The ground shook a few times, and Nicosia was enveloped in smoke. Something kept falling from the sky, and some were even very close to the Kunlun Mountain. Li Xiu saw half of his body fall into the sea a kilometer away.

Li Xiu is not in a hurry, he has patience to wait. After waiting for a long time, the smoke slowly dispersed. The castle that Nicosia built over hundreds of years now remains only in the castle. The men on the ramparts and the primitive breech-loading cannons were all gone.

Inside the telescope, Nicosia was in shambles, and the armor-clad defenders were largely gone.

"Second master! Initiating a login now? Chen Laohu came over.

"Hmmm! Let Yuan Keli land with people, and the warship will be on guard at sea. Ships were found to come out and sunk! "Li Xiu didn't think that Nicosia still had something that could threaten his fleet.

A 5,000-ton ship stormed the port of Nicosia. The small fishing boat was crushed by the steel steamer, and the sound of "Gaba" and "Gaba" shattering came and went. The wooden boats were crushed into pieces, and the fishermen wailed out of the water, looking at the fishing boats on which they depended, with more tears than the sea.

The gangway was lowered directly on the side of the ship, and the machine gun mount was on the side of the ship. Any target that attempts to get close, or is perceived to be hostile, will be machine-gunfired.

Something that looks like a fortress will also be taken care of by the double two-five anti-aircraft artillery.

After the machine-gun fire, a large number of marines, wearing camouflage uniforms and steel helmets, quickly ran down the spiral ladder with Aka assault rifles. The soldiers quickly occupied the port, and the fishermen who ran over to fight their lives were knocked down one by one by the Aka assault rifles.

After shooting a dozen people, no one dared to come near these fierce soldiers.

"Second master! This...... It's too easy. No difficulty! "When I saw the Marines landing quickly and advancing into the castle of Nicosia, no one came out to stop them. Chen Laohu felt that attacking such an island was a bit of a feeling of killing chickens with a knife.

"Difficulty? You look at the army here, they are still wearing armor, what can be difficult. This time, it's a drill. Li Xiu also felt that it was really overkill for the eldest brother to send a marine division. Such a broken place can be taken by at most one marine battalion.

"Yo ......! Second master, you see, there is finally something interesting. ”

Following the direction pointed by Chen Laohu, Li Xiu saw a fleet. A fleet of wooden galleons with firing holes on both sides. It is very similar to the five-masted ship used by the Ming Dynasty, but the difference is that there is a sharp ramming angle in front of this wooden sailing ship.

The copper-skinned ramming horns glistened in the sunlight, like a military thorn on a warrior's rifle. It's a melee weapon, with huge ramming angles that are deeply embedded in the hull of enemy ships. At this time, there will be countless warriors wielding scimitars to fight in the jumping gang.

Gang-hopping combat, very primitive naval battle mode. The navy led by Li Xiu almost never fought such a battle. They prefer to solve problems with cannons and guns!

Ten five-masted ships, this was the Ottoman Empire's Eastern Mediterranean Fleet stationed in Adana.

Li Xiu pouted helplessly, such equipment is still fighting against Daming, isn't this death?

"Order the ironclad ships on both wings to go over and shoot targets, not to take prisoners and not to capture, and not to accept surrender. Grandma's, this battle is not technical at all. Li Xiu didn't worry about his subordinates at all, if they were injured by such a battleship, then the captain could jump into the sea directly.

The ironclad ships on both wings pounced like sharks smelling blood. Formation? What is that, the wolf has more meat and less meat, and whoever catches it is whoever's own. I didn't hear what the second master said, this is fucking shooting.

Relying on the pickaxe maneuverability of the steamers, the ironclads quickly approached the Ottoman fleet. When the Ottoman fleet was still waiting for the other side to enter the firing range, the Ming fleet was already rumbling with cannons.

The shells set off huge columns of water on the side of the five-masted ships, and the first salvo hit three five-masted ships. The huge force of the explosion tore the Ottoman warship to pieces.

The wrecked battleship burned on the surface of the sea with flames, and the surviving crew jumped into the sea to escape.

No one cares about the crew struggling on the surface, the sharks will trouble them. These beasts have very smart noses, and they can smell the slightest bit of blood in the water.

There were only four volleys in front and back, and the five-masted ships of the Ottoman Empire were all reduced to pieces. This kind of old-fashioned thing fights with ironclad ships, and it is simply a cargo to death.

The remaining sailboat tried to escape, but it was too difficult for the sailboat to turn, and it was ...... The speed of the sailboat is too poor.

The Ming army can be described as a hundred cannons on its side, and this five-masted sailing ship is quite miserable. No one knew how many shells had hit it, only to see sparks flying from the sailboat. The man was swept directly into the sea by the air wave of the explosion, and the sailboat was so broken that in the end there was no way to calculate the military merits.

Every ship said it hit, and in fact it probably did. The unlucky sailboat is so broken!

The ironclad ran over the sailors who were constantly calling for help on the sea, and no one shot them, and certainly no one saved them. If they are left to flutter in the water, they will be killed by the Marines anyway.

Triangular fins began to appear on the surface of the sea, starting with only one or two. The sailors wailed and were dragged to the bottom, and then a large canopy of blood gushed out.

Later, the number of triangular fins increased, and other fish came to share the scraps of meat torn off by the sharks. The sea was boiling, and many Ming soldiers were lying on the railing, watching this rare scene.

"Boring!" Li Xiu muttered, today's battle was quite boring, so that Li Xiu was a little sleepy.

There's no way, the other party is at such a level. There are even guys with swords who want to surround their castles. Do they think it's still the Middle Ages?

"Order Jingyuan, Zhenyuan, Laiyuan, Zhiyuan to bombard Adana Castle. Just blow it up, you don't have to hit it to the point of destruction. Li Xiu gave the order.

"No!" Chen Laohu answered and hurriedly went out to give orders.

"I'll sleep for a while, don't call me if there's no big deal. Also, I don't eat fish during this time. Li Xiu glanced at the boiling sea, turned around and went into the cabin to sleep. This is the first time that I have been trapped in a war.

Four ironclad ships sailed towards Adana Castle on the opposite bank, and the 155-mm main guns sprayed at the castle on the shore. The flames were scattered, and the defenders were wolf-swooped.

After turning the port of Adana into a sea of fire, the four ironclads retreated. There was no longer a complete ship there, and the Ottomans wanted to go to sea, probably only holding on to wood.

The next morning, Li Xiao received a battle report from Li Xiu.

"Your second brother did a good job." Li Xiao handed the battle report to Li Hu.

"With two marine regiments, as well as giant ships like Kunlun Mountain and Changbai Mountain, a group of ironclad ships are guarded. It's your duty to win, and it's a strange thing to lose. Li Hu directly threw the battle report on the table.

"What we want is to make the Ottomans think that our army is pressing the border and wants to attack Adana directly. Is Tiep Sultan here? ”

"His ship has already arrived yesterday, why don't you transfer Master Manchu and let an irrelevant person come to make military achievements."

"How many times have I told you that you have to let foreigners do such a thing as a massacre. It's like you're in the woods and your neighbors are either eagles or crocodiles. As a tiger, you can't do everything yourself.

You went to steal the crocodile eggs, so when you cross the river in the future, you have to be careful of dead wood floating in the river. But if you let the wolf steal the crocodile eggs, then there will be no psychological burden to cross the river in the future.

It makes a lot of sense to let a wild boar hate a wolf.

Slaughter the Ottomans, let the Indians do it. In the future, the Ottomans will hate the Indians more than us. Da Ming is a civilized person and never does such a thing as slaughter. ”

Li Hu's mouth was about to grin on his cheeks, and he didn't know who caused one tragedy after another. But come to think of it, that's exactly what happened.

It was the Wa people who slaughtered the Mongols, and it was the Wa people who slaughtered the indigenous people of Southeast Asia. Even those who slaughtered the Tamils were also Japanese people.

Now the Cochin people hate the Wakons, the Indians hate the Wakons, the Tamils hate the Indians, and the Siamese hate the Indians. Even faraway Russia hated the Japanese people.

The Wa Kingdom has now become a country hated by all people, and the Wa people who do business in various places sometimes disappear inexplicably. No one could find out where they were, and if they really wanted to, they would have to ask Hades.

The Ming people are very good, although they have been attacking cities everywhere over the years, but they don't seem to be hated much. At least the Ming people will be courteous everywhere, and there is no major obstacle to doing business, which is not unrelated to the harmless character of the Ming merchants.

Now that cavalry is needed, the Japanese are not very useful, and the Indians are very suitable if they are too far away. The Typ Sultan recruited more of his cavalry, and heard that there were already 3,000 men. It is also a good choice to send it to the Ottoman battlefield to consume.

"The remaining regiment of the 3rd Marine Division is staying in Port Said, which is the most important forward base, and there must be no problems. After the 2nd Division was transferred to Suez, Yuan Chonghuan was in charge of the defense of the Suez Canal.

The first division is good at attacking, and the second division is good at defending. I will leave Li Dingguo to him, with the strength of two divisions and one regiment, and with the help of the navy, there should be no problem in defending the Suez Canal Zone.

Tomorrow I will order Zuo Liangyu of the 2nd Marine Division to attack Crete, and be careful not to destroy the port when attacking, and we will set up a forward transshipment base there. ”

"No!" After Sun Xing agreed, he recited Li Xiao's order, turned around and went out to deliver the order.

Li Xiao lined up in Port Said, and distant Constantinople was not idle.

"Damn, I said that the Ming people are insatiable for land. Having just taken over the interests of England in India, it is now extending its claws into our land. Your Majesty the Sultan, it doesn't matter if Nicosia is lost. But if Adana is lost, the armies of Antioch, Aleppo, Mosul, and even the whole of Syria will be in trouble.

The Ming people would follow Damascus and Jordan all the way north and eat them one by one. The empire is at risk of being split in half, and we cannot sit idly by, Your Majesty the Sultan. "The great general Koprulu, who had been urgently summoned from Armenia, stood impassionedly in the main hall.

Inside Topkapi Palace, his lion-like roar echoed.

The courtiers of the Ottoman Empire all frowned. Adana was the choke point between Constantinople and the eastern provinces, once it was conquered. The armies of the eastern provinces were besieged, and they wanted to be supplied by Constantinople, so they had to walk through the mountainous north where the roads were difficult.

No one can walk such a rugged mountain road with a baggage on their backs, so Adana is crucial. In order to keep the eastern provinces, Adana cannot be allowed to fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty under any circumstances.

"Your Majesty the Sultan, the Ming is a strange enemy to us. I think it's better to ask someone who knows them well! Prime Minister Ahmed stood up and said.

"People who are familiar with the Ming Dynasty, do you mean that Duo ......, that Jurchen?" Suleiman II thought for a moment, but did not recall the name of Dolgon. For the Sultan, he did not have to struggle to remember the name of a small foreign person.

"That's right! It's that Dolgon, he's been dealing with Da Ming for many years, and he should know Da Ming's style of acting. ”

"Hmmm! Ahmed, you have a point. Get that Dolgon! ”

His Majesty the Sultan summoned him, and soon Dorgon was found.

"Dolgon, the Ming have called. They shelled Adana Castle just ten days ago, do you think they will really land? ”

"Your Majesty the Sultan, when I came to Constantinople, I passed through Adana. It was a choke point, and if it was captured, it would split the Ottoman Empire in half.

Li Xiao would command their superior forces and quickly occupy the entire eastern province. And His Majesty's reinforcements will be stuck in Adana and there will be no reinforcements. "When Dolgon heard that the Ming Dynasty had actually launched an attack on the Ottoman Empire, he was taken aback, so fast!

It's only been half a year since you occupied India, and you're in such a hurry to start a war with the Ottoman Empire?

"We have a huge fleet, can we defeat them from the sea?" Prime Minister Ahmed asked.

It's not that he doesn't want to fight a battlefield war, but he wants to delay the outbreak of war. The drawings that Dolgon had brought were being finalized one by one. The money looted from the Armenians also provided a strong guarantee for the production of new weapons.

Before the new weapons were equipped with the army, Ahmad did not want the war to break out so quickly.

"Prime Minister, you don't have to think like that. Our fleet is vulnerable in front of the Ming people. ”

"What did you say?" Koprulu roared again, daring to say that the huge fleet under his command was vulnerable.

"Your Excellency, your ship is still made of wood. But the Ming Dynasty's warships are made of steel, and with this difference in intentions alone, do you think you can win? ”

"Ship with steel?"

The Ottoman monarchs looked at each other, not knowing what to say. Each of them had seen steel that could float on the water!