Chapter 1014: The Storming of Constantinople
The guns of thirty battleships continued to bombard the city of Constantinople, and the ships carrying 5,000 Ming infantry began to approach the shore. Vertex updates are the fastest
"Bang!" The ship touched the bottom of the shallows, and the Ming soldiers on board landed quickly.
The news of the landing of the Ming army soon reached the palace of Constantinople, and the Ottoman emperor gritted his teeth and was so angry that he turned blue.
"Da Ming! Damn it! "The Ottoman Emperor was almost crazy, and the roaring voice was a little torn, the Ming not only sent a fleet to destroy his Ottoman Empire's maritime power, but also bombarded Constantinople, and even wanted to land in Constantinople, did the Ming still want to occupy Constantinople and directly destroy his Ottoman Empire!
"Even if my Ottoman Empire is doomed, Da Ming Hugh will succeed! My Ottoman Empire will never perish in the hands of the Ming Dynasty from afar! The Ottoman Emperor roared madly.
"Boom! Rumble! "Two more shells hit the palace, directly destroying the two palaces in the palace, and the concubines and maids of the Ottoman emperor in the harem were running in panic to avoid the possible flying shells.
The Ottoman officials in the council hall were also pale with fright.
However, the mad Ottoman emperor forgot his fear for a moment, and boundless anger filled his mind.
"Assemble the imperial ** team in Constantinople and kill all the Ming troops that have landed!" The Ottoman emperor roared and ordered.
The sea power of the Ming Dynasty is very strong, twice defeated the huge combined fleets of European countries, the Ottoman Emperor has also heard of these two naval battles, in addition to this time, the Ming fleet has also destroyed his Ottoman Empire's sea power, the Ottoman Emperor recognized the strength of the Ming Dynasty's sea power, but he also knew that the Ming Dynasty was in the far east, the Ottoman Empire that attacked him at such a long distance, he didn't believe that the Ming could send many soldiers, even if his Ottoman Empire was doomed, he had to bite the Ming fiercely this time, Never let Daming have a good time.
Under the orders of the Ottoman Emperor, the Ottoman army in Constantinople quickly assembled and drove to the sea to counterattack the landing Ming army.
Constantinople, as the core of the Ottoman Empire and the front line against the Manchus, gathered almost all the last forces of the Ottoman Empire, a total of 70,000 troops.
At this moment, Constantinople was already in flames.
"Boom! Ah---" The assembled Ottoman army was also killed by several shells from time to time, which frightened many Ottoman soldiers with pale faces and trembling all over.
There was no battle with the Ming army that landed, and the 70,000 Ottoman troops assembled had been frightened by the powerful artillery fire of the Ming army's naval guns, and they were full of fear, although their generals told them that the number of Ming troops who landed would not be very large, but the Ming army had such powerful naval artillery, which was enough to say that the Ming was powerful.
In fear and apprehension, the Ottoman army slaughtered on the beach where the 5,000 Ming troops had landed.
In the past, when the Ottoman Empire was strong, the Ottoman soldiers were fearless of death, fought bravely, and were the pride of the Ottoman Empire, but several battles with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, especially the confrontation in Damascus and other areas of Syria for ten years, the national strength was exhausted and still defeated, and a large number of elite veterans died in battle.
"God bless, kill, ---" tens of thousands of Ottoman troops slaughtered the Ming army that was landing on the shoal, intending to rely on the tactics of the sea of people to drown the Ming army that landed.
"Huh! These Ottoman barbarians, there are quite a few of them! On a 5,000-ton battleship, Huang Haitao scanned through the telescope at the tens of thousands of Ottoman troops who were killing the shoals and intending to prevent the Ming landing, full of disdain.
"Bombard these Ottoman armies!" Huang Haitao ordered with a cold face, daring to be exposed to the battleship's naval guns, these tens of thousands of Ottoman troops are no different from looking for death.
The guns on the thirty battleships adjusted their muzzles and aimed at the tens of thousands of Ottoman troops who had slaughtered in a mighty manner.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The muzzle of the cannon spewed fire, and the shells flew towards the dense Ottoman soldiers.
The shells exploded in the charging Ottoman army.
The powerful naval guns, sometimes a single shell can kill and wound more than ten Ottoman soldiers, it is really like the scythe of death, so that the Ottoman army has not rushed to the landing Ming army, and has suffered heavy casualties.
Seeing their companions around them, constantly being killed by the fierce artillery fire, and even torn to pieces, some Ottoman soldiers were so frightened that their legs trembled, their faces turned pale, and they sat down on the ground, losing the courage to continue charging at the Ming army.
Some of them may have fought with the Manchus or European countries, and the cannons of the Manchus and European countries are also more powerful than their Ottoman Empire, but the cannons of the Manchus and European countries use black powder, unlike the Ming Dynasty, which uses new high gunpowder, and the caliber of the naval guns is large, especially the main gun, the caliber of 250 mm, the cannonballs fired are huge, and if the number of people is dense, a cannonball can even kill and injure more than ten or twenty people, if the cannonball explodes directly beside you, Even the whole person was blown into a mist of blood and minced meat, which was too miserable.
Of course, there were also some hot-blooded Ottoman soldiers, who resisted fear and rushed to the front of the Ming army that landed.
However, they were confronted with a dense network of machine guns and rifles from the landing Ming troops.
Patches of ---Ottoman soldiers were killed by dense bullets, and in a short time, nearly 1,000 people were killed and wounded, which was no worse than the intensive bombardment of naval artillery, which was just as tragic and terrifying.
"O God! They are all devils! Such casualties could not make them rush in front of the landing Ming army, and their powerlessness and despair shattered their remaining will, and even the more loyal and enthusiastic Ottoman soldiers collapsed and lost the courage to continue attacking the landing Ming army.
Tens of thousands of Ottoman soldiers began to rout.
"Attack!" Nearly a thousand soldiers of the Ming Army, who had already landed, took the opportunity to attack.
Chase the defeated Ottoman army to Constantinople.
Along the way, a large number of slow-fleeing Ottoman soldiers were killed by Ming machine gun and rifle bullets, and the corpses of Ottoman soldiers were littered with corpses.----
Chasing the defeated Ottoman army, the Ming soldiers rushed into the city of Constantinople in one fell swoop.
Although there were less than 1,000 Ming troops who stormed into the city of Constantinople, there was still a steady stream of Ming soldiers following after completing the landing. Of course, even if the Ming army landed, it would only be 5,000 people, and even if the Ottoman army was defeated and returned to Constantinople, there would still be at least 60,000, which was 12 times the number of the Ming army.
It is a pity that the Ming army is not more numerically defeatable than it is, not to mention that the Ottoman army has just been defeated.
---------------------- (To be continued.) )