"Your Majesty the Sultan, it is now imperative that the Ottoman army strengthen the defenses of the Dardanelles. The powerful fleet of the Italians will not be wasted on a few small islands, that is the interests of Greece, not the Italians. "Luo Shunqiang, head of the military delegation of the Chinese National Defense Forces in Istanbul, repeatedly complained to Abdul. Hamid II stressed the possibility of a direct attack by the Italian Navy on the Dardanelles, but Abdul. Hamid II clearly disagreed with this view.

It's just that the Ottoman side did not listen to China's advice to 'pursue while the victory is over', and wasted more than a month in vain, so that the battle situation that should have been finalized has been completely subverted. Hamid II had already gotten up impatiently and left. Now he has to give Luo Shunqiang this face.

Facts have proved that the Chinese at that time were right. Even if this proposal would greatly strengthen the contradictions between the Ottoman Empire and Europe, and win some benefits for the shrinking Chinese, no matter how bad the consequences of that proposal would not directly attract the main fleet of the Italians! And the Austro-Hungarian Empire is also about to move, and the weight offered by the British has not yet completely moved the Austro-Hungarians and the Germans, but what if the British increase the weight? Can Deo still hold on?

At present, except for Britain and France, there are no direct exhibitions, and the current situation is already the worst for the Ottoman Empire.

"Abdul. Hamid II was an absolute, a stubborn big fool who didn't trust anyone. Luo Shunqiang, who returned to his residence, made a bold crusade against Abdul against his deputy. Hamid II. But it didn't work, the Ottoman army was not transferred to the Dardanelles, and even the Wehrmacht had just arrived in Istanbul's airship unit. It was also Abdul. Hamid II clasped it in his hands.

and Abdul. Hamid II also gave orders to counterattack the Ottoman armies such as Macedonia. This isn't just over a month ago, right? When you order your troops to attack at this time, you want the Ottoman army to go head-to-head with the enemy's strong front. And the Ottoman himself has a white belly that is exposed to the eyes of the Italians.

Abdul. Hamid II is like the Ottoman Triumvirate of 1915 in the original plane. It was a correct, bold and far-sighted plan not to have imagined that the Strait of Darnielles would become a point of attack for the Italian Navy!

Because it seems crazy. The Dardanelles Strait is the gateway to Istanbul. It is the top priority of the coastal defense construction of the Ottoman Empire. Attacking here is a hard fight between warships and batteries, which is not a choice that a wise general would make.

"Then let the Ottomans learn another lesson. There is an integrated division on the left and right sides of the Dardanelles. The Italians mobilized no more than 30,000 troops in their army, and they did not take the entire Dardanelles so quickly. "The deputy head of the military delegation is surnamed Fan, and in essence, he is more of a civilian official, who knows nothing about warfare, and his work tasks are more focused on intelligence gathering.

For Abdul. Hamid II, Van Wada was even more disapproving than Luo Shunqiang. This incompetent mediocrity, more than twenty years of precious time, did not lay any good foundation for the Ottoman Empire. In addition to arming and strengthening the Ottoman army with money, he invested very little in the industrial construction of the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire, which produced no more than 200,000 tons of steel, seemed to have a complete military-industrial system capable of producing everything from bullets and bayonets to heavy artillery, but the production was worrying. Moreover, the special steel is almost none, and the output of high baoza medicine is limited. Under the supervision of the politically corrupt Ottoman government, their military industrial system is also full of corruption, and the cost price of guns and ammunition is almost 30%~300% higher than that of China. Yes, 300%. This is not a fabrication, each of the heavy guns produced by the Ottoman Empire's military factories has at least one of its siblings as scrap, which is extremely wasteful, and the range and barrel life are much lower than those of the Chinese.

So. The Ottoman military preferred to pay for artillery from China than to spend its limited military spending on military factories.

The Ottoman phenomenon has raised doubts in China, how can such a country become an ally of the empire? "Ta Kung Pao" was even more instigated by Liu Xian. Published—If the Manchus had not perished! This editorial caused a sensation at the time.

If the Manchus had not fallen, the current Ottomans. Is that the China of that time!?

At that time, it was really 'one stone stirring up a thousand waves'. The scene of the huge discussion, you come and go in the newspaper. The rhetoric is not inferior to the newspaper reaction after Liu Xian announced the news of the succession.

The Ottoman Empire's procrastination, cumbersome style and extremely twilight bureaucratic practices reminded many people in the country of the Qing Dynasty. Chinese society has reached the point of renewal, but many old guys in their seventies and eighties have not yet died, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty is a hurdle in their lives that cannot be bypassed.

There are so many similarities between the Qing Dynasty and the current Ottomans, and even in some places the Ottoman Empire did better than the Qing Dynasty. At least Abdul. Hamid II knew how to build a strong armed force, and he knew that force was the foundation of his rule.

So all kinds of illusions and speculations converged into one sentence, if the Manchu Qing had not perished, what would have become of China?

It can be said that Liu Xian's status as a 'god' in China is incalculable, and it has played an immeasurable role in this great discussion. If Emperor Liu before this big discussion was more of a 'god of war', an image that the French looked like Napoleon existed in the hearts of the people, then Emperor Liu after this big discussion has really become a 'god' in the hearts of the people across the country.

It is a pity that the "Huaxia Daily" has benefited a lot from this great discussion, otherwise the status of "Ta Kung Pao" would be higher than it is now.

After talking about the military industry of the Ottoman Empire, we also have to talk about some of its state-owned industries and private enterprises. The former is mainly concentrated in light industries such as textiles, and industry, metal smelting and even machinery manufacturing are all very small-scale, and cement, mechanical and electrical products and automobiles are completely absent. The latter is 95% concentrated in light industries with small inputs and quick returns, such as flour milling and cigarettes. Cotton and tobacco were the most important cash crops for Ottoman agricultural exports.

Therefore, the nobles and officials of the Ottoman Empire, after the cancellation of China's material loans, spontaneously threw huge orders into China every year, and were able to take advantage of the opportunity to sell industrial products to earn a huge amount of money.

At present, 60% of the light industrial products circulating in the domestic market of the Ottoman Empire come from China, and 75% of the heavy industrial products come from China. Even lower-priced Japanese goods have a little market in Ottoman.

Most importantly, Abdul. Hamid II did not change any of his policies, and he still ruled the power in the Ottoman country with a highly repressive method of terror, using physical annihilation to erase opponents. The Ottoman Empire's national strength has increased significantly in recent years, but the number of cooking elements within the country has increased unabated.

Abdul. Hamid II's fear of war was also based on this perception, and he was well aware that his power depended on the army. If an army is defeated in a foreign war, or if a reliable force loses a lot, this will cause some destabilization of his rule. So Abdul. Hamid II did everything he could to resist the outbreak of a great war!

It's just that the Italians did not go with his heart, and in August 1911 the Italian fleet bypassed the island of Samothrace and sailed into the Gulf of Saros.

The eleven capital ships of the Italians were a newly launched super-dreadnought-class battleship, two standard dreadnought capital ships, four former dreadnought battleships, four large armored cruisers, plus a dozen or twenty light cruisers, gunboats, high-speed destroyers and supply ships, and the total tonnage of the fleet reached 200,000 tons.

Since the birth of the Garibaldi-class armored cruisers, the Italian navy has been one of the more active forces in Europe, and the accumulation of thirty years has allowed them to successfully find their place in the Mediterranean, where British and French forces are intertwined. In World War I, the Austro-Hungarian navy was firmly locked in the Strait of Otranto by the Italians and the French navy. Italy's naval power must not be underestimated!

Abdul. Hamid II is a waste who waits until the monkey hits the Lingxiao Palace, and then he will call Rulai. When the Italian fleet sailed into the entrance to the Dardanelles and knocked the nearby outer batteries dumb, Abdul. Hamid II woke up like a dream, and on the one hand, he urgently dispatched troops to reinforce the Dardanelles, and on the other hand, he respectfully invited Luo Shunqiang to his general staff.

The Italian assault troops went ashore and blocked the cannon fire doors abandoned by the Ottomans. Large numbers of Italian soldiers began to land, while the powerful Italian fleet dispersed and launched a heavy bombardment of the remaining nearby batteries.

The official entry of the Italians into the war marked a further intensification of the war. The military delegation suggested that Abdul. Hamid II took the opportunity to launch nationalist propaganda, highlighting the importance of the foreign war of resistance and suppressing the internal national division and cooking tendencies. In order to stabilize the domestic situation and better concentrate forces on the war. Abdul. Hamid II obediently followed the advice this time.

He was reluctant to involve the Ottomans in a large-scale war. But now the development of things is no longer subject to his will, and the war has come to him. Hamid II had to go through this war. Abdul at this time. Hamid II's attitude changed dramatically in an instant - the Ottoman Empire was going to experience a large-scale war, and the Ottomans had to win the war!

Otherwise, his sultan throne would not have been maintained.

If you don't fight, you won, and if you fight, you will win. Abdul. Hamid II was the most docile and respectful to China at this time. (To be continued.) )