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"Your Majesty, I ask you to stop the behavior of the Bao people."

The Ming minister to the Ottomans said in a tough tone.

The garrison of the Ming Concession finally rescued the trapped Lao Qian and others by storming, of course, Lao Qian, a colonist who could be regarded as a villain, eventually died in the hospital, but the Ming army's methods were relatively rough, and it also caused many Ottoman casualties, which aroused the anger of the Ottomans even more. Immediately after that, at the instigation of the temple elders, tens of thousands of Ottomans and even some soldiers began to storm the Ming Concession, and the self-defense forces of the garrison and residents of the concession immediately opened fire, and a large-scale melee had already begun between the two sides, and the dense gunfire could be heard in this palace. In fact, the situation in Istanbul has been completely out of control, and the hatred accumulated by the Ottomans over the years has completely exploded at this moment, not only Istanbul, but even the young and middle-aged people in the surrounding villages and towns have also rushed to reinforcements under the leadership of the elders, and the guns of the Ming warships on the sea are also pointed at the city, and the Ottoman batteries on the shore are also aimed at the Ming warships with cannons.

As for His Excellency the Minister......

He came from the sea, the Ming Concession was backed by the port, and the palace was also on the edge of the Golden Horn.

Ahmed III sighed deeply.

He finally didn't avoid this day, he was exhausted all these years, he had to suppress those elders who had advanced internally, and he had to deal with the aggressive invasion of the Ming Dynasty externally, and he tried his best to delay the arrival of this day, but after all, it was still a failure. Things have come to this point, no matter how hard you try, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter how this storm happened, the important thing is that it has happened, at this time he has to be pushed away, if he shows weakness to Da Ming again, the same scene will appear in Topkapi Palace tomorrow, and the Praetorian Guards who had been protecting him may immediately rush in and hack him to death.

"Han, let's stop wasting time!"

He said with a blank face.

He had a good personal relationship with Minister Han, he was an emperor who loved art and pursued all good things, just look at the tulips in his palace, and Han was also a poet and painter, and the two often discussed art together.

"Your Majesty, can I understand that you are declaring war?"

Minister Han said.

Ahmed III was noncommittal.

The atmosphere inside the palace was a bit heavy.

"Then, as a friend, I advise you that it is best to leave this palace before handing in your declaration of war!"

After a while, Minister Han said.

Ahmed III nodded silently.

Minister Han also bowed silently, exited the gorgeous palace, after going out, he did not hesitate at all, as fast as possible to board the car that had started, and then waved to the driver, the latter kicked the accelerator to the end, the latest Kirin car along the stone garden, like a gust of wind rushed out, just when he rushed out of the palace gate, a large number of Janissaries had appeared on the way to the garden, several eunuchs stepped forward to block, but was unceremoniously shot by the leading officer to the ground.

Minister Han, who had already arrived at the dock, couldn't help but wipe a cold sweat when he heard the gunshots coming from behind him.

He knew that this trip was not good, and the sympathy with Ahmed III in Topkapi Palace, in addition to the fact that they did have a little friendship, was mainly to prevent the latter from taking the knife first, this kind of thing has long been rare in history, what if his old friend directly detained him and then chopped off the sacrificial flag in order to show his determination? Now that he could finally escape from danger, he looked back at the beautiful palace as he boarded the ramp of the Navy Intrepid cruiser, and shook his head regretfully.

He knew that soon he would never see it again.

An hour later, Ahmet III, under the watchful eye of the mutinous Janissaries, issued a decree as the Ottoman Emperor, officially declaring war on the Ming Empire, and at the same time, as a Halifa, as the agent of the Lord Zhen on the earth, ordered all the Muslin in the world to take action to launch a final battle against the Great Ming, against the Holy Sect, and against the Xie Demon King who crawled out of hell, to defend the glory of the Lord Zhen with their loyalty, and to defend the holy homeland with their lives, Use their flesh and blood to bury the devil of sin......

Then he was buried first.

Just when the declaration of war was sent to the Ming Concession Legation, dozens of Ming warships on the Sea of Marmara fired 10,000 guns in unison, bombing Topkapi Palace into ruins, and Ahmed III, who was evacuating the palace, was smashed into the collapsed palace before he could withdraw because he was a little slower, and his nephew Mahmud I, who was also the leader of the mutiny, succeeded to the throne.

The war began.

"Mah, Lao Tzu's latest car!"

On the Dingyuan, the flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet of the Ming Navy, Xu Fu, the head of the Imperial Bank branch in Istanbul, shouted angrily.

At this moment, at his feet, on the starboard side of this huge battleship, a door of four-inch and five-inch guns suddenly erupted flames, huge cannonballs flew out in an instant, and then exploded a terrifying flame in the Ming Concession, in the explosion, the building of the Istanbul branch of the Imperial Bank collapsed, burying everything in the building, of course, including the Ottomans who had just occupied the building and were frantically snatching everything inside, including tables and chairs.

And next to the Dingyuan, on the giant warships, one after another huge cannons are also constantly roaring, destroying this prosperous neighborhood and the tens of thousands of Ottomans who occupy this neighborhood.

It has been abandoned.

All the residents and garrisons of the entire concession have retreated to the sea, in fact, there are only a few thousand people in total, during this time, because of the tension between the two sides, the vast majority of the Ming people have evacuated the Ottomans, after all, as long as they are not stupid, they know that the two sides must fight, so who dares to stay? This place is too far away from the Ming army, even if it is pointless, although it is possible to send reinforcements from Anhua to this place, and then use the sea cover to defend it, but strategically it is of no use here. It is impossible for the main force of the Ming army to hit here in a short period of time, in fact, if the Suez Canal is not opened, it is impossible for the Ming army to maintain a small enclave that is nearly 2,000 miles away from the nearest base, since this is the case, there is no need to let the soldiers waste their lives here.

The Ming Concession was abandoned.

Of course, giving up can't be left for the Ottomans, and it just so happens that those who rushed into this most prosperous business district are frantically competing for those good things at this time, so just let them be buried for this!

"It's just a broken car, as for that!"

Admiral Xu Shou of the Mediterranean Fleet looked at his brother speechlessly.

"That's not a car, it's a good memory!"

Xu Fu leaned on the railing and said in a deep voice.

I don't know what he remembered, but at this time there was a strange smile on his face, staring at the building that was being destroyed in the distance, and there were many people who were staring at this building like him at this time, of course, they had nothing to regret, because at this time their compensation had already been obtained, and when they came back in the future, each of them would get a full 10,000 acres of land.

"My lord, the General Staff telegram!"

An officer suddenly walked up to Xu Shou and handed him a telegram and said.

"I've got a full schedule!"

Admiral Xu took the telegram, glanced at it, and said speechlessly.

"What's wrong?"

His brother asked.

"Order, retreat back to Zhenxi Port in half an hour, replenish ammunition and fuel before going to bomb the next target."

Xu Shou paused, then said to his brother with a smile: "Rome! ”

Of course, it's not Rome City, although the range of the Ming warship guns is exaggerated, but it is still impossible to hit dozens of kilometers like those naval guns in World War II, the Vatican is still more than 20 kilometers away from the coast, but there is no problem in shelling those ports along the coast of the Papal States. Yang Feng's latest order to the Mediterranean Fleet is to go to Italy, and then along the coast of the Papal States, from south to north, bombardment, since the war with the Vatican has officially started, how can they fight in Jerusalem alone, at least they have to burn the war to Rome first, so that the Vatican gods can stand on St. Peter's Basilica and see the raging flames of war.

Not only that, Yang Feng also approved the latest Mediterranean landing operation plan.

And his target is Malta, the hometown of the Knights of the Mederacy, although this island is not big, but it is a good stepping stone, and then the Ming army must have such a stepping stone to attack Europe, especially the Mediterranean coast, at this time he is still in a friendly state with other European countries, so it is inconvenient to direct their place, but the Knights Medicare is a hostile force, since it is justified to grab it in this way, and then build a logistics base there, which can be used as a springboard to attack Sicily, Using Sicily as a springboard to attack Sardinia, and using Sardinia as a springboard to attack the surrounding circle.

"Anyway, there are a lot of battlefields recently!"

Emperor Yang sat in the palace of Zhongcao City and looked at the reports in front of him and said.

At this time, the Sanzar River valley is still not opened, but although the progress is slow, it has been moving forward, after all, this kind of work of digging out the mouse hole is very troublesome, you must have enough patience to do it, and the Russian army and the main warriors stationed there are very tenacious, he can't always urge the attack, that will make the number of casualties increase sharply, anyway, he is not in a hurry.

He's been on the battlefield a bit too much lately.

Central Asia, Persia, Jerusalem, and now the Ottoman Empire, he is fighting on the battlefield at the same time in four places, the total strength of the Ming army on the battlefield has been close to twenty armies, and the Central Asian battlefield alone has increased to eight, and the total strength of the siege of Jerusalem together with reinforcements that have not been put into the battlefield in the past has exceeded four armies, and there are four armies in Lianghe, which is not counting the warning of India, stationed in South Africa, it can be said that almost half of the forty armies of the Ming Dynasty have been put into the front line.

"Your Majesty, Yan Hu also asked for more troops."

Chen Lie said.

"His four corps is not enough?"

Yang Feng said speechlessly.

Yan Hu's Lianghe Battlefield was originally considered one army, but later one army was transferred from naturalization, and the two additional armies sent in China have also begun to arrive, and the four armies have the same strategic direction, which is already a very terrifying force.

"Not enough."

Chen Lie said: "He now not only wants to attack Persia, but also to attack the Ottomans, these places are not difficult, but the problem is that a sufficient number of troops must be left to garrison, there are pure Muslin areas, the resistance of the people is very serious, Yan Hu and the Persian army have very few regular battles, and the vast majority of them are against those who resist the purge." The Twelfth Army attacked north from Bandar Abbas, and before it reached Yazd, less than half of its forces were left to maneuver, and it can be said that almost every city and town must be garrisoned, otherwise the safety of the transport lines cannot be guaranteed, and even if only one outpost is stationed in one place, it will take at least five or six armies to fill the whole of Persia, not to mention that he will have to attack Baghdad. ”

"It's really hard for people there."

Yang Feng said in a deep voice.

It is clear that he is repeating the mistakes of the Japanese army.

This is inevitable, Persia and Ottoman, the two cores of Shiites and Sunnis at this time, can be said to be the last base of Muslin, and both places are highlands and mountains, such a people and such a combination of terrain will become the graveyard of the invaders. Not to mention that it was him at this time, even modern Persia made the Americans worry about their heads, and it was normal for the Ming army to have such a situation, which was fortunate because of the big melee he provoked before, which made Persia lose a large number of young adults, otherwise he would have had more headaches at this time, but in the final analysis, this is a matter of the number of troops invested.

And what he has is an army.

"Then add two more armies to him, and also, pass the decree and start the second batch of army expansion plans, if forty armies are not enough, then one hundred armies, and if it is not enough, then the third batch of army expansion, two hundred armies!"

He went on to say.

During World War II, the United States could squeeze out more than 10 million troops with a population of less than 200 million, the Soviet Union had a population of less than 200 million and also mobilized 20 million troops, France had 40 million people and 6 million, and it was a big deal for him to mobilize 7 million with a population of 300 million. As for the industry, there is no pressure, nearly 30 years of industrial development, he now has more than 15 million tons of steel production capacity in excess of European standards, that is, explosives are slightly lacking shortcomings, but at this time the first synthetic ammonia plant has been almost completed, and after he completes the expansion of the army, it will basically start to be officially put into production, and then this problem will be solved, so what is there to worry about?

"Also, didn't Tokugawa Yoshimune write a blood letter asking to join the war? Then give him this opportunity to show filial piety, and send a decree to recruit the local defense forces of the Wa Kingdom to participate in the war, and let him contribute to the establishment of an army, the young men of the Wa Kingdom are still very experienced in doing this kind of thing. ”

He then added.

It's time to fill the battlefield with cannon fodder.

"Your Majesty, the patrol has captured a Bukhara emissary."

Just then, an attendant walked in and reported to him.

"Emissary of Bukhara?"

Yang Feng laughed when he heard this.

"It's a lot of fun!"

Then he said with a smile.