The second thousand one hundred and sixty-three chapters of the large-scale Tang Jin Guo fleet
The 26th Infantry Division, which had completed its rest at the beginning of the year, once again went to the front line to fight. This time, it finally accompanied friendly forces and reached the Istanbul area.
In the end, the reason why his unit was the last to arrive outside Istanbul was not because of the importance of the 26th Infantry Division he led, but because his unit was a non-main force, so it was arranged to come here.
Because the Tatars had never thought of conquering Istanbul, the city was surrounded by the Tang Dynasty's military restricted area, leaving only a passage more than 100 meters wide and more than three kilometers long, making it impossible to attack.
If you want to capture the city, the only feasible way is to launch a landing operation from the sea, and this is indeed what the Tatars plan to do.
When ready, they will set off from several ports in the Sea of Marmara and launch landing operations from the sea.
Therefore, after taking over the Balkans, the Tatars had already begun to comprehensively collect ships and build ships to prepare for cross-sea operations, not only to land and capture Istanbul, but also to cross the sea to attack the Lesser Sicily Peninsula.
Datang's Black Sea Strait military restricted area included the Bosporus Strait and the coastal areas of the Dardanelles Strait. However, in the Sea of Marmara area, there was no hegemony in treating all coastal areas as a military restricted area.
After all, if it were completely blocked, the Ottoman Kingdom would be divided into two. Therefore, an agreement was signed at that time that except for these two straits, other coastal areas would not be regarded as military restricted areas.
When the Tatars prepare to cross the sea to attack, they do not mean to cross the vast middle of the Sea of Marmara. In fact, they have no intention of doing so. Instead, they plan to pass through the edge of the Tang Dynasty's military restricted area, such as starting from the southern coast of Istanbul and landing directly on the opposite side.
The land and sea distance is actually only about ten kilometers.
But these have nothing to do with Qan Erba. His mission is not this. His mission is to block the western land passage of Istanbul, and secondly to clear out the surrounding areas, especially the remaining Ottoman soldiers in the north close to the Tang Dynasty military restricted area.
When Qernba's troops began to build a fortress outside the passage, the Ottoman defenders inside the passage also breathed a sigh of relief.
Not only the defenders, but also the senior officials of the Ottoman Kingdom breathed a sigh of relief. Even Murad III was lucky to have signed a land exchange agreement in the Black Sea Strait with the Tang Dynasty, which brought the two sides of the strait and even around Istanbul.
All the places were sold to the Tang Dynasty, who set up military restricted areas in these places.
Otherwise, with the current fierce offensive of the Tatars, Istanbul will be doomed!
As long as this city is not lost, he can rely on the power of the Asia Minor region across the strait to organize a large army to counterattack.
Of course, this is just his idea!
But I never asked the Tatars if they agreed, let alone the several great pashas entrenched in Asia Minor if they agreed!
Just one month later, in May of the 48th year of Xuanping, the Tatars organized a large-scale sea-crossing landing force, landed in Asia Minor from multiple directions, and continued their war against the Ottoman Kingdom!
This time, the Tatars were very determined. They organized a large fleet from multiple ports at the same time. There were more than 20 sailing battleships with more than 1,000 tons mobilized, and more than 50 ships with hundreds of ships.
tons of sail warships, and hundreds of other transport ships.
From this we can see how powerful the Tang Dynasty was!
Kanerba was at the port, watching such a large fleet setting sail, and couldn't help but sigh: "I was born in Jin at the wrong time!"
Many generals from the Tang Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom beside him also sighed a lot when they heard this. For a while, the good mood of many people watching such a spectacular scene disappeared completely.
They all know why Kanerpa said that Da Jin was not born at the right time!
With the current comprehensive strength of the Tang Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom, whether it is military, agriculture, or handicraft industry, its comprehensive strength far exceeds that of all other countries except the Tang Empire.
Even this kind of transcendence is a crushing transcendence!
The Tang and Jin Dynasties were able to defeat the European countries on their own, not simply by relying on the bravery and prowess of the Tatars, but by relying on strong national power.
Such a powerful empire would have been top-notch in any other era.
But it is a pity that the Tang Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom appeared in this era, and in this era there was the Datang Empire.
The power of the Tang Empire made everyone in the Kingdom of Tang and Jin even lack the courage to look up to it. As time goes by, the Tatars who have a little knowledge of the Tang Dynasty will have a strong sense of helplessness towards the power of the Tang Dynasty.
This is just like the huge fleet in front of you!
In order to pull out this huge fleet, the Tang Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom mobilized almost all the warships and other types of ships in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
But everyone knows that this seemingly large sailing fleet, the few Datang warships watching in the sea not far away, are as fragile as eggs.
Yesterday, Kanerba personally asked his friends who were serving in the navy and said that if they used all their maritime power and were not afraid of sacrifice, they would have some chance of winning against the Tang Dynasty's fleet stationed in the strait.
His friend looked at him like a fool, and finally said, let alone the entire Tang Dynasty fleet stationed in the Straits, even against the three Tang Dynasty warships outside the port, there was no chance of victory.
There is a high probability that the opponent's ships will be sunk one by one by the opponent's powerful naval guns before they get close to them, and even our own ships will never be able to catch up with them...
Their steam battleships can run more than ten knots!
The two sides are not on the same level at all, and there is no way to fight!
Her friend's pessimistic answer made Kanerba sigh!
Being in the same era as the Tang Empire, it would be a tragedy for the Great Jin Kingdom and even for any other country!
Born at the wrong time, this is the thought of many Tatars!
However, they still did not stop fighting. It was impossible to confront the Tang Empire head-on!
However, it may not be impossible to continue to survive and avoid being completely destroyed like the Mughal Kingdom and even many other countries.
If you want to survive, what is the most important thing?
own strength?
no!
No matter how strong you are, can you be stronger than the Tang Empire?
Even if you show any signs of threatening the Tang Empire, the Tang Dynasty's cannonballs will come at you.
Everyone knows that the Tang Empire retained so many countries in Asia and Europe purely because these countries could not threaten the Tang Empire, not even a little bit.
Therefore, it is unreliable to rely on strength or anything like that.
So how can we survive?
This question is very simple, and all countries know it: cling to the golden thigh of Datang!
Make Dad Tang happy, and they will be happy, and they will leave you a place to live. If you want a better place to live, you must make Dad Dad happier!
What Datang Jinguo is doing now is to make Datang’s father happy!