The reason why the Qing emirate and the Cossack emirate received a large number of high-quality war horses is very interesting, that is, the Ottoman Empire has always attached great importance to the construction of cavalry troops.
After many generals tasted the benefits of mechanization, they all spoke to His Majesty the Sultan, praising the assault capabilities that armored vehicles brought to their troops.
It is an obvious fact that cavalry cannot defeat tanks. Even if Ibrahim did not understand how to lead troops in combat, he had a general understanding after watching the war documentary films sent by the Ming Empire and the joint drills between the two armies.
The most important point is that the country has no shortage of oil fields, let alone refining and chemical plants. In some places, crude oil is even cheaper than filtered pure water.
It can be said that looking at the whole world, the Ottoman Empire's army has unique advantages. Even the emperor of the Ming Empire explicitly admitted this more than once.
The primary factor restricting the development of a country's armored forces is not armored vehicles, but fuel!
Even if the former cannot be produced in the country, it can all be imported from abroad.
If the latter is also imported, including the consumption of Minsheng, it will bring a heavy financial burden.
The situation in the Ottoman Empire was just the opposite. Fuel could not only be exchanged for a variety of foreign goods, but also for all the weapons and equipment needed by the troops.
The Ming Empire was the most powerful country in the world in terms of national power, military power, and technology. As long as the Ming Emperor nodded, everything from battleships to rifles could be purchased by the Ottoman Empire in exchange for fuel.
It can be said that most of the most elite Imperial Guards in the empire are imported goods from head to toe, because the top brass of the empire believe that the quality of the weapons and equipment of the Ming Empire is more reassuring.
You can't let the Guards with high morale lose the battle just because the artillery shells are dumb, tank engines often explode, and the aircraft fuselage is fragile, right?
After the change of equipment, all Praetorian Guard brigade-level combat units were mechanized.
Each armored brigade has 360 tanks, 360 tracked armored vehicles, 120 tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, 72 heavy artillery pieces, plus 200 off-road vehicles, 500 pickup trucks and Five hundred heavy trucks.
Just looking at these armored vehicles on the books, you can imagine how staggering the fuel an armored brigade needs to consume every day when fighting!
The Ottoman Army has three such armored brigades, and there are 17 mechanized infantry brigades equipped with 120 tanks and not many other combat vehicles.
Not to mention the weapons they are equipped with, the fuel consumed by these twenty brigades every year is more than the average country can bear, unless they do not participate in drills frequently and stay on standby.
In today's world, there are ten armored brigades that meet the same standard in the Ming Empire Army (five are deployed in the Western Viceroyalty), the French Empire has three (all deployed in the mainland), and the Inca Empire and the Kingdom of Persia each have two.
If the oil fields in Nigeria had not been developed, European Emperor Louis XIV would not have been able to afford such a money- and oil-burning combat unit, although it was indeed useful during war.
Think of oil-poor countries like the Netherlands, Sweden, and Venice that have some money. Their armies only have organic infantry brigades and no pure armored brigades. They can only be pieced together according to needs during wartime.
As for Kimchi, Japan, Siam, Switzerland and other countries, even feeding their mechanized infantry brigades is a problem. Armored brigades or tank brigades can only appear in dreams...
In order to facilitate the transportation of fuel to the Western Viceroyalty, Emperor Haojing had previously told Ibrahim the location of the Ploiesti oil field.
The Baku and Grozny oil fields can also be exploited and have been exploited, but they are a bit far from the war zone, and they still need to be transported by land first, then by sea, and finally by river.
With this trouble, it would be better to ship directly from Kuwait. Therefore, it is very necessary to develop the Ploiesti oil field.
Emperor Haojing didn't ask for much and only asked for 20% of the oil field shares, which flattered Ibrahim.
If my old friend didn't split his shares half way, it would mean that he would make a lot of money, and of course he would be happy to do so.
This is all because the Ottomans contributed a lot in the last war, and they will also be used this time.
You can't just let the donkey grind and don't let the donkey eat grass. At least you need to inject a shot of cardiotonic into your allies before the war.
One problem faced when developing the Ploiesti oil field is that the area has become the territory of the emirate.
Before the oil fields can be officially exploited, the emirate must be relocated.
Because of his words at that time, His Majesty the Sultan sheltered many people who had surrendered. The accommodation of these people was lent to them by the benevolent His Majesty the Sultan. The following resources are still owned by His Majesty the Sultan, and they cannot go back on their word at any time.
Everyone who surrendered did not dare to go back on their word, because everyone knew the price of going back on their word.
Staying in Ottoman territory, they can survive at least. Once they anger the Sultan, they will be handed over to the barbaric and cruel Akito!
What's more, without planes and tanks, let alone the Ming army, which was armed to the teeth, they couldn't even defeat the Ottoman army, otherwise they wouldn't be able to rely on others.
Maybe the Holy Roman Empire dares to take them in now, but at that time, no country in Europe dared to do so, which meant that it was openly hostile to the Ming Empire!
If you go to seek refuge now, wouldn't you be waiting to be beaten up by the Ming army?
The chiefs are not savages. They read newspapers every day and often see recently released movies.
It is easy to understand the current situation in Europe and the world. Everyone knows that the strength of the Ming Empire is constantly rising.
The strength of the Ming Empire was strong enough in the past. Tragically, the strength of the Ming Empire has become even stronger now!
What can be said?
Can only sigh!
Even the top officials of the Qing Emirate were reminded that they must not antagonize the Ming Empire in the future. Even the words "man Ming" and "barbarian" could not appear.
The Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire have always maintained traditional friendly relations. They have already formed a military alliance before, and the two sides are each other's important trading partners.
Although the Ming Empire has basically completed preliminary industrialization, its industrialization process is still continuing, and its process also requires a large amount of petroleum refining products.
However, it shows that the faster the empire's economic development, the higher the people's living standards, the more cars they have, and the stronger their dependence on imported Ottoman refined oil products.
On the contrary, if the Ottoman Empire wanted to develop its own industry, complete military modernization, and defeat its old enemy the Holy Roman Empire, it would not be able to do without the strong support of the Ming Empire.
In addition to pork, the two countries are highly complementary in many aspects, and with the personal relationship between the two heads of state, the chances of conflicts and conflicts are extremely slim.
Under such circumstances, any attempt or behavior to damage Aoming's relationship, whether intentional or unintentional, is intolerable!
To put it bluntly, Aoming's trade volume reaches hundreds of millions of silver coins. Anyone who dares to interfere with it will be killed!
If someone is unable to change their thinking and is unwilling to accept reality because of past events.
Then he can just live in the past. The real world belongs to His Majesty the Sultan!
All the Dongqing people who originally lived in the Ploiesti area moved to Hungary to settle.
The grassland there is more suitable for grazing. In order to show his generosity and kindness, Ibrahim also allowed the conversion of treatment according to one and a half times the area of the original emirate.
At the same time, Chief Yumit Hongli was compensated with 100 machine guns, 5,000 submachine guns, 50,000 bolt-action rifles, 10,000 high-quality horses, and 1 million hand grenades.
There is no tax exemption, because all surrendered emirates do not need to pay taxes at all.
After squeezing the pastures and cultivated land in the Ploiesti area to almost the same extent, Hongli was also willing to move his men to Hungary after receiving a large sum of benefits.
Southeastern Hungary is a large plain, which is the most suitable place to stay. In view of the other party's active cooperation, Ibrahim also rewarded Hongli with 500,000 silver coins as his moving expenses.
The northern part of the region includes the military town of Budapest, which certainly cannot be ceded to Hongli, but the southeastern region can be used as the territory of the Eastern Qing Emirate.
According to the division of labor in the arms, the empire will no longer focus on the development of cavalry in the future. The cavalry force will be mainly Qing cavalry, supplemented by Mamluk cavalry and Cossack cavalry.
The infantry was mainly composed of Han troops, supplemented by Rakshasa infantry and infantry from other regions.
Ibrahim had made a cursory study of the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire, and would not have repeated its mistakes.
All the elite Guards were reorganized into armored units, and all direct units were mechanized, especially the artillery units.
At the same time, only officers and soldiers from the inner circle can control the navy and air force. This will ensure that those emirates can be suppressed in the future.
The advantage of this arrangement is that even if most of the cavalry and infantry are lost in the second crusade against the Holy Roman Empire, it will not do much harm to the empire itself. That is all the emirate's own business.
On the contrary, the empire can join forces with its allies to eliminate this old enemy and avoid future troubles forever. The emirates that send troops can also benefit from it and obtain a large amount of wealth and materials through looting.
If it were his old friend, he would definitely not do this, because the situations in the two countries are different.
Although the total population of the Ming Empire exceeded 400 million, Ming people accounted for more than 70% of the total population.
Less than 30% of the remaining people are slave miners and free miners, and it is impossible to obtain the same rights as ordinary people.
Perhaps many Ming people have different views on some issues, but when it comes to treating people of other skin colors, almost all Ming people have surprisingly consistent attitudes.
Maybe white women can still earn a good life for themselves with their figure and beauty, but those black people and those who came to the Ming Empire from Southeast Asia and other places can only live at the bottom.
Please note that the bottom class of the Ming Empire is not Ming people, but slaves!
Because this country is a semi-slave and semi-feudal country!
From a certain perspective, the Ming Empire was similar to the Roman Empire in that they both had a large number of slaves to work hard.
From a certain perspective, the Ming Empire was different from the Roman Empire, because slaves did not need to be slaves for a lifetime.
Slave miners can gain freedom through labor, and generally ten years of labor can achieve their goals.
After being released, you can choose to stay in the Ming Empire as a free miner or engage in other occupations, or you can leave the Ming Empire and go elsewhere.
But even if they were squeezed before, most miners were willing to stay in the Ming Empire, because other countries and regions were also full of plunderers!
This noun also has an easy-to-understand name - slave trader!
Once caught by them, they would have to be bought somewhere else, and they might never be free.
Rather than that, it would be better to stay in the Ming Empire. At least here, as long as you are willing to endure hardships, you can have enough food and clothing.
It's easy for people at the bottom to make a comeback. All they have to do is join the army. Soldiers' pay is much higher than that of ordinary people.
Not only can you enjoy tax-free treatment, but you can also eat and drink freely and wear all kinds of clothes. Even the cost of mail sent to your home can be offset by low-cost stamps.
Most of the army is composed of Ming soldiers, supplemented by a small number of mixed-race soldiers, and the generals are disciples of the emperor, which makes the empire very stable.
In contrast, in the Ottoman Empire, Turks only accounted for about 30% of the total population, and bearded people were the largest population.
In addition, there are Tatars (including Mongols), Hans, Rakshasas, Cossacks (although they are military groups, they are also considered a race by the Ottomans), Bosniaks, Serbs, and Albanians in the empire. , Magyars, Dacians, etc.
The complexity of the country's population far exceeds that of the Ming Empire, which is also something that worries Ibrahim.
In order to consolidate his control over the empire, Ibrahim could only allow his own people to control the army, industry and commerce.
It may cause dissatisfaction among other tribesmen, but this is the only feasible way.
After sheltering several emirates for many years, these lackeys finally came in handy!
The mobilizable troops of the four major emirates exceed one million, which makes Ibrahim very worried.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, we can help the empire eliminate its old enemy while weakening its military strength!
For 900,000 direct troops, it would cost a lot of money just to feed these people.
But now, he only needs to spend half a year's military salary to let them work for a whole year!
Because most of the seized items did not need to be turned over, Ibrahim paid the tribal soldiers the minimum wage.
Even so, let the other party be grateful. At other times, the tribal soldiers could not get the money from His Majesty the Sultan.
The emirate does not need to pay taxes, and the soldiers under the emirate naturally do not need to be supported by the Sultan. This is very fair and reasonable.
Using this move, Ibrahim allowed the chiefs to feed himself millions of fighting soldiers without having to spend a single silver coin!
These tribal soldiers do not lack courage, they just lack systematic training and modern weapons and equipment.
After receiving help and cover from the air force and armored forces, Leopold could have a taste of it...
It took the Dongqing cavalry troops less than half a month to cross from Hungary through Austria and invade southern Germany.
Since there were no clear road signs in the border areas, the Qing cavalry actually began to plunder in northern Austria.
The mountains in Austria did not cause much trouble to the Qing cavalry, because their ancestors were good at fighting in the mountains and won the Battle of Saarhu!
