Beijing, Prime Minister Zuo's Mansion.
In an empty and bright conference room, which had been converted into a combat map room at this time, three long conference tables were put together to form a huge table eight meters long and six meters wide. A battlefield situation map including the Balkans, the Eastern Mediterranean, Asia Minor, Transcaucasus and part of the Black Sea was placed on this large table.
The two prime ministers of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Guozhong on the left and Yu Quan on the right, were standing together on the edge of the map table with their hands behind their backs, studying the international situation! The heads of the navy, army, naval aviation, and army aviation, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Zexu and others, were also standing beside the map table with smiles.
Zhuge Weidao is also among them. He has now returned to the position of chief of staff of the naval aviation force. Today he has been called in to analyze the situation for the two prime ministers.
The situation looks good!
The Rakshasa Three-Road Army is in full swing. Among them, the Caucasus Front is progressing very smoothly. It has now captured the fortresses of Batumi and Kars as well as the city of Kars, the capital of Kars Province. Its leading troops have arrived at Erzurum and the Black Sea coast. Trabzon, there was no decent resistance from the Turkish army along the way, it was so smooth.
In the direction of the Aegean Sea (Mediterranean Sea), after capturing Trik Island, the Rakshasa Mediterranean Fleet made contact with the Greek government in Kapodistria - the Greeks who were seeking independence in Greece were not actually from Native to Greece, but from the Rakshasa Kingdom.
This matter is about a Greek who lived in Rakshasa and served as a major general in the Rakshasa army. He was a member of the Fanar noble family (the Fanar nobles were Romans who surrendered in the castle and maintained their Christian faith). His name was Ypsilandis started it. Apart from speaking Greek, this guy doesn't seem to have much to do with Greece, but because he loves Greece, he organized a Greek independent organization "Friendship Society" with a group of like-minded Fanar nobles who were exiled Rakshasa. Then they organized a force in 1821, "walked away" from Rakshasa alone, ran to the Principality of Wallachia to launch a Greek uprising, and attracted a group of Christians who opposed the Ottoman Empire. Rushed into Greece, caught the Ottoman Empire by surprise, and occupied all the territory south of Athens and the Isthmus of Corinth... This thing really seems familiar!
And now that Ypsilandis has been defeated and captured, but the Greek Capodistria who succeeded him as the president of Greece is also a Farna nobleman. He also lived in Rakshasa for a long time and was still in Rakshasa. He worked as an official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs... Later, because he was dissatisfied that Rakshasa did not support the independence of Greece, he resigned from the official position and went to work on big things.
In short, in the current Greek Republic, the power of the Farna nobles from Russia is extremely powerful. After receiving the blessing of the Rakshasa Navy and naval infantry, this group has completely controlled the new Greek Republic and has begun to control the new Greek Republic. General mobilization has begun on the territory of the Republic... The situation is great!
The main force of the Rakshasa Army, the Danube Front, took only one month to clear the two territories of Moldavia and Wallachia. Although the Danube Front took a brief rest on the north bank of the Danube River, waiting for the arrival of follow-up troops carrying heavy artillery, then the battle to force the Danube River began. It was said to be a forced crossing, but in fact it was just a casual crossing, because the Ottoman garrison on the other side of the Danube had long since fled, so the Rakshasa army successfully crossed the river with little effort and entered the Rumelia Province of the Ottoman Empire - this province But Beizhili, which is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty, is already an important place in the capital!
The Rakshasa army, which successfully crossed the Danube River, split into two groups and advanced all the way along the Black Sea coastline towards the fortress city of Varna on the edge of the Black Sea. They were preparing to seize the Varna Fortress in one fell swoop with the cooperation of the Rakshasa Black Sea Fleet!
And the other road goes straight to Adrianople, the gateway to Constantinople!
Zhuge Weidao was already very clear about the importance of Varna Fortress and Adrianople before crossing. Because there have been too many fights between you and me in those two places in history. In the era of the Roman Empire, in the era of the rise of the Ottoman Empire, in the era of the decline of the Turks, it was a battleground for military strategists. And now, it is still the case!
Varna is a naval fortress and of course an important seaport. It is only more than 200 kilometers away from the Bosphorus Strait. If the Black Sea Fleet is stationed in Varna, it can go to the Bosphorus Strait to check in and fire artillery at any time. In addition, Varna is only more than 200 kilometers away from Adrianople, and there are many roads connecting the two places. Once the Rakshasa Army captures Varna, the supplies of the Danube Army Group will no longer need to be transported through Moldavia and Wallachia. They will be sent directly to Varna via the Black Sea, and then take another 200 kilometers overland to reach the Adrianople front line. .
When it comes to war, laymen look at the bombardment, but experts look at the logistics. Now the Turks in Constantinople are almost alone, and the Danube Front of the Rakshasas can obtain a sufficient number of cannon fodder as long as they join forces with the Greeks in the south (which seems not difficult at all)... ..If the transportation line from the Black Sea to Varna to the Adrianople front line is opened up, then the Battle of Adrianople should be a sure win!
And if the Battle of Adrianople is won, wouldn’t the Battle of Constantinople be a sure thing?
This stupid version of Eastern Rome... seems to be stable!
"Looking at this, the old man is going to win, right? The Ottoman Turkish Empire can't help but beat him up... Didn't I say a while ago that the British had already declared war and given tens of thousands of tons of arms to the Turks? Have you even sent a military advisory group? Why don’t you take care of anything?”
The one who was asking the question was the old man You Xiang Yu Quan Yu. When the old man asked the question, the smile on his face was gone, as if he had picked up a large wallet on the way to work today.
But it makes sense for the old man to be happy, because according to the original plan, he was to make a transition between Zhuge Weijiu and Zhuge Weiyi... I didn't expect that with this transition, I would be able to pick up a favored scholar for nothing!
Because once Rakshasa wins easily, there will inevitably be a confrontation between the two major powers on the white-skinned civilization!
Although Nicholas I repeatedly claimed that after taking Constantinople, he devoted himself to construction, but who doesn't know about the urinary properties of furry bears? If they really wanted to capture Constantinople, they would have to capture Asia Minor and the entire Balkans. If it succeeds in the Balkans, then the furry bear will lead the European continent... How can the British Empire sit still? There will definitely be a fight with the furry bear.
And once Daying and Mao Xiong get into a fight... Daming will win, and he will win without a fight, or after a small fight, he will win a big victory!
Zheng Guozhong, the prime minister of the left, also had the same premonition. His big white face, which looked loyal and loyal, turned red with excitement. He looked at the three Zhuges present with a smile and asked: "Three military advisors, please calculate, what will happen to our Ming Dynasty?" Is the national destiny coming?"
Zhuge Weiyi and Zhuge Weyong both set their sights on Zhuge Weidao - he and Zhuge Weitian, who had just been elected military advisors, were the "latest military advisors" and of course had the strongest computing power.
"Then... let me do the math!" Zhuge Weidao frowned, then folded his arms and calculated. Anyone who has studied military affairs knows that battle lines do not lie! The Rakshasa army is indeed fighting smoothly now, and there is no problem in winning a complete victory... The only question is whether it can capture Constantinople? If the castle can be captured, the situation in Europe will indeed undergo drastic changes that are extremely beneficial to the Ming Dynasty!
In addition, the old man of the Grand Military Advisor has sent a secret message, saying that the fifth son of the Rothschild family, James, has come to the Ming Dynasty, and that the French Navy Minister, the Duke of Marseille, will come with him!
This shows that the Jewish financial groups in the West and the Bourbon dynasty in France have begun to bet on the disintegration of the British Empire... and the Ming Empire must take action at this time. Because world hegemony will not automatically come to your door just because Ming Dynasty's book data is number one in the world.
World hegemony still needs to bring out giant ships and cannons to fight, and where to fight is indeed a question. "
Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao nodded and said: "The gain and loss of Constantinople is very critical, but we cannot wait until the owner of Constantinople changes before we start taking action. We must start taking action immediately!"
Zheng Guozhong asked: "Then where should we move? Should we capture Malacca and the East Indies, or send troops to Oregon?"
"No, none of them," Zhuge Weidao shook his head, "Our goal is the Persian Gulf!"
Zheng Guozhong asked in confusion: "Persian Gulf? But what is there in the Persian Gulf?"
Zhuge Weidao said with a serious face: "There are small goals in the Persian Gulf, many small goals... Regardless of whether we can defeat the British Empire without a fight or with a small war, we must effectively control the Persian Gulf! And Persia The Gulf currently does not belong to the British Empire, but to the Ottoman Empire, the Persian Empire, and the Muscat Sultanate. We can now declare war on the Ottoman Empire, strike first, and seize it in the name of aiding Ali Pasha. .As long as we control the Persian Gulf, we will be invincible!"
