Wave after wave crashed against the rocks, knocking up countless waves and falling colorfully.

Sevastopol, this is the name given by the Russians. The people of the Ottoman Empire prefer to call it Kaffa!

In the last war, the Sultan of Constantinople was defeated. The cruelty of the Russian army combined with a crushing defeat caused the Ottoman Empire to lose Kaffa, known as the pearl of the Black Sea.

Sevastopol has evolved into a fortress city in the wake of the fighting, surrounded by numerous fortresses, moats and deliberately created labyrinthine tunnels.

The port consists of nine freezing-free natural harbors, which, in addition to merchant ships, are also home to three ironclad ships that the Nikolaev shipyard has painstakingly built over the years.

These three ironclad ships can be said to be the pride of the Russian Navy. With these three ironclads, the Russian Empire was qualified to sit alongside the countries of Great Britain, France, and Prussia.

In Russia, it is known as South Nikolaev and North Petersburg. These two places were important for shipbuilding in the Empire, but because of the proximity of Petersburg to Europe. Many people come here every year for sightseeing, and there are even sightseeing airships floating in the sky from time to time, and the inside of the port area is unobstructed, and it is not easy to keep it secret.

The remote Nikolaev shipyard is not worried, and the construction of ironclad ships here will avoid the prying eyes of foreign spies to the greatest extent.

The sun, as usual, slowly rises over the sea. The fiery red glow reflected in the bay, as if the whole bay was on fire.

The Russian fishermen, who had risen early, began to prepare their fishing gear for today's work. The Black Sea is a natural fishing ground, especially during this season.

The roe of this fish, known as the pearl of the Black Sea, was sold by airship to St. Petersburg, Moscow or Western Europe for more than gold.

These are the most important fishing seasons of the year. Seventy percent of the annual income depends on these few days.

"Hey! Brozhnev, you slacker, why haven't you gotten up yet. The sturgeon is running out! ”

"Here we are! Here you are, Dzerzhinsky, you old drunkard, who got up earlier than me. ”

Two hungovered drunks, with the smell of overnight wine, came to the deck to sort out their fishing gear and prepare to leave the port. Suddenly, Porozhnev pointed to the distance and cried out in horror, what is that?

Under the fiery red sunlight, three battleships as high as mountains appeared in sight with a large group of ironclad ships, and the thick pillars of smoke reached into the sky. Looking at the thick muzzle, the two men could barely breathe.

Before the two people could exclaim, the alarm bell had been ringing a little bit. Many of the soldiers in the seaside barracks ran to the boat shirtless, and some went straight to the fort.

That devilish fleet, didn't give them any chance.

The fire flickered on the mountain-like battleship, and the citizens of Sevastopol heard the roar of death.

The Changbaishan battleship was equipped with 460 mm and three taels of huge guns, and the first round of bombardment hit the ironclad Kutuzov. The battleship, named after Field Marshal Kutuzov, was almost immediately bombed into a state of parts.

The huge explosion directly broke the battleship in two, and countless bursts of steel scattered and splashed in all directions, falling on the sea hundreds of meters away.

With the help of the night cover to cover the approaching Ming warships, they lined up in a long snake formation and kept firing at the port.

The main target of the three Shanzi-class battleships is the ironclad ships in the harbor. But the Russians also parked three ironclad ships together!

The distance was so close that in just two volleys, the three ironclad ships were reduced to pieces in the skyrocketing fire.

The batteries around the port were also mercilessly bombarded by the Ming fleet. With a whistling sound, the shells smashed directly into the turrets made of boulders.

After a dull loud bang, the smoke cleared, and the turret dissipated with the wind.

In just an instant, Sevastopol in the morning light really burned. After the Ming fleet quickly bombarded valuable military targets, it immediately began to bombard the whole city indiscriminately and freely.

Anyway, you can bomb wherever you like.

The soldiers in the barracks on the shore had just run into the bunker with their weapons. Shells from large-caliber naval guns fell from the sky and smashed into the bunker.

The violent explosion was followed by a high temperature of up to 2,000 degrees. The soldiers were directly vaporized, only one dent after another on the wall, proving that the last moments of their lives were spent here.

The shelling lasted a full hour, as the sun climbed into the sky. The citizens of Sevastopol, they can no longer see the sky. Thick smoke obscured the sky, burning flames everywhere, and ruined buildings everywhere.

The people on the street were all ashen, and the sounds of crying and screaming were mixed together, often interrupted by explosions.

People with no military training, scurrying through the streets with rats. From time to time, blown stones fall and crash directly into the crowd.

A cannonball landed precisely in the midst of a crowd of people, and then a rain of blood fell in the sky. With the rain of blood, all kinds of various human body parts fell from the sky. It could have been a human hand or a child's foot on the head.

If you're a little unlucky, you'll be hit by a hanging intestine. Even more unlucky, you will be stoned to death with a bare ass. People were tearing at each other, howling and looking for a place to hide.

They do not understand how Sevastopol, which was peaceful and peaceful yesterday, has become a purgatory on earth today.

"Second master! You got all the battleships at the head of the mountain, just for this place? Chen Laohu felt that this was not a knife to kill chickens, but to bombard mosquitoes with cannons, which was too damn wasteful.

This time, not counting anything else, I'm afraid that the money for ammunition alone will cost two or three hundred thousand silver coins.

"It's not interesting, stop shooting! Let's go back to Constantinople. Li Xiu also put down the binoculars, Sevastopol is now covered by thick smoke, there is really nothing to see, and there is really nothing to see.

The battleship Kunlun Mountain sounded a long whistle, and then took the lead in crossing a graceful arc in the sea to return home. In addition to a white mark on the sea, all that remained was the Sevastopol fortress in the distance, with thick smoke billowing from it.

"There was an ironclad ship in the blister, which was a threat to the Ming Navy. As long as it is a threat, it must be nip in the bud. We don't care about Western Europe, because Western Europe doesn't have many resources.

But if they are allowed to occupy this place, it will threaten Constantinople and even our interests in the Middle East in the future.

Black oil is too important, and in the future, our warships will also have to be driven by oil. That thing, it's so much better than coal. ”

"One of the battleships that the Golden State Shipyard is working on is powered by oil. I heard that the design indicators are much stronger than our ships. ”

"That is, the speed is a little faster, and the endurance is higher. The boat is cleaner! If you want me to say, the skin of coal is still reliable. Look at this boiler, there is nothing wrong with it all year round. ”

The officers under his command were gossiping, and Li Xiu just sat on the bridge and looked coldly at Sevastopol burning in the distance.

Damn Dolgon and Zilharang, they actually ran after the Russians. It's only been a few years, and even the ironclad ships have been drummed out. If they are left to develop for a few more years, they don't know what they will make.

The Ming Empire had no ambition to occupy the whole world, but in order to solidify its rights and interests in the Middle East. The Eastern Mediterranean is still the forbidden territory of the Ming Navy, and no one can dominate the Eastern Mediterranean.

Since the eldest brother wants to punish the Russians in Sevastopol, it is better to fight here. The vast plains of Ukraine are exactly the right place for tanks and armored vehicles to gallop.

Li Xiu was thinking about things when suddenly there was a loud bang in the sky. Li Xiu watched as an airship exploded and burned, and then crashed into the sea.

"Send a boat over to save people." Although he knew that the chance of being able to save people was not high, Li Xiu still ordered two ironclad ships to save people. The whole fleet is waiting for the sea!

"Damn, why didn't the intelligence before the war say that they had anti-aircraft guns."

"It's impossible to know everything, and this time it's our carelessness. But that's fine, now that you know that the Russians have anti-aircraft guns, you don't need to send airships to reconnoiter in the future. Even if it's sent, it's someone else's dish. Li Xiu sighed.

Without airship reconnaissance, both school gun shooting and battlefield reconnaissance would be a big trouble. The eldest brother is right, no matter what kind of blockade and what kind of secrecy.

People's basic education is better than that of Daming, as long as you try to get a little sample, or even just know the direction of research, you will soon be able to catch up with Daming.

On the other hand, Daming, these places are doing very poorly. Ten years ago, most of the young men in the Ming Dynasty were still studying Baguwen. The Four Books and the Five Classics are still their must-read materials!

Whether it is the Four Books and Five Classics or the Eight Strands, they can't make a strong ship and a sharp cannon. You can't build an airship that can dominate the sky!

For example, in the case of smelting steel, a sample obtained last month was newly developed by Oxford University. Whether it is yield strength or hardness, it is better than Daming Steel.

There was also intelligence that a guy from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences named Nobel had improved gunpowder. The gunpowder he researched was more powerful than Daming gunpowder.

As for the rest, needless to say, the British even relied on the half-understood information they obtained in Daming to study the power plant.

I've heard that electric lights have been installed in parts of London now!

The leading advantage is getting smaller and smaller, and Daming can only continue to develop in front. Fortunately, there is the guiding light of the eldest brother, otherwise Daming doesn't even know where the future development direction is.

But one thing is true, no matter what time it is, this world is a world of money. As long as you have money, you can walk sideways in this world.

I always hear that some people want to smuggle into China, why don't Ming people want to smuggle abroad? It's not that the Ming Dynasty is relatively rich, people go to high places and water flows to low places, no matter what time it is.

"Commander, Huiyuan is calling. The airship fell into the water and sank, and no survivors survived. ”

"Well, withdraw to Constantinople and dock." Li Xiu sighed helplessly and ordered the fleet to return. This operation was to destroy the weak Russian Navy and any counterattack capability in the Black Sea.

The current Russian Navy can only rely on sampans if it wants to go to sea. As long as Da Ming stays here with two ironclad ships, he can easily handle everything.

The slipway of the Nikolaev shipyard was already bombarded by the battleship's 460-mm guns, torn apart. The whole plant was burning, and from time to time explosions could be heard.

The battleship returned for an hour, and you could still see billowing smoke in the distance.

The Nikolaev shipyard was destroyed, and more than half of the Russian Navy's fragile shipbuilding capacity was eliminated. The Russians, wanting to continue building ironclads, could only rely on shipyards in Petersburg.

However, at the moment, the Petersburg shipyard does not have the capacity to build ironclad ships.

The fleet returned to Constantinople, where the new Sultan Ahmet himself came to meet him in port.

"Congratulations, Your Excellency Commander, I heard that your fleet completely destroyed Sevastopol. As the most loyal subject of the Ming Empire, Ahmet thanked you for taking a bad breath for the Ottoman Empire, and the entire Ottoman Empire will be grateful to you. When Ahmad saw Li Xiu, he immediately bent down and saluted.

"Ahmet, organize your army. The weapons to support you have arrived, and after two months of training you must attack the Russians. This time, we will help you seize control of Crimea.

If you can't, I don't mind letting the Kurds do these things. You know, the Kurds have always wanted independent statehood. Constantinople was a good capital if they founded the country. Li Xiu didn't save face for Ahmed at all, and he made his words clear as soon as he came up.

With these people, Li Xiu felt that it was better to go straight. If you play tricks or tricks with them, you will lose. They'll use some trickery to drag you into their field of expertise.

What do you want them to do, what means do you need to use to force them, as long as you say it bluntly, the smart Ahmed knows how to do it.

"Oh! My Great Commander, how could your servant Ahmet disappoint you? For this revenge, the Ottomans had already requisitioned 200,000 troops.

The follow-up army is still being recruited, please rest assured. Under the light of the true gods, every bearded true god will shed their last drop of blood in order to retake Crimea.

Sons of the true God, do you want to reclaim the homeland of your ancestors and let the glory of the true God continue to shine in Crimea? Ahmed was very good at agitating people, and the first few words were addressed to Li Xiu.

The latter words were said loudly to the people behind them!

Crimea was originally Ottoman territory, having lost control of Crimea because of its defeat in the last war. Concurrently, the Ottoman Empire, which was greatly injured, even the capital Constantinople was captured by the Ming people.

The Ming returned Constantinople, and now there is a chance to take back Crimea together, and these Ottomans immediately went crazy.

"Defeat the Russians!"

"Beat the Russians!"

"Ahh Wildly! Yes...... Lesson buses. Ahmed raised his hands and clenched his fists in a shout.

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