The smoke has finally cleared from Ismailia.
In addition to adding cruel beauty to nature, human fighting has also changed the wheel of history.
"This is Mustafa's scepter. Seeing that his defeat was certain, he chose to commit suicide."
The Third Marine Division was exhausted, but its losses were not significant.
By contrast, the Ottomans were completely wiped out.
They tried their best and tried their best, but they still couldn't get past Ismailia.
When Chang Ying led his army from the upper reaches of the Nile River, the ambush situation took shape.
Under the supervision of the Third Marine Division, the Egyptians, Algerians, Tunisians, and Libyans launched the most fanatical siege against the Ottomans.
These peoples who originally trembled under the iron heel of the Ottomans turned into the most bloodthirsty beasts, madly tearing at the flesh and blood of the Ottomans.
Not one of the 100,000 Ottoman troops escaped, and they were all buried under the rolling yellow sand in the Middle East.
The Battle of Ismailia completely changed the situation in the Middle East.
The Arabs were inspired to launch larger-scale resistance and uprisings.
They recaptured Mecca, Medina, and Riyadh from the Ottomans, and pushed their troops to the east bank of the Jordan River.
The Safavid dynasty's offensive also went very smoothly and made great progress in the Mesopotamia.
The only trouble was that the indigenous beliefs of the two river basins were different from those of the Persians, which led to constant conflicts and affected the advance of the Safavid dynasty.
The empire saw this in its eyes and had no intention of getting involved.
The Safavid dynasty could only be regarded as a weak force against the Ottoman Empire and did not have much impact on the overall situation.
Moreover, the empire did not want the Safavid dynasty to completely control the two river basins.
After solving North Africa, the Allies completely let go.
After three months of rest, they began to march towards the hinterland of the Ottoman Empire.
They crossed the Sinai Peninsula and surged along the rich lands along the Mediterranean coast.
The ocean-going fleet cruised on the sea to cooperate, and a war broke out with the Ottoman Navy in Cyprus.
The Ottoman navy set up an ambush here and concentrated all its forces in an attempt to reverse the situation.
However, no matter how brilliant the tactics were, they all became a joke in the face of the absolute difference in strength.
When the ocean-going fleet encountered a surprise attack, it only took more than an hour to get out of trouble. Then all the artillery fired desperately, dyeing the entire sea red.
The Ottomans were not afraid of death and tried hard to get closer, using their numerical advantage to create chaos.
But in front of the torpedo array and mine array of the ocean-going fleet, this fearless charge all turned into moths flying into the flames.
Osman Rao's plan failed completely and he was distanced by the ocean fleet.
When Lin Er arrived, the ocean-going fleet began to counterattack.
The first group blockaded Cyprus, and the second group launched an indiscriminate bombardment of Tripoli.
Tripoli was the storage base for the Ottoman navy, and everything was destroyed by fire.
The Ottoman navy, which had lost supplies, quickly ran out of ammunition, and the artillery on the ship became a display.
Four days later, the ocean-going fleet captured the Ottoman navy near Crete, which wanted to withdraw to Constantinople.
One side has sufficient force, while the other side is out of ammunition and food, so that the situation on the battlefield is devastated.
The ocean-going fleet fought extremely wildly, even without formation at all, and continued to project firepower on all the Ottoman warships in sight.
From Crete to Athens, from Santorini to Canakkale, the wreckage of the Ottoman navy covered the sea. The Ottomans' wailing made everything silent. The sea turned completely red and the Ottomans finally realized that the situation was over.
In view of the fact that the marching distance on land was too far, when the battle at sea was over, Chang Ying quickly made a decision to use the help of the navy to carry out springboard tactics.
Relying on their strong maritime transportation capabilities, the Allied forces established a transit station in Cyprus. Suddenly, magic troops descended on Canakkale and controlled the western end of the strait.
The Ottoman Empire was in panic, and Muhammad IV quickly dispatched Guards reinforcements to recapture Çanakkale.
Unfortunately, under the powerful force of the Third Marine Division, the Ottoman Guards suffered heavy losses and had to retreat to Bursa in embarrassment.
The threat to Constantinople caused panic throughout the Ottoman Empire. Some of the European armies no longer had the will to fight and began to retreat across the board.
The morale of the European coalition was greatly boosted, and they pursued relentlessly. They won the Battle of Bucharest, the Battle of Bulgaria, and the Battle of Greece respectively, and successfully advanced their troops to Ciorlu.
It is only one hundred and eighty miles away from Constantinople.
More than two hundred years later, Christians finally saw what Constantinople looked like again.
They are crazy!
Without any mobilization, the European coalition forces began the busiest preparations for war.
At this time, the Ottoman Empire was facing unprecedented pressure.
Constantinople was crumbling, and the straits could be cut off by ocean-going fleets at any time.
The European coalition's attack was no longer easy to resist, and the Allies could also go around behind Constantinople.
In Erzincan in the east, the Wehrmacht's offensive became increasingly fierce, and the fall of the city was imminent.
Once Erzincan is lost, the IDF can march straight down the canyon, and Ankara is no longer safe.
By this time, all smart people could see that the Ottoman Empire had completely failed.
But the stubborn Ottomans obviously found it difficult to accept such a situation, and their fanatical beliefs made them choose to continue struggling.
Mohammed IV pinned all his hopes on Constantinople.
This city played an important role in the history of the Middle Ages and witnessed its splendor under the Ottoman conquests.
Muhammad IV firmly believed that this European expedition would definitely suffer a bloody blow under this city.
To this end, he even shouted the slogan "Constantinople will never fall" to inspire his subjects.
Countless Ottoman troops and supplies began to be sent to Constantinople, and earthworks on an unprecedented scale began inside and outside the city.
The Ottomans vowed to turn Constantinople into the strongest fortress and let all the Allied forces bleed under this city.
The eyes of the whole world were fixed on Constantinople.
The battle under this city will obviously have an immeasurable impact on the situation in the entire Middle East and even the world.
The Allies also knew what was at stake.
In early December, the Allies held a joint meeting in Athens.
In order to coordinate operations, a joint operations command was established.
Chang Ying took office as Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces, and Shang Kexi, Marton Traup, Ruprecht, and Meneses served as Deputy Commander-in-Chief respectively.
After reorganization, the European Allied Forces were reorganized into the First Allied Army, responsible for attacking Constantinople from the front.
The Ocean Fleet commanded all the warships and had complete control of the strait to prevent the Ottomans from reinforcing Constantinople.
The Allied forces in North Africa were reorganized into the Second Army and attacked Bursa and then captured Izmit, cutting off the rest of the Ottoman Empire from Constantinople.
In addition, the Second Army will also take the opportunity to attack Ankara and cooperate with the defense forces on the eastern front to break through the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
