Chapter 908

The small casualties of the Ming army meant that the casualties of the Turkish army and citizens were large. This is directly related to the means of fighting, the Ming army after entering the city after the way of fighting is the same, once encountering resistance, immediately stop, shouting into the building, put down the weapon and take it out, if it does not come out, throw grenades directly into it, and then rush in. As for whether the people inside understand or not, no one cares at all.

As a result, the casualties caused by the war have increased dramatically, and any area, as soon as there is resistance, immediately enters this mode. This is the royal city of the Ottoman Empire, and the resistance is naturally very fierce. Although no family is resisting, there is certainly resistance among the big families. The Ming army, which was progressing from two directions, slowed down a lot as a result.

The fighting in the city lasted for three days, and finally the Ottoman sultan sent emissaries to propose a ceasefire. The attitude of the Ming army was very clear, surrender unconditionally, otherwise they would not mind killing every nobleman in this city.

One hundred thousand Turkish troops surrendered on the orders of the Sultan, and the catastrophe ended. After Ibrahim's screening, the prisoners were willing to be released on the spot with him, and those who resisted to the end were escorted to the docks to work, and after the things that should be loaded and transported were transported, the prisoners of war also had to be transported, and they were estimated to have to work on the construction site until death for the rest of their lives. This is not an exaggeration at all, as the construction of the Suez Canal coincided with a railway connecting Alexandria and Suez. There are also road construction and so on, and there are many places to work.

From the beginning to the end of the battle, the entire battle lasted 21 days, and the Ming army suffered less than 10,000 casualties, and the Turkish army suffered 300,000 casualties according to incomplete statistics. Civilian casualties could not be counted, and the brutality of war was once again exposed.

At night, the whole city is not quiet, and sporadic gunshots and cries can be heard intermittently. Screaming, pleading, screaming. It took a whole week for a night like this to calm down.

Zhang Guangde's trip was over, and he left the city for the next stop. Chen Ping can't leave for the time being. There's so much to take away in the city. These things to be transported away are not precious metals, but various cultural relics. The Afrika Korps didn't care about these things, and the bundles were sold to Dafabet Bank. The army is more concerned about precious metals such as gold and silver, and ordinary people are lucky, and the big families do not let go of it, and after the robbery is gone, it is handed over to the bank for money.

This is the reason why Chen Ping stayed, and the staff of the bank were busy converting the army and soldiers into Chinese yuan. Then boatloads of gold and silver were shipped away. According to incomplete statistics, the precious metals that were robbed in this city are worth 30 million Chinese yuan after conversion. What is this concept? The equivalent of 30,000,000 taels of silver was robbed of gold and silver.

In addition to the loss of precious metals and artifacts, there is also the population. About 100,000 young women will be trafficked to various parts of the Ming Dynasty in the next year. This is war, this is the aggressor. The city's resistance never stopped, although a week after the end of the battle, Ibrahim, who had "rescued" a large number of nobles, was declared the new sultan. And signed the Ming Earth Contract with the Ming Dynasty. The resistance was all skirmishes that did not cause much trouble to the Ming army. But one after the other. There were also quite a few casualties.

According to the contract, one-third of the area near the pier of the city became a lease for the Ming Dynasty. The rest was returned to Ibrahim, and the two countries declared the end of the war. As the war between the two countries stopped, the civil war of the Ottoman Turkish Empire broke out. Although Ibrahim received the allegiance of a large number of nobles and troops, there were nobles and armies outside who did not buy it. Thereupon. A civil war of "counterinsurgency" broke out. Relying on the support of some nobles, Ibrahim purchased a large number of second-hand equipment from the Ming Dynasty, armed 100,000 troops, and suppressed those nobles and troops who did not obey him.

At this time, Chen Ping played a role again. The money for the purchase of arms was all borrowed from Chen Ping. The conscience price of four cents per annum. I borrowed five million in one go, of course, not silver, but the Chinese yuan of the Ming Dynasty. Don't say that the credibility of this money is absolutely reliable, take it to the branch opened at the dock, let alone use it, and you can directly exchange it for silver and gold.

Because of the existence of this bank, the credibility of Daming's Huayuan in this country stood at once. The beautifully printed Chinese dollar is very convenient to use and carry, and has become the strongest currency in the city in less than half a year. I can't help but say that this is a magical thing, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is very simple, for ordinary people, life has to go on. No matter how deep the hatred is, dressing and eating, and providing for the family are all things that must be done.

After the contract was signed, the Ming army was very cooperative and successively withdrew from the important buildings in the city. Instead entrenched near the docks, the next three years were inevitable to withdraw the troops, and in the end the army left was no more than an infantry division, guarding this important city and blocking the access to the Black Sea. The bear in the north had its claws cut off to go south, and the only way to go was to the Baltic Sea or beyond.

The treaty stipulated that the Ottoman Turkish Empire would pay the Ming Dynasty 30 million Chinese dollars, unilateral most-favored-nation treatment, and so on, a standard unequal treaty. This is from the perspective of posterity, but the Ottoman nobles who stand in the present do not think so. They were the losers, and it was a blessing in misfortune to be able to keep most of the city, as well as the integrity of the country and the tax revenues. After the new sultan ascended the throne, the first thing to do was not to reassure the people, but to meet with political opponents with butcher knives, and the purpose of civil war was to fight for power.

Despite the economic and military "assistance" of the Ming Dynasty, Ibrahim's path to unification was not too smooth, and the civil war lasted for five years before all rebellions were finally put down. But in the process, the Ottoman Empire lost two-thirds of the Arabian Peninsula, both independent indigenous and ceded to the Ming Dynasty.

In any case, as the defeated side, the Ottoman Empire, which lost its capital, miraculously kept a large empire and could continue to exist. As for the lost lands in the direction of Russia, it is enough to seek to regain them in the future. It is normal for these two countries to love and kill each other for decades.

The bitter cold of early spring was damp and cold, and despite a winter preparation period, Louis XIV could not be at ease. The Ming refused to negotiate on the grounds that there were no preconditions for negotiation, and Louis XIV would not abdicate and the Ming would not accept any form of negotiation. Also embarrassed is the United Kingdom, the conditions offered by the Ming Dynasty are very high, and they do not make a counteroffer.

The two countries wanted to unite but did not have that condition, and the English Channel defended the British Empire and cut off the connection between the two countries. As an island nation, the UK faces even more serious problems. The Ming fleet was rampant in Europe, and whenever it saw ships flying the British and French flags, they were all sunk. Even if they are not under the banner of Britain and France, they must be inspected. It was found that it was a ship of the two countries, and it was still to be detained. In front of a steam cruiser with a speed of up to eleven knots, there is no possibility of any ship in Europe today running away. Unless you're lucky, it's foggy.

After a spring rain, a week of sunny days was ushered in. The small town of Toulon was like dead, and the boats on the docks were silent, not a single ship was moving. In the Mediterranean, as long as you sail, you may not return.

The soldiers on the battery, as usual, got up early to change their guards. Although the winter has passed, the threat from the Ming Empire has not disappeared. The tight string is still there, and as an important port on the Mediterranean coast, Toulon could be attacked at any time.

It was a good morning, and the soldier Valjean climbed onto the fort, greeted his companions on the night shift, and raised his binoculars to look at the distant sea. Everything is so calm, at least now that the war is not coming. But the next moment, his mouth was wide open and could not be closed, and he stared blankly at the sea, and after a long time of froze, the madman seemed to come from the bronze bell and pulled the rope to knock hard. When it ......, the rapid sound of the bell woke up the soldiers who were still asleep, and they rushed out of their quarters, dressed and boarded the fort.

"Oh God!" One of the officers stared blankly at the sea and let out a helpless lament.

The dense column of smoke means that the battleships of the Ming Dynasty are coming, and there are many of them. So how many warships are coming? There were 24 steam armored warships, 36 sail warships, and 800 transport ships, all floating on the sea near here. Of course, this was only the first batch, and after completing the Battle of Istanbul, the Afrika Korps was finally able to calmly launch a landing battle against France. In fact, the preparation for this campaign has been going on for a long time, and before that, the marines had already occupied Corsica and used it as a springboard to hoard a large amount of supplies and personnel. Because of the sea on both sides, France's defense was very awkward, on the one hand, it had to guard against the Mediterranean, and on the other hand, it had to guard against attacks from the direction of the Atlantic. The Ming army, on the other hand, was very calm, and could depart from the ports of northern Spain or from Corsica in the Mediterranean.

In general, the French Army, passively defensive, can only wait for the final judgment. Now, then, the judgment has come.

Woo woo, there was a sharp whistling sound in the air, and the sound of the cannonball breaking through the air hurt people's eardrums.

Smoke rose from the sea, and it was the 105 and 150 guns of the Ming fleet that opened fire, relying on the advantage of range to cover the batteries of Toulon with dense artillery fire. The artillery fire was prepared for a whole hour, and then the artillery fire was extended, when the sail battleship came up, bombarded the shore with 75 guns, lowered the boat, and a large number of soldiers disembarked from the rope nets, boarded the boat, and rowed vigorously. It cannot but be said that in the era when there were no landing craft, landing operations were a hard job.

Boom, boom, the battery fired, the target of the strike was a small boat on the sea, the probability of wanting to hit a big ship was zero, the range was not enough, and the power was not enough. Because of this, after being washed by the capital battleship, the sporadic artillery fire was not even afraid of the sail battleship. (To be continued.) )

PS: For various reasons, the book had to be accelerated, and it will definitely end before the Chinese New Year. The content of about 500,000 words should be written in 200,000 words, so the content you see is very coarse, and there are very few details to describe it.