Capítulo 552: Chapter 125: Slaughter in the City

The Asia Minor Peninsula, after five continuous days of bitter fighting, and at the cost of nearly three thousand casualties, the Russian Army finally subdued the enemy at the port, Ava lay stripped as a cherry without its skin.

General Ivanov had personally overseen the frontline battle, and yet, just for a conflict over a single port, five days had been spent, which was extremely detrimental to the Russian Army's subsequent military plans.

In war, speed is of the essence. To swiftly secure the Black Sea Strait, one word is most critical—speed.

The Ottomans' inland transportation was blocked, and the Austrian Navy had already sealed off the sea routes, and what they most needed for massive troop redeployments was time.