Chapter 927: Preparing for Battle
During the time when Wang Feng went to the banquet, the officers and men of the navy were not idle, marking one target after another, first of all, the passage from the port to the palace of Dobamache, and it was necessary to open a road for the marines to destroy as much as possible the commanding heights along the way and all kinds of buildings that could be used to block the attack.
The second is to reinforce the Doba Mache Palace, the new palace is located on the west bank of the Bosphorus, literally means a garden near the sea, for this purpose, there will be a 6,400-ton ironclad ship and two wooden-hulled ships into the vicinity of the strait, on the one hand, to fire flares to indicate the target, bombardment of the Praetorian Guard barracks stationed near the palace, and on the other hand, to protect Wang Feng's safety.
Finally, there are two targets, one is the fortress batteries that threaten the fleet, although most of the batteries are facing the sea and cannot be moved, but some are facing the port, which will be attacked by naval guns in conjunction with some marines, and the second is the Turkish army barracks and various police agencies and government buildings within the range of artillery, including the Turkish army that may rush to attack.
As for the old palace and the mansions of the princes and nobles, this does not need Wang Feng's orders, they are all to avoid being affected by the artillery fire, after all, the gold and silver treasures and all kinds of beauties inside are destroyed under the artillery fire, what a pity.
The goal of this battle is actually very clear, that is, with the cooperation of the fleet, hold the palace and various types of positions, wait for Shi Dakai to send reinforcements to arrive, turn defense into attack, burn and loot the whole city, and rob all the young women and valuable treasures and cultural relics that can be obtained.
Wang Feng doesn't mind creating a big tragedy in Istanbul, this may be the last time the Chinese army burns and loots outside the country on a large scale, of course, he can't leave until he has enough to eat.
The Ottoman soldiers who remained in the harbor were the first to suffer. Before he could react, he was blinded by the flares. They were hit by artillery fire again, and they were buried in the artillery fire one by one.
Thirty warships. According to the division of labor, they fired at the predetermined targets, some of which were aimed at the Golden Horn Bay in the north of the city, where the weak Turkish naval fleet was stationed, and the artillery shells fired were mainly sarin shells, which were carried with 20,000 rounds when they set out, and 12,000 rounds were used up in the United States, and there were 8,000 rounds left, and the Golden Horn was closed and most suitable for the use of poison gas shells. These 8,000 rounds will be all fired.
Artillery and mortars on the ground also began to fire one after another, and flares lit up the dark night sky, and a puff of fire burst through the city.
Although the Ottoman Empire deployed nearly 1,000 guns of large and small calibers in Istanbul, many of them were placed in batteries facing the sea, and warships were basically not threatened as long as they were not facing the batteries, and his artillery was mainly old-fashioned smoothbore guns, which belonged to the obsolete goods.
The movement of the bombardment also reached the palace, "Ah! Yes! The women cried again. It was as if the cannonballs had fallen overhead, but gunshots and explosions rang out from time to time overhead, which was indeed quite scary, Wang Feng looked at Zhou Xiuying helplessly. I hope she can soothe the frightened beauties.
"Humph!" Zhou Xiuying snorted coldly, but it was very simple, and shot at the sky.
"Bang!" A bang. The crying stopped abruptly, and Zhou Xiuying said coldly: "Don't scream." Don't cry either, if someone has exposed their location. I was shot and killed, but don't blame me for not reminding me. “
As soon as these words came out, sure enough, no one dared to cry anymore, and Zhou Xiuying said again: "Turn off the lights!" “
One by one, the lights were extinguished, and the inside of the temple quickly disappeared into darkness, and the outside gradually became clear, some of the soldiers stayed outside, shooting upwards while stacking the corpses into bunkers, you know, human muscle tissue is tough, but also elastic, blocking bullets is much more effective than sandbags.
Some of the soldiers entered the ceremonial palace, which was a European-style palace, not a three-story building like a Chinese palace, and after a while, the gunfire in the palace gradually stopped, and it was clear that the Black Hawk warriors had taken control of the entire building, and the soldiers would rely on the building until the arrival of reinforcements from the marines.
The eunuchs and servants were all killed, and more than a dozen captives were tied up and escorted into the hall, all of them were important officials, and some women, arranged with more than a dozen beauties who accompanied the wine, Wang Feng didn't have time to see who was not beautiful, and his attention was all on the outside, and the Praetorian Guards were coming soon.
At this time, a gust of fragrant wind hit, and Wang Feng turned his head to see that Antalya and Azemisina floated lightly to his side like two female ghosts.
Wang Feng couldn't help asking, "Aren't you afraid?" Let's go back. ”
Antalya took advantage of the situation to take Wang Feng's arm and said, "Your Majesty, of course I am afraid, but I believe in Your Majesty more, I believe that Your Majesty can defeat the Ottoman army and bring us back to China safely." “
Azesimina grabbed Wang Feng's arm and said, "Your Majesty has kidnapped so many hostages, unless the Praetorian Guards don't care about the lives of the caliphs and ministers, they will never dare to attack, so I'm not afraid at all, and even I have a weird feeling, as if I have become one of the kidnappers, and Your Majesty, you are the leader of the kidnappers...... Oh, I'm damned, you're not going to be angry when I say that, are you? “
As she spoke, Azemisina looked at Wang Feng with a cute little tongue half-spit out, looking uneasy.
Wang Feng smiled and shook his head: "You are right, I was originally a kidnapper leader, I run the most powerful kidnapper group in the world, there are 450 million members in the group, there are nearly one million armed forces, you see, this time I will kidnap the whole city of Istanbul and demand the most expensive ransom from the Ottoman Empire, of course, there is also the Qajar dynasty in Iran, I want to see how much sincerity they can show." “
Azesimina looked at Wang Feng carefully, and saw that Wang Feng really didn't seem to be angry, so she continued: "Your Majesty, you are really great, in fact, I had a dream of a female knight when I was a child, like Robin Hood, a chivalrous and righteous thief, sweeping away the injustices of the world, but unfortunately, such a great dream can only be thought about in confidence."
When I was sixteen years old, a group of Turks came to my hometown, saying that the new caliph would succeed to the throne and choose a concubine for the caliphate, and I was unfortunately chosen, although the caliph was very infatuated with me, and I was named queen not long after I entered the palace, but I was not happy at all, because I didn't love him, he was not a knight in my mind, just a short and fat man who liked to drink and had a short temper, and he didn't love me, he just coveted my beauty and body, and after two or three years, he would definitely gradually alienate me.
I was also forced to renounce my faith, to convert to the White Religion, to pray to the true God of the Turks at least five times a day, I don't know if I would be punished by God when I died, and I had to abandon my shame as a woman, and rack my brains to curry favor with the caliph, because if I fell out of favor, not only would I live and die, but I would also bring disaster to my father and mother, my brother, and all my relatives......"
"I'm damned!" Saying okay, Azemisina suddenly said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have complained in front of you, and I shouldn't have passed on my unpleasant mood to you." “
(To be continued.) )