Chapter 279: Exploits in the East
The Black Sea was a turbulent journey, from Odessa to the shores of Eastern Thrace the Russian Army and their Greek Allies boarded the Black Seas fleet, and began to cast off in what little means they had towards the shore.
The plot to invade the Ottoman Empire, or should I say the territory it occupied within the European continent had not been leaked. It was damn near impossible for the Allies to crack the enigma code, especially in this era.
And because of this, there was no way for them to know about it, let alone what precise beach had been selected for the landing, even so the men within the Russian Army were a bit frightful as they stepped foot on the earth once more.
Those with a lesser constitution were quick to give into sea sickness, and vomit into the sea which they had just crossed over. Nevertheless, the landing had been successful, and as Bruno had claimed entirely uncontested.
A beach head was secure, and the engineers from both the Hellenic Armed Forces and their Russian Allies began getting to work to quickly establish a more secure and long-term means of transferring troops and supplies to their newly occupied territory.
A Greek officer stepped forward, his distinctive uniform being similar to those which the Hellenic Army wore during the period within Bruno’s past life, albeit with a M1916 Stahlhelm rather than an Adrian helmet.
The weapon in his hands was a Mauser C96 Trench Carbine that Bruno had supplied to the Balkan League during the Balkan Wars a few years prior. Naturally, several of these weapons were within the hands of Greek soldiers.
The man looked rather willful, as he performed the sign of the cross, while speaking of how long it had been since Greece, nay, Christendom, had an opportunity to reclaim Constantinople.
"The city of Saint Constantine had been occupied by the Turks for damn near five hundred years… Today we begin the first step of reclaiming these lands for Christ."
The Russian officer by his side couldn’t help but nod his head in agreement. Though Greece and Russia were two very different countries, they more or less followed the same branch of Christianity. Constantinople meant a lot to both of these men, and now, for the first time in nearly five centuries they would have a chance to reclaim it for its rightful rulers.