Ottoman Empire, Constantiniya.
Constantiniya was the official name of Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire, and they also called the city Instanbul. This city, located at the intersection of the Eurasian continent, not only has a strong presence in the history of European Christian civilization, but is also the glory of the Ottoman-Turkish Empire. For the Rakshasa Orthodox civilization, the secondary civilization of European Christian civilization, Constantinople is their spiritual totem. It seemed that only by capturing this city could they prove themselves the heirs of the Roman Empire.
Of course, for Rakshasa, Constantinople was still the most ideal outlet to the sea and the location of the imperial capital. Compared with Constantinople, which controlled the chokepoint from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, the conditions in Petersburg, the current capital of the Rakshasa Empire, were simply too harsh. The port will be frozen for five months of the year due to the cold climate. Who can imagine what kind of shipping center a port that is frozen for five months of the year will become? Therefore, in the history of the Rakshasa Empire and later the Soviet Union, their most important commercial port in the Baltic Sea has always been the Gulf of Riga, which has been frozen for a relatively short time.
But comparing the Gulf of Riga to Constantinople, it sucks! This is not only because the Gulf of Riga is covered with ice floes every winter, and the coastal waters are also frozen. Merchant ships must be led by icebreakers to enter and exit, but also because the Baltic Sea coast of Rakshasa itself is a piece of bad land. Not to mention the cold weather, and the products and resources are not abundant. The development of large-scale industry there is purely reluctant. Not to mention the wooly bears are not particularly capable of industry, even if it is the Germans and Anglo-Saxons who do it. , and it’s hard to achieve anything famous.
In contrast, the conditions for the development of industrialization on the Black Sea coast and Transcaucasus that Mao Xiong stole from the Crimean Khanate, the Turkish Empire, and the Persian Empire were great - coal, oil, iron ore, and black soil. , warm coastline, and inland waterways with strong navigability, it really has it all!
The only "unsatisfactory" thing is that the best export channel for the products produced by taking advantage of all the above favorable conditions is to enter the Mediterranean via the sea route guarded by Constantinople. The second-tier product export route was to be transported to Central and Western Europe via the Danube River, which was also controlled by the Ottoman Empire.
In other words, as long as the Sudan is angry, Maoxiong's best industrial, agricultural and mining base will basically say goodbye to the world market.
And the Ottoman-Turkish Empire happens to be the feud of the Bear. Whoever wants to invest in Rakshasa’s Black Sea coast and Transcaucasus must consider the relationship between Rakshasa and Turkey, and for this consideration, a good project must Half yellow!
Therefore, the relationship between the two empires of Rakshasa and Turkey is currently a multiple-choice question between life and death or death together. It is impossible to work together to achieve a win-win situation.
Of course, Mahmud II, the famous ruler of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, was fully aware of this!
The biggest difficulty he has to overcome in the various reforms he is currently implementing in an attempt to pull the backward Ottoman-Turkish Empire into the industrial era is the aggressive furry bear in the north.
Because on the land of the Ottoman-Turkish Empire, some industrialized areas can be developed, and now it seems that they are Egypt, Asia Minor, and the Balkans. Among them, Egypt can only engage in some textile industry. It has a relatively large population and Egyptian cotton is particularly good. The British and Ming Dynasties liked it, and it also owns the Su Yins Canal. But heavy industry cannot be built there and there are no resources. As for the sites that can develop heavy industry, unfortunately, the Maozi family is planning to "liberate" them!
Even if the furry bears won't take away all of them, as soon as the "Bear Family" captures Constantiniya, everything in the Balkans will be lost, and half of the people in Asia Minor will probably have the surname Romanov.
At that time, even if the Ottoman-Turkish Empire survives and goes to Baghdad or Damascus to survive, guarding the sands of the Arabian Peninsula, will it still be possible to survive? Could it be possible to dig out treasures under the sand?
Looking at the "yellow" land of the Arabian Peninsula, His Majesty the Sultan could only sigh.
"Dear Your Majesty the Sultan, as long as you follow Duke Wellington's plan and set up the 'English Bagua Array' from Adrianople to Constantiniya, we will definitely be able to defend Constantiniya and Rumili. Alberta.”
"That's right, His Majesty the Sultan, Grand Vizier and I have already inspected the demonstration 'English Bagua Array' outside Constantiniya. It consists of eight trenches, eight barbed wire fences, eight trenches, eight traffic trenches, and eight rear areas. A multi-layered and wide-depth defense system composed of assembly positions, eight artillery positions, eight simple roads and eight core fortresses!”
In the Sultan's office in the parliamentary chamber of Topkapi Palace, reporting to His Majesty the Sultan on the situation of the "English Bagua Array" demonstration position, were two middle-aged Turks wearing Western-style military uniforms, little red hats and big beards. people. They are not ordinary Turks, but two executives who are deeply trusted by the Sultan. One of the older ones is Kara Pasha, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, and the younger one is the new leader of the Ottoman Army. Commander Hussein Pasha.
What they call the "English Bagua Formation" is the "Bagua Machine Gun Formation" improved by Wellington and Hugh Gough. It is a defensive position that combines trenches, barbed wire, and machine guns.
There is nothing high-tech about this thing. For famous players at the level of Wellington and Hugh Gough, it can only be learned by "getting beaten" - you don't know how powerful you are if you don't get beaten, but you only know the "Bagua array" after being beaten. It's so powerful. If you know how powerful it is, you'll naturally want to "learn from Jin and develop skills to beat the bear."
But what a treacherous master the Duke of Wellington is? He is the number one general in England who has competed with Nahuang for many years. Of course, he knows that to hurt a bear, it is not enough to rely on one Bagua formation. Multiple Bagua formations must be arranged, and the lethality must be increased step by step, so that the bear can bear it. The number of casualties is getting bigger and bigger - they have to let Mao Xiong break through a few Bagua formations, so that they feel that they can push them all the way through the mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
In addition, the Bagua array must be placed at the gate of Constantiniya. Firstly, the terrain between Constantiniya and Adrianople is relatively narrow, which is not conducive for the Bear Army to make a detour. Well, it is basically impossible to make a detour. Secondly, victory is in sight! We have fought all the way from Moldavia to the gate of Constantiniya, so why not try harder?
With some effort, the legacy of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great might be realized, and the rise of the Rakshasa Empire would also be realized. According to the tradition of the bear, Nicholas I, who won Constantinople, would be able to do whatever he wanted in the future!
What about abolishing serfdom, developing industry and commerce, and learning from the West and the Ming Dynasty? In short, the Tsar, who had won a great victory, was right in everything!
Therefore, the tsar who came to Constantinople would probably risk everything to make a big gamble.
If you win, you get everything!
However, if Mahmud II of the Ottoman-Turkish Empire won, he would not be able to gain everything, and would even lose Moldavia, Wallachia, Greece and Serbia.
Therefore, Kara Pasha can only promise him to keep Rumelia. Later Bulgaria and the area around Instanbul will all belong to Rumelia Province.
"Only Rumelia?" The ambitious Sultan looked up at his confidant Kara Pasha.
Kara Pasha showed a painful expression and nodded slightly: "The only thing General Hugh Gough can guarantee is Rumelia, but he can also guarantee to support us in our struggle with Ali Pasha. Your Majesty, we must first fight against foreigners. Anne, as long as we can defend Rumelia, repel the Rakshasas, and eliminate Ali Pasha, the country can still have a bright future!"
