Chapter 906

Zhang Guangde's judgment was quite amarkious, and the difficulty of attacking Istanbul exceeded the pre-war judgment. The mistakes are mainly reflected in the misunderstanding of the enemy's will to fight. Historically, Turkey was able to exist in the name of "the sick man of Europe" and has not been colonized, which shows that even if this country is a scumbag, the army's will to fight is still very strong. With the support of Britain and France, Turkey fought N wars with Russia, and did not see Russia occupy Constantinople in Zintz.

The Afrika Korps concentrated the forces of ten infantry divisions and one cavalry division, and swept two infantry divisions and one cavalry division on the south bank. With so many troops, transportation is the main problem. Fortunately, with such a springboard as Egypt, a large number of ships were obtained through robbery, and this problem was barely solved.

On the second day of the offensive, the landing operation fell into a rather dangerous situation, and it was difficult to put in too many troops. Throwing one infantry division at a time, landing on the coast, the Turkish army launched a fierce offensive. Soldiers lined up, followed by drumbeats, and armed with muskets, fearlessly charged to the beachhead.

Although the naval guns on the sea kept firing, these soldiers did not seem to know fear, and continued to move forward one after another. The landing troops fought very hard, relying on the temporary barbed wire and the cover of the naval guns, the fierce battle lasted for a whole day, and the Turkish troops with countless casualties rushed to their positions several times, and at the critical moment before dark, the navy transported more than 100 heavy machine guns ashore.

It wasn't the dense artillery fire that changed the tide of the battle, it could only block the firing, the enemy approached the position, and the naval guns could only stare dryly. But the heavy machine gun was different, spewing tongues of fire at critical moments, and one by one soldiers fell in front of this murderous weapon. The tsunami-like assault was repulsed. According to incomplete statistics, the Turkish army paid nearly 50,000 casualties in this day's battle. The Turkish army, which was greatly damaged, did not attack again after this day's fighting, and turned to the defense.

The battle of the day. More than 12,000 people of the 30th Infantry Division, which was the first to land, landed one after another, and then entered the battle, paying the cost of nearly 3,000 casualties and defending this landing site.

After repelling the Turkish army, the landing force, which had been fighting fiercely for a day, did not have time to rest, so they cleaned up the corpses in front of the position overnight, strengthened the position, and constantly expanded the landing field. Sappers work even more sleeplessly. Expansion of the pier and construction of more new temporary trestle bridges. Istanbul has a port, but it is heavily guarded by the Turkish army and is not suitable as a landing ground.

At night, the landing site was brightly lit, the gunfire in front of the position was still sporadical, and there was no large-scale fighting, but the Turkish army was unrelenting in carrying out small-scale harassment. The landing force worked carefully on the side. On the one hand, you have to deal with these harassments.

At dawn, there was a sudden return to silence on the battlefield. The Turkish army did not continue the operation. The Ming army finally got a brief period of peace. Ship after ship is constantly approaching the shore, using small boats, or entering the port, to bring people and supplies ashore. On this day, the Ming army's offensive was launched by the newly landed troops, intending to expand the area.

After a long busy day. Three infantry divisions landed in succession and expanded in all directions. The landing ground is still a few kilometers away from the city, and after the landing, the troops must immediately go into battle and expand the space in all directions.

When Zhang Guangde and Chen Ping landed. It was already the sixth day of the battle. The temporary dock has become a huge cargo yard, full of materials stacked in the open air, and simply covered with a tarpaulin can be considered to be protected. The landing site was chaotic, and the smell of blood choked the nose. At this time, there were still ships on the shore, and eight infantry divisions arrived in two batches, and this fleet must complete its task as soon as possible and leave this water, so as not to block the route of the next group of ships.

Ibrahim was accompanied by the two of them, and his role was naturally to persuade him to surrender. After a week of fighting, more than 10,000 Turkish troops were captured. Ibrahim is going to save these people, from the hands of the Ming Demon, to save these people from the hands of the Ming Devil, to become the team of his future army, and then take these people on the ship, return to the south bank, and pull up a new regime.

Anyway, there will always be people who are willing to change their minds. For Ibrahim, although the script is not quite the same as Abdullah's, it is essentially the same. There is no choice, and the results of doing and not doing are very different. He could choose not to do it, so there would be no need to exist. The noble envoy of the Ming Empire will not keep a Turkish nobleman who wastes food. Since I don't want to die, I have to do it, and I have to do it while pinching my nose. Especially when he saw the mountain of corpses burning in the flames, the stench made him decide not to eat meat again for the rest of his life, but also made up his mind.

The reason is very simple, either die by yourself or die with everyone.

The multiple-choice questions are too easy to do at all. Ibrahim threw himself into his work, found some old friends among the captives, talked to them on his knees, and for three days worked hard to find that more than 3,000 soldiers were willing to join him. Ibrahim's reasoning in convincing these people is simple, and everyone can see that because of the stupidity of the current sultan, the empire has provoked enemies that should not be provoked. Let's see, Istanbul is struggling in the flames of hell right now.

This is a real problem, there is an independent artillery regiment in the landing force of the Ming Army, and 24 105 cannons are constantly bombarding the cities at the far end. There are more such cannons landing on the shore one after another, not to mention, in the previous battles, these brave people, the courage has been knocked out, and the fighting spirit has been worn out. Yes, there are still many fanatical warriors who stand up for what they believe in, but that doesn't mean that everyone can sacrifice without any worries.

A winter rain fell, making the war more difficult. In a manor outside the city, Zhang Guangde and Chen Ping waited quietly here. A bearded man rode into the manor with a young man, dismounted and nodded implicitly, greeting the soldier who took the reins.

"It's been a hard journey, Mr. Romanov." Zhang Guangde politely stepped forward to greet him, and Chen Ping stood quietly to the side, examining the two guests from the northern part of Daming. According to Chen Xie's analysis, this country will become a threat to the Ming Dynasty in the future. The reason is simple, this is a fighting people, and its special geographical location and vast territory make it almost impossible for the country to eliminate it from the outside. The Russians took the initiative to contact the Ming mission and asked for a secret meeting.

"This is my companion, Mikhailov." Romanov introduced the young man around him, on the surface, these two people are mainly Romanov, but his intuition told Chen Ping that this young man was the person who spoke at this meeting.

"Okay, don't say more kind words." Zhang Guangde went straight to the topic, motioned for the two to sit down, drank a cup of hot tea, and then spoke: "On the surface, it seems that the cooperation between the two countries will help end this war as soon as possible." But objectively speaking, we don't need your country's help for the time being. As far as I know, your country has a strong plot for Constantinople. The strategy set by our cabinet is to leave a part of the staff here for a long time. Of course, instead of occupying it, we offered to lease a piece of land to the new Ottoman government as a garrison for those who remained behind. ”

That being said, but the meaning behind it is very clear, cooperation is a mutually beneficial act of both sides, but now Russia cannot come up with enough benefits to satisfy the Ming Dynasty.

"Our army can launch an offensive from the Caucasus to contain ......." Romanov opened his mouth to explain, but was interrupted by Zhang Guangde very rudely: "Your country launched an attack, and it was your country that got the benefits. It has nothing to do with our country. The reality is that thanks to the offensive of our army in this city, your country can easily defeat the Turkish army in the direction of the Caucasus. You have taken advantage of it, and since you have taken advantage of it, don't come to me to sell it. ”

The interpretation of both parties was very neat, and the whole process was translated smoothly. Then the young man named Mikhailov spoke: "You are right, please forgive me for speaking only French. Our Tsar hopes to get some help from your country, the Ming Dynasty is the most powerful and civilized country in the world today, and the civilization hopes to send a delegation to visit the Ming Dynasty and send students to your country. ”

Zhang Guangde glanced at Romanov, does that mean that this is a request? Romanov resolutely endorsed the young man: "That's right, this is the purpose of our visit, hoping to reach an agreement on friendship and cooperation with your country." ”

Chen Ping, who had never spoken, said: "Don't be in a hurry to say this, I hope to divide the sphere of influence between the two countries before the relationship between the two countries is formalized." According to historical records, as early as the Han Dynasty, China's territory included the Beihai region. As he spoke, he took out the map and pointed to Lake Belga on the map: "This is it." For the last 10 years, our expedition has been heading north, with signs along the way. Although you may not admit it, it is certain that the territory of the Ming Empire is very close to your country. Our people have brought back information that your country is constantly developing in a south-easterly direction, and that there have been several unfriendly contacts with our people. ”

"Your Excellency, can you put these controversies aside for the time being, I think we have more important issues to discuss." Romanov hastened to interrupt this, the Russians' thirst for land seems to have no end. Don't talk about him at this time, even the whole of Russia has not taken this issue into account. Do you divide your territory with the Ming Dynasty? Looking at the points on this world map, it can be seen that in the northeast, northwest, and two directions of the Ming Dynasty, the footsteps of the Ming Empire far exceeded the footsteps of Russia.

"In this case, our meeting is destined to fail to achieve any results. I have to express my regret for this! Zhang Guangde shrugged his shoulders and said he didn't want to continue talking. Mikhailov spoke: "Your Excellency, Russia wants to learn advanced civilization from the Ming Dynasty, can't this requirement be satisfied?" ”

Chen Ping opened his mouth and said: "The French also said the same, but what Da Ming got was betrayal. I think it's a matter of values, and in the traditional moral system of the Ming Dynasty, Cigna is an important criterion. But in the countries of Europe, it seems, there is nothing that cannot be betrayed, as long as the interests are sufficient. It's a pity that the French misjudged the Ming Dynasty and Europe misjudged the Ming Dynasty, and when they thought we would give up, our warships came and the guns roared along the entire European coastline. (To be continued.) )