Bosphorus Strait, Dingyuan Fort.

The name "Dingyuan Fort" is the new name given to the castle by the officers and soldiers of the 11th Division after it was requisitioned.

The troops stationed at Dingyuan Fort are still the troops led by Ruiz, which are subordinate to the Bosphorus Strait garrison and are no longer under the jurisdiction of the 11th Division.

Different from the previous Dingyuan Fort, the current Dingyuan Fort has added some buildings, there is an additional trench on the outermost part of the castle, behind the trench there are permanent fortifications made of reinforced concrete, and the defenders in the castle have also increased to an infantry battalion equipped with mortars and tanks, with a total strength of nearly 800 people, except for the company led by Ruiz, the other troops are all drawn from the Sultanate of Najd.

After having trenches and fortifications, Dingyuan Fort was nicknamed "turtle shell" by the officers and soldiers, Ruiz gave full play to the advantages of the occupation army, recruited nearly 1,000 laborers from Constantinople, and it took half a year to build Dingyuan Fort into its current state, wanting to attack Dingyuan Fort with tank assistance defense, in the words of the engineering expert who supervised the construction: there is no need to think about it without 10,000 troops, and it is necessary to be prepared for at least 5,000 casualties.

After the establishment of the Russian Provisional Government, Ian Hamilton consciously hoarded a large amount of supplies in Dingyuan Fort, the basement of Dingyuan Fort was full of weapons and ammunition, the soldiers' dormitories were stuffed with other necessities, the former health center has been upgraded to a field hospital, and Maria now has 6 intern doctors and 25 nurses, and the other staff members add up to 128 people.

The new doctors, nurses and other staff were all Ottoman girls, and many more were sent to Cyprus or southern Africa, and some volunteered to stay and become couples with the soldiers stationed at Dingyuan Fort, as was the case with most of the 128 staff.

"Major, headquarters telegram—" Gusin, who could speak English, was now a telegraph operator in the garrison of Dingyuan Fort, and she also had good medical skills, but for Dingyuan Fort, the telegraph operator was obviously more important.

Gusin has become a citizen of Southern Africa.

Ruiz frowned after reading the telegram, the content of the telegram was very simple, the headquarters of the expeditionary force asked Dingyuan Fort to enter the first-level combat readiness state on the same day.

Level 1 combat readiness means that fighting can break out at any time.

After the surrender of the Ottoman Empire, after two years of administration, the revolt in Asia Minor basically stopped, the Ottomans began to accept the fate of being ruled, and Dingyuan Fort had not fought for a long time.

Ruiz summoned a meeting of all the military officers, which took place in a small living room converted into a conference room next to the hall on the first floor.

When Ruiz arrived in the conference room, Wilson, who had been promoted to captain, was chatting with Sophia.

Ruiz and Sofia are already engaged, and when the world war is over, Ruiz and Sofia will be married.

Seeing Ruiz come in, Welson stood up and saluted, and Sophia also got up and smiled, treating her fiancé with great respect.

"Come on, we're in trouble—" Ruiz casually returned the salute and handed the headquarters telegram to Wilson.

"Level 1 combat readiness?" Welson hadn't realized what was going on.

"Yes, the new Russian government has withdrawn from the war, and the country has ordered our Mediterranean expeditionary force to take back Constantinople and the Garibaldi Peninsula, and we must be ready." Ruiz sat down at the head of the long table, and Sofia was on his right: "-Sophia, pay attention to replenishing medicines and medical supplies over there, and send a telegram if you are missing, if war breaks out, it may be difficult for us to replenish by sea." ”

Dingyuan Fort is located at the mouth of the Bosphorus Strait near the Black Sea direction, and in the event of a war, Russian forces will definitely blockade the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus, and Ruiz will be prepared to face difficulties.

In addition to medicines and medical supplies, there are many things that need to be replenished in Dingyuan Fort, such as weapons, ammunition, food, oil, and even clean drinking water.

Three days later, a transport ship will come over to replenish supplies for Dingyuan Fort, and now the new Russian government has not yet torn its face with the Entente, and the Dardanelles and Bosphorus Strait are still open to Allied ships.

"Can we ask for some reinforcements, don't forget that we only have eight hundred now, it's too few-" Wilson had a little headache, eight hundred seemed like a lot, but the new Russian government had two corps stationed in Constantinople.

At this time, the army was generally composed of two or three divisions, and the strength was usually about 50,000 people.

"It's useless, even if we increase to a regiment, we still don't have as many troops as the garrison in Constantinople." Ruiz did not want to ask for reinforcements, which would bring more variables and stimulate the already extremely sensitive self-esteem of the Russians.

Once the war breaks out, Dingyuan Fort will definitely be surrounded by the Russian army, and it will make no difference if there are many people or few people, mainly to see when the garrison of the Asia Minor Peninsula will capture the other side of the Bosphorus, and then Dingyuan Fort will be able to gain an invincible position.

"Why don't you contact General Alexander and hear what he thinks." Sophia took a different path.

Ruiz and Welson's eyes lit up immediately, and the Russian soldiers stationed on the Garibaldi Peninsula knew that Dingyuan Fort had an unfathomable wine god, and General Alexander was a frequent visitor to Dingyuan Fort.

Before Ruiz could speak to Welson, one of the guards hurried in: "Alexander is here—"

It's really Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived.

To the surprise of Louis and Welson, General Alexander had not come to drink, but to take refuge.

"It's over, it's all over, Constantinople has become hell—" General Alexander was so frightened that he smoked out a bottle of vodka in one go.

"What's the matter, speak slowly—" Ruiz and Wilson also had wine in front of them, but neither of them moved, and on the table in front of them was a potato beef stew carefully cooked by Bacchus, but several of them were not in the mood to move their chopsticks.

"The troops in Constantinople rebelled, Alexei was shot dead by the rebels, Andrei was burned alive, Vladimir shot himself at the last moment of his capture - I jumped out of the window of my office, changed into a cook's clothes, and fled on a horse, and you should go quickly, the rebels will come soon-" Alexander was drunken, and he said that these people were regular visitors to Dingyuan Fort.

Ruiz and Wilson glanced at each other, both of them could find the horror in each other's eyes, and at the same time there was a hint of relief, the defenders of Constantinople were too busy to take care of themselves, and they should not be in the mood to pay attention to Dingyuan Fort, which was far away from Constantinople.

"It's over, it's all over, my friend, the Russian Empire no longer exists, the whole family of the Tsar's father was shot en masse in the basement, the Romanovs and the Romanov dynasty are all finished, we are all on the list to be cleared, my poor Via, and little Anne are still in St. Petersburg - God, save us—" Alexander howled, and every time he did this, he would cry as long as he drank too much, and no one could persuade him.

As soon as Alexander's second bottle of wine was opened, Constantinople's pursuers came to Dingyuanbao, and they not only demanded that the defenders of Dingyuanbao hand over Alexander, but also demanded that the defenders of Dingyuanbao withdraw from Dingyuanbao and return Dingyuanbao to Russia.

"Also? Why do you still have the face to ask us to return Dingyuan Fort to you? Constantinople and the entire Garibaldi Peninsula were brought down by our Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, you are the thieves who steal things, and you should return Constantinople to our Mediterranean Expeditionary Force! "Wilson and a major of the defenders of Constantinople were hardened in front of the drawbridge over the trench, and the major took about a hundred soldiers with him, carrying only a few rifles, and not a single gun, not even a machine gun.

The defenders of Dingyuan Fort are strong and strong, and at the head of the drawbridge behind Wilson, two light cavalry tanks fill the bridge deck tightly, the length of the 12.7 mm caliber vehicle-mounted heavy machine gun is nearly 1.5 meters, and the bullet is almost as thick as a carrot, and a shot can turn more than a dozen people into sugar gourds.

Next to the tank were permanent fortifications made of reinforced concrete, each of which had three shooting holes facing different directions, and a heavy machine gun was installed in each of them, these permanent fortifications had no entrances and exits on the ground, and the defenders entered and exited through underground passages, and the top of the fortifications was covered with sandbags up to five meters thick, which could not be destroyed even by direct hits from large-caliber guns.

In the place where the major could not see, there were also artillery positions composed of artillery runs.

The castle where the artillery positions were petitioned, the last line of defense of the defenders, and at a cursory glance, the major found at least ten grenade launchers.

Armed to such an extent, it's no wonder that engineering experts are so confident.

"Captain, the Russian Empire you said no longer exists, that's all in the past, we now ask you to hand over General Alexander for trial, and at the same time hand over Dingyuan Fort to us-" The Major's eyes were full of greed when he looked at Dingyuan Fort, these tanks, heavy machine guns and grenade launchers were all urgently needed by the Russian army, not to mention the legendary thousands of girls in Dingyuan Fort, the damned Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, when they handed over Constantinople to the Russian Empire, they completely emptied the entire city, Not even a building remained.

"Dream! Don't even think about it, Dingyuan Fort is here, if you want to take it, okay, let me see what you guys are capable of! Welson did not budge, although he was alone, but he was stunned to put on a thousand troops.

This is not an exaggeration, Wilson is not only standing behind Dingyuan Fort, but also the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and the British Empire, and the major really does not dare to make too much trouble.

It is said that-

It's just that it is said that the new Russian government is secretly in contact with the British Empire, hoping to get the support of the British Empire, and for this reason, the new Russian government does not hesitate to offer very attractive conditions.

This includes access to the Black Sea.