Under the naked threat of Major General Conrobert, Omar Pasha could only abandon his plans to raid the Austrian army on the north bank.

Over the next few days, a large number of Austrian Empires appeared on the north bank of the Danube.

At the same time, Albrecht, commander-in-chief of the Danube in the Austrian Empire, and the commander of the First Army came to inspect the north bank of the Danube.

Omar Pasha, the commander of the Turkish army on the side of the fortress of Silistra, also appeared on the tower of the fortress of Silistra, holding a telescope and looking at the north shore.

"The guy on the other side is watching us with a telescope, I'm afraid it's the traitor Omar!" Albrecht on the walls of the fortress on the north bank pointed to Omar Pasha on the fortress of Silistra and said in a brisk tone.

The commander of the First Army, Benedek, raised his telescope and looked at Omar opposite the object, and responded to Albrecht: "That's right! He's Omar! ”

"Judging by his resistance to Prince Paskewicz's attack, he should say that he is a good general! Why did he not be reused in Austria, but became a traitor to the Reich! Omar was the one who used to be the Ogurin Legion, and I remember you were also in the Ogulin Legion at that time! Is there any unknown inside story in this! Albrecht asked Benedek beside him curiously.

Benedek pondered for a moment, then replied cautiously, "Actually, this question is not an inside story! It's just that it involves embezzlement of public funds by a deputy head of the regiment, and this deputy head of the regiment happens to be Omar's father. Because Omar only served as a clerk when he joined the Austrian army, and did not show any extraordinary skills during this time, his civilian job also ended with his father's forced retirement. However, some of the army's public funds stolen before he left the army will be recognized as a traitor to the empire.

Omar's success was largely due to his own efforts within the Ottomans. ”

Albrecht, who listened to Benedek's speech, stroked his chin and said in a brisk tone: "Listen to you say this, this Omar is still a military wizard without a teacher!" ”

"It's not so much that Omar Pasha is a military wizard, but that the guy who designed this fortress group is the real powerhouse!"

Benedek, who was good at defensive warfare, explained to Albrecht the mystery of the fortress (that is, the three sub-fortresses complemented each other, and the fortress of Silistra itself was a fortress on the Danube, which was extremely difficult to breach), and concluded: "To attack such a castle would have to use more than four times as many troops as the fortress, and it would take two months of continuous attack to bring it down!" According to our military attache in the Imperial Russian Army, Prince Paskevich did not attack the fortress from the very beginning, which is why he did not make any progress for such a long time! ”

"I didn't expect that it has only been a long time since the army of the Russian Empire has become like this!" Albrecht couldn't help but sigh.

"In fact, the Russian Empire's original offensive in the Hungarian region has already exposed some shortcomings! It's just that the Russian Imperial Army at that time made up for the shortcomings by virtue of its numerical superiority! Benedek, who had participated in joint operations with the Russian Empire, said again.

Albrecht once again lamented the "downfall" of the Russian Empire.

I think Albrecht was also listening to his father, Archduke Karl, talk about the generation of the Russian Empire and Napoleon who fought against the German regions in Eastern Europe.

The general sense of their generation with the Russian Empire was much higher than that of the actual Russian Empire.

The myth of the "steamroller of Europe" was completely shattered in Albrecht's mind, and Albrecht began to discuss whether his own Imperial Austrian army had the same shortcomings as the Russian Empire.

It was only after Albrecht's lieutenant reported to Albrecht that Bucharest had been completely occupied, and Albrecht, who reacted, stepped down from the fortress tower and set off for Bucharest that evening.

The day after Albrecht's departure, the Allied Command in the Varna area also sent them instructions on the next steps for the Allied forces.

Since the Danube principalities were now occupied by the Austrian Empire, the Austrian Empire was now on the side of the coalition forces.

Therefore, Omar and Conrobel's troops at the fortress of Silistra did not need to remain stationed at the fortress of Silistra, and the Turkish and coalition forces of the fortress of Silistra should rush to the area of Varna to join the coalition forces as soon as possible (the coalition command said in the letter that they would send troop carriers to pick up the troops of the fortress of Silistra).

Upon receiving the order, Umar immediately counted 20,000 Turkish soldiers from the fortress of Silistra and handed over the fort of Silistra to Musapasa.

Of course, it was not so much to give command to Musa Pasha as to transfer all the power of the fortress of Silistra to his former assistant Colonel Rahe, but Colonel Rahe's Prussian status was not conducive to his control of this mixed army, so Umar Pasha chose Musa Pasha as the leader on the surface.

As long as Musa Pasha was willing to obey the command of Colonel Rahe, then the fortress of Silistra would not have fallen.

Omar Pasha, having done all this, waited quietly with Conrobel for the arrival of the fleet.

In the early morning of May 15, a huge fleet of gunboats, steam-sail battleships, and troop carriers appeared on the Danube next to the fortress of Silistra.

The Turkish soldiers, who spotted the ship flying the tricolor, hurriedly reported the news to Omar Pasha and Rear Admiral Conrobel, who quickly began to assemble their troops before the fleet was completely docked on the shore.

After three hours of reorganization, more than 26,400 troops lined up in two columns, with cavalry in front and infantry in the rear, to the port near the fortress of Silistra.

Under the coordination of Helen de France, it took the whole team nearly two hours to load all the people onto the ship.

At this time, the sun has gradually moved from east to south, and the time has crept to around 2 p.m.

The French navy, loaded into the ship, left the Danube under the scorching sun and arrived at the periphery of the port of Varna at about 4 p.m., where they were to wait for the allied forces in the port of Varna to board and set off.

Standing at the bow of a steam-powered sail battleship, Omar Pasha saw the most shocking scene of his life, holding a telescope.

The coalition forces in the port of Varna were lined up in an orderly manner, forming a forest of masts in the port of Varna, with black smoke and steam wafting like a huge industrial city floating on the water.

This kind of scene is a scene that he did not see in the Ottoman Empire, or even the Austrian Empire, and can only be seen in the Kingdom of Britain and the French Empire, and this is only the tip of the iceberg of Britain and France.

The scene shattered Omar Pasha's pride in defeating the Russian Empire, and made Omar Pasha realize that there was also a world of difference between the great powers.

If Omar Pasha was facing the current fleet attacking the fortress of Silistra from the Danube, I am afraid that Omar Pasha would not have been able to hold out for a few days.

Just when Omar Pasha was in a state of panic, the voice of Major General Conrobert reached Omar Pasha's ears: "Don't you think it's shocking! ”

Omar Pasha nodded subconsciously, then swallowed.

"When I first saw a fleet of this size, I was as amazed as you were that our navy was able to keep up with the Kingdom of Britain (exaggerated)!" Rear Admiral Conrobert remembered the expression on his face when he saw the "ship grove" docked in the port of Toulon in Toulon when he had the same expression as Omar's.

Omar then asked Conrobert if the Anglo-French fleet docked in the port of Varna was the entire Anglo-French force in the Mediterranean.

Conrobert told Umar that what he saw in the port of Varna was nothing more than half of the naval power of the Anglo-French fleet in the Mediterranean, and half of the power in Malta (Britain) and Toulon (France).

Not to mention that beyond the Mediterranean, there is the Lamanche Strait Fleet, the Pacific Fleet, the Far Eastern Fleet, and so on.

Omar Pasha was once again shocked by the strength of the British and French fleets, and rejoiced that the Ottoman Empire was able to make peace with both the Kingdom of Britain and the French Empire.

Time passed in a hurry, and more than two hours passed in the blink of an eye.

The fiery red sun reached the sea level from south to west and formed a bright red halo around it. The white puffy clouds floating in the sky have also turned red after being rendered by a halo.

It was under this mesmerizing sunset that a huge fleet of 60,000 French Army, 30,000 British Army, 20,000 Sardinian Army and 20,000 Ottoman Army (led by Serim Pasha) and more than 400 artillery pieces officially set sail.

The bare mast of the ship raised white sails that seemed to cover the sky, and the steam engine let out a low "roar" that seemed to announce its awakening to the world.

"It's time to go!"

After the first roar of the steam engine in the harbor of Varna, the fleet outside the harbor put away the anchors placed under the water, and activated the steam engine, which had been silent for more than two hours, and thick black smoke appeared from the chimney of the second half of the steam sailer, and the underwater propeller heads were also secretly stirring the clear water......

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