Chapter 623: A flawed operation

"My dear brother, you have finally arrived!"

Abdul, sitting on the throne. Majid I saw Jérôme. After Bonaparte, he quickly got up and came to Jérôme. In front of Bonaparte, he went first to Jérôme. Bonaparte gave him a warm hug, then shook his hand and said kindly.

Perhaps because he was deeply "poisoned" by the sketch "Xinjiang Kebab" in his previous life, he faced the overly enthusiastic Abdul. Mejid I, Jérôme. Bonaparte always felt Abdul. Majid I was less of a monarch and more like a well-dressed kebab stallist.

However, the kebab stall owner does not smell like mutton.

"My brother, thank you very much that the Ottoman Empire was able to invite me to this military conference!" Jérôme, who maintains the character of the "surface brothers". Bonaparte, as usual, to Abdul. Mejid I expressed his gratitude.

"My brother! I don't need to repeat the words of thanks, so take a seat! "Abdul. Majid I on the side of Jérôme. Bonaparte said, pulling him to his seat and sitting down.

After the arrival of the two monarchs, the Imperial Military Council officially began.

Responsible for Jérôme. Bonaparte and Abdul. The person who explained the military operation was the commander of Constantinople, Mehmed I. Alma Pasha.

"Your Majesty, ambassadors and generals!" Muhammad. Alma first was Jérôme. Bonaparte and Abdul. Mejid I bowed, then clapped his hands gently.

A small cart with a map hanging was sent to Jérôme. The black eunuch who Bonaparte had entered the palace pushed in.

This is a map of the administrative regions of the eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire, including what was later Armenia and Georgia.

Hence Jérôme. At first glance at the map, Bonaparte concluded that the Ottomans had a good idea of these two regions.

After all, these two regions were annexed by the Russian Empire for less than a hundred years.

At the beginning, the Batumi region of Georgia alone gathered nearly 500,000 ***.

If it weren't for the fact that the Russian occupation forced a large number of *** to flee back to the Ottoman Empire, there would have been no room for Orthodox Christianity in the whole of Georgia now.

Even though the Russian Empire had occupied the area, they were unable to establish a relatively stable rule in these two regions, and the governors of Armenia and Georgia had to spend money to clean up the two regions.

And the real solution to this problem is after the establishment of the Soviets, under the great migration of the Soviets, Georgia's migration to the Far East, and the proportion of Georgia as a whole gradually decreased.

Of course, this migration is not just Georgia, but has been done in the Baltics, Crimea, and even in Central Asia.

Right here in Jérôme. Bonaparte was thinking inwardly about the great migration of the peoples of the Russian Empire. Alma explained to them in French the situation in the Caucasus as a whole.

In the Caucasus today, along the 150-mile border from the Black Sea to the Persian Sea, the Caucasian Turkish forces under the command of the Ottoman Empire (including Egyptians, Armenians, and Turks) and the Russian Empire in the Caucasus are engaged in a tense confrontation centered on the fortress of Calis, an important fortress left by the ancient Armenian kingdom.

This fortress was the only obstacle to the Russian Empire's access to the peninsula of Asia Minor and the last barrier of the Turkish army.

In order to prevent this barrier from being breached by the Russian army, Abdul. Abdi Pasha, appointed commander of the Caucasian Corps by Mejid I, tangle an army of 10,000 men, including 40,000 infantry and 8,000 cavalry, as well as 4,000 irregular troops and 54 artillery pieces.

The Russian army opposite them was affected by the Crimean war, and the original army of nearly 100,000 is now less than 40,000, including 10,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, 1,600 tribal irregulars and 60 artillery pieces.

If on paper the strength of the Ottoman Empire was much larger than that of the Russian Empire.

However, the army is not a big or small army, and whoever has the most numbers will be able to achieve victory, and the degree of organization, equipment, morale, and logistics are all important factors affecting the combat effectiveness of the army.

When Muhammad. After Alma recounted the deployment of the Russian and Turkish forces, he gave their battle plan.

The commander of the Caucasus, Abdi Pasha, hoped that half of the 40,000 Turkish troops stationed on the Crimean peninsula would be able to land in the Sukhumi region, and cooperate with the defenders of the Calis region to form an encirclement of the Russian Empire and annihilate the Russian Imperial soldiers entrenched in the Caucasus in one fell swoop.

In order to make his strategy more convincing, Muhammad. Alma Pasha told Jérôme. Bonaparte and Abdul. Mejid I, the Caucasian Command has secretly contacted a large number of tribal rebels, as long as the Russian Empire is in decline, those tribal rebels will rise up, and the Russian Empire will be plunged into a sea of ***.

Muhammad. After Alma Pasha had finished explaining his strategic intentions, he once again addressed Jérôme to him. Bonaparte and Abdul. Mejid I bowed and asked for their "Holy Judgment".

"Jérôme, what do you think?" Abdul. Mejid I asked Jérôme. Bonaparte said.

Jérôme. Bonaparte was silent for a moment and then turned to Abdul. Mejid I: "May I ask him a few questions?" ”

"Absolutely!" Abdul. Mejid I replied cheerfully.

"That's good!" Jérôme. Bonaparte nodded, then turned his gaze to Muhammad. Alma Pasha, "General Alma, I have a few questions for you, can you answer them for me?" ”

"Your Majesty, please speak!" Muhammad. Alma raised the spirit of twelve points against Jérôme. Bonaparte responded.

"First question, did you come up with this plan yourself, did Abdi propose it, or did you two come up with it together?" Jérôme. Bonaparte asked with a serious face.

Muhammad. Alma hesitated for a moment before turning to Jérôme. Bonaparte replied, "Your Majesty, this plan was proposed by Abdi Pasha and I have passed it on my behalf!" ”

"Since it is a plan proposed by the Caucasian commander Abdi, then he should know this plan very well!" Jérôme. Bonaparte smiled slightly.

"Of course!" Muhammad. Alma immediately responded.

"Do you know anything about Abdi's army?" Jérôme. Bonaparte asked again.

"Quite understood!" Muhammad. Alma hesitated for a few seconds before replying.

"Then you tell me, how many people in the army of the Caucasus Regional Command are armed with rifles? What model of rifle is it equipped with? Are your cavalry units armed with Arabic scimitars or flintlock pistols...... When exactly were your 54 guns produced, and what was their range and power? "Jérôme. Bonaparte couldn't stop thinking about Muhammad. Alma asked.

"This ...... This ...... "Muhammad. Alma couldn't say a word.

Jérôme. Bonaparte's problems were not at all a problem for a professional staff officer, but for a part of the military commanders of the palace who came up by grace, it was a nightmare.

After all, not all of them are Omar Pasha.

What's more, Omar Pasha himself received the most formal militarized education of the Habsburgs, even if the Habsburg militarized education was about to become the bottom of Europe, but this militarized education was no longer the same level as the Ottoman Empire's invitation to "foreign teachers" to teach.

[PS: Since the nobles of the Habsburgs were able to directly enter the army as mortal commanders without going through the examination, this led to the fact that few people were willing to actually listen to the lectures in the military academy at home, and the teachers in the school began to have a tendency to be a little rotten.

Of course, if most of the generals who are really aspiring to climb the ladder will not be rotten in the military school. 】

Today's Austrian Empire still maintains a complete set of military education processes from military primary schools to military universities, while the Ottoman Empire has not established a complete set of processes at all. Alma became a monk halfway through.

"And do you know about the Russian army on the other side of you? What kind of equipment did they use, what advantages or disadvantages did they have compared to your equipment, and what kind of equipment did their cavalry and artillery use...... "Seeing Muhammad. Alma couldn't answer, Jérôme. Bonaparte then asked.

"This ......" Muhammad. Alma continued to be speechless, he really didn't know how to answer Jérôme. Bonaparte.

And Jérôme. Abdul next to Bonaparte. Mejid I's expression gradually became gloomy, he really didn't expect Muhammad. Alma couldn't answer a single question.

"You just said that Sumir landed! Do you know the topography of Sumir? If you don't understand, how can you guarantee that the troops sent from the Crimean peninsula will be able to meet you smoothly...... "Jérôme. Bonaparte decided to give Muhammad. Alma's final blow.

"Your Majesty, I ......" Muhammad was so nervous that his forehead was sweating. Alma tried to plead, but he found himself unsure of how.

Do you want him to admit that he is talking nonsense without knowing anything?

"Enough!" Abdul. Mejid I shouted, and then looked at Muhammad with murderous eyes. Alma: "Isn't that shameful enough?" Get out! ”

"Yes! Be! "By Abdul. Mejid I reprimanded Muhammad. Alma hunched over and left the hall.

"Makes you laugh!"

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