The Ottoman Empire paid a heavy price for its tyranny for thousands of years.
When the empire launched an attack on it, it immediately received support from countless allies.
These allies launched a siege on the Ottoman Empire from all directions, causing the huge Ottoman Empire to lose sight of one thing and leave loopholes everywhere.
In the European part, the European coalition forces successfully invaded the Balkan Peninsula and approached Romania.
This place has always been the forefront of the confrontation between Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Religious beliefs have waxed and waned here, and there has never been peace.
Even though this place fell to the Ottoman Empire in the past hundred years, the local people never gave up resistance.
With the arrival of the European coalition forces, uprisings were raging in various places, which really caused huge trouble for the Ottoman Empire.
The troops on the front line fought very hard, but the logistics supply lines continued to suffer damage, which seriously affected the Ottoman resistance.
In North Africa, the Battle of Ismailia was raging.
From the beginning, the Ottoman army did not get any advantages.
Although Mustafa had fully mobilized the troops at hand, the Third Marine Division remained motionless on the mountain, firmly blocking the passes through which the Ottomans retreated to West Asia, forcing the Ottomans to attack the Third Marine Division's defense line again and again.
But the problem is that once the National Defense Forces are determined to defend, it is really not something that the army of the old era can shake.
Mustafa racked his brains and thought of countless ways. Charges regardless of casualties, continuous night attacks, frontal involvement, flanking, etc., but none of them worked.
Range is king on the battlefield.
The weapons of the Third Marine Division can easily cover the entire battlefield, and the Ottomans have no way to resist the weapons of the Wehrmacht.
ten!
A whole ten!
The Ottomans were struggling in Ismailia
It is clear that my hometown is ahead, but I just can’t get there.
Mustafa was also desperate.
He sent a large number of messengers to cross the defense lines and risk their lives to seek help from the country.
But what can Mohammed IV do?
The war in the Balkans involved a large number of Ottoman forces.
In any case, Constantinople is more important than anywhere else and must not be lost.
In addition, in the direction of West Asia, the offensive of the National Defense Forces, Persians and Arabs was also difficult to stop.
On the first day of October, the Wehrmacht officially captured Yerevan and eliminated the Ottoman Empire's most important stronghold in the Caucasus.
The remaining Ottoman army retreated westward to Erzincan.
This is the only way to the core area of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans intend to build strong fortifications here and carry out the most determined resistance.
Of course, once this place is breached, it means that Ankara is no longer safe.
At this time, the Ottoman Empire had already realized the seriousness of the problem.
Muhammad IV summoned all senior officials and began to discuss solutions.
In the face of life and death, Osman's toughness began to waver. If the situation continues to deteriorate, compromise and surrender will be on the desk of the Ottoman rulers.
During the raging siege of the Ottoman Empire, the world's attention ignored the Ural Mountains.
And this is actually the center of gravity of the empire.
Yes.
Although the Ottoman Empire straddled Asia and Europe, blocking the channels of communication between the East and the West, the threat from the Ottoman Empire was not very important in the context of the empire.
After all, now that we have entered the Age of Discovery, the existence or not of the Ottoman Empire will not have much impact on the empire's business operations around the world.
The reason why we have to deal with the Ottomans is actually just for the Suez Canal.
Once the Ottoman Empire showed an attitude of surrender, the empire could cease the war.
Only Russia does not
This country, full of greed for land, can be the greatest burden on the empire.
For the safety of the country's northern border, and to avoid having a sharp sword hanging over their heads, Russia must be completely defeated and cut off their prying eyes and ambitions towards the east.
After wiping out the Kazakh Khanate, Zuo Xuanyan, Huang Sanhu and others began to mobilize large armies to the Ural Mountains.
Intelligence shows that Russia also has a tough attitude and has no intention of compromising.
Alexei I had issued a mobilization order to the whole country, summoned a large number of farmers and slaves to flood the army, and headed towards the Ural Mountains.
The First Army Group commanded by Rugrometzin has moved south to the Dnieper River Basin, dedicated to dealing with Liang Yue's Xinhua Kingdom.
After Liang Yue annexed the Torgut tribe, he quickly established contact with the Poles and joined forces to suppress the Khmelnytsky uprising.
Unable to withstand the flanking attack, Khmelnytsky retreated all the way north, meeting up with Rugromedzin in the Zaporozh area. He is currently reorganizing his army and may go south at any time.
In order to help Liang Yue, the National Defense Forces transported a large amount of weapons and equipment from the Black Sea, effectively improving Liang Yue's strength.
But everyone knows that the victory or defeat of the war must be in the Ural Mountains and the Volga River.
Whoever wins the battle will own the entire Eastern European plain.
Alexey I appointed Marshal Popovnia as the commander-in-chief, commanding the Second Army, the Third Army, the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Cossack Cavalry Divisions, the 1st Royal Artillery Division, and the troops who retreated from Siberia. The total strength of the pioneering army composed of explorers reached 450,000.
This could be all the trump cards of Tsarist Russia.
On the National Defense Forces side, there was also a large gathering of troops.
Zuo Xuanyan is the commander-in-chief, and Huang Sanhu is the deputy commander-in-chief.
The Northwest Strategic Cluster and the Northern Strategic Cluster were merged into one, with a total strength of 370,000 troops.
The fighting first took place in the Ural Mountains in the north.
After the Fourth Division completed its rest and recuperation, it launched a strong attack towards the pass in the Ural Mountains.
Their target was Ufa.
The Russian army deployed an army here, about 40,000 people, blocking the mountain road to death.
The Fourth Division did not play tricks, it just attacked hard and used artillery to clear the way.
Despite the unfavorable terrain, the Russian army suffered heavy losses in the face of powerful firepower, losing 70% of its position within five days.
But it has to be said that Russia is very resilient. Even so, they still fought to the death.
The Russian generals did not treat the lack of people below as human beings, and coldly continued to accumulate troops on the front line, allowing the Wehrmacht to be consumed.
Now, the race was on whether the Wehrmacht's ammunition would be used up first, or whether the Russian army's ammunition would be used up first.
The Sanshan City was completely razed to the ground by the artillery fire of the Wehrmacht, but the Russians resisted desperately among the ruins, causing huge trouble for the Wehrmacht.
When the artillery fire had nothing left to destroy, the infantry of the Wehrmacht had to rush into the city and drive out the Russian troops corner by corner.
The street fighting began to show its bloodiest and cruelest appearance.
