Pugachev officially started his business, not only that, but the Bashkir leader Asnalin also responded to him in the Ufa area.

This time Pugachev did not use the banner of "Peter III", but was under the banner of Ivan VI, who was still under house arrest in Denmark. He said that he was Ivan VI.

In any case, he has caused huge waves near the Ural Mountains.

It is said that at this time Qitade should have cooperated with the serf uprising to launch a decisive battle with Russia, but he did not do so.

He knew that the uprising would not end so soon, and the Russians had only dispatched a small number of troops to deal with him, and a large number of troops were still placed on the border adjacent to Truchen.

He needs to wait for an opportunity, a suitable time.

A war with the Russians will come soon, but it is obviously not now. Before that, he needs to clean up his large rear.

In his opinion, there is no more important issue than immigration at present.

So, clearing the entire Mediterranean was put on the agenda.

At present, the Mamuliuks are still fighting fiercely with the Ottoman army in Egypt. Since they have no worries, they can free up their hands to completely dismantle the Ottoman forces in North Africa.

What's more, in his heart, the Kingdom of Barbary, which had been in the Mediterranean for hundreds of years, must have hidden amazing wealth, which is exactly what he needs for his huge immigration projects.

Just after solving the Crimean problem, Sevastopol, a huge fleet is ready to go.

It has been almost five years since Timur left the country. After these five years of preparation and production, the new ironclad fleet has finally come out.

It was still a Bogda, four Batulu, and two Saiyin ships, but the Tengis was added to ten, including four ironclad ships and six wooden ships, and set off with three cavalry brigades.

Before this, the Truchens' troops on the Egyptian battlefield had increased to one brigade. With the help of this brigade, it was only a matter of time before Qinjis completely defeated the Ottomans.

For Qitad, he didn't want another decisive battle with the Ottomans on land. Such a war was meaningless except for the cheaper Europeans. He had no more population to neutralize the locals, and it would be a waste of war if he took it.

Moreover, at this time, the order of the decisive battle against Russia and Turkey was gradually clear in his mind.

That is, first clear out the unstable factors on the immigration route, and then leave to deal with Russia.

Before this, his strategy for the Ottoman Empire was:

Let it retain its European part and have enough troops to maintain its borders, but for the several Barbary kingdoms and Egyptian regions in North Africa it must be independent and become its own vassal state.

As for its local Asia Minor region, it is best to maintain the status quo and give it enough strength to deal with the Persian Empire in the East.

After losing North Africa's territory, the country's maritime strength has been greatly reduced and there is no more energy to go against Truchen again, but it has certain strength to deal with Europeans and Persia, and to protect itself and grow old.

As for Russia, we will have to wait until the final battle with it.

This time, he sent his eldest son Zahatai as the commander, together with the army commander, Asar, who had just been transferred back from the jurisdiction of the South African Governor, and the naval commander was Deng Quan, who was also transferred back from the Far East, as the commander of the naval. A group of fifteen large ships sailed away from the Port of Sevastopol and drove towards the dark and vast Black Sea.

Asar was the clan of Qitad, the descendant of the Orlook brothers. He was the Kreit clan, but had no effect on the throne.

Deng Quan is the son of the second priest Sanghamuyang and the direct descendant of the Turgut tribe. It seems that Qitade is already preparing for what he will do a hundred years later.

Although he made a good statement about the social contract theory in his conversation with Xilin, he actually understood it very well. In the face of naked power, these things are not worth mentioning. You must know that it is still the eighteenth century now.

The configuration of the new Iron Armor Fleet is roughly the same as before, but in order to effectively protect the chimney with a fatal weakness, the shipyard engineers will expose the chimney below and above the chimney on the first deck. The design is much thicker than before, and the surface is also increased, which can effectively resist the attacks of large solid bullets passing through the world at this time.

You should know that the height of the Truchen Iron Armored Battleship is similar to that of the battleships of European powers. If the artillery on the upper deck of the latter wants to hit the chimney, it will definitely not be a part less than ten feet, because that angle has been absorbed in advance by the ship's side.

If such shells want to hit the chimney, they can only be more than one zhang. In case of precautions, as long as the area below 1 zhang is made strong, even if the above area is hit, the chimney can still last for a long time. Moreover, because the lower part is solid, the above area will not cause joint harm to the following areas after being hit.

After adding manganese material and other materials, it is almost impossible for a solid shell to break such a part.

In addition, they also canceled the useless first-deck rotary turret mechanism, but installed three artillery guns facing outside on one turret at the same time.

In this way, there are six cannons on the first deck, which also effectively balances the weight added by the chimney near the main mast.

Similarly, the new Saiyin number has officially installed four cannons on the side, while the new Tengis has also installed six cannons on the side, and the original first-deck turret has also been modified.

The fleet is very fast and will approach the Bosphorus in one day.

On the flagship, Zahatai convened Deng Quan, Asar, Adir, the chief intelligence officer of the ship, and Judd, who is familiar with the Mediterranean, to have a meeting.

"Tell me, my country has declared war on the Ottomans. They are our enemy countries, so how can we watch us pass through the Bosphorus?"

Deng Quan smiled and said, "What can they do? In the previous maritime sweeps supporting the Mamuliuks, their fleet was not much left. Do you want to intercept us?"

Adil said: "You can't be careless either. The narrowest part of the Bosphorus is near Fort Meli, opposite the fort is Fort Anado. The sea surface between the two forts is less than 800 meters. If the enemy sets up heavy artillery in the two castles, it can still easily hit ships sailing in the middle of the strait."

As soon as these words were spoken, Zahatai's expression became serious.

He knew that both castles were built on a shore a hundred meters above the strait surface. The side guns that went straight to the deck would definitely not be able to hit, while the cannons on the first deck weighed fifteen kilograms and twelve centimeters were of no use for the castle made of the Ottomans with thick stones.

Before, although war was declared, the Ottomans were obviously not ready in a hurry, and they did not know their specific purpose, so they did not bombard him.

But it is different now. If such a large fleet is allowed to pass through for nothing, not to mention that the Ottoman Sultan cannot stand up to the face, ordinary Ottomans will not be able to stand up to it.

"Is it a mistake to have the Father's failure to agree to the Freemason's advice?"

He obviously wouldn't say such an idea, so he said, "Since that's the case, what's your idea?"

Adil smiled and said, "Your Highness, it's very simple. Their cannons are all set on castles. Since they want to attack our warships, ordinary small cannons do not work and they will definitely use cannons."

"According to my estimate, their cannons were all set up, which could just hit their heavy live ammunition into the middle of the strait, which was determined by his range."

"In this way, our ships will try to walk along the shore as far as possible. At the same time, try to disperse the fleet as much as possible. Even if they are unfortunate, the loss will not be great."

Deng Quan also smiled and said, "You really have you, why didn't I expect this section? However, when I waited for the ship to pass, I walked in the middle, and there were naturally no reefs in the middle. If I walked close to the shore, although there were navigation charts, I was afraid of something going wrong in a hurry."

Assal said: "Then walk about fifty meters above the shore. In such a place, the sea water is very deep, there are almost no reefs, and the enemy's cannons obviously will not have such a close range."

Adil shook his head, "Since it is specially used to deal with ships in the strait, some of their artillery can also be gunned downwards, thirty meters, no more. At this distance, if they prepare a huge rock that can be pushed down from the shore at any time, and heavy artillery cannot be fired."

"As for light artillery, it doesn't matter"

"What else might they do besides attacking with artillery?"

Adil said: "They obviously knew that we had iron ships, and it was useless to attack with traditional fire ships. Our wooden ships were also fire-proof and there was also copper plates covering the waterline, which was also difficult to work."

"Also, the strait flows faster, so it is not easy to fix the fireboat. It is not the river surface, but the sea surface. The average depth is about fifty meters. Due to the influence of the Mediterranean Sea and the Marmara Sea on both sides, the swelling is quite large, so it is even more difficult."

"So, if they really want to use fireboats, they must use ropes that cross the strait to fix them. If it is an ordinary rope, it is useless. They must use iron chains. They can hide the iron chains about half a meter below the sea surface"

"In this way, the ship can be fixed. If they do this, they will probably set up in the narrowest place about 500 meters near Fort Meli. Once our warships enter and are blocked by iron chains, their artillery on the shore will be of great use."

"Very good", Zahatai couldn't help but look at the work of the Intelligence Bureau and thought to himself: "This should be something that the Navy Marine Corps did, but unexpectedly it was taken first by the Intelligence Bureau's people"

"What about Marmara Sea?"

"Since it's the sea, they can do nothing"

"Also, since our fleet has successfully entered the Marmara Sea, the enemy obviously knows that it will be useless to reuse the same trick in the Dardanelles."

"The narrowest part of the Dardanelles is also near the Sultaniye Castle in the middle section, but its width is about twice that of the near Fort Meli. It is even more difficult to set up iron chains there"

(Sultaniye Castle, later Canakarai)

"Also, the Black Sea is now under our control, but the main transportation between the Ottoman Empire and its Eurasian part is the Aegean Sea, where there are far more ships passing through this strait than the Bosphorus"

"If they did that, they would definitely be known to everyone, so the Ministry of Justice estimated that if they wanted to set up an ambush, they would probably be in the Bosphorus"

Assal said: "You can't be careless, what if the enemy thinks so? So you do the opposite?"

Deng Quan smiled and said, "That's the mission of our navy"

"You have a way?"

Deng Quan smiled but said nothing.
Chapter completed!