Zhang Guangde's judgment was quite deviated, and the difficulty of attacking Istanbul exceeded the pre-war judgment. The errors were mainly reflected in the wrong understanding of the enemy's fighting will. Turkey in history was able to exist as the "sick man of Europe" and has never been colonized. It can be seen that even if this country is a scumbag, the army's fighting will is still very strong. With the support of Britain and France, Turkey fought n wars with Russia, and Russia did not see Russia occupy Constantinople, which is still in the midst of this place.

The African Legion concentrated the forces of ten infantry divisions and one cavalry division, and swept the two infantry divisions and one cavalry division on the south bank. With so many troops, transportation is the main problem. Fortunately, with Egypt as a springboard, a large number of ships were obtained through robbery, this problem was barely solved.

The second day of the attack, the landing operation fell into a relatively dangerous situation. How to say, the place was too small and it was difficult to invest too much force. One infantry division was deployed at a time, and after landing on the shore of Shanghai, the Turkish army launched a fierce attack. The soldiers lined up, followed the drum beat, and held smoothbore guns, and charged towards the beachhead positions without fear of death.

Although the naval guns on the sea kept firing, the soldiers seemed to be unaware of fear and continued to move forward one after another. The landing troops had a hard time fighting. With the temporary barbed wire and the cover of the naval gun, they fought fiercely for a whole day. Numerous Turkish troops, killed and injured, rushed to the position several times. At the critical moment before dark, the navy transported more than 100 heavy machine guns to the shore.

What changed the situation of the battle was not the dense artillery fire. The thing could only block the shooting. When the enemy approached the position, the naval guns could only stare at it. But the heavy machine guns were different. At the critical moment, the fire tongues were sprayed, and one after another of soldiers fell down in front of such a killing weapon. The surging attack was repelled. According to incomplete statistics, in the battle of this day, the Turkish army suffered nearly 50,000 casualties. The Turkish army, which was seriously injured, did not launch another attack after the battle of this day. It turned into defense.

During the battle on this day, the 30th Infantry Division, which was the first to land, landed more than 12,000 people, and entered the battle one after another, paying the price of nearly 3,000 casualties to defend this landing field.

After repelling the Turkish Army, the landing troops that had been fighting fiercely for a day had no time to rest. They cleared the bodies in front of the positions overnight, strengthened the positions, and continued to expand the landing ground. The engineers worked all night long, expanded the docks and built more new temporary trests. Istanbul has a port, but it was a place where the Turkish Army was heavily guarding and was not suitable as a landing ground.

At night, the landing ground was brightly lit, and gunfire sounds in front of the position were still sporadic. There was no large-scale battle, but the Turkish army unyieldingly carried out small-scale harassment. The landing troops worked carefully while also having to deal with these harassments.

At dawn, the battlefield suddenly became quiet. The Turkish army did not continue to move, and the Ming army finally got a brief peace. One ship after another kept approaching the coast. They used small boats or entered the port to transport personnel and supplies to the shore. On this day, the Ming army's attack was initiated by newly landed troops, aiming to expand this area.

After a whole day of busy life, three infantry divisions landed in succession and expanded around. The landing ground was a few kilometers away from the city. After completing the landing, the troops must immediately enter the battle and expand the space around.

When Zhang Guangde and Chen Ping landed, it was already the sixth day of the battle. The temporary dock turned into a huge cargo yard. There were materials piled up in the open air everywhere, and it was simply covered with rain cloth to be protected. The landing ground was messy and the bloody smell was choking. At this time, there were still ships constantly docking, and eight infantry divisions arrived in two batches. This fleet must complete the task as soon as possible and leave this area of ​​water to avoid blocking the route of the next batch of ships.

Ibrahim was also ashore with the two of them, and his role was naturally to persuade him to surrender. After a week of continuous battle, more than 10,000 Turkish troops were captured. Ibrahim wanted to save these people, save these people from the hands of the Ming devil, and become the team of his future army. Then he took these people on board, returned to the south bank, and brought them to a new regime.

How to say, there are always people who are willing to change their original intentions. For Ibrahim, although the script is different from what Abdullah said, it is essentially the same. They are all unable to choose, and the result of doing and not doing is completely different. He can choose not to do it, so there is no need to exist. The noble envoy of the Ming Empire would not leave a Turkish noble who was wasting food. Since he didn't want to die, he had to do it and keep it on with his nose. Especially when he saw the piles of corpses, burning in the flames, the smell of stench made him decide not to eat meat for the rest of his life, and he also made up his mind.

The reason is very simple, either die by yourself or die with everyone.

The multiple-choice questions are too simple and not difficult to do at all. Ibrahim devoted himself to work, found some old friends among the prisoners, and talked to them. After three days of busy work, the result was that more than 3,000 soldiers were willing to join him. The reason for Ibrahim to convince these people was very simple. Everyone saw that due to the stupidity of the Sultans today, the empire provoked enemies that should not be provoked. Let’s take a look. Istanbul is now struggling in the flames of hell.

For this realistic problem, there is an artillery regiment in the landing troops of the Ming Army, with 24 105 cannons constantly bombarding the far city. There are more such cannons that have been landing one after another. In the previous battles, these brave people's courage has been destroyed and their fighting spirit has been wiped out. Yes, there are indeed many fanatical soldiers who insist on their beliefs, but it does not mean that everyone can sacrifice without any worries.

A winter rain fell, increasing the difficulty of the war. In a manor outside the city, Zhang Guangde and Chen Ping were waiting quietly here. A man with a beard rode a young man into the manor. After dismounting, he nodded implicitly and greeted the soldiers who took the reins.

"Thank you all the way, Mr. Romanov." Zhang Guangde politely stepped forward to greet him. Chen Ping stood quietly and looked at the two guests from the northern part of the Ming Dynasty. According to Chen Xie's analysis, this country will become a threat to the Ming Dynasty in the future. The reason is very simple. This is a fighting nation, with its special geographical location and vast territory, which makes it almost impossible for this country to destroy it from the outside. The Russians took the initiative to contact the Ming delegation and requested a secret meeting.

"This is my companion, Mikhailov." Romanov introduced the young people around him. On the surface, these two people were mainly Romanov, but their intuition told Chen Ping that this young man was the person who met this time.

"Okay, don't say more about it." Zhang Guangde went straight to the topic, signaling the two to sit down, and after drinking a cup of hot tea, he spoke: "On the surface, the cooperation between the two countries will help the end of this war as soon as possible. But objectively speaking, we do not need your country's help. According to my personal understanding, your country has a strong plot for Constantinople. The strategy formulated by our domestic cabinet is to leave some people to stay here for a long time. Of course, we did not occupy this place, but proposed to rent a place to the new Ottoman government as the resident of the left-behind personnel."

That being said, but the meaning behind it is very clear. Cooperation is a mutually beneficial act of both sides, but Russia today cannot provide enough interests to satisfy the Ming Dynasty.

"Our army can launch an attack from the Caucasus region and restrain..." Romanov explained, but was interrupted impolitely by Zhang Guangde: "What benefits your country will benefit from the attack. It has nothing to do with our country. The reality is that due to the attack of our army, this city, your country can easily defeat the local army in the Caucasus direction. You have taken advantage of it. Since you have taken advantage, don't come to me to act well."

The translations of both sides were very neat and translated the whole process smoothly. At this time, the young man named Mikhailov said, "You are right, please forgive me for being able to speak French. The Tsar of our country hopes to get some help from your country. The Ming Dynasty is the most powerful and civilized country in the world today. Civilization hopes to send a delegation to visit the Ming Dynasty and send students to your country."

Zhang Guangde glanced at Romanov, and did he mean that this was a requirement? Romanov decisively endorsed the young people: "Yes, this is the purpose of our coming here, and we hope to reach an agreement of friendly cooperation with your country."

Chen Ping, who had not spoken, said, "Don't worry about these things. I hope to divide the sphere of influence between the two countries before formally determining the relationship between the two countries. According to historical records, as early as the Han Dynasty, our territory included the Beihai region." As he said that, he took out the map and pointed to Lake Berga on the map: "It's here. In the past ten years, our expedition team has been setting signs all the way north and has been setting up signs along the way. Although you may not admit it, it is certain that the territory of the Ming Empire is already very close to your country. The news brought back by our people said that your country has been developing in the southeast direction and has had unfriendly contacts with our people several times."

"Your Excellency, can we put these disputes temporarily? I think we have more important issues to discuss." Romanov quickly interrupted this sentence. The Russians' desire for land seemed to have no end. Let's not talk about him at this time, even the entire Russia did not consider this issue. Divide their respective territories with the Ming Dynasty? Look at the points on this world map, it can be seen that in the northeast, northwest and in these two directions of the Ming Dynasty, the footsteps of the Ming Empire far exceeded Russia's footsteps.

"So, our meeting is destined to be unable to achieve any result. I have to express regret for this!" Zhang Guangde shrugged and said that he did not want to continue the talk. Mikhailov said, "Your Excellency, Russia hopes to learn advanced civilization from the Ming Dynasty. Can't this requirement be met?"

Chen Ping said, "The French said the same thing, but what the Ming Dynasty got was betrayal. I think it was a question of values. In the traditional moral system of the Ming Dynasty, Chuangfu was an important criterion. But in European countries, there seemed to be nothing that could not be betrayed, as long as the interests were sufficient. Unfortunately, the French misreaded the Ming Dynasty and Europe misreaded the Ming Dynasty. When they thought we would give up, our warships came and the naval guns roared on the entire European coastline." (To be continued.)

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