In the days after the Ottoman Navy fled in panic to the port of Sinop, the Russian Imperial Navy, headed by Nakhimov, under the orders of Governor Menshikov, galloped even more unscrupulously in the Black Sea, hunting down the Ottoman Empire.
supply fleet, thus affecting the war between the Ottoman and Russian Imperial forces in the Caucasus.
Many regular Ottoman armies that penetrated deep into the Caucasus were forced to retreat back to their own territory because their logistical supplies could not arrive safely.
The Ottoman Empire's regular army fought and retreated. Shamil, who originally carried out tactics deep behind enemy lines, was also in trouble. The Caucasian Russian army that had repelled the Ottoman Empire did not choose to pursue the victory. Instead, it consolidated under the order of the Caucasus commander-in-chief Menshikov.
own defensive positions, and at the same time, a group of elite soldiers were mobilized from the existing Russian Imperial Army in the Caucasus to carry out a "stone must be cut with a knife, grass must be burnt, and people must be rekindled" style encirclement and suppression against the rebels in the Caucasus.
In just one week, nearly a hundred Peace Cult villages were slaughtered by the Russian army. The strong smell of blood and raging fire became a cruel music in the Caucasus.
Shamil, who was hiding in the Caucasus jungle, knew that the Russian Imperial Army was using its cruel and severe tactics to warn the Peace Sect people in the Caucasus that the price of aiding the guerrillas was death.
Facing the brutal methods of the Russian Empire, some of Shamil's guerrillas began to waver. They were afraid that their villages would be razed by the Russian Empire because of themselves.
Under the dual pressure of a lack of supplies for the troops and the iron fist of the Russian Empire, many guerrillas who followed Shamil chose to break away from the ranks and surrender to the Russian Empire.
The troops originally expanded to more than 3,000 people, but after many counter-encirclement and psychological attacks, only less than 1,000 people remained.
Shamil had to choose to temporarily withdraw into the Ottoman Empire to wait for the right time.
Of course, with the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the Caucasus, the commander of the Caucasus region and the Ottoman Pasha squatting at the port of Sinop were reprimanded to varying degrees.
In a letter written to the commander of the combined fleet at the port of Sinop, Abdulmecid I reprimanded Osman Pasha in a stern tone for his cowardly behavior when facing the Russian Imperial Fleet, and ordered Osman Pasha to
Pasha broke through the blockade of the Russian Empire as soon as possible and successfully transported supplies to the Caucasus.
"Breaking through the blockade? How can it be really easy!" Osman Pasha, who received the letter from Abdulmecid I, slapped the letter of reprimand in his hand on the table and said to himself.
Then, Osman Pasha stood up again and came to the window, standing with his hands behind his hands and looking at the gradually setting sun in the distance.
Since the last sea battle, Osman Pasha has figured out the naval level of the Russian Empire. The current Russian Imperial Fleet is far from the naval novice who followed the British and French fleets in 1828. (In 1828, the Russian fleet followed the British and French fleets.
Together they destroyed the Ottoman Empire's navy, and that war severely weakened the Ottoman Empire's navy.)
In terms of warships, the Ottoman Empire was slightly inferior to the Russian Empire.
In terms of training naval personnel, the Ottoman Empire also lagged behind the Russian Empire.
At least in our combined fleet, there is no "madman" who dares to fight and charge like the Russian Empire fleet. In the last war, if it weren't for the Russian Empire's steam clipper, the double-deck warship of our own fleet would have
It is completely possible to escape from the battlefield smoothly.
Thinking of this, Osman Pasha sighed once again. He had no choice but to find his subordinates and ordered him to lead a fleet to escort the supply fleet to the Caucasus under darkness.
Since he couldn't sail during the day, he chose to sail at night.
However, at midnight, the captain sent to the Caucasus by Osman Pasha led the remaining fleet back to the port of Sinop again.
Not only that, the captain also reported desperate news to Osman Pasha.
The current port of Sinop is surrounded by the Russian Empire's rapid response fleet.
"It seems that the Russian Empire is preparing to trap us in this port!" Osman Pasha gritted his teeth and said to the captain beside him.
"Your Excellency, Commander, what should we do now?" The captain turned his attention to Osman Pasha, the backbone of the entire fleet.
"Wait!" Osman Pasha responded, and then added an explanation: "I don't believe that the ships of the Russian Empire can stay outside the port 24 hours a day!"
"But..." The captain hesitated for a moment and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty the Sultan, will you be unhappy over there?"
"Now is not the time to care about His Majesty's displeasure!" Osman Pasha said decisively: "I don't want my soldiers to fight a war that I know will fail!"
Immediately, Osman Pasha looked at the captain beside him and said with relief: "Don't worry! If His Majesty the Sultan knew the situation we are facing now, he would definitely agree with our views!"
After hearing Osman Pasha's explanation, the captain finally felt more relaxed.
Anyway, if the sky falls, there will be tall people holding it up.
"I understand!" the captain responded with a nod.
In the next few days, the combined fleet was in a "fleet presence" state. Only a small number of ships launched an attack on the Russian Empire's steam clippers wandering in the port of Sinop under the orders of Osman Pasha. The steam clippers of both sides
Ships come and go, causing damage to each other.
However, so far, no steam clipper has sunk to the bottom of the sea.
Every time when the Russian Empire's steam clippers were about to win, the Ottoman Empire's ships immediately returned to the port of Sinop.
Upon seeing this, the Russian Empire stopped pursuing. This situation continued for another week, and a tacit understanding was formed in the small-scale naval battle between the two sides.
As long as the Ottoman Empire's navy enters the port of Sinop, the Russian Empire's navy will no longer choose to attack.
In a letter to Abdulmecid I of Constantinople, Osman Pasha also boasted that his fleet fought bravely against the enemy under the inspiration of the Sultan and damaged several Russian ships.
fleet.
In such a back-and-forth atmosphere, people became more confident in the Sinop Port, and the soldiers at the Sinop Port Fort became slack because of this.
In the early morning of October 20, the fog shrouding the sea in Sinop Port had not completely dissipated.
A huge naval formation with five sail battleships, eight double-decker battleships, two fast three-sail battleships, and all steam clippers is quietly approaching the port of Sinop.
The commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the entire Russian Empire is none other than Prince Menshikov. He wants to take advantage of this opportunity before the fog has dissipated to lead his fleet into the port of Sinop.
Destroy the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire in one fell swoop, thus winning peace for the Ottoman Empire in the Black Sea.
As for why Menshikov chose to carry out the raid at this time, firstly, it was because the fleet march was more concealed in foggy weather, and secondly, according to the news from the spy at Sinop port, Menshikov
Knowing that the port of Sinop was currently in a state of slackness, he made up his mind to complete the raid on them before the Ottoman Empire fully responded.
In order to complete this raid more successfully, Menshikov specially brought many secret weapons that he had hidden. He believed that with his secret weapons, he would be able to defeat the Ottoman Empire.
The main fleet of five sailboats rushed into the Sinop port in a formation, and then quickly transformed into a side-by-side formation.
By the time the soldiers guarding the fort discovered Menshikov's main fleet, the five sail main fleets had been perfectly inserted between the Ottoman Empire's main fleet and the fort.
At the same time, the eight double-decker rapid transit ships that arrived with the sail battleship quickly aimed their side guns at the vicinity of the fort.
When everything was ready, Menshikov, who inserted himself between the two Ottoman sailing battleships, quickly gave the order: "Let's begin!"
After hearing Menshikov's order, the flag carriers on the observation deck also waved the flags in their hands and began to issue orders to the surrounding Russian Imperial warships.
The five main sailing ships opened fire almost at the same time, and the 24-pound naval muzzle guns fired explosive shells at the Ottoman fleet.
The blooming bomb quickly came out of the barrel and slammed into the Ottoman Empire's ship. Then, the blooming bomb that entered the warship quickly exploded after releasing all its kinetic energy.
The explosion caused the wooden sailing ship to burst into flames, and the fire quickly flooded the entire ship.
Just as the main sailing battleship took action against the Ottoman Empire, the double-deck fleet also fired explosive shells at the fort.
The explosive airflow generated by the shells falling around the fort directly overturned the sailors who controlled the fort's counterattack. Under the saturated attack of eight double-decker battleships, the soldiers of the Sinop port fort had no ability to attack the Russian Imperial sailing battleship
If you are moved to attack, you can only fall into the situation of passive dialing.
In this way, only half an hour had passed since the war started, and the entire main fleet of the Ottoman Empire was buried in the port of Sinop by the Russian Empire.
After the five sailing battleships destroyed all the fleets anchored in Sinop Port, they began to attack in the direction of the residential area and garrison headquarters of Sinop Port.
For a time, the entire Sinop port was in a sea of fire. The major general and Osman Pasha who were at the Sinop port garrison headquarters were paralyzed on the ground at the same time after seeing the area-like scene in front of them.
