Ottoman East.
The French Egyptian and Ottoman fronts met here, and a total of 50,000 troops were stationed in the eastern Ottoman area.
It was close to the Mediterranean Sea, and the French navy would provide them with supplies.
But it has been two full weeks, and the Spanish flu is raging in France. There is no winter clothing and other supplies available now.
The French generals Augereau and Bernadotte worked together to rob the local residents.
From the holey quilts of poor people in the countryside to the honor guard of the Pope in Jerusalem.
The French army was so arrogant that even the Pope dared to rob it, although this was something Napoleon could do.
Those fanatical believers in Judaism, Christianity and Islam gave up, and they just dealt with the French army.
Then he was shot to death on the ground amidst the laughter and laughter of France.
Compared with these bastard believers, the real enemy of the French army is the Ottoman army.
Ottoman Emperor Musfatah IV gathered 70,000 Ottoman troops to fight against the French army in Kayseri.
Neither side knew that Napoleon was defeated in St. Petersburg. They only felt that this was the last battle on the continent and no one could retreat.
When the perspective crosses the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea coast, the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are engaged in a secret deal.
Jiaqing, Daoguang, Lutros, Wang Zaihan and others set up a row of long tables by the Aral Sea, with colorful flags from various families all around.
In the cold wind of winter, everyone looked relaxed and happy, chatting on both sides of the long table.
Emperor Jiaqing was really happy both physically and mentally.
With the signing of the non-aggression treaty between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty temporarily put aside their hatred, and the two countries suddenly became an unbreakable alliance.
The cannonballs sent by Ming Dynasty were so sweet, the sugar coating was so thick that the cannonballs were almost invisible.
Economically, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty carried out zero-tariff trade, and merchants from both sides could exchange their needs. The Qing Dynasty needed the industrial products of the Ming Dynasty.
Politically, the Ming Dynasty recognized the legitimacy of the Qing Dynasty and endorsed the Qing Dynasty internationally.
In the military, it is even more remarkable.
The Ming Dynasty will provide an entire division of needle guns and artillery to the Qing Army, and two Qing battleships to the Qing Navy.
What the Qing Dynasty paid was just some trivial gadgets.
The Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty was very interested in Western cultural relics and works of art, including the holy relics of the three religions in Jerusalem, the legendary shroud and holy remains...
These things are what the Ming Dynasty wants. The Ming Dynasty will build a famous museum in Jinling to collect valuable cultural relics and works of art from all over the world.
In order to prevent these items that bear witness to the great history of mankind from being destroyed by Western barbarians, Ming Dynasty, as a beacon of civilization, has the responsibility and obligation to preserve these crystallizations of civilization for the world.
"It's so warm, this dress."
A Qing soldier put on a dark blue military coat, and his body that was stiff from the cold suddenly warmed up.
He turned around a few times and was very satisfied with the coat he was wearing. He couldn't help but reach out and pat the snowflakes that fell on the clothes, with a distressed look on his face.
"Looking at you like that, people who didn't know better would have thought you were carrying your mother-in-law~"
The Qing soldiers on the side joked, then lowered their heads and touched this and that, smiling for a while.
"Are you still talking about me? Don't you have this kind of virtue yourself? If you want to marry the wife of our soldier, it must be this gun!"
The Qing soldiers picked up a needle gun, carefully touched the body of the gun, curled the round bolt a few times, and raised the corners of his mouth crazily.
In the military, comrades are close partners, and firearms are a second life.
I don’t know how many miles I traveled during the Western Expedition. The soldiers who survived were all veterans.
They know better than anyone else that comrades may accidentally hurt you or even rebel, but guns will not and are the most trustworthy partners.
Wang Zaihan sent Zhu Zaiming's gifts to Jiaqing to the Qing military camp, and Jiaqing couldn't wait to distribute them.
Let the entire Imperial Guard complete the transformation and become serious Ming Weapon Masters.
Needle guns are different from flintlock guns in that they are simple to load. You only need to pull the bolt to press in a metal bullet, close the bolt and pull the trigger.
A round-nose rifle bullet can fly 800 meters and hit the enemy.
This range is even further than that of most field guns in Europe.
As for why it is a round-nose bullet instead of a sharp-nose bullet, it is mainly a small thought of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty.
The manufacturing process of this round-headed bullet coated with red paint is very special.
It has a lead core, is wrapped in a layer of scrap copper, and is coated with red paint to make a bullet.
After the red round-nose bullet is fired, when it flies through the air at high speed, the air will pass through the small gaps in the scrap copper outer skin, resulting in an extremely harsh screaming sound.
The high-speed airflow will cause part of the copper sheet to fall off, exposing the lead core.
When a round-headed bullet is fired into the human body, the cracked copper skin will break into a large number of fragments under the resistance of the human body, and the lead core will be squeezed out and roll forward inside the human body.
Therefore, if a limb is hit by such a bullet, the only result is amputation.
When someone was hit in the torso, there was no need to resuscitate him. It would be better to just bury him on the spot.
This bullet is extremely lethal to the flesh, but it is not without its shortcomings.
Round-nose bullets are not smooth and their trajectory is unstable, making accurate shooting almost impossible.
The standing divisions of the Ming army were equipped with body armor. The performance of these body armor was not very good and they could not protect against hard pointed bullets.
However, it is still very easy to defend against copper-skinned lead-core round-nose bullets that break at a touch. The copper skin will break into small pieces and cannot penetrate the body armor, and the lead core is relatively soft and will be blocked by the body armor.
Even if the Ming Dynasty launches another "anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming" war in the future, such needle guns equipped by the Qing Dynasty will not pose much of a threat to the Ming army.
Moreover, the Ming army is now firepower-oriented and can carry out carpet bombardment, and will never let the infantry attack under a hail of bullets.
Before the bombardment, the airships of the Air Force had already plowed the enemy's positions.
The Ming armorers of the Qing Dynasty could not pose a threat to the Ming army.
But this does not mean that it cannot pose a threat to Europe. On the contrary, once faced with those European armies that use the tactics of lining up and shooting, the Qingming Armsmen will be like wolves among sheep.
That's a lot of random killings.
Jiaqing was very satisfied, and Daoguang was also satisfied.
What is even more satisfying is that under the witness of the Ming army, the Qing army and the Junggar army reached a reconciliation, and Lutros took his 8,000 dragoons and merged with the Qing Dynasty and became the Shangsan Banners.
The Qing Dynasty's Dragoon Brigade directly expanded into a Dragoon Division.
Although the dragoons are not equipped with advanced needle guns, they are equipped with a small cavalry cannon.
This small cannon was very short and light, mounted on two wheels, and could be pulled by a horse across the plains.
It was simply designed for the flying artillery skills of the Qing Dynasty.
After receiving these artillery pieces, Duo Shan was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.
The only regret is that the dragoons still use flintlock guns, which is very inconvenient to load on horseback.
However, a new batch of military supplies has been transported from Qichen, Chongming Island, to Tianjin Port. This batch of military supplies will be transported through the northern grasslands to the Aral Sea and delivered to the Qing army.
