Due to the complex terrain of the vast Siberia, and the cold weather, millions of slaves died in that harsh natural environment and difficult living conditions, although Li Long emphasized countless times not to abuse slaves, but the underground people could not all strictly follow his words, and now a large number of slaves were mobilized to Siberia, so that Li Long was helpless and unable to, but he knew that in such a situation, only a large number of slaves could be used to build the Ming Kingdom into the most powerful country in the world, And if you want to relax now, the backlash will put the entire Ming Kingdom into a terrible situation

Now we can only advance and not retreat, no matter how many people die in front of us and how many sacrifices there are, we can't be soft-hearted, otherwise we won't be able to build a powerful empire on which the sun never sets in a short period of time

In the first step of Li Long's plan for Li Yan, commander of the Fourth Army, to occupy the area, the Alaska region of North America and the Yukon Territory were all occupied by the Fourth Army and a large number of Chinese immigrants and armed police forces were stationed, Li Yan led the Fourth Army to continue to advance to the southeast, carrying out the second battle plan, preparing to occupy the entire northern part of North America, and then preparing to fight a large number of Indian tribes and colonizer armies of the French, Spanish, British, and Dutch countries

In Asia, after the 450,000 troops of the Second Army and the Fifth Army were equipped with hundreds of light and heavy machine guns just developed by the Ministry of Military Industry, their combat effectiveness was greatly strengthened

In the Indian Ocean, a large number of Chinese coastal cities were occupied by a large number of Chinese coastal cities with red flags embroidered with gold, and their main main warships were only more than 300, but it was these more than 300 warships that destroyed, sank or captured thousands of warships and merchant ships of the Persians, Ottomans, Dutch, Portuguese, Spaniards and British and other maritime powers, and their strongholds were occupied, and all their property there was plundered. So much so that the monarchs of Europe and West Asia believed that the largest and most terrifying pirate army in the world had emerged in the East

In order to regain maritime interests in Asia, the Ottoman fleet, the remnants of the Persian naval fleet, and the Spanish fleet formed a huge navy composed of more than 700 warships, and this time it was necessary to completely destroy the naval forces of the Ming Kingdom that appeared in Asia Since all the people of the European ships discovered by the enemy navy were killed or captured, they did not have specific parameters about the naval fleet of the Ming Kingdom, but they knew from the information sent back by some missionaries in the South Seas that there were nearly a thousand ships of the Ming Navy, But the main warships that fought were dozens of strange ships with chimneys and blue-white paint on their hulls

In fact, Britain and the Netherlands were also dissatisfied with the navy of the Ming Kingdom, but they could no longer take care of the navy of the Ming Kingdom, the Second Anglo-Dutch War broke out, on June 13, 1665, the Anglo-Dutch fleet launched a naval battle in Lostoft off the east coast of England. Knight did not return from his expedition to Africa and was commanded by Wasenal and Obdan, with about 103 warships, 11 arsonist ships and 7 communication ships, a total of 4,900 guns, and the commander-in-chief of the 21,000-man British fleet was Charles II's brother, the Duke of York, with 109 warships, including 35 battleships with 50 to 90 guns, 21 armed merchant ships, 21 arsonists, and 7 small ships, totaling 4,200 guns. 22,000 men, but the British navy was superior to the Dutch navy in terms of ship size and artillery power

Due to the battle between the British and Dutch navies, there was no participation of the two countries in this war against the Ming navy, but this time the countries have made a bloody investment, especially Spain, which is preparing to go to the mainland and all its own warships, gathered together and sailed to the Indian Ocean

This time the Spanish navy also carried the hope of the king, they dispatched 105 warships this time, including seven arson ships, a total of more than 4,800 guns, 20,000 people, with the expectations of the Spanish high-level, these Spaniards vowed to take back the interests of the Asian seas from the hands of the Ming people, because the wealth there was too great

The king's attention made these Spanish naval soldiers feel honored, but for the sudden appearance of the powerful Ming navy made Spain still attach great importance to it, in their fleet, there are a full seven heavy demolition ships, which can allow them to deal with all powerful hostile forces, even if the naval warships of the Ming Kingdom are more advanced than them, they will definitely not be able to deal with powerful explosions, and heavy demolition ships can destroy all powerful ships

The Ottoman fleet and the remnants of the Persian naval fleet had more than 600 warships, 11 heavy demolition ships, and more than 70 capital warships, totaling more than 4,900 guns and more than 40,000 naval personnel

More than 700 warships of the Ottoman Empire and the remnants of the Persian army and the naval warships of the Spaniards encountered the third detachment of the fourth fleet of the Ming Navy composed of three Ming steel-armored warships and seven wood-clad ironclad battleships with 72 guns. And it is ridiculously fast, it is estimated to be one and a half times to two times faster than their warship, because the distance is very long, it is difficult to estimate, and he was surprised to find that the blue and white ten warships have been lined up in the direction of his own warship, and the other party's warship has a strange and particularly long rotating gun barrel stretched out from the hull, obviously the other party has already discovered their warship, and at the same time he also saw the red military flag embroidered with the word golden China

After the scouts reported the news, the commanders of the various coalition forces immediately notified the fleet to prepare for battle, and after the Spanish admirals and the Ottoman generals observed the various advanced performance of the Ming ** ship, they immediately commanded the various fleets of their respective countries to spread out and advance in an inverted crescent shape, and more than a hundred warships were followed behind the crescent tips of the two wings of the fleet, which looked like two black waves from a distance

Due to the research and development and construction of cannons in the past few years, the warships of the Ming Navy fleet now use the most advanced mobile batteries and have crosshairs, and the range of the guns has also increased, and at Zheng Zhilong's firing order, the long barrels of the ten warships sprayed out tongues of fire, and the shells were fired at the warships of the Ottoman Empire and the remnants of the Persian army and the naval warship group of the Spaniards

Even if there is a crosshair, the battery can be moved, but it is still difficult to achieve results at such a distance of more than 2,000 meters, but for the Ottoman and Persian remnants of the warships and the Spanish naval soldiers and sailors, the morale is a little weaker, because the range of their artillery is far from the distance of the mobile long-barreled cannon of the Ming Kingdom

Since Zheng Zhilong could not see the warships of the Ottoman Empire and the remnants of the Persian army, as well as the two wings of the Spaniards' naval warship fleet, there were ambushes behind the two wings, so in order to be able to shoot the other side, he quickly ordered his fleet to continue to advance, and narrowed the distance with the opponent's Chinese fleet

As the distance closes, the warships of the Ottoman Empire and the remnants of the Persian army and the naval warships of the Spaniards also began to fire, and the shells fired by the Ming ** ship began to hit the target, and two warships of the remnants of the Persian navy that were forced by the Ottoman generals to be cannon fodder in the front were hit by the shells of the Ming Kingdom, the shells pierced the deck, and there was a violent explosion inside, and the two Persian warships immediately lost their ability to move, and began to leak a lot

A general of the Ottoman Navy, who watched the battle with a clairvoyant mirror, said in surprise: "The cannonballs of the Ming people are so terrible, almost a warship is scrapped with one cannon, how can such a small cannonball have such a powerful power, it is really incredible" The adjutant next to him put down the clairspace in his hand and said: "The gunpowder we use is invented and manufactured by the mysterious Ming people, I don't know what kind of gunpowder they invented, it seems that their technology is much more advanced than ours"

The Ottoman admiral asked the signalman standing at the top of the pole to signal the Spanish fleet to encircle, and at the same time said to the adjutant: "I really can't understand why such sharp weapons have appeared in the Ming Kingdom for more than ten years."

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly saw a cannonball from an Ottoman warship hit the deck of a Ming ironclad ship, but the solid cannonball bounced a few times and bounced into the sea

Seeing such a surprising scene, the Ottoman admiral was taken aback, the Ottoman Empire had a bad relationship with European countries, and the European countries, including his current allies, the Spaniards, would not tell him that the Ming Kingdom had a steel monster-like warship, and the Ottoman admiral immediately shouted for the signalman to send an order to send ten blasting ships to rush up and detonate them, and he said to the adjutant: "Can you imagine? The warships of the Daming Kingdom turned out to be made of iron, our shells did not work against their warships at all, it was so bizarre, iron ships floating on the water, oh Allah, we are fighting with real devil troops"

The adjutant listened to his superior's words and was a little unconvinced, but he only believed it when he saw with clairvoyance that several shells of the Spanish battleship were bounced off when they hit the warship of the Ming Kingdom

A Spanish admiral who saw such a scene drew a cross on his chest and said: "The people who returned home said that the navy of the Ming Kingdom was the devil's navy, but now it seems that it is indeed the devil's army, and only the devil can make steel float on the sea."

Ten blasting ships quickly moved in the direction of the Daming ** ship, Zheng Zhilong immediately ordered all the warships to dodge the blasting ships and destroy the blasting ships, those blasting ships could not catch up with their warships at all, and they were soon targeted and destroyed by the warships of the Daming Kingdom

When the Daming ** ship was busy dealing with the ten blasting ships, their back was surrounded by the warships of the Ottoman Empire and the remnants of the Persian naval forces from behind, and the Spanish admiral put down the clairvoyant and asked the signalman to attack the whole line, and after the order for all the blasting ships to be dispatched, he sighed and said: "It seems that His Majesty the King's wish cannot be realized, whether this battle can be won or not, we have to retreat, and let the king vigorously develop science and technology after returning home, or send missionaries to the Ming Kingdom to collect, Steal their advanced information, otherwise we will not only not be able to seize the sea control here, but we will also be in danger on our own land," he said, and he mentioned the clairvoyant mirror and said: "I hope to seize a ship like this, and we can build the same ship when we bring it back."

At this time, he also found that the back was surrounded by the warships of the Ottoman Navy and the remnants of the Persian Navy, he shook his head and said: "It seems that he is a powerful commander, ten blasting ships will make us busy surrounded and I don't know, and then he said to the recorder next to him: "Be sure to record it in detail, so as not to be fooled by the same in the future" Saying that, he immediately ordered all the warships to break through in the direction of the remnants of the Persian Navy on the right, The warships of the Ottoman Empire and the remnants of the Persian army before and after and the naval warships of the Spaniards must be relatively dense, and the allied warships on both sides have been divided into a lot to the back of the Ming ** ship, and now it must be relatively weak, so rush out first

Ten Ming ** ships supported each other's fire and rushed to the right of the Dutch warship, while the Ottoman and Persian remnants of the warships and the Spanish naval warships were shooting sideways, their flank guns sprayed cannonballs, the hull shook, the sea water column rose into the air, one after another shells flew in the air, seven Spanish blast ships and the last blast ship of the Ottoman Navy rushed to the Ming ** ship from the front, and ten Ming ** On both sides and behind the ship appeared many Ottoman and Persian remnants, as well as Spanish naval warships

The cannon fire of the Ming ** ship was fired at the blast ship in front, and the eight blast ships of the Ottoman Empire and the Spaniards were sunk in the intensive artillery fire, and one of them hit the high-powered Daming ** ship, after the violent explosion, the Ming Navy soldiers and sailors in the three nearby Daming ** ships were shaken by the huge impact force

Among the ten Ming ** ships, there was a battleship wrapped in ironclad that was blown up by the blasting ship, and the strong explosion blew a hole in the battleship covered with ironclad in this wooden ship, and the ironclad was blown open a crack, and the seawater poured in from the crack, the captain of this battleship was named Gao Zhen, who was a captain, and he immediately ordered a few soldiers to plug the gap, and ordered the battleship to move on

Under the powerful firepower of the rumbling, more than 300 Spanish Navy, Ottoman Navy and Persian remnant naval warships that intercepted the Ming ** ship were killed by the Ming ** ship, they were either destroyed, or directly smashed, and they were all buried at the bottom of the sea, after the Ming ** ship broke out of the encirclement of the Spanish Navy, the Ottoman Navy and the remnant Persian Navy battleship group, Lieutenant Commander Zheng Zhilong immediately sent an ironclad battleship to protect the injured ironclad battleship and retreated to the nearest Ceylon South City port base to repair, And he was to take the remaining eight warships to repair the naval fleet from Spain, as well as the Ottoman naval fleet and the remnants of the Persian naval fleet

Just as Zheng Zhilong was about to clean up the combined fleet of the Spanish Navy, the Ottoman Navy and the remnants of the Persian Navy, the Spanish Navy and the Ottoman Navy were frightened, and their fleets retreated quickly, and the remnants of the Persian Navy saw that something was wrong, and immediately turned their butts and wanted to escape

Where can Zheng Zhilong let go of this fleet of the combined navy, he immediately ordered to pursue the enemy, because the remnants of the Ottoman and Persian naval fleets still have more than 200 small and medium-sized warships equipped with only a few guns, and the degree is also very slow, after the pursuit for an hour, these more than 200 small and medium-sized warships equipped with only a few guns were sunk by the hundreds of guns of the eight warships of the Ming Kingdom, Thirteen Spanish and seven Ottoman ships were sunk by the bombardment of powerful explosive shells, and the last eleven remaining Persian naval capital ships were also sunk because they were slowed down by the Spaniards and Ottomans

And the Spanish admiral really can't afford such a big price, so that the Spanish naval fleet can't go back to the temporary naval port in Africa will be completely wiped out by the Ming ** ship, knowing that the Ming ** ship is fast and has a long range, the Spanish general immediately let all the local warships disperse back to the naval port base on the west coast of Africa, and sent twenty warships to block the warships of the Ming Kingdom together with the Ottoman warship fleet, providing other Spanish warships with a chance to escape

After the main fleet of Spanish warships was dispersed, the Ottoman naval fleet and the twenty Spanish interception fleets were naturally the first target of the Ming naval fleet

The cannon rumbled, the sea column of water washed the warships, the Ottoman fleet began to retreat in the direction of the Red Sea, after continuous battles, by the eight warships of the Ming Kingdom one by one artillery wiped out most of the ships, now their warships are only more than seventy, they saw that Spain left twenty warships to block the warships of the Ming Kingdom, they also sent more than 20 warships to block the fleet that harassed the Ming Kingdom, so that the main fleet scattered and retreated, under the interception and harassment of a large number of warships, eight Ming ** After sinking more than 40 intercepted and fleeing coalition warships, after seeing the Spanish naval fleet and the Ottoman naval fleet scattered and fleeing, they could only try to pursue the advantages of advanced telescopes, high visibility during the day, and the speed of warships, and they pursued and destroyed 16 Spanish warships, and could not find other Spanish warships, of course, the flagship of the Spanish naval fleet was also sunk by his flagship "Guangming" and "Sea Dragon" class (8,000 tons) steel-armored battleships under the personal command of Wang Guangming

The scattered and fleeing naval fleet of the Ottoman Empire was also sunk by the warships of the Ming Kingdom, and only fifty-one were lost, and the sea was full of wreckage and the Spaniards, Persians and Ottomans sailors and sailors pounced on the sea

Zheng Zhilong immediately salvaged more than 34,000 Spaniards, Persian and Ottoman soldiers and sailors, who were strong and excellent slave seedlings

After the Spanish fleet returned home nearly half a year later, all the countries of Europe knew about the great battle that occurred at the time of the war between Britain and the Dutch navy, and the great battle between China and the West was swift and shocking, in this sea battle, the Spanish navy lost a total of 57 warships and 7 heavy demolition ships, more than 100 remnants of the Persian navy were all destroyed, and the Ottoman navy fled back to 51 of the nearly 500 warships, of course, Most of the warships of the Ottoman Empire and the warships of the remnants of the Persian Navy were small and medium-sized cannon fodder, and only one of the Ming warships was injured and quickly repaired

Although the Ottoman naval fleet returned to the Red Sea, they were soon discovered by a detachment of the Third Fleet of another Ming navy, and after more than an hour of naval battle, the Ottoman navy was all sunk, and since then, the Ottoman navy has been almost wiped out

In a small town on the south bank of the Black Sea, there was a squad of Da Ming ** soldiers stationed, and suddenly a voice came: "The enemy is approaching, the enemy is approaching" Hearing this voice, Xiao Yong, the deputy squad leader, and the soldier Gao Baozi flew with guns and ran towards the bell tower opposite

Mohd was an Ottoman nobleman, he gathered more than 3,000 young men from nearby to take up arms to fight the invaders, this morning, several people who escaped from this town told him that this place has been occupied by the Ming ** team, and the armed pioneer group has left the town that they have looted with the looted people and property, and went to their transit station in the rear, but there are still a few regular army soldiers stationed here, waiting for the arrival of the follow-up troops

Mohad took his arquebus, mounted his war horse, and immediately gathered all the warriors to go to this town, and sure enough, he could see from the dilapidated wall with a clairable eye that there was a ** soldier of the Ming Kingdom wearing camouflage uniforms with a gun and advancing to the top of the bell tower, apparently trying to seize a favorable position on the bell tower

"Warriors, they only have ** people, we have more than 3,000 people, we will definitely be able to win, after we capture their kind of guns, we are not afraid of the people of the Ming Kingdom, everyone give it to me" Mohd said to the farmers and soldiers under him, and the young men who were bewitched by him began to approach the bell tower with spears, javelins, swords, shields, forks and other weapons in their hands

"The enemy is approaching, the enemy is approaching, forty meters, thirty meters, twenty meters, fifteen meters" The voice of the soldier pony in charge of reconnaissance came from the top of the bell tower, heralding the imminent outbreak of battle like a fuse that was about to burn out

"Ten meters, nine, eight" The pony's voice brought out the taste of nervousness, "shoot" The order of the squad leader Wu Yong was finally given

"Fuck" the voice of the warrior Zhao Yongfu came from the bell tower, "Horn, horn, horn, horn" The nine-shot gun spat out a fire snake

Hundreds of Ottomans rushed to the bell tower, and Zhao Yongfu and Xiao Ma, who were hiding in the bell tower, immediately threw a grenade each, and for a while explosions rang out everywhere, and flesh and blood flew everywhere

Squad leader Wu Yong led his soldiers to the Ottomans below to quickly pull the trigger, under the rifle fire of the nine soldiers, the head of one of the people in the crowd burst out of countless blood splashes, more than sixty Ottomans were knocked to the ground under the lightning attack of the nine soldiers, the Ottomans immediately retreated in fear, at this time a guy commanded the Ottomans to continue to charge, but the guy who commanded was immediately hit into a fishing net by several bullets

Seeing his cronies being shot, Mohad shrank his neck in fright, and he immediately shouted: "Rush, rush, they don't have many bullets, we have a lot of people" What Mohad didn't know was that the squad they were dealing with was the soldiers of the first platoon of the first reconnaissance company of the third battalion of the third battalion of the first brigade of the first division of the third army of the second army, because it was a reconnaissance squad, each of them carried five grenades, ten grenades, a rifle, a three-edged bayonet, a dagger, a rifle, and each of them was issued with three hundred rounds of ammunition, With the bell tower as a fortification, it is not something that ordinary cold weapons can deal with

Seeing the Ottomans charging again, but the commanders all hid behind cover, and did not show their heads at all, only two screams were heard, and it seemed that in order to make these poor Ottomans charge, the commander began to kill people

Mohad carried a bloody sword, glared at the group of young adults in the Ottoman country and shouted: "If you don't charge, die, go quickly, if you don't go up, I will kill you" Under the threat of him and more than a hundred of his men, more than 3,000 people began to slowly advance towards the bell tower, and the soldiers saw that the enemy was charging again, and quickly pointed their guns at the crowd below, and rushed out of a compound next to forty or fifty Ottomans, and then the soldiers immediately opened fire, shooting at the people who rushed one after another, At this time, a large number of Ottomans with cold weapons ran in the distance, and behind them were dozens of Ottomans with arquebuses who were scolding and firing back at the bell tower, but the nine people immediately aimed at those with arquebuses and shot one after another, and the pony pulled the plate machine and a bullet nailed a musketeer to death next to a broken pillar, and Zhao Yongfu solved the two musketeers, and after a while, the dozens of musketeers were shot down in half

Three thousand people is a very lot, a dozen grenades plus a few grenades, immediately poured a large piece, the soldiers shot one after another, four or five hundred people were shot, seeing that the Ottomans immediately retreated, and it only took a few minutes for two soldiers to kill more than forty Ottomans rushing in the courtyard, and the rest of the people looked around and didn't know where the bell tower was where the enemy guy was also killed by the squad leader and deputy squad leader, and another group of people rushed up, this time it was not a swarm of rushes, and more than 300 people rushed up directly, After a while, dozens of people were killed by the soldiers, and their fire network defense killed the Ottomans one after another, and the pony began to look around, especially to prevent being copied from behind, at this time, dozens of people came out from a roof, divided into several groups, shouting and scolding each other, running towards the bell tower, wanting to break through from the roof into the bell tower, eight warriors had to block the intersection to deal with the charge, and to clean up the hidden enemy in the dark, suddenly jumped out so many people that everyone was startled, Before they could think about it, instinctively several people fired at the crowd, and after several people fell in a string through the powerful bullets, the Ottomans all lay behind the nearest cover and shouted that they would not advance, while several musketeers lit the fire rope and fired in the direction of the bell tower

The Ottoman musketeers fired dozens of round bullets, which hit the walls of the bell tower, and all of them bounced off the masonry walls, and two ricocheting bullets hit the ruins and the floor tiles with a "whoosh" and took off to the ground

"Hmm" A soldier on the side snorted and startled the soldiers, and quickly glanced sideways at the soldier surnamed Liu, and found that a bullet had been shot into his eye and the bones of the white forest were exposed, and the blood on his face flowed down his chin like a waterfall, and the body fell

The soldiers suppressed the anger in their hearts and continued to shoot one after another, and the fire was directed at the enemy, especially the group of musketeers, and the eight soldiers kept shooting quickly, and in a few minutes they killed more than forty people, including a dozen musketeers

At this time, there were countless gunshots from the outskirts of the town, and before Mohad could react, he was shot on the spot by the soldiers who rushed up, and the Ottomans immediately shouted desperately: "Don't shoot, let's surrender and don't shoot" A few bullets flew past their scalps, making the Ottomans pee their pants in fright

More than 300 soldiers immediately shot all the Ottomans who resisted, and escorted the remaining 1,900 people who surrendered to the rear turnaround station, where countless such wars were going on, and countless armies were encroaching on the territory of the Ottoman Empire

Istanbul terrain is complicated, the Ottoid Empire garrisoned more than 100,000 people here, they held the city and confronted the 50,000 troops stationed here in the Third Army of the Ming Kingdom, due to a large number of armed riots and the Austrian and Austro-Hungarian armies threatened the security of the frontier on the border, the Second Army of the Ming Kingdom 100,000 people were stationed here for defense, resulting in insufficient troops to attack Istanbul

Zhang Songsong has always wanted to find an opportunity to attack the Ottoman garrison, and the Ottoman garrison also took the initiative to attack several times, but was annihilated by Zhang Songsong, but unfortunately in the later Ottoman garrison troops in the deep ditch and high fortress under the city failed to achieve the desired results, so they adopted the strategy of besieging but not attacking, and set up cannons on the high ground outside the city wall to fight the Ottoman defenders in the city for a protracted battle

Indeed, as Zhang Songsong and others expected, the Ottoman defenders in Istanbul City is very difficult to feed, although Istanbul is large, but it is still impossible to feed more than 100,000 people, this problem deeply troubles the Ottoman generals, now the food in Istanbul City can only ensure that there is no food for half a month, once more than half a month can not find food, these more than 100,000 people are in danger of collapse at any time, so the Ottoman army went to ask for help several times, But because the territory of the Ottoman Empire is almost everywhere with the regular army of the Ming Kingdom, the imperial coercive army and the people who are armed to pioneer the merchants, so the Ottoman Empire is too busy to take care of itself, where can it still take care of Istanbul

Half a month later, there was really no food, and in order to fight a big battle to defeat the army of the Ming Kingdom, the Ottoman defenders sent 100,000 troops out of the city for a decisive battle

At the first time, the artillery of the Ming Kingdom began to roar, countless flames and smoke exploded from the ranks of the Ottoman Emperor's ** team, and countless remnants and limbs flew into the sky At this time, five thousand cavalry appeared from the Ming ** camp, 5,000 war horses spread their hooves and flew towards the Ottoman army, and when they reached the midpoint of the two armies, these horsemen could not wait to pick up the rifles in their hands and fire at the Ottoman Emperor**, at this time the Ottoman Emperor** The team was already in chaos and it was difficult to prevent an effective counterattack, only some muskets and arrows rained sporadically, but because the range could not hit the cavalry troops of the Ming Kingdom, the bows and arrows and bullets like a drizzle fell halfway, and they could not cause much damage to the soldiers of the Ming Kingdom

Under the powerful fire of the rifles, the soldiers who were at the forefront of dodging the artillery attack and the remaining soldiers may have fallen in a row before they could react, and the soldiers who fired the twenty-four rounds in the magazine skillfully reloaded the magazines on their horses, while the soldiers behind them who did not finish shooting made up for the temporary gap in firepower and continued to shoot

After a series of shots, the Ottoman army had approached, the soldiers immediately turned around and galloped, opened a certain distance and then continued to shoot, the Ottoman army soldiers who fell in front of them were already countless, the two armies had just engaged the Ottoman soldiers had lost nearly a quarter of their troops, and the most important thing was that they lost the courage to fight

Seeing that the five thousand rifle cavalry had such a terrifying attack power, many Ottoman army soldiers became deserters who turned around and ran, and their sudden firepower hit made many people die before they could react, and now they reacted, fear occupied their hearts, and now they can only seize the opportunity to desperately turn around and run

"You cowards, fools, the shame of the Ottoman Empire" An Ottoman general cursed constantly, but he was also stunned by the amazing firepower of the Ming Dynasty, he had not fought with the European firearms forces, but such an amazing leap in the power of firearms still made him unprepared

"Attack from the flank, attack from the flank" The generals of the Nasman Empire shouted wildly and ordered their soldiers, but at this time there were still any flanks, the 5,000 soldiers of the Ming Kingdom at the beginning and the Ottoman Empire ** team retreated as soon as they engaged, and those Ottoman generals ordered so much just to let many soldiers eat guns from afar

The Ottoman ** team is rumored to have such a momentum, which makes the enemy frightened, the Ottoman ** soldiers watched them gallop like a torrent, constantly swept a large number of lives, and the bloody rain and bloody wind everywhere they passed, as the enemy only had two choices, whether to kneel on the ground and tremble, or to resist and die, most of the Ottoman troops chose the former, those experienced veterans did not run around, exposing their backs to the enemy, but crawled directly on the ground and shrunk into a ball, In this way, even if they were shot by bullets, they could barely escape a catastrophe, but they had no such experience, and they seemed to have no other way than to flee in all directions, and these people became ghosts under the bullets fired one after another

The Ottoman cavalry generals led their cavalry to meet the battle, and they were also fighting on horseback, but as soon as the initiative advantage was lost, these cavalry who had just rushed into front of the battle had been scattered by the retreating infantry, and a burst of bullets came over, and many cavalry were also shot, and the Ottoman cavalry slashed a few retreating soldiers with their knives, but unfortunately this failed to prevent the collapse of the entire front

As the so-called defeat is like a mountain, this situation can not be maintained and controlled by one or two people at all, the echelon of the first wave of attack in the Ming ** formation has just launched a good formation and scattered to shoot, the second wave of attacking cavalry has rushed up, these cavalry from the left flank of the Ottoman ** team, only put a round of muskets, and shot the enemy to the ground, although some of them brave veterans feel that firearms are not enjoyable, or the knife comes directly and refreshingly, but forced by the order, can only continue to shoot and slaughter the enemy in front

Standing on the hillside in the distance, Zhang Songsong is talking about this engagement, in fact, whether the Ottoman army is defending the city or fighting in the field, it is difficult to escape defeat, the light enemy is no longer his main cause of defeat, the weapons are backward and the morale is the most important thing, even if he cowered in Istanbul, what can he do, the upgrading of artillery and powerful weapons give Zhang Songsong the confidence to break the wall of any dare to resist and embarrass the Ming ** team, if it were not for the reduction of casualties, he would have broken through Istanbul a long time ago

"I've said a long time ago that there is no suspense in this battle, what do you think?" Zhang Songsong complained on the side, and an officer who came to watch the battle and study in Europe put down the binoculars, his eyes were full of horror, this was the most powerful army he had ever seen, and in less than half an hour, he actually chased and killed the powerful Ottoman ** team and chased them around

The rest can be cleared by the Devil's Legion to clear these obstacles, free play, almost full of enthusiasm burst out again, the various officers of the Ming ** led their soldiers, left and right, completely a look of you don't fight I chase you to fight, so that people don't "worry" about the officers at all levels of the soldiers continue to fight, shouting and urging their soldiers to shoot, and lead them all the way to pursue the enemy, no need for any rules, no need for how to arrange troops, the soldiers just rush

Although the army sent by the Ottoman Empire has 100,000 troops, but the cavalry has just reached 30,000, last year after a plague down many horses and camels also died of illness, they are used to fighting on war horses, they have to jump off their horses as infantry, even so that among the 30,000 cavalry, there are many soldiers or mounts under the crotch are dragging their weak bodies to go out, a round of artillery down many war horses are unbearable and sloppy and fall to the ground, The other horses were also in turmoil, and when the Ming army began to launch an overall charge, these people hurried to the battle under the leadership of senior Ottoman officers, but unfortunately in the chaos of the army, they first had to face their own friendly army, those scattered infantry rout, under the command of the Ottoman cavalry generals, the Ottoman cavalry did not show mercy to those timid and cowardly Ottoman deserters, these people were not merciless, wielding spears and broadswords in their hands with muskets, no matter who faced them, they would be slashed or shot to death

This made the entire Ottoman Empire's military array chaotic, the Ottoman infantry did not attack, nor did they retreat, they were caught in the middle and let the cavalry comrades on both sides rush to kill, and some of the Ottoman infantry generals who watched were stunned, you must know that this is their family background, and they are counting on these horses to gain fame, and now they have become the target of others and the target of their own slaughter

The Ottoman infantry cried and called their mothers, hoping that there was a crack in the ground to get into, and kept fleeing to the wings, and finally an Ottoman cavalry rushed out of the infantry array to the cavalry troops of the Ming Kingdom, but they collided with the bullets of the soldiers of the Ming ** team, and the blood-colored flowers splashed everywhere, and the Ottoman soldiers fell to the ground one after another. But when they died at this moment, no one had pity on them, and no one sympathized with them, because they slaughtered so many of their own people, and when they frantically slaughtered the retreating Ottoman infantry, they did not expect that it was because they killed their own people the fastest and killed without mercy, so they could eat bullets

After the army was replenished with a large number of middle and low-level officers, the various armies of the Ming Kingdom were indeed very good at training soldiers, and the soldiers they trained were not only brave and abnormal, but also flexible, as early as when the Ottoman cavalry slaughtered the infantry, the soldiers of the first army of the Third Army of the Ming Kingdom had many people who had reloaded the twenty-four bullets, so as soon as the cavalry came out, they were subjected to the guns of the Ming Dynasty, and the guns of the Ming Dynasty had been loud. More and more cavalry of the Ottoman Empire rushed out of the infantry line to kill the Ming ** military formation, but the shot suddenly turned on his horse, the fool had a musket and the enemy moved the knife, the rule of survival on the battlefield is to effectively annihilate the enemy, no matter what method you use, at this point the soldiers of the Ming Kingdom are trained by the officers to be extremely smart, there are advanced rifles and charge without use, will be seriously punished, who said that there is no punishment in the army, the regular army of the Ming State can be strict

A round of shooting down the Ottoman cavalry was exhausted, they had to struggle to support the bullet shooting like a storm, a group of cavalry rushed to the enemy army of the Ming Kingdom like waves, and the army of the Ming Kingdom often fired twenty-four shots, and detoured to the two wings, not waiting for the Ottoman cavalry to pursue, the rear row of the Ming rifle cavalry had rushed up to fill these gaps, a total of 10,000 cavalry took turns to engage the enemy, and the power of the musket was brought into full play

What era is this, who still has a knife with you to really have long-range weapons that don't use that fool, the Ottoman ** team is not not fighting back, in fact, the arquebuses and flintlock pistols in the hands of these soldiers from countries across Asia, Africa and Europe are also sharp, but it is a pity that they are facing cavalry with advanced rifles, arquebuses and flintlock bullets with a sharp wind sound, but they are blocked by a long distance, even if they occasionally knock down the body of the warrior, it is also degraded, and the warriors can only be slightly injured, In the face of the lancers who had a long range, they lamented their powerlessness

After finding that their attacks were almost ineffective against the enemy, the Ottoman cavalry's will to fight had to be shaken, especially after several rounds of terrifying bullet shooting, seeing that most of the soldiers were shot, the Ottoman generals had to announce a retreat in order to save their homes and defend the city, and wanted to enter Istanbul, according to the city to hold the command of the battle of the first army and a division commander Zhang He Of course would not let the enemy disappear from his sight like this, in fact, the two-legged man could not outrun the four-legged horse, He led 20,000 cavalry to pursue the enemy all the way to the city of Istanbul

After all, the Ottoman generals had rich experience in battle formations, and when half of the army entered the city, they did not have the mercy of women but decisively ordered the city to be closed, so that more than 20,000 Ottoman ** troops were blocked outside the city and were pursued and killed by the Ming ** soldiers

"Surrender, I surrender" I don't know that from that moment on, these soldiers who were abandoned outside the city by the commander chose to give up resistance, and the war knives that had just picked up their rifles to shoot or wave were about to cut at the opponent, but after the surrender sounded, the knights had to stop their knives in the air, which made the Ottoman soldiers under the knives break out in a cold sweat

The Ming army locked up the captives who surrendered for the time being, and then waited for the opportunity to kill them.

"General, what should we do?" The infantry general said with a bitter brow, you must know that most of the surrenders under the city were deployed by his infantry, and there were less than 10,000 infantry who fled into the city with them

"What to do? What else can I do, waiting for His Majesty's reinforcements" The Ottoman general who commanded the cavalry was the biggest official here, he looked at the general who commanded the infantry and was angry, if it weren't for his infantry army to escape, the battle situation would definitely not be like this, he really wanted to push this general off the city wall and fall him to death, but unfortunately there were only more than 10,000 people left under his command, and he had to rely on the infantry army to defend the city, and he would lose morale if he was killed, otherwise he would definitely not be soft, but thinking of the remaining more than 20,000 people in the 100,000 army, All the Ottoman generals were desperate and did not know if His Majesty had sent reinforcements from far away in Jerusalem

Under the city, Zhang Songsong and his staff officers and the officers of Shenluo who watched the battle were still standing on the hillside watching the battle, and behind them were 20,000 soldiers of the Second Division who were ready to go

"Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff" Zhang He urged the war horse to come to the crowd and greet them, but he only nodded to the HRE officers, as if forgetting that they were the elite of the HRE, for these HRE officers, in fact, Zhang He still didn't take them seriously in his heart, but at this time, he had to make his own gesture for the sake of the friendship between the two parties

"Master Zhang, you fought a good battle, but it's a pity that the action is not too fast, otherwise you can follow the Ottoman Emperor ** into the city together, and we don't need to spend any more effort to attack the city" Zhang Songsong praised, although it was not perfect, but Zhang Songsong praised Zhang He was still very happy

"Yes, thank you Deputy Commander for the compliment, if it weren't for the military regulations in advance to tell you not to torture and kill the prisoners, I would have led people to rush over them, these guys are really there to block them" Zhang Hewu said very unwillingly, although the soldiers outside the city surrendered, but the number was huge, which invisibly hindered the progress of the army's attack

"Siege, we still have to continue to attack, and we must attack ruthlessly, don't we use smokeless explosives to make high-explosive bombs, use it, use it this time, don't be stingy, although this thing is expensive, but we still use it, we can't give up the child can't trap the wolf, don't spend a little money, how can the enemy be willing to obey As for how to fight in the future, you don't have to count on me anymore, I can only come up with a bad idea" Zhang Songsong smiled and pushed the most difficult task out, you must know the principles of the battlefield, the allocation of troops, and mutual coordination are all questions. Commanding the soldiers of such two divisions to fight, since there are two division commanders here, what else does he care, in order to avoid the conflict between the order and their battle, he just watched the excitement from the sidelines, so the matter of the battle was simply postponed

"Deputy Commander, Deputy Commander, you always pick on the key moment and give me the burden to fight Russia Yes, this time again" Zhang He shook his head and said, don't look at him shaking his head, in fact, I don't know how happy I am, after all, this is the trust of the two division commanders

"Although the two division commanders let go of their hands, don't be afraid to spend money, what we have is money, if we can use money to smash Istanbul open, I would rather use money than let the soldiers shed blood and sacrifice" With Zhang Songsong's words, Zhang Heda relaxed his mind and prepared for this battle

Talking about money is not bragging, the wealth that the Ming Kingdom now has can definitely despise the world, which is all thanks to maritime trade, and also makes the high-level of the Ming Kingdom deeply feel the importance of sea power According to historical experience, the most fundamental driving force for the development of a strong maritime power is overseas trade, in the national economic structure, the overseas trade component does not account for a considerable proportion, and there is no basis for the development of a strong and lasting maritime power

This point is vividly embodied in the Ming Kingdom, and it is also the biggest difference between him and the Manchu Qing Dynasty in history, the Chinese land power tradition based on the small peasant economy, it is difficult to adapt to the Western sea power based on the maritime trade economy, and the Ming Kingdom has now basically transitioned to the era of sea power, with East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the vast North Asia, Central Asia and North America Alaska and Yukon are included in the Ming Kingdom, a steady stream of money poured into the Ming Kingdom, The reserves of silver have reached a historical peak when Western civilization is about to dominate the tide of world history, as the tradition of Mediterranean civilization, the advantage of sea power over land power has had universal significance, in this context, the Ming Kingdom has also completed the transformation from the traditional land power to sea power, how to adapt to its own development in the future sea power strategy of the Ming Kingdom, and to deal with possible challenges in the future, it has become the high-level of the Ming Kingdom, or Li Long often thinks about the problem

When the country shifts from an inward-looking economy to an export-oriented economy of international trade, the space for national security will expand to the ocean, and people will begin to pay attention to the country's maritime power to the export-oriented economy, and only the development of the export-oriented economy can prompt the people to set their eyes on overseas, so that they can leave their homeland to immigrate, colonize, and occupy one island after another and the mainland The most difficult thing to solve from ancient times to the present is the problem of land and people, and it is naturally difficult to solve the problem of focusing on the Central Plains, but the whole world America has just been developed. Australia is still kangaroos, it is the turning point of this world only to walk in front of others, so as not to lag behind, in order to become the mainstream civilization in the world, so that the descendants of the Ming Kingdom no longer have to learn the damn English, do not have to work hard for the fourth and sixth levels, just imagine how promising it will be to save this brain for scientific research or business, so we must vigorously develop overseas trade, in Li Long's heart is to let future generations no longer have to learn English, so that Chinese becomes the world language, Let the descendants of Yan and Huang become a superior race, Li Long will not mind the people of the Ming Kingdom being slave owners, if you don't slave, others are likely to be enslaved by others, this is an era of the jungle

In the first Anglo-Dutch war from 1652 to 1654, the Netherlands could not effectively escort its merchant ships because it could not win the sea control of the English Channel, and when the war lasted for 18 months, the Dutch shipping industry was completely paralyzed, the country's main source of income, fishing and commerce were almost all dried up, workshops were closed, factories were closed, the country was full of beggars, the streets were overgrown, and there were 1,500 houses in the capital Amsterdam that no one rented. The Netherlands could only save their country from destruction on the condition of accepting a humiliating peace treaty, and the Second Anglo-Dutch War was still going on

This war was an important warning to the rising Britain and later the great powers: a country with an "export-oriented economy" "must first maintain its power overseas if it wants to maintain its prosperity at home" The phenomenon of the rise and fall of maritime countries corresponding to the strength of maritime power has been revealed since the ancient Greek and Roman times, which is a regular phenomenon throughout the history of Mediterranean civilization

Therefore, it is very important to quickly occupy a large amount of land and look overseas, for which both the government and the army of the Ming Kingdom are not afraid of spending money, and they are willing to spend money, encouraging the army to attack, encouraging soldiers to establish meritorious deeds, encouraging craftsmen of research institutes to invent weapons, and encouraging businessmen to make money

Attack, attack, from now on, the army of the Ming Kingdom no longer needs to shrink behind the city wall to fight a defensive war, all the hardware conditions have been met, what the army needs is to attack, so under the leadership of Li Long's thoughts, Zhang Songsong actively encouraged Zhang He and Li Hua, the commander of the second division, to attack

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