their plane several times as he spoke." Your Highness, can this plane really fly directly from Germany to here Chen Tian turned around and looked at the latest "Wild Goose II" aircraft that had been put into production. It had a closed cockpit and a range of over 1000 kilometers, but it was still not enough to fly directly from Germany to here. They departed from K ö nigsberg, stopped in Vienna for refueling, and took more than two hours to arrive here. General Kemal, this plane has a long range, but we still need to refuel halfway to get here! "Despite this, Kemal still envied the huge body of the" Wild Goose II ". After chatting with everyone, Chen Tian asked the soldiers to lift the things off the plane. Come on, let's show everyone some good things! "Chen Tian took out a" Firebird "and shook it in front of everyone." How about it? It looks good, doesn't it? Let's quickly find a place to try it out When Chen Tian, with the help of a soldier, lay on the ground and used a "Firebird" to shoot out a belt full of 150 bullets in half a minute, everyone looked at the sieve like target in the distance, their mouths wide open. Ollie, give me an egg! "Chen Tian got up, patted the dust on his body, and reached out to Ollie. Ollie looked at Chen Tian in surprise, while taking out an egg from his pocket. I knew you would bring an egg! "Chen Tian took the egg and smashed it onto the barrel of the" Firebird "gun. Zizi The egg cooked quickly, then turned charred black, and everyone closed their mouths at the same time. This weapon still has a slight flaw! However, Ollie, I still hope to let your troops try out this machine gun Jiji, we don't need this weapon here for now! "Ollie looked at" Firebird "and shook his head vigorously. Yes, Your Highness, although there are riots now, they are all ordinary people who can be scared away with rifles! "Kemal explained, his eyes fixed on the small yet powerful" Firebird ". Chen Tian looked at everyone's eyes and picked up the machine gun. "It costs 5000 marks. Why don't you buy two to play with at home Kemal and Ozturk's eyes instantly shifted elsewhere, and Chentian and Ollie met with a smile. A week later, when Chentian and Lisa were enjoying the sunshine on the beach of Cassandra, news came from Thessalonica that the workers and farmers there and some of the army were strongly dissatisfied with the national autonomy policy issued by the ruling Young Türkiye Party, and a large-scale uprising was held in the city. At present, the insurgents have occupied most of the city. However, the government forces immediately surrounded the city and asked Kemal to take troops to attack the city from the port. Your Highness, what should we do now? "In the conference room, everyone looked at Chen Tian. Uh... I'm only here for vacation. It should be decided by General Kemal, the highest commander here! I'll just listen in! "Chen Tianchao nodded. Based on the existing ships, we can only transport 800 soldiers at a time, so I believe our task is to occupy the port and dock of Thessaloniki and hold it there! "Kemal looked at everyone and continued," This time I am planning to mobilize my two battalions there, with General Ozturk in charge of the ships for this operation Everyone remained silent. So, Your Highness, and Colonel Ollie, do you want to participate in this operation Why not? Lisa and I have been wanting to go to Thessaloniki for a long time Your Highness, but it doesn't seem safe there. If those rebels use cannons to bombard us... "Ozturk still had lingering fears about being shelled by Orly last time. Chen Tian didn't speak, just waiting for Kemal's opinion. I think this operation is different from the last time we attacked Thessaloniki. It's just a riot by ordinary people and some troops. It's uncertain whether there will be a large-scale battle! "Kemal thought for a long time, feeling that the possibility of a peaceful resolution to this matter was high. In the evening of that day, two battalions of Kemal boarded four transport ships, while Chentian, Lisa, Kemal, Ollie, and Ozturk boarded the only destroyer and headed towards Thessaloniki under the escort of two coastal gunboats. The next day at dawn, they arrived at the port of Thessaloniki. Wow... it's so beautiful! "Lisa stood on the deck watching the sun slowly rise from the sea, and the entire harbor was bathed in a soft morning light, everything looked so beautiful! I have seen sunrises all over the world, and this place is particularly beautiful! "Chen Tian recalled seeing sunrises from different places while sailing around the world. For this world, every sunrise represents new hope. Pa The distant gunshots shattered the silence and pulled Chen Tian back from his memories. Look at the dock! "The sailor on the watchtower suddenly shouted. Chen Tian hurriedly pulled Lisa back to the command center. Your Highness, there is intense fighting on the dock! We are trying our best to understand the situation there, and the soldiers are ready to land General, you are the commander here, you don't need to report anything to me! "Chen Tian took the telescope handed over by Kemal. The dock was filled with chaotic crowds, and gunshots became increasingly intense. As they got closer and closer to the dock, Chen Tiancai realized that it was actually a one-sided situation where government soldiers were systematically shooting at the crowd. Kemal, what's going on? Those people are unarmed civilians, why are the army still shooting at them Kemal didn't answer, he just rushed outside the command room and shouted loudly, 'Soldiers, prepare to land and maintain order. No shots are allowed without my orders!' Ollie, have our soldiers prepare 'Firebirds' on the side of the ship! "Chen Tian brought a platoon from Ollie's regiment and five' Firebirds' this time. Yes! But we're not going to shoot at the crowd, are we? "Ollie looked at Chen Tian with some confusion. "Of course not! Don't you see women and children in the crowd? Tell the soldiers to use machine gun fire to separate Türkiye soldiers and civilians, and try to shoot into the open space between them!" Looking at Lisa holding his arm tightly, Chen Tian decided to do his best to stop the massacre, but he didn't have much confidence in whether this could stop the Turks. Kemal's four transport ships quickly docked, and his soldiers rushed to the dock. Unfortunately, they were too few to completely separate the government army from the crowd, making the situation even more chaotic. However, due to their arrival, the government army has stopped shooting at the crowd, although there are still soldiers attacking the crowd with bayonets and gun stocks. Dada da Chentian's machine gun fired, and the dense bullets jumped in front of the Türkiye government army, leaving all the soldiers standing still. After waiting for dozens of seconds, the sound of machine guns finally stopped, and a strange scene appeared on the dock. Türkiye soldiers and people stood in place, staring at Chentian. The concentrated firing power of five machine guns silenced everyone. Kemal also breathed a sigh of relief, stood on the bridge and shouted: "I am Türkiye's Brigadier General Kemal! I order everyone to stop! No one can attack the other party again!" The rioters and government soldiers occupied both sides of the dock, separated by Kemal's troops in the middle. Kemal ran to the government army to communicate with their commander. Phew... it's finally stopped! "Chen Tianchang let out a sigh of relief. The last thing he wanted to see was the slaughter of the people. When Kemal turned back, the government army had already begun to retreat and the crowd was gradually dispersing. At first, the citizens here only held demonstrations and marches, while the government deployed troops to block the streets. Later, they even opened fire on the crowd, and the demonstration escalated into a riot. Some soldiers, dissatisfied with being owed military pay, also participated and drove the government troops out of the city the day before. However, at night, these soldiers had already surrendered under the leadership of officers outside the city. But in the morning, when the government soldiers entered the city, they encountered citizens who were preparing to march and demonstrate again. The citizens thought that the army was here to arrest them, while the soldiers who were unaware thought that these people had driven them out of the city the day before. Then, a fierce conflict broke out. When they arrived at the port, the citizens had already been forced back to the dock by the army. General Kemal, I didn't expect your country to be so turbulent. It seems that a thorough revolution is needed! "Chen Tian said with profound meaning, looking at Kemal with a heavy heart. A complete revolution? "Kemal raised his head and nodded firmly after a long time. Two months later, the "Muhammad Alliance" controlled by the reactionaries and the "Free Alliance" of the commercial comprador class launched a successful coup. The Young Türkiye Party began to rebuild the army, and Türkiye's civil war broke out again. With the support of Chen Tiandi, Kemal also began to mount the political stage of Türkiye independently.