Chapter 380: The Turkish Revolution

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I took a nap last night and fell asleep, ╮(╯▽╰)╭

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December 23, Republic 2759 (1918), evening, Istanbul.

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, and all the Western countries are preparing for the next day's holiday activities, even those involved in the war. However, this has nothing to do with Turkey, which has a large number of Christians in the country, but this does not affect the official attitude, as a green country is opposed to hostile religious festivals.

However, after entering the 20th century, Turkey has declined to the grandmother's house, and after being beaten by Europe in a row, it can no longer be arrogant. In order to establish good relations with European countries and avoid being beaten again, they turned a blind eye to Christian festivals. In Turkey today, Christmas is celebrated publicly, although it has not yet been officially recognized.

There is a single-family villa in the south of Istanbul, which is one of the local properties of the German company Fengrui. The German company was founded in 1907, and their owner, Reinhardt, was very capable, made a lot of money in several consecutive businesses, and introduced a lot of advanced patented technology from China, and in less than five years developed the company into a new consortium. Now Fengrui has acquired old companies such as Siemens and Mercedes-Benz, and has become one of the top mechanical and electrical monopolies in Germany.

This company also has a large number of operations in Turkey, such as the current municipal lighting project in Istanbul, which is packaged to this company. With the close relationship between Germany and Turkey, it is normal for Fengrui to buy a piece of real estate in Istanbul. This villa is the private residence of an executive of Fengrui.

......At this time, it was drizzling in the sky, and a Benz car was speeding in the cold rainy night, and the white fog from the exhaust pipe continued to dissipate into the air. With a creak, the car stopped at the door of the villa, and several people got out of the car, all wearing trench coats and top hats, with their collars turned high and the brims of their hats pressed low, so that they could hardly see their faces. As soon as they got out of the car, they looked around vigilantly.

The doorman came over and said, "It's normal, you guys go in......"

The men didn't speak, nodded with the doorman and pushed the door open and entered the room. When they entered the room, they did not go upstairs, but went around the stairs to the entrance of the cellar. A German in a trench coat stands in the doorway, and from the raised shape under the trench coat, it is a German MP16 submachine gun (MP18 of the original space-time).

When the German saw them, he chanted in an aria-like tone: "Why is the sky so bright red in Istanbul......"

"That's the will of the people burning......," the three people who entered the room took off their hats, and one of them immediately responded.

"You're late......" said the German.

"It's not too late because there's a lot of darkness on the road......"

Seeing that the codes were all right, the German opened the cellar door.

The cellar was brightly lit and filled with barrels and crates, leaving a narrow path that twisted between them. The three of them went around the narrow path for a while before they came to the end. Here, however, a bunker was made of wooden boxes, and the back door was a narrow iron door.

Two Turks stood behind bunkers with MP16 in their hands and bulging waists. One of them looked up at them, then he put out his hand and pointed at the box, saying, "Take it out and put it here...... and the other pointed his gun at them.

The three men who entered the house immediately took out a playing card from their clothes and handed it to the box that the gatekeeper was pointing to. The poker looks unremarkable, not unlike the usual ones on the market. The gatekeeper then looked at the playing cards, and put on the nose-clipping glasses on his chest, and in his sight, there were more messy letters and numbers on the cards, as well as a lifelike bust photograph.

The gatekeeper carefully compared them with the photo, smiled, and stepped aside: "Comrade Senturk, Comrade Nihat, Comrade Sanley...... Welcome. ”

"Thank you......" The three of them didn't say much, and walked directly to the iron door, at which time the iron door opened automatically, and they entered without hesitation.

After entering, there is another upward corridor...... When they arrived at their destination, it was already a large room with the curtains drawn.

At this time, the room was already full.

The middle-aged man with a stern expression who sat on the throne was the Ottoman governor of Thessaloniki, Macedonia and Thrace, army general, and Kemal, chairman of the Turkish Scientific Socialist Party (the Austrian Socialist Party was renamed the Turkish Socialist Party last year). Sitting next to Kemal was the number two figure in the Turkish Socialist Party, the mayor of Thessaloniki, Nie Fules.

"Comrade Chairman!" the three of them saluted Kemal.

Kemal nodded and said, "Comrade Senturk, Comrade Nihat, Comrade Sanley, I'm sending you, sit down quickly, and the meeting is ......"

Originally, Kemal did a good job in Pakistan, and with his descendants, he beat the British Indian division to the point of crying wolf, and drove the Entente back to the Sinai Peninsula. But when the situation stabilized, the big three of the al-Shabaab government became uneasy again, and they feared that Kemal's power would swell again, so they quickly sent their henchmen to take over the command of the front and kick Kemal back to Europe.

Well, of course, it's not a direct masturbation, how to say that Lao Kai is also a war hero, and the method they used was to ascend and descend secretly, and added another title of Thracian governor to Lao Kai and promoted him to army general. Nominally, he was on the defensives of Greece. But where does Greece dare to go to war? Just guard against a few divisions on their borders, do they need to transfer the 100,000 elites of the Turkish Socialist Party? Thinking of this, Lao Kai is on fire in his belly.

Now the situation in Turkey is already very dangerous, the big three are all political strugglers rather than political fighters, they have made stupid moves, done a lot of stupid things, and the more they do it, the more they are not talking.

There were no clichés at this meeting, Kemal said bluntly: "Comrades, now our homeland is being led into the abyss by the Young Turks!"

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Kemal is not exaggerating at all, Turkey has been in bad luck in the month since China entered the war.

The Chinese, Arab, Persian, and Afghan coalition forces launched a fierce offensive against Turkey at the same time on the front from Damascus to the western side of the Caspian Sea.

At this time, except for the part of the Turkish army controlled by Kemal, the other units had long been decayed, the officers were in a vegetarian position, corruption was rampant, the soldiers were confused and demoralized, the class contradictions were very fierce, and most of the troops could not even maintain daily training. When they won the war in the South Caucasus, it was because they won against Russia than ****, not how strong they were.

On the other hand, the armies of the countries of the People's Revolutionary League were uniform, well-trained, well-equipped, well-supposed, highly motivated, and had a strict organizational system.

This kind of battle is to think with your knees and know who wins and who loses, so Turkey is tragic. On November 28, the 1st Tank Division, the most elite unit of the Al-Shabaab government, was wiped out in Lebanon, and the Wolverine tank, which they were proud of, was killed like a target when it met a stronger counterpart, the Red Wolf. Caucasian forces also suffered a crushing defeat in Yerevan, and on November 30, the Triple Coalition of China and Persia and Afghanistan again annihilated seven main Turkish divisions. At the same time, the Anglo-Indian troops, who had been cowering in the Sinai Peninsula, saw that the opportunity had come and also launched an attack on the Turkish army opposite.

The Turkish army, which had lost its elite, was defeated, and then it was defeated in successive battles and collapsed. Just over a month after the start of the war, Turkey lost not only the South Caucasus and all of Arabia that it had seized from Russia, but also much of its own territory. Now from Adana to Sivas, east of the Black Sea line, has been occupied by the Entente ****.

Based on the appearance of the Turkish army, it is estimated that the Entente will be able to reach Ankara in another month, and it is not impossible to even attack the city of Istanbul.

By this time, the Young Turks government could no longer afford to worry about the "tail not being able to fall", and hastened to mobilize Kemal to resist the attack of the Entente in the east. However, by this time, Kemal and other top leaders of the Turkish Socialist Party also found that their opportunity had come.

At this time, several of the most effective elite units of the Young Turk government, such as the 1st Tank Division and the 1st Cavalry Division, had been wiped out by the Entente forces led by China. The rest of the descendants were almost wiped out, and now was the time when the Young Turks were at their weakest.

The top level of the Turkish Socialist Party is very clear that with the end of China, the defeat of the Allies is only a matter of time, if we do not stop the loss now, and when the complete defeat comes, Turkey will really be finished, and the compensation for land cession is a trivial matter, and it will be a question of whether there will be Turkey or not.

Kemal and others were ready to take the opportunity to launch a revolution, seize power, and make peace with the Entente, or simply join the Entente. In this way, at least the core part of Turkey can be preserved. After contacting China, they finally made up their minds and prepared to launch an arms uprising.

"Today, I once again proposed to Prime Minister Enver Pasha to withdraw from the construction of peace between the Allies and the Entente, but he still refused. Now that our country is facing the most dangerous moment, Turkey cannot continue like this, it is time to correct this qiē!" Kemal said with a firm face: "Therefore, I declare that tomorrow the uprising will be launched according to the original plan!"

"Hooray! Hooray!" The backbone of the Socialist Party stood up and cheered. They have been waiting for this day for a long time.

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On the afternoon of December 24, the Sea of Marmara.

The battleship Suleiman the Magnificent, escorted by eight light cruisers and destroyers, was slowly sailing through the inland sea, on its way back to the port of Istanbul. The Sea of Marmara is Turkey's safest sea area, surrounded by Turkish territory, so sailing here is nothing to worry about.

However, since the last few days, the atmosphere on the warship has become a little strange, and many non-commissioned officers, sailors, and junior officers often gather together to talk in low voices, and their expressions are excited, and their gaze at the commander has become bold. However, most of the Qingtu officers were not aware of this, and of course they would not pay attention to these low-class civilian guys, and they usually didn't even bother to look at them.

Everyone says that the navy is an "aristocratic service", but most of them mean that their equipment is too expensive, or that it takes a long time to train personnel. However, the Ottoman Turkish Empire truly made the navy a "noble navy", and what Cheng dù could do in this army completely depends on his background, such as fleet commander, captain and other important positions, all of which must be qualified by officers from powerful families. Even if a civilian is capable, he can only be a deputy position, and it is difficult to be promoted to a general. Even if the Qingtu Party is in power and gets rid of those royalist nobles, but it is also their own upstart, don't think about it.

On the bridge of the navigation ship, the commander of the fleet, Vice Admiral Jamal, said to himself with some loss: "Hey, it's a pity that the navy has developed too fast in recent years, and in less than five years, our Suleiman the Magnificent is no longer the most powerful battleship......"

The captain of the ship, Colonel Ilhan, said worriedly: "Your Excellency, the Chinese fleet is already on its way, and if they reach the Mediterranean Sea to join the British and French, the situation will be dangerous." The same battleships as the Suleiman the Magnificent, they had eight, and the more powerful Sun Wu class had four...... The most troublesome thing is that the army is now losing consecutive battles and can no longer withstand it......"

"Don't worry, we've already asked Germany for help, they'll be there soon. The German Army is invincible...... "Jamal said. As if to cheer himself up, he seemed more confident than the Germans themselves.

"However, now that the Allies' offensive on the Western Front has intensified, the Germans may also ......" Before Ilhan could finish speaking, he noticed a light signal from the cruiser Ankara next to him.

“...... The ship's engine malfunctioned and needed to be stopped for repairs...... "The Ankara hoisted a signal flag while signaling lights.

Jamal sighed unlucky, so he had to order: "Stop...... Why don't these guys use radios? Hey, they even put up the wrong signal flags, why are they all red flags?"

"The signal soldiers must be novices, civilians just can't be relied on......," Ilhan said with a frown.

The Suleiman the Magnificent had just stopped, and several more frigates sent the same signal, indicating that they had engine failures and could not drive away. And these ships also hoisted red flags one after another.

"Hakan, go and see, what the hell is ......going on," Ilhan vaguely felt that something was wrong, and ordered the first mate.

However, the first mate did not move, but looked at him with a strange look.

"Why don't you go......" Ilkhan was about to reprimand the guy when there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, followed by a shout from the guards, followed by several gunshots.

The crowd was in shock, and with a "clang...... the hatch was slammed open, and then a lieutenant rushed in with a team of non-commissioned officers and sailors. Dozens of black muzzles were pointed at the officers on the bridge.

"Gentlemen, please surrender your weapons and cooperate with us, otherwise we will easily ......get nervous," said the lieutenant politely.

"Bastards, do you want to rebel!" At this moment, a staff officer suddenly stood up and prepared to draw his gun.

......As soon as a gunshot rang out, a bloody flower burst out of the staff officer's head, and without saying a word, he fell to the ground like a broken sack.

When the officers looked back, they saw that the first mate Hakan was holding a pistol in his hand, and there was a faint smoke from the muzzle of the gun.

"You...... What do you want to do?" said Jamal, whose face turned pale.

"General, we have revolted! This country needs to be saved!" Hakan said lightly.