Chapter 304: Ottoman Advance
[Will anyone see it as Ultraman, hehe]
In October of the first year of Xinghua, the Ottoman Empire purchased 50,000 Type 1889 commission rifles and 500 Heavy Storm machine guns from Germany. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The Heavy Rain Heavy Machine Gun is the Heavy Rain Heavy Machine Gun of the Chinese Empire, while the Type 1889 Committee Rifle is a German modification of the Chinese Empire's Type 1 rifle, and its shape is more in line with the body shape of the Germans.
The 1889 type committee rifle and the Tempest heavy machine gun have become German. The standard weapons of the army, Germany is undergoing mass production for Germany. The army undergoes a change of clothes. (For each weapon produced, a certain royalty was required to be paid to the Chinese Empire)
The Ottoman Empire suddenly bought so many weapons from Germany, and in order to win over the Ottoman Empire, Germany agreed to sell weapons and sent a batch of weapons that were originally intended to be equipped to Germany. The army's Type 1889 commission rifle and Tempest heavy machine gun were delivered to the Ottoman Empire, and the remainder was also expected to be produced and delivered to the Ottoman Empire within three months.
As soon as the Ottomans acquired these two of the most advanced infantry weapons in the world, they mounted their troops on the direct line of the Ottoman monarch Abdul Hamid II.
The Ottoman Empire's sudden purchase of advanced weapons in large quantities attracted the attention of many countries, and the official reason given by the Ottoman Empire was: "The weapons of the army are too backward and need to be replaced." ā
However, other countries will not easily believe this reason, and many Western experts and scholars have pointed out that the Ottoman Empire purchased a large number of weapons and equipment for the army, with the intention of Russia.
This is very likely, but at this time the whole world is trembling under the ravages of the financial crisis, which country has time to care about this, while Russia itself is trying its best to resist the attack of the Chinese Empire, and also ignores the actions of the Ottoman Empire, only some countries around the Ottoman Empire are wary of the Ottoman Empire.
The full name of the Ottoman Empire is the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which was an empire established by the Turks, and the name of its founder was Ottoman.
The Ottoman Empire was once a powerful empire spanning three continents, Asia, Africa and Europe, although it is now weakened, and is even called the "sick man of Europe" by Western countries, but the Ottoman Empire also covers an area of more than 4 million square kilometers, with a population of nearly 30 million, and the current monarch is Abdul Hamid II, a man who is extremely controlling and wants the Ottoman Empire to become strong again.
In the 17th and 19th centuries, Russia and the Ottoman Empire fought a series of wars for the Caucasus, the Balkans, the Crimea, the Black Sea and other regions, including 10 important ones, aimed at ending the invasion of Russia by the Ottoman Empire and its vassal Crimean Khanate, which had spanned Europe, Asia and Africa for centuries of expansion and conquest.
The war between Russia and Turkey lasted for more than 200 years, with an average of less than 19 years of large-scale wars, the longest series of wars in European history, in which Austria, Britain, France, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and other countries also participated in it, and the result of the war was that Russia expanded its territory and the Ottoman Empire gradually declined.
In 1877, Russia and Turkey competed for spheres of influence, leading to the outbreak of the Tenth Russo-Turkish War.
On April 24, 1877, Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire, and the Russians occupied the Shipka Pass and captured Plevin, and a tug-of-war ensued. In November, Russian troops captured the fortress of Kars in the Caucasus and surrounded Erzurum.
On January 30, 1878, the Russian army under the command of Skobelev approached the city of Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, on March 3. A formal treaty was signed at Santo Stefano recognizing the independence of Romania and Serbia, and Bulgaria became an autonomous state under Russian administration.
This war caused the Ottoman Empire to lose face, and the Ottoman Empire, which was already declining day by day, after this war, its national strength declined more and more, and it was difficult to recover.
In particular, the 10th Russo-Turkish War broke out in the second year of the reign of the current Ottoman monarch Abdul Hamid II, who always wanted to defeat Russia, and defeating Russia has become an obsession in the heart of Abdul Hamid II.
For a long time, Russia grew stronger, while the Ottoman Empire became weaker and weaker, and the Ottoman Empire wanted to defeat Russia, and it was far away.
But in 1889, the opportunity suddenly came, the Chinese Empire launched a large-scale war against Russia, most of Russia's territory in Asia fell, and now the two sides are fighting over the West Siberian region, Russia has used all its forces to resist the attack of the Chinese Empire, stationed in Russia on the Russian-Turkish border. The army, having already transferred most of the remaining Russian. The army could only cower in the fortress.
Although the number of Russian troops stationed on the Russian-Turkish border has been greatly reduced, the Russian top brass believes that the Ottoman Empire is frightened by Russia, and the Ottoman Empire, the "sick man of Europe", will not dare to attack Russia.
However, the strength of the Chinese Empire required Russia to gather most of its strength to confront it, which gave the Ottoman Empire a chance, a chance to defeat Russia and regain the lost territory.
The Ottoman Empire, like the Chinese Empire, was an absolute monarchy, and the monarch had the final say in everything, and Abdul Hamid II decided to take advantage of this opportunity to defeat Russia and be humiliated.
Abdul Hamid II was not a novice who knew anything about military affairs, Abdul Hamid II focused on the military situation in Russia and learned that Russia. The army has all been re-equipped with British-made "repeating" rifles and Maxim heavy machine guns, while the Ottoman Empire. The weapons of the army are still in the same state as before, and such an army cannot defeat Russia.
As a result, the Ottoman Empire quickly purchased a large number of advanced weapons from Germany to equip its army.
By the time all 50,000 Type 1889 commission rifles and 500 Tempest heavy machine guns were in place, Abdul Hamid II had an army of more than 60,000 descendants, and after months of training, the soldiers had mastered the new weapon, and the Ottomans were ready for revenge.
There are two main objects that the Ottoman Empire needs to take revenge on, one is Russia, and the other is Romania, Serbia and other countries that dragged down the Ottoman Empire before.
In the war that is about to break out, the Ottoman Empire has to fight on two fronts, the battle on two fronts is something that the Ottoman Empire must experience, once the Ottoman Empire only attacks one line, the enemy on the other line will attack the Ottoman Empire after getting the news, and the Ottoman Empire must start a war on both fronts at the same time.
Soon, an army of up to 60,000 new-style troops equipped with advanced weapons and 250,000 old-style troops were slowly massing, even though the Ottomans covered it up in many ways, even using the excuse of "conducting military exercises to verify the strength of the new army".
But the Ottoman Empire's actions were still noticed by other countries, and unfortunately, the Ottoman Empire was about to finish its preparations, and other countries could no longer prevent the outbreak of war.
More than 300,000 Ottoman troops were assembled in the border area, and Abdul Hamid II ordered the army to march.
"Ottoman, forward!"