Chapter 1893, the importance of rapid information transfer
In a small port in the Aegean Sea, there are more than 20 warships of the Ottoman Empire parked in the small fishing port. They are avoiding the wolf-like navy of the Ming Empire and simply do not dare to compete with the Ming Empire's navy.
Battleships clash head-on.
In a hotel at the port, many pirates were drinking and eating meat, venting their inner dissatisfaction.
The navy of the Ottoman Empire was said to be a navy, but in fact they were pirates. They were pirates authorized by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. In the past, they roamed the Mediterranean and plundered everywhere.
Spain, France, North Africa and other places were frequented by these Ottoman Empire pirates. When they were strong, the reputation of the Ottoman Empire pirates was enough to stop children from crying in the middle of the night along the Mediterranean coast.
But later, with the rise of the Spanish Imperial Navy, coupled with the war with the Ming Empire, the pirates of the Ottoman Empire were seriously injured. After these years of recuperation, they finally recovered some of their vitality.
"Peng~"
"When can we go out and have a good fight with the Ming people?"
"What's the difference between a person hiding here and a turtle with a shrunken head?"
"They are carrying one head on two shoulders, so what are you afraid of?"
"I don't believe that the people of Ming Dynasty are made of iron and cannot be beaten to death."
There are pirates drinking wine and venting their dissatisfaction.
There are obviously more than 20 warships and tens of thousands of pirates, which can be said to be extremely powerful.
In the past, with such strength, they would have dared to plunder the French port of Marseille, but now they can only hide here and drink.
The Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire went to war.
The 200,000-strong army of the Ming Empire marched into the territory of the Ottoman Empire in two directions: east and west. The Black Sea Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet of the Ming Dynasty blocked the waters and ports of the Ottoman Empire, and were always looking for the Ottoman Empire's navy.
The news spread, and the entire Ottoman Empire was horrified.
Countless people began to talk about the battle more than ten years ago. In that battle, the Ottoman Empire was beaten so dizzy that its teeth almost fell out. Not only did it cede territory and pay compensation, but its waist was almost broken.
After finally regaining some strength, he is now fighting with the Ming Empire again.
The cause of the matter is very simple, that is, the Ottoman Empire violated the original agreement, did not allow Ming merchants to trade freely in the Ottoman Empire, and deliberately defaulted on paying compensation.
This angered the Ming Empire and directly sent troops to attack the Ottoman Empire.
The two sides had several battles on land, which ended with the complete defeat of the Ottoman Empire. The Ming Empire's troops were invincible wherever they passed, attacking cities and lands with overwhelming force.
Now it depends on whether the city of Erzinjan can block the east-route army, and whether the Bulgarian mountains on the European side can block the west-route army's attack.
Once these two routes are breached, the Ottoman Empire's capital city of Instanbul will be directly exposed to the artillery fire of the Ming army.
But even if it is blocked, the Ming Empire's Black Sea Fleet and Mediterranean Fleet can reach the sea outside Yinstanbul in minutes and directly bombard Yinstanbul.
In any case, no one is optimistic about this war.
Because even the most elite army was like a mob when facing the army of the Ming Empire. Under the powerful rifles and cannons, no army could reach the advance of the Ming army.
As for the battle at sea, there is a huge disparity in strength.
Although the Ming Empire currently only dispatches the Mediterranean Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet, the two fleets also have dozens of large main steam warships. They are huge, with steel coats and fierce gunfire. They are invincible warships on the sea.
In addition, there are hundreds of large and small small and medium-sized warships, speedboats, speedboats, etc., which can also requisition the ships of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty vassal state, and the Ming Ming colony in the surrounding waters at any time.
Do you want to fight against the regular Ming Navy just by relying on these pirate warships?
The Ottoman Sultan was still very sober and decisively issued the order to evade.
Instead of engaging in head-to-head combat with the Ming Navy, they conserved their strength and waited for opportunities to sneak attack the rear of the Ming fleet or harass the passing merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, etc., in order to continuously weaken the Ming Navy.
In the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara in the southern part of the Ottoman Empire, there are many islands, long and winding coastlines, and a large number of excellent natural harbors. As long as you hide in one of them, it will be difficult to find them.
As long as they wait for the opportunity, they can bite the Ming people hard and teach the Ming people a profound lesson.
"Don't worry, there will be a time when we can show off our skills."
"Now is not the time to have a head-on confrontation with the Ming people. Our warships are far inferior to the Ming people's war ships, and our artillery is also far inferior to the Ming people's artillery."
"If we fight head-on, we are no match for them."
"Yes, yes, we will definitely find an opportunity to teach the people of Ming Dynasty a lesson and let them know how powerful we are."
"It would be great if we had powerful battleships from the Ming Dynasty. Then we can go out and have a battle with the Ming Dynasty now."
"Now that the war is going on, people in the Ming Dynasty don't want our slaves anymore. This is a huge loss of income. In the past, we could easily earn dozens of taels of silver a month. We can have whatever we want. Now we only have
You can have a good drink here.”
"No, after all, it's because of the cloth issue. I heard that the Ming people's cloth was not allowed to enter our Ottoman Empire, and the Ming people were deliberately delayed in paying war compensation, so the Ming people were very angry."
"The cloth of the Ming people is of good quality and cheap, why not let them in?"
"It seems that the Jews paid attention and said that this affected the sales of cloth in their textile workshops."
"My own cloth is so expensive, but I still won't let cloth from the Ming Dynasty come in. What's the point?"
"Also, the war reparations have been paid for more than ten years. If you don't pay them now, aren't you looking for trouble?"
"Yes, yes, the Ming people are still very powerful, but they are not comparable to the Persians and the Egyptians."
"..."
Many pirates were drinking wine and talking about their inner anguish.
If they really wanted to fight against the Ming Empire and the Ming Empire's navy, none of these pirates would have the confidence in their hearts.
The navy of the Ming Dynasty is a regular army. It is well-trained and well-equipped. It is not comparable to a mob like them. Pirates like them rely on their ruthlessness to bully merchant ships and attack ports without much defense.
, fishing villages are okay.
If they were to go head-to-head with the invincible Ming fleet, they would have no confidence at all.
The pirates were drinking wine, discussing where to find women later, complaining that there was no brothel in the small port, and the food was not delicious.
However, they did not notice at all that here in the port, someone was carefully recording every warship in the port.
"Immediately pass this information to the Ming Dynasty Mediterranean Fleet!"
The intelligence information was quickly recorded, and then quickly sent via telegraph to the Ming warships cruising on the Sea of Love.
"I said I couldn't find it anywhere. It turned out to be hidden in this remote nook."
Deng Cheng looked at the latest intelligence information and quickly searched for it on the map. He quickly drew a circle on the map.
The Ming Dynasty has established colonies and fleets in the Mediterranean for many years, and its intelligence network has spread throughout the Mediterranean. Not only did Ming merchants and people act as intelligence information officers, but they also trained a large number of slaves to work for themselves, walking around the Mediterranean.
Intelligence spy.
He also bribed a large number of local people to provide him with information and intelligence. At the same time, he used telegraphs to establish a complete information and intelligence network in various places, so that he could grasp the information and intelligence in various parts of the Mediterranean coastal areas as quickly as possible.
At the same time, the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty, as the most important intelligence agency of the Ming Dynasty, also has a specialized external intelligence agency that specializes in collecting information from various places and major regions.
During wartime, Jin Yiwei would share its intelligence data with the Ming Dynasty army, and serve the Ming Dynasty military to spy on important intelligence data.
Of course, this series of layouts is also based on a strong economic foundation. Whether it is the Imperial Guard or the Mediterranean Fleet, they all require a lot of money to support.
At the same time, the use of radio technology also made the transmission of intelligence faster and simpler. The intelligence data of Ming people was often faster and more accurate than that of local people.
This is the speed and convenience of the telegraph era.
What happens on the Mediterranean side can even be transmitted to the capital of the Ming Dynasty at the shortest speed, to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the princes in the court, allowing them to control the overall situation and mobilize their troops anytime and anywhere.
"The Ottoman Empire has less than 200 warships in total, of which about 150 are distributed in the Mediterranean and the Sea of Marmara."
"Now that we have located a total of more than 130 warships, it is time to launch an attack."
"Give me the order!"
"According to the plan, each proceed to the target area and execute the sea-breaking operation as planned!"
Deng Cheng made careful calculations and found that basically all the Ottoman warships in the Mediterranean area had been found, and it was time to launch an attack.
Deng Cheng didn't pay attention to these pirates from the Ottoman Empire at all. They were a group of ragtag people who could only rob merchant ships and strongholds, relying only on their brutal ruthlessness.
Under the powerful artillery attack of the Ming Empire Navy, they could not even think of getting close.
"Yes~"
Upon hearing this, many staff officers around them responded in unison, and began to get busy quickly. Radio waves were continuously sent to the Ming Dynasty warships patrolling around the Mediterranean.
The emergence of the telegraph also made the warship dispatching of the Ming Empire more flexible, faster and more convenient. A radio wave was transmitted very quickly and conveniently. There was no need to use semaphore or speedboats to transmit information as before.
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It is also possible to carry out precise strikes against the Ottoman Empire's dispersed and hidden combat method.
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