In the morning light, ripples suddenly rippled on the calm surface of the Danube, and the waves quickly parted on both sides.

A steam speedboat travels at high speed in the center of the river, the Franz-designed Royal One. The entire vessel is equipped with the latest technology and has a speed of up to 17 knots. This is when the turbine is not running at full capacity, and if the steam turbine is running at maximum power, the speed can easily exceed 20 knots.

Fishermen who wake up early are on the shore ready for a busy day, but their eyes are focused on a boat that is moving at high speed without sails or oars.

However, they were soon relieved that the ship was flying the flag of the Habsburgs.

"It's not unusual for the royal ship to sail faster." They consoled themselves so much.

Franz was to return to Vienna before the start of the Five-Power Conference, and thanks to his participation, the whole Turkish-Egyptian war was already very different from history.

Austria got the coveted fleet, but would the Great Powers allow it to exist? And Belgrade and Western Bosnia, will the Russians keep their word? Will the French stab Austria in the back?

Whether the British will have a new trick, and which side the Ottoman Empire will fall, Franz must know the latest developments before he can make a decision.

And at this time, the city of Belgrade could not be compared with Vienna at all. With the exception of the Grand Duke's mansion and the homes of several big names, the other houses resemble the slums of Vienna.

The city's defenses were strong, and the whole of Belgrade was a huge star-shaped bastion. It's just that in just two years, the city has changed hands several times, which is really embarrassing.

It's just that Franz didn't have time to sigh before he received an explosive piece of news.

Just a day earlier, the Russian army, stationed in Izmail, had suddenly launched an offensive against the Ottoman army in Turgia.

The Russian troops in the fortress of Bessarabia poured out, and there were 50,000 people. However, it was met with a strong response from the Ottoman army.

After a deal was made between Mejid and the Austrian Empire, the troops that had been used to defend Austria were moved to the vicinity of Tulcha.

Because Omar Pasha believed that the Russians would not be willing to be lonely, and their territorial ambitions were endless.

Mejid followed Omar Pasha's advice and redeployed heavy forces to Tulca in case the Russians moved south.

Omar Pasha built four fortresses in Tulcea to prevent Russian raids.

As it turned out, his efforts were not in vain, and the Ottoman army of Turcia not only blocked the surprise attack of the Russians, but also drove them back to Bessarabia.

Bessarabia, a delta of the Danube-Black Sea, was once Ottoman territory and was annexed by Russia in 1812 and has been one of Russia's frontier fortresses ever since.

The Russian army in Bessarabia was not an elite but a call-up peasantry, with a literacy rate of less than 0.1 percent and only 50 people in the entire army who could read and write.

Do not be surprised, because at that time the literacy rate of the entire Russian army did not exceed 0.2%. At that time, the Russian army was a peasant army, and the main targets of conscription were serfs and official peasants, who usually did not have the right to receive education, and were considered to be a group of people who did not need to be educated.

By comparison, the 18 percent literacy rate in the Austrian army seems not too shameful.

At that time, the literacy rate of the military was generally lower than the social average. If you look at the origin of the soldiers, it is clear that the main source of soldiers in the Russian army was serfs, while the main source of soldiers in Austria were vagrants and call-up peasants (usually the peasants would pay for the serfs of the nobles to replace them).

Of course, it is not only the credit of the fortress that can block the attack of the Russian army, but the total number of Ottoman troops in Tulcha has reached an astonishing 130,000 after receiving support, and it is outrageous to be unable to stop the Russian army of 50,000.

Although the total strength of both sides was already close to 200,000 people, in reality, the battle was not fierce, and even only a few hundred casualties were inflicted.

After discovering that the Ottoman army was far more numerous than expected, the Russian army was ready to retreat, after all, according to the orders of the superiors, the task this time was to receive Tulcha, not to fight the enemy with superior forces.

On the Ottoman side, although outnumbered, the shadow of repeated defeats, coupled with the sense of security brought by the fortress, made the soldiers reluctant to fight.

Because neither side wants to fight, but neither wants to be infamy. So the two sides only engaged in a few short artillery battles, and then launched another symbolic charge.

In the end, the Russians left a few hundred corpses in front of the fortress and decided to retreat.

In the face of the retreating Russian army, Omar Pasha did not order the army to pursue, but sent reconnaissance cavalry to follow until the Russian army completely withdrew from Ottoman territory.

At the same time, Omar Pasha immediately sent a report to the Sultan, and Turcha was victorious, and the Ottoman army won a complete victory, killing more than 200 enemies.

McJid was overjoyed to receive the good news, as it was the first time in decades that the Ottomans had succeeded in driving out a Russian invasion.

He just wanted to take the opportunity to publicize it, so he multiplied the number of enemies killed by ten. And under the exaggeration of the unscrupulous media in the West, this number has doubled again, and it is becoming more and more outrageous.

For example, Franz heard the version that the Ottoman Empire had invaded Russia.

But in any case, the two sides must not be allowed to continue fighting, otherwise it may even turn into the Crimean War.

When the Tsar heard the news of the defeat, he immediately ordered the execution of the Bessarabian generals, with Prince Mainekov as the main commander and led 150,000 Russian troops to level Tulcha.

However, due to the size of Russia, it took at least three months to transfer troops. As soon as the British learned of the Russian attack on the Ottomans, they sent an emissary demanding that the Russian attack be stopped immediately.

At the same time, Austria also agreed with Britain, Prussia, and France to convene a third five-nation conference in Vienna to discuss the Near East question.

And this time was not enough for Russia to conquer the territory of the Ottomans.

It was only after the persuasion of Prince Mainekov and Neserlov that the Tsar abandoned his intention to continue the war against the Ottoman Empire and instead prepared a five-nation parliament to guarantee his privileges in the straits.

In fact, this war should not have happened in the first place, but after Austria occupied Western Bosnia, the great powers seemed to be indifferent, and even the victim Ottoman Empire did not say anything.

The Russian side rightly believes that this is a good opportunity to wait for an opportunity to expand its territory.

I wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob, but I didn't expect to hit the iron plate, and if I forcibly attacked, it would inevitably bring even worse international repercussions.

Because at this time, Russia's undeclared war was not only a moral deficit, but also a violation of the Russian-Turkish alliance.

In the end, the Russian side can only use what the Americans used to do, and this is a misunderstanding. In fact, a Russian soldier went missing and sent troops just to find the missing soldier. As for the firefight, it was all a misunderstanding.

Although this explanation is outrageous, the Ottomans are not in a position to question it, because the great powers have already expressed their attitude with silence, and it has indeed avoided an armed conflict, which is a blessing for the Ottomans, the victims of the previous Russo-Turkish wars.

If you don't have inspiration, you will write about your daily life tomorrow

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